2020高考英语模拟试题含答案
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. --- Where do you want to go for further study after graduation, ___ European country or ___ American one?
--- Neither. Japan is ____ one I want to go to.
A. an; a; the
B. the; a; an
C. an; an; the
D. a; an; the
22. By this time next year, the majority of the students in our school ____ in universities.
A．will study B. will be studying
C. will be to study
D. will have studied
23. ---May I try the jacket on?
--- ,but I think it will be too large for you.
A. As you like
B. By all means
C. With pleasure
D. Believe it or not
24. --- I wonder why Tom is always with that bad guy.
--- Well, as a saying goes, “___________.”
A．Birds of a feather flock together B. An early bird catches worms
C．A light heart lives long D. A friend in need is a friend indeed
25. ---Did you often e-mail your family during the first year at university?
--- No. I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I didn’t write to my family as I _____.
A. wrote
B. should do
C. should have written
D. should have
26. ---Look! How dirty the river is! But it was very clean when I was young.
---Yes,____________.
A. it use to
B. it is used to be
C. it used to be
D. it used to being
27．The modern school has developed from used to be a deserted temple.
A．which B．what C．that
D．it
28. He told me that he had mailed part of the samples and that the rest ___ in a few days.
A. was following
B. have followed
C. has followed
D. were following
29. So carefully _____ the boy ______ his homework ______ he was praised.
A. does, finish, that
B. did, finish, than
C. had, finished, when
D. did, finish, that
30．--- I admire his fluency of speech when he speaks English.
---That is what I like him _____.
A．about B. best C. where D．much
31. Near the table __________ a hungry dog, which desired to satisfy his hunger with _________ fell from the table.
A. lay; what
B. lay; that
C. laid; that
D. laid; something
32.______, I believe, and you will find Tome is very outgoing.
A. Having a talk with the student
B. One talk with the student
C. Giving a talk with the student
D. If you have a talk with the student
33.---Why is your English so good ,Amy ?
---Well ,my uncle gives me a hand at home .He ____in Australia for
ten years
A .has lived
B .lived
C .had lived
D .has been living
34---I don’t suppose she could have done well in the exam last week，__ ___ she?
---_____, she almost failed to pass the exam.
A. could ; Yes
B. has ; No
C. did ; No
D. c ouldn’t ; Yes
35．---Hello! This is Reservation Desk of Star Hotel.
---Is there any ______ room for May 18th?
A．empty B．vacant C．packed D．tidy
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
The old bus I took drove slowly forward, raising a dust behind itself.
According to the advertisement, the house was two minutes' 36 from the bus stop, in an
excellent state of repair, with a good view of the sea. A house agent had also recommended the place to me, telling me that the rent was 37 and that the landlady was "a very pleasant person."
I had been walking for fifteen minutes from the bus stop 38 I recognized the house. It was at the very edge of a bare cliff. The view of the sea was indeed 39 , but I was surprised to find that the fence round the house was 40 damaged. I was even more surprised to discover that the garden was 41 and full of woods. When I rang the bell, a woman appeared at a window and 42 asked me what I wanted. Her expression turned into a smile of 43 the moment I explained, and I was 44 into a dark unfriendly hall.
Inside, the house smelled damp and I immediately felt that my 45 had been a waste of time. 46 , I followed the woman into a room at the back of the house. As soon as she opened the door, we were 47 by a cold wind through a broken window. The walls were badly 48_ with ink and finger marks. Suddenly, I saw another door
and asked where it led to. The woman did not seem 49 to open the door, but I insisted so much that at last she 50 it. What I saw did not encourage me to 51 a moment longer. The door led to a small yard in which there was the biggest 52 of rubbish I have ever seen: old newspapers, bottles, tins and clothes. I hurriedly thanked the woman for the 53 she had taken and left as quickly as I could.
I was walking on my way back, and my 54 was also on its way back: the “lovely” house, the “very pleasant”landlady, the agent, the advertisement…all of which led to a long 55 deep from my heart: what on earth has happened to our society and our people?
