2024年陕西省西安中学高考英语二模试卷
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40） 1.
Welcome to my Message Board! Subject: Slimming down classics? Orion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics （经典著 作）, is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L．Tolstoy, M．Mitchell and C．MrBronte．Now, each of them has been whittled down to about 400pages by cutting 30to 40pages ． per cent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed．T he first six shortened editions, all priced atHa￡6.99and advertised as great reads\ndsom50to 100more to follow．The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions． e 2007-5-12 6: 34AM Well, I'm publisher of Orion Group．Thanks for your attention, Mr．Handsome． I must say, the idea developed from a game of\．Each of us was required t o confess （承Mr认） to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading．I admitted that I had never read Ann． a Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times．One of my coll Edeagues acknowledged skipping （跳war读） Jane Eyre．We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we neverds were going to read these ones． 2 As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but it's no007t as if we're withdrawing the original versions．They are still there if you want to read them． -5-12 9: 40AM Ms I'm director of the online book club www．lovereading．co．uk ． Mr．Edwards, I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air．I'm guilty of never haviWeng read Anna Karenina, because it's just so long．I'd much rather read two 300-ir page books than one 600-page book．I am looking forward to more shortened classics! 2007-5-12 11: 35AM Mr． Crockatt 2007-5-12 4: 38PM I'm from the London independent bookshop Crockatt & Powell． In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous．How can you edit the classics? I'm afraid reading some of these books is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader．If people don't have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine．But don't read a shortened version and kid yourself it's the real thing． （1）According to the message board，Orion Books________． A.is embarrassed for cutting down classics． B.opposes the reading of original classics． C.thinks cut-down classics have a bright future． D.is cautious in its decision to cut down classics． （2）In Mr．Edwards'opinion，Orion Group is shortening classics to________． A.meet a large demand in the market． B.make them easier to read. C.increase the sales of literary books ． D.compete with their original versions． （3）By describing the shortened classics as\，\．Weir________． A.shows her love for original classics． B.speaks highly of the cut-down classics ． C.feels guilty of not reading the classics ． D.disapprove of shortening the classics． （4）Mr．Crockatt seems to imply that________． A.shortening the classics does harm to the original． 第1页 共14页 ◎ 第2页 共14页
B.reading the classic works is a confusing attempt． C.publishing the cut-down classics is a difficult job． D.editing the classic works satisfies children's needs．
2. Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do, the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling． One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago． Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen．
The story began in 1956when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees． He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated （交配） it with the more easy﹣going native variety to produce a new kind of bees． The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey． It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands．
Then things began to go wrong． For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities． They became bad﹣tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places．
But worse was to follow． Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings
（叮） , began to attack its neighbors ﹣ cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself． A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings．
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil． But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year． The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them．
（1）The results of the South American experiment________． A.have proved to be wrong． C.are not important．
（2）The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to________． A.make Brazilian bees more easy﹣going． B.increase the amount of honey in Brazil． C.make African bees less active． D.increase the number of bees in Brazil．
（3）Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities？________ A.Their hard work． C.Their bad temper．
B.Their production of honey． D.Their living environment． B.have caused a serious trouble． D.are not yet certain．
（4）The last paragraph implies that________． A.the bees may bring about trouble in more countries． B.the bees have been driven to Central and North America． C.the bees prefer to live in Brazil．
D.the bees must be stopped from moving north．
3. Instagram is containing so many photos of food﹣now a pop﹣up diner in London is taking advantage of this new trend by letting people settle the bill for their meals simply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networks．
I always thought people's taking pictures of their food was kind of silly, but at this new pop﹣up restaurant in the UK, I'd probably do it too．'The Picture House'is the world's first pay﹣by﹣photo restaurant﹣you order, click a photo of the food, share on Instagram and eat for free!
