广州市普通高中

2011年高中毕业班综合测试（一）

英 语 试 题

       本试卷共三大题，满分为135分。考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

       1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡和答卷纸上。

       2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑：如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

       3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，。答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答素；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

       4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       The ups and downs of life may seem unpredictable. But scientists know there are clear  1  that almost all people share. Even if you’ve passed your “best”, you still have other  2  years to come. Certain important high-points come later in life.

       When are you  3  ? From 18 to 25, according to I.Q. scores; but you’re wiser and more  4  with increasing age. At around 30, metal abilities begin to decline,  5   your ability to do maths. But your ability to complete other tasks  6  . For example, your vocabulary increases over time. At 60, your brain   7  almost four times as much information as it did at age 21. Because of this, some psychologists suggest that “maturity quotients” (M.Q.) be used to measure intelligence for  8  .

       When are you happiest? You have the best  9  sense of yourself from 15 to 24, when you feel energetic all the time. The best professional sense is from 40 to 49. Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to  10  , but when we are over 30, we believe that they’re behind us. After age 30, we’re more  11  and don’t view happiness as a goal in itself. If we maintain our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, then  12  , we feel, will follow. 

       When are you most creative? Generally between 30 and 39, but it  13  with different professions. The high-points in areas such as science and economics come  14  — most Nobel prize winners did their top research in their 20’s and 30’s —  but for people who keep an active mind, there is no upper age  15  .

1．A．plans               B．lives          C．patterns           D．predictions

2．A．good               B．stranger           C．interesting        D．difficult

3．A．best                B．smartest           C．most mature    D．most skilled

4．A．powerful            B．energetic          C．experienced       D．satisfied

5．A．generally           B．specially          C．mainly           D．particularly

6．A．climbs              B．stops            C．matters           D．works

7．A．recognizes          B．posseses          C．communicates     D．receives

8．A．babies              B．teenagers        C．adults           D．elders

9．A．mental              B．emotional        C．physical           D．personal

10．A．come              B．last              C．remember        D．disappear

11．A．confident          B．realistic          C．hopeful           D．grateful

12．A．wealth            B．sharpness          C．wisdom          D．happiness

13．A．agrees             B．varies            C goes              D．ends

14．A．early              B．naturally         C．unexpectedly      D．recently

15．A．demand            B．reason            C．choice         D．limit