2020年高考英语预测试卷二

2020年高考英语预测试卷二

本试卷共100分, 考试时间100分钟。

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第一部分英语知识运用

Ⅰ．单项选择(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将

该选项标号涂黑。

1. Since tasting the excitement of ____ big city life, she never wants to live in __ country

again.

A. the, the

B. 不填，不填

C. the, 不填

D. 不填，the

2. Those who put their money away in the bank know very well that interest rate could go ___.

A. both ways

B. all ways

C. neither way

D. either way

3. She must be looking forward as much to his return as he himself is to__ her.

A. seeing

B. having seen

C. see

D. have seen

4. I can not understand why Libya has become so complicated ________ I understand more

from the medium.

A. after

B. before

C. while

D. when

5. We’d better take umbrellas—I’m sure it _____ when we arrive in London; it’s

there at this time of year.

A. will rain

B. is raining

C. will be raining

D. would rain

6. I would have attended your birthday party last night but for the fact that it ___ at that time.

A. would rain

B. was raining

C. had rained

D. had been raining

7.－What does the sign over there say?

－“No person ____________ bring drinks into the student computer pool.”

A. will

B. may

C. shall

D. must

8. It was a great _____ for her to be pleasant to people she didn’t like.

A. attempt

B. trouble

C. effort

D. practice

9. A volcano in Indonesia erupted on November the 16th, 2010, and _____, hundreds of people

were killed.

A. consequently

B. continuously

C. constantly

D. consistently

10. After climbing the hills in the natural park for hours, my legs _____ under me and I failed

to keep pace with others．

A. gave away

B. gave up

C. gave in

D. gave out

11. Experts predict that the earthquake and tsunami will _________ among the costliest natural

disasters on record.

A. clarify

B. group

C. separate

D. rank

12. More than 5,000 people had been ________ dead from Friday's massive earthquake and

tsunami, Japanese media quoted police as saying early on Thursday.

A. convinced

B. guaranteed

C. confirmed

D. claimed

13. Supporters of underground development say that building down _______ building up is a

good way to use the earth’s space.

A. as well as

B. other than

C. rather than

D. more than

14. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weakness ____ stood at the point in

history _____ magic ended and science began.

A. which, where

B. who, whose

C. that, that

D. who, where

15. —“It’s $500, but that is my last offer.”　

—“OK, it is a ________.”

A. cost

B. price

C. reward

D. deal

第二部分英语语言能力提升