【附20套高考模拟试题】2020年上海中学高考英语模拟试卷(2)含答案

2020年上海中学高考英语模拟试卷（2）

第一部分（共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分）

1．.I didn’t ________ having to do the cooking myself, or I would have learnt one or two dishes from my mom.

A．expect B．anticipate

C．forecast D．preview

2．— How do you think I can make up with Jack?

— Set aside _______ you disagree and try to find _______ you have in common.

A．what; what B．what; where C．where; what D．where; whether

3．You ________ have booked the tickets in advance; there were plenty left.

A．needn’t B．can’t

C．shouldn’t D．mustn’t

4．Contrary to po pular belief, taking a walk immediately after meals doesn’t _______ do good to our health. A．necessarily B．specially C．directly D．constantly

5．________ you recognize an idiom when it is being used, it is easy to misunderstand what you read or hear. A．Unless B．After

C．Once D．Since

6．_______, the dancers practise hard to make their dreams come true.

A．Instead of being disabled B．Being disabled

C．Disabled as they are D．In case of being disabled

7．—Don’t make a special journey to pick up the laundry for me.

—It’s OK. I ________ to the shop anyway.

A．was going B．will have gone

C．have gone D．will be going

8．I’m sure that your letter will get _____attention. They know you’re waiting for the reply. A．continued B．immediate C．careful D．general

9．The shocking news made me realize ______ terrible problems we would face.

A. that B．how C．what D．why

10．By the time we ________ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years. A．graduated B．will graduate

C．are graduating D．graduate

11．If it had not been for the heroes’ contributions and sacrifices, we _____such a happy life. A．wouldn’t have led B．wouldn’t be leading

C．haven’t led D．are not leading

12．Tom looked at Jenny, with tears _______ his eyes, and shouted out the words _______ in his heart for years.

A．filling; having been hidden B．filled; hidden

C．filling; hidden D．filled; hiding

13．As a child, I was _________to keep quiet when my parents were discussing something, while parents nowadays often ask for thei r children’s opinions.

A．demanded B．hoped C．forbidden D．required

14．The students have decided on a final date by which everyone ________ reading the books assigned by their professor.

A．finishes B．finished

C．have finished D．will have finished

15．US slang is hugely ______ thanks to the many different ethnic groups that have settled in the country. A．delicate B．dynamic C．diverse D．desperate

16．Running is often tiring and a lot of hard work, but nothing ________ the feeling you get after finishing a long workout around the track.

A．breaks B．blocks

C．bonds D．beats

17．—Kevin, time for the next destination!

—No hurry! Another 15 minutes and we _____ all the exhibition rooms of the museum.

A．am exploring B．have explored

C．will explore D．will have explored

18．–You look so angry. What happened?

–_______ I’d rather not talk about it.

A．Nothing. B．All right. C．Get away! D．No way!

19．Mr. White, who ________ in Shanghai for seven years, is a manager of a company in Beijing.

A．was working B．worked

C．had worked D．has worked

20．Jenny nearly missed the flight _________________doing too much shopping.

A．as a result of B．on top of

C．in front of D．in need of

第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21．（6分）A bite from a tsetse fly is an extremely unpleasant experience. To make matters worse, several species of tsetse fly can transmit diseases. One of the most dangerous is a parasite(寄生虫) that causes "sleeping sickness".

After the initial bite, sleeping sickness symptoms often start with a fever, headaches and aching muscles. As the illness goes on, those infected become increasingly tired, which is where it gets its name.

It is worth noting that sleeping sickness is no longer as deadly as it once was. In the early 20th Century several hundred thousand people were infected each year. By the 1960s the disease was considered "under