2019年茂名二模英语试题

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

If you've been paying attention，you know that crows（乌鸦）are remarkably intelligent birds.36：six crows have been trained to pick up rubbish in the Puy du Fou historical theme park in western France.37，it dispenses（分发）a treat to reward the crows for their efforts.

The idea came from one of the park's falconers（放鹰员），Christophe Gaborit.As part of the falconry show，crows had already been trained to pick up roses and bring them to a princess.So in the 2000s，Gaborit raised and trained two crows to do the same with rubbish.38，in which a dispenser gives a food reward when a crow correctly performs a task.

Earlier this year，we saw research in which a type of"vending machine”was used to teach crows how to tear paper into a specific shape.And 10 years ago，“hacker”Josh Klein built a similar vending machine to reward crows for getting back lost money.39.

The crows were used for the first time over the weekend，and they’ll be working four days a week under close watch-not for the birds，but to make sure the humans don't deliberately drop rubbish to watch the birds clean it up.

That's because the aim of the crow garbage collectors isn't merely to collect garbage-it's also to get park-goers to think before they litter.40.

A.But bird lovers have different views

B.So we know the concept works

C.Now these feathered talents have been given a job

D.The crows are trained to identify small pieces of rubbish

E.Whenever they put a small piece of rubbish in a special container

F.It's a funny way to show the people that you cannot throw the papers everywhere

G.The training system is similar to experimental setups for testing crows' intelligence

第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It all started 4 years ago.My wife would see a 41 man near where she worked. It was the week before 42 and she said she wanted to buy him a new 43.His was 44and very old.We don't have a lot of 45；really we are a step away from being homeless ourselves but we try to 46 when we can.

We bought him a coat.I thought since we are giving him a coat，let's look at what else he might 47.We brainstormed and decided to fill a 48 with useful things，a toothbrush，soap，wash clothes，some food，and a Christmas card.

A few days later，a 49 came in the mail.It was completely 50.A company I worked for was sued（起诉）and they had to 51 us for travel time，etc.It was not much，a few hundred dollars，but didn't it come at the 52 time？

I had been reading kind stories and was moved by the 53 of strangers.We thought，let's prepare backpacks and give them out on Christmas Eve to people who would otherwise have nothing to 54.

We 55 what that's like.We haven't had money to exchange 56 for Christmas in many years too.It feels 57 to have someone thinking of you at Christmas and truth be told，I've always been a little 58 when friends ask “What did you get for Christmas?". It always makes my wife feel bad that she can't 59 to give me anything and I feel the same. But that year we could 60 say what we gave to others and that's exactly what happened.

41. A. homeless B. hungry C. desperate D. sad

42. A. New Year B. Christmas C. Halloween D. Thanksgiving Day

43. A. jacket B. suit C. sweater D. coat

44. A. stolen B. lost C. torn D. wet

45. A. money B. choices C. power D. suggestions

46. A. improve B. help C. plan D. reply

47. A. take B. request C. like D. need

48. A. basket B. box C. backpack D. bag

49. A. letter B. check C. magazine D. newspaper

50. A. satisfying B. secret C. unexpected D. puzzling

51. A. pay B. prepare C. beg D. ask

52. A. wrong B. perfect C. real D. present

53. A. selfishness B. loneliness C. admiration D. generosity

54. A. open B. pray C. eat D. celebrate

55. A. predict B. know C. imagine D. study

56. A. ideas B. goods C. gifts D. experiences

57. A. wonderful B. peaceful C. thrilling D. humorous

58. A. excited B. cautious C. disappointed D. embarrassed

59. A. attempt B. seek C. afford D. promise

60. A. normally B. naturally C. eagerly D. proudly