2016届高考英语词汇三模前综合练06
一、单项填空
1.(浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2016届高三上学期第一次教学调研)A new survey released by Yale University finds that Americans trust scientists most when _______ comes to information on climate change.
A. that
B. this
C. it
D. there
2.(浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2016届高三上学期第一次教学调研)My cousin is really enthusiastic about playing basketball. _______ he shoots a ball, he likes to think of himself as a Kobe Bryant.
A. At one time
B. All the time
C. The first time
D. Every time
3.(江苏省苏州市北雅国际英语学校2016届高三2月周测)In the absence of my commanding officer, I acted on my own _______.
A. initiative
B. principle
C. criterion
D. perspective
4.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)The rising admission prices of scenic attractions may cast a _______
over your plans for the coming holiday.
A. shame B. shelter
C. shadow
D. shade
5.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)What really counts is not the _______ of life but the depth of life.
A. weight B. height
C. width
D. length
6. (浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2016届高三上学期第一次教学调研) _______ our efforts to save the houses dating back to the Ming Dynasty, the local government decided to pull them down to build modern buildings there.
A. In case of
B. In spite of
C. In terms of
D. In praise of
7.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)—How do you find your first visit to your net friend Jane?
—Oh, wonderful! Her warm welcome left me completely _______.
A. at ease B. under attack
C. beyond doubt
D. in tears
8.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)Body language is particularly important when we attempt to communicate _______ culture.
A. across
B. over
C. beneath
D. through
9.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)Deeply impressed by her motherly care, the boy learned to accept his step-mother ___________.
A. in time B. by chance
C. in relief
D. by turns
10.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)—Why are your red cherries so expensive?
—You see, the price of fruit always varies _______ the seasons.
A. from B. with
C. in
D. by
11.(浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2016届高三上学期第一次教学调研)To reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, many countries are increasing the use of natural gas, wind and other forms of _______ energy.
A. abandoned
B. original
C. alternative
D. precious
12.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)She knew that their relationship was coming to an end, for he sounded very cold and _______ every time she phoned him.
A. natural B. distant
C. hopeful
D. blank
13.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)Human beings are born with the ability to recognize a change in number. _______, experiments show that many animals are, too.
A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly
C. Disappointedly
D. Importantly
14.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)John had planned to make a compromise, but _______ he changed his mind at the last minute.
A. anyhow B. otherwise
C. therefore
D. somehow
15.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)Children acquire language more quickly than adults, simply by learning it _______—they listen, copy, and communicate.
A. fluently B. naturally
C. carefully
D. particularly
16.(浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016届高三下学期开学考试)Job interviews are carried out _______ face to face in four cities including Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou andShaoxing in Zhejiang province every year.
A. slightly
B. officially
C. extremely
D. completely
17.(浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2016届高三上学期第一次教学调研)Scientific researches show that to
_______ a language one had better often get exposed to it.
A. acquire
B. access
C. acknowledge
D. assess
18(浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2016届高三上学期第一次教学调研)Hardly could he _______ this amount of work in such a short time.
A. get through
B. get off
C. get into
D. get down
19.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)Hard as the teacher tried to make the kids _______, the heavy snow outside won the battle against their attention.
A. accomplish B. concentrate
C. switch
D. recover
20.(浙江省2016届高三下学期六校联考)One can _______ another person without any words. What it takes is a shoulder to cry on and an ear that listens.
A. take advantage of B. spare a thought for
C. catch sight of
D. reach out to
21.(浙江省衢州市2016届高三宝坻一中等六校期末联考)The word “track” _______ a path which is made of earth ________ having a surface covered with other materials.
A. adds to; rather than
B. leads to; other than
C. refers to; rather than
D. replies to; other than
22. (改编自浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)A strong cold current hit South China in January, 2016, leading to most schools _______ for the sake of safety.
