2018年高考英语试题(北京卷)
一、单项填空
21.—Hi, I'm Peter. Are you new here? I haven't seen you around? —Hello, Peter. I'm Bob. I just _________ on Monday.
A. start B. have started C. started D. had started 22. _________ we don't stop climate change, many animals and plants in the world will be gone. A. Although
B. While C. If
D. Until
23. _________ along the old Silk Road is an interesting and rewarding experience.
A. Travel B. Traveling C. Having traveled D. Traveled 24. Susan had quit her well-paid job and _________ as a volunteer in the neighborhood when I visited her last year.
A. is working B. was working C. has worked D. had worked 25. She and her family bicycle to work, _________ helps them keep fit. A. which B. who C as D. that
26. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, family members often gather together _________ a meal, admire the moon and enjoy moon cakes. A. share
B. to share C. having shared D. shared
27. China's high-speed railways __ from 9,000 to 25,000 kilometers in the past few years.
A. are growing B. have grown C. will grow D. had grown 28. In any unsafe situation, simply _________ the button and a highly-trained agent will get you the help you need. A. press
B. to press
C. pressing
D. pressed
29. A rescue worker risked his life saving two tourists who _________ in the mountains for two days.
A. are trapping B. have been trapped C. were trapping D. had been trapped
30. Ordinary soap, _________ correctly, can deal with bacteria effectively. A. used B. to use C. using D. use 31. Without his support, we wouldn't be _________ we are now. A. how B. when C. where D. why 32. In today's information age, the loss of data _________ cause serious problems for a company. A. need
B. should
C. can
D. must
33. They might have found a better hotel if they _________ a few more kilometers. A. drove B. would drive C. were to drive D. had driven 34.—Good morning, Mr. Lee's office.
—Good morning. I'd like to make an appointment _________ next Wednesday
afternoon .
A. for B. on C. in D. at 35. This is _________ my father has taught me—to always face difficulties and hope
for the best.
A. how B. which C. that D. what 二、完形填空
The Homeless Hero
For many, finding an unattended wallet filled with ￡400 in cash would be a source（来源）of temptation（诱惑）. But the 36 would no doubt be greater if you were living on the streets with little food and money. All of this makes the actions of the homeless Tom Smith 37 more remarkable.
After spotting a 38 on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the 39 to return.
After hours in the cold and wet, he 40 inside and pulled the wallet out hoping to find some ID so he could contact（联系）the driver, only to 41 it contained ￡400 in notes, with another ￡50 in spare change beside it.
He then took the wallet to a nearby police station after 42 a note behind to let the owner know it was safe. When the car's owner John Anderson and his colleague Carol Lawrence returned to the car—which was itself worth ￡35, 000—in Glasgow city centre, they were 43 to find two policemen standing next to it. The policemen told them what Mr. Smith did and that the wallet was 44 . The pair were later able to thank Mr. Smith for his 45 .
Mr. Anderson said：＂I couldn't believe that the guy never took a penny. To think he is sleeping on the streets tonight 46 he could have stolen the money and paid for a place to stay in. This guy has nothing and 47 he didn't take the wallet for himself；he thought about others 48 . It's unbelievable. It just proves there are 49 guys out there.＂
Mr. Smith's act 50 much of the public's attention. He also won praise from social media users after Mr. Anderson 51 about the act of kindness on Facebook. Now Mr. Anderson has set up an online campaign to 52 money for Mr. Smith and other homeless people in the area, which by yesterday had received ￡8,000. ＂I think the faith that everyone has shown 53 him has touched him. People have been approaching him in the street; he's had job 54 and all sorts,＂ Mr. Anderson commented.
