2016届高考英语压轴冲刺练：6

　　高考压轴冲刺练 六

　　限时40分钟

　　Ⅰ. 单项填空

　　1. —Susan, your grandma will come to see you next Friday.

　　—Really? Thank you so much for telling me. 　 

　　A. These things happen. 　B. There is no panic.

　　C. So far so good.

　　D. You’ve made my day.

　　【解析】选D。考查情景交际。句意: ——Susan, 你的奶奶下周五要来看你。——真的吗? 谢谢你告诉我。你今天真让我高兴。These things happen. 这些事情总是发生; There is no panic. 不用惊慌; So far so good. 到目前为止一切顺利, 到目前还好; You’ve made my day. 你今天真让我高兴。根据语境选D。

　　2. Zinio is ______ platform for digital magazines, with more than 5, 500 magazines from ______ wide range of publishers.

　　A. a; a　B. a; theC. the; a　D. the; the

　　【解析】选A。考查冠词。句意: Zinio是数字杂志的一个平台, 有5 500多份来自大范围的出版者的杂志。第一个空表泛指; 第二个空a range of为固定短语。

　　3. The city government has promised that it will seek to solve the problem______.

　　A. once and for all B. once upon a time

　　C. once in a while

　　D. all at once

　　【解析】选A。考查固定短语。句意: 市政府已经承诺将力求彻底解决这个问题。once and for all一劳永逸地, 彻底地, 最后一次地; once upon a time从前; once in a while偶尔; all at once突然地。故选A。

　　4. When______to a totally different culture, we should be open-minded and try to understand and appreciate it.

　　A. to expose

　　B. having exposed

　　C. exposed

　　D. exposing

　　【解析】选C。考查非谓语动词。句意: 当暴露在一种完全不同的文化中时, 我们应该保持开放的心态并尽力理解和欣赏这种文化。主句的主语we是expose的动作承受者, 故应用过去分词作状语。故选C。

　　5. Why don’t you turn to me for help ______ you can easily work out the problem independently?

　　A. until B. when

　　C. after

　　D. unless

　　【解析】选D。考查连词辨析。句意: 如果你不能独立地容易地解出这个问题时, 你为什么不向我求助呢? until直到; when当……时候; after在……之后; unless除非, 如果不。

　　6. The pronunciation of the speakers living in London is judged to be more native than______of the speakers from Liverpool.

　　A. it

　　B. that

　　C. one

　　D. those

　　【解析】选B。考查代词辨析。句意: 居住在伦敦的人的发音比那些来自利物浦的人的发音被认定为更具有本地性。that可指代前文提到的the +名词, 在本题中=the pronunciation。one=a +名词的“同类项”; those=the +名词复数; it指代前文的名词单数或不可数名词的本身。故选B。

　　7. The snowstorm last night delayed my flight, otherwise I______in Hawaii sunbathing on the beach now.

　　A. would be

　　B. could have been

　　C. will be

　　D. might have been

　　【解析】选A。考查虚拟语气。句意: 昨晚的暴风雪延迟了我的航班, 否则我现在就在夏威夷的海滩上享受日光浴了。根据题干含义和关键词otherwise和now, 可知这是与现在事实相反的虚拟语气, 应用would/could/should/might +动词原形。故选A。

　　【知识拓展】or, or else, otherwise与虚拟语气

　　具体用法如下: 它们后的句子如果说的不是客观事实, 那么它们前边的句子采用陈述语气, 后边的句子采用虚拟语气。①句子(一般现在时)+ or, or else, otherwise +句子(谓语部分: should/would/could/might等+动词原形)②句子(一般过去时)+ or, or else, otherwise +句子(谓语部分: should/would/could/might等+ have done)。例如: I didn’t know that he was a cheat, or else I wouldn’t have believed him. 我不知道他是个骗子, 不然我就不会相信他了。(or else=if I had known he was a cheat)。I’m really very busy, otherwise I would certainly go there with you. 我真的是太忙了, 不然我就会同你一起去了。(otherwise=if I were not so busy)

