英语高考试题(含答案)

英语高考试题（含答案）

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions:

After reading

the

passages below,

fill

in

the

blanks

to

make

the

passages coherent

and

grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form. of the

given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(A)

Bags of Love

Last year, I was assigned to work at an office near my mother

’

s house, so I stayed with her for a month. During

that time, I helped out with the housework and contributed to the groceries.

After less than a week, I started noticing that the groceries were running out pretty quickly

—

we were always

suddenly out of something. (25)_______(wonder) how my mum could consume them so quickly, I began observing

her daily routine for two weeks. To my surprise, I found that she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and

head out every morning at about nine. Eventually, I decided to follow her and (26)_______ happened truly amazed

me. She was taking the food to the refugee camp, in (27)______ she distributed it to children.

I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area. The kids were very friendly with

her and even looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me

—

shy would she mot want to tell me

about what she (28)_____(do)? Was she worried about how I would react or that I would stop (29)_____(buy) the

groceries if I found out?

When she got home, I told her about my discovery. (30)_____ she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her

she didn

’

t need to keep it a secret (31)______ me. She told me that some of the children lived with an older lady in

a shelter while others slept on the streets. For years, my mum has been helping out by giving them whatever food

she could spare. I was so impressed by (32)_____ selfless she was.

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(B)

Stress: Good or Bad?

Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people

are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.

In

recent

years,

stress(33)______(regard)

as

a

cause

of

a

whole

range

of

medical

problems,

from

high

blood

pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress(34)______ does you harm. It is

time you considered that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home

with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the

(35)_____(good)

your

performance

will

be.

Beyond

a

certain

point,

though

,

further

stress

will

only

lead

to

exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by

asking yourself (36)_______ number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much

is being expected of

(37)______, and yet find it impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient of (38) _____(annoy) with

people over unimportant things?... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better(39)______(control )

your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how

much stress is involved in various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12,etc.

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If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely (40)_______ (get )ill.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used

once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. account

B. adjustable

C. appliances

D. capture

E. decorations

F. direct

G. experiment

H. intended

I. operated

J. soulless

K. squeeze

Golden Rules of Good Design

What makes good design? Over the years, designers and artists have been trying to

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the essentials

of good design. They have found that some sayings can help people understand the ideas of good design. There are

four as follows.

Less is more. This saying is associated with the German-born architect Mies van der Rohe. In his Modernist

view, beauty lies in simplicity and elegance, and the aim of the designer is to create solutions to problems through

the most efficient means. Design should avoid unnecessary

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More is not a bore. The American-born architect Robert Venturi concluded that if simplicity is done badly, the

result

is

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design.

Post-Modernist

designers

began

to

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with

decoration

and

color

again.

Product

design was heavily influenced by this view and can be seen in kitchen

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such as ovens and kettles.

Fitness

for

purpose.

Successful

product

design

takes

into

consideration

a

product

’

s

function,

purpose,

shape,

form,

color,

and

so

on.

The

most

important

result

for

the

user

is

that

the

product

does

what

is

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.

For

example, think of a(n)

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desk lamp. It needs to be constructed from materials that will stand the heat of the

lamp and regular adjustments by the user. It also needs to be stable. Most importantly, it needs to

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light

where it is needed.

From

follows

emotion.

This

phrase

is

associated

with

the

German

designer

Hartmut

Esslinger.

He

believes

design

must

take

into

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the

sensory

side

of

our

nature

—

sight,

smell,

touch

and

taste.

These

are

as

important

as < /p>

rational

(

理性的

)

thinking.

When

choosing

everyday

products

such

as

toothpaste,

we

appreciate

a

cool-looking device that allows us to easily

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the toothpaste onto our brush.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill

in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

In

the

1960s,

Douglas

McGregor,

one

of

the

key

thinkers

in

the

art

of

management,

developed

the

mow

famous Theory X and Theory Y

. Theory X is the idea that people instinctively

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work and will do anything

to avoid it. Theory Y is the view that everyone has the potential to find satisfaction in work.

