2020年高考英语模拟试卷2

英语

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：语法和词汇知识（共20小题，每小题1分，满分

20分）

1.一Dontyougotoschool?

A.No,IworkB.No,tothetheatre

C.Yes,ImgoingtoD.Yes,Imaboutto

2.carefulstudyshouldbemadeof

internationalsituationsinthechangingworld.

A.The;theB.A;theC.A;/D.The;/

3.ThereisonlyoneFOOTBALLontheshelf,pleasego

andgetforme.

A.itB.oneC.thatD.any

4.―Weexpectedyouyesterday.

•—Imsorry.IyoutosaythatIcouldntbehere

untiltoday.

A.musthavebeenB.wouldbecalling

C.couldhavebeencallingD.shouldhavecalled

5.Thethingthat_isnotwhetheryoufailornot,but

whetheryoutryornot.

Acares.B.mattersC.mindsD.considers

6.Idliketobuyamobilephone一modern,fashionable,

andwiththefunctionoftakingpictures.

A.atallB.afterallC.aboveallD.inall

7.—Everyonewasatthepartyexceptyou.What

happened?

一Iwithafriendwhohadtraveledalltheway

fromNewOrleans.

A.talkedB.wastalkingC.hadtalkedD.have

beentalking

8.Teenagersarewarnedtobecarefulwhenmaking

friendsonline,becausewhenyoucantseeaperson,

theycouldbe.

A.everybodyB.somebodyC.anybody

D.nobody

9.Afineofthetowncanbeseenwhenyoureach

thetopofthehill.

A.sightB.sceneC.signD.view

10.InIraq,iftherehadbeennowar,thepeoplethere

shouldhaveintheirdailylife.

A.amuchhappiertimeB.amorehappiertime

C.thehappiertimeD.themuchhappiesttime

11.Wecantunderstandadiseaseweunderstandthe

personwhohasthedisease.

A.thoughB.whetherC.unlessD.after

12.“Stopthethief!”Afteramanshouted,theshout

wasimmediately.

A.brustoutB.brokeoutC.risenupD.taken

up

13.—Brucefailedtopasshisfinalexam.

一Yes,Iregrettedtohelphim.

A.beingnotableB.beingunable

C.nottobeableD.tobenotable

14.Aseveryoneknows,thoughtsare

expressedwords.

A.bymeansofB.insteadofC.infavorof

D.inhonourof

15.Ifyouneedhelp,forexample,moneyor,let

meknow,willyou?

A.noneB.allC.otherD.nothing

16.—Ivefoundanewjobinafactory.Itisabigone.

•—Howmanyinit?

A.workB.worksC.workingD.job

17.We_andwillnevertakepartinsuchdirty

business.

A.haveneverB.nevertakepart

C.hadneverD.havenevertakenpart

18.—Howdoyoulikethesephotos?

•—Oh,theyarewonderful.Peopleherethinkof

them.

A.agreatmanyB.agreatdeal

C.manymoreD.alotmore

19.Yourmoneycouldgooduseinsteadofidle

(notinuse)inthebank.

A.putto;beingleftB.beputto;leaving

C.putto;leavingD.beputto;beingleft

20.TherearefivetipsinProfessorslectureon

travelingabroad,andoneofthemis:toomuchcash

withyou.

AdoesnttakeB.nottotake

C.nottakingD.donttake

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30

分）

FromMondayuntilFriday,mostpeoplearebusy

workingorstudying,butintheeveningandonweekends

theyarefreetorelaxand21themseleves.Somewatch

television22gotothecinema,otherstakepartin

sports.It23onindividual（个人的）interests.There

aremanydifferent24tospendour25time.

Almosteveryone26somekindofhobby.Itmaybe

27fromcollectingstampsto28modelairplanes.Some

hobbiesareveryexpensive,butothersarevaluable

29totheirowners.