36. A. drive B. ride C. walk D. flight
37. A. high B. unreasonable C. low D. fair
38. A. before B. after C. when D. while
39. A. ugly B. dark C. wonderful D. bright
40. A. badly B. slightly C. carelessly D. naturally
41. A. recycled B. neglected C. ploughed D. planted
42. A. angrily B. politely C. toughly
D. roughly
43. A. satisfaction B. profession C. welcome D. refusal
44. A. forced B. led C. pushed D. pulled
45. A. trip B. travel C. desire D. rent
46. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Thus
47. A. fought B. seen C. met D. greeted
48. A. brushed B. destroyed C. stained D. painted
49. A. eager B. patient C. angry D. interested
50. A. unloaded B. unfolded C. unlocked D. uncovered
51. A. live B. stay C. stand D. keep
52. A. block B. section C. part D. collection
53. A. time B. danger C. difficulty D. trouble
54. A. attention B. mind C. hope D. emotion
55. A. cry B. laughter C. sigh D. question
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
People who solve crimes look for patterns that might show the identity of the criminal. It’s long been believed, for example, that criminals will break the law closer to where they live, simply because it’s easier to get around in their own neighborhood. If police see a pattern of robberies in a certain area, they may look for a suspect who lives near the crime scenes. So, the farther away from the area a crime takes place, the less likely it is that the same criminal did it.
But Mike O’Le ary, a mathematician at Towson University in Maryland, says that this way may be too simple. He says that police may get better information about the location
of a criminal’s home by combining these patterns with a city’s layout and past crime records.
The records of past crimes contain geographical information and can show easy targets — that is, the kind of stores that might be less difficult to rob. Because these stores are along roads, the locations of past crimes contain information about where main streets and crossroad s are. O’Leary is writing a new computer program that will quickly provide this kind of information for a given city. His program also includes census (户口调查), or survey, information about the people who live in the city, and informa tion about how a criminal’s patterns change with age.
Other computer programmers have worked on similar software, but O’Leary’s uses more math. He says that criminology —the study of crime and criminals —contains a lot of good math problems. The program is just one way to use math to fight against crime.
The mathematician plans to make his computer program available, free of charge, to police departments around the country.
56. The way police usually consider finding a suspect is
_____.
A. the way of the robbery
B. the criminal’s age
C. the crime scene’s location
D. the criminal’s identity
57. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. As has been believed, a crime takes place far away from the criminal’s home.
B. Simply, a criminal does a crime near to escape easily.
C. Unlike other policemen, Mike O’Leary has his own way to find criminals.
D. None of the computer programmers use math in the software.
58. In Mike O’Leary’s opinion, the information about the location of a criminal’s home should consist of the following except _____.
A. crimes’patterns
B. a city’s layout
C. past crime records
D. police departments
B
Résumé of Luke Cations
59. From this Résumé, we can learn tha t ______.
A. Luke is a middle school student
B. Luke is a person out of work
C. Luke applies for a well-paid job
D. Luke has graduated from a college
60. At the weekends, where can’t you possibly find Luke Cations?
A. On the football field.
B. On the streets.
C. In front of the computer.
D. In the library.
61. If you are the boss of a company and want to learn about his recent school performance, then you’d better ______.
A. call 3355 9449
B. phone 33006794
C. visit 61 Michaela Crescent
D. drop in on Ms. Lita Austin
C
Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Based on an idea successfully executed (执行)in Thailand in 2005, it was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.
Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm, local time.
Earth Hour 2007
Earth Hour was held in Sydney, Australia at 7:30 pm, local time.
Earth Hour 2008
The official website for the event, https://www.360docs.net/doc/cc8229842.html,, received over 6.7 million unique visitors in the week leading up to Earth Hour. Other websites took part in the event, with Google's homepage going “dark” on the day Earth Hour took place.
According to a Zogby International online survey 36 million people participated in Earth Hour 2008. The survey also showed there was a 4 percentage point increase in awareness of environmental issues such as climate change, directly after the event. (However a search of Zogby's website and archive fails to produce any such survey or reference to the event)
Earth Hour 2009
Earth Hour 2009 is from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time, March 28 2009. Currently, 82 countries and more than 2100 cities are 'committed to Earth Hour 2009', a huge increase from people participating in 35 countries for Earth Hour 2008.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon backed the
initiative in a video posted this month on the event's YouTube channel. "Earth Hour is a way for the citizens of the world to send a clear message," he said. "They want action on climate change."
People are invited to provide blogs and short video clips on how they spend their time.
