2015年湖北高考英语模拟试题二

湖北2015年高考英语模拟试题二

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　　第一节：单项填空(共20小题; 每小题0.5分，满分10分 )从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　1.I'm afraid I can’t do well because my English is not good enough.

　　A. Never mind. B. Well, I ought to. C. I don’t know yet. D. Forget it.

　　2. Bob likes the camera very much because it can be _______ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions. A. adapted B. admitted C. adopted D. adjusted

　　3. One night all of his ________ signs began to drop sharply and the head teacher, who believe in the concept that no one should die alone, began to call his family members to the hospital. (考查2012新增词汇)

　　A. common B. obvious C. vital D. ordinary

　　4. He had a wonderful childhood, ________ with his mother to all corners of the world.

　　A. travel B. to travel C. travelled D. travelling

　　5. It’s difficult for him to fulfill such a task within limited time, but not ________ impossible.

　　A. extremely B. especially C. absolutely D. increasingly

　　6. I must have been a great _____ to my parents in those hard days, for I never failed to live up to their expectations. A. achievement B. comfort C. disappointment D. support

　　7.We must take measures to stop various kinds of pollution ______ the environment gets worse.

　　A. unless B. until C. before D. when

　　8.----Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam. Congratulations!

　　----Thanks. But I never thought the result came out so fast. The papers ______ when I left the teacher’s office just now.

　　A. had been marked B. were still being marked C. are still marking D. had been marking

　　9.----Roy said that his sister is in the sixth grade.

　　----_______? My sister is already in Junior High.

　　A. So what B. What for C. How so D. How come

　　10.Movies used to be shown in the open air in that village, with audience ________ on stones, boxes or even on the ground.

　　A. to sit B. sitting C. being sat D. sitting

　　11.His family members gave some examples of ______ his drinking and smoking had affected the family. A. that B. what C. how D. whether

　　12.Would you mind not picking the flowers in the garden? They are _______ everyone’s enjoyment.

　　A. in B. at C. for D. to

　　13. A left-luggage is a place where bags ______ be left for a short time, especially at a railway station.

　　A. should B. can C. must D. will

　　14. A great deal of advanced science and technology has been ______ since China carried out the reform and opening policy.

　　A. brought down B. brought in C. brought out D. brought up

　　15.----Do you ________ to the idea of a low-carbon life? (考查2012新增词汇)

　　----It sounds tough, but it is a tendency.

　　A. apply B. agree C. subscribe D. stick

　　16________ many times, John still couldn’t work out the problem.

　　A. Trying B. Tried C. To try D. Having tried

　　17.----Hello, Jack. Tracy here. It’s about our ________ on Sunday morning. I’m afraid I can’t make it now.

　　----That’s OK, but you need to find another date.

　　A. admission B. application C. agreement D. appointment

　　18.I wasn’t blaming anyone; I _______ said errors like this can be avoided.

　　A. merely B. mostly C. rarely D. nearly

　　19. ________ for the excellent work he has done in education, Mr Bright is going to give us a talk this Wednesday night. A. known B. having known C. has been known D. is known

　　20. The visit to the parents in the countryside, originally due to be paid last Sunday, was finally ________ because of the bad weather.

　　A. set off B. called off C. broken off D. taken off

　　第二节 完形填空 (共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的4个(A、B、C、D)选项中，选出最佳选项。

In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first 21 him eight years ago, and we have a good time together. Last winter, Jim came to 22. I usually wash the dishes after we’ve finished our 23, before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he might do the dishes. I said, “24, but if you wash the dishes you must know the 25 to wash them.” Jim replied, “Come on, you think I don’t know how to wash the dishes?” I 26, “There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes 27the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes.” Jim was delighted and said, “I 28 the second way – to wash the dishes to wash the dishes.” From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I 29 the “responsibility” to him for an entire week.

　　While washing dishes, 30 we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus 31 to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a(n) 32, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash the dishes.” What’s more, we are not 33 during the time we are washing the dishes. 34, we are completely incapable of 35 the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can’t wash the dishes, the chances are we won’t be 36 to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely 37 of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the 38 and we are incapable of actually 39 one minute of life.

