高中英语模拟外研高考英语模拟试题

2009年外研高考英语模拟试题（五）

Class ______ Name __________ Marks _________ （满分120 分）

一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Ouch! You stepped on my foot.

—______ . I didn ' t mean to.

A. Never mi nd

B. Pard on me

C. Don ' t men ti on it

D. Excuse me

2. The scientist delivered a report on ____ there was little snow last year in

North Chi na.

A. what

B. that

C. how

D. why

3. After I got on the train, a terrible thought suddenly _____ me —had I

locked the door?

A. beat

B. struck

C. attacked

D. knocked

4. Since it _______ heavily yesterday evening, my friend drove us to the

party.

A. rained

B. had rained

C. was raining

D. would rain

5. I still think the man is innocent of the crime _______ everything you have

said.

A. in case of

B. in stead of

C. because of

D. in spite of

6. Talks and articles should all be brief and ______ the point.

A. at

B. on

C. to

D. of

7.1 really like these old popular songs, which _______ many times on TV.

A. played

B. have played

C. are played

D. have been played

8. Mike promised his teacher he ____ not cheat in exams, and he has never

done that

ever sin ce.

A. would

B. should

C. could

D. must

9. The man was seen __ with a stranger in the hall when the other guests

were enjoying

their dinner.

A. to talk

B. talk

C. talk ing

D. talked

10. —Who kno cked on the door just now?

—______ . It was someth ing from TV.

A. Neither

B. No

C. No one

D. None

11. The fireman couldn ' t what the dark thing was through the heavy smoke.

A. work out

B. make out

C. try out

D. set out

12. The history teacher took up his story _______ he left off in the last less on.

A. why

B. whe n

C. where

D. what

13. —Would you mind me keep ing the book for ano ther two weeks?

—— _____ . I have fini shed it any way.

A. It depends

B. You ' re welcome

C. No problem

D. Yes, please

14. It ' s rude not to an swer teleph one calls, regardless of they are from.

A. whose

B. where

C. which

D. whom

15. The clothes ______ very well are designed by a world-famous designer.

A. to sell

B. selling

C. to be sold

D. sold

二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和D ）中，选出 可以填入空白处的

最佳选项。

Once there was a potter whose pottery （陶器） was well-known far and wide. However, he was not 16 with his fin ely-made but fragile pottery. He thought if the pottery made by him could be un breakable, his fame and his 17 would be eve n better.

He prayed to God to grant （同意） his 18 for unbreakable pottery.

One night, he dreamt that God said to him, “If you are sure you won' t 19 it, I will make your wish come true.

” The potYrss aGfed, I am sure that I

will not regret it. ” The next 20 , the first thing the potter did when he woke up was to __

21_ whether God had gran ted his wish. He 22 the clay to make a pot.

Then he dried it un der the sun. Whe n the pot was 23 , he lifted it and

dropped it to the floor. The pot did not break! The potter was filled with 24 .

The n ews of the un breakable pots made by the potter spread very 25 . People from all over the world rushed here for his pottery. He became very rich and 26 .

But the good fortune did not 27 . After a while, his bus in ess slowed dow n. Although everybody kept prais ing his product, 28 bought one did not n eed to buy ano ther aga in 29 the pots were un breakable. The potter got poorer and poorer. He now kept praying to God to let him 30 his orig inal pottery. One ni ght, he dreamt that God appeared to him. Tearfully, he 31 God to forgive him for his

32 . God said, “ Because you admit your 26. A. famous B. proud C. busy D. comfortable 27. A. come B. survive C. last D.appear

28. A. who B. whoever C. whom D.

33 ___ , I will forgive you and make your So from the n on, the potter ' 34 wish come true. s

orig inal pottery was dema nd.