In any case, despite so much evidence to the

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, many managers still agree to Theory X. They believe,

53

,

that

their

employees

need

constant

supervision

if

they

are

to

work

effectively,

or

that

decisions

must

be

imposed from

54

without consultation. This, of course, makes for authoritarian (

专制的

) managers.

Different

cultures

have

different

ways

of

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people.

Unlike

authoritarian

management,

some

cultures,

particularly in Asia, are well known for the consultative nature of decision- making

—

all members of the department or

work

group

are

asked

to

56

to

this

process.

This

is

management

by

the

collective

opinion.

Many

western

companies

have

tried

to

imitate

such

Asian

ways

of

doing

things,

which

are

based

on

general

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.

Some

experts

say

that

women

will

become

more

effective

managers

than

men

because

they

have

the

power

to

reach

2

common goals in a way that traditional

58

managers cannot.

A recent trend has been to encourage employees to use their own initiative, to make decisions on their own

without

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managers first. This

empowerment

(

授权

) has been part of the trend towards downsizing:

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the number of management layers in companies. After de-layering in this way, a company may be

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with

just

a

top

level

of

senior

managers,

front-line

managers

and

employees

with

direct

contact

with

the

public.

Empowerment takes the idea of delegation (

委托

) much further than has

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been the case. Empowerment and

delegation mean new forms of management control to

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that the overall business plan is being followed, and

that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

Another

trend

is

off-site

or

64

management,

where

teams

of

people

linked by

e-mail

and

the

Internet

work on projects from their own houses. Project managers evaluate the

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of the team members in terms of

what they produce for projects, rather than the amount of time they spend on them.

51. A. desire

B. seek

C. lose

D. dislike

52. A. contrary

B. expectation

C. degree

D. extreme

53. A. vice versa

B. for example

C. however

D. otherwise

54. A. outside

B. inside

C. below

D. above

55. A. replacing

B. assessing

C. managing

D. encouraging

56. A. refer

B. contribute

C. object

D. apply

57. A. agreement

B. practice

C. election

D. impression

58. A. bossy

B. experienced

C. western

D. male

59. A. asking

B. training

C. warning

D. firing

60. A. doubling

B. maintaining

C. reducing

D. estimating

61. A. honoured

B. left

C. crowded

D. compared

62. A. economically

B. traditionally

C. inadequately

D. occasionally

63. A. deny

B. admit

C. assume

D. ensure

64. A. virtual

B. ineffective

C. day-to-day

D. on-the-scene

65. A. opinion

B. risk

C. performance

D. attractiveness

Section B

Direction

：

Read

the

following

three

passages.

Each

passage

is

followed

by

several

questions

or

unfinished

sattments. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to

the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

One

early

morning,

I

went

into

the

living

room

to

find

my

mother

reading

a

thick

book

called

Best

Loved

Poems to Read Again and Again

. My interest was aroused only by the fact that the word

“

Poem s

”

appeared in big,

hot pink letters.

“

Is it good?

”

I asked her.

“

Yea h,

”

she answered.

“

There

’

s one I really like and you

’

ll like it, too.

”

I leaned forward.

“

‘

Patty Poem,

’

”

she read the title. Who is Patty? I wondered. The poem began:

She never puts her toys away,

①

①

Just leaves them scattered

where they lay,

…

散乱的

The poem was just three short sections. The final one came quickly:

3

When she grows and gathers poise

,

稳重

③

③

I

’

ll miss her harum-scarum

noise,

莽撞的

④

④

And look in vain

for scattered toys.

徒劳地

And I

’

ll be sad.

A terrible sorrow washed over me. Whoever Patty was, she was a mean girl. Then, the shock.

“

It

’

s you, honey,

”

My mother said sadly.

To my mother, the poem revealed a parent

’

s affection when her child grows up and leaves. To me, the

“

she

”

in

the poem was horror. It was my mama who would be sad. It was so terrible I burst out crying.

