届高考英语押题卷二.docx

1、届高考英语押题卷二2017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 revision.

2、 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 room for

3、 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 study s

4、paces, 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 study sp

5、aces. 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 staff

6、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 exam

7、sC. 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 students do

8、 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 you h

9、ead 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有专门的电脑房

10、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.【解析】推理判

11、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 schoo

12、l 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 groups of

13、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 chicken an

14、d 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. Each

15、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 from N

16、ew 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

17、Milliken, a veteran youth activist, is often asked which programs turn around kids lives. “I still havent seen one program change one kids life,” he says. “What changes people is relationships. Somebody is willing to walk through the shadow of the valley of adolescence with them.” Souls are not save

18、d in bundles. Love is the necessary force.25. Why do kids come to Kathy and Davids house on Thursdays?A. To help the homeless at first hand.B. To experience the feeling of home.C. To learn about the modern poverty.D. To plant beautiful flowers in poor soil.【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段和第二段最后一句“The kids who show u

19、p at Kathy and Davids have suffered the pains of modern poverty: homelessness, hunger, abuse.”可知，这些孩子都是一些无家可归或者遭受贫困的孩子们，他们来到Kathy和David的家里，是为了体验家的温暖。【答案】B 26. Why isnt the use of cell phones allowed at Thursday dinners?A. Kids need to tell stories about themselves.B. Kids are expected to care more f

20、or each other.C. Kids have to do house chores around the home.D. Kids prepare songs for birthdays and graduations.【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句“Each meal we go around the table and everybody has to say something nobody else knows about them. Each meal the kids show their promise to care for one another. ”可知，

21、在这个家庭聚会的时候，孩子们不能使用手机，目的是希望他们多多体会家的温暖和相互之间能多点关爱。【答案】B27. What gift did the writer get at a Thursday dinner?A. The practice of the art form.B. The pleasure of enjoying jazz.C. The chance to listen to poems.D. The zero distance between souls.【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的“They give us a gift complete intolerance o

22、f social distance”和后面的例子可知，作者感受到人们之间心是紧紧相连的。【答案】D28. What does Bill mean in his words?A. Love is the power to change a kids life.B. Money is needed to start programs for kids.C. A program can change a group of kids lives. D. Kids change their relationships in a program.【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段Bill Milliken说

23、的话以及最后一句话“Souls are not saved in bundles. Love is the necessary force.”可知，改变孩子们生活的不是一个项目，而是爱的力量。【答案】A CDo you like eating processed meat? If you do, think twice now if you want to eat such meat for the sake of your health. Why? Its because eating processed meat can cause cancer, World Health Organiz

24、ation (WHO) experts said last Monday.Processed meat is meat that has been preserved by salting, smoking, drying or canning. Experts from the WHOs International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France studies 800 patients. The experts connected processed meat, such as hot dogs and bacon,

25、 with at least three kinds of cancer. A person who eats 50 grams of processed meat per dayabout two pieces of baconincreases his or her risk of bowel(肠) cancer by 18 percent.The IARC has included processed meat in its Group 1 list, for which there is “enough evidence” of connection with cancer. Toba

26、cco is also on the Group 1 list.WHO experts also say red meat, including beef, lamb and pork, is “probably” carcinogenic (致癌的) to humans. Dr. Kurt Strait is with the IARC. He said in a statement that the risk of cancer increases with the amount of meat a person eats. Health experts in some countries

27、 advised against eating large amounts of red and processed meat. But those suggestions had been centered on the increased risk of heart disease and obesity.However, meat industry groups protest the result of the WHO study. They say that meat is part of a balanced diet. They also say the causes of ca

28、ncer are broad, and include environment and lifestyle factors.The WHO report cites the Global Burden of Disease project, which shows that diets high in processed meat lead to 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide.29. It can be inferred that the items on the Group 1 list of the IARC _.A. are all pr

29、ocessed foodsB. arent often eaten by peopleC. can be the most dangerous to humansD. can greatly increase the risk of cancer【解析】推理判断题。 根据文章第三段中的“The IARC has included processed meat in its Group 1 list, for which there is “enough evidence” of connection with cancer. Tobacco is also on the Group 1 lis

30、t.”可知，第一组列表中的东西增加了患癌症的危险。【答案】D 30. What can take the place of the underlined word “protest”?A. Learn from. B. Disagree with. C. Take interest in. D. Pay attention to.【解析】词义猜测题。根据此前However一词以及后文中生产厂家所讲的肉类食品是均衡饮食的一部分以及导致癌症的原因有很多可知，肉类加工业的人士不认同世界卫生组织的研究结果。【答案】B 31. What can be used as the best title of

31、the passage?A. WHO: Processed Meat Can Cause CancerB. The Importance of Having a Balanced DietC. Eating Too Much Red Meat Is Bad for HumansD. Scientists Found the Causes of Some Kinds of Cancer【解析】主旨大意题。 本文主要讲的是世界卫生组织的一项研究表明加工过的肉类食品致癌，由此可知A项为文章最佳标题。【答案】A DIf you want to convince the boss you deserve

32、 a pay rise or promotion, the solution could be simpleeat the same food as they do. Psychologists have discovered managers are much more likely to instantly trust us if we choose the same dishes as them.During experiments, discussions over wages and work conditions were much more successful if both sides chose to snack on the same treats. And shoppers were much more likely to buy a product advertised on TV by someone eating a similar food to