2019-2020学年高中英语学业水平合格性考试模拟测试卷(二)【含答案】

高中学业水平考试模拟测试卷(二)
(时间：90分钟满分：100分)
Ⅰ.情景交际(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列简短对话，从A，B，C和D中选出最佳答案，将对话补全。

1．—Putting on a happy face not only helps to make friends，but also makes us feel better.
—________.
A．I'd love to B．I'm with you on that
C．It's up to you D．It's my pleasure
解析：A用来回答别人的邀请，表示自己愿意；B的意思是“事实上我同意你的看法”，所以结合上下文可知选B。

C的意思是“随便你”，不符合；D用来回答别人的感谢，意思是“我非常乐意”。

答案：B
2．—Hi，Jenny，it's you! What's up?
—Hi, ________could you take a look at the pipe in your kitchen?
I think it's leaking.
A．Would it be possible B．If you like
C．I'm sorry but D．I wonder if
解析：I'm sorry but 表示因打扰对方表示歉意。

Would it be possible和I wonder if 后面应当接从句，而且用陈述语序，即：I wonder if you could take a look at the pipe in your kitchen.
答案：C
3．—I decided to travel round Yunnan for a year.
—________？You have just started a new job.
A．Come on B．How come
C．Why not D．What for
解析：句意：——我决定去云南旅游一年。

——怎么会这样？你刚刚开始一份新的工作。

故选B。

Come on“开始；快点；前进”；How come“为什么会，怎么会”；Why not“为什么不，何不”；What for“为什么”＝why。

答案：B
4．—I'm taking the exam tomorrow.
—________.
A．Congratulations B．Come on
C．A wonderful time D．Good luck
解析：A项是在别人取得成绩或获得成功后表示祝贺的用语；B 项表示“过来；快点”等意；C项是表示祝某人玩得高兴，三者都不符合语境；只有D项表示对别人将要做的事情的美好祝愿。

答案：D
5．—I'm dead tired.I can't walk any farther，Jenny.
—________，Tommy.You can do it!
A．No problem B．No hurry
C．Come on D．That's OK
解析：No problem.“没问题”；No hurry.“不忙”；Come on.“加
油”；That's OK.“没关系”。

句意：—Jenny，我累死了。

我不能再走了。

—加油，Tommy，你可以做到的。

所以选C。

答案：C
Ⅱ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A，B，C和D 项中选出最佳选项。

A
An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe(贿赂), but is close to it.
All sorts of people are “apple polishers”，including politicians and people in high offices—just about everybody.Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed.
There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”—“soft-soaping”or “buttering-up”．A gift is just one way to “soft-soap”somebody, or to “butter him up”. Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise—telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is.
Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us,
who get so little of it.
We need it to be more sure of ourselves. It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its good value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves.
Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣). They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless power.
He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and sat down. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him. The king was satisfied. This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery was.
6．Which of the following activities has nothing to do with “apple-polishing”？
A．A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks.
B．An employee tells her boss how good he is at management.
C．A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers.
D．A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom.
【语篇解读】本文论述了现代社会存在的一种普遍现象：人们
往往为了自己的一点儿利益去送礼或者说一些阿谀奉承的话，而且有时即使这样做了也未必就能实现自己的愿望。

解析：根据“An‘apple polisher' is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment.”可知选D项。

答案：D
7．What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell's example?
A．Everybody can be an “apple-polisher”．
B．Cromwell was not a good “apple-polisher”．
C．George Fox and his party were not “apple-polishers”．
D．There are people who don't like being “apple-polished”．解析：根据第二段“All sorts of people are ‘apple polishers’，including politicians and people in high offices—just about everybody.Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed.”可知高层的领导者都可能是拍马屁的人，可以想象每个人都可能是这种人。

故选A项。

答案：A
8．Which of the following statements about flattery is TRUE according to the author?
A．Too much flattery can carry us away.
B．Flattery is too empty to do people any good.
C．Flattery can get you nothing but excessive(过度的) pride.
D．Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people.
解析：根据第一段“An ‘apple polisher' is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment.”和第三段“A gift is just one way to ‘soft-soap' somebody, or to ‘butter him up’. Another that is just as effective is flattery...”可知选D项。