　　Try to wash the dishes the next time you wash the dishes, when your mind is 40 but on the dishes.

21 A. met B. called C. admired D. joined

22 A. play B. visit C. study D. settle

23 A. meeting B. travel C. meal D. talk

24 A. Go ahead B. As usual C. No way D. By chance

25 A. limit B. method C. effect D. importance

26 A. complained B. shouted C. whispered D. answered

27 A. so B. but C. and D as

28 A. hate B. understand C. remember D. choose

29 A. transferred B. showed C. explained D. contacted

30 A. because B. if C. although D. before

31 A. planning B. stopping C. forgetting D. hurrying

32 A. annoyance B. job C. test D. help

33 A. pleased B. proud C. alive D. ready

34 A. Otherwise B. In fact C. However D. Even worse

35 A. wondering B. receiving C. admitting D. realizing

36 A. able B. likely C. sure D. willing

37 A. proud B. aware C. afraid D. ashamed

38 A. future B. time C. past D. distance

39 A. sparing B. achieving C. living D. changing

40 A. somewhere B. something C. everything D. everywhere

　　第二部分：阅读理解(本题有两小节，第一节共20小题;每小题2分，第二节共5小题;每小题分;满分分)第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

　　What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen too, but what I feel inside.

　　Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. I woke up every Saturday to watch my favorite "Superstars." As I grew older, I got a lot of flak for watching this "fake" sport. My peers would laugh at me for following what was called a "man's soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. Like everyone else, I wanted to be associated with the cool clique. I yearned to be invited to the parties of the in-crowd and hang out with the popular kids. I became pretty successful. Although my Friday evenings were busy with parties, I would still wake up early Saturdays to watch wrestling. It wasn't until freshman year that I realized I wasn't being myself.

　　That year, I tried many new things and activities and made new friends. In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football, thinking it might give me a head start in popularity. The team started with 48 athletes. At the end, there were 14 of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter. That long season taught me a lesson: I wasn't a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be myself.

　　After that season, I went back to being a wrestling fan. I watched it religiously, no matter what insults were thrown my way. I came across a quote: "Don't Dream It, Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan had the same idea I had.

　　"What if we build a wrestling ring?" we asked. We acquired the necessary wood and equipment for its construction. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our dream in a pile in his backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great establishment. By Sunday night, our mission was complete. Our hard work (combined with a little creativity) had paid off. We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to improve every aspect of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. Our show had a start time of 9: 00 p.m. To our surprise, about one hundred family, friends and fans showed up to support us. It was the most important night of my life and a complete success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people turning out. We continue to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do. We are now well known throughout school. When I walk down the halls, I am respected by my peers. Some are the same peers who ridiculed me for watching wrestling when I was younger. When they approach me, they often say, "Good match, Chris." I humbly say, "Thank you," knowing I did something I believed in.

　　As my senior year winds down, I'll remember all of my high school memories. But what will stick out most is the memory that I did something I loved, despite what everyone said or thought. I accomplished my goal ... I lived my dream.

　　41. What makes the writer different from the others is __________.

　　A. the different sports he loves B. the different clothes he wears and the different music he listens to

　　C. that he is younger than the others. D. the different ideas he has

　　42. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph mean?

　　A. I practiced wrestling secretly in my spare time. B. I put the clothes for wrestling on the shelf.

　　C. I decided to quit practicing wrestling. D. I began not to watch wrestling on TV.

　　43. When the writer was a freshman, he ___________.

　　A. knew he couldn’t be a football player. B. realized he was being himself.

　　C. became very sociable. D. built a wrestling ring.

　　44. The writer built the wrestling ring in order to ________.

　　A. play football there B. make his dream realized C. be a professional player D. have parties there.

　　45. What is the writer’s attitude towards his experience in high school?

　　A. Optimistic B. Pessimistic C. Doubtful D. Surprised

　　B(改编自浙江省温州市2012届高三第一次适应性测试)

　　Below is a passage adapted from the network edition of China Daily.

　　Event

　　Li Yang, one of China’s most famous English teachers, apologized for beating his American wife more than a week after she posted photos of her injuries on the web and set off a bomb of criticism.