Iknowamanwhohasa30collection31several

thousanddollars.Ashorttimeago,heboughta32

fiftycentpieceworth$250!Hewasvery33abouthis

purchase（购买物）andthoughtthepricewas

reasonable.Ontheotherhand,myyoungestbrother34

matchboxes.Hehasalmost600ofthembutIdoubtif

theyareworth35money.However,to36theyare

extremelyvaluable.Nothing37himhappierthanto

findanewmatchboxforhiscollection.

Thatswhatahobby38,Iguess.Itissomething

weliketodo39oursparetimesimplyforthe40

ofit.Thevalueindollarsisnotimportant,butthe

pleasureitgivesis.

21.A.enjoyB.likeC.helpD.sleep

22.A.andB.butC.soD.or

23.A.liesB.worksC.dependsD.waits

24.A.ideasB.waysC.placesD.periods

25.A.fullB.workC.spareD.busy

26.A.likesB.hasC.findsD.develops

27.A.nothingB.everythingC.something

D.anything

28.A.makingB.buyingC.selling

D.inventing

29.A.onlyB.especiallyC.fullyD.simple

30.A.stampB.coinC.moneyD.ring

31.A.withB.includingC.worthD.of

32.A.commonB.usualC.rareD.new

33.A.happyB.carefulC.worriedD.anxious

34.A.gathersB.picksoutC.choosesD.collects

35.A.someB.anyC.noD.much

36.A.meB.othersC.mybrotherD.my

family

37.A.makesB.letsC.keepsD.helps

38.A.isB.meansC.includesD.remains

39.A.forB.toC.onD.in

40.A.benefitB.goodC.funD.money

第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题，第一节每小题2分，第

二节每小题2分，满分50分）

第一：阅读下列短文，选出最佳答案

A

In1947thepilotofasmallaeroplanesawnine

strangeobjectsintheskyoverWashington,USA.Hesaid

thatlookedlikesaucers.Newspapersprintedhisstory

undertheheadline“FlyingSausers”.

Sincethen,allovertheworld,peoplehavereported

similarstrangeflyingobjects.Nooneknowswhatthey

areorwheretheycomefrom.Somepeoplesaythatdo

notexist,butmanyotherssaythattheyhaveseenthem.

Usuallypeopleonthegroundhaveseenthembutnot

always.Airlinepilotsalsohavereportedseeingthem

andsohaveastronauts"—themenwhoflyinspaceships.

Perhapssomepeoplesawthenonlyintheir

imaginationorillusion（幻觉，错觉）。Perhapssome

peoplemadeamistake.Butairlinepilotsand

astronautsdonotusuallymakemistakesofthiskind.

CaptainEdMitchell,thesixthmantowalkonthemoon,

saidin1974thathebelievesthatsome“flyingsaucersv

arereal.Manyotherpeoplenowbelievethatthese

strangeflyingobjectsarevisitingtheearthfrom

otherworldsinspace.

“Theyhavecometogreetus."Theysay.

TheAmericangovernmenttriedtofindoutmoreabout

theseobjects.Itlistenedtogreatmanypeoplewho

saidtheyhadseenthem.ButtheGovernmentCommittee

couldnotdecideonwhattheobjectswere.Itcalled

themUFOs,whichisshortforUnidentifiedFlying

Objects.

Someevensaytheyhaveseenpeopleintheflying

saucers!In1964,adriverofpolicecarinNewMexico

sawaUFOlandingamileaway.Whenhereachedit,there

weretwosmallfiguresstandingnearit.Theylooked

likelittlemen.Whenhereportedonhisradio,they

gotinsidetheobjectandflewaway.

In1973twomenwereoutfishinginMississippi

River.TheysaytheysawaUFOshapedlikeanegg.There

werethreecreatureslikemenbuttheirskinswere

silverincolor.Theyhadnoeyes,andtheirmouthswere

justslits（裂缝），Theirnosesandearswerepointed.

TheymadethefishermengetinsidetheUFOforawhile.

Thenthecreaturesphotographedthemandtookthemto

theplacewheretheyhadbeenfishing.

