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。
Make Your Brain Smarter
You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But did you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Studies show that when the brain is forced to do something new, it creates new neural (神经的)pathways.___36___
● Limit your TV viewing
Watching an average TV show requires very little brain power and brings the same result as neglecting physical exercise. ___37___ If you watch TV, choose something educational and informative.
● Use your non-dominant hand
If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed.___38___ Brushing our teeth is something most of us do daily. We really don’t put that much thought into it — but maybe we should. Experts suggest that we can stimulate this right brain by changing things up and working with our non-dominant hand. So the next time you brush your teeth, open the tube, apply your toothpaste and brush with the opposite hand.
● Shower with your eyes closed
Hop in the shower and shut your eyes. Even if you drop the soap — that’s okay. Use your different senses. ___39___ Using your fingers to make fine distinctions between objects or textures can rewire the brain areas involved in touch suggests Larry Katz, a professor of neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center and author. This has been true for brain-imaging experiments with blind Braille readers and monkeys trained to use their fingers to get food.
● ___40___
Can playing “Chopsticks” on the piano make your smarter? Well, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience, it can. Kids who received at least three years of instrumental music training outperformed children without training in fine motor skills, vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning skills. Apparently, people who are better able to move to a beat show more consistent brain responses to speech than those with less rhythm. The study findings suggest that musical training might sharpen the brain’s response to language — making you a little smarter.
A Learn a new language.
B Move to the beat of your own drum.
C Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do.
D Walking for exercise requires little time and brings the same result as running.
E Doing familiar things in a new way will cause your brain to create new neural networks.
F The more pathways you have, the faster you can think and the better memory you will have.
G Searching for the soap or shampooing while feeling the textures with your eyes closed works your brain and helps make you smarter.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last fall, I was out of work and starting to face serious money problems. Then I discovered a (an)___41___ restaurant near where I live in Milan, Italy. I thought, maybe they’re looking for ___42___, so I sent in my resume. I’d ___43___ worked in a restaurant before. It wasn’t a great dream of mine. But I’ve been ___44___ since I was 16. I needed a job to ___45___ having to go back to my hometown Palermo, because that would have been a great ___46___.
I always knew I would ___47___ Palermo ---- it has so ___48___ history, but it develops slowly. And yet I moved to Milan ___49___. I wanted to go to Rome, but I ___50___ an acting school in Milan, and I stayed. Since finishing school, I’ve ___51___ classical plays in the theatre. I’ve also worked at a clothing store. Acting is of the kind that depends on luck, and the Italian job market has been ___52___ these past few years.
When I got the job there as a cook, the owners had already ___53___ a guy named Tadzio, who baked all their pastries（酥皮糕点）. He is just very, very friendly. I felt totally ___54___ with him, and we became friends ___55___. A lot of people came in for dinner because the place was quite nice and the ___56___ were so low. Tadzio and I spent all day together in the ___57___, talking about cooking.
Soon I ___58___ that I really like working as a cook. It’s like acting: You’re onstage every day, but it’s always new. Sometimes you never know ___59___ you really like until you have a ___60___.
41 A old B new C local D quiet
42 A staff B managers C jobs D ideas
43 A already B often C occasionally D never
44 A experiencing B experimenting C studying D cooking
45 A guarantee B convince C avoid D stop
46 A defeat B challenge C dream D disadvantage
47 A forget B leave C love D return
48 A unpleasant B short C much D little
49 A by turns B by rules C by accident D by mistake
50 A settled in B enrolled in C passed by D learned from
51 A performed B written C directed D witnessed
52 A strange B awful C amazing D steady
53 A trained B fired C hired D recommended
54 A strict B familiar C patient D comfortable
55 A instantly B especially C accordingly D cautiously
56 A buildings B surroundings C dishes D prices
57 A market B dining-room C kitchen D city
58 A reminded B informed C discovered D pointed
59 A whether B what C something D anything
60 A try B look C teacher D friend
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Xuexiang Village, formerly known as a forestry farm, has been transformed into a booming tourist resort. ___61___(locate) at the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, it has much snow. The snow here starts falling in October and begins to melt in April. A unique scene is the "snow mushrooms", ___62___ are formed after snow falls onto wood piles. Together with log cabins, pine trees and snowy mountains, ___63___ place looks like a fairy tale world.
Several decades ago, people ___64___(come) here as loggers. Years of excessive logging resulted ___65___ a resource-shortage problem. After the natural forest protection project ___66___(launch) in 1999,the forestry farm stopped logging and started to make good use of the snow to develop the tourism industry. Amateur photographers first promoted the beautiful scenery, then, with the help of the internet, it ___67___(gradual) became famous and tourists began coming. ___68___(sense) the new opportunities, loggers started to open family hotels and restaurants. Nearly 80 ___69___(family) are now involved in tourism business. "My family can make 200,000-300,000 yuan each year, which enables ___70___(we) to live a much better life", said Fan, a used-to-be logger.
第四部分 写作（共两节 满分35）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argue. We talk about something as simply as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into the topic of her best friend’s son, who received a four-year scholarship 2012. She is now earning 70,000 dollar a year as an engineer. In a fact, I don't want to do any job relating to science like him. I don't know what to explain my plan to my mother. I'm the type of person who loves to help out in the community, and most of all, want to achieve a career because I love it. I'd rather follow my dreams or create my own future.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的美国朋友汤姆要来惠州学院学习半年的中文，他让你帮忙找个寄宿家庭。 请你回一封电子邮件，向他介绍找到的寄宿家庭的情况，内容包括：
1. 所处的位置及周边交通状况；
2. 家庭成员情况；
3. 寄宿费用及需承担的家务。
Dear Tom,
I’m glad to learn that you will come to Huizhou University to study Chinese for six months.
惠州市2017届高三第三次调研考试英语试题参考答案
阅读理解：
第一节：21—25 ADAAB 26—30 CDDBC 31—35 DACBD
第二节：36—40 FCEGB
完形填空：
41—45 BADDC 46—50ABCCB 51—55 ABCDA 56—60DCCBA
语法填空：
61 Located 62 which 63 the 64 came 65 in
66 was launched 67 gradually 68 Sensing/Having sensed 69 families 70 us
短文改错：
Every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argue. We talk about
Argue改为 arguement
something as simply as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into the
simply改为simple
topic of her best friend’s son, who received a four-year scholarship 2012. She is now earning
scholarship后加in She改为He
70,000 dollar a year as an engineer. In a fact, I don't want to do any job relating to science like him.
dollar改为dollars 去掉a relating改为related
I don't know what to explain my plan to my mother. I'm the type of person who loves to help out
what改为how
in the community, and most of all, want to achieve a career because I love it. I'd rather follow my
want改为wants
dreams or create my own future.
or改为and
书面表达：（One possible version)
Dear Tom,
I’m glad to learn that you will come to Huizhou University to study Chinese for six months. You asked me to look for a Chinese host family for you in your last e-mail and I have found one, which I think should meet all your requirements.
The family’s flat, located in the center of the city, is a little far away from the university where you will learn Chinese. But it is within easy reach of the bus station, so you don’t have to bother about the transport. The host family is made up of four: a married couple and their two sons. The host and the hostess are considerate and friendly, and their elder son is about your age. As for the monthly rent, it is about 1000 yuan, which ensures you a family type of living at a low cost. As the family requests, you are supposed to do some housework, such as mopping the floor, and doing the dishes. You won’t find a better choice than this.
I’m looking forward to your arrival!
Yours ,
Li Hua