答案：D
9．Why did King Canute of Denmark and England take his followers to the seashore?
A．Because he was sick of his normal life.
B．Because he disliked being overpraised any more.
C．Because he wanted them to realize how wise he was.
D．Because he wanted them to see how weak he was as a king.
解析：根据第六段“The king got tired of listening to endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣).”可知国王厌烦了朝臣的阿谀奉承，故选B项。

答案：B
10．Who does the author think that flattery can do good to?
A．Those who are politicians or in high offices.
B．Those who lack confidence.
C．Those who are really excellent.
D．Those who think highly of themselves.
解析：根据第四段“In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it.”以及第五段“We need it to be more sure of ourselves.It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it.”可知，阿谀奉承对于缺乏自信的人是有好处的。

故选B项。

答案：B
B
A blind baby is doubly handicapped. Not only is it unable to see, but because it cannot receive the visual stimulus(刺激)from its environment that a sighted child does, it is likely to be slow in intellectual development. Now the ten-month-old son of Dr and Mrs Dennis Daughters is the subject of an unusual psychological experiment designed to prevent a lag(滞后)in the learning process. With the aid of a sonar-type electronic that he wears on his head, infant(婴儿) Dennis is learning to identify the people and objects in the world around him by means of echoes(回声)．
The device is an improvement of the “Sonicguide”，an instrument produced by Telesensory Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif, and used by blind adults in addition to a sane or guide dog. As adapted for Dennis, it consists of a battery­powered system about the size of a half dollar that is on a headgear. A transmitter sends out an ultrasonic(超声的) pulse that creates an 80 degree cone of sound at 6 feet. Echoes from objects within the cone are perceived (felt) as sounds that vary in pitch(音调) and volume(音量) with the size and distance of the object.
The closer an object is, the lower the pitch, and the larger the object, the louder the signal. Hard surfaces produce a sharp ping,
while soft ones send back signals with a slightly fuzzy quality. An object slightly to the right of Dennis' sends back a louder sound to his right ear than to the left. Thus, by simply moving his head right and left and up and down, he can not only locate an object but also get some notion of its shape and size, thanks to the varying qualities of sounds reaching his ears as the cone of ultrasound(超声波) passes its__edge. Dennis likes to use the device to play a kind of peek-a-boo with his mother. Standing on his knee and facing her directly, he receives a strong signal in both ears. By turning his head away, he makes her seem to disappear. “From the first time he wore it，”says Mrs Daughters, “it was like a light going on in his head.”
What remains to be determined is how well the device will help Dennis cope with his surroundings as he begins to walk and venture further into his environment.
Meanwhile, Telesensory systems, Inc., is working on the development of sonar(声呐) device with somewhat the same sensitivity as Dennis' for use by school-age children.
11．Dr and Mrs Daughters' research is directed to ________．
A．helping the blind to see and learn as well as others
B．benefiting the learning process of blind children
C．solving blind children's psychological problems
D．finding out how children develop intellectually
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了一项针对盲童的学习过程的研究。

解析：首段第三句末的不定式“to prevent a lag(滞后) in the learning process”表明了Daughters夫妇研究的目的。

另外，文章一开头就提到了本文讨论的重点是针对blind baby的，由此可见，选项B为本题答案。

答案：B
12．Infant Dennis becomes the subject of the experiment most probably because ________．
A．he already lags behind the sighted children
B．he leads a life as normal as any other children
C．he is at the early stage of the learning process
D．he has the aid of a sonar-type electronic device
解析：首段首句提到的“a blind baby”，第三句提到的“ten-month-old”和末句提到的“infant”等词都表明“Dennis”成为研究对象是因为Daughters夫妇研究的是盲童从小的学习过程，“Dennis”年龄很小，正处于学习的最初阶段，符合Daughters夫妇做研究的条件，因此选项C为本题答案。

