2021届湖南四大名校联考新高考模拟试卷（九）英语试题

2021届湖南四大名校联考新高考模拟试卷（九）英语试题
2021届湖南四大名校联考新高考模拟试卷（九）
英语试题
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第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，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小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡ 19. 15.
B. ￡9. 15.
C. ￡9. 18.
答案是B.
1. What is the woman dissatisfied with about the coat?
A. The quality.
B. The price.
C. The color.
2. What will the woman do during the flight?
A. Read magazines.
B. Do puzzles.
C. Enjoy music.
3. How does the woman feel about learning Spanish?
A. Interested.
B. Surprised.
C. Annoyed.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A wedding.
B. A photo.
C. A baby.
5. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At home.
B. In an office.
C. At a restaurant.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What makes matters worse according to the woman?
A. Her battery is flat.
B. Her car can’t be fixed.
C. Her coat got dirty.
7. Where are the speakers going next?
A. To the garage.
B. To the laundry.
C. To the cafe.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why is the man’s ticket inv alid?
A. It was bought at the station.
B. It can only be used after 9:00.
C. It’s for the first class.
9. What will the man probably do next?
A. Talk with the ticket seller.
B. Pay the woman extra money.
C. Get off at the next station.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What did the woman use to be?
A. A salesgirl.
B. An office clerk.
C. A flight attendant.
11. How did the woman know about the present job?
A. From the Internet.
B. From the newspaper.
C. From her friend.
12. What’s bad about the job for the w oman?
A. The night hours.
B. The unbearable boredom.
C. The long training.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What happened to the man last week?
A. He got his back injured.
B. He fell off his motorcycle.
C. He bought his motorcycle.
14. Why did the man buy a motorcycle?
A. He wanted to ride it to work.
B. He hated driving a car.
C. He was very fond of it.
15. How does the man usually go to work now?
A. Ride his bike.
B. Take a lift.
C. Take a bus.
16. What does the man mostly do on the bus?
A. Talk with others.
B. Read books.
C. Look outside.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What can we learn about this year’s competition?
A. It’s a musical competition.
B. It’s open to every student.
C. Its topic is Spring.
18. When will the competitors get the results?
A. In March.
B. In May.
C. In June.
19. How long will the story be?
A. More than 500 words.
B. Not more than 500 words.
C. Less than 350 words.
20. What can winners receive this year?
A. Tickets to a festival.
B. Tickets to a theatre.
C. Tickets to a musical.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
Humans have been battling viruses since before we had even evolved into our modern form, but we’re a long way from winning the fight against them. Here are a few of the worst killers.
Marburg virus
Scientists identified Marburg virus in 1967, when small outbreaks occurred among lab workers in Germany who were exposed to infected monkeys. The infected people develop high fevers and bleeding throughout the body. Marburg can be passed on from human to human via direct contact. The death rate is 80%in the 1998-2000 outbreak in Congo and in the 2005 outbreak in Angola.
Ebola virus
The first known Ebola outbreaks in humans struck Africa in Sudan and Congo in 1976. The natural host of Ebola is bats. The virus is spread through contact with infected people or animals. Symptoms include fever, bleeding and organ failure. The death rate is 50%to 70%.
Hantavirus
Hantavirus was first recognized as an infectious disease in the 1950s in Korea. But it first gained wide attention in the U. S. in 1993, when a healthy young man and his fiancee died within days of developing shortness of breath. Hantavirus was isolated from a deer mouse. More than 600 people in the U. S. are now infected and 36%have died. The virus doesn’t spread from human to human.
Mers-CoV virus
Mers-CoV virus had an outbreak in Asia, Saudi Arabia in 2012 and South Korea in 2015. The virus likely originated in bats. The disease infected camels before passing into humans and causes fever and shortness of breath. It has a death rate between 30%and 40%, making it the most deadly of the known coronavirus (冠状病毒) family. Mers-CoV spreads from one person to another.
1. Which virus caused the highest death rate in a particular area?
A. Marburg virus.
B. Ebola virus.
C. Hantavirus.
D. Mers-CoV virus. 2. What can we know about Hantavirus?
A. It is a type of coronaviruses.
B. It was identified in the 21st century.
C. It was first found in the United States.
D. It only spreads from animals to humans.
3. In what sense are Ebola virus and Mers-CoV virus similar?
A. They may have the same host.
B. They originate in the same continent.
C. They belong to the same virus family.
D. They have exactly the same symptoms.
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. A
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。

