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1、1 2019 年广州市普通高中业班综合测试（二）年广州市普通高中业班综合测试（二） 英语英语 2019.4 本试卷 10 页,满分 120 分，考试用时 120 分钟。 注意事项：注意事项： 1.本试卷分第 I 卷(选择题)和和第卷(非选择题)两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场 号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用 2B 铅笔将试卷类型(A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。用 2B 铅笔在“考生号”处 填涂考生号信息点，修改时须用橡皮擦干净。因笔试不考听力，第 I 卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始,试题题 序号从“21”开始。 2.作答第 I 卷时,选出每小题答案后,用 2B 铅笔在答题卡上对应
2、题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需要改动， 用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。 3.第卷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相应位置上；如需改 动，先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液不按以上要求作答无效。 4.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后,将试卷和答题卡一并并交回。 第二部分阅读理解(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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The country is India. A large dinner
3、party is being given in an up-country station by acolonial official and his wife. The guests are army and government officers and their wives, and anAmerican naturalist. At one side of the long table, a spirited discussion springs up between a young girl and an armyofficer. The girl insists women ha
4、ve long 2 outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouseera, and that they are not as anxious as their grandmothers were. The officer says they are,arguing women havent the actual nerve control of men. “A womans reaction in any crisis,“ the officer says,“is to scream. And while a man mayfee
5、l like it, he has that ounce more of control than a woman has.“ The American scientist does not join in the argument but sits and watches the faces of theother guests. As he stares, he sees a slight, though strange look of anxiety come over the face of thehostess. With a small gesture she summons th
6、e servant standing behind her chair. She whispers tohim. The servants eyes widen. He turns quickly and leaves the room. No one else sees this, nor theservant when he puts a bowl of milk on the balcony outside the glass doors. The American understands. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing. I
7、t is bait fora snake. He realizes there is a cobra in the room. The Americans eyes move across the roombut he sees nothing. He realizes the snake can only be in one place - under the table. His first reaction is to jump back and warn the others. But he knows any sudden movementwill frighten the cobr
8、a and it will strike. He speaks quickly, the quality of his voice so arrestingthat it quietens everyone.“I want to know just what control everyone at this table has. I will countthree hundred - thats five minutes - and not one of you is to move a single muscle. Now! Ready!“ The 20 people sit like st
9、one images while he counts. He is saying o hundred and eighty“when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the snake emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Four orfive screams ring out as he jumps to slam shut the balcony doors. “There is your proof!“ the host says.“A man has just shown us real contro
10、l.“ “Just a minute,“ the American says, turning to his hostess,“How did you know that cobrawas in the room?“ A faint smile comes across the womans face as she replies. “Because it was lying across myfoot.“ 3 21. What is the argument between the army officer and the young girl about? A. Whether women
11、 are afraid of mice. B. Whether men are calmer than women. C. Whether men are cleverer than women. D. Whether women would make suitable soldiers. 22. Why is the servant asked to put out some milk? A. To play a trick. B. To serve the guests. C. To attract the snake . D. To feed the hostesss pet. 23.
12、Why does the scientist suggest the guests play a game? A. He doesnt want anyone to panic. B. He intends to test the officers theory. C. He sees there was a snake in the room. D. He wants to entertain the other guests. 24. What does the author imply through the hostesss final statement? A. The army o
13、fficers opinion is wrong. B. The hostess understood the Americans intention. C. The American was surprised by the snakes presence. D. The hostess has had previous experience dealing with snakes. B 4 25. What caused musicals to move in a new direction during the 1930s? 5 A. The development of new mus
14、ical instruments. B. The audience s demand for more realistic art forms. C. The rising popularity of other types of entertainment. D. The greater acceptance of black performers by white audiences. 26. In which period did musical theatre become more complex and dramatic? A. Pre - 1900.B. 1900- 1929.
15、C.1940- 1949.D.1950- 1959. 27. What can be reasonably inferred about the musical West Side Story? A. It told its story in a new way. B. It was based on a true story. C. It was a non-Broadway show. D. It was not very successful at first. C In 1874 Francis Galton, a British professor, analysed a sampl
16、e of English scientists and foundthe vast majority to be first-born sons. This led him to theorise that first-born children enjoyed aspecial level of attention from their parents that allowed them to advance intellctually. Half acentury later Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychologist, made a similar argument relating to personality.First-born children, he suggested, were more diligent, while the later-born were more outgoing andemotionally stable. Many subsequent studies have explore
