广东省从化县高考英语单项选择和阅读理解选练（1）.doc

广东省从化县2016高考英语单项选择和阅读理解选练（1）.单项填空 1you seemed to be very surprised at the news that he won.not exactly. it was his courage_ his skill_ really struck me.aas well as; that bother than; that crather than; which dand; which解析考查短语辨析和固定句式。other than除了；不同于；as well as与一样；也；rather than而不是。it was.that.构成强调句式。答案b2the government has taken measures to_the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable.atake down bbring downchand down dtear down解析考查动词短语辨析。a项“取下；写下；拆除”；b项“击落；降低(价格等)”；c项“传递”；d项“拆除；弄倒”。答案b3it was mr zhang that helped us out of the trouble. without his help, we_it so easily.acant managebmustnt have managed ccouldnt have manageddcouldnt manage解析考查虚拟语气。句意：是张先生帮我们摆脱了困境。要是没有他的帮助，我们就不可能这么轻易完成。答案c4when i study english, i like to put my dictionary_my reach so that i can refer to it when necessary.aout of bbeyondcwithin din解析考查介词搭配。within ones reach在某人能够得着的地方或范围内。句意：当我学习英语时，我喜欢把字典放在能够得着的地方以便需要时随时查阅。答案c5the_look on his face told us that the boy was_of what he had seen.aterrified；terrified bterrified；terrifyingcterrifying；terrified dterrifying；terrifying解析句意为：男孩脸上恐惧的表情告诉我们他害怕看到的一切。因“激动、吃惊、害怕”等呈现的面部表情，发出的声音，应用过去分词修饰，故第一个空用terrified；第二个空用terrified做表语，强调小男孩的状态；be terrified of.“害怕”，为固定搭配。答案a6with a lot of difficult problems_，the manager felt like a cat on hot bricks.asettling bto settlecbeing settled dsettled解析句意：因为有许多难题要解决，经理感觉像热锅上的蚂蚁。“with宾语to do”结构作状语表将来，实际上此题中的with结构就相当于with a lot of difficult problems for him to settle，所以尽管settle和problems之间是被动关系，仍用主动形式。答案b7_by all his grandchildren，the old man was delighted.asurrounded bsurroundingcto be surrounded dto be surrounding解析surround与the old man之间为逻辑上的动宾关系的，所以此题应用surround的过去分词作状语。答案a8he spent at least as much time reading as you_online yesterday.ahad to chat bdo chattingchad chatted ddid chatting解析此句补充完整为：he spent at least as much time reading as you spent chatting online yesterday.因为前面已出现了一次you spent.，为了避免重复，所以用did代替；spend的用法是：spend time(in)doing sth，所以选用d项。答案d9they were poor，but they_a computer for their son.amanaged buying btried buyingcmanaged to buy dtried to buy解析 考查manage的用法。manage to do sth.意为“设法完成某事”，相当于succeed in doing sth.；而try to do sth.意为“努力做某事”，但不一定成功。答案 c10growing coin doesnt need_growing rice.aas much water bmuch as watercas much water as das much as water解析as much as经常与不可数名词连用，一般来说名词要放在much的后面。答案c11the city，_by mountains and lakes，is so beautiful that they have decided to stay there for another two weeks.astoodbconnectedcblockeddsurrounded解析句意为：这座城市被群山湖水环绕着，显得如此美丽，以至于他们决定再待两个星期。surround意思是“包围，环绕”，这里用的是其过去分词形式。connect连接；block阻挡，挡住，在意思上与语境不符。若把a项stood改为standing则可选。答案d12peter，where did you guys go for the summer vacation?we_busy with our work for months，so we went to the beach to relax ourselves.awere bhave beenchad been dwill be解析考查动词时态。我们去海边发生在过去，而我们忙于工作在此之前。因此用过去完成时。答案c13the great wall of china is like a huge dragon，winding its way_deserts，_valleys，_mountains until it finally reaches the sea.aacross；through；over bthrough；across；overcover；across；through dover；through；across解析考查介词。across横过，穿过；over从某一物体上方越过；through穿过，从中通过。答案a14along with the letter was his promise_he would visit me this coming christmas.awhich bthat cwhat dwhether解析考查名词性从句。that引导的从句说明的是promise的内容，因此是同位语从句，that在句中不作成分。答案b15it is the test system，_the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.aother thanbor rathercrather thandmore than解析句意为：是考试制度而不是教师们应为目前中学生们的沉重负担负责。rather than“而不是”，符合句意。other than除以外；or rather更确切地说；more than不仅仅。答案c【由山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题改编】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。it s never a real problem for us when the weather gets cold we have many different ways of coping with the coldwe can put on more clothes, stay next to a fireplace, turn on the air conditioner or simply travel to a warmer city to spend the winterbut things are not as easy for plants unlike humans, plants cant move to escape the cold or generate heat to keep themselves warmso how do they manage to survive the freezing winter? the cold is a big challenge for plantstheir living tissues can be damaged when they freezeits like a plants equivalent(相等物）to frostbite（冻疮）also，the process of freezing and thawing（解冻）can cause air bubbles to form in the plants water transport systemif enough of these air bubbles come together as water thaws they can block the flow of water from the roots to the leaves and kill the plant to live through