在我们进化成现代形态之前，人类就已经在与病毒战斗了，但我们距离赢得与病毒的战斗还有很长的路要走。

文章主要介绍了四种最可怕的病毒种类。

【1题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第二段中The death rate is 80%in the 1998-2000 outbreak in Congo and in the 2005 outbreak in Angola.可知1998年到2000年刚果暴发和2005年安哥拉暴发的马尔堡病毒的死亡率为80%。

由此可知，
Marburg病毒在某一特定地区造成的死亡率最高。

故选A。

【2题详解】
细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段中. But it first gained wide attention in the U. S. in 1993, when a healthy young man and his fiancee died within days of developing shortness of breath. Hantavirus was isolated fro m a deer mouse.The virus doesn’t spread fro m human to human.可知，但它在1993年首次在美国引起广泛关注，当时一位健康的年轻男子和他的未婚妻因呼吸短促而在几天内去世。

从一只鹿鼠中分离出汉坦病毒。

病毒不会在人与人之间传播。

由此可知，汉坦病毒只从动物传染给人类。

故选D。

【3题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第三段中The natural host of Ebola is bats.可知埃博拉病毒的天然宿主是蝙蝠。

以及最后一段中The virus likely originated in bats.可知该病毒可能起源于蝙蝠。

由此可知，埃博拉病毒和中东呼吸综合症病毒的相似之处在于他们可能有同一个宿主。

故
选A。

B
In 2000, when I was seven years old, my family and I were coming back from a T-ball game. In our driveway, we spotted two adult geese and a baby goose. The adults were frightened by our return and flew away, but their baby was still too young to fly. We are no strangers to wildlife, so we avoided physical contact with the baby goose out of fear that it would keep us in its mind and be lost to its family forever.
Hours passed, and night fell. The baby goose needed protection, warmth and food. So we had to do something. We brought him onto our back porch (走廊). My sister called the little guy Peeper, because he would follow us making a peeping noise. We also decided that Peeper was a boy.
A year passed and we became best friends. Peeper slept on our back porch and used it as a restroom. My dad would spray off his droppings daily with a hose (软管). Part of this routine included Dad throwing Peeper up into the air, letting him fly around the house and come back once the porch was clean. One evening, my uncle came over, and my dad wanted to show him Peeper’s flight. He threw him up in the air, but Peeper just flew off. Everyone was sad. Twenty years passed, and Peeper became a fond memory.
Geese live to be around 25 years old and are very loyal, never forgetting their first home. Even so, it shocked me when, in 2019, an old adult goose appeared at my house. After two weeks of the goose coming back repeatedly, I believe this wasn’t a random goose. He did all of the same things Peeper used to and responded to the name Peeper. Much to my amazement, my old best friend had returned, 20 years later.
This experience has been as meaningful to me as anything in my life. I hope that my children, someday, have the opportunity to connect with nature and a wild being in this same way.
4. Why did the writer’s family avoid physical contact with the baby goose at first?
A. They were worried about its health.
B. They didn’t know what to do with it.
C. They feared being attacked by its parents.
D. The y didn’t want it to take them as its family.
5. Why did the writer’s dad throw the goose into the sky every day?
A. To prepare it to fly off some day.
B. To clean it by spraying water.
C. To have it practise flying skills.
D. To show his tricks of training.
6. What made the writer recognize the goose?
A. Its voice.
B. Its appearance.
C. Its age.
D. Its behavior.
7. How does the writer find this experience?
A. Discouraging.
B. Rewarding.
C. Pitiful.
D. Entertaining.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. D 7. B
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。

主要讲述了作者一家养育了一只小鹅一年的时间，二十年后这只鹅又飞回来的故事，作者希望有一天，自己的孩子们有机会以同样的方式与自然和野生生物联系起来。

【4题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第一段最后一句“We are no strangers to wildlife, so we avoided physical contact with the baby goose out of fear that it would keep us in its mind and be lost to its family forever.”可知，作者一家对野生动物的生活方式并不陌生，知道要避免与小鹅有身体接触，因为害怕小鹅错将作者一家当成家人后，会永远与它的家人失去联系。