Therearemanyothersimilarstories.Someare

probablyuntruebutsomemaybetrue.Nooneknows.

41.TheAmericangovernmenttriedto.

A.lookfortheflyingobjectsB.knowwhere

theobjectscomefrom

C.learnmoreaboutUFOsD.reportmore

aboutUFOs

42.Accordingtothepassage,thename“flyingsaucers”

wasfirstusedby.

A.apilotofasmallplaneB.anofficialin

Washington

C.aneditorofanewpaperD.themanwho

fliesinsaucers

43.Thepurposeofthispassageistotellus.

A.theshapeofUFOsB.howtoobserveUFOs

C.thedangerofUFOsD.whatweknowabout

UFOs

44.Itisimpliedinthepassagethatthe

author.

A.doesnotbelieveatallabouttheexistenceof

UFOs

B.believesthatUFOsarerealobjectsflyinginthe

sky

C.isnotsurewhetherthereareUFOsornot

D.thinksUFOscomefromotherplanets

B

PUBLICSPIRIT

Eachnationhasitsownpeculiar（特有）character

whichdistinguishesitfromothers.Butthepeoplesof

theworldhavemorepointsinwhichtheyarealllike

eachotherthanpointsinwhichtheyaredifferent.One

typeofpersonthatiscommonineverycountryisthe

onewhoalwaystriestodoaslittleashecanandto

getasmuchinreturnashecan.Hisopposite,theman

whoisinthehabitofdoingmorethanwhatisstrictly

necessaryandwhoisreadytoacceptwhatisoffered

inreturn,israreeverywhere.

Boththesetypesareusuallyunconsciousoftheir

character.Themanwhoavoidseffortisalwaysabouthis

“rights”:heappearstothinkthatsocietyoweshim

apleasant,easylife.Themanwhoisalwaysdoingmore

thanhissharetalksof“duties”:hefeelsthatthe

individualisindebttosociety,andnotsocietyto

theindividual.Asaresultoftheirviews,neitherof

thesementhinksthathebehavesatallstrangely.

Themenwhotriestodoaslittleashecanisalways

fullofexcuses:ifhewasneglectedtodosomething,

iswasbecausehehadaheadache,ortheweatherwas

toohotortoocoldorbecausehewaspreventedbybad

luck..Atfirst,otherpeople,suchashisfriendsand

hisemployer,generouslyaccepthisstories;butsoon

theyrealizewhatkinkofpersonheis,Inthelongrun

hedeceivesonlyhimself.Whenhisfriendsbecomecool

towardshisandhefailstomakeprogressinhisjob,

heissurprisedandhurt.Heblameseveryoneand

everythingexcepthimself.Hefeelsthatsocietyis

failinginitsdutiestowardshim,andthatheisbeing

unjustlytreated.Hesoonbecomesoneofthe

discontented（令人不满）membersofthesocietyhe1ives

in.

Hispublicspiritedoppositeisnevertoobusyto

takeonanextrapieceofwork;thatisthestrongest

thingaboutthewholebusiness.Ifyouwantsomething

doneinahurry,dontgotothemanwhohasclearly

notmuchtodo.Hewillprobablyhaveadozenexcellent

excusesfornotbeingabletohelpyou,muchashe

claimshewouldliketo.Gotothebusiestmanyouknow,

particularlyifyouaresurethathehasnotaspare

minuteintheweek.Ifyourworkisreallyimportant,

hewillmaketimeforif.

45.Whichofthefollowingcharactersiscommontomost

peopleoftheworldaccordingtotheauthor?

A.Thrifty（节俭的）B.Hard一working

C.SelfishD.Selfless

46.Themanwhoisalwaystalkingabouthis“rights”

seemstothinkthat.

A.societyisindebttohim

B.theindividualowessomethingtosociety

C.bothtypesofpeoplebehavestrangely

D.everyoneshouldliveahappylife

47.Thepassagesuggeststhatthemanwhotriestoavoid

effort.