　　“I wholeheartedly apologize to my wife Kim and my girls for committing domestic violence. This has caused them serious physical and mental damage,” Li said on his mieroblog at Weibo.com, the country’s most popular social media site, on Saturday. Li, 42, is a mechanics major but is best known for his “Crazy English,” a popular method of language learning that involves yelling at the top of one’s lungs.

　　He was at the center of public criticism after his wife Kim Lee put up posts on the web accusing him of abuse, showing her swollen forehead and knees. Voices

　　@Xuemanzi, angel investor

　　Anti-domestic violence laws should be made as soon as possible, giving protection to the rights of women and children lawfully. Police should not stand back from domestic violence any longer, even if no one reports them. Society, as a whole, should attach greater importance to the crime.

　　@Zhangxiaomei

　　Chinese are never taught about marital(婚姻的) relations, which mean not merely living together. A good marriage needs to overcome three differences: family background, gender and personalities. In addition to these, there is cultural gap in Li Yang’s case. If the effects of these differences are not well understood, after the honeymoon period, they will turn into conflicts and endanger the marriage. Li’s domestic violence is a reminder that China needs such education.

　　@Wuxiaolong, Sina Weibo user

　　Li Yang’s choice to resort to domestic violence really reflects his character. Students who have attended his Crazy English Camp may know what I mean: Li wants his students to worship him as an idol. I still remember he once had his students kowtow to him. He always teaches English by imposition(权威强制), which directly reflects his desire for power.

　　@Sikaozhe, Sina Weibo user

　　In the US, the punishments for domestic violence are even more severe than strealing. If the police arrive at the wife’s call during a fighting between a couple nd find injuries on her, they will immediately arrest the husband. Even if the wife doesn’t call the police, they may also show up as neighbors could well do their part.

　　@ykxin Sina Weibo User

　　Don’t blindly worship anyone, because in every closet there may hide a skeleton. As a famous Chinese saying goes, “Only they who do well in their daily routine tasks can fulfills their dreams on great occasions”. Not surprisingly, one who focuses too much on his career and ignores his family, like Li Yang, will fail in both. Don’t judge a person by his career success, wealth, or any other material aspect, because what finally decides a person is his character.

　　Aftermath(余波)

　　Although Li Yang publicly apologized to his wife, promising to love his daughters even if he and Lee porce, the damage, perhaps permanently, has been done to his wife, his three daughters and the whole family.

　　Wang Xingjuan, founder of the Maple Women’s Psychological Consulting Center, a non-profit organization, said nearly half of domestic violence abusers are people who have higher education, senior jobs and social status. She said this was probably because such people were usually under more mental stress. 46.This passage is focused on Li Yang’s .

　　A.English-teaching career B.international marriage

　　C.microblog article D.domestic violence

　　47.Zhangxiaomei holds the view that .

　　A.laws should be passed to protect women and children

　　B.crazy personality accounts for violence and ill temper

　　C.overcoming background gap is necessary for marriage

　　D.Li is wrong to have his students worship him as an idol

　　48.Who thinks that character plays the most important role in one’s life?

　　A.@Xuemanzi B.@Wuxiaolong C.@Sikaozhe D.@ykxin

　　49.According to Wang Xingjuan, .

　　A.people under stress lend to have domestic violence

　　B.people of higher education won’t easily lose temper

　　C.people in lower social status often beat their wives

　　D.people with senior jobs seldom have family trouble

　　C(摘自温州中学月考)

　　Going to school means learning new skills and facts in such subjects as reading, math, science, history, art or music. Teachers teach and students learn, and many scientists are interested in finding ways to improve both the teaching and learning processes.

　　Some researchers, such as Sian Beilock and Susan Levine, are trying to learn about learning. Beilock and Levine are psychologists at the University of Chicago. Psychologists study the ways people think and behave, and these researchers want to know how a person’s thoughts and behavior are related.

　　In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, Beilock and Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn: If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills, then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.

　　“If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades, it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement,” Levine told Science News. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are, then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.

　　Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn—and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word “anxiety” to describe such feelings: anxiety is uneasiness or worry. (Many people, for example, have anxiety about going to the dentist because they’re worried about pain.)