故选D项。

【5题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第三段中“Part of this routine included Dad throwing Peeper up into the air, letting him fly around the house and come back once the porch was clean.”可知，作者的爸爸将Peeper抛向空中，这样它就可以围着房子飞行，门廊一打扫干净就再飞回来，这样做是为了让它练习飞行。

故选C项。

【6题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第四段最后两句“He did all of the same things Peeper used to and responded to the name Peeper. Much to my amazement, my old best friend had returned, 20 years later.”可知，这只鹅会做所有以前Peeper做
的事，并且叫Peeper的名字时它会回应，所以是它的行为让作者认出了它。

故选D项。

【7题详解】
推理判断题。

根据最后一段“This experience has been as meaningful to me as anything in my life.”可知，作者认为这次经历很有意义。

故选B项。

C
Ice hockey’s beginning is a little uncertain. It has been tracked back to an Irish game known as hurley by some experts. Others consider ice hockey as having come from lacrosse and field games that were played by Micmac Indians. Still others say that hockey evolved in Northern Europe. At any rate, it is quite
likely that ice hockey came into being from different early games played with a stick and a ball.
In the 1850s, the first recorded games of ice hockey were played, and in the 1870s, the first set of ice hockey rules were written by a group of students at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. These rules set up the use of a puck (冰球) replacing a ball and decided the number of players to be nine per team. The year 1880 brought the organization of the first amateur hockey league. Over the next several years, ice hockey’s popul arity spread across Canada. It was around 1893 that ice hockey was first played in the United States. There have been several ice hockey leagues. The best known is the National Hockey League, which came into being in 1917 in Canada.
Ice hockey has the oldest sports trophy(奖杯）in North America. It had become so widespread in Canada that a trophy was presented by the Governor General of Canada to be awarded to the top hockey team. Lord Stanley of Preston was the name of the Governor General, and the trophy became Known as the Stanley Cup.
Not many changes have been made to the initial rules set forth in the 1870s. The main ones have been the decrease from nine players to six and the progression of new and better equipment. In 1910-11, the game changed from two 30-minute periods to three 20-minute periods. In 1943-44, the red line at center ice was introduced to speed up the game. In 2005-06, goalkeeper equipment was downsized.
8. When was the first amateur hockey league formed?
A. In the 1850s.
B. In the 1870s.
C. In 1880.
D. In 1893.
9. Where did the name of the Stanley Cup come from?
A. The top hockey team captain.
B. The Governor General of Canada.
C. The oldest sports trophy maker.
D. The leader of the first hockey league.
10. How has the ice hockey sport changed?
A. Its initial rules have been given up.
B. It has fewer players on a team.
C. Its total match time has been reduced.
D. It needs much less equipment.
11. What’s the text mainly about?
A. The rules of the ice hockey sport.
B. The great changes of the ice hockey sport.
C. The history of the ice hockey sport.
D. The development of the National Hockey League.
【答案】8. C 9. B 10. B 11. C
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了曲棍球的发展历史，它从过去到现在的一些变化。

【8题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第2段The year 1880 brought the organization of the first amateur hockey league（1880年，第一个业余曲棍球联盟成立）可知，第一支业余曲棍球联盟成立于1880年。

故选C项。

【9题详解】
细节理解题。

根据文章倒数第2段Lord Stanley of Preston was the name of the Governor General, and the trophy
became Known as the Stanley Cup（当时总督的名字是Lord Stanley of Preston，这个奖杯后来被称为Stanley
Cup）可知，奖杯的名字来自于当时的加拿大总督的名字。

故选B 项。

【10题详解】细节理解题。

根据最后一段The main ones have been the decrease from nine players to six and the progression of new and better equipment（主要的变化是球员从9人减少到6人，以及新的更好的装备）可知，此处提到的
主要变化包括了球员和设备的变化。