For Mr. Smith, this is a possible life-changing 55 . The story once again tells us that one good turn deserves another. 36. A. hope 37. A. still
38. A. wallet 39. A. partner 40. A. turned 42. A. taking
B. aim B. even B. bag B. hid B. collect
C. urge C. ever C. box C. owner C. check
D. effort D. once D. parcel D. policeman D. reached D. believe D. writing
B. colleague
C. stepped C. reading
41. A. discover
B. leaving
43. A. satisfied 44. A. safe 45. A. service 46. A. when 47. A. rather 48. A. too
49. A. honest 50. A. gave 51. A. learned 52. A. borrow 53. A. of
54. A. details 55. A. lesson 三、阅读理解
B. excited C. amused C. found C. where C. again C. rich C. cast C. cared C. save C. for C. offers
C. kindness C. already
D. shocked D. seen
D. encouragement D. because D. just D. instead D. generous D. drew D. heard D. earn D. in
D. applications D. challenge
B. missing B. support B. if B. yet
B. though B. polite B. paid B. posted B. raise B. at
B. changes B. adventure
C. chance
A
My First Marathon（马拉松）
A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn't do either well. He later informed me that I was ＂not athletic＂.
The idea that I was ＂not athletic＂ stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!
The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: ＂GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!＂
By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again. By mile 21, I was starving!
As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running. I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.
Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a ＂marathon winner＂.
（56）A month before the marathon, the author ____________.
A. was well trained B. felt scared C. made up his mind to run D. lost hope
（57）Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?
A. To acknowledge the support of his teacher. B. To amuse the readers with a funny story.
C. To show he was not talented in sports. D. To share a precious memory. （58）How was the author's first marathon?
A. He made it. B. He quit halfway. C. He got the first prize. D. He walked to the end. （59）What does the story mainly tell us?
A. A man owes his success to his family support. B. A winner is one with a great effort of will.
C. Failure is the mother of success. D. One is never too old to learn.
B
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More than 750,000 have graduated from SAC, with many seeking employment in engineering, aviation, education, medicine and a wide variety of other professions. They come to camp, wanting to know what it is like to be an astronaut or a pilot, and they leave with real-world applications for what they're studying in the classroom.
For the trainees, the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges(荣誉徽章). At Space Camp, trainees can earn their Space Exploration badge as they build and fire model rockets, learn about space tasks and try simulated(模拟) flying to space with the crew from all over the world. The Aviation Challenge program gives trainees the chance to earn their Aviation badge. They learn the principles of flight and test their operating skills in the cockpit(驾驶舱) of a variety of flight simulators. Trainees also get a good start on their Wilderness Survival badge as they learn about water- and land-survival through designed tasks and their search and rescue of ＂downed＂ pilot.
With all the programs, teamwork is key as trainees learn the importance of leadership and being part of a bigger task.
All this fun is available for ages 9 to 18. Families can enjoy the experience together, too, with Family Camp programs for families with children as young as 7. Stay an hour or stay a week — there is something here for everyone! For more details, please visit us online at www.oursac.com. （60）Why do people come to SAC?
A. To experience adventures. B. To look for jobs in aviation. C. To get a degree in engineering. D. To learn more about medicine. （61）To earn a Space Exploration badge, a trainee needs to . A. fly to space B. get an Aviation badge first C. study the principles of flight D. build and fire model rockets （62）What is the most important for trainees?
A. Leadership. B. Team spirit. C. Task planning. D. Survival skills.
C
Plastic-Eating Worms
Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms' stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017. Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms' ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. ＂Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, ＂she explains, ＂The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. ＂
Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?
Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.＂
（63）What can we learn about the worms in the study?
A. They take plastics as their everyday food. B. They are newly evolved creatures. C. They can consume plastics. D. They wind up in landfills. （64）According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to . A. identify other means of the breakdown B. find out the source of the enzyme C. confirm the research findings D. increase the breakdown speed （65）It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might . A. help to raise worms B. help make plastic bags
C. be used to clean the oceans D. be produced in factories in future （66）What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To explain a study method on worms. B. To introduce the diet of a special worm.
2018北京市高考英语试题及答案解析