　　8. I______TV alone in the living room when I suddenly heard a crack upstairs.

　　A. would watch B. had watched

　　C. was watching

　　D. watched

　　【解析】选C。考查时态。句意: 我正独自一人在起居室里看电视, 这时我突然听到了楼上的破裂声。题干中的when“正在那时”, 从句应用一般过去时, 主句应用过去进行时或be about to do。故选C。

　　9. We all know that it’s easy to follow fashion but rather difficult to establish our own______.

　　A. fancy B. favor

　　C. principle

　　D. style

　　【解析】选D。考查名词辨析。句意: 我们都知道跟随时尚容易, 但建立起我们自己的风格相当困难。fancy想象的事物; favor恩惠; principle原则; style风格, 特征。根据题意选D。

　　10. My grandpa, ______is often the case with old people, is fond of talking about the good old days.

　　A. as B. that

　　C. when

　　D. which

　　【解析】选A。考查定语从句。句意: 我的爷爷, 老人情况通常就是这样, 喜欢谈论过去的美好时光。as is often the case with old people“老人情况常常如此, 老人通常就是这样”。as代表主句一句话的内容, 并在这个非限制性定语从句中作主语, 故选A。

　　11. They have nothing in common. ______, there is almost no communication between them.

　　A. First of all

　　B. Worse still

　　C. Even so

　　D. After all

　　【解析】选B。考查固定短语辨析。句意: 他们没有共同点, 更糟糕的是, 他们之间几乎没有什么交流。first of all首先; worse still更糟糕的是; even so甚至这样; after all毕竟。根据句意选B。

　　12. The insurance company has sent us an email saying their policy has been specially ______ to our needs.

　　A. related

　　B. attached

　　C. tailored

　　D. accustomed

　　【解析】选C。考查动词辨析。句意: 这家保险公司给我们发了一封电子邮件, 说他们的政策已经为满足我们的需要做了专门的调整。relate与……有关; attach粘上; tailor调整, 使合适; accustom习惯于。根据句意选C。

　　13. With time going by, ______once seemed vital in our life is no longer as important now.

　　A. which B. how

　　C. what

　　D. whichever

　　【解析】选C。考查主语从句。句意: 随着时间的流逝, 我们生活中从前看起来很重要的现在已不再那么重要了。主语从句中缺少主语, 只能填what; which, whichever在主语从句中一般作定语; how在主语从句中作方式状语。故选C。

　　14. Because water is______present on our planet, people often overlook its importance in our daily life.

　　A. consequently

　　B. accurately

　　C. particularly

　　D. universally

　　【解析】选D。考查副词辨析。句意: 因为水在我们的星球上到处都是, 人们在日常生活中往往会忽略它的重要性。consequently因此, 所以, 结果; accurately精确地; particularly特别, 尤其; universally普遍地, 到处。

　　15. Although you______also find beautiful scenery in Detroit, it is generally not a place for sightseeing.

　　A. should

　　B. must

　　C. need

　　D. can

　　【解析】选D。考查情态动词。句意: 虽然你也能在底特律发现美丽的风景, 但它一般不是适于观光的地方。should应该; must必须; can能; need需要。此处表示“可能”, 四个选项只有can可以, 故选D。

　　16. —Jennifer, you seem to be overjoyed.

　　—______? I have just received the offer from the National University of Singapore.

　　A. So what B. Guess what

　　C. What if

　　D. What for

　　【解析】选B。考查情景交际。句意: ——珍妮弗, 你看起来特别高兴。——猜猜为什么? 我刚刚收到了新加坡国立大学的录取通知。根据句意, 可知选B。

　　17. ______what patients were going through, the doctors determined to follow them for six days.

　　A. Having found B. Finding

　　C. To find

　　D. Find

　　【解析】选C。考查非谓语动词。句意: 为了了解病人正在经历的痛苦, 医生决定花六天时间跟踪他们。to find作目的状语。

　　18. Body language sends a strong message, so be aware that______you have arms folded across chest while talking, you are shutting others out.

