高考英语押题卷二.docx

1、高考英语押题卷二陕西省西安市2017届高考英语押题卷（二）本试卷共12页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。 第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）（略）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWith exams just around the corner, now is a good time to explore some of UCLs lesser-known study spaces and get down to some revi

2、sion. Here are some good choices for you.UCL Senate House HubUCL Senate House Hub opened in 2015 and provides 144 study spaces. Whats more, you can check how many spaces are available online before you head to the hub! Located on the third floor of the South Block of Senate House, the center has roo

3、m for individual and group study in traditional library spaces, as well as casual arm chairs and bar-style desks.UCL Eastman Dental LibraryThe newly refurbished UCL Eastman Dental Library is located halfway along Grays Inn Road and is open from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am8:00 pm. The library has 72 st

4、udy spaces, and many IT facilities are available. The library also has a study room for meetings and a computer room with an interactive whiteboard.UCL Language & Speech Science LibraryUCL Language & Speech Science Library (LaSS) has disabled access and has recently been refurbished to add extra stu

5、dy spaces. With only 49 spaces, LaSS is smaller than most other UCL Libraries and tends to fill up relatively quickly, so get there early to avoid disappointment.Senate House LibraryThis one may be cheating as the Senate House Library is not technically a UCL library. However, all UCL students and s

6、taff can register for free membership online. With millions of books and journals, Senate House Library offers some places a little less used by UCL students but perfect for getting down to some hard work.21. The four places are mainly introduced to someone who _.A. loves reading B. is preparing for

7、 examsC. likes learning online D. prefers to study in libraries【解析】细节理解题。 根据第一段的“With exams just around the corner, now is a good time to explore some of UCLs lesser-known study spaces and get down to some revision. Here are some good choices for you.”可知，这些场所主要是推荐给备考的学生的。【答案】B 22. What should studen

8、ts do online before they go to UCL Senate House Hub?A. Make an appointment in advance.B. Check the librarys opening hours.C. Check whether there are available seats.D. Check whether there are available armchairs.【解析】细节理解题。 根据第二段的“Whats more, you can check how many spaces are available online before

9、you head to the hub”可知，去UCL Senate House Hub之前最好在网上查看一下是否有空位。【答案】C 23. How many libraries may offer Internet services?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段的“The library also has a study room for meetings and a computer room with an interactive whiteboard.”可知，在UCL Eastman Dental Library有专

10、门的电脑房间，可能提供网络服务，即只有一家图书馆有电脑和网络资源供使用。【答案】A 24. What can be inferred from the passage?A. UCL Senate House Hub has the longest history.B. Senate House Library is not used by UCL students.C. The disabled have no access to all the four libraries.D. LaSS may be the smallest one among the four libraries.【解

11、析】推理判断题。 根据第四段的“With millions of books and journals, Senate House Library offers some places a little less used by UCL students but perfect for getting down to some hard work.”可知，LaSS可能是四个图书馆中最小的一个。【答案】D BKathy Fletcher and David Simpson have a son named Santi. He had a friend who sometimes went to

12、school hungry. So Santi invited him to occasionally eat and sleep at his house. That friend had a friend and that friend had a friend, and now when you go to dinner at Kathy and Davids house on Thursday night there might be 15 to 20 teenagers gathering around the table, and later there will be group

13、s of them crashing in the basement or in the few small bedrooms upstairs. The kids who show up at Kathy and Davids have suffered the pains of modern poverty: homelessness, hunger, abuse. And yet by some miracle, hostile soil has produced beautiful flowers. Kids come from around the city. Spicy chick

14、en and black rice are served. Cellphones are banned. The kids who call Kathy and David “Momma” and “Dad,” are polite and clear the dishes. Birthdays and graduations are celebrated. Songs are performed. Each meal we go around the table and everybody has to say something nobody else knows about them.

15、Each meal the kids show their promise to care for one another. The adults in this community give the kids the chance to present their gifts. “At my first dinner, Edd read a poem that I first thought was from Langston Hughes, but it turned out to be his own. Kesari has a voice that somehow appeared f

16、rom New Orleans jazz from the 1920s. Madeline and Thalya practice friendship as if it were the highest art form.”“They give us a gift complete intolerance of social distance. When I first met Edd, I held out my hand to shake his. He looked at it and said, “We hug here,” and weve been hugging since.”Bill Milliken, a veteran youth activist, is often asked which programs turn aroun