16. A. satisfied in teresti ng

17. A. skills 18. A. hope 19. A. regret 20. A. eve ning 21. A. test 22. A. bought 23. A. made 24. A. surprise 25. A. easily B. in terested B. family

B. wish

B. miss

B. after noon B. thi nk B. used B. dried B. curiosity B. n aturally

C. satisfy ing

C. abilities C. chanee C. forget C. morni ng C. no tice C. heated C. fini shed C. joy C. lo ng once again great

D. D. bus in ess D. opport un ity D. tell D. mome nt D. show D. searched D. sold D. tha nks D. fast

whichever

29. A. as soon as B. as long as C. because D. whe n

30. A. return B. recreate C. reuse D.

recover

31. A. wan ted B. asked C. dema nded D. begged

32. A. craz in ess B. laz in ess C. foolish ness D. careless

ness

33. A. mistake B. defeat C. problem D. weakness

34. A. earliest B. biggest C. fittest D. latest

35. A. at B. i n C. on D. into

三、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

It was a hot Tuesday after noon. The geography less on was in teresti ng but Sharmila was gett ing restless. The ice candy man visited the school every Tuesday and Thursday to sell the delicious can dies that the childre n waited for eagerly every week.

This Tuesday was very special for Sharmila because she had got a two-rupee coin from her mother. Her father had died of sn akebite whe n she was three years old, and it had been very difficult for the mother to bring up her only child. Though her mother had n ever told Sharmila about their problems, she un derstood everyth ing.

Sharmila could not help look ing out at the clerk whose duty was to ring the school bell. She could almost feel the exciteme nt of holdi ng the candy in her hand. Sharmila had made up her mind to have a lem on candy and not an orange one; it would colour her teeth. She was trying hard to concen trate whe n the bell sudde nly rang.

A huge crowd rushed toward the ice candy man. Sharmila was in no hurry. She took her time and enjoyed every moment of the wait. Then Sharmila took out her carefully kept two-rupee coin and asked for a lemon candy. The thin paper cover on the candy was soaked with the juice of the bar.

The first bite was like a dream come true. Then suddenly she realized she had left her math exercise book on the class desk. She took a sharp turn towards her classroom. She had hardly take n two steps whe n two boys running towards the school gate crashed into her. The ice candy fell on the ground and was soon covered^ n coati ng of（—层）dust. Sharmila stood there, totallynumb（惊呆的）.Her eyes were filled with tears.

36. Why was Sharmila restless in the geography class?

A. Because she was not in terested in the geography less on.

B. Because she wan ted to go home early to help her mother.

C. Because she was eager to buy a candy with the two-rupee coin.

D. Because she was worried that the ice candy man wouldn ' t come.

37. The un derli ned words “ their problems ” in the sec ond paragraph probably refer

to _______ .

A. the poor situati on of her family

B. the real reason for her father ' s death

C. her mother ' s hard work and many children

D. their relati on ship with the ice candy man

38. The writer shows us Sharmila ' s eagerness mainly by describing

A. the things around her

B. what she said

C. the expressi on on her face

D. what she was thinking about

39. How did Sharmila feel when she was buying the candy?

A. Impatie nt and anno yed.

B. Excited and patie nt.

C. Surprised and worried.

D. Moved and tha nkful.

B

Strictly Speak in gis a book writte n by Reid Buckley. No book on speak ing does a better job on what to do before a speech and how to start a speech. Among his advice is the reason for not beginning a speech with a joke. It is suggested that the very first paragraph of your talk should shock the audience with its complexity and difficulty. He challenges readers to be creative and original in supporting their opinions with serious research. When you are writing, you have to be very careful with your approach, but when you speak you should play the mor e motional（感情上的）side of the argume nt on the key point.

Ano ther piece of advice from the author is: Be brief. Though, oddly, I thi nk there are 50 to 100 pages that could have bee n easily cut out of this book! I was happy, though, that the book was not shorte ned, because I liked the way that he told his stories.

In discuss ing Expa nding Your Cultural Base, he expla ins why you should be well-read（博学的）to be an excellent speaker. His unique discussion on why you should readdiverse（各种各样的）sources and subjects idistinctive（独特的）to him in its clarity （清晰）.Other speech books encourage reading one non-fiction book per week. Ano ther book advises us to read five daily n ewspapers and several magaz in es. He is the only one that offers the challenge that with a little thoughtful selection you will be building sources of material for future speeches immediately. Most importantly, when you read far from your area ofexpertise（专业技能）you are certain to improve your in tellectual creativity. He en courages music, art, see ing things first hand and talk ing to diverse people as vital to impro ving your creative pote ntial.

