高考资源网（ks5u.com） 您身边的高考专家www.ks5u.com 版权所有高考资源网- 1 -20182018 年广东省普通高中学业水平考试模拟考试（一）英语试卷（满分 1 10 00 0 分，时间 9 90 0 分钟）I. 情景交际（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）阅读下列简短对话，从 A、B、C 和 D 中选出最佳答案，讲对话补全。（）1.Our class have won the girls 400-metre relay race. .A.With a pleasure.B. What a pity!C. Not at all.D. Congratulations!（）2. W: May I ask a question after class, Sir?M: , but not during my lunch break.A. Im sorry B. SometimeC. Go aheadD. Certainly（）3. W: Hello! May I speak to Tom?M: .A. Im TomB. This is TomC. That is TomD. Speaking（）4. W: May I invite you to dinner?M: , but Im afraid I have no time .A. Id love toB. No, I cantC. Excuse meD. Not really（）5. W: I am afraid I must be leaving now.M: , and wish you a pleasant journey.A. Its my pleasureB. GoodC. Good evening D. See you高考资源网（ks5u.com） 您身边的高考专家www.ks5u.com 版权所有高考资源网- 2 -IIII. .阅读理解 （共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。A ASamuel Osmond is a 19yearold law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano.However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about thenotes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata( 奏鸣曲 )by Beethoven. Hesurprised everyone around him.Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesnt even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.Samuel cant understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother playedthe piano and my father played the guitar. 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 easily to meI hear thenotes and can bear them in mindeach and every note，” says Samuel.Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece thatis so difficult that many professional pianists cant play it. Samuel says 高考资源网（ks5u.com） 您身边的高考专家www.ks5u.com 版权所有高考资源网- 3 -confidently，“Its all about supermemoryI guess I have that gift.”However, Samuels ability to remember things doesnt stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesnt know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.6. What is special about Samuel Osmond?A. He has a gift for writing music.B. He can write down the note he hears.C. He is a top student at the law school.D. He can play the musical piece he hears.7. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.8. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he A. received a good early education in musicB. played the guitar and the piano perfectlyC. could play the piano without reading musicD. could play the guitar better than his father9. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?A. He became famous during a special event at his college. B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately. C. He plays the piano better than many 高考资源网（ks5u.com） 您身边的高考专家www.ks5u.com 版权所有高考资源网- 4 -professional pianists.D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.10. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. The qualities of a musicianB. The story of a musical talentC. The importance of early educationD. The relationship between memory and musicB BIt was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “Im payingfor myself, and for the six cars behind me，” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One afteranother, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friends refrigerator: “Practise random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wa