　　A. though B. unless

　　C. until

　　D. if

　　【解析】选D。考查状语从句。句意: 肢体语言传递强烈的信息, 因此要知道如果在谈话时你把两个胳膊交叉到胸前, 你就把其他人排除在外。though虽然; unless除非; until直到; if如果。故选D。

　　19. Sherry has taught me that no matter how bad things seem, they can______in the end.

　　A. figure out B. make out

　　C. work out

　　D. pick out

　　【解析】选C。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 雪莉教会我无论事情看起来多糟糕最终它们都能得到解决。figure out计算出, 指出; make out弄明白; work out解决; pick out挑出, 认出。由句意知选C。

　　20. They ______ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we ______ on it as no good results have come out so far.

　　A. had been working; are still working

　　B. had worked; were still working

　　C. have been working; have worked

　　D. have worked; are still working

　　【解析】选A。考查时态与语态。句意: 在我加入他们之前他们已经一直做这个项目大约一周了, 现在我们仍然在做这个项目, 因为到目前为止没有好结果出现。在我加入这个项目之前他们一直在做, 所以第一个空用过去完成进行时, 现在仍然在做, 第二个空用现在进行时。

　　Ⅱ. 完形填空

　　体裁 夹叙夹议 话题 亲情教育 词数 304

　　My grandma is good at gardening. She could make anything bloom(开花). 1　me.

　　In my eyes, she was inspiring and　2　. For most of her life, she lived on a farm, where she　3　four children, and buried my grandpa.

　　I visited her on weekends. After the gardening work, I was　4　to climb the mountain, singing songs and gathering flowers. Sometimes the plants scratched me. She would say, “Beauty has a　5　. I hope it was worth it. ”

　　“Yes, ma’ma, ”I’d say. “　6　was. ”

　　I loved gathering flowers on my own. 7　what I loved best was gathering them with her. Even then, as a child, I knew what I　8　most from my grandma was not her flowers, but her　9　. She’s been gone for years, but sometimes, when I　10　down to pick a flower or pull a weed, I see her　11　, not mine.

　　I thought I’d　12　to be a gardener too. I told myself, someday, 13　my child had children, I’d be a gardening grandma. Then the　14　started showing up, and I discovered I’d much rather run after them than go　15　. Actually I’m no gardener. I’m a picker, not a planter. I　16　from my grandma in lots of ways, but this: I will always carry　17　me a heart she made from her own.

　　I　18　plant a garden. My grandchildren are my flowers. They　19　and complete me with a beauty that is worth any price. All I need to do is　20　them with time, water them with love, and hope that someday, when they hold their first grandchild, they might see my hand.

　　【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过回忆小时候和祖母待在一起的美好时光, 想念已逝的祖母, 并希望改变祖母教育孩子的方式, 唯独爱不变。

