2014年广东高考英语试题及答案解析12I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）3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 45项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

6Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then7again, teenagers have 1______ feeling about their parents, saying that8it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most9common 2______ between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidinessand daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over 3_______ 1011rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help12with the 4_____. On the other hand, teenagers lose their patiencecontinually when parents blame them for 5______ the towel in the bathroom,1314not cleaning their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.15The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that16different parents have different 6_______ to these problems. However some17approaches are more 7_______ than others. For example, those parents who18yell at their children for their untidiness, but 8_______ clean the roomfor them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s 9______. On1920the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the 10______ of their21actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help theirpare nts with the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the2223refrigerator, they are forced to 11_______ their actions.Psychologists say that 12______ is the most important thing2425in parent-child relationships. Parents should 13_______ to their26children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they haveto say. Parents may 14_______ their children when they are untidy but 2728they should also understand that their room is their own private space.29Communication is a two-way process. It only by listening to and 15________30each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.311. A. natural B.32strong C. guilty D.similar33342. A. interest B. argument C.35link D. knowledge3. A. noisy B. crowded C.3637messy D. locked384. A. homework B. housework C.39problem D. research405. A. washing B.41using C. dropping D. replacing6. A. approaches B. contributions C.4243introductions D. attitudes447. A. complex B. popular C.scientific D. successful45468. A. later B. deliberately C.47seldom D. thoroughly489. A. behavior B.49taste C. future D.50nature5110. A. failures B. changes C.52consequences D. thrills5311. A. defend B.54delay C. repeat D.reconsider555612. A. communication B. bond C.57friendship D. trust5813. A. reply B.59attend C. attach D.60talk14. A. hate B.6162scold C. frighten D.63stop15. A. loving B. observing C.6465understanding D. praising66第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空6768格处填入一个适当的词或者括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。

6970Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some71of my friends who had been there before said____16____ was a wonderfulholiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the 7273day came, we were ready.74After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our75reservation six months____17____(early), but the man at the front desk76said there had been a mistake. We ____18____（tell）that our rooms hadn’t77been reserved for that week, ____19____ for the week after. I didn’tunderstand ____20____ this would happen and my credit card had already7879been charged ____21____ the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had80been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager cameout. She was ____22____（surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake8182and gave us a spare VIP room on ____23____top floor. We had never stayed83in such an amazi ng room, and we weren’t charged extra.84The next day, my brother and I went to the beach ____24____we85watched some people play volleyball. We got a little____25____（sunburn），86but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.Ⅱ阅读（共两节，满分50分）8788第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）89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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