答案：C
13．What can we learn about infant Dennis' device?
A．It's the first design that was designed for blind adults.
B．Its battery is as small as a half-dollar coin.
C．It is functionally similar to a sane or guide dog.
D．It has been improved by Telesensory Systems, Inc.
解析：第二段首句中的“improvement”表明Dennis用的声呐定
位仪是“Sonicguide”的改良版，也就是说“Sonicguide”是Dennis的声呐定位仪的原型。

根据该句对其功能的描述可以确定选项A为本题答案。

答案：A
14．In the third paragraph, “its edge” refers to “________”．
A．the edge of an object B．the edge of the device
C．the boundary of Dennis' movement D．the boundary of the pitch
解析：第三段第四句中的“thanks to”表明此处解释了Dennis的声呐定位仪的运作机制，即通过声波描绘物体的形状，该句中the cone指的就是该定位仪，而its edge应指周围物体的边缘。

当声波碰到物体的边缘时，就能通过声音描绘出物体的形状了，因此本题答案应为A。

答案：A
15．What is Telesensory Systems, Inc. most likely to think about infant Dennis' device?
A．It had better be used by blind children from school age.
B．It needs improving for use in a complicated environment.
C．It may not be so suitable for the blind adults.
D．It benefits blind children in terms of learning.
解析：由末段末句中的“school-age children”及句中的其他内容可以推断Telesensory Systems最可能认为Dennis的声呐定位仪有利于儿童的学习过程，因此选项D为本题答案。

答案：D
C
Based on Sue Monk Kidd's bestselling novel，The Secret Life of Bees is a movie of hope and faith for even the unloved and oppressed(受压迫的)．Just as in the book，young Lily's thoughts sound and read like poetry，from the first moment when her room fills with bees.
The movie tells the story of the young white girl who runs away from her cruel father.Lily convinces Rosaleen, the black housekeeper to escape with her，after Rosaleen is beaten when she attempts to vote. When Lily asks Rosaleen why she risked her life standing up to the angry men who wanted to kill her，she hears “Giving in to them would be just another way of dying”．
That's Lily's story，too. She finally stands up to her father.They come to Tiburon，a town whose name is written on a label(标签) from a jar belonging to her mother before her death.
In Tiburon, there is no place where Rosaleen can eat or stay, despite the fact that President Johnson just signed the Ci v il Rights
Act in 1964.(It's still just a piece of paper，Rosaleen says.)So Lily goes in to buy food for them, and sees the jar on sale.When Lily finds out it's made right there in a farmhouse，they go there and ask for help.
，offers them the honey house to live in. From August, Lily learns honey business and a life lesson from the bees. She sees a world where intelligence，independence and culture are honored and rewarded. She watches Rosaleen begin to understand that the dream of freedom from oppression she gave up when she was beaten is now possible for her. It is August who helps Lily see that love is all around her and all the others.
16．The story of Lily is mainly developed by________．
A．time B．space
C．examples D．comparison
【语篇解读】文章介绍了由小说改编而成的电影The Secret Life of Bees的故事大意以及创作背景。

解析：推理判断题。

文章中叙述的故事是按照故事发展的时间先后顺序展开描述的，即由Lily对父亲的反叛出走，到Tiburon遇见August，最终解决问题，完成大结局。

答案：A
17．Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The movie is adapted from a novel.
B．Lily's father treats Rosaleen cruelly.
C．Lily's mother writes the label for her.
D．In fact, Lily's mother is August.
解析：细节理解题。

文章第一段第一句叙述了这部电影以小说为基础，然后谈到内容时又提及Just as in the book，由此推断这是改编自小说的电影，所以A项正确。

答案：A
18．What does Rosaleen really want to get?
A．Better pay and honey business.
B．Equal rights and freedom.
C．The right to be voted as president.
D．Enough food and houses.
解析：细节理解题。

根据文章叙述的有关Rosaleen挨打的故事以及她的观点“Giving in to them would be just another way of dying”可以推断她代表的是美国的黑人，她所要求的是自由和平等的权利。

答案：B
19．We can conclude that the story of Lily happened________．A．in modern America
B．in the 1960s
C．when the black owned equal rights in America
D．before the independence of America
解析：推理判断题。

