英语模拟,有详细的解释.doc

2008年高考模拟预测试卷英语（四）
(16所名校共同编写)
（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第I卷（共95分）
第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1. hear
A．research B．earn C．spear D．bear
2．cloth
A．through B．thus C．although D．within
3．computer
A．composition B．comrade C．concert D．company
4．rebuild
A．receive B．recently C．reception D．recite
5．chemical
A．machine B．muscle C．function D．choice
第二节 语法和词汇知识（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。
6．（Li Hua, a Chinese middle school student, often chats online with her American friend Diana.）
Diana: Good evening.
Li Hua: _________.
A．Long time no see B．Very good, thank you
C．Good evening D．Morning to you
7．God said to Adam and Eve, “you eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden.”
A．cannot B．shall not C．should not D．will not
8．The Great Wall is not only a great structure by the Chinese people, but also a cultural gem that belongs to of the world.
A．being built; people B．built; peoples
C．having been built; peoples D．was built; people
9．Finding suitable home help is not easy, the relatively high wages it pays.
A．now that B．in case C．although D．despite
10．In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, it increasingly difficult to even find a sports translator, no matter how high the salary on offer.
A．becomes B．will become C．is becoming D．has become
11．Our winter vacation was ruined by the snowy weather, have stayed at home.
A．it may be as well B．we had better to
C．we might just as well D．it was just as well we
12．If the wind doesn’t before three o’clock, we won’t be able to take off today.
A．go up B．go down C．go off D．go by
13．The campaign is trying to get the across to young people that drugs are dangerous.
A．information B．sense C．meaning D．message
14．-- Have you even been to Australia?
-- No, I’d like to, .
A．really B．indeed C．though D．although
15．I gratefully financial support from several local businesses.
A．thank B．acknowledge C．claim D．declare
16．A Merry Christmas to you. God you!
A．bless B．blesses C．will bless D．would bless
17． it began to rain.
A．As soon as I had started B．I had hardly started when
C．No sooner did I start than D．The moment I had started
18．Sometimes advertisements make possible for companies to sell the customers _______ money cannot buy.
A．/ ; that B．it ; what C．that ; which D．/ ; whose
19．If you buy one pair of glasses we’ll give you another pair completely .
A．free B．freely C．without nothing D．free charge
20．Whether you believe it or not, it is that causes your illness.
A．due to your overweight B．because you are overweight
C．you are overweight D．your being overweight
第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A Friend in Need
In the fall of 1979, I lost my second child shortly after her birth. “We’ll have 21 baby,” my husband Dick tried to comfort me, 22 that could not stop my pain. Then one December night in 1980, Dick 23 me the current Reader’s Digest. He’d marked a 24 , “Song for Sarah,” about a pregnant woman who 25 her life 26 losing her husband and daughter in a car 27 . She came to realize that finding in her new child didn’t 28 betraying（背叛）the one she’d lost. In all my advice , no one had put my 29 into words before. I felt 30 _ for the first time in over a year. The next day, I bought baby clothes for the child I was 31 . My beautiful son Michael was born that April.
Years passed, but the Digest’ story 32 left me. I dreamed of going to 33 school, but knew I had a slim chance of 34 _ . The application asked what 35 I could offer as a lawyer. I 36__ that my daughter’s death had taught me I was 37 enough to handle anything. “Song for Sarah”
38 _ the way.
This past spring I 39 from Suffolk University Law School, and I’ve been 40 at the US Attorney’s Office in Boston. I’m grateful to Reader’s Digest.
21．A．a B．one C．another D．other
22．A．and B．but C．therefore D．thus
23．A．passed B．posted C．showed D．handed
24．A．article B．story C．song D．poem
25．A．lost B．started C．rebuilt D．changed
26．A．before B．when C．while D．after
27．A．event B．incident C．accident D．traffic
28．A．tell B．inform C．realize D．mean
29．A．ears B．soul C．feelings D．thought
30．A．sad B．excited C．worried D．happy
31．A．missing B．promising C．expecting D．dreaming
32．A．never B．always C．forever D．hardly
33．A．adult B．night C．law D．normal
34．A．entrance B．acceptance C．graduation D．acknowledgement
35．A．personal B．manners C．qualities D．morals
36．A．said B．told C．wrote D．argued
37．A．straight B．strong C．strict D．stubborn
38．A．pointed B．found C．got D．had
39．A．studied B．taught C．came D．graduated
40．A．working B．practicing C．training D．joining
第三部分 阅读理解（共25小题；第一节每小题2分；第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Can trees talk? Yes — but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do
communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars（毛毛虫）changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special vapor—a signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.
Communication, of course, does not need to be in words. We can talk each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending messages?
41．It can be inferred from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that .
A．have an unpleasant taste
B．are lying on the ground
C．have an unfamiliar shape
D．bees don’t like
42．According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate with each other by .
A．waving its branches B．giving off a special vapor
C．dropping its leaves D．changing the color of its trunk
43．According to the passage, bees communicate by .
