江苏省高考冲刺英语学科试题选编一含答案.docx

1、江苏省高考冲刺英语学科试题选编一含答案2017年高考冲刺英语学科试题选编（一）一、单项填空1. Lots of artists tend to believe that nature is not only all that is _ to the eye but it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.A. relevant B. visible C. similar D. close2. It is writers traditional role to absorb different popular social _ and re

2、flect them bac into their boos. A. customs B. controversies C. constitutions D. currents3. McDonalds USA announced that it _ to serve fresh beef or por, prepared when ordered, in all burgers across the majority of its restaurants by mid-2018. A. had decided B. will decide C. would decide D. has deci

3、ded4. Now a recent Canadian study suggests that a young baby _ from interactive music classes has better communication sills than one who taes a less-active class. A. benefited B. benefit C. benefiting D. to benefit5. _ you obviously would not eat Spaghetti with your fingers, using a spoon to twist

4、it into a basetball mound of noodles is incorrect. A. When B. As C. Since D. While6. It loos you are feeling down. Any trouble?All my hopes were _ when my application was denied. A. crushed B. hammered C. sun D. faded7. To have faith is to believe that the path we are traveling along is longer than

5、_ we can anticipate.A. that B. what C. how D. as8. What about the new baery at the street corner near our school? You _ not want to eat its cheese caes, for they are very calorific. A. dare B. must C. might D. need9. With the booing housing price, more investors tend to spend all they have buying on

6、e. Thats really risy. Never should we _. A. boil an egg B. have egg on our face C. wal on eggshells D. put all your eggs in one baset10. Alasa, of _ most part is lightly populated, is nown for its diverse landscapes, with abundant wildlife and many small towns. A. what B. that C. which D. whose二、完形填

7、空athrine Switer, now 70, repeated the 26.2-mile journey in this years Boston Marathon. When Switer became the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon with a 11 , in 1967, she new shed be chasing history. She didnt epect to be driven off the 12 .At the time, women werent allowed 13 entry into the ra

8、ce. To be accepted, Switer 14 with her initials as “. V. Switer.” On race day, though, she 15 her femininity proudly. In lipstic and earrings, she too her place at the starting line.Switer was at mile two 16 race manager John “Joc” Semple, angered by a woman 17 into the male-only marathon, ran up an

9、d tried to 18 her off the course, yelling, “Get the hell out of my race!” However, 19 her boyfriend nocing Semple bac, she fended off the official and finished in four hours and twenty minutes.To 20 the 50th anniversary of her barrier-breaing run, Switer repeated the journey, wearing the number 261,

10、 the same one the official tried 21 it from her 50 years ago. In her honor, the Boston Marathon will 22 the number in future races.Switer has 39 marathons under her 23 , including coming in first in New Yor in 1974 and running in the Olympics in 1984. The last time she finished one in Boston was in

11、1976, two years after successfully 24 to let women publicly enter it.Her bib number might not 25 in the Boston Marathon again, but Switers movement goes 26 letting women enter that race. Founding a nonprofit international womens running club, Switer chose the name 261 Fearless, appealing 27 for fema

12、le participation in the sport.“My goal is to 28 women in places right now where theyre not allowed to leave the house alone, drive a car or get a 29 ,” Switer told CBS Boston. “If running can give them a sense of strength, where they are no longer 30 and vulnerable, thats what I hope it can do.” Of

13、her legacy, Switer said it came as no surprise that women continued to embrace the “sense of empowerment” that came from running. “But we have a long way to go.” she said.11. A. identity B. fame C. number D. privilege12. A. event B. course C. application D. trac13. A. official B. professional C. per

14、sonal D. national14. A. signed B. registered C. attended D. equipped15. A. provided B. discovered C. ehibited D. concealed16. A. since B. after C. before D. when17. A. hiding B. sneaing C. marching D. rising18. A. tae B. drop C. brea D. chase19. A. with B. for C. since D. as20. A. label B. mar C. ob

15、serve D. congratulate21. A. tearing B. handing C. grasping D. possessing22. A. run out B. give out C. chec out D. leave out23. A. belt B. name C. control D. credit24. A. urging B. persuading C. campaigning D. bothering25. A. come up B. hang up C. bring up D. turn up26. A. off B. beyond C. alongside

