高考英语模拟题及答案解析

1、?考英语模拟题及答案解析?信，是?尽智慧的凝聚。平淡，是成功路上的驿站。祝?考顺利! 下?是店铺为?家推荐的?考英语模拟题，仅供 ?家参考!?考英语模拟题第 I卷第?部分听? (共两节，满分30 分)第?节 (共 5 ?题 ; 每?题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)听下? 5 段对话，每段对话后有 ?个?题。从题中所给的A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关 ?题和阅读下 ?题。每段对话仅读?遍。1. Where does the woman want to go?A. To Oxford. B. To Liverpool

2、. C. To London.2. How many people will go to the tennis game?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.3. What does the woman ask the boy to do after school?A. Put away his school bag.B. Move the kitchen table.C. Hang up his coat.4. What do we know about Linda Rivera?A. She went traveling.B. She started a company.C. She was

3、 fired.5. What does the man mean?A. He prefers cold weather.B. He has had a difficult week.C. The temperature was good last week.第?节(共 15 ?题 ;每?题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听下? 5段对话或独 ?。每段对话或独 ?后有?个?题，从题中所给的A 、B 、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独?前，你将有时间阅读各个 ?题，每?题5秒钟 ;听完后， 各?题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独 ?读两遍。听第 6 段材料

4、，回答第 6 、7 题。6. How will the man choose the music?A. By letting a person decide on it.B. By asking people for their advice.C. By allowing everyone to bring a piece.7. What is the woman going to do?A. Help prepare for the party.B. Tell the man a phone number.C. Ask Sonia for some information.听第 7 段材料，

5、回答第 8 、9 题。8. What will the woman do first?A. Wash a car.B. Go shopping.C. Do her homework.9. When does the conversation take place?A. On Monday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 ? 12 题。10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Schoolmates.C. Brother and sister.1

6、1. What does the woman think of the show?A. Inspiring. B. Unusual. C. Cool.12. Which part did the woman like best about the show?A. Designer wear.B. Clothes recycling.C. Live models.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 ? 16 题。13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. French music. B. French clothes. C. French te

7、ens.14. What does Veronique like to do in her spare time?A. Collect albums.B. Visit music stores.C. Enjoy French songs.15. What does Veronique usually have for lunch?A. Hamburgers. B. Sandwiches. C. Chips.16. Why does Veronique like the silver jacket?A. It s up-to-date. B. Its classic and lovely. C.

8、 Its unique.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 ? 20 题。17. What is being held in the new sports stadium?A. A match. B. A concert. C. A meeting.18. What is the disadvantage of the City Theatre?A. It has limited space.B. It s too old to look good.C. Its air-conditioning doesnt work.19. Which place is normally out of the

9、 route of the Cititours bus?A. Victoria Park.B. The City Theatre.C. The Market Place.20. What does the speaker recommend visitors do in the end?A. See animals in the city centre.B. Go to the High Street.C. Visit some shops.第?部分阅读理解 (共两节，满分 40 分)第?节 (共 15 ?题 ;每?题 2 分，满分 30 分)阅读下列短 ?，从每题所给的四个选项(A 、 B、

10、 C和 D) 中，选出最佳选项。APoteet Strawberry Festival Poteet, Texas, USAApril 11 - April 13 Description:The Poteet StrawberryFestivalis one of the oldest, most populareventsin the state and is recognized as the largest agricultural festival in Texas as well as one of the most exciting, dynamic festivalsin the

11、 Greater Southwest. The 100-acre site, which is located on Hwy. 16, 20 minutes south of San Antonio,offers free parking,cleanpublic restrooms,handicappedaccessibility,completeRV facilities,and tent covered activities during the fun filled Festival Weekend.The PoteetStrawberryFestivalincludesfourteen

12、areas of continuous,familyentertainment featuring concerts with nationally known Country Western and Tejano stars, dancers, gunslingers, clowns,puppets, regionalbands, various contests,and rodeo performances.Theseactivitiesare includedin theprice of a $10.00admissionticket. Childrenaged 12 and under

