高考试题英语江西卷

1、英语试题第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）21. do you enjoy your present job? . i just do it for a living.a. of course b. not reallyc. not likelyd. not a little22. our holiday cost a lot of money. did it? well, that doesnt matter you enjoyed yourselves.a. as long asb. unlessc. as soon asd. though23. i have told you t

2、he truth i keep repeating it?a. mustb. canc. mayd. will24. the lady welled around the shops, an eye out for bargains.a. keepb. keptc. keepingd. to keep25. parents much importance to education. they will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.a. attachb. payc. linkd. apply26. smell

3、the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just sweet dreams.a. keep up withb. put up withc. end up withd. catch up with27. swimming is my favorite sport, there is like swimming as a means of keeping fit.a. somethingb. anythingc. nothingd. everything28. computers and mobile phones, though they

4、are indeed making our life and more have reduced the need for face-to-face communication.a. easily; efficientb. easy, efficientc. easy; efficientlyd. easily; efficiently29. we give time of pace and love we can spare, and , dogs gives us tea all.a. in allb. in factc. in shortd. in return30. mother wa

5、nted to be a good provider, a role she since her marriage to father.a. shouldersb. shoulderedc. is shouldering d. has been shouldering31. the girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training centre with her sister she would stay for an hour.a. whereb. whoc. whichd. what32. there were many talente

6、d actors out there just waiting .a. to discoverb. to be discoveredc. discoveredd. being discovered33. not until he left his home to know how important the family was for him.a. did he beganb. had he beganc. he begand. he has began34. nowadays some hospitals refer to patients name, not case number.a.

7、 ofb. asc. byd. with35. last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, a(n) of 40,000 per year.a. averageb. numberc. amountd. quantity第二节 完形填空（共20小题;每小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。when alice started to cycle home from

8、 jennys house, she wasnt nervous. she was certainly not afraid of the dark. 36 , it was only a 15-minute ride home. but halfway there, she began to wish that she hadnt been so 37 .as she rounded a sharp bone, it suddenly 38 coldvery cold. alices breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were s

9、o cold that it became hard to ride.with her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move 39 that he didnt hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. she stopped by the road. the big black car also 40 . slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. alice held her breath. in the soft li

10、ght inside the car, something 41 . then, the light brightened and alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “hello, dear,” said the old lady. “i need 42 . im afraid im lost. i need to find the nearest airport. i must be there in the next five minutes. ”“airport? you 43 are lost,” alice sai

11、d. “you need to go back five kilometers 44 you reach thet-junction. turn left and 45 for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. from there, just follow the 46 to the airport. but im afraid theres no 47 youll get there in five minutes!”“thank you very much, dear.” replied the old lady. “don

12、t worryill 48 it time. ”the 49 moved up and the started off. a little way ahead, it 50 and with headlights flashing, it drove past alice. but then, something 51 happened. the car began changing. first, its color 52 from black to silvery grey. when, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continue

13、d to move forward, 53 just above the ground. as the car 54 into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. with a faint whistling 55 , the car was gone in seconds, leaving alice shaking her head in disbelief36. a. howeverb. besidesc. therefored. o

14、therwise37. a. braveb. excitedc. curiousd. grew38. a. fellb. aroundc. forwardd. backward40. a. arrivedb. around c. stayedd. started41. a. gatheredb. croppedc. stayedd. started42. a. helpb. existed c. restd. water43. a. necessarilyb. gasc. restd. water44. a. ifb. untilc. unlessd. as45. a. driveb. wal

15、kc. followd. march46. a. addressb. signsc. noticesd. guidance47. a. doubtb. roomc. timed. way48. a. have itb. get itc. make itd. finish it49. a. doorb. windowc. headlightd. wheel50. a. passedb. rushedc. turnedd. continued51. a. strangeb. sensitivec. imaginabled. horrible52. a. developedb. approvedc.

16、 spreadd. laded53. a. rollingb. floatingc. drawingd. flashing54. a. pointedb. returnedc. broked. rose55. a. tuneb. voicec. soundd. tone第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。aandy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his

17、father had promised him. he was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.he rode along until a strange around drew him to the present. he came to a stop and looked curiously up to the heavens. what he saw shocked him. a huge swarm of bees f

18、illed the sky like clack cloud and the buzzing mass towards him.with no time to waste. andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding furiously without knowing how to escape the swarm. with a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously, he sped down the rough road. as the bees came closer,

19、 his panic increased. andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings(蜇). the last sting had landed him in hospitaland that was only one bee sting! he had been forced to stay in bead for two whole days. suddenly, his fathers words came to him. “when you are in a tight situation, dont panic. use your b

20、rain and think your ways out of it. ”on a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards form the chimney of the nelson family home. “bees dont like smoke,” he thought. “they couldnt get into the house.”andy raced towards the nelson house, but the bees were gaining ground. andy knew be could

