精选高二英语学业水平考试模拟试题二.docx

1、精选高二英语学业水平考试模拟试题二2017年辽宁省普通高中学业水平考试模拟题（二）第I卷（选择题满分60分）第一部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。ASenior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women may get cards when they are sixty.Mrs. Matthews lives in the country but she went into town

2、 once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride. Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizens card, but when she used it for the first time on the bus, it made her feel very old.The bus driver ha

3、d often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he notices that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked（眨眼）at her and whispered, “Dont forget to give your mothers card back to her when you see her again.” Mrs. Matthews was very happy when she heard this.1. Senior citize

4、ns in the story refer to _. A. those who have special cards B. old people with special cards C. those who want to travel cheaply D. people holding high positions 2. Women over sixty_. A. have to pay their special card B. dont have to pay for taking buses C. have to pay the full price for their ride

5、D. pay less for their ride if they have a special card3. How often does Mrs. Matthews go to the town? A. twice a week B. once a year C. every other week D. once a week4. Mrs. Matthews felt unhappy on the bus because _. A. she still had to pay for the tide B. the card wasnt hers C. she felt she was n

6、ow an old woman D. the driver whispered to her5. The driver whispered to Mrs. Matthews because _. A. he hoped to make her feel younger B. he knew her mother was still alive C. she did not pay money for taking the bus D. she shouldnt have used her mothers card BFootball is so popular in China. Almost

7、 everyone is interested in the sport the young and the old, boys and girls, and now even robots. Recently at Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, kids from several schools played football with their robots. Robot football is very different from human football. Only two robots play in each match. The fi

8、eld is as big as a ping-pong table. One half is black and the other is white. Each robot tries to catch the “football” and score a goal. The robot with more goals wins. Gao Linge, a boy from Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, helped make one of the robots for the match. “My school bought the main boa

9、rd (主板),” said Gao, 14. “Then I decided what my robot looked like and made a computer program for it.” Gaos robot was eight centimeters tall and had two arms. It had four sensors (传感器) to “see” and “kick” the “football”. Ying Xuehai, a 12-year-old student from Gaos school, also made a robot. His rob

10、ot played against Gaos. The match decided who would go to the final game. Ying lost the game. So he gave many of his robots parts to Gao. Even so, Gaos robot didnt win the final. It played well in the first five minutes. Then it slowed down. By the end of the match, it could hardly move. What was wr

11、ong? Gao and Ying found the problem the robot ran out of batteries (电池)! “Well solve the problem and beat the other schools next time!” said the two boys.6. _ is popular in China. A. Football B. Robot C. Sensor D. Game7. How many robots are needed in a match? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.8. The

12、 third paragraph mainly talks about _. A. a wonderful robot football game B. how robots can score more goals C. the rules of robot football games D. how robots can win the matches9. Gao Linge lost the match for the reason that _. A. his robot ran out of power B. he broke the rules of the game C. he

13、used Ying Xuehais robots parts D. his robot happened to be out of order10. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Gao Linge is as old as Ying Xuehai. B. Ying Xuehais robot was 8 centimeters tall. C. Gaos and Yings robots were both bought. D. The passage doesnt tell us who won the final.CI Am

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19、g books offers the biggest price cut? A. I Am A Pencil B. What It Takes To Help Me Out C. The Most Scenic Drives in America D. Our Brothers Keeper12. If you are interested in pictures, you would probably choose _. A. Our Brothers Keeper B. What It Takes To Help Me Out C. The Most Scenic Drives in Am

20、erica D. I Am A Pencil13. From the book I Am A Pencil, we can learn that Sam Swopes students _. A. are homeless children B. have the same beliefs C. like writing poetry D. are in different grades14. What can we learn from the passage? A. I Am A Pencil is written by Jedwin Smith. B. What It Takes To

21、Help Me Out is about troubled teens. C. You have to pay $47.88 for The Most Scenic Drives in America. D. Jedwin Smith was killed in Vietnam. 15.What type of writing is this passage? A.An advertisement.B.A news report.C. An announcement.D. A tour guide.DIts 8:30, time for John to start work. So he tu

22、rns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa and thinks about an article he needs to write . Wait a minute! Radio? Breakfast? Sofa? What kind of workplace is this? Well, actually it is Johns house, and he is a telecomm

23、uter he works at home, communicating with the workplace through the Internet. Like John, millions of people and their employers are finding that telecommuting is a great way to work. Telecommuters can work on their own schedule(预定表). They work in the comfort of homes, where they can also look after

24、young children or elderly parents. They save time and money by not traveling to work. Their employers save, too, because they need less office space and furniture. Studies show that telecommuters change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money. Telecommuting helps society, too, by reduc

25、ing pollution and traffic problems. Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job is related to working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.16. From the passage we can learn that John does his job _. A. by telephone

26、B. in his office C. away from home D. through the Internet17. One of the advantages of telecommuting is that you can _. A. get along well with other workers B. follow your own timetable C. work for several employers D. enjoy a lot of traveling18. Telecommuters change jobs less often, so _. A. they c

27、an get more work experience B. they will have a longer paid holiday C. their employers can save lots of money D. their employers will give them a higher pay19. What does the underlined words “suited to” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. 相似于 B. 不同于 C. 适合于 D. 有益于20. The writer wrote the passage to_. A.

28、 introduce telecommuting B. call on a better workplace C. reduce pollution and traffic problems D. show the disadvantage of telecommuting第二部分英语知识运用（共两节；满分35分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night,

29、he would hand me his 21 and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?” I was 22 to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such 23 . I would excitedly turn the tap 24 and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that Id done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would 25 affectiona

30、tely at me and place the comb on his wallet. Two years later, Dad started his own 26 , which wasnt doing so well. That was when things started to 27 . Dad didnt come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became 28 with him for placing our family in trouble. With 29 , an uncomfortable si

31、lence grew between us. After my graduation, Dads business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home 30 . As usually I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you help me 31 my comb?” I looked at him a while, then 32 the comb and headed to the sink. It hit me then: why, as a child, 33 Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to 34 the evening with Mum and me. It 35 a happy and loving family. I passed the clean comb back to D