2020年高考英语考前最后一卷预测卷（二）
第一部分 （共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分）
1． if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand? A．Would you be surprised
B．Were you surprised
C．Had you been surprised D．Would you have been surprised
2．With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ________ each year. A．is washing away
B．is being washed away
C．are washing away D．are being washed away
3． I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents. A．That B．Which
C．Whether D．What
4．The art historians tried to figure out how the temple __________ when built around 15 B．C． A．might look
B．might have looked C．must look D．must have looked
5．She is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone _____ the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery ______. A．on; to solve
C．for; being solved D．to; to be solved
6．When the organization ______ in March, 2019, there was almost no money in the bank and more than $1 million of debt. A．folded
B．boomed C．registered D．sprang
B．with; solving
7．The news of the newly-elected president’s coming to China for a visit was ______ on the radio just now. A．given away
B．given in C．given off D．given out
8．Sally was excited to meet Susan at the party last night．They _____ each other since they graduated from Oxford University in 2010． A．haven’t seen
C．didn’t see D．don’t see
9．---- Hi, Maria! I got the first place in the exam.
---- ______ ! Everyone knows you cheated and you just copied Tony's. A．Congratulations B．Come on C．Good luck D．Cheer up.
10．Linda ________ to her mother for so long that she figures out almost every gesture of her mother’s. A．attended B．had attended C．would attend D．has attended
11． worries the public that air pollution is becoming more and more serious these days. A．It
B．That C．What
D．This
B．hadn’t seen
12．Keep up your spirits even if you _____ fail hundreds of times. A．must
C．may D．should
13．The cost of living in big cities ________ steadily for many years，and it has led some youths to drop out
B．need
of the big city race. A．is climbing
C．has been climbing D．has been climbed
14．Join us and you will discover an environment ______ you can make the most of your skills and talents. A．that
C．how D．what
15．--- How about ______ plan to open a branch? --- I should say it was ______ failure. A．a; a B．a; / C．the; / D．the; a
16．You can never be ________ when crossing the street. A．very careful B．too careful
C．carefully enough D．enough careful
B．where
B．is being climbed
17．-----Good evening. Huangshan Hotel. -----Good evening. ______________?
A．Do you still have a room for tonight B．What would you like, please C．Is there anything I can do for you D．Who is that speaking, please
18．Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it ________ and is beyond our control. A．passed C．has passed
D．had passed
B．will pass
19．—Will it cost a lot to be an exchange student?
—________, but you can apply for scholarship and student loan. A．I would imagine so B．You’ve got me there C．By all means D．I’m with you on that
20．It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I it?
A．had done B．have done C．did D．am doing
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21．Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company （6分）and help them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $3-million-dollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or A．I., to Hasbro’s “Joy for All” robotic cat.
The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “companion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Brown’s Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative are working to decide which activities older adults may need the most. They hope to make the cat perform a small number of activities very well. Such activities include
finding lost objects and reminding the person to take medicine or visit their doctor. They also want to keep
the cost down to just a few hundred dollars.
It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 93-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia (痴呆). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has become a true companion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Eliot is at work. Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater.
The researchers are trying to learn how the improved cats will complete helpful activities and how they will communicate. They say that they do not want a talking cat, however. Instead they are trying to design a cat that can move its head in a special way to successfully communicate its message. In the end, they hope to create an exchange between the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly people. 1、What’s the purpose of the project? A．To relieve the pain of the elderly. B．To promote the sales of a medicine. C．To help make the robotic cat smarter. D．To invent a robotic cat for the elderly.
2、Compared with the old model, the new robotic cat will be ________. A．cheaper B．smaller C．more talkative D．more expensive
3、What does Paragraph 3 intend to tell us? A．The more functions of the cat, the better. B．The cat gives much help to the elderly. C．There is no cure for dementia at present. D．Mary Derr would have died without the cat. 4、What can we infer from the last paragraph? A．A talking cat is quite popular among the elderly. B．Feelings of sadness among the elderly are unavoidable. C．Each family can afford such a cat in the future. D．The feeling of being needed is vital to the elderly.
22．（8分） I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of
keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked. “None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.” “What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.” “You just stood there?” “Didn’t sell a single one.” “My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love. 1、Why did the boy start his job young? A．He wanted to be famous in the future. B．The job was quite easy for him. C．His mother had high hopes for him. D．The competition for the job was fierce.
2、From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______. A．excited B．interested C．ashamed D．disappointed
3、What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up? A．She forced him to continue. B．She punished him. C．She gave him some money. D．She changed her plan.
4、What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to? A．The war between the boy’s parents.
B．The arguing between the boy and his mother. C．The quarrel between the boy and his customers. D．The fight between the boy and his father. 5、What is the text mainly about? A．The early life of a journalist. B．The early success of a journalist. C．The happy childhood of the writer.
D．The important role of the writer in his family.
23． We human beings need to stay in touch with nature-many studies show how much better （8分）people feel when in sight of trees. Yet even more importantly，nature itself needs us to stay in touch. Many politicians and scientists have told us that we can \，but in reality nature will always be beyond our control---we do have the power to destroy it. The fate of all the animals and their habitats depends largely on our attitude towards them. Whether or not we ourselves survive depends on how well we look after the rest. For our sake as well as theirs，we need to consider it seriously.
But how can we care at all if we spend our lives indoors？Born in South London at the end of the Second World War，at least I knew what a sparrow wasand you couldn't put a spade into （they're rare now）our tiny garden without cutting a worm in half. We knew，too，that milk comes from cows and that old men can grow amazing carrots on poor land. Ultra-urban（极度城市化）as we may have been，at least we were in touch.
\sold off to the highest bidders，and used to park helicopters，and our crops come free from Monsanto and
【附20套高考模拟试题】2020年高考英语考前最后一卷预测卷(二)含答案