cold weather，plants have developed three strategies，some plants，such as oak trees, avoid freezing damage by dropping their leaves, before the winter chill sets in-effectively shutting off the flow of water between roots and leavesand growing new leaves and water transport cells when the warm spring returns. other plants, pine trees for example, protect them-selves by narrowing their water transport cells, which makes it easier for cells to travel among air bubblesthe third stratef;yi8 also the most extremesome plants; die on the ground in winter and start growing as new plants from seeds when conditions get warmer however, these smart strategies were developed nmry8lowlyover millions of years of evolutionthis leads scientists to worry that plants may not be able to deal with human-caused climate change, which has only started occurring over the past few decadesscientists are hoping to find possible ways to save plants from the threat of climate change1what is the text mainly about? adifferent ways for people to keep warm bhow plants live through the freezing winter chow plants develop the 8tratef;ies to keep warm* dthe ways to save plants from the cold,2if the water transport from roots to leaves 18 blocked, athe plant will suffer from frostbite bair bubbles will be formed cthe plants living tissues will be damaged dthe plant will be killed3oak trees protect themselves by astopping the water transport from roots to leaves bdropping their leaves to grow seedscslowing the flow of water from roots to leavesdstoring enough water in the roots4what does the underlined phrase “sets in” mean in paragraph3? astops bbegins cleaves dreturns5what is the main idea of the last paragraph aplants can, easily adapt to climate change bscientists are making efforts to save plants cclimates change is a great threat to plantsdplants are developing new strategies to survive【参考答案】15、bdadc 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。 【2013界广东省湛江市二模】-athe baby elephant ishanga was lying in the bushes, scared, starving, and struggling to breathe. until just a few days before, she had been with her mother, walking through the sweeping grasslands of tsavo national park in the african country of kenya.the babys mother was killed, most likely by a poacher. on wednesday, november 17，2010， an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park. luckily, a member of the team spotted the baby and rushed to help her.suddenly, a lion sprang from the bushes and clamped its mouth around her neck. one person managed to pull out his gun and fire shots in the air. the shocked lion released the baby and backed away.now the weakened baby had a grave wound on her neck. about 300 miles north of tsavo is a place that helps baby elephants. over the years, the orphanage(孤儿院）has raised 130 elephants and successfully released them back into the wild.after a tense wait and a plane ride, the babys rescuers made it to the orphanage. the medical staff worked frantically to treat her wound. she was scared and wild. she screamed, and wouldnt let any humans get near her, refusing to eat or drink.after two hours of intense medical care, ishanga awoke and slowly struggled to her feet. two keepers and a veterinarian had been with her all night. they were relieved that she seemed to be recovering.the next day, though ishanga remained weak, her keepers introduced her to some of the other 14 young elephants living at the orphanage. the keepers stood back as the other elephants extended their trunk in friendly greetings. the older elephants led ishanga around, giving her a tour of her new home.over the past year, ishangas wounds have healed. she has made many friends. itll be up to ishanga to decide when shes ready to leave the orphanage. returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years. for now, she is in no rush to leave this extraordinary community of elephants and humans. ishanga has a long, happy life ahead of her.26.the underlined word “poacher” in paragraph 2 probably means_.a. someone who hunts illegallyb. someone who protects wild animalsc. someone who is an elephant keeper d. someone who works in the park【答案】a【解析】词义猜测题。根据an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park.一个反盗猎团队移除致命陷阱,偷猎者设置的陷阱在整个公园。anti-poaching team反盗猎团队，故推测poacher是非法偷猎者，故选a。27.when the baby elephant was saved by the team, she was_.a. badly ill b. very dangerous c. deadd