故选B项。

【11题详解】
主旨大意题。

按照文章的叙事顺序。

文章第一段在阐述曲棍球的起源；第2段在说冰球早期的比赛和规则
的制定以及在加拿大成立的第一个业余曲棍球联盟；第3段告诉读者曲棍球奖杯名字的来源；最后一段重
点讲述了曲棍球在人数，规则和设备上等的一些变化。

综合分析可知，文章主要讲述的曲棍球的历史。

故
选C项。

D
Climate change leads to a threat to the world’s sandy beaches, and as many as half of them could disappear by 2100, a new study has found. Even by 2050 some coastlines could be unrecognizable from what we see today, with
10% to 12% facing severe erosion (侵蚀).
Using updated sea level rise predictions, the researchers analyzed how beaches around the world would be in a future with higher seas and more damaging storms. They also considered natural processes like wave erosion, as well as human factors-like coastal building developments, all of which can affect a beach’s health. The study found that sea level rise is expected to outweigh these other factors, and that the more heat-trapping gases humans put into the atmosphere, the worse the influences on the world’s beaches are likely to be.
It’s hard to overstate just how important the world’s
beaches are. They cover more than one third of the world’s coastlines, and protect coastal areas from storms. Beaches are also important economic engines, supporting relaxation, tourism and other activities. And in some areas, the beach is more than a vacation destination. In places like Australia, life near the coast revolves around the beach for much of the year.
Some of the world’s most popular beaches are already taking action. Places like Miami Beach are trucking in thousands of tons of sand to patch up (修复) badly eroded shorelines, while others have built sea walls and breakwaters in an attempt to hold precious sand in place. But the financial and environmental costs of these projects are huge, and scientists say rising seas and more powerful storms, supercharged by a warmer climate, will make this a losing battle.
However, the researchers did find t hat humans have some control over what happens to the world’s beaches. If the world’s governments are able to stick to modest cuts to heat-trapping gas pollution, the researchers found that 22%of projected beach losses by 2050 could be prevented, a number that grows to 40%by 2100 if greenhouse gases are limited.
12. Which is the biggest contributor to severe beach erosion?
A. Damaging storms.
B. Wave erosion.
C. Coastal building.
D. Sea level rise.
13. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. It is hard to protect coastal beaches.
B. One third of storms take place near beaches.
C. Beaches are of great significance to our lives.
D. Most Australians live on beach tourism.
14. What does the underlined word “this” refer to in Paragraph 4?
A. Popularizing the beaches.
B. Holding sand in place.
C. Reducing the project costs.
D. Stopping global warming.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Half beaches could disappear by 2100.
B. Climate change is doing harm to our lives.
C. The beach is more than a vacation destination.
D. Governments are taking action to fight wave erosion.
【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A
【解析】
本文是说明文。

一项新研究显示：气候变化对世界上的沙滩造成了威胁，到2100年将有一半的沙滩消失。

【12题详解】
细节理解题。

根据第二段The study found that sea level rise is expected to outweigh these other factors,得知有很多因素会造成沙滩被侵蚀，其中海平面上升是导致沙滩严重侵蚀的最大因素。

故选D。

【13题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第三段It’s hard to overstate just how important the world’s beaches are. They cover more than one third of the world’s coastlines, and protect coastal areas from storms. Beaches are also important ec onomic engines, supporting relaxation, tourism and other activities得知很难夸大世界上的海滩有多重要。

它们覆盖了世界三分之一以上的海岸线，并保护着海岸线，保护沿海地区免受风暴的侵袭。

海滩也是重要的经济引擎，支持休闲、旅游和其它活动。

第三段强调了沙滩对人类生活非常重要。

故选C。

【14题详解】
词义猜测题。

根据第四段while others have built sea walls and
breakwaters in an attempt to hold precious sand in place. But the financial and environmental costs of these projects are huge, and scientists say rising seas and more powerful storms, supercharged by a warmer climate, will make this a losing battle.得知而另一些人则建造了海堤和防波堤，试图把珍贵的沙子固定住。

但是这些项目的金融和环境成本巨大，科学家说上升的海洋和更强大的风暴，因气候变暖而增压，将会使得固定沙子是一场失败的举措。

得知this指代的是Hold sand in place。

故选B。

【15题详解】
主旨大意题。

根据Climate change leads to a threat to the world’s sandy beaches, and as many as half of them could disappear by 2100, a new study has found.得知文章首句就点明主题。

