1、高考考前45天大冲刺卷 英语九 Word版含答案 姓名,年级: 时间:2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英 语 (九)注意事项:1。答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.考试结束后,请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交.第卷第一部分 听力本次训练无听力第二部分 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。AA Book ReviewThe SnakeStone by Berlie DohertyThe setting: Urban England(the cities), but al
2、so rural England(the countryside) including remote English villages.The theme: The main theme is a teenage search of self-discovery, in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age。 Its other concerns are love, getting on with others, being persistent and courag
3、eous and trying to deal with doubts, troubles and worries。 As the book moves to a close, James swimming coach says to him: “You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more. You are diving like a young man who knows where he is going。” The characters: James is the hero of the story. He is a cham
4、pionship diver, and has a comfortable life with his foster parents(养父母)。 Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long journey to find his birth mother. The other characters in The Snake-Stone, James parents, his diving instructor, best friend, the villagers, people he meets on his journey, ar
5、e pictured realistically。The turning point: The turning point in the story comes while James foster parents are away in London, and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother. The only clue he has is a fossil, “the snake stone” which she left behind along with a note on which she had written:
6、 “Take good care of Sammie。” It was written on a torn envelope with parts of an address still there.The journey: Instead of going to London, James decides to find his birth mother。 With help from his geography teacher, James sets out for the remote country village where his mother might be found. Ja
7、mes has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels. The mother he finally meets, Anne, has a minor yet powerful voice in the novel。 He comes to understand why she left him at a strangers door fifteen years before. Although the meeting is not long, it leaves him with a feeling of compl
8、eteness. As a journey of self-discovery, The Snake-Stone also provides its readers with a happy ending. Its hero says, on returning to his foster parents, “I was home。21。 What is the main theme of the novel?A。 Life with foster parents. B. Life in the world of diving。C. A journey of selfdiscovery. D.
9、 A travel around the country。22. What do the coachs words in Paragraph 2 suggest?A。 James is a successful diver. B。 James is an independent young man.C。 James is an outgoing young man。 D. James is a hopeful swimmer.23. The snake stone in the novel is 。A。 a stone with an address on it B。 a fossil lef
10、t by the foster parentsC. a gift from the swimming coach D. a clue left by the birth motherBSome people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying。 But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving
11、causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales(童话).The first envelope was sent to a victim support group。 It contained 10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschtveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her han
12、dbag; similar plain white anonymous(匿名) envelopes, each containing 10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church。The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least 190,000 has been distributed。 Last month, one of them was sent to the newspapers own office。 It came after a story it published about
13、Tom, a 14yearold boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of 500 inside, with a copy of the article。 The name of the family was underlined.“I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Ne
14、umann, the boys mother, told DerSpiegel magazine。 “I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchairaccessible, and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.“For someone to act so selflessly
15、, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing, Mrs. Neumann said。 Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy。Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said: “Maybe it is an old p
16、erson who is about to die. We just do not know. ” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the citys hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.24. The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of 。A. a church B。 a bank C. a newspaper D。 a magazine25. Which of the following is TRUE abou
17、t the donation to Tom?A。 The donation amounted to 190,000。B。 The donation was sent directly to his house。C. The money will be used for his education.D. His mother felt astonished at the donation。26。 It can be inferred from the passage that 。A。 the donator is a rich old manB。 the donation will contin
18、ue to comeC。 the donation comes from the newspaperD。 the donator will soon be found out27。 What would be the best title for the passage?A. Money Is Raised by the NewspaperB. Newspaper Distributes Money toC。 Unknown Hero Spreads Love in EnvelopesD。 Robin Hood Returns to the CityC“What kind of rubbish
19、 are you? This question might normally cause anger, but in Shanghai it has brought about weary groans over the past week. On July 1st, the city introduced strict trash-sorting regulations that are expected to be used as a model for our country. Residents must divide their waste into four separate ca
20、tegories and toss it into specific public bins. They must do so at scheduled times, when monitors are present to ensure compliance(服从) and to inquire into the nature of ones rubbish.Violators face the prospect of fines and worse。 They could be hit with fines of up to 200 yuan(29)。 For repeat violato
21、rs, the city can add black marks to their credit records, making it harder for them to obtain bank loans or even buy train tickets。Shanghai authorities are responding to an obvious environmental problem. It generates 9 million tons of garbage a year, more than Londons annual output and rising quickl
22、y。 But like other cities in China, it lacks a recycling system。 Instead, it has relied on trash pickers to sift through the waste, plucking out whatever can be reused。 This has limits。 As people get wealthier, fewer of them want to do such dirty work。 The waste, meanwhile, just keeps piling up. Chin
23、a churns out 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year.Many residents appear to support the idea of recycling in general but are frustrated by the details。 Rubbish must be divided according to whether it is food, recyclable, dry or hazardous(有害的), the distinctions among which can be confusing
24、, though there are apps to help work it out. Some have complained about the rules surrounding food waste. They must put it straight in the required public bin, forcing them to tear open plastic bags and toss it by hand. Most vexing(令人烦恼的) are the short windows for dumping trash, typically a couple o
25、f hours, morning and evening。 Along with the monitors at the bins, this means that people go at around the same time and can keep an eye on what is being thrown out; no one wants to look bad。28. Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To introduce the trash-sorting regulations.B. To explain the
26、four categories of the waste。C. To present residents complaints about trash dividing.D。 To show the goal of trash-sorting regulations。29. What is the main direct environmental problem in Shanghai?A。 The massive traffic。B. The increasing garbage.C。 Lack of a recycling system.D。 Lack of trash pickers。
27、30。 What makes the residents upset most about the rules?A. Complex distinction among the four categories of trash。B。 Short scheduled time for tossing the trash。C。 Being observed by monitors when throwing the garbage。D. Being fined when blamed due to improper behavior。31. What can be the best title f
28、or the text?A. A Restart of TrashsortingB. A Great Change in Tackling LitterC. A New Era of Garbage ClassificationD. A Craze for Learning Waste SortingD“Heaven is where the police are English, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the S
29、wiss. Hell(地狱) is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians.”Obviously the national stereotypes(模式化的思想) in this old joke are generalizations(普遍化), but such stereotypes are often said to “exist for a
30、 reason”. Is there actually a sliver(裂片) of truth in them? Not likely, an international research team now says.“National and cultural stereotypes do play an important role in how people see themselves and others, and being aware that these are not dependable is a useful thing,” said study author Rob
31、ert McCrae of the National Institute on Aging. “These are in fact unfounded stereotypes。 They dont come from looking around you, McCrae said。If national stereotypes arent rooted in real experiences, then where do they come from? One possibility is that they reflect national values, which may become
32、known from historical events。 For example, many historians have argued that the spirit of American individualism has its origins in the experiences of the pioneers on the Old West。Social scientists such as psychologist Richard Robins have given several other possible explanations for stereotypes and why they may be incorrect. Robins notes that some stereotypes may have been correct at one point in history and then remained unchanged whi
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