62. What is the purpose of the event of Earth Hour?
A. To call on all governments all over the world to take measures to protect the Earth.
B. To urge households and businesses to promote their Power management and to highlight the threat from climate change.
C. To call on the public to take actions to save energy.
D. To urge the public to donate money to prevent global warming and to save energy.
63. Where and when was it first started ?
A. In 2005 in Thailand
B. In 2005 in Australia.
C. In 2007 in Thailand
D. In 2007 in Australia
64. The underlined word “backed”in the last but one paragraph may mean_________.
A. supported
B. referred to
C. praise
D. move backwards
65. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The time for Earth Hour is the same all the time.
B. 36 million people took part in Earth Hour 2008 in Australia.
C. Following in the footsteps of Google, perhaps some of Websites’ homepages will be made dim in response to Earth Hour.
D. Earth Hour was created by World Wildlife Fund.
D
Winter was a new experience after we moved to the farm from Black Lake.
It seemed colder, longer, and more isolating. We couldn’t run across the street to meet our friends for a day of ice skating or sledding. There was no large group of kids to play with as we waited for the school bus. Our closest neighbors were now a quarter of a mile away.
The first winter we spent at the farm was especially difficult.
My mother developed pneumonia at Christmas time, and it took her a long while to recover.
Minnesota winters can be brutal and I remember that one as especially cold. There were short episodes of being snowed in, waiting for several days for the country plows to get to our little road. We all went a bit stir crazy and were more than ready for spring.
March finally rolled around. The snow was melting and on days when the sun was shining the air hinted at warmer weather.
One Sunday afternoon while my father was trying to nap, my siblings and I were encouraged to go for a hike. We decided on Birch Hill as our destination. It was far enough away to keep us out of doors for several hours, but not such a lengthy walk that Cass, my six-year-sister, would get tired halfway there.
We started off through the open alfalfa field, making our way to the adjoin in meadow. We could see the faintest hint of green beneath last year’s dead meadow grass and buds were just beginning to swell on the red dogwood branches.
We had never before paid attention to the all of the changes spring brings. The meadow sloped gently upwards, rising gradually, and suddenly the bright white
trunks of the birch trees were visible.
As we approached the grove it appeared as though there were purple balls scattered beneath the trees. Even on top of the patches of snow, but upon closer inspection we realized the puple balls were actually flowers- tiny, velvet, upside down purple balls carpeted the ground beneath the trees.
We were amazed. We had never seen flowers in the snow.
My little sister immediately wanted to pick some to take to my mother.
“No,”I said, “Let’s bring mother here. Let’s surprise her with the first spring flowers!”
My brother and sister agreed this was a good idea. We knew that mother would have excuses so we let Cass do the begging since she was the baby of the family.
After much cajoling, my mother reluctantly agreed. When my mother saw the flowers, she just stopped and stared, then let out a quiet awestruck “oohh”
“What are they, Mama?”Cass asked in a near whisper.
“They’re crocuses,”my mother answered softly,
“tough little flowers that will bloom even in the snow—nature’s spring miracle. I’m so happy you shared this special surprise with me.”
From that point on, a visit to find the crocuses became
a yearly rite of spring until I grew up and moved away.
66.Which of the following is not the reason why the first winter they spent at the farm was especially difficult?
A. They had few friends to play with and they felt isolated.
B. Their mother was seriously ill and it took her a long time to recover.
C. It was extremely cold and snowed a lot that winter.
D. They were very poor and it was difficult for them to live through the winter.
67.Which of the following is not true?
A. On the farm their closest neighbors were far away from them.
B. When their father encouraged them to go for a hike, they were all reluctant.
C. They let Cass persuade their mother to go because Cass was the youngest child of the family.
D. When their mother saw the little crocuses, she was
surprised and delighted.
68. The underlined word “cajoling” means______.
A. persuading someone to do something by encouraging them gently
B. persuading someone to do something by arguing with them
C. hesitating to do something before making a decision
D. crying in order to persuade someone to do something
69.Why did a pilgrimage to find the crocuses became a yearly rite of spring in those years?
A. Because the crocuses were so beautiful that they wanted to see them every year.
B. Because each year they eagerly awaited that first miracle of the season which proved that they could survive anything.
C. Because their father wanted them to go out to see the tough little crocuses every year.
D. Because the crocuses were the only comforts for them during those years.
70.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?