一项新研究显示：气候变化对世界上的沙滩造成了威胁，到2100年将有一半的沙滩消失。

所以最佳标题是“到2100年，一半的沙滩将会消失”。

故选A。

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

When we use the term “disability,” many people think about those obvious disabilities like blindness. However, disabilities also include a number of other conditions that typically are invisible (无形) to others such as hearing problems and sleep disorders. ____16____ For example, someone with sclerosis (硬化症) looks “normal” but has to use a parkin g space for people with disabilities.
No one really knows for sure whether someone has an invisible disability unless it is disclosed (公开). The decision about whether to disclose an invisible disability can weigh heavily on an individual, making social and work situations especially challenging. The burden of hiding a disability creates stress in
social and work situations that might affect health and well-being badly.
____17____ It also increases the possibility that the person will find and develop a social support network with others who might have similar conditions or experiences.
Despite the benefits of disclosing, research reports that individuals with invisible disabilities often do not disclose their conditions. ____18____ Reasons might be as follows. First, even if protected by law from discrimination, they still face potential prejudice from others. Second, when someone who “looks normal” says he has a disability and requests special services, people might question whether the disability really exists. ____19____ Sometimes, people might experience the symptoms without realizing.
____20____ They must carefully weigh the potential benefits of not disclosing against the cost to health and well-being. We should be aware of the unique challenges facing people with invisible disabilities and put ourselves in their shoes.
A. Invisible disabilities are more difficult to cure.
B. These conditions can make everyday activities difficult.
C. Individuals with invisible disabilities should make wise decisions.
D. On the contrary, disclosure relieves the stress of hiding the condition.
E. They might assume the person is only trying to gain special privileges.
F. Otherwise, people with invisible disabilities should disclose their conditions.
G. This is especially true if they are young and have recently acquired the disability.
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. G 19. E 20. C
【解析】
本文是议论文。

生活中除了有些人有明显的残疾外，还有些人有其他人看不见的残疾。

对于隐形的残疾，有些人不愿意透漏病情。

作者认为关于是否透漏病情，有无形残疾的人应该做出明智的决定，同时建议我们也要设身处地为他们着想。

【16题详解】
此题线索是词汇复现。

空前一句提到“然而残疾还包括其他一些通常是别人看不见的状况，例如听力问题和睡眠障碍”；选项B意思为：这些状况可能会使日常活动很困难。

选项B中These conditions 与空前一句中的“a number of other conditions”是词汇复现。

故选B项。

【17题详解】
此题线索是逻辑和词汇复现。

上一段最后一句提到“隐藏残疾的负担在社会和工作环境中都会造成压力”；选项D意思为：相反，透露（残疾状况）可以减轻隐瞒病情的压力。

选项D中“disclosure”“relieves the stress”分别与上一段最后一句中“hiding”“creates stress”是反义词复现；选项D中on the contrary 表示语义相反。

故选D项。

【18题详解】
此题线索是代词指代。

选项G意思为：如果他们是年轻人和最近得了残疾的人，尤其是这样。

选项G中this 指代空前一句中的“有隐形残疾的人往往不透漏他们的病情。

”故选G项。

【19题详解】
此题线索是代词指代。

选项E意思为：他们可能会认为这个人只是试图获得特权。

选项E中的they指代空前一句中的people；选项E 是顺承空前一句的话题。

故选E项。

【20题详解】
选项C意思为：有无形障碍的人应该做出明智的决定。

空后一句提到“他们必须仔细权衡不透露（残疾状况）的潜在好处和对他的健
康和幸福的代价”，其中“weigh the potential benefits …against the cost”是对选项C中“make wise decisions”的进一步说明。