16、D. without27. A. passively B. inclusively C. etensively D. decisively28. A. reach B. convince C. wae D. prepare29. A. inspiration B. permit C. diploma D. grant30. A. housewives B. breadwinners C. servants D. victims三、阅读理解AThe Mtter Museum in Philadelphia houses one ehibit near the entrance that insp

17、ires unmatchable awe. Loo closely at the display, and you can see mars left by museumgoers pressing their foreheads against the glass.The object that fascinates them is a small wooden bo containing 46 microscope slides, each displaying a slice of Albert Einsteins brain. A magnifying glass positioned

18、 over one of the slides reveals a piece of tissue about the sie of a stamp. Einsteins brain represents potential, the ability of one eceptional mind, one genius, to catapult ahead of everyone else. Throughout history rare individuals have stood out for their meteoric contributions to a field. Lady M

19、urasai for her literary creation. Michelangelo for his masterful touch. Marie Curie for her scientific acuity. “The genius,” wrote German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, “lights on his age lie a comet into the paths of the planets.” Consider Einsteins impact on physics. With no tools available othe

20、r than the force of his own thoughts, he predicted in his general theory of relativity that massive accelerating objectslie blac holes orbiting each otherwould create ripples (波纹) in the fabric of space-time. It too one hundred years, enormous computational power, and massively sophisticated technol

21、ogy to definitively prove him right, with the physical detection of such gravitational waves less than two years ago.Einstein revolutionied our understanding of the very laws of the universe. But our understanding of how a mind lie his wors remains stubbornly stagnant. What set his brainpower, his t

22、hought processes, apart from those of his merely brilliant peers? What maes a genius?Philosophers have long been puling over the origins of genius. Early Gree thiners believed an overabundance of blac bileone of proposed by Hippocratesendowed poets, philosophers, and other famous souls with “etraord

23、inary powers,” says historian Darrin McMahon, author of Divine Fury A History of Genius. Phrenologists (骨相学家) attempted to find genius in bumps on the head; they collected sullsincluding philosopher Immanuel antswhich they eamined, measured, and weighed.None of them discovered a single source of gen

24、ius, and such a thing is unliely to be found. Genius is too abstract, too subjective, too wedded to the verdict of history to be easily identified. And it requires the ultimate epression of too many features to be simplified into the highest point on one human scale. Instead we can try to understand

25、 it by cracing the comple and mied qualitiesintelligence, creativity, perseverance, and simple good fortune, to name a fewthat combine to create a person capable of changing the world.31. Why does the author tal about the “mars” in paragraph ONE?A. He is unsatisfied with the untidy environment of th

26、e museum.B. He is angry about the disrespect to the ehibitC. He is about to eplain the ehibits popularity. D. He is amaed at the huge population visiting the museum. 32. The underlined phrase “catapult ahead of” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _. A. ecel at B. tower overC. different

27、iate between D. shine in33. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3? A. It too Einstein years to prove the eistence of gravitational waves. B. Arthur Schopenhauer was widely acnowledged as a genius in history. C. Einstein made incredible prediction despite lac of sources. D. Geniuses have limited infl

28、uences just as comets do.34. What is the author most liely to tal about after this passage? A. Eamples of geniuses who possess such qualities. B. Importance of such qualities in becoming a genius. C. Ways to combine qualities with good fortune. D. Means to mae a genius. BYou may be reading this whil

29、e on a conference call, pushing your child on a swingor both. But is multitasing really a good idea, or does it mae us do everything more slowly and less well than ifwe were concentrating on one tas ata time?Psychologists cite convincing research thatpaying more attention to a tas improves performan

30、ce. Humans, theyargue, are good at doing rapidly sequential tass, rather than simultaneous ones. My teenagers insist it isfine to revise while teting and watching YouTubebut they are wrong. In 2009, a research team fromStanford, led by Clifford Nass, compared heavy versus light media multitasers in

31、a series of tests. Nass thought the heavier multitasers would be better at organiing and storing information and have superior memories, but it turned out that the opposite was true. When the groups were shown layout of colored shapes and ased to remember their positions and ignore others, the multitasers couldnt do it. They were constantly distracted and their ability to switch between tass, disregard irrelevant information and remember what they had seen was worse than th