2020年江苏省泰州中学高考英语五模试卷

2020年江苏省泰州中学高考英语五模试卷

一、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）

1.This information allowed our soldiers to prepare mentally and the actions they would be required to take.（）

A. imitate

B. appreciate

C. anticipate

D. equate

2.I truly believe that success should be defined____health and happiness.（）

A. in view of

B. in terms of

C. in line with

D. in sympathy with

3.The first Winter Olympic Games took place in 1924．It had a_____participation of only 293 athletes from 16

countries.（）

A. narrow

B. shallow

C. modest

D. slight

4.Although I've called Edinburgh my home for the last nine years, I still feel a strong emotional to the place where

I spent my childhood.（）

A. attachment

B. admission

C. discrimination

D. approach

5.Mastering the art of presentation goes hand in hand with carefully packaging the content of what you want

to____．（）

A. polish up

B. take in

C. make out

D. get across

6.Those charged_________mend their ways within given periods, and those failing to do so will be shut down.

（）

A. shall

B. may

C. can

D. could

7._______the content of this letter can be confidential；security is an issue that you must address.（）

A. Although

B. Since

C. Unless

D. After

8.Mr. Smith gave her one of the pills that he ______ for stomachache or something like that.（）

A. will have taken

B. had been taken

C. has taken

D. had been taking

9.I always read newspapers backwards because the back pages are the sport is.（）

A. that

B. where

C. how

D. what

10.She's always suggesting ways _______ I can improve my cooking. I know she means well but this really annoys

me.（）

A. that

B. which

C. how

D. when

11.______as a platform, the Belt and Road Initiative strengthens the ties between China and the rest of the world, as

well as between various regions with China.（）

A. To serve

B. Having served

C. Served

D. Serving

12.But for his determination to stick it out, he it as a top-ranked player in tennis.（）

A. shouldn't have made

B. could make

C. wouldn't have made

D. wouldn't make

13._______the opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai was President Xi, where

he announced new measures to further expand opening-up.（）

A. Attending

B. Attended

C. To attend

D. Having attended

14.--I just feel_____! How could I have made such a stupid mistaken in yesterday's competition？

--Oh, come on- cheer up! It's not that bad.（）

A. off the top of my head

B. down in the dumps

C. hot under the collar

D. on cloud nine

15.-I will hang out with friends this afternoon. May I do the homework tomorrow？

-_____You have to finish it today.（）

A. What of it？

B. You don't say.

C. What's up？

D. Not on your life!

二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）

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Beneath the joy of music lies the often mysterious field of music theory. But what if you could learn to understand the often intimidating （使人望而生畏的）language of key signatures, pitch （音高），mode （音乐的调式），melody and more？What if you could recognize these components at work while listening to your favorite music？What if you could "speak" the language of music？

In Understanding the Fundamentals of Music, award winning composer and professor Greenberg offers you a spirited introduction to this magnificent language, avoiding what for many of us has long been the principal roadblock：the need to read music. With these 16 fascinating lectures, discover what parts of musical speech sound like, rather than what they look like on paper. You'll quickly find yourself listening to music with new levels of