13、 are admittedfree of charge as well as active, reserve and retired military with proper ID.Performers:Craig Morgan, Pam Tillis, Rick Trevino Location:Poteet, Texas Directions:30 miles south of San Antonio on Hwy. 16 Times:The Festival Grounds will open at 6:00 pm Fri. and at 10:00 am both Sat. &

14、 Sun. Admission:Adult $10.00Children 12 & under / active, reserve, and retired military personnel with proper ID are admittedFREEWebsite: Telephone: 830-276-3323Email: nitaharvey21. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. The position of Poteet Strawberry Festival.B. The open t

15、ime of Poteet Strawberry Festival.C. The price of parking cars.D. The price of taking a train there.22. Jack, a soldier, together with his two children (one is 10, the other 18) wants to take part in the activity. How much should they pay?A. 10 dollars. B. 5 dollars. C. 30 dollars. D. 20 dollars.23.

16、 The passage most probably comes from.A. the news report in a newspaperB. the advertisement in a newspaperC. the entertainment section of a magazineD. the program of a radio BAbout 150 years ago, a village church priest, Patric Bronte, in Yorkshire, England, had three lovely,intelligent daughters bu

17、t his hopes fell entirely on the only male heir, Branwell, a youth with remarkable talent in both art and literature.Branwell s father and sisters saved their pennies to pack him off to Londons Royal Academy of Arts, but if art was his calling, he dialed a wrong number. Within weeks he hightailed it

18、 home, a pennilessfailure.Hopes still high, the family landed Branwell a job as a private tutor, hoping this would free him to develop his literary skills and achieve the success and fame that he deserved. Failure again.Still, the selflesssisterssquelchedtheir own goals, farmingthemselvesout as teac

19、hersand governessesin supportof their increasinglyindebtedbrother,convincedthe worldmust eventually recognize his genius. As failure multiplied, Branwell turned to alcohol, then opium, and eventually died ashe had lived: a failure. So died hope in the one male but what of the three sisters?During Br

20、anwell s last years, the girls published a book of poetry at their own expense (under apen name, for fear of reviewers bias against females). Even Branwell might have laughed: they sold only two copies.They didn t give up. Instead, they continued in their spare time, late at night by candlelight, to

21、 pour out their contained emotion, writing of what they knew best, of women in conflict with their natural desiresand social condition, in reality, less fiction than autobiography! And 19th century literature was transformedby Anne s Agnes Grey, Emily s Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte s Jane Eyre.B

22、ut years of sacrifice for Branwell had eventually ruined their health. Emily took ill at her brothersfuneral and died within 3 months, aged 29; Anne died 5 months later, aged 30; Charlotte lived only to age39. If only they had been nurtured instead of sacrificed.No one remembersBranwell s name, much

23、 less of his art or literature,but the Bronte sisters tragically short lives teach us even more of life than literature.24. According to the passage, what can we learn from the story of Branwell?A. Gift is not necessarily a guarantee of success.B. Gift is a burden for a person.C. A person s success

24、is largely due to the support of his family.D. Too many choices may lead to success in none.25. What might lead to the tragedy of the three Bronte sisters?A. That to be a writer was a really tough road to go.B. The social prejudice against women in those days.C. Their poor family.D. The failure of t

25、heir brother.26. Which word is the closest in meaning to the underlined word“squelched ”in paragraph 4 ?A. carried outB. lived outC. set asideD. stuck to27. Were Patric Bronte alive, what might he regret most?A. Not taking good care of his children.B. Intending his son for an artist or a writer.C. P

26、utting all of his eggs in one male basket.D. Sacrificing too many pennies for his son.CThe wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping, where you hand over notes and count out change inreturn, now ha

27、ppens only in the most minor of our retailers (零售商 ), like buying a bar of chocolate or a pintof milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money,that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge (前沿的 )

28、retail stores, Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance, you don t go and stand at any kind of cashregister when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.Across society, the abstraction of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe Im jus

