2017年度广州英语卷中考二模测试

2017年广州市广雅中学中考二模英语卷一语法选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）The expresion “down to earth” means being open and honest. It is easy to get on _1_ someone being down to earth. A down-to-earth person is the opposite of someone_2_acts important or proud.Down-to-earth people could be important members of society. But they do not consider themselves_3_ better than others who are less important. A person who is filled with _4_ own importance and pride is said to have “his nose _5_ the air”.Americans use_6_expresion that is similar to “down to earth” _7_some ways. The expresion is “_8_ feet on the ground”. Someone like this is a person with a good understanding of reality. He may have dreams, but he does not allow them to have influence on his understanding of _9_ is real.The opposite kind of person is one who has his “head in the clouds”. _10_ with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind is not on what _11_ in real life. Such a person _12_ be called a day-dreamer.When we have both our feet on the ground, _13_ when we are down to earth, we do not have our noses in the air. We act honestly and _14_ to others. Our lives are _15_ the ground below upsolid and strong. 1. A. forB. inC. aboutD. with2. A. thatB. whichC. whomD. what3. A. beB. areC. to beD. being4. A. himselfB. hisC. himD. he5. A. acrossB. overC. inD. below6. A. the otherB. anotherC. otherD. others7. A. toB. withC. inD. of8. A. eitherB. allC. neitherD. both9. A. whichB. whatC. thatD. whom10. A. SomeoneB. AnyoneC. No oneD. Everyone11. A. happenedB. are happeningC. is happeningD. happen12. A. mustB. mayC. have toD. could13. A. butB. soC. andD. also14. A. openB. openedC. openingD. openly15. A. onB. underC. asD. like二完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）   Did you hear of the supercomputer? _16_, Chinas Tianhe-1 was ranked as the worlds fastest supercomputer, according to a new list of worlds top 500 supercomputers.   It took 200 Chinese _17_ two years to build the fastest supercomputer. It can do 2507 trillion calculations in a _18_! That means it will take a personal computer 600 years to finish the work that a computer does in 24 hours!The US now leads the world in the area of supercomputers. It is _19_ to more than half of the worlds top supercomputers. Japan also has advanced technology. China is developing its supercomputer technology quickly. But experts say it will take years _20_ Chinas total computing power can catch up with that of the US.   Supercomputers can work on many _21_ things. They can solve problems in areas like national defense（国防），energy and science. In business, you can also use super computers. Oil companies use them to find oil and gas. _22_ use them for quick trades. Food companies even use supercomputers to make sure that they put potato chips into _23_ without breaking them.   To make a supercomputer, scientists first need to _24_ thousands of small computers together. Then they use software to turn them into one supercomputer. In fact, any person with enough _25_ about computers can make a supercomputer. But you need the top technology to make a supercomputer run fast. 16.A. NowadaysB. ActuallyC. RecentlyD. Luckily 17.A. engineersB. scientistsC. teachersD. managers 18.A. dayB. monthC. secondD. minute 19.A. houseB. homeC. schoolD. family 20.A. afterB. beforeC. whileD. when 21.A. interestingB. excitingC. differentD. powerful 22.A. CompaniesB. FactoriesC. BanksD. Museums 23.A. bottlesB. cansC. housesD. bowls 24.A. joinB. communicateC. linkD. stick 25.A. knowledgeB. moneyC. energyD. love 三阅读（满分45分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。A    My little brother sat in the corner of the living room, with a pen in one hand and my fathers book in the other. As my father walked into the room, my brother knew that he did something wrong. And I just watched my brother scribble in the book. Now, he and I were both sure that my father would be very angry and we both waited for our fathers punishment.    My father picked up his book and looked at it carefully. I thought my father would hit my brother or at least shouted to us loudly. However, he was not angry and didnt punish us, but took the pen and wrote in the book: Johns work, 1986, age 2. Then my father thanked my brother for scribbling in his book. He said my brother made the book special and meaningful. We were both surprised. But at that time we were too young to understand it.    The years came and went. We came to know what my father meant by doing so. From time to time we would open the book, look at the scribbles and read my fathers expresion of love. My father taught us about what is really important in life; people are important, not the things you have. My father loved us, so he thought of the s