届高考英语专题模拟演练 阅读理解2.docx

1、届高考英语专题模拟演练 阅读理解2阅读理解（2）生活类天津市55中2020;2020届高三下学期第二次模拟考试（英语）ADear Cary,Im writing because Ive understood youve struggled with alcoholism(酗酒)Ive been fighting mine ever since I went through 9-11After that，Ive been more or less useless professionally Im a lawyerand have had to resign from my job becaus

2、e I was discovered passed-out drunk in front of my computer. Ive taken some medicine and it has helped somewhat. I can manage about a month without drinking，but after that I end up having a crazy stage where nothing matters except drinkingAfter a week or so of heavy drinking，I start having nightmare

3、s of people jumping. After that，its a week of not being able to get out of bed.I was supposed to travel to a conference but didnt make it because I got so drunk at the airport that I fell down on my face and spent the rest of the day in the emergency room. I have been hiding from my family since the

4、nFortunately they wont be expecting me to come back for a week or so. Otherwise, they would notice the bump on my forehead and two black eyesI dont really know what Im asking youCary, I need a way out that doesnt involve causing pain to my familyIm taking medicine，but I still have these attacks ever

5、y few monthsIf theres alcohol in the house，I cant stay away from itIt seems that this will never end. Im afraid of what will happen if something bad happens，like a family member dying, or getting fired againThanks for readingYoursT36The underlined sentence shows us all the following EXCEPT_Athat the

6、 author is a lawyer by professionBthat the author is a lawyer and he seldom gets drunkCthe reason why the author had to resignDthat the author was once discovered drunk as a fish37The author writes to Cary in order to_Aoffer advice Btell a storyCavoid nightmares Dask for help38What is the author wor

7、ried about?ALosing his job BMissing the conferenceCBring pain to his family DGiving up drinking39What do we learn from the passage?ATs family members dont want to see him because of his alcoholismBGetting drunk once prevented T from attending a conferenceCT will have nightmares when he stops drinkin

8、gDT never attempted to give up his alcoholism40We know from the passage that Cary_Alikes to talk about the details of his life Bis an expert on treating alcoholismCis probably a recovered alcoholic Dnever suffered from alcoholism3640 BDCBC故事类天津市55中2020;2020届高三下学期第二次模拟考试（英语）B“Can I see my baby?” aske

9、d the happy new mother. The bundle(婴儿包)was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped-the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the babys hearing was perfect except his appearanceOne day when he rushed home from school and thr

10、ew himself into his mothers arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boycalled mea ffreak”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaksHe grew up，handsome for his misfortuneA favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for thatHe developed a gift f

11、or literature and musicThe boys father had a talk with the family doctorCould nothing be done? “I believe we could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears，if they could he donated(捐献)，”the doctor decidedSo the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice(牺牲)for a young manTwo years went byThen

12、, “Youre going to the hospital，sonMother and I have someone who will donate the ears you needBut its a secret”said the fatherThe operation was a brilliant successHis talents blossomed into geniusSchool and college became a series of successesLater he married and entered the diplomatic(外交)service“But

13、 I must know!” he urged his father“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him”“I do not believe you could,” said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to knownot yet”The years kept the secret, but the day did come one of the darkest days that ever passed through a sonHe st

14、ood with his father over his mothers casket(棺材)Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret41The story is mainly about_Ahew a boy had new ears through an operationBwhat a devoted parent privately did for the childChow a disabled

15、boy turned into a useful personDwhy a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy42From the first paragraph we know that the mother_Awas determined to donate her ears to pedect her sonBkept her husband unknown about the babys situationCfelt shocked and disappointed to see her new babyDcomplained of her

16、 bad luck to have a disabled child43The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to“_”Aslowacting person Buglylooking childCbadlybehaved student Dstrangelyshaped creature44What can be inferred from the passage?AThe agreement was between the donator and the familyBThe boy was

17、so popular that he was made class presidentCFinally the boy came to know who the donator wasDThe mother donated her ears to her son after she died45What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?AReal love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done knownBIt is up to parents to help their

18、 children heart and soulCTrue beauty lies only in the heart not in appearanceDIt is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful4145 BCDCA生活类天津市55中2020;2020届高三下学期第二次模拟考试（英语）CCelebrity endorsementsDespite the fact that companies believe celebrities had a lot of pull with regard to the buyin

19、g trends of consumers, researches have discovered that this does not seem to be the caseBritish and Swiss researchers conducted a study showing that advertisements made by celebrities like David Beckham and Scarlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary peopleIn a sample of 298 student

20、s, researchers presented a magazine advertisement for a digital camera that was endorsed by a fictional student claiming the camera was “hot” and his “preferred choice”The same advertisement was shown to other students，but with a difference：The camera was endorsed by a famous person in GermanyWhile

21、the students said that both advertisements were beneficial, the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases. More than half of the students，who admitted purchasing products that would impress others，said they were influenced by the studen

22、ts advertisementOnly 20 said the celebrity one would affect their buying decisionProfessor Brett Martin，of the University of Baths School of Management，explained that the findings could be used not only in Germany, but in other countries as well“Our research questions whether celebrities are the bes

23、t ways to sell products，”said Prof Martin“Celebrities can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from a fictional fellow studentsThis is because many people feel a need to keep up with the Jones when they buy”46Some companies think the celebrities endorsemen

24、t _Ais popular with the consumersBcan pull all the consumers into the shopsCcan affect the consumers purchasingDis as effective as an endorsement from common people47Which of the following ads would be more effective to common consumers, according to the experiment?AAn ad featuring lovely pandas BAn

25、 ad made by David BeckhamCAn ad made by fictional common peopleDAn ad with beautiful natural scenery48The underlined words “the Jones” in the last paragraph refer to“_ ”Asomeone called Jones Bcommon peopleCthe Jones family Dcelebrities49We can imply from the passage that _Acelebrities cheat consumer

26、s in advertisementBthe researchers here are against celebrity endorsementCthe students ads are mole reliable than those made by celebritiesDcompany neednt spend so much money on celebrity endorsement50We can probably read the article in_ Aa local newspaper Ba science reportCan academic journal Da te

27、xtbook4650 CCBDA科技类天津市55中2020;2020届高三下学期第二次模拟考试（英语）DLets do some sleep mathYou lost two hours of sleep every night last week because of a big project due on FridayOn Saturday and Sunday，you slept in，getting four extra hoursOn Monday morning, you were feeling so bright-eyed that you only had one cup

28、of coffee, instead of your usual twoBut dont be cheated by your energyYoure still carrying around a heavy load of sleepiness, or what experts call “sleep debt”in this case something like six hours，almost a full nights sleepSleep debt is the difference between the amount of sleep you should be gettin

29、g and the amount you actually getIts a deficit(缺乏)that grows every time we skim some extra minutes off our nightly sleep“People accumulate sleep debt gradually without being noticed，”says William CDement，founder of the Stanford University Sleep ClinicStudies show that such shortterm sleep deprivatio

30、n leads to a foggy brain，worsened vision，and trouble remembering. Long-term effects include obesity，insulin(胰岛素)resistance, and heart disease. A survey by the National Sleep Foundation reports that were losing one hour of sleep each night一一more than two full weeks of sleep every year.The good news i

31、s that，like all debt, with some work，sleep debt can be repaid. Adding an extra hour or two of sleep a night is the way to catch upFor the longterm lack of sleep，take it easy for a few months to get back into a natural sleep patternGo to bed when you are tired，and allow your body to wake you in the morning(no alarm clock allowed)You may find yourself catatonic(有紧张症的)in the beginning of the recovery cycle：expect to have