故选C项。

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My carpenter is a competent, even gifted craftsman. But my old house still makes him feel ____21____. It was ____22____ well over a century ago, probably by very poor people, and it ____23____. My carpenter’s ____24____ to me: “Move out.” What he doesn’t ____25____is that I like it here. It’s my home’s imperfections that make it interesting.
This very thought ____26____ me just the other day while I was sitting at the counter in a bar. The bar opened in 1931, and little about its ____27____ has changed over the years. The long countertop has been bent and worn down to its bedrock so ____28____. Once a visitor asked the owner ____29____why he hadn’t ____30____ it. Not missing a beat and being a man after my own heart, the ____31____remarked, “Do you know how many elbows it
too k to get it this way?” That’s it, then. An imperfect product, like a perfect one, is also the____32____ of our labor, and as such it needs to be ____33____for what it is, rather than what it isn’t.
I’m ____34____ that, at root, my carpenter____35____realiz es this. Recently, while making a new skylight (天窗) in my home, he ____36____ wood and had to take a piece from my scrap (废料) pile. The “____37____” was that my son, when he was little, had burned his name into the board with a magnifying glass. “I’m
sorry I had to use
s crap,” said the carpenter as we looked up at the burnt ____38____, “but I didn’t think you’d ____39____. Does it look OK?”
“Oh yes,” I assured him as I admired his handwork. “It’s ____40____.”
21. A. delighted B. hopeless C. embarrassed D. confident
22. A. rented B. sold C. built D. purchased
23. A. shows B. stands C. shines D. improves
24. A. attitude B. response C. offer D. advice
25. A. predict B. understand C. guarantee D. prove
26. A. dawned on B. stood for C. depended on D. waited for
27. A. guests B. service C. drinks D. appearance
28. A. fast B. slightly C. much D. easily
29. A. abruptly B. curiously C. rudely D. seriously
30. A. replaced B. attended C. decorated D. withdrawn
31. A. carpenter B. visitor C. owner D. boy
32. A. purpose B. price C. result D. copy
33. A. transformed B. checked C. fixed D. admired
34. A. regretful B. certain C. fearful D. guilty
35. A. also B. even C. still D. never
36. A. cut up B. used up C. put away D. gave away
37. A. advantage B. meaning C. difficulty D. problem
38. A. letters B. pile C. walls D. glass
39. A. enjoy B. change C. mind D. compromise
40. A. reasonable B. worthwhile C. bearable D. perfect
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. B
30. A 31.
C 32. C 33.
D 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. D
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。

作者讲述了一个木匠帮其作者修缮旧房子的故事。

木匠建议作者搬出去，而作者很喜欢老房子，最后木匠也理解了作者的意图。

不完美的产品，和完美的产品一样，都是我们劳动的结果，因此，应该为它是什么而不是它不是什么而受到赞赏。

【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。

句意：但是我的老房子仍然让他感到无可救药。

A. delighted高兴的；B. hopeless 无可救药的；C. embarrassed为难的；D. confident自信的。

下文My carp enter’s__4___to me: “Move out.”说明，房子的状况不好，让他感到无可救药（hopeless）。

故选B。

【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。

考查动词词义辨析。

句意：房子呈现出来的是它建于一个世纪以前，也许是由穷人建造的。

A. rented租；B. sold 卖；C. built建造；D. purchased购买。

根据well over a century ago, probably by very poor people,作者的老房子建（build）于一个世纪以前。

故选C。

故选C。

【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。

考查动词词义辨析。

句意：房子呈现出来的是它建于一个世纪以前，也许是由穷人建造的。

A. shows展现；B. stands站立；C. shines闪耀；D. improves证明。

根据下文“, and little about its appearance has changed over the years. ”房子的外观展现出（show）可能是什么人建造的房子以及建造的年代。

故选A。

故选A。

【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：木匠的建议是搬出去。

A. attitude态度；B. response回应；C. offer提议；D. advice 建议。

房子是作者的，木匠只是在提建议（advice）。

建议作者搬出去。

故选D。

【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。

句意：他不能理解的是我喜欢它。

A. predict
预言；B. understand理解；C. guarantee保证；D. prove。

前文My carpenter’s__4___to me: “Move out.”说明木匠不理解（understand）我住老房子。

故选B。

【26题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。

句意：前几天，我坐在酒吧的柜台前时，我突然明白了这个想法。

A. dawned on明白；
B. stood for代表；
C. depended on依靠；
D. waited for等。

根据上下文可知，是作者在另一个地方听到店主对旧吧台的评价后，明白了（dawn on）人们为什么喜欢旧的东西。

故选A。

【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：这家酒吧1931年开业，这些年来它的外观几乎没有变化。