“

What

’

s wrong?

”

my mother asked.

“

Oh Mama,

”

I cried.

“

I don

’

t want to grow up ever!

”

She smiled.

“

Honey, it

’

s okay. You

’

re not growing up anytime soon. And when you do, I

’

ll still love you, okay?

”

“

Okay,

”

I was still weeping. My panic has gone. But I could not help thinking about that silly poem. After what

seemed like a safe amount of time, I read the poem again and was confused. It all fit so well together, like a puzzle.

The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. I was now

fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a person

’

s world.

I have since fallen in love with other poems, but

“

Patty Poem

”

remains my poem. After all,

“

Patty Poem

”

gave

me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the

most.

66. Why was the writer attracted by the book

Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again

?

A. It was a thick enough book.

B. Something on its cover caught her eye.

C. Her mother was reading it with interest.

D. It has a meaningful title.

67. After her mother read the poem to her, the writer felt ______ at first.

A. sad

B. excited

C. horrified

D. confused

68. The writer

’

s mother liked to read

“

Patty Poem

”

probably because______.

A. it reflected her own childhood

B. it was written in simple language

C. it was composed by a famous poet

D. it gave her a hint of what would happen

69. It can be concluded from the passage that

“

Patty Poem

”

leads the writer to _______.

A. discover the power of poetry

B. recognize her love for puzzles

C. find her eagerness to grow up

D. experience great homesickness

（

B

）

Is there link between humans and climate change or not? This question was first studied in the early 1900s.

Since

then,

many

scientists

have

thought

that

our

actions

do

make

a

difference.

In

1997,

the

Kyoto

Protocol

explained

our

role

in

the

E

arth’s

changing

atmosphere

and

set

international

limits

for

gas

emissions

(

排放

)

from

2008

to

2012.

Some

countries

have

decided

to

continue

these

reductions

until

2020.

More

recently,

the

Paris

Agreement, stuck by nearly 200 countries, also aims to limit global warming. But just now how much warmer it

will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions.

②

②

4

3.5

℃

This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris

promises

to

reduce

carbon

emissions;

this

rise

could

still

put

coastal

cities

under

water

and

drive over half of all species to extinction.

2

℃

To meet this minimum goal, the Agreement requires countries to tighten emissions targets every

five years. Even this increase could sink some islands, worse

drought

(

干旱

) and drive a decline

of up to a third in the number of species.

1.5

℃

This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris Agreement, after a push by

low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to 1.5

℃

could save

them from sinking.

0.8

℃

This is how much temperatures have risen since the industrial age began, putting us 40% of the

way to the 2

℃

point.

0

℃

The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.

70. It can be concluded from paragraph 1 that _______.

A. the problem of global warming will have been quite solved by 2020

B. gas emissions have been effectively reduced in developed countries

C. the Paris Agreements is more influential than the Kyoto Protocol

D. humans have made continuous efforts to slow down global warming

71. If nations could only keep the initial promises of the Paris Agreement, what would happen

by the year 2100?

A. The human population would increase by one third.

B. Little over 50% of all species would still exist.

C. Nations would not need to tighten their emissions targets.

D. The Agreement’s minimum goal would not be reached.

72. If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of

the industrial age, should be_______.

A. 0.8

℃

B. 1.5

℃

C. 2

℃

D. 3.5

℃

(C)

Enough “

meaningless drivel

”. That’s the message from a group of members of the UK government who have

been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.

The House of Commons Sci

ence and Technology Committee’s report, released last week, has blamed firms for

making people sign up to long incomprehensible legal contracts and calls for an international standard or

kitemark

(

认证标记

) to identify sites that have clear terms and conditions.

“The

term

and

conditions

statement

that

we

all

carelessly

agree

to

is

meaningless

drivel

to

anyone,”

says

Andrew Miller, the chair of the committee. Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their

terms.

The

simplified

version

would

be

checked

by

a

third

party

and

awarded

a

kitemark

if

it

is

an

accurate

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