2016年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测37

　　2016年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测37

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　　Tomorrow was his girlfriend’s birthday and the young man was having a difficult time deciding on a present for her. She already had more clothes than she knew what to do with them, so he couldn’t get any kind of apparel. She never ate sweets, so candy was out of the question. What then? He had a very special reason for wanting to impress her with just the right gift; tomorrow he was going to make an offer of marriage to her.

　　He finally decided on perfume (香水) . All girls liked perfume. That raised another problem, however. What kind did she prefer? He couldn’t ask her, because that would ruin the surprise.

　　At last the young man hit upon a brilliant idea. That afternoon, pretending to take his girl-friend’s fox terrier, little dog. Together, the young man and the dog went directly to the perfume counter of the town’s biggest department store. Good! There was a large array(长列) of perfume. He beckoned (招呼) a clerk, instructing her to open a large number of bottles and wave the stoppers under the dog’s nose.

　　Nestled in the young man’s arms, the terrier began to be restless and bored as this seemingly pointless game went on. Then Fritz suddenly became frisky, wiggling in the young man’s arms and barking excitedly, as the clerk waved one stopper under his nose.

　　“I’ll take that one,” said the young man to the clerk. The price was high; but it was worth it, he thought.

　　“My favorite perfume!” said the delighted girl the next evening as she unwrapped the package. “How did you know?” she asked, dabbing some perfume behind each ear.

　　“Intuition(直觉), I guess,” said the young man, deciding that it wasn’t exactly wrong to tell a lie under the circumstances. One day, after they were married, he would admit that his intuition had really been a little dog named Fritz.

　　66.Which of the following words best describes the young man in the story?

　　A. kind-hearted B. curious

　　C. creative D. mean

　　67.The underlined word “frisky” in Paragraph 4 means

　　.

　　A. lively B. angry

　　C. uneasy D. puzzled

　　68.According to the story, the birthday present for the girl was actually decided on by

　　.

　　A. the young man B. the store clerk

　　C. the man’s store intuition D. the dog Fritz

　　69.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the story?

　　A. The young man wanted to give his girlfriend a pleasant surprise.

　　B. The pet dog Fritz knew what the young man wanted very well.

　　C. The kind of perfume the young man chose was expensive.

　　D. The young man told a white lie about his final choice of the perfume.

　　B

　　When young people get their first real jobs, they face a lot of new, confusing situations. They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable and insecure in both professional and social situations. Eventually（最后）, they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world.

　　Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person. For example, you’ll observe how he acts in a crisis. Perhaps even more important, you’ll be able see what is his approach to day-to-day situations.

　　While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations. By watching and learning from a model, you’ll probably begin to identify and adopt good working habits.

　　70. The young people just graduated from school may not behave well in the working world because__________.

　　A. They were not well educated at school.

　　B. what they learn in university classes is not adequate for their new life

　　C. the society is too complicated to adapt to

　　D. they failed to work hard at school

　　71. The best way to learn how to behave in the working world is__________.

　　A. to find a worker and follow him closely

　　B. to find a person you respect and see how he acts in different situations

　　C. to find a person you admire and make friends with him

　　D. to make the acquaintance（认识） of a model you admire

　　72. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the word“approach” means__________.

　　A. means of entering

　　B. speaking to someone for the first time

　　C. way of coming near

　　D. manner of doing something

　　73. The passage could be best entitled__________.

　　A. Learn, Learn and Learn Again

　　B. Learn from a Model

　　C. Learn Forever

　　D. One is Never too Old to Learn

　　C

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　　THE TOWER OF LONDON

　　Royal palace and fortress (堡垒) for over 900 years, scene of mystery, murder and home to the Crown Jewels.

　　KENSINGTON PALACE

　　Birthplace of Queen Victoria, this royal retreat (居所) is home to magnificent State

　　Apartments and the stunning Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, which includes dresses worn by HM Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales.

　　HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES

　　Hampton Court Palace is part of Historic Royal Palace, a registered charity (No: 1068852) that receives no public funding. We rely on the income from admission tickets to the palaces to pay for vital protection work, necessary for the preservation (保存) of these national monuments and collection for future generations. You can also help by pledging Gift Aid. Please ask at the ticket office for more information or visit www. hrp. org. uk

　　Thank you for your support.

　　VISITOR INFORMATION

　　CARRIAGE RIDES

　　Take a trip around Home Park in a horse-drawn carriage. Rides begin and end in Home Park at the entrance by the East Front Gardens. Available all day. 20 minutes duration. ￡10 per carriage. Subject to (视…而定) weather and ground conditions.

　　ENQUIRIES

　　For details of admission charges (门票), group rates, the Friends of Hampton Court Palace and facilities for disabled visitors, call 0870 7527777 or visit

　　www. Hampton-court-palace. org. uk

　　RESTAURANTS&SHOPS

　　Choose from the Tiltyard Tea-rooms or the Privy Kitchen Coffee Shop. There are also a number of ice-cream kiosks (售货亭) open in the summer. The palace shops provide a wide range of gifts and souvenirs.