21、 not reach the house in time. he estimated that the bees would catch up with him soon.suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a small dam used by mr. nelson to irrigate his vegetable garden. off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the surface and away from the s

22、avage insects. after holding his breath for as long as he could, andy came up for air and noticed the bees have gone. dragging himself out of the date, he struggled up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. mr nelson took his inside and rang his mother.“youll really need that fishing break to help y

23、ou recover,”laughed his mother with relief. “thank goodness you didnt panic! but andy did not hear her. he was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow. ”56. why did andy fail to notice the swarm of bees earlier?a. he was riding to school.b. he was listening to a strange sound.c. he w

24、as going fishing with his father.d. he was lost in the thought of the fishing trip.57. which of the following is not mentioned about the swarm of bees in the passage?a. they crowded like a black cloud.b. they shocked and terrified andy.c. they tried to attack andy in a mass.d. they made andy stay in

25、 hospital for two days.58. how did andy avoid the bees in the end?a. he asked mr. nelson in help.b. he hid himself under the water.c. he rushed into the nelson house.d. he rode off in the opposite direction.59. which of he following can best describe andys escape from the bees?a. no pain, no gains.b

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33、egree.d. a clerk from a telecommunications companyckong zi. called confucius(551-479 b. c. ). and socrates (469-399 b. c. )lived only a hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between china and greece, but it is interesting on look at how the world that each of there gre

34、at philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these in turn, shaped their societies.neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars in greece than in china. the chinese states were very large and feudal, while the greek city-states were small and urban. the urban env

35、ironment in which socrates lived allowed him to be more radical(激进的)than confucius. unlike confucius, socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively. thus socrates was able to be more idealistic, focusing on issues like freedom and knowledge for its own sake, on the other hand, advised t

36、hose in government service, and many of his students went on to government service.confucius suggested rule as a principle for the conduct of “do not do to others what you would not want others to you. ”he assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some potential than others, are that it was k

37、nowledge that set men apart. socrates focused on individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. he believed that some had more potential to develop their reason than others did. like confucius, he believed that the superior class should rule the inferior(下层的)classes.for

38、 socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. for confucius, however, the family was the centre of society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.64. wh

39、ich of the following is true according to the first paragraph?a. socrates and confucius had much in common.b. confucius had much influence on socrates ideas.c. the societies were by the philosophers ideas.d. exchanges between china a greece.65. socrates snared with confucius the idea the .a. all men

40、 were equal when they were bornb. the lower classes should be ruled by the upper classc. the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdomd. people should not ask others to do what they did not want to66. what made some people different from others according to confucius?a. familyb. potentialc. know

41、ledged. community67. this passage is organized in the pattern of .a. time and eventsb. comparison and contrastc. cause and effectd. definition and classificationdmodern inventions have speeded up peoples lives amazingly. motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross th

42、e world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts（吹嘘）of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.all this saves time, but at a prick. when we lose or gain half a

43、day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. we get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone again spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. mobile phones also have then dan

44、ger according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about. however, what do we do with the time we have saved? certainly not relax, or so it seems. we are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to

45、sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world.there was a time when some peoples lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle

46、. no multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. there is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had

47、 to fashion tools from wood and stone. modem machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.68. the new products become more and more time-saving beaus .a. our love on speed scents never-endingb. time is limitedc. the prices are increasingly highd. the manufacturers boast a lot69. what doe

48、s “the days” in paragraph 3 refer to?a. imaginary lifeb. simple life in the pastc. times of inventionsd. time for constant activity70. what is the authors attitude towards the modem technology?a. criticalb. objectivec. optimisticd. negative71. what does the passage mainly discuss?a. the present and

49、past timesb. machinery and human beingsc. imaginations and inventionsd. modem technology and its influenceeevery day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it it is not the amazing complexity of television. nor the impressive technology of transport. the unive

50、rsal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noises with our mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other s minds. this ability comes so naturally that tend to forget what a miracle（奇迹）it is.obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animals. of

51、course, some animals have powers just as amazing. birds can fly thousands of miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. in natures went show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. if we reduce it to basic terms, i

52、ts an ability for communicating information to them by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.not that we dont have other powers of communication. our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. the way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are h

53、appy or sad. this is so-called “body language”. bristling(直立的)fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, includ

54、ing human beings, instinctively acquire and display. is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? if so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skill? biologists can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesnt tell us how that par

55、t of our bodies originated in our biological history.72. according to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is .a. our ability to use languageb. the miracle of technologyc. the amazing power of natured. our ability to make noises with mouth73. what feature of “body language” mentioned in the p

56、assage is common to both humans and animals?a. lifting heads when sad.b. keeping long faces when angry.c. bristling hair when ready to attack.d. bowing heads when willing to obey.74. what can be inferred from paragraph 3?a. body language is unique to humans.b. animals express emotions just as humans do.c. humans have other powers of communication.d. humans are no different from animals to some degree.75. this passage is mainly about .a. the development of body