江苏省2020届高三英语高考适应性练习(含答案)

江苏省2020届高三英语高考适应性练习

高三英语核心备课组小练（1）

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1. Jack always dreams of his song _________, so that he can make a fortune overnight.

A. hanging on

B. catching on

C. moving on

D. holding on

2. The pupils in our school like reading after lunch, most of _________ seated on the grass unless it rains.

A. them

B. whom

C. that

D. who

3. ---Why are you standing in the street in such hot weather?

---I just can’t help it. I am appointed t o interview people _________ to learn about the customers’ feedback on our products.

A. at random

B. at hand

C. at best

D. at intervals

4. It is never easy for graduates to find their ideal jobs, where in addition to _________ necessary knowledge, they are required to have some related experience.

A. be equipped with

B. being equipped with

C. equip with

D. equipping with

5. Our government has tried every means to make children enjoy the equal right to receive education, _________ their financial situation.

A. in terms of

B. on behalf of

C. regardless of

D. in view of

6. Housing prices _________ since the end of last year. Therefore, it’s time the central government _________ some effective measures to bring them under control.

A. have increased; would take

B. have increased; will take

C. have been increasing; takes

D. have been increasing; took

7. Little Tom was frozen with fear when the accident happened, so he just gave some ________ answers when asked about what he witnessed.

A. concrete

B. abundant

C. apparent

D. vague

8. ---It was such a difficult examination that a lot of students were unable to finish it on time. ---That’s the case. It’s hard to accept the fact that over 90% of my classmates _________.

A. should fail

B. should have failed

C. will fail

D. may fail

9. This medicine is quite beneficial to your recovery after the operation, _____ you take it as told.

A. unless

B. providing

C. considering

D. since

10. ---Have you heard that our primary school will be torn down next year?

---Really? I suppose it is such bad news _________ most of its former and present students will feel upset about.

A. that

B. which

C. as

D. what

11. _________ the danger of travelling on the lonely island, they would not be trapped now.

A. Have they been informed of

B. Were they informed of

C. Should they be informed of

D. Had they been informed of

12. To be an artist is not easy. But sometimes dreams can be a rich source of _______ for an artist.

A. occasion

B. identification

C. inspiration

D. occupation

13. It is reported that a new shopping mall will be built in ________ was farmland a decade ago.

A. what

B. which

C. where

D. that

14. Mr. Green is always devoted to his work and has a se nse of responsibility. That’s why he was asked to _________ the company when the manager’s health was declining.

A. take over

B. hand over

C. turn over

D. trip over

15. Even great minds _________, so we don’t need to underestimate ourselves.

A. are the apple of their eye

B. have their feet of clay

C. are in the red

D. are green with envy

阅读理解

Jane Austen has often been considered a woman who led a narrow, inhibited life and who rarely traveled. These assertions are far from the truth. Jane Austen traveled more than most women of her time and was quite involved in the lives of her brother, so much that it often interfered with her writing. Like most writers, Jane drew on her experiences and her dreams for the future and incorporated them into her writing. Her characters reflect the people around her; the main characters reflect parts of herself. In Sanse and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Elinor Dashwood and Elizabeth Bennet reflect aspects of Jane Austen and dreams she had that were never fulfilled.

The biographies about Jane Austen describe the facts of her life in a step-by-step manner. They tend to be repetitive since she did not leave behind a rich fabric of day-to-day life. Yet Jane Austen is known not because of the factual details of her life; she is not remembered two hundred years after her death because she had six siblings and was a wonderful aunt to her nieces and nephews. Rather, Jane Austen is remembered because of what she wrote. Only through reading her literature does one get a taste of the real Jane Austen, the Jane Austen who dreamed and made plans for the future that failed to materialize. Only by analyzing June Austen’s characters do we get an understanding of the true author.

Sense and Sensibility’s Elinor Dash wood mirrors June Austen’s strait-laced sense of propriety and her concern and care about family members. For example, after her father died, Jane managed to get herself through and send her father’s pocket compass and pair of scissors to her brother Frank as a memento of their father. Elinor in Sense and Sensibility is the sister who holds down the family and discusses the practicality of situations. She too distributes cherished mementos of her father when he dies. Elinor is the sister who is concerned with the