　　AUDIO GUIDES

　　Audio guides are included in the palace ticket and are available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.

　　74. If you want to take a look at the dresses worn by some royal members, you go to ____ .

　　A. Kensington Palace

　　B. the Tower of London

　　C. Hampton Court Palace

　　D. Historic Royal Palaces

　　75. You have to pay extra money if you want to ____ .

　　A. have all audio guides

　　B. visit the royal palace and fortress

　　C. take a horse-drawn carriage

　　D. visit Hampton Court Palace

　　76. Which of the following information is NOT mentioned in the passage?

　　A. The protection of the national monuments.

　　B. Admission charges for group visitors.

　　C. Free gifts and souvenirs.

　　D. Conditions in which to take a horse-drawn carriage.

　　D

　　An Australian inventor has designed and built an environmentally friendly ferry（渡船） that uses solar and wind power to transport people around Sydney Harbor. Robert Dane and his Solar Sailor were given the top prize at the Australian Design Awards recently.

　　The Solar Sailor has been in use for six months. It uses four sources of energy for its power — solar, wind, battery power with stored solar energy and a fuel generator（发电机） in store all controlled by computers. The ferry can travel up to 7.5 knots on just wind and solar power. It's solar wings and fiberglass solar panels（太阳电池板）

　　which not only take in sunlight and store it in batteries, but also act as sails.

　　"We angle（调整角度） our solar panels to the sun in two planes（面）, which increases the amount of energy we get from the sun by 40 percent," Dane says. "And also we can use that same structure to do another job, which is also the sail, and so these wing sails actually push the ferry forward just like a soft sail does."

　　Computers check the sun and wind and angle the solar wings to take in the most sunlight. If there isn't much wind or it is a cloudy day, energy stored in the batteries runs the electric motor for up to five hours.

　　"If the batteries are too low, then the computer turns the generator on so the boat is always able to meet a commercial schedule, or get from point A to point B no matter what," Dan explains.

　　Dane got his idea for the Solar Sailor from a book on insects. He was amazed how insects use their wings to collect solar energy to warm themselves.

　　"When I read that, I realized there was a good example in nature for what we were going to do, which was to use a solar wing to collect solar energy and also to sail," he says.

　　77. What is the Solar Sailor?

　　A. A sailor who is good at using solar energy.

　　B. An Australian inventor.

　　C. A ferry that uses solar and wind power.

　　D. A new type of generator designed by Dane.

　　78. We can learn from the passage ____ .

　　A. the ferry sails at a speed of 7.5 kilometers an hour

　　B. the ferry is good for the environment

　　C. four sources of energy for the ferry are controlled by Dane

　　D. solar energy needn't be stored in case of good weather

　　79. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Dane got his idea for the ferry from a book.

　　B. That insects use their wings to collect solar energy gave Dane the idea.

　　C. If the batteries are too low, the ferry travels a little more slowly.

　　D. Solar wings and fiberglass solar panels can also act as sails.

　　80. What is the purpose of writing this article?

　　A. To praise the designer Robert Dane.

　　B. To make an advertisement.

　　C. To tell us to learn from nature.

　　D. To introduce a new invention.

　　E

　　Dear Editor:

　　While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers(letters to the editor) praised the cancellation(取消)of exams because they believe “Tests don’t tell the whole story”.

　　As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and a student’s final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year’s work. Of course there are expectations, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student’s ability.

　　The simple fact is that proper class work; diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators (指示) of a student’s future performance. The opposite is, almost certainly, incompetence.

　　There is no acceptable substitute for competition of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student’s mark for it? Any institution that “liberates” students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant (无知的) and surely the “graduates ” of such institutions will lack trustworthiness(信赖), not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.

　　When all is said and done, I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others are at the bottom of most ban-exam talks. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.

　　81. According to the letter, a student’s final mark ____________ .

　　A. is often encouraging

　　B. often tells whether he likes the object or not

　　C. often prove unreliable

　　D. often gives a fair picture of the year’s work

　　82. The two writers mentioned in the first paragraph____________ .

　　seemed to be worried about the poor marks of their students

　　must have proposed other ways of testing students

　　opposed judging students by the results of exams

　　regarded exams as a way of punishing students

　　83. Which of the following will be the author of this passage probably agree with?

　　Tests are an effective measure of the students’ abilities.

　　Tests are not effective in measuring the students’ abilities.

　　Tests can only measure some of the students’ abilities.

　　Tests may not be useful for measuring students’ abilities

　　84. If a student graduated from a university which does not require exams, he would________ .

　　have to continue his studies

　　not be admitted by foreign institutions

　　be incompetent

　　have a feeling of failure

　　85. According to the writer of the letter, those who oppose exams __________ .

　　A. are incompetent teachers

　　B. fear failure

　　C. have no confident in competition

　　D. both B and C

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　　66~70: CADBB

　　71~75: BDBAC

　　76~80: CCBCD

　　81~85: DCABD