广东省2014届高三英语二轮专题精品卷：信息匹配、任务型阅读(2)

广东省2014届高三英语二轮专题精品卷：信息匹配、任务型阅读（2）

第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分)

阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。

首先请阅读下面给予英语学习者的建议：

English learning isn’t an easy thing, but most people can learn it well if they’re willing to put in the necessary time. Here are some practical suggestions for learning English effectively, overcoming anxiety, and learning the grammar and skills necessary for success in English classes. A．Develop a good attitude.

Have a clear personal reason for taking an English class. Set personal goals for what you want to learn. Leave perfectionism at the door；give yourself permission to make mistakes and learn from them.

B．Divide your study time.

Study a different task each time：vocabulary now, grammar next, etc. Get an overview during the first half hour：spend 10 minutes reviewing dialog,10 minutes learning new vocabulary,10 minutes learning new grammar...So you’ll at least have looked at it all. About 80% of your study time should be spent on recitation or practice.

C．Make yourself comfortable.

Get to know your clas smates, so you’ll feel you’re among friends. Visit your teacher during office hours. Explain your goals and fears about the course to your friends or your teacher. D．Attend and participate in every class—even if you aren’t well prepared.

Class time is your best opportunity to practice. Learn the grammar and vocabulary outside of class in order to make full use of the class time. Spend a few minutes “warming up” before each class by speaking or reading English.

E．Study every day.

English learning is cumulative：you cannot put it off until tomorrow. Study one or two hours for every class hour if you want a good mark.

F．Learn grammar well.

Grammar is the skeleton and the basic structure of a language, so you must learn it.

阅读以下各人学习英语的经历,然后匹配他们给予英语学习者的建议。

46．Tom reviews a simplified English grammar text and compares new grammatical structures in the language to his Chinese equivalents. He practices what he is learning by employing it actively.

【答案】F

【解析】根据Tom学习语法时习惯将汉语语法与英语作比较，可推测出他的建议是要学好语法；选项F语法是语言的框架和基本的结构，必须要学好，故选F。

47．Jacky feels ten English words or phrases per day aren’t too many. He can learn them in no time.

He takes a little time each day to learn 10 new words. He uses the weekend to revise what he has learned during the past week(s)．This way he enriches his English vocabulary by 50 new words per week.

【答案】E

【解析】根据Jacky每天学习10个新单词，一周就可以学习50个，可得知学习英语贵在坚持。选项E每天都要学习，故选E。

48．Chen Lin often meets friends and they study English together. They can repeat their English vocabulary, do their homework together and h elp each other with English grammar. It’s also a good opportunity to exchange ideas on studying in general.

【答案】C

【解析】根据Chen Lin经常与朋友们一起学英语，可推知学英语要Make yourself comfortable。

故选C。

49．Li Wen develops a positive attitude towards learning English so as to improve her learning habits as well as her language skills.

【答案】A

【解析】Li Wen建议学习英语的态度要积极。选项A叙述的是要有好的学习态度，故选A。50．Huang Juan studies some English vocabulary and grammar each day for 15 minutes or more.

She feels English is always in her head. If she studies once a week, English will not be in her mind as present.

【答案】B

【解析】Huang Juan每天既安排了时间学词汇又安排了时间学语法，所以她认为分配好学习时间很重要。选项B叙述的是安排好你的时间，故选B。

第二节读写任务(共1小题,满分25分)

读下面的短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A dramatic ballad singer studied under a strict teacher who insisted that he rehearse(排练) , day after day, month after month the same passage from the same song, without being permitted to go any further. Finally, overwhelmed by frustration and despair, the young man ran off to find another profession. One night, stopping at an inn, he came across a recitation contest. Having nothing to lose, he entered the competition and, of course, sang the one passage that he knew so well. When he had finished, the sponsor of the contest highly praised his performance. Despite the

student's embarrassed objections, the sponsor refused to believe that he had just heard a beginner perform. “Tell me,” the sponsor said, “who is your instructor? He must be a great master. ” The student later became known as the great performer Koshiji.

Koshiji practiced so much that it became part of him. To really master something, it has to become part of you.

第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

The dramatic ballad student, who later became a great performer, could not stand the repeated boring practice, which was to lead to his great success in his career. (28 words) As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Constant practice can result in perfect performance. Practice is of great importance in doing anything.

Take my personal experience in learning English for example. Three years ago, I had great trouble in doing listening comprehension. I couldn't understand the teacher in class, so I often failed in the listening comprehension test. This was obviously due to my lack of practice in English listening in Junior. To improve my listening, I started to read English aloud every morning and listen to tapes and radio programs every evening. Months later, I succeeded in the final examination by working hard. I got 90 marks for English. Several months later, my efforts paid off and in the final examination I did an excellent job in listening.

I strongly believe that practice makes perfect. Whatever we do, we should persevere in it and keep on working until we succeed. (123 words)

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