A.oftenfallsillB.cantstandbad

weather

C.oftenhadbadluckD.alwaysexcuseshimself

48.Asitisusedinthethirdparagraph,“inthelong

run“means.

A.intheendB.foralongtime

C.afterrunningalongdistanceD.stepbystep

C

Herearesomeadvertisementstakenfromanewspaper

(1)

DearDrewCarter,

Yourfirstyearonthisearthhadbeenapleasureride

forallofus.

Weloveyou!

Love,

DadandMonandmanyfriends.

(2)

Lawlis■—Clarks

TheDoctorsVirgilandMarjorieLawilsarepleased

toannouncetheengagement(订婚)oftheirdaughter

DianeSusantoMr.RobertBrentClarke,sonofMr.And

Mrs.JamesClarkeofHerford,Texas.

AspringweddingisplannedinHouston.

(3)

Isbell■—Foss

Mr.andMrs.DavisK.Isbellannouncethemarriage

oftheirdaughterDangto

Mr.StanleyFoss,sonofMos.JonSipeofAda,

Minnesota.

TheweddingwillbeearlyAprilatAbidingLove

LutheranChruch.

(4)

Story—Kurio

MissStephanieStoryandMr.WarrenKuriowere

marriedFeburary5,athalfpastseven0clockinthe

eveningatHighlandParkPresbyterianChurchinDallas,

Texas.Thebride(新娘)isthedaughterofMr.andMrs.

HerbertBruleStoryJr.ofDallas.Thegroom(新郎)is

thesonofMr.andMrs.

GeraldStanleyKurioofAustin.

49.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthefirst

advertisament?

A.WeloveyouB.Happy1stBirthday

C.OneYearOldD.OurOne一Year一OldSon

50.LawlisandClarkegoingtogetmarriedare

A.inachurchB.whereClarkesparents

live

C.againsttheirparentswillD.tolawlissparents

joy

51.Whogotorwillgetmarriedinspring?

A.NotonlyLawlisandClarkebutalsoIsbellandFoss

B.NeitherlawlisandClarkenorIsbellandFoss.

C.EitherIsbellandFossorstoryandKurio.

D.NeitherLawlisandClarkenorStoryandKurio

52.Whoarenowamarriedcouple?

A.LawlisandClarkeB.DangIsbel1andFoss

C.StoryandKurioD.Thetextdoesntsay

D

Therearemorethan100millioncarsintheUnited

States.Anordinarycargetslessthan15milesfrom

eachgallon（力口仑）ofgas.Ittravelsabout10,000miles

eachyear.Inthattime.,itusesabout650gallonsof

gas.Inall,automobilesuseupsome70billiongallons

ofgasayear.Thatcomesouttobefour•-and■—a—half

millionbarrels（桶）aday.

Theimportanceofsavinggas,then,cannotbe

stressedtoomuch.Letssay,thefuelusedbyeachcar

couldbecutbackjust15percent.Thiscouldbedone

bymakingfewertripseachday.Itcouldbedoneby

keepingtheautomobilesingoodshape.Itcouldbe

throughbetterdrivinghabits.Iftheseweredone,the

nationsuseoffuelwouldfal1byclosetotwo-

thirdsofamillionbarrelsperday.

Everyonecanhelptosavegas.Onewayistoride

buses.Somecouldwalktowork.Otherscouldridetheir

bikes.Anotherwayistosharearide.Peoplecould

sharecars.Aboutone一thirdofallcarsareusedfor

goingtoandfromwork.Youcangoshoppingwitha

friendfromtimetotime.Iftwopeopleuseacar

insteadoftwotheyallsave.Drivingstress（紧张）

wouldbeless,too,withfewercarsontheroad.The

savingsongasaroundthenationwouldcometomorethan

one一halfmillionbarrelsaday.Stillanotherwayto

saveisbycuttingouttripsonedoesnotneedtotake.

Canyoufindonecartripperweekthatcouldbedone

bytelephone?Canyoucombinetrips?Ifeachcar

traveled10mileslesseachweek,theycouldsavethree

一and■-a—halfbilliongallonsofgasayear.This

comestonearly5percentofthetotalpassengercars

demandforgas.

