新课标全国高考英语模拟试题及答案

2016新课标全国高考英语模拟试题及答案（一）

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第一部分阅读理解(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

Before leaving work, Steve Lee likes to use his cell phone to turn on his heat and air conditioner system at by the time he gets through traffic into his front door, the temperature inside is may wonder what a so-called smart home can do inside.

Lee works for a company called Smart , testing and living with many of his company's home automation gadgets(自动化小配件), like this multifunction touch screen that controls devices around the house and even connects to the Internet traffic cameras.

“I have cameras, and they follow all the way down the freeway to work, ”said Lee with pride, “What's going on at home when you are away No problem, install some wireless cameras and controllers and from any computer in the world with an Internet connection, you can watch your house.”

“You can check on the house, and I can look at the it or not, if I want to turn on lights ahead of time, I can, ”added Lee.

We sat in Steve's California kitchen and with the right password,_turned on the kitchen counter lights at his boss' house in did have permission to log on(登录)．

“If you do know the password and you want to play a trick on your wife, you could turn lights on and off remotely.”

This new technology, which can automatically turn on water sprinklers when humidity is low, or turn off a pool pump when it is not in use, is no longer hundred dollars for a basic system is enough and it is not hard to install.

Sure the convenience is nice but many people who like the security advantages like making sure kids are safe with the help of camera monitors and bedside alerts.

“I can notice that maybe one of my children wakes up in the middle of the night once the light switch is turned on.”

What a smart home can't do is get you a snack and you have to leave the couch for that.

解题导语：本文主要介绍了一种智能化住宅，人们可以通过手机对家里的一些电器进行远程遥控。

1．What does the underlined word “password” in Paragraph 5 mean

A．Security code. B．Crossword.

C．Passport. D．Touch screen.

解析：词义猜测题。联系后句中的“log on”可知是需要密码才能登录。

答案：A

2．What can be inferred from this passage

A．Steve's boss trusted him very much.

B．Steve doesn't like to play jokes on his family.

C．Steve could log on his boss' home because he had been given the key.

D．It's expensive and difficult to apply a basic smart home system.

解析：推理判断题。从第五段史蒂芬有老板住宅的网上登录密码可推知老板很信任他。

答案：A

3．According to the passage, the following is often a must for a smart home EXCEPT a________.

A．cell phone B．computer

C．camera D．car

解析：细节理解题。手机、相机和电脑是智能住宅的配套装置，它们起着遥控和监控的作用。

答案：D

4．In which section of a newspaper will this passage probably be found

A．Entertainment. B．Science & Technology.

C．Health & Care. D．Biography.

解析：文章出处题。本文讲的是智能化住宅的产生和运用，故本文很可能出自报纸中的“科技”栏目。

答案：B

B

Since the first Earth Day in 1970，Americans have gotten a lot “greener”toward the environment.“We didn't know at that time that there even was an environment，let alone that there was a problem with it，” says Bruce Anderson，president of Earth Day USA.

But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social people，political leaders，university professors，and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement.“The understanding has increased many，many times，”says Gaylord Nelson，the former governor from

Wisconsin，who thought up the first Earth Day.

According to US government reports，emissions(排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from million tons a year to million number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with，the world is a safer and healthier kind of “green thinking ” has become part of practices.

Great improvement has been 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs；today in 1995 there are about 6， lights，motors，and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.

Twenty-five years ago，there were hardly any education programs for ，it's hard to find a public school，university，or law school that does not have such a kind of program.“Until we do that，nothing else will change！” says Bruce Anderson.

解题导语：本文体裁为说明文。主要介绍了自从1970年的第一个“地球日”以来，美国人在环境保护认识上的变化以及他们采取了一些有效措施积极应对环境问题等。文章最后还指出了教育保护方面的重要性。

5．According to Anderson，before 1970，Americans had little idea about________．A．the social movement

B．recycling techniques

C．environmental problems

D．the importance of Earth Day

解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的“We didn't know at that time that there even was an environment，let alone that there was a problem with it...”(那时候我们甚至不知道环境的存在，更别提环境问题了……)可知，当时美国人对环境问题没有足够的认识。

答案：C

6．Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from

A．The grass-roots level.

B．The business circle.

C．Government officials.

D．University professors.

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，这里强调了这个活动的支持者应该是那些普通的美国民众。

答案：A

7．What have Americans achieved in environmental protection

A．They have cut car emissions to the lowest.

B．They have settled their environmental problems.

C．They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.

D．They have reduced pollution through effective measures.

解析：细节理解题。文章第三段列举的这些数字证明了美国人采取了有效措施，减少了环境污染。

答案：D

8．What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph

A．Education. B．Planning.

C．Green living. D．CO reduction.

解析：推理判断题。结合最后一段提到的，我们可以推断出教育的重要性，从而排除了B项“计划”、C项“绿色生活”、D项“减少一氧化碳”这几个选项。

答案：A

C

One of the latest trends(趋势) in American childcare is Chinese au Pair in Stamford，Conn，for example，has got increasing numbers of requests for Chinese au pairs from zero to around 4，000 since that's true all across the country.

“I thought it would be very useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age，”Joseph Stocke，the managing director of a company，says of his 2-year-old son.“I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future.”After only six months of being cared for by a 25-year-old woman from China，the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions，his dad says.

Li Drake，a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American husband，had another reason for looking for an au pair from China：She didn't want her children to miss out on their roots.“Because I am Chinese，my husband and I wanted the children to keep exposed to(接触)the language and culture.” she says.

“Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom，”says Suzanne Flynn，a professor in language education of Children.“But parents must understand that just one year with an au pair is unlikely to produce mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.”

The popularity of au pairs from China has been strengthened by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children to learn is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

解题导语：本文体裁为说明文。主要介绍了汉语在美国日益受到欢迎，从而引起了au pair的流行，即雇用说汉语的中国保姆来照顾孩子，以便孩子们能够跟保姆学习汉语等情况。

9．What does that term “au pair” in the text mean

A．A mother raising her children on her own.

B．A child learning a foreign language at home.

C．A professor in language education of children.

D．A young foreign woman taking care of children.

解析：推理判断题。由第二段中约瑟夫请了一个25岁的中国女子照顾他两岁的儿子，以此给儿子创造学习汉语的机会，和