A．touching one another B．smiling one another
C．making special movement D．making unusual sound
44．The author believes that the incident described in the passage .
A．cannot be taken seriously B．seems completely reasonable
C．should no longer be permitted D．must be checked more thorough
B
The Migration of Birds
Here is a scientific experiment on the homing of birds, the fact of which are quite certain. A few years ago seven swallows were caught near their nests at Bremen in Germany. They were marked with a red dye on some of their white feathers, so that they could easily been seen. Then they were taken by plane to Croydon, near London. This is a distance of 400 miles.
Then the seven swallows were set free at Croydon. Five of them flew back to their nests at Bremen. How did the birds find their way on that long journey, which they had never made before? That is the great puzzle. It is no good saying that the swallows have a sense of direction. These are just words and explain nothing. We want to know exactly what senses the animals use to find their way, how they know in which direction to go until they can see familiar landmarks. Unfortunately practically no scientific experiments have yet been made on this question.
Perhaps migrating birds are the greatest mystery of all. Swallows leave England in August and September, and they fly to Africa, where they stay during our winter. The swallows return to England in the late summer for the south. A lot has been found about the journeys of migrating birds by marking the birds with aluminum rings put on one leg. An address and a number is put on the ring.
Swallows from England go as far as South Africa and as many as fourteen birds, marked with rings in England, have been caught again in South Africa. From England to South Africa is a journey of 6,000 miles. And the birds not only return from Africa to England next spring, but often they come back to the nests in the very same house where they nested the year before.
45．The seven swallows were marked on some of their feathers because .
A．they would be taken away by plane
B．they would be free in London
C．Croydon was 400 miles away
D．they could easily be seen for the red colour
46．Which of the following is true? .
A．Seientists have found why the animals can see their nests.
B．No one knows why the swallows can fly back to their familiar landmarks.
C．It’s very simple that the birds use sense of direction.
D．Many experiments have been made on how birds can fly their way home
47．Swallows like to spend ”our winter” in .
A．England B．London C．Africa D．Germany
48．When do the birds return from South Africa to England every year?
A．summer B．spring C．winter D．Both A and B
C
Husband and wife by Arrangement
Some Japanese still get married by parents’ arrangement. Yoshio and Hiromi Tanaka, a young Japanese couple living in the United States, told the story of their arranged marriage. “We didn’t marry for love in the western sense. We got married in the traditional Japanese way. Our parents arranged our marriage through a matchmaker（媒人）. In Japan we believe that marriage is something affecting the whole family rather than a matter concerning only the young couple. So we think it is very important to match people according to their social background, education and so on. When our parents thought it was time for us to get married, they went to a local matchmaker and asked her for some suggestions. We discuss the details and looked at the photos she sent, and then our parents asked her to arrange a marriage interview for the two of us.
A Japanese marriage interview is held in a public place, such as a hotel or a restaurant, and is attended by the boy and the girl, their parents and the matchmaker. Information about the couple and their families is exchanged over a cup of tea or a meal. Then the boy and the girl are left alone for a short time to get to know each other. When they returned home they have to tell the matchmaker whether they want to meet again or not.
Yoshio continued, “When our parents realized we were serious about each other, they started to make arrangements for our wedding. My family paid the marriage money to Hiromi’s. This is money to help pay for the wedding ceremony and for setting up the house afterwards. We also gave her family a beautiful ornament to put in the best room of their house, so everyone knew that Hiromi was going to marry.”
49．The Japanese think of the marriage of a young couple as .
A．a sign showing the love between them
B．an opportunity for their parents to show their love for their children
C．a private affair for the boy and the girl
D．an important matter having influence on the whole family
50．In arranging a marriage in Japan, the matchmaker plays all of the following roles except .
A．making arrangements for the wedding
B．providing the information the family need
C．arranging the marriage interview
D．attending the marriage interview
51．According to the passage, the best time to make arrangement for the wedding is .
A．when the young couple agree to meet again
B．when the young couple are sincere about their relation
C．when the parents think it is time for their children to get married.
D．when the parents are well-informed about each other’s family
52．According to the passage, what plays the most important role in the matching of young people in Japan? .
A．Their parents’ attitude B．Their family background
C．Their occupation D．Their love for each other
D
Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practising until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. A great athlete practises until he can play quickly, accurately, without thinking. Tennis players call that ”being in the zone.” Educators call it “automaticity”.
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase. With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about decoding the words, so he can concentrate on the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois Schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth grade, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and still outscoring them on accuracy, comprehension and vocabulary.
“It’s not I.Q. but the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity,” according to Rossman. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will in all likelihood reach automaticity. At home, where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favor of reading.
You can test your child by giving him a paragraph or two to read aloud—something unfamiliar but appropriate to his age. If he reads aloud with expressions, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. If he reads haltingly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, he needs more practice.
53．The first paragraph tells us .
A．what automaticity is B．how accuracy is acquired
C．how a child learns to walk D．how an athlete is trained
54．The Illinois study shows that the automatic reader’s high speed .
A．