广东省广州市2016-2017学年高二12月学业水平测试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

2016学年度广州市高中二年级学生学业水平测试英语
本试卷分四部分，，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的测试证号和姓名；填写考区考场室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应的两个号码涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题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的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束时，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

I听力（共两节，满分20分）略
II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16~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Throughouthistory,languageshaveappearedanddisappeared.Thelanguagesof

16 groupshavespreadwhilethelanguagesofsmallercultureshave 17 .

Onelanguageexpertfamouslydefineda/an _18_ as“adialectwithanarmy”.Today,whatdrivesalanguagetonewplacesisnota/an 19_ butthingsliketelevision,theInternetandinternationalbusiness.
Inaglobalsociety,languagesspokeninremoteplacesarenolonger _20 fromthelanguagesusedforworldcommunicationandcommerce(商业).Widely-usedlanguagessuchasMandarin,English,RussianandSpanishreachintotinycommunitiesandcompetewith
21 languages.Whenonelanguageis 22_ used,childrenfromminoritylanguagegroupstendtolosetheirnativelanguagesastheygrowup,attendschoolandstartworking.Thisispartlybecausesomepeoplethinkthatspeakingthesesmallerlanguagesisa
23 tosuccess.Theseattitudes,alongwiththestrongdesiretofit-in, 24 theuseofminoritylanguages.Politicalpressurecanfurther 25 thesurvivalofsmallerlanguages,suchaswhengovernmentsbantheuseofsmallerlanguagesineducationorthemedia.
Whyisthedisappearanceofalanguagewithasmallnumberofspeakersaconcern?Differentlanguagesexpressdifferentwaysof 26_ theworld.Theycarryinformationsuchasthe
values,historyandtraditionsofaculture,andtheycanshowushowa/an_ 27 cultureexpressesbasicconceptssuchastime,numbers,andcolours.ForexamplethePiraha,anAmazoniantribe,appeartohavenowordsfornumbers. 28 _,theysimplyuserelativewordssuchasfewandmany.
16.A.beautifulB.helpfulC.newD.powerful17.A.developedB.disappearedC.meltedD.objected18.A.artB.languageC.mediaD.story19.A.armyB.countryC.organizationD.person20.A.designedB.prot