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共52小题，约4990字。

　　2013年广州市高三训练题
　　英    语
　　2013.5
　　本试卷共10页, 三大题, 满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
　　注意事项：
　　1. 答卷前，考生务必用2B铅笔在“考生号”处填涂考生号。用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己所在的市、县/区、学校以及自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型(A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。
　　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选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
　　3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内相应位置上；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。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
　　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。
　　Some years ago, Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were making a huge number of   1   about the long waits at baggage claim (行李提取处). In response, the airport managers   2   the number of baggage handlers. The plan worked: the average wait fell to eight minutes. But the complaints   3   despite the apparent success.
　　4  , the managers undertook a more careful, on-site analysis. They found that it took passengers a minute to walk from their   5   gates to baggage claim and seven more minutes to get their bags. Roughly 88 percent of their time, in other words, was spent standing around   6   waiting for their bags.
　　So the airport decided on a new approach: instead of reducing wait time, it   7   the arrival gates farther away from baggage claim area. Passengers now had to   8   six times longer to get their bags. Complaints dropped to near zero.
　　This story shows a general   9  : the experience of waiting is defined only partly by the actual length of the wait. Often the psychology of queuing is more   10   than the length of the wait itself. Occupied time (walking to baggage claim) feels   11   than unoccupied time (standing at baggage claim). Research on   12   has shown that, on average, people overestimate how long