29、t old-fashioned.But earning money isn t quick or easy for most of us. Isn t it a bit weird that spending it should happen in halfa blink ( 眨眼) of an eye? Doesn at fatness, represent something that matters?wallet, that time-honoredFriday-nightfeeling of pleasing,promisingBut I ll leave the economics

30、to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet, the way the materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwrittenphone numbersand p

31、rintedcinematickets,is the very oppositeof whatour worldis becoming.Theopposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowableas a pebble.Instead of diggingthroughpiecesof paper,we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wa

32、llet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.28. What is happening to the wallet?A. It is disappearing.B. It is becoming costly.C. It is being fattened.D. It is changing in style.29. How are businesses done in big modern stores?A. Individually.B. In the abstract.C. Electronically.D. V

33、ia a cash register.30. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.C. Earning money is getting more difficult.D. Spending money is so fast and easy.31. What can we infer from the passage about the au

34、thor?A. He is resistant to social changes.B. He is against technological progress.C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.DWeve been judgingpeople based on the way they look for thousandsof years. The ancientGreeks turned it in

35、to a science,“ physiognomy” . As early as 500 BC, the mathematician Pythagoras wouldlook carefully at young men s faces to determine if they d make a good student, not long after Aristotle wrote how large-headed people were mean. It was widely believed at the time that the animal a person resembledw

36、as a good judge of character.By the Middle Ages it was well and truly mainstream. Professionals coined the phrase“stuck-up ” torefer from the belief that those with upturned noses had an air of superiority,“ high-brow” to refer to the high foreheads of nobles and“ low-brow” to the less educated fore

37、heads of the lower classes.Back in 2016, we re still doing it. We view those who resemble Labradors (拉布拉多? ) as warm,while those who resemble lions as more of a ruler. We think of those with“ resting moody face” as more aggressive, those who are less attractive as sick and expect people who look fam

38、iliar to share our values.Many of these judgments occur in as little as 50 milliseconds.To get to understand and find out why having a babyface is so great, first we need to know what happens when we recognize an actual baby.In fact, the features of babiesand those universallyconsidered“cute ”are no

39、thingmore than aseries of developmental accidents. Our eyes are already fully grown by the time we re born but our heads aren t. Similarly, our bodies do a lot more growing later on than our heads. Babies have more body fat thanadults, chubby ( 肥嘟嘟的 )cheeks, for example. The list goes on.And regardl

40、essof whetheryoure very maternal(慈爱的 ) or find babiesreally annoying,were unconditionallyto respondto their featuresby turninginto gentle baby-talkingfools.Most importantly, gazing into their innocent faces makes us less aggressive and more generous and helpful.So there you have it. Next time you fi

41、nd yourself staring affectionately into the eyes of a baby-facedfriend, colleagueor date, just remember,you may be the latest victimin a long-runningsystematic evolutionary trick.32. What s the passage mainly talking about?A. The features of faces.B. The science of judging people by face.C. The tric

42、k of faces.D. The importance of judging people from their looks.33. What s the meaning of the underlined word“coined ” in paragraph 2?A. made upB. looked upC. picked outD. figured out34. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. It is absolutely wise to judge people by th

43、e way they look.B. “Stuck-up ” refers to the high foreheads of nobles with an air of superiority.C. People make judgments of life-and-death importance in as little as 50 milliseconds.D. It s believed that the features of babies are universally considered cute.35. What message does the last paragraph

44、 suggest?A. You are sure to be easily cheated by a babyfaced friend, colleague or date.B. Unconsciously, you cant help showing affection towards one with a babyface.C. Many babyfaced people like to play tricks, which is obviously a result of evolution.D. Staring into the eyes of a babyfaced friend m

45、ay make you a victim of a trick.第?节(共 5 ?题 ;每?题2 分，满分 10 分)根据短 ?内容，从短 ?后的选项中选出能填 ?空?处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How long can human beings live? 36 However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyonecould hope to live if he or she is extremely healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live aslong as 130 years! 37 They wear ou