Thewaypeopledrivedecideshowmuchfueltheysave.

Carefuldriversmayget20percentmoremilesper

gallonthanordinarydrivers.Theyobeythe55'—mile

一per一hourspeedlimit.Ifjustonegallonofgaswere

savedeachweekforeachcarinthecountry,atotal

offive—and—a'-halfbilliongallonscouldbesaved

ayear.

53.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutan

averagecaraccordingtothepassage?

A.Anordinarycarrunsalotmorethan10,000miles

with650gallonsofgas.

B.Anordinarycarcannotrunmorethan15mileswith

onegallonofgas.

C.Anordinarycarwithtengallonsofgascanrunmore

than150miles.

D.Anordinarycarcanrun10,000mileseachyearwith

70billiongallonsoffuel.

54.Thepassagementionsallofthefollowingfacts

exceptthat.

A.keepingonescaringoodshapehelpsonesavegas.

B.ridingbusesinsteadofdrivingishelpfultogas

saving

C.sharingarideorwalkingtoworkisanotherway

tosavegas

D.drivingstresscanbegreatlyrelievedbyusing

lessgas

55.Accordingtothepassage,itispossibletosave

fivepercentofthetotalpassengercarsdemandforgas

eachyear,if.

A.peopleallsharecar一ridinginsteadofowning

theirowncars.

B.allthecarscutoffonetripof10mileseachweek

C.twopeoplegoshoppinginacarfromtimetotime

D.peopleusetelephonesinsteadofridingcars

56.Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestexpresses

themainideaofthetext?

A.Driversshouldchangetheirdrivinghabitsand

keeptheircarsingoodshape.

B.Theimportanceofsavingfuelisseldomignored.

C.Savinggasisimportantandcouldbedonein

severalways.

D.Peopleshouldusefewerautomobilesandmakegood

useoftelephones.

E

Thewordconservationhasathrifty（节俭）meaning.To

conserveistosaveandtoprotect,toleavewhatwe

ourselvesenjoyinsuchgoodconditionthatothersmay

alsosharetheenjoyment.Ourforefathershadnoidea

thathumanpopulationwouldincreasefasterthanthe

suppliesofrawmaterials（原材料）；mostofthem,even

untilveryrecently,hadthefoolishideathatthe

treasureswerelimitlessandinexhaustible（用不完

的）.Mostofthecitizensofearliergenerationsknew

littleornothingaboutthecomplicatedand

delicate（精致的）systemthatrunsallthroughnature,

andwhichmeansthat,asinalivingbody,anunhealthy

conditionofonepartwillsoonerorlaterbeharmful

toalltheothers.

Fiftyyearsagonaturestudywasnotpartofthe

schoolwork;scientificforestrywasanewidea;wood

wasstillcheapbecauseitcouldbebroughtinany

quantityfromdistantwoodlands,soildestruction（破

坏）andriverfloodswerenotnationalproblems;nobody

hadyetstudieslong一termclimaticcyclesinrelation

toproperlanduse;eventhework“conservation”had

nothingofthemeaningthatithasforustoday.

Fortheinterestsofourselvesandthosewhowill

comeafterus,wemustnowsetaboutrepairingthe

mistakesofourfore—fathers.Conservationshould,

therefore,bemadeapartofeveryonesdailylife,To

knowaboutthewatertable（水位）inthegroundisjust

asimportanttousaknowledgeofthebasicarithmetic

formulas（算术公式）.Weneedtoknowwhyall

watersheds（水滨）needtheprotectionofplantlifeand

whytherunningcurrentofstreamsandriversmustbe

madetoyield（produce）theirfullbenefittothebefore

theyfinallyescapetothesea.Weneedbetaughtthe

dutyofplantingtreesaswellasofcuttingthem.We

needtoknowtheimportanceofbig,naturetress,

becauselivingspaceformostofmansfellowcreatures

onthisplanetisfigurednotonlyinsquaremeasure

ofsurfacebutalsoincubicvolume（容积）abovethe

earth.Inbrief,itshouldbeourgoaltorestoreas

muchoftheoriginalbeautyofnatureaswecan.