40. What should a speech beg in with accordi ng tribtrictly Speak ing?

A. A simple con clusi on.

B. A funny joke.

C. An in teresti ng example.

D. A complex topic.

41. We can lear n from the sec ond paragraph that the author of this text ____ .

A. thi nks the book is too short

B. is against Reid Buckley ' s opinion

C. likes how Reid Buckley told his stories

D. likes the stories in the book most

42. To be a good speaker, what does Reid Buckley suggest you do?

A. Read n ewspapers and magaz ines every day.

B. Choose to read your favorite book.

C. Read as many books on your major as possible.

D. Lear n about a broad range of subjects.

43. We can infer that the text is _______ .

A. a descripti on of a speech

B. a research report

C. a book review

D. an in troduct ion to Reid Buckley

C

As the world population grows, the land available for farming shrinks, raising an important question: where will we grow the food for all these people? Vertical farming is the answer.

Bringing farming in doors solves a nu mber of problems. Traditi on al farmi ng takes up a lot of land. Vertical farming takes up much less and it could provide new uses for hundreds of abandoned buildings in cities. Cities that grow their own food would become more self-relia nt, and less/ uln erable（脆弱的）to disasters such as hurrica nes that can make it impossible for trucks to deliver fresh produce to grocery stores. In addition, fruits and vegetables grown outdoors face all kinds of risks, from floodi ng and pests（害虫）to weather cha nge, such as late or early frosts that can damage a crop.

A well-desig ned facility could recycle water from in door fish pon ds（鱼塘）to irrigate crops. Crop waste, such a s talks（茎） and leaves, would becompostedf 将............

希9成堆肥）,and the gases given off from composting would be used to heat the building. Livestock such as chicken or pigs could even live in a vertical farm, their waste being recycled as a source of en ergy.

Of course, it ' s not going to be easy to make the transition to vertical fairming. is tricky to con trol climate con diti ons in doors. Keep ing the correct bala nee of humidity （湿度）can be especially challe nging. Besides, pla nts differ in their weather and lighti ng requireme nts. Tomatoes like warm, sunny weather, whiieettuces（萬苣） prefer cooler temperatures and n early all crop pla nts require lots of sun light. It challenging to make artificial lights that produce the colors, or wavelengths, of light —especially red and blue— that crop plants need. It will take time to overcome those challe nges.

44. Which of the followi ng stateme nts about vertical farmi ng is TRUE?

A. It takes up a lot of land in cities.

B. It still faces the risk of weather cha nge.

C. It can offer greater convenience to citize ns.

D. It ' s easy to develop in big cities.

45. The author wrote the third paragraph to tell us that ______ .

A. it ' s very complicated to develop vertical farming

B. livestock could also be raised in a vertical farm

C. vertical farming doesn ' t need chemical fertilizers

D. vertical farming is very friendly to the environment

46. From the last paragraph we can learn that con troll ing the climate con diti ons

in doors is ___ .

A. difficult

B. simple

C. impossible

D. dan gerous

47. The author of the text thinks that _______ .

A. it ' s unnecessary to develop vertical farming at present

B. vertical farming is not likely to be started very soon

C. traditional farming should be replaced by vertical farming

D. people in cities should not grow their own food

D

I am a great fan ofCircus of the Sunand over the years have bee n very fortun ate to see a nu mber of their shows.

Just rece ntly I had see n the samCircus of the Sun show for a sec ond time. At the first show, my wife and I were seated about thirty rows back from the stage, so you could imagine it was not easy to see all the facial expressions of the performers. However, what we were able to enjoy was the wonderfupanorama （全景）of the overall performa nee. At the sec ond show, we were fortun ate to be seated in the second row just a couple of meters from the stage and we could see clearly the performers and their expressi ons.

Driving home after the second show, we talked about whether it was better to sit close to the stage or further back. We agreed that both shows were equal in terms of their spectacle and enjo yme nt, but from two totally differe nt perspectives. In see ing the show for the second time, our appreciation of the absolute brilliance oCircus of the Sunwas greatly enhanced.

How ofte n do we make a decisi on about someth ing importa nt based on a sin gle view or the first impression, without taking time to gain a better understanding of thin gs? While we ofte n don ' t have the opport unity to con sider an importa nt challe nge

or situation for a second time, we should always try to make time to stand back and view things from afar in order to gain a perspective of the bigger picture, and the n be able to see their finer details and further improve our un dersta nding.