　　The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math, that feeling can influence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls, 52 boys and 17 first- and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year, and the researchers compared the scores.

　　The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers: To find out which teachers were anxious about math, the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math, such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example, was probably anxious about math.

　　Boys, on average, were unaffected by a teacher’s anxiety. On average, girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus, on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy, 20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math—and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.

　　According to surveys done before this one, college students who want to become elementary school teachers have the highest levels of anxiety about math. Plus, nine of every 10 elementary teachers are women, Levine said.

　　This study was small, and it’s often difficult to see large patterns in small studies, David Geary told Science News. Geary, a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia, studies how children learn math. “This is an interesting study, but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,” Geary said. That means that the results are just showing something that might be happening, but more studies should be done. If more studies find the same trend as this one, then it’s possible that a teacher’s anxiety over math really is affecting her female students.

　　50. Sian Beilock and Susan Levine carried out the new research in order to ______.

　　A. know the effects of teaching on learning B. study students’ ways of learning math

　　C. prove women teachers are unfit to teach math D. find better teaching methods for teachers

　　51. The underlined part in paragraph 4 most probably means that girls may ______.

　　A. end up learning math with anxiety from their teachers

　　B. study the ways their female teachers behave

　　C. have an influence on their math-anxious female teachers

　　D. gain unexpected achievement in such subjects as math

　　52. In the study, what were the teachers required to do?

　　A. Prepare two math achievement tests for the students.

　　B. Tell their feelings about math problems.

　　C. Answer whether a math superstar had to be a boy.

　　D. Compare the students’ scores after the math tests.

　　53. What is the finding of the new study?

　　A. No male students were affected by their teachers’ anxiety.

　　B. Almost all the girls got lower scores in the tests than the boys.

　　C. About 30% of the girls thought boys are better at math than girls.

　　D. Girls with math-anxious teachers all failed in the math tests.

　　54. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

　　A. 117 students and teachers took part in the new study.

　　B. The researchers felt surprised at the findings of their study.

　　C. Beilock and Levine are interested in teaching math.

　　D. Men teachers are better at teaching math than women teachers.

　　D(文章选自Voice of American Special English,题目原创)

　　Half of the world’s population is affected by Asian monsoons(季风), but monsoons are difficult to predict. American researchers have put together a 700-year record of the rainy seasons, which is expected to provide guidance for experts making weather predictions.

　　Every year, moist (潮湿的)air masses，known as monsoon，produce large amounts of rainfall in India, East Asia, Northern Australia and East Africa. All this wet air is pulled in by a high pressure area over the Indian Ocean and a low pressure area to the south.

　　According to Edward Cook , a weather expert at Columbia University in New York., the complex nature of the climate systems across Asia makes monsoons hard to predict. In addition, climate records for the area are too recent and not detailed enough to be of much use. Therefore, he and a team of researchers spent more than fifteen years traveling across Asia, looking for trees old enough to provide long-term records. They measured the rings, or circles, inside thousands of ancient trees in more than 300 places.

　　Rainfall has a direct link to the growth and width of rings on some kinds of trees. The researchers developed a document they are calling a Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas. It shows the effect of monsoons over seven centuries, beginning in the 1300s.

　　Professor Cook says the tree-ring records show periods of wet and dry weather. “If the monsoon basically fails or is a very weak one, the trees affected by monsoons at that location might put on a very narrow ring. But if the monsoon is very strong, the trees affected by that monsoon might put on a wide ring for that year. So, the wide and narrow ring widths of the chronology that we developed in Asia provide us with a measure of monsoon variability.” With all this information, researchers say they can begin to improve computer climate models for predicting the behavior of monsoons.

　　“There has been widespread famine and starvation and human dying in the past in large droughts. And on the other hand, if the monsoon is particularly heavy, it can cause extensive flooding.” said Eugene Wahl, a scientist with America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “So, to get a sense of what the regional moisture patterns have been, dryness and wetness over such a long period of time in great detail, I would call it a kind of victory for climate science.”

　　55.What’sthe passage mainly about?