57.Accordingtotheauthorthegreatestmistakeofour

forefatherswasthat.

A.theyhadnoideaaboutscientificforestry

B.theyhadlittleornosenseofenvironmental

protection

C.theydidnotrealizetheimportanceofnaturestudy

D.theyhadnoideaofhowtomakegooduseofraw

materials

58.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatearlier

generationsdidntrealize.

A.theinterdependenceofwater,soil,andliving

things

B.theimportanceoftheproperlanduse

C.theharmfulnessofsoildestructionandriver

floods.

D.theextraordinaryrapidgrowthofpopulation

59.Withaviewtocorrectingthemistakesofour

forefathers,theauthorsuggeststhat

A.weplantmoretrees

B.webetaughtenvironmentalscienceaswellasthe

scienceofplants

C.environmentaleducationbedirectedtoward

everyone

D.wereturntonature

60.Whatdoestheauthorimplybysayinguliving

space…abovetheearth”?

A.Ourlivingspaceontheearthisgettingsmaller

andsmaller

B.Ourlivingspaceshouldbemeasuredincubicvolume

C.weneedtotakesomemeasurestoprotectspace

D.wemustcreatebetterlivingconditionsforboth

birdsandanimals

第二节：阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、

E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。其中一项是

多余选项。

Thepeoplebelowarealllookingforaplacefora

visit.Afterthedescriptionofthesepeople,there

isinformationaboutsixplacesA一FDecidewhichplace

wouldbemostsuitableforthepersonmedtionedin

questions61-65.Thereisoneextraparagraphabout

oneplacewhichyoudonotneedtouse.

61.Danfeilikeshistoryandgeographybest.He

isgoingonajourneytotheSouthAmericabywayof

NorthAmerica.

62.LaoliisanarchitectandvisitingAmericaHe

ismostinterestedinthetai1buildings.

63.YanyiisfromCCTVandwantstobea

successfulannouncer.Recentlyshesgotachanceto

gotoCanadaonbusiness.

64.Chenggangisabridgedesigner.Ashorttime

ago,anordercametohimthathewouldberesponsible

foragreatbridge一to一be.MeanwhilehisAmerican

friendsinvitedhimtoAmericaforavisitandhe

promised

65.XiaoZhangworksasacoachofaregional

footballteam.HewouldliketovisitaEuropean

footballclubandplanstofindaplaceofinterestfor

avisit.

A.For40yearsafteritwascompletedin1931,the

EmpireStateBuilding,inNewYorkCitywasthetallest

buildingintheworld.Surprisingly,this102―story

buildingwascompletedinjust410days.

B.TheNetherlands（荷兰）NorthSeaProtectionWorks

isanothervictoryovergeographyTheNetherlands,

whichisbelowsealevel,wasoftenfloodedbythe

NorthSeaandbyrivers.Then,between1927and1932,

adamwasbuilttoshutouttheSea.Twentyyearslater,

damsandcanalswerebuilttocontroltheriversand

completedthework.

C.ThePanamaCanal,beguninthe1880s,wasnt

finisheduntil1914.ItjoinstheAtlanticandPacitif

oceans.Describethecanalasavictoryorhumansover

geography.Workersdugagreatdealoflandandremoved

lotsofrocks.

D.TheItaipuDam,completedinl984,goesacrossthe

ParnanRiverattheBrazil一Paraguayborder.Itisthe

worldslargesthydroelectric（水力发电）plant.

E.At1,815feet,theCNTower,inTornoto,isoneof

theworldstallestfree一standingbuildings

Completedin1976,thetowerisusedforTVandradio

broadcasting.

F.TheGoldenGateBridge,completedin1937,was

alsoahardstruggleforworkers.SanFranciscoBayhas

verystrongwindsandrou