A. guests客人；B. service 服务；C. drinks饮料；
D. appearance外貌。

下文The long countertop has been bent and worn down to its bedrock so __8__.说明是酒吧的外貌（appearance）。

故选D。

【28题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。

句意：长长的工作台面已经被弯得很厉害，磨成了基岩。

A. fast 快地；B. slightly 轻微地；C. much 很、非常；
D. easily 容易地，根据 bent and worn down to its bedrock 说明磨损厉害（much ）。

故选C 。

【29题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。

句意：曾经，一个访客好奇地问老板，为什么不把它换掉。

A. abruptly 突然地；
B. curiously 好奇地；
C. rudely 粗鲁地；
D. seriously 严重地。

游客看到吧台老旧，出于好奇（curiously ）问老板。

故选B 。

考查动词词义辨析。

句意：曾经，一个访客好奇地问老板，为什么不把它换掉。

A. replaced 替换；B. attended 参加；C. decorated 装饰；D. withdrawn 收回。

老旧的东西，按常理来说需要被换掉（replace ）。

故选A 。

【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：店主毫不犹豫地说出了自己的心里话:“你知道这得用多少胳膊肘才能弄成这样吗?”A. carpenter 木匠；
B. visitor 参观者；
C. owner 拥有者、主人；
D. boy 男孩。

前文Once a visitor asked the owner 说明，是酒吧老板（owner ）在回答。

故选C 。

【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：不完美的产品，和完美的产品一样，都是我们劳动的结果，因此，应该为它是什么而不是它不是什么而受到赞赏。

A. purpose 目的；B. price 价格；C. result 结果；D. copy 复制品。

不完美的产品，和完美的产品一样，都是我们劳动的结果。

故选C 。

【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。

句意：不完美的产品，和完美的产品一样，都是我们劳动的结果，因此，应该为它是什么而不是它不是什么而受到赞赏。

A. transformed 改变；B. checked 检查；C. fixed 修理；D. admired 赞赏。

前文Once a visitor asked the owner ___9___why he hadn’t ___10__it. Not missing a beat and being a man after my own heart, the____11___remarked 说明，老板赞赏这个老旧的吧台。

故选D 。

【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。

句意：我确定，从根本上说，我的木匠意识到这一点。

A. regretful 后悔的；B. certain
确定的；C. fearful 害怕的；D. guilt 内疚的。

下文at root, my carpenter__15__realizes this.说明确定的（. certain ）事情。

故选B 。

考查副词词义辨析。

句意：我确定，从根本上说，我的木匠意识到这一点。

A. also 也；B. even 甚至；C. still 仍然；D. never 从未。

作者自己意识到了，木匠也（also ）意识到了。

故选A 。

【36题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。

句意：最近，在给我家做新天窗时，木头用完了，他要从废料中拿一块。

A. cut up切碎；
B. used up用完；
C. put away储存；
D. gave away泄露。

下文had to take a piece from my scrap (废料) pile说明新的用完（use up）了。

故选B。

【37题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。

句意：问题是我的儿子，在他小时候，用放大镜把他的名字刻在了板上。

A. advantage 优势；B. meaning意义；
C. difficulty困难；
D. problem问题。

下文my son, when he was little, had burned his name into the board with a magnifying glass。

可知，问题是我的儿子，在他小时候，用放大镜把他的名字刻在了板上。

故选D。

【38题详解】
考查名词词义辩词。

句意：在我们看着刻的字时，木匠说很抱歉我不得不用这个废品，但是我认为你不会介意的。

A. letters字母；B. pile堆；C. walls墙；D. glass玻璃。

前文had burned his name into the board with a magnifying glass说明看的是由字母（letters）组成的名字。

故选A。

【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。

句意：在我们看着刻的字时，木匠说很抱歉我不得不用这个废品，但是我认为你不会介意的。

A. enjoy享受；B. change改变；C. mind介意；D. compromise妥协。

这里是木匠征求作者的意见，看作者介不介意（mind）自己用。

故选C。

【40题详解】。