湖北省荆州市石首高基庙中学2018年高二英语模拟试题含解析

湖北省荆州市石首高基庙中学2018年高二英语模拟试
题含解析
一、选择题
1. She had a computer at home, and her parents desired that she ______ all her work at home.
A. do
B. does
C. must do
D. would do
参考答案：
A
2. ________ can’t be a coincidence that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.
A. It
B. That
C. Which
D. What
参考答案：
A
15. She was so angry with the young man that she _______ him and rushed out into the dark night.
A. smiled at
B. danced with
C. glared at
D. played with
参考答案：
C
略
4. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains _____ whether they will enjoy it.
A. to see
B. to be seen
C. seeing
D. seen
参考答案：
B
略
5. Both teams were in hard training; was to lose the game.
A. either
B. neither
C. another
D. the other
参考答案：
B
6. _______ I met him, I thought he was a serious man.
A. For the first time
B. The first time
C. It was the first time
D. By the first time
参考答案：
B
7. Lily didn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but she knew it was ____Sunday because she was at _____ church.
A.a; the
B. a; \
C. the; a
D. the; \
参考答案：
B
30. It turned out to be sunny, ______ was more than we expected.
A. it
B. what
C. which
D. that
参考答案：
C
略
9. Nowadays, it seems goods purchased online are much cheaper but more guaranteed than ______ bought in real shops.
A. that
B. they
C. what
D. those
参考答案：
D
10. _______ is worth doing well.
A. Whatever is worth doing
B. What is worth to be done
C. What is worth doing
D. Whatever is worth doing it
参考答案：
A
11. By speeding up reforms the UN is trying to live up to the wishes of people around the world and __________ more to building world peace.
A. contribute
B. link
C. expose
D. attend
参考答案：
A
12. Have you got any ______ to make? ks5u
A. impressions
B. comments
C. reactions
D. opinions
参考答案：
B
13. In China when caught, those corrupt(腐败的) officials are sometimes limited to
__________ in a certain place, only __________ their problems within an appointed time(规定的时间).
A. living, to report
B. living, reporting
C. live, reporting
D. live, to report
参考答案：
B
14. The milk tea, ________, is popular with the teenagers.
A. tasted well
B. tasted good
C. tasting good
D. tasting well
参考答案：
C
15. When I tried to find _____that prevented so many people from taking part in the prog ram,
it seemed to me that there were two main reasons.
A. why it did
B. that it did
C. what it was
D. why it was
参考答案：
C
略
16. _______ she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit on the head.
A. Since
B. Before
C. When
D. Until
参考答案：
B
17. A true gentleman is always _______ with himself and tolerant with others.
A. strict
B. cautious
C. enthusiastic
D. positive 参考答案：
A
18. The young woman had her car _____ in the mud for two hours before the rescue workers arrived. ( )
A. trap
B. trapping
C. trapped
D. to be trapped
参考答案：
4.【答案】C
二、书面表达
19. 张楠的父亲有位英国同事，他的孩子约翰史密斯即将来华。

约翰写信向张楠询问一些有关他所在城市的问题。

张楠回信，内容如下：得知约翰要来非常高兴。

告诉他可能遇到一些不同于英国的情况。

气候：冬天阴冷，但几乎不下雪。

夏天几乎不下雨，但一下起来就很大。

提醒约翰带雨衣、棉衣。

饮食：饮食与英国很不同，他应尽力适应中国饮食，并要学会如何使用筷子（chopsticks）。

……
字数：120个词以上。

参考答案：
Dear John,
I was excited to hear that you would come to China next month. Now let me tell you
something different you may meet here.
To begin with, the weather here is totally different from that in your place. That is, in winter, it is cold and wet but it seldom snows. In summer, it hardly ever rains but whenever it does, it rains heavily. So you’d better bring a raincoat and overcoat.
Another big difference is food. The Chinese food is quite different from yours. You have to try to get used to it, and learn how to use chopsticks. I’m sure you can do it.
Above all, Chinese people are very friendly and welcoming, which will be revealed especially in the manner of treating guests to dinners. At dinners, the host or hostess will keep on putting more food in your rice bo wl, even though you say “No”. So, please don’t feel surprised or annoyed.
Finally please bring me a big American map if possible. Thank you very much.
I am looking forward to meeting you.
Yours
Zhang Nan 三、阅读理解
20. Daylight Saving Time, also known as “Summer Time”, begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The clock goes forward one hour at starting date and back to normal time at 2 a.m. on the ending date and back to normal time at 2 a.m. on the ending date.
Before 2007. DST in the US began on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October. These dates were modified with the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Under the US Uniform Time Act of 1966, the Department of Transportation is m charge of rime zones and ensuring that DST begins and ends on the same date. The federal law doesn’t require any area to observe DST. But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates.
The concept of DST was first conceived (构想) by Benjamin Franklin as an American delegate (代表) in Paris in a letter to the Journal de Paris. The letter was published on April 26, 1784, under the title “An Economical Project”.
DST was first seriously proposed in London in 1907 by William Willett in the book “The Waste of Daylight”. He proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and setting them back by the same amount on four Sundays in September. The idea met with
laughter and opposition.
DST was first brought into effect during World War I and again in World War II to preserve energy. Germany was the first nation to adopt DST in 1915. Britain, parts of Europe, Canada and the US quickly followed suit Currently, 47 states in the US and over 70 counties observe DST.
By observing DST, we create an extra hour of daylight in which less lighting is used and thus less electricity. Studies have shown that we reduce the entire country’s usage of electricity by about 1% each day with DST. Other studies have shown that the extra hour of daylight leads to a reduction in traffic accidents. Crime is also reduced since more people have the opportunity to arrive home before darkness sets in.
28. The underlined word “modified” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. checked
B. changed
C. remembered
D. appointed
29. What can we learn from Paragraph 5?
A. William Willett’s proposal was rejected.
B. William Willett was inspired by Benjamin Franklin.
C. It was difficult for William Willett to clearly state his ideas.
D. DST was casually proposed by Benjamin Franklin in London.
30. When was DST officially carried out for the first time?
A. In 1784.
B. In 1907.
C. In 1915.
D. In 1966.
31. The last paragraph mainly shows ________.
A. the extra hour of daylight
B. the advantages of observing DST.
C. the results of a reduction in traffic accidents.
D. the links between the usage of electricity and DST.
参考答案：
28-31 BACB
21. “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave
us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in
a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or
mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you h ave, the more difficult life becomes,” She said. The boys said
they fought less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（时髦的）, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.”
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.
Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.
67. The passage is mainly about _______.
A. problem with technology
B. improvements of our life with technology
C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
68. The writer quoted (引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to ______________.
A. share a truth about life
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
69. Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940’s house? Because ______________.
A. they liked to live simple lives
B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions
C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
70. What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writer mean?
A. Busy on line
B. Free
C. Be able to
D. Be found by others.
参考答案：
67-70 AABD
略。