广东省茂名市2015年第二次高考模拟考试 英语试题（解析版）
Ⅰ 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1—15小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Asia has long tradition of tea-drinking. And China is no exception.
However, lately more and more Chinese people are turning to a different 1 . Coffee has become a/an 2 popular choice of Chinese people living abroad and in the country's 3 cities. In big cities such as Beijing, coffee shops seem to be on nearly every major street corner. These 4 are not just selling drinks from Starbucks, the world-famous coffee company. Coffee businesses from South Korea and Britain are also 5 in China.
Many young Chinese people drink coffee 6 -- when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China 7 for growing tea. She used to 8 drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons.
Yang Lin says she was a tea drinker when she was back in China. But she likes coffee and tea 9 now. Drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her co-workers like to sit in a café and talk over a cup of coffee. Tea, she says, is more about family 10 . She grew up in Fujian province -- an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would 11 together in the evening and talk about the day's events over a steaming pot of tea. So now, 12 the smell of Fujian tea brings back these 13 family memories.
On average a person in China drinks about five cups of coffee a year. This information comes from the China Coffee Association Beijing. That 14 is far below the world average of 240 cups a year. But the association says the amount of coffee that Chinese drink is 15 by about 15 percent every year.
【文章解读】该文章主要介绍咖啡在中国越来越受欢迎的趋势。
1.A.business B. drink C. attitude D. custom
【答案】B
【命题立意】考查名词的用法。
【解析】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。business生意；drink饮料；attitude态度；custom习惯。根据前文的tea-drinking判断是drink，故选B。
2.A. abnormally B. necessarily C. thoroughly D. increasingly
【答案】D
【命题立意】考查副词的用法。
【解析】本空考查副词基本含义的辨析。Abnormally不正常的；necessarily必要地；thoroughly彻底地；increasingly增加地。根据前文的那句话，可推断咖啡越来越受欢迎，故选D。
3.A. huge B. ancient C. remote D. conservative
【答案】A
【命题立意】考查形容词的用法。
【解析】本空考查形容词基本含义的辨析。huge巨大的；ancient古代的；remote遥远的；conservative保守的。与前文的abroad对应，应是中国大城市。故选A。
