2024届江苏省海安高级中学高三第二次模拟考试（二）
英语试卷
第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节, 满分35分）
第一节 单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Elizabeth shows great _________ in her choice of friends, so she has a lot of trustworthy companions. A. comprehension
B. determination
C. discrimination
D. reputation
22. More employers now offer fresh college graduates _________ jobs, hoping to seek out experienced candidates. A. contemporary
B. temporary C. permanent D. primitive
23. —You didn’t return to the camp site as planned last night. What happened? —We were trapped in the snowstorm. And we _________ at a temple for the night. A. held up
B. split up
C. put up
D. sprang up
24. At the start of 2024, she _________ a challenging program designed for senior people at a local TV station. A. hatched
B. claimed
C. scanned
D. loaded
25. Huawei may still rely on its competitive research and development team to meet its technological needs, _________ the U.S. government blocks sales of U.S. technology to it. A. while
B. unless
C. until
D. though
26. When things don’t go the way we _________, we find ourselves trying to force them and struggling to finish them.
A. planned
B. are planning
C. had planned
D. will be planning
27. A general consensus has been reached among the world’s scientists _________ the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.
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A. what B. where C. that D. who
28. It was only when he broke down and was sent to hospital for treatment _________ fully aware of the value of health.
A. did he become
B. that he became
C. had he become
D. that he had become
29. The rubbish picture __________ sound disgusting to some people, but it is really quite clean and great fun. A. can
B. should
C. must
D. may
30. Youth culture did the work of introducing hoodies(帽衫) from the area of sportswear, __________ clothing exists to strengthen performance in sports, to that of streetwear. A. which
B. where
C. when
D. as
31. A wise mother will never get herself into the state of her children __________ to the slightest possibility of danger.
A. exposed
B. being exposed C. exposing
D. to be exposed
32. Though last year witnessed a slight decrease in car sales, the selling figures were ________ experts’ expectations. A. in tune with
B. in connection with
C. in conflict with
D. in comparison with
33. —He could have put pressure on us to adopt his proposal. —Yes, but he didn’t ________. A. make his way
B. give his way
C. get his way
D. feel his way
34. —How do you go to your office every day?
—Normally, I take the subway to work, ________ most of my colleagues. A. so do _________.
A. start from scratch C. cost an arm and a leg
B. kill the fatted calf D. give the cold shoulder
B. so have
C. as have
D. as do
35. There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will
第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A letter to ... My brother, whom I bullied when we were young
I was five when you were born. Looking at pictures from that time, I look so happy with you. I am holding you, I am smiling, I look 36 . But I do not remember that feeling. I was a daddy’s girl, but I was also the one to break in our parents. I used to call myself the family’s guinea
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pig (豚鼠), 37 you were the happy one, the joker, the one who 38 the rewards of all my battles won or lost. So I must have decided that we were enemies, competitors for the love and attention of our parents, and this feeling is in the 39 of all my early memories. All I remember is 40 you.
So, as long as I could, I made your life a 41 . I teased you, tricked you and 42 you. You tell me it’s not as bad as I remember, but I 43 a couple of times when you were left in tears. Our little sister was born when I was 11, and very soon you two bonded 44 and pushed me aside. Did you bond with her because I was becoming a monster, or did I become a monster because of your bond?
Thankfully, you quickly grew tall and strong, and soon you were able to overcome me 45 . From then on it was down to verbal abuse and psychological warfare. By the time I was at university, you were a teenager and we competed for higher 46 : money, the family car, parental pride.
It all came to a 47 stop when I moved abroad as an exchange student. Almost 20 years have passed, and the hate 48 me some long time ago, while I wasn’t watching. And at the same time, 49 must have crept in (悄悄地进入), sneaking somewhere through the back of my mind.
Despite all the abuse during those years，you have turned into a happy, friendly, passionate, generous human being. You are the most handsome and charming person that I know. And, with your wife and best friend, you have just had your first child. Nobody 50 this happiness more.
You have implied that you’ve forgiven me, or even that there is 51 to forgive. But I 52 to remember the hurt — I will always hurt in 53 when I look back. All those wasted years in which I should have been your loving sister, standing by your side, defending instead of 54 you in your own home. I aim to be now what I always should have been.
I am so 55 of you, my heart wells up with love for you and your sister. I will be forever glad that I have the chance to love you both.
Your sister
36. A. favoured 37. A. while
B. frightened B. when B. reaped B. cost B. hating B. misery
C. frustrated C. though C. brought C. centre C. assisting C. mistake
D. fascinated D. unless D. cheated D. end D. envying D. mixture D. abused D. recall
38. A. appreciated 39. A. point
40. A. adoring 41. A. mystery 42. A. absorbed 43. A. devote
B. abandoned B. spend
C. abolished C. treasure
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2024届江苏省海安高级中学高三第二次模拟考试英语试题(word版)