　　A. The effects of Asian monsoons. B. The necessity of weather forecast.

　　C. The achievements of Edward cook. D. A breakthrough in monsoon prediction.

　　56. It is difficult for experts to predict Asian monsoons because_________

　　A. it is hard to keep long-term climate records. B. they are formed under complex climate systems.

　　C. they influence many nations. D. there is heavy rainfall in Asia.

　　57. What can be inferred from the passage?

　　A. Long and details climate records can offer useful information for monsoon research.

　　B. The Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas has a monsoon record for about 1,300 years.

　　C. The trees affected by monsoon grow fast if the monsoon is weak.

　　D. The rainfall might be low although the monsoon is strong in monsoon-affected areas.

　　58. According to Professor Cook, the rings of the trees ____________

　　A. determine the regional climate. B. have a great influence on the regional climate.

　　C. offer people information about the regional climate. D. reflect all kinds of regional climate information.

　　59. What do we know about the research according to Eugene Wahl?

　　A. It is a great achievement in climate science.

　　B. It should include information about human life in the past.

　　C. It has analysed moisture models world wide,

　　D. It will help people prevent droughts and floods.

　　60. Which of the following best describes the tone of this passage?

　　A. Matter-of –fact B. Pessimistic C. Humorous D. Friendly.

　　第二节：美国长大的台湾人气歌手Wang Lee Hom在接受CNN Talk Asia栏目专访时，回答了主持人Lorraine Hahn提出的五个问题(第61—65题)。请从下列提问(A、 B、C、D、E和F)中选出与他的回答相匹配的问题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
　　What do awards mean to you?

　　How would you describe your style?

　　What is it about acting that’s so attractive?

　　How do you deal with this loss of privacy?

　　How do you pide your time in acting and music?

　　What gave you the idea to start the studios in the first place?

　　Born in New York in 1976, Wang grew up in the United States. Blessed with a mix of brains and talent, he spent his youth performing in local musicals. While in university, Wang landed a recording contract in Taiwan. His breakthrough album firmly established him as a rising star in the Asian music scene. In addition to writing and producing his own music, Wang has also taken part in movie projects around Asia. He has won a great popularity, and now he is having an interview with CNN Talk Asia. 61. ___________________

　　WL: It is a school of hip hop, which is the way I like to think of it. It combines Chinese elements and sounds. I started it off in my last album called Shangrila. And this album combines the music of ethnic minorities, in China, in Tibet, and in Mongolia. It’s beautiful and original to Chinese culture. And this new album called Heroes of Earth combines Opera and Quen-chu, which are thousand-year-old traditions also unique to Chinese culture. Very unique instruments, costumes, singing styles. I don’t think anyone has ever done this before in the hip hop world.

　　62. ___________________ WL: Um, just the large quantity of work that I have to come up with. I produce for other artists and compose for them as well. And there are a lot of changes in music going on right now in Asia. And it’s really exciting so I decided that I’m going to need a studio in New York. I’m going to need a studio in Taipei. And maybe the rest I can get by with just my laptop.

　　63. ___________________

　　WL: Well, I started doing musical theatre. And I loved it so much from the age of 13, you know. Actually in 2000, I did my first movie and ever since then I’ve been enjoying doing movies. I don’t think I’m much of an actor. But I just love being surrounded by creative people and a lot of times doing music is a lonely struggle, especially composing, and arranging, producing my own albums. Acting, every day you get called and you’re surrounded by other actors and creative people. 64. ___________________ WL: The first time I won, like you just said, when I was 22, it meant a lot to me. It was like…I didn’t know I could make this happen. I didn’t know I could get this kind of recognition. So back then, it was huge increase of confidence. And I don’t want to say vanity(虚荣心), but confidence. I think every artist needs confidence.

　　65. ___________________

　　WL: Well, it can be a real pain in the neck. You know, I feel lucky that I can go back to New York and not be recognized and not be followed. At times it can be really, really annoying. Today many people own a cell phone that has a camera on it… and a blog. In the entertainment news, there’s a recent trend of journalists or media just going on to the Internet and saying “Oh, so and so saw so and so.” when they see a blog. You know, it’s completely irresponsible but in the blog what he says can become the title of the newspaper article.