A. br
B. breaking up
C. breaking away
D. breaking out
23.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)Sam loves teaching. Seeing his students succeed is very
_______, he says.
A. promising B. rewarding
C. surprising
D. challenging
24.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)The company is planning to hire a new manager to _______ the old one’s position.
A. take on B. take up
C. take in
D. take over
25.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)A law can’t be _______ for anyone, even for those in power.
A. turned B. bent
C. beaten
D. meant
26.(浙江省金丽衢十二校2016届高三第二次联考)People tend to think that if you want to achieve something big, you’ll have to _______.
A. make sense B. give way
C. take risks
D. lose face
27.(浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016届高三下学期开学考试)This winter, there was a heavy snow in our province; the farmers say that it _______ to be a good harvest.
A. supposes
B. expects
C. proposes
D. promises
28.(浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016届高三下学期开学考试)Don’t _______ this plan to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
—OK. I will not.
A. release
B. relate
C. retell
D. relieve
29.(浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016届高三下学期开学考试)The girl conquered her fear and _______ the enormous spider in sight of it last night.
A. took up
B. picked up
C. put up
D. set up
30.(浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016届高三下学期开学考试)The boy tried to stretch the shoes, but still his feet didn’t _______ them.
A. fit into
B. go for
C. take on
D. make from
二、短文填词(改编自广东省广州市2016届高三1月模拟考试)Although Socrates(苏格拉底)was poor all his life, he never asked his pupils to pay for their lessons. He taught
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the love of wisdom, not for money. And
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he had to say was always new and worth hearing. All his pupils loved him.
But his unusual ways of teaching and his demand that students always ask questions made him some
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(danger)enemies. The rulers did not want to be questioned. So they
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(false) accused Socrates of teaching young men bad things and
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(lead)them to ignore religion. In fact Socrates was a very religious man. His enemies had him
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(arrest), and he was sentenced to death by poisoning.
During the 30 days before he was put to death, his friends and pupils
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(allow)to visit him in his prison. They were astonished to find that
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was calm and cheerful. He had no fear of dying. When the deadly poison was finally brought to Socrates, his friends were in
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(tear), but Socrates seemed to be the
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(brave) man in the room. He raised the cup and drank it as if it were a glassof banquet wine.
三、完形填空
(改编自浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016届高三下学期开学考试)I have faith in that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who turn up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I
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a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too
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for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was
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and my stepmother had
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us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no
5
what to do with me. And that’s when my other family
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.
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home
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their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I lived with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She
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I had lunch money, doctors’
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, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.
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I could tell, for the Beaches there was no
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between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I
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college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew
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about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to
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his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had been convinced that life was entirely
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and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
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the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, selfish and pessimistic woman. They gave me a home that allowed me to grow and
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.They kept me from being paralyzed by my
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, and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I
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family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was
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, but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
1.A. lived
B. shared
C. possessed
D. bought
2.A. crowd
B. convenient
C. small
D. limited
3.A. in trouble
B. in sight
C. in place
D. in parts
4.A. drove
B. removed
C. kicked
D. knocked
5.A. plan
B. choice
C. chance
D. idea
6.A. looked over
B. showed up
C. jumped out
D. came across
7.A. so
B. because
C. until
D. while
8.A. worked out
B. called up
C. watched out
D. made sure
9.A. approaches
B. concentrations
C. commitments
D. appointments
10.A. As long as
B. As far as
C. As soon as
D. As many as
11.A. change
B. problem
C. conflict
D. difference
12.A. set off
B. left for
C. entered into
D. admitted into
13.A. all
B. little
C. something
D. nothing
14.A. supply
B. teach
C. encourage
D. raise
15.A. different
B. unfair
C. easy
D. hopeful
16.A. Thanks to
B. In spite of
C. Except for
D. But for
17.A. survive
B. change
C. happy
D. operate
18.A. choice
B. failure
C. past
D. present
19.A. pick up
B. rely on
C. center on
D. believe in
20.A. born
B. grown
C. accepted
D. deserted
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