The restaurant belongs to frozen food giant （巨人）Birds Eye, who came up with the idea to cash in on people's addiction with photographing food and sharing the pictures online．They conducted a survey and found out that more than half of the British population regularly took pictures of their meals．So they realized it was a better way to advertise their new dining range．
The pop﹣up diner was open in Soho, London for three days in May, and is now moving to other major UK cities．They serve two﹣course meals that customers don't have to pay for, if they photo and Instagram it．
The restaurant is a part of Birds Eye's'Food for Life'campaign, a new marketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food．\moments﹣from the everyday to the special, \．
The reaction to The Picture House has been great so far．And the pay﹣by﹣picture concept has proven to be an effective way．Alternative payment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businesses．Last year, in a cafe in Germany customers pay by how much time they spend there, not by what they eat．ziyuanku．com
（1）Instagram probably is________ A.a campaign of\． B.a restaurant free of charge． C.a program used to share photos． D.a new marketing project．
（2）\． A.attract more customers． B.raise the price of frozen food． C.reward the regular customers． D.create a new social media trend．
（3）Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage？________
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A.The Pop﹣up Diner． C.Food for Life．
B.No Need to Pay． D.Pay by Picture．
A.to show the significance of regular exercise． B.to prove the long﹣term effects of willpower． C.to explain the benefits of practicing self﹣control． D.to argue that self﹣control can be easily used up．
（4）To develop a good habit， which of the following does the author prefer？________ A.\． B.\． C.\． D.\．
第二节（满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．选项中有两项为多余选项．
5. The Facebook \． But now Facebook has added more emojis（表情符号） that users can click on to quickly express their feelings about a post．（1）_______
Facebook has been working on the feature for more than a year． The company looked at how people commented on posts and used emojis to share their feelings． The company tested some possible reaction emojis with some users．（2）_______
Reactions are available both on the Facebook website and on the app． Right now， users can add Reactions to posts， photos and videos but not comments． To use Reactions on Facebook， just click the \．（3）_______ Choose one and click on it． There is also a video that explains how to use Reactions， if additional help is needed． If you do not see Reactions in the Facebook app， close the app and then reopen． Reactions should appear．
The new feature helps users react more sensitively to the nature of posts， especially when they report unwelcome news．（4）_______ You can also go beyond \． The new feature may be helpful during the current U．S． presidential election season．（5）_______For example， a user might post about a candidate with a political position he or she disagrees with． A Facebook friend might react with the Angry emoji． Is that friend angry about the candidate， the position， or the person who posted？ A． They found most people liked the addition．
B． The Facebook \．
C． The five new buttons， called Reactions， are love， haha， wow， sad and angry． D． However， Reactions could also create confusion．
E． Now， friends can share sadness with the sad Reaction．
F． Facebook is one of the most popular social platforms in the world． G． All of the possible Reactions appear．
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 完形填空
6. The train shook back and forth． The carriage was filled with passengers, cold and （1）_______by the journey． Suddenly, a little boy （2）_______ his way through the grown﹣ups' legs and sits down by the window． What a （3）_______ child, I thought． His father （4）_______ to stay by the door behind us．
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4. A large body of research has been developed in recent years to explain many aspects of willpower． Most of the researchers exploring self﹣control do so with an obvious goal in mind: How can willpower be strengthened? If willpower is truly a limited resource, as the research suggests, what can be done to make it stay strong?
Avoiding temptation（诱惑） is an effective method for maintaining self﹣control, which is called the \sight, out of mind\． One recent study, for instance, found office workers are less attracted to candy in the desk drawer than that on top of their desks, in plain sight．
The research suggesting that we possess a limited reservoir（储备） of self﹣control raises a troubling
question． When we face too many temptations, are we to fail? Not necessarily． Researchers don't believe that one's willpower is ever completely exhausted． Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands． The right motivation allows us to ________ those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our self﹣control strength has been run down． High motivation might help overcome weakened willpower﹣at least to a point．
Willpower may also be made less vulnerable（脆弱） to being exhausted in the first place． Researchers who study self﹣control often describe it as being like a muscle that gets tired with heavy use． But there is another aspect to the muscle comparison, they say． While muscles become exhausted by exercise in the short term, they are strengthened by regular exercise in the long term． Similarly, regular practices of self﹣control may improve willpower strength．
