2012年广州二模英语试题答案(2)

第二节语法填空（共10小题；钻小题1. 5分，满分15分）：
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号屮词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
Inequality between men and women results in poorer health for children and greater family poverty(贫穷)，according to a new study. The UN agency Unicef  found that, 16 _____  the situation has slightly improved, many women are still not included in family decisions， 17_____  as a result their children are more likely to suffer from poor health.
The main finding of the 30-country survey is that equality between men and women is vital to 18 _____ (improve) living standards and health, especially for children in developing countries. The conclusions arc contained in the agency’ s 19 _____ (late) report. This report points to a lack of opportunities for girls and women in education and work，which contributes 20_____  their
poverty and lack of power. Where men control the household, less money 21_____  ( spend) on healthcare and food， 22_____  results in poorer health for children. 高考网wWw.GaoKw.cOm

An increase in 23 _____ (employ) opportunities for women would increase 24_____  household power, the report said. For example, the agency found that whoever has more household income decides 25_____  or not it will be used for family needs.
II阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节阅读理解（共2O小题；每小题2分，满分4O分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。
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When the SS Gairsoppa was sunk by a German war boat 70 years ago，it took its huge silver cargo to a watery grave. Today, US divers are working to recover what may be the biggest shipwreck treasure ever.
The Florida-based company Odyssey Marine Exploration announced that it had found the Gairsoppa, and cited official documents indicating the British ship was carrying some 219 tons of silver when it sank in 1941 in the North Atlantic f some 300 miles off the Irish coast.
Valued then at£600,000, the silver today is worth about $ 210 million, which would make it history's largest recovery of precious metals lost at sea.
“We've accomplished the first stage of this project — the location and identification of the target shipwreck — and now we're hard at work planning for the recovery stage，” Odyssey project manager Andrew Craig said.
Under the terms of an agreement reached between Odyssey and the British government，the company will retain 80 percent of the silver it can recover from the wreck.
The 412-foot Gairsoppa had been sailing from India back to Britain in February 1941 carrying a cargo of silver, iron and tea, when a storm hit. Running low on fuel, the ship was forced to change direction and headed for Galway，Ireland，the nearest port of safety.
It never made it，sunk by a German torpedo in the contested waters of the North Atlantic. Of the 85 people on board，only one survived.
The Gairsoppa came to rest nearly 15 ,400 feet below the surface, where for decades it was lost to the world. All previous efforts to locate the shipwreck failed.
New photographs released by the Oddesy show clear details of the ship，including the hole blown open by the torpedo. The find highlights the influential role that modern technologies，such as global positioning systems and deepwater robots，have come to play in the business of finding shipwrecks.

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Odyssey president Mark Gordon said, "The majority of the world's ocean floor has not yet been explored. We know more about the surface of the moon than we know about the deepest parts of the oceans. It's exciting to be working at depths like these and to be among the pioneers of this unexplored frontier, ”
26. What caused the ship to sink?
A. A dangerous storm. B. A German attack.
C. A loss of direction. D. An accidental explosion.
27. Where was the ship headed when it sank?
A. India. B. Ireland. C. The United States. D. Britain.
28. Which of the following about the Gairsoppa is true?
A. All the passengers aboard were killed.
B. Some of its treasures have already been recovered.
C. It is under more than 15,000 meters of water.
D. It is officially owned by the British government.
29. Why has it taken so many years to find the location of the ship?
A. The required technology was not available before,
B. People had completely forgotten the ship had been sunk.
C. Search permission had previously been refused.
D. Official ship records have only recently been discovered.
30. What does Mark Gordon think of deep-sea exploration?
A. It is more difficult than space exploration. B. It is a very expensive activity.
C. It is still in its early stage. D. It can make explorers very rich，
B
I live in Mumbai, India, a big city, but I came from a remote Kerala village. When I was a- boy, hardly anyone spoke English around me. So, at age nine, Dad sent me to Montfort, an exclusive boarding school. There, I had to speak English or be punished. My uniform was typical English public school ： grey jacket，tie，and black leather shoes 一 so different from the clothes most people in my village wore. And our official school sport was cricket, something I'd never heard of, let alone played, before arriving.
Montfort had been built for the children of the British officials who once ruled India ’ but by the time I arrived in 1961, nearly all the students were from powerful Indian families. Its English traditions, however, continued.
When I returned home for the holidays still wearing my uniform, people stared at me like I was an alien. ”Speak some English,“ they teased. Looking back, I unwittingly brought a bit of English culture to my village.
But English and too much Western influence are precisely what many traditionalists and politicians fear. They ask： Will such influences finish off our own culture?
Various leaders have tried to erase the British traditions, pulling down old British statues and replacing many British-rule city names with older native names. Some even advocate changing our weekly day of rest from the "Western" Sunday to the “Hindu" Tuesday.
Extreme responses I say. You can't change history, and it's only natural for foreign influences to affect a nation's culture. So Indian culture, as it is today, is really a mixture derived from centuries of foreign invasions.
Add to that the massive changes of the 20th century resulting from the television, jet-age travel, the Internet, etc. 高考网WWw.gAoKw.coM

Everything from clothes and language to food keeps changing, yet we remain Indian. I believe that Asian cultures are too ancient and deep-rooted to be weakened by foreign influences.
Allow me to illustrate ray point. Some time ago, I took my visiting Singapore-born-and- raised cousin to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. Later, while driving home，I talked about the fine Chinese food we'd just had.
"Was that Chinese food?" my cousin exclaimed. “Oh, I didn't know. “ It must have tasted too Indian for him to realise it.
Meanwhile, like countless others, my village has transformed over the past decades. Many people wear modern clothes and TV brings cricket into local homes. There's even an English- language school，where you can hear kids giggling，yelling，flirting — all in English，but with an Indian accent. Just like the Chinese food you get in India.
Are these foreign influences something to worry about? I don't think so. India's Chinese food tastes pretty good to me!

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31. What can we infer about the author?
A. He was a supporter of British rule in India.
B. He came from a wealthy family.
C. His family was unpopular in the village.
D. He was partly educated in Britain.