根据文章信息，尤其是第二段叙述的黑人Rosaleen要求选举却被打以及第四段中的“the fact that President
Johnson just signed the Ci v il Rights Act in 1964.(It's still just a piece of paper，Rosaleen says.)”判断，故事发生在20世纪60年代。

答案：B
20．The passage is written to________．
A．advertise a book B．explain the secret of bees' life
C．introduce a movie D．tell about American politics
解析：主旨大意题。

本文主要介绍了电影The Secret Life of Bees 的故事大意，提到的书名只是本电影的改编出处。

电影的名字是The Secret Life of Bees，但内容不是讲述蜜蜂生活秘密的；电影反映了美国当时的政治背景，但不是本文的主题。

答案：C
Ⅲ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A，B，C和D 项中选出最佳选项。

He has been called the“missing link”．Half-man，half-beast.He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Everest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman.The __21__ of Snowman has been around for __22__．Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest.The native people said they __23__this creature and called it the“Y eti，”and they said that they had __24__ caught Yetis on two occasions though none has ever been produced an evidence.
Over the years，the story of the Yetis has __25__．In 1951，Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest.Shipton believed that they were not __26__ the tracks of a monkey or bear and felt that the Abominable Snowman might really __27__.
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis.But the only things people have ever found were more footprints.Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ordinary animal tracks，__28__，in 1964，a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was __29__ and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans.But，__30__，no evidence has ever __31__ been produced.
These days，only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman __32__，but if they ever __33__ catching one，they may face a real __34__：Would they put it in a __35__or give it a room in a hotel?
21．A.event B．story
C．adventure D．description
解析：根据下文中“Over the years，the story of the Yetis has...”和“These days，only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman...”可知此题应填story。

答案：B
22．A.centuries B．too long
C．some time D．many years
解析：比较四个选项并根据下文的“in the 1920s”这一信息可知，此题选D最佳。

答案：D
23．A.heard from B．cared for
C．knew of D．read about
解析：指当地人听说过(know of)这种动物。

其他几项均不符合句意。

注意不要选A，hear from“收到……的来信”，但若改为hear of 则可以。

答案：C
24．A.even B．hardly
C．certainly D．probably
解析：even用于加强语气，意为“甚至”。

答案：A
25．A.developed B．changed
C．occurred D．continued
解析：文章第一段说“Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest.”第二段又说“In 1951，Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest.”由此可推断出，有关Y etis的传说在继续(continue)流传。

答案：D
26．A.entirely B．naturally
C．clearly D．simply
解析：比较四个选项的意思：entirely“整个地”；naturally“自然地”；clearly“清楚地”；simply“只是；仅仅”。

同时结合本句语境以及与下文“the Abominable Snowman might really...”的逻辑关系，选项D最合适。

答案：D
27．A.exist B．escape
C．disappear D．return
解析：Shipton认为那不是猴子或熊的足迹，也就是说他认为Abominable Snowman是真正存在的。

答案：A
28．A.In the end B．Therefore
C．After all D．However
解析：下句说“...in 1964，a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was__9__and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans.”这与上一句说的“大部分人认为脚印只不过是普通动物的足迹”形成转折关系，故填However。

答案：D
29．A.imagined B．real
C．special D．familiar
解析：前后两句意思转折，看法相反，即科学家认为Abominable Snowman的确存在。

答案：B
30．A.so B．besides
C．again D．instead
解析：上文“有人说他们有两次还捉住了Yetis但是没有证据”，此处又说“没有证据”，故填again。

答案：C
31．A.rightly B．actually
C．normally D．particularly
解析：比较四个选项，此处填actually“实际上”较合适。

答案：B
32．A.lightly B．jokingly
C．seriously D．properly
解析：由于找不到雪人存在的证据，现在人们对有关雪人的故事已经冷淡下来，只有很少人认真对待此事。

take sth.seriously意为“认真对待某事”。

答案：C
33．A.succeed in B．insist on
C．depend on D．join in
解析：四个选项后均可接动名词，但意义不同：succeed in doing sth.“成功地做好某事”，insist on doing sth.“坚持做某事”，depend on doing sth.“依靠做某事”，join in doing sth.“参加做某事”。

结合下文语境，此题选A最佳。

答案：A
34．A.decision B．situation
C．subject D．problem
解析：冒号后引出的是一个“问题”，故填problem。

答案：D
35．A.zoo B．mountain
C．museum D．laboratory
解析：由于雪人是Half-man，half-beast，所以若真的抓到了雪人，那到底是应将其当做beast关进动物园呢，还是将其当做man 让其住进宾馆——这倒真是个问题。

答案：A
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

As a 36.________(three) generation native of Brownsville，Texas，Mildred Garza never planned to move away.Even 37.________ her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help with their children，she 38.________(polite) refused.Only 39.________ a year of friendly discussion did Ms Garza finally say yes.That was four years ago.Today all three generations regard the move as a success，giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate cities.
No statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are moving closer to adult children and grandchildren.40.________ there is evidence 41.________(suggest) that the trend is growing.Even the former President Obama's mother-in-law，Marian Robinson，
42.________(agree) to leave Chicago and move into the White House to help care for her granddaughters.According to 43.________ study by ，83 percent of the people said Mrs.Robinson's 44.________(decide) will influence grandparents in the American family.Two-thirds believe 45.________(many) families will follow the example of Obama's family.
36.解析：该处表示第三代土生土长的布朗斯维尔人，故该空要用序数词third。

答案：third
37.解析：句意：甚至当她的女儿和儿子让她搬到San Antonio 帮忙看孩子的时候，她都礼貌地拒绝了。

由句意可知，该空要用连词when，引导时间状语从句。

答案：when
38.解析：修饰动词refused用副词。

答案：politely
39.解析：句意：只经过了一年友好的讨论，Ms Garza就同意去帮助照看孩子。

由句意可知，该空填介词after。

答案：after
40.解析：句意：没有数据表明像Garza这样的祖父母的具体数字，但是有证据表明这种趋势正在增加。

由句意可知，该空填连词Yet/But，表转折。

答案：Yet/But
41.解析：句意：有证据表明这种趋势正在增加。

分析句子结构可知，“________ that the trend is growing”是定语，修饰evidence，evidence和suggest之间是主动关系，故用现在分词作定语。

答案：suggesting
42.解析：奥巴马总统的岳母已经同意离开芝加哥，搬到白宫帮忙照看她的外孙们。

由语境可知，agree这个行为已经发生，故该空可以用一般过去时态或现在完成时态。

答案：has agreed/agreed
43.解析：study是名词，意为“研究”，是可数名词，该处表示“一个研究”，故填不定冠词a。

答案：a
44.解析：Mrs. Robinson's是名词的所有格形式，修饰名词，且该空指Mrs. Robinson搬到白宫的那个决定，故该空应填单数名词decision。

Mrs. Robinson's decision在句中作主语。

答案：decision
45.解析：句意：三分之二的人认为更多的家庭将会模仿奥巴马家的例子。

many的比较级为more。

答案：more
Ⅴ.书面表达(共1小题；满分15分)
假设你是李华，你上个星期天去市图书馆看书时发现以下问题，你写信向馆长Mr Li 反映：
1．新书太少；
2．书架上的书比较混乱；
3．阅览室的一盏灯坏了；
4．管理员工作时彼此闲聊，读者无法安心看书。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr Li，
Last Sunday，I went to do some reading in your library.
_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ So，for the sake of readers，I suggest that you change all these as soon as possible.
Yours，
Li Hua 参考范文：
Dear__Mr__Li,__
Last Sunday，I went to do some reading in your library.Over the time I was there，I found something unpleasant.Therefore，I'd like to voice my opinions，which，I hope，would be of help for you to create a more comfortable place for readers.
First，there are few books on the shelf and most books are not popular today.Second，some books are not sorted in proper order，making it difficult to find what they want quickly. Third，the assistants didn't offer good service.Instead，they were chatting.In addition，they took no notice of the fact that a light wasn't
working.Leave this state of affairs to stay the same，and I am afraid there will be fewer readers.
So，for the sake of readers，I suggest that you change all these as soon__as__possible.
Yours，
Li Hua。