The evidence from willpower﹣exhaustion studies also suggests that making a list of resolutions on New Year's Eve is the worst possible approach． Being exhausted in one area can reduce willpower in other areas, so it makes more sense to focus on a single goal at a time． In other words, don't try to quit smoking, adopt a healthy diet and start a new exercise plan at the same time． Taking goals one by one is a better approach． Once a good habit is in place, Baumeister says, you'll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior． Eventually healthy habits will become routine, and won't require making decisions at all．
Many questions about the nature of self﹣control remain to be answered by further research． Yet it seems likely that with clear goals, good self﹣monitoring and a little practice, you can train your willpower to stay strong in the face of temptation．
（1）From the studies in the passage we learn that________． A.high motivation ensures one's success． B.people have unlimited self﹣control． C.too many temptations often lead to failure． D.willpower is hardly completely exhausted．
（2）The underlined phrase \． A.run out of．
（3）The author compares self﹣control to muscles________．
B.make use of．
C.increase．
D.build．
The train began to crawl into a tunnel． Then, unexpectedly, the little boy （5）_______ down from his seat and leaned his hand on my knee．（6）_______ , I thought that he wanted to （7）_______ me and return to his father, so I helped him to stand up． But instead he leaned forward and held his（8）_______ up towards
（8） mine． He wanted to say something to me, I thought; I （9）_______ my head to receive his message． What I A.ear did receive was such a （10）_______ kiss on the cheek that everyone could hear it．
The boy calmly returned to his seat, leaned back and continued looking out of the window． I felt（11）_______． What had just happened? A child kissed a（n） （12）_______ grown﹣up on the train! How can （9） anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? But that's not the end of the story． Soon enough, all A.shook my neighbors were certainly （13）_______． Nervous and a little surprised, we（14）_______ at the
father． Seeing our questioning （15）_______ , he offered a clue as he got ready for his stop． \ happy to be alive．\．\
（10） Father and son （16）_______ into the crowd moving toward the exit． Then doors closed and the train went A.foolish on． On my cheek I can still （17）_______the child's kiss ﹣ a kiss that has triggered （触发） some soul﹣search inside me． How many grown﹣ups could （18）_______ kissing each other from the joy of being alive like the boy? How many could even give much thought to the privilege of （19）_______? \（11） sweet but serious lesson: Be careful; don't let yourself （20）_______ before your heart stops! A.shocked （1） （12） A.exhausted B.excited
C.surprised
D.delighted
A.smart （2） （13） A.came B.led
C.pushed
D.lost
A.kissed （3） （14） A.generous B.brave
C.helpful
D.casual
A.shouted （4） （15） A.promised B.tended
C.hesitated
D.chose
A.gestures （5） （16） A.settled B.turned
C.put
D.slid
A.rushed （6）
（17） A.For a moment B.Over time
C.Once in a while
D.At no time
A.trust （7） （18） A.strike
B.kick
C.pass
D.search
A.look around
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B.raised
B.loud
B.disappointed
B.well﹣educated
B.praised
B.smiled
B.looks
B.pulled
B.receive
B.go around
C.head
C.held
C.fortunate
C.worried
C.experienced
C.persuaded
C.whispered
C.images
C.followed
C.feel
C.turn away
D.nose
D.lowered
D.strange
D.satisfied
D.unknown
D.scolded
D.pointed
D.characters
D.disappeared
D.smell
D.give away
（19） A.touching B.sharing
C.living
D.moving
________ Yours， Li Hua．
（20） A.die B.hurt
C.panic
D.beat
第二节 语法填空 在空白处填写1个适当的单词或所给单词的正确形式．
7. Today， enjoy the highlights of Shanghai， China's most （1）________（energy） city consisting of people from different parts of the world． Your tour will begin with a tour of Old Shanghai， a（2）________（mix） of pretty narrow streets， traditional Chinese stores， and restaurants selling delicious dumplings，（3）________ is the original pre﹣war Shanghai． Dating back to 1911 Shanghai， Old Town， was a walled city made up （4）________（main） of fishermen， but the walls of the city（5）________（tear） down to allow free movement and easier trade． Continue through the Old Town，（6）________you will find the Yu Garden there， first （7）________ （establish） in the Ming Dynasty by a Mandarin named Pan Yunduan， who used to be the governor of Sichuan． The Yu Garden is considered （8）________the best one in Southeast China， and enjoys （9）________history of over 400 years long． A large﹣scale restoration of the Yu Garden was conducted （10）________ it opened to the public formally in 1961． 第四部分写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
8. As everyone knows it， health is the most important thing in our life． Firstly， by doing sports， we get our body training． Secondly， proper exercise keeps us physical fit． Lastly， when taken part in sports， we can learn not only the spirit of cooperation and optimism， but also what to handle difficulties．
What's worse， now our country was carrying out a national campaign． The slogan is： Doing sports for one hour each day， and then you will be healthy in fifty years and live happy life forever． As for me， I enjoy doing sports because it is a good thing for both of us． 第二部分 书面表达（满分25分）
9. 假如你是李华．你看到美国留学生Sharon在网上发贴，希望有人能帮助她提高普通话（Mandarin）水平，她可以教英语作为回报．请根据以下提示用英语给她写一封电子邮件． 1．表达给她提供帮助的意愿； 2．说明你能胜任辅导的理由； 3．给出讲好普通话的两点建议； 4．提出你学习英语的具体需求． 注意：
1．词数100左右，开头语已为你写好； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； Hi Sharon，
This is Li Hua．I learned from your post that you want to improve your Mandarin ________ ________ ________
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2024年陕西省西安中学高考英语二模试卷
