高考英语二轮复习 冲刺模拟卷二.docx

1、高考英语二轮复习 冲刺模拟卷二2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 冲刺模拟卷（二）第一部分听力(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。The sharing economy has grown in recent years to include everything from apartment sharing to car sharing to munity tool sharing.Since xx,a new form of sharing economy has b

2、een emerging in neighborhoods throughout the US and around the worldLittle Free Libraries.The libraries are boxes placed in neighborhoods from which residents can withdraw and deposit books.Little Free Libraries e in all shapes and sizes.Some libraries also have themes,focusing on books for children

3、,adults,or tour guides.In xx,Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library as a gift to his mother,who was a devoted reader.When he saw the people of his munity gathering around it,exchanging conversations as well as books,he knew he wanted to take his simple idea further.“I think Little Free Librarie

4、s open the door to conversations we want to have with each other.” Bol said.Since then,his idea has bee a movement,spreading from state to state and country to country.According to LittleFreeLibrary.org,there are now 18,000 of the little structures around the world,located in each of the 50 US state

5、s and 70 countries in Europe,Africa and Asia.The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries.But an Atlantic article says the little structures serve as a cure for a world of e-reader downloads.The little wooden boxes are refreshingly physical and human.For many people,the sense of discovery

6、 is Little Free Librariesmain appeal.“A girl walking home from school might pick up a graphic novel that gets her excited about reading;a man on his way to the bus stop might find a volume of poetry that changes his outlook on life,”says the Atlantic article.“Every book is a potential source of insp

7、iration.”21.How do Little Free Libraries get their books?()A.Citizens shared them.B.Tod Bol donated them.C.US government provided them.D.The munities bought them.22.Why did Tod Bol want to build more Little Free Libraries?()A.He wanted to promote his idea worldwide.B.He was inspired by the sharing e

8、conomy.C.They can offer neighbors more chances to talk.D.They are a gift to please his mother.23.Little Free Libraries attract readers most in that .A.they connect strangers togetherB.they are located all over the worldC.they are in various shapes and sizesD.they may give readers a sense of discover

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15、l go to schools in new England(C)The earth provides us with almost everything that we need to eat,sleep,work and entertain.To do all this,we use the earths resources.Because some of us have more buying power,they end up using more resources than they usually need.At the same time,we also create a gr

16、eat deal of waste and pollution.So we also need to think about how much land we use to deal with that waste.Then two things happen:first,large numbers of the worlds population get much less resources than they need to live;second,the earth is damaged.The amounts of resources we consumed are like foo

17、tprints.They show whose lifestyles are a burden on the earth and whose lifestyles are not.Because a few people eat up most of the earths resources,the majority have to bear the consequenceslike pollution.This is the ecological footprints that the earth keeps in its memory.Some years ago,a famous exp

18、ert,called William Rees,developed this idea of the ecological footprints.Today,this idea has bee like a magnifying glass (放大镜).It allows us to see whether we are living lives in a way that keeps the earth in a reasonably good shape.Once the earth goes out of shape,there is no hope for human beings.C

19、ountries like the United States and Canada have big ecological footprints.Rees calculated that the average amount of energy and materials consumed by a Canadian is what a land of 4.3 hectares can produce.India has a footprint of 0.4.This means that the energy and materials consumed by an Indian is w

20、hat 0.4 hectares of land can produce.But if we look more carefully,we will find that even within India,the footprints of the city Indian are much larger than the rural Indian.28.Which of the following is the best title for this text?()A.Footprints on the earthB.How to protect the earthC.Footprints o

21、f wild animalsD.How to reduce pollution on the earth29.Our footprints on the earth refer to .A.the cities we buildB.the cultures we createC.the marks we leave on roads behind usD.the resources we use and the waste we produce30.According to the text,rich people .A.should give more money to the poorB.

22、are using too many resourcesC.are helping the poor to live better livesD.should live in rural areas with the poor31.We learn from the text that Rees .A.put forward the idea of the ecological footprintsB.thought highly of the United States and CanadaC.thought India was an extremely poor countryD.thou

23、ght rich people made great contributions to society(D)Birds learn how to fly much like a human baby learns to walk:a bination of instinct (本能)and practice.Not all birds are instinctive flyers,however.Flightless birds,such as penguins and ostriches (鸵鸟),no longer have the instinct to imitate their co

24、usins.The newborn of bird species that can fly,such as pigeons and hummingbirds,have a sense that it is a natural actpare this to a human baby who instinctively understands that standing upright is a natural goal to achieve.Most birds cannot fly until their muscle structure has had time to develop.A

25、t that time,a nest is their entire world.Baby birds are not responsible for food gathering or protection of their nest,so they develop psychological dependence.Parent birds begin to teach their baby birds the importance of flying by remaining a short distance away from the nest during feeding.If the

26、 young birds are to survive,they must step away from the nest.Frequently,this means a few hard falls to the ground followed by a long trip back to the safety of the nest.All practice,awkward as it may seem,does teach the baby birds about the mechanics of flight.Falls to the ground bee more controlle

27、d as the young bird stretches out its wings,and short jumps back to the nest bee longer flight.Parent birds continue to encourage them to leave the nest for longer periods of time.Some species even adopt a tough love policy,leaving the baby birds alone to develop their own instincts.After a few week

28、s of practice and imitation,young birds learn more advanced flying techniques:how to use the wind for lift and how to make controlled landings.Eventually,all of these bee instinctive and young birds can start families of their own.For birds,flying is a demanding exercise.Fortunately,many birds have

29、air sacs (气囊)that act as human lungs,and each breath a bird takes is much more concentrated than humans breath.Birds also have very well-developed pectoral (胸部的)muscles for constant wing movement and a strong heart for endurance.Most birds are actually swimming through the air,using the weight of th

30、e air beneath them to keep themselves in the air.32.What birds and human babies have in mon is that they.A.have to learn new things to surviveB.are born with some kind of instinctC.have many goals to achieveD.like to imitate their cousins as they grow33.Why do parent birds stay a short distance away

31、 from the nest during feeding?()A.To let baby birds know flying is important.B.To make baby birds more independent.C.To develop baby birds muscle structure.D.To make baby birds bee brave.34.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?()A.Body structure that helps birds fly.B.The similarity betwee

32、n birds and humans.C.Difficulties birds might meet when they fly.D.The advantages birds have when they fly.35.What would be the best title for the passage?()A.Practice makes perfectB.How do birds learn how to fly?C.Birds have an instinct for survivalD.Why do some birds adopt a tough love policy?第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Many children like to eat snacks i