9091A92Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, 93England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult 94musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few 95minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago,9697he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He 98surprised everyone around him.Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of 99100music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. 101They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that 102what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was 103the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music 104instead. Now, he studies law and music.Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I 105106grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the 107guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes 108109easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and 110every note,” says Samuel.111Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at 112his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was 113impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that 114is so difficult that many professio nal pianists can’t play it. Samuel 115says confidently, “It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that 116gift.”However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop 117118with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel 119heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.120121Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants 122to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music 123and continue his studies.12426. What is special about Samuel Osmond?125A. He has a gift for writing music.126B. He can write down the note he hears.127C. He is a top student at the law school.128D. He can play the musical piece he hears.12927. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?130A.Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.131B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician. 132C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. 133D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers. 13428. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he ________.A. received a good early education in music135136B. played the guitar and the piano perfectlyC. could play the piano without reading music137138D. could play the guitar better than his father13929. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?A. He became famous during a special event at his college. 140141B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately. 142C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists. 143D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces. 14430. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?145A. The Qualities of a Musician146B. The Story of a Musical Talent147C. The Importance of Early Education148D. The Relationship between Memory and Music.149150B151It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge 152tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind 153me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, 154the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informe d, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”155156It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had readsomething on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and 157158senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she159copied it down.160Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far161away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and162drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,”she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all 163164her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked165the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students,one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. 166167Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she168didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.169Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman170living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down171on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there 172173should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the174classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the175poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne176says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”177The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those178drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been179inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness180begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?181182A. She knew the car drivers well.B. She wanted to show 183kindness.C. She hoped to please others.D. She had 184185seven tickets.18632. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she _________. 187A. thought it was beautifully written188B. wanted to know what it really meant189C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall190D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom19133. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?192A. Judy Foreman.B. Natalie Smith.C. Alice 193Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.19434. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to 195the underlined sentence above?196A. Kindness and violence can change the world.197B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.198C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.D. Kindness and violence can shape o ne’s character.19920035. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. People should practice random kindness to those in need. 201202B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others. 203C. People should practice random kindness to strangers theymeet.204205D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the 206giver.207C208Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope 209for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything 210211practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, 212but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.213214I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer 215by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. 216I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my 217family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my 218decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.219220Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and 221I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countlessinterviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates 222223and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received acall asking me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village 224225near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about 226to find out.After completing my training, I was sent to the village 227228that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though 229the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food 230as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local 231people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught 232in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.233234Sometime during that period, I realized that all those 235things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, thoughI did not get anywhere with the local language, and returned to the United 236237States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life 238forever.23936. What do we know about the author?240A. His university education focused on the theoretical 241knowledge.B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer.242243C. He took pride in having contributed to the world.244D. He felt honored to study English literature.37. According to the Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the 245246author ________.247A. discussed his decision with his family.248B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work249C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks250D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends 25138. In his application for the volunteer job, the 252author ________.253A. participated in many discussions254B. went through challenging survival tests255C. wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work256D. faced strong competition from other candidates39. On arrival at the village, the author was 257258_________.259A. asked to lead a farming teamB. sent to teach in a schoolhouse260261C. received warmly by local villagers262D. arranged to live in a separate house.26340. What can we infer from the author’s experiences in Nigeria? 264A. He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture 265B. He had learned to communicate in the local language.C. He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home. 266267D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students. 268D269Scientists today are making greater effort to study ocean270currents (洋流). Most do it using satellites and other high-tech271equipment. However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a specialway --- by studying movements of random floating garbage. A scientist 272273with many years’ experience, he started this type of research in the274early 1990s when he heard about hundreds of athletic shoes washing upon the shores of the northwest coast of the United States. There were 275276so many shoes that people were setting up swap meets to try and match277left and right shoes to sell or wear.278Ebbesmeyer found out in his researches that the shoes —279about 60,000 in total — fell into the ocean in a shipping accident. He280phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes back. Asexpected, the company told him that they didn't. Ebbesmeyer realized this 281282could be a great experiment. If he learned when and where the shoes went283into the water and tracked where they landed, he could learn a lot about284the patterns of ocean currents.285The Pacific Northwest is one of the world's best areas286for beachcombing(海滩搜寻) because winds and currents join here, and as287a result, there is a group of serious beachcombers in the area. Ebbesmeyer288got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting289information about where the shoes landed. In a year he collected reliableinformation on 1, 600 shoes. With this data, he and a colleague were able 290291to test and improve a computer program designed to model ocean currents,292and publish the findings of their study.293As the result of his work, Ebbesmeyer has become known294as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found295floating in the ocean. He has even started an association of beachcombersand ocean experts, with 500 subscribers from West Africa to New Zealand. 296297They have recorded all lost objects ranging from potatoes to golf gloves. 29841. The underlined phrase swap meets in Paragraph 1 is closest inmeaning to _____.299300A. fitting roomsB. trading fairs 301C. business talksD. group meetings30242. Ebbesmeyer phoned the shoe company to find out _______.303A. what caused the shipping accident304B. when and where the shoes went missing305C. whether it was all right to use their shoes306D. how much they lost in the shipping accident30743. How did Ebbesmeyer prove his assumption?308A. By collecting information from beachcombers.B. By studying the shoes found by beachcomber.309310C. By searching the web for ocean currents models.D. By researching ocean currents data in the library.31131244. Ebbesmeyer is most famous for ________.313A. traveling widely the coastal cities of the worldB. making records for any lost objects on the sea314315C. running a global currents research association316D. phoning about any doubtful objects on the sea31745. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage? 318A. To call people's attention to ocean pollution.319B. To warn people of shipping safety in the ocean.320C. To explain a unique way of studying ocean currents.321D. To give tips on how to search for lost objects on the beach. 322第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）323324阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息，请在答题卡上325将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。