48. At the first show, why was it not easy for the author to see all the facial expressi ons of the performers?

A. Because all the performers wore masks.

B. Because people in front of him blocked his view.

C. Because he was seated far away from the stage.

D. Because he had someth ing wrong with his eyes that day.

49. How was the sec ond show accord ing to the author?

A. It was more enjoyable than the first show.

B. It was not so attractive as the first show.

C. It was as enjoyable as the first show.

D. It was a complete waste of time and money.

50. The un derli ned word “ enhan ced ” in the third paragraph probably means

A. decreased

B. in creased

C. disappeared

D. cha nged

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，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。

Time Man ageme nt

Your success depe nds on your use of effective time man ageme nt. Time management is a

skill that can be learned _______________________ Keep a record for several

days of documenting how much time is spent in class, studying, visiting with friends and family, working and eating. Take a look at the list to see where your time is goi ng.

52 Put dow n your classes, appo in tme nts, meeti ngs, work schedules,

assig nmen tdue （预期的）dates and other activities. Check the pla nner every day so you will know what n eeds to be done that day. Adaily -d o ” list may assist youn

knowing what n eeds to be done immediately. This list will help you keep your assignments in apriority （优先）order. 53 Get a copy of your school calendar

and put in the importa nt dates and holidays, so you will know when to expect tests and other

assig nments to be due.

54 If you do your most difficult task at the begi nnin g, it will be out of the way and

the others will be easier. Be sure to schedule time to study. Make sure that you schedule eno ugh time to study but not eno ugh time to get restless. Start studying in a distraction-free （不受干扰的）environment — and don ' t listen to the televisi on or leave your cell pho ne on .It is a good idea to study for shorter periods of time so you won' t be exhausted rather thaniho at a time. 55

A. Once you become aware of how you use your time, you will be able to man age it and do

well in your studies.

B. It is a good idea to keep a mon thly or annual cale ndar so the long range dates can be

set.

C. First, you n eed to un dersta nd how your time is spe nt.

D. You are suggested to schedule time to allow for tests, papers and speeches.

E. In order to use your time wisely, put your assignments in a priority order with the most

difficult one first.

F. Once you know how your time is spe nt, start a daily or weekly pla nner.

G. You should always go to sleep knowing that you won ' t have a test tomorrow.

四、写作（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文， 请你修改你同桌写的以下作

文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、 删除或修改。

在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A ）o 并在其下面写出该加的词。

把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分

I watch TV until nearly 12 o ' clock, so I could not go over my lessons. This

morning I got up very late that I had to hurry to school without breakfast yet I was late of the first class. When I entered the classroom, the maths teacher has to stop explaining an important

增加 删除 修改 注意

problem, and all the eyes fixed upon me. My face turned to red. Something even worse happened to me in the English classes. The teacher asked me to recite the text, but I could speak nothing but sorry, so I did not spend any time preparing my lessons. The teacher looked at me with his coldly eyes. I stood at my bench without daring to raise my head. What a terrible day I had! I will never do anything like this.

第二节书面表达（满分25 分）假如你是李华，你从某网站上了解到一家美国公司生产了一种新款的数码相册，你对此很感兴趣，希望了解更多关于这一产品的信息。请根据以下要点给这家公司发一封电子邮件：

1. 简要介绍自己；

2. 询问该新款数码相册的信息；

3. 索取更多关于该款产品的资料。

注意：1. 词数：100 左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案：

1-15. BDBCD CDACC BCCDB

16-35. ADBAC ABBCD ACBCD DCADB

36-50. CADBD CDCCD ABCCB

51-55. CFBEA

【短文改错】

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Dear sir,

I am Li Hua, a senior high school stude nt in Chin a. I am very in terested in digital products. I heard your company ' talcpgcbducts are of excellent quality. Recently your compa ny released a n ewlyproduced digital album, but I can much t find information about this new product from your company ' s website. If it is convenient for you, could you send me some information about it, such as product manuals and guides? I ' m thinkiibgut buying this album as a present for mymother' s birthday.

I am look ing forward to your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua