英语高考模拟试题目含答案

英语高考模拟试题目含答案

2012年普通高考模拟试卷英语

本试卷共10页，三大题，满分135分。考试用时

120分钟。

I . 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节.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1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The old man awoke just before sunrise, as he often did. He was walking by the ocean's edge to 1 the new day. As he moved through the morning dawn, he 2 on a faint, far away motion.

He saw a young man, bending and waving arms, dancing on the beach, no 3 that he was in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin. As he 4 , he realized that the young man was not dancing to the bay, but rather bending to looking through what was left by the

night's 5 , stopping now and then to 6 up starfish and then standing, to throw it back into the 7 .

He asked the youth the 8 of the effort. "The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot 9 to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die, unless I put them back into the sea."

As the youth made his 10 , the old man looked at the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both 11 beyond eyesight. Starfish littered the shore in 12 beyond calculation.

The hopelessness of the young man’s plan became 13 and the old man countered, "But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is down. Surely you cannot expect to make a(n) 14 ." The young man paused briefly to consider the words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as 15 . Turning to the old man, he said,

"I made a difference to that one."

1. A. accept B. inspect C. inspire

D. greet

2. A. focused B. insisted C. carried

D. stepped

3. A. wonder B. doubt C. way

D. problem

4. A. approached B. left C. thought

D. remained

5. A. coldness B. darkness C. tide

D. steam

6. A. set B. pick C. take D. hold

7. A. river B. pond C. lake

D. sea

8. A. cause B. excuse C. purpose

D. idea

9. A. swim B. return C. fly

D. dive

10. A. decision B. conclusion C. instruction D. explanation

11. A. directions B. arms C. length

D. methods

12. A. piles B. need C. numbers

D. danger

13. A. worried B. anxious C. eager

D. clear

14. A. sense B. effort C. difference

D. effect

15. A. possible B. likely C. necessary D. probable

第二节：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，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为16~25的相应位置上。

It was New Year's Night. An aged man raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white flowers