2013年高考真题-英语精校精析2013·广东A卷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。
Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a __1__ in number. Human beings are born with this ability. __2__，experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not __3__．However, if you remove two, the bird __4__ leaves. This means that the bird knows the __5__ between two and three.Another interesting experiment showed a bird's __6__ number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not __7__ until the man left the tower. The man had an __8__．He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not __9__ the bird. The crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was __10__ with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were __11__．It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were __12__ able to fool the crow.How good is a human's number sense? It's not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a __13__ group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are __14__ fooled.It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world，and that our human __15__ is not much better than a crow's.1．A. rise B. patternC. changeD. trend2．A. Importantly B．SurprisinglyC. DisappointedlyD. Fortunately3．A.survive B．careC. hatchD. notice4．A. generally B．sincerelyC. casuallyD. deliberately5．A. distance B．rangeC．difference D．interval6．A. amazing B. annoyingC．satisfying D．disturbing7．A. relax B．recoverC．react D. return8．A. appointment B．excuseC. ideaD. explanation9．A. fool B. hurtC. catchD. kill10．A. reported B. repeatedC. designedD. approved11．A. confused B. goneC. tiredD. drunk12．A. gradually B. luckilyC. strangelyD. finally13．A. single B. smallC. localD. new14．A. seldom B. temporarilyC．merely D. often15．A. sight B. natureC. abilityD. belief【要点综述】数字感，不仅仅人生来有这样的本能，动物也有，而且有的动物比人类还强。
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1．C 考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。
从本段中的For example 后面的描述来看，这里指的是数字的变化，所以选change。
2．B 考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。
上文告诉我们，这种能力是人生来就有的，而实验证明，动物也有这种能力，这应该是令人惊讶的，所以应该选B，意思是：令人惊讶地。
3．D 考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。
从下面的However 及其后面的句子可看出，四个鸟蛋变为三个，鸟妈妈会注意不到，而当三个变为两个的时候，她就会离开，这就意味着鸟妈妈知道两个和三个的区别。
所以此题选notice，意思是：注意到。
4．A 考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。
发现自己的卵少了，通常她会离开，所以选generally，意思是：通常。
deliberately 故意地；sincerely真诚地；casually随便地，临时地。
5．C 考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。
the difference between…and…意思是：……和……之间的差别。
6．A 考查形容词词义辨析。
下面描述实验中的乌鸦对数字的变化是令人惊讶的，所以选amazing。
7．D 考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。
由“…the crow always left when she saw him coming…”可知，直到人离开，乌鸦才回来，所以选return。
relax 放松；recover 恢复；react反应。
8．C 考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。
下文说的是这个人为了让乌鸦回来想出了一个办法，所以用idea。
have an idea意思是：想出了一个办法，有了一个主意。
appointment任命，约定；excuse借口；explanation解释。
9．A 考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。
他们本想让一个人离开，造成个假象，欺骗一下乌鸦，但是乌鸦不上当，等到第二个人离开了才回来。
所以选fool，意思是：欺骗、愚弄。
10．B 考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。
这里指的是又添加人重复上面的实验，所以选repeat。
11．B 考查形容词词义辨析。
对应上文的left，四个选项中只有gone符合语境，意思是：离去的，离开的。
12．D 考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。
这里指的是实验的最后结果，所以用finally。
直到五个人进去，四个人离开，最终把乌鸦给愚弄了。
13．B 考查形容词词义辨析。
从下文的“when the number goes beyond three or four”可以看出，这里所说的group应该是small group。
14．D 考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。
当数量超过三个或四个的时候，14个月左右的婴儿常常被欺骗了。
15．C 考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。
这里指的是对于东西数量变化的识别能力，所以选ability。
文章开篇有原词复现。
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，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在相应位置上。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen.Suddenly, he 16.________ (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son，“Go to the village and buy some salt，but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 17.________ too little.”His son looked surprised.“I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much，Father，but if I can pay less, 18.________ not save a bit of money？”“That would be a very 19.________(reason)thing to do in a big city，but it could destroy a small village like ours，”Nick said.Nick's guests, 20.________ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied，“The only reason aman would sell salt 21.________ a lower price would be because he was desperate for money.And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 22.________ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”“But such a small thing couldn't 23.________ (possible) destroy a village.”“In the beginning, there was only 24.________ very small amount of unfairness in the world，but everyone added a little，always 25.________ (think) that it was only small and not very important，and look where we have ended up today.”【要点综述】文章通过一个故事，向我们揭示了一个道理：世上的不公平本来没这么明显，正是由于众人的一点点的改变，使得这些不公愈演愈烈。