广东省汕头市2017届高三英语4月模拟考试试题本试卷共三部分，满分135分（120×1.125）。

考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必分别将答题卷上的姓名、考试号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，用2B铅笔将考试号对应的信息点涂黑。

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。

第一部分: 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Depending on the type of allergies and/ or dietary requirements, an extra charge may be made for providing special food.1.How does Intensive Course differ from Standard Course?A. It is less effective.B. It focuses on speaking.C. It includes extra lesson.D. It gives you confidence.2.Before starting their programme, students a re expected to _____.A. take a language testB. have an online interviewC. prepare learning materialsD. report their language levels3.With the full package, the programme organizer is supposed to_____.A. inform students of their full flight detailsB. look after students throughout the programmeC. offer students free sightseeing tripsD. collect students’ luggage in advanceBOne day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read.In the library, I found my way into the "Children's Room." I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the book's cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title：Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.My mother's call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.I never told my mother about my "miraculous"（奇迹般地）experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.4.The author's mother told him to borrow a book in order to .A. encourage him to do more walkingB. let him spend a meaningful summerC. help cure him of his reading problemD. make him learn more about weapons5.Why could the author manage to read the book through?A. He was forced by his mother to read it.B. He identified with the story in the book.C. The book told the story of his pet dog.D. The happy ending of the story attracted him.6.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A.The author has become a successful writer.B.The author’s mother saw his remarkable improvement.C.The author’s mother rewarded him with books.D.The author has had happy summers ever since.7.Which one could be the best title of the passage?A. My Passion for ReadingB. Mum’s Strict OrderC. Reunion with My BeagleD. The Charm of a BookCA new study has discovered that meditation and oxygen sport together reduce depression．The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months，reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students，”said lead author Dr．Brandon Alderman．“It is the first time that both of these two behavio ral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression．”Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect in combating depression．Alderman and Dr.Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP)enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them．Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport．They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing，enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention．Shors，who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive．The idea for the human intervention(干预)came from her laboratory studies，she says，with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events．By lear ning to focus their attention and exercise，people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past，Shors says．“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will beeffective in improving mental health．”said Alderman．“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost．”8．What made the research so different?A．Adopting a way of meaningful talk．B．Combining the two ways to treat depression．C．Treating depression with special medicine．D．Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed．9．The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by______．A．fighting B．identifying C．distinguishing D．examining10．W hat did the participants do in the research?A．They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking．B．They thought quietly and then took exercise．C．They took exercise longer than they thought．D．They took exercise while thinking quietly．11．What is Shors’ main purpose of her studies?A．To find out certain brain cells of humans．B．To study the production of new brain cells．C．To offer people a new method to treat stress．D．To decide the links between stress and exercise．DWhy I’ve taken a break from holidaysIt is a wonderful morning，as I write this：hot，but without being too hot. Outside my window，I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water. It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer’s temporary nature —a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday，time is running out . It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?I was a model holidaymaker as a kid．However，the problems started during my twenties．A trip to the south of France was ended after just two days，mainly because I had an urge to check my e-mails．Similarly，my honeymoon was cut short by 48 hours—not because my wife and I weren’t enjoying ourselves，but because we were missing our cats． So what is my problem? On the surface，I’m probably a bit of a homebody．And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe：it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun．Somehow，packing a list of posses sions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it．Thankfully，I’m not alone．This summer，most of my friends have decided not to have a break．And a recent survey proved the downside of holidays，with the results showingthat nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours，as stress levels returned to normal．And this year The Idler magazine published its Book of Awful Holidays．Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it’s possible to take，along with 50 painful holiday experiences voted for on The Idler website．What interests me is what the concept of a “holiday” says about our lives．For me，the point of living is to have a life you enjoy for 52 weeks a year．The more I like my life and the better I structure it，the less I want to go away．Maybe I’m an unusual person for not liking holidays，but I just feel the time when I’m not wor king is too valuable to waste on them．12.According to the first paragraph we can know that the writer ．A.has a strong desire to book a holidayB.wishes that the weather would changeC.finds it is too late to enjoy the sunshineD.realizes it's time to decide whether to go on a holiday13.What can be inferred from the sentence underlined in the second paragraph?A. people may find the man unbelievableB. People think traveling is not so easy an act as drinking teaC. The writer often regrets not taking a holiday．D. The writer doesn't like drinking tea or listening to music14.What does the author think of holidays？A.They are often well organized in order to please other people．B.He feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn’t．C.He tends to be made responsible for too much of the organization of them．D.They are less enjoyable than breaks that have not been planned in advance．15.The writer takes the book of Awful Holidays as an example to ．A.damage the reputation of the magazineB. prove the idea of living an easy, lazy life to be wrongC. indicate that his dislike of holidays is widely sharedD. focus entirely on bad personal experiences of holidays第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。