　　1. A. Not

　　B. Only

　　C. Even

　　D. Often

　　【解析】选C。逻辑关系题。句意: 她能让一切东西开花, 甚至是我。even甚至。

　　2. A. famous B. caring

　　C. humorous

　　D. amusing

　　【解析】选B。背景常识题。在作者的眼中, 祖母应该是关心人的, 与inspiring对应, 也与前文的“让一切开花”对应。caring关心的。

　　3. A. brought up B. took in

　　C. relied on

　　D. turned to

　　【解析】选A。固定搭配题。根据空后的four children, 应是“养育”。bring up养育。

　　4. A. determined B. anxious

　　C. curious

　　D. free

　　【解析】选D。上下照应题。根据空后的爬山、唱歌、采花等看出作者是自由的。free自由的。

　　5. A. standard B. range

　　C. quality

　　D. price

　　【解析】选D。上下照应题。“美丽有价”, 根据下文的worth判断。price价格。

　　6. A. It B. I

　　C. She

　　D. That

　　【解析】选A。词汇复现题。就是“美丽有价”这种观点, 应用it。故选A。

　　7. A. So B. Or

　　C. But

　　D. And

　　【解析】选C。语法结构题。根据空前后的逻辑关系, 应为转折关系。

　　8. A. wanted B. learned

　　C. picked

　　D. borrowed

　　【解析】选A。词义辨析题。我最想要的是祖母的时间(陪伴)而不是她的花。want想要。

　　9. A. possession B. promise

　　C. beauty

　　D. time

　　【解析】选D。背景常识题。此处作者想让祖母陪伴自己, 想要和祖母待在一起的时光。time时间, 时光。

　　10. A. climb B. look

　　C. reach

　　D. sit

　　【解析】选C。词义辨析题。伸手去摘花。climb爬; look看; reach伸手够, 到达; sit坐。

　　11. A. smile B. hand

　　C. soul

　　D. spirit

　　【解析】选B。背景常识题。此处作者非常想念自己的祖母, 以至于每当伸手摘花或拔草时都会想到祖母, 仿佛看到她的手。

　　12. A. sign up B. come up

　　C. grow up

　　D. stand up

　　【解析】选C。短语辨析题。由于受祖母的影响, 作者原想长大后成为一名园丁。sign up签字; come up出来; grow up长大; stand up站起。

　　13. A. since B. when

　　C. until

　　D. unless

　　【解析】选B。语法结构题。“当我的孩子有了孩子时, 我也会成为……”when当……时候。

　　14. A. grandbabies B. neighbors

　　C. relatives

　　D. visitors

　　【解析】选A。上下逻辑题。与前文的my child had children对应。grandbabies孙子(女)。

　　15. A. sightseeing B. climbing

　　C. singing

　　D. digging

　　【解析】选D。背景常识题。根据上下文以及此处作者的心境, 应该是go digging。go digging去松土。

　　16. A. pass B. differ

　　C. develop

　　D. separate

　　【解析】选B。语法结构题。differ from. . . in many ways在许多方面不同于……。

　　17. A. to B. for

　　C. beyond

　　D. within

　　【解析】选B。语法结构题。“我将总是带着她用自己的心给我制作的那颗心”; for为了, 因为。

　　18. A. can’t B. needn’t

　　C. mustn’t

　　D. shouldn’t

　　【解析】选C。上下逻辑题。我决不去种花, 我要照看我的孙子孙女。

　　19. A. treat B. challenge

　　C. delight

　　D. value

　　【解析】选C。背景常识题。此处叙述的是作者与孩子们在一起的快乐。

　　20. A. tend B. miss

　　C. promote

　　D. influence

　　【解析】选A。词义辨析题。根据上下文, 此处应为“照顾”, tend照看; 符合语境, 我要用时间照顾他们, 用爱去浇灌他们。

　　Ⅲ. 阅读理解

　　体裁 记叙文 话题 父爱 词数 714

　　The first memory I have of him—of anything, really—is his strength. It was in the late afternoon in a house under construction near ours. The unfinished wood floor had large, terrifying holes whose big and opening darkness I knew led to nowhere good. His powerful hands, then age 33, wrapped all the way around my tiny arms, then age 4, and easily swung me up to his shoulders to command all I surveyed.

　　The relationship between a son and his father changes over time. It may grow and flourish in mutual maturity. It may sour in hated dependence or independence. With many children living in single-parent homes today, it may not even exist.

　　But to a little boy right after World War II, a father seemed a god with strange strengths and strange powers enabling him to do and know things that no mortal could do or know. Amazing things, like putting a bicycle chain back on, just like that, or building a hamster cage, or guiding a jigsaw(拼板玩具)so it forms the letter F; I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days.

　　There were, of course, rules to learn. First came the handshake, a good firm squeeze accompanied by an equally strong gaze into the other’s eyes. “The first thing anyone knows about you is your handshake, ”he would say. And we’d practice it each night on his return from work, the serious toddler(学步儿童)in the old Cleveland Indian’s cap running up to the giant father to shake hands again and again until it was firm enough.

　　One day, I realize now, there was a change. I wasn’t trying to please him so much as I was trying to impress him. I never asked him to come to my football games. He had a high-pressure career, and it meant driving through most of Friday night. But for all the big games, when I looked over at the sideline, there was that familiar fedora(软呢帽). And by God, did the opposing team captain ever get a firm handshake and a gaze he would remember?

　　Then, a school fact contradicted something he said. Impossible that he could be wrong, but there it was in the book. These accumulated over time, along with personal experiences, to strengthen my own developing sense of values. And I could tell we had each taken our own, perfectly normal paths. I began to see, too, his blind spots, his prejudices and his weaknesses. I never threw these up at him. He hadn’t to me, and, anyway, he seemed to need protection. I stopped asking his advice; the experiences he drew from no longer seemed relevant to the decisions I had to make.

　　He volunteered advice for a while. But then, in more recent years, politics and issues gave way to talk of empty errands and, always, to illness.

　　After much thought and practice “You can do whatever you have to do. ”, one night last winter, I sat down by his bed and remembered for an instant those terrifying dark holes in another house 35 years before. I told my father how much I loved him. I described all the things people were doing for him. But, I said, he kept eating poorly, hiding in his room and violating the doctor’s orders. No amount of love could make someone else care about life, I said; it was a two-way street. He wasn’t doing his best. The decision was his.

　　He said he knew how hard my words had been to say and how proud he was of me. “I had the best teacher, ”I said. “You can do whatever you have to do. ”He smiled a little. And we shook hands, firmly, for the last time.

　　Several days later, at about 4 A. M. , my mother heard dad shuffling about their dark room. “I have some things I have to do, ”he said. He paid a bundle of bills. He composed for my mother a long list of legal and financial what-to-do’s“in case of emergency”. And he wrote me a note.

　　Then he walked back to his bed and laid himself down. He went to sleep, naturally. And he did not wake up.

　　【文章大意】文章主要讲述了作者对自己父亲的回忆, 围绕着父子关系的变化展开, 表达了对父亲的爱。

　　1. The underlined word “it” in Para. 2 may refer to______.

　　A. a single-parent home

　　B. the relationship between a son and his father

　　C. the mutual maturity

　　D. the dependence or independence

　　【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据第二段第一句中的The relationship between a son and his father可以推断选B。

　　2. From the passage we can infer that______.

　　A. there was no television when the writer was learning the alphabet

　　B. the writer’s father was a god who could do many things with strength

　　C. the writer’s father lived a poor life and couldn’t support his family

　　D. they practiced shaking hands until the writer grew up

　　【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句后半句I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days. 我在那个电视机还未诞生的年代用那种方式学习字母, 可知选A。

　　3. What does the underlined sentence“. . . it meant driving through most of Friday night. ”probably imply?

　　A. The writer’s father had to drive a long way on Friday night to watch his son play football.

　　B. Because of a high-pressure career, the writer’s father had to drive from Monday to Friday night.

　　C. The writer’s father was deeply impressed by his son in spite of a high-pressure career.

　　D. The writer’s father was forced to work to an excessive(过量的)extent.

　　【解析】选D。句意猜测题。他工作压力很大, 这意味着大多数的礼拜五要拼命工作到大半夜。

　　4. The sixth paragraph is mainly about______.

　　A. the writer’s change of attitude to his father

　　B. the writer’s distrust of his father

　　C. the contradiction(矛盾)between the writer and his father

　　D. the change of relationship between the writer and his father

　　【解析】选D。段落大意题。在学校学到的一个事实否定了爸爸说过的某些东西。我不再向他征求意见; 他的那些经验也似乎同我要做出的决定不再相干。父子之间的关系开始产生变化。

　　5. According to the passage we can see that the writer’s father was______.

　　A. sensitive and strong

　　B. considerate and responsible

　　C. strict and humorous

　　D. determined and weak

　　【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段内容他说: “有些事我必须得做。”他支付了一叠账单, 给母亲留了张长长的条子, 上面列有法律及经济上该做的事, “以防不测”。可知父亲是一位细心的, 有责任感的人。

　　6. How old was the writer’s father probably when he died?

　　A. 33

　　B. 58

　　C. 68

　　D. 78

　　【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句话中的His powerful hands, then age 33, wrapped all the way around my tiny arms, then age 4, 以及倒数第四段第一句话中的I sat down by his bed and remembered for an instant those terrifying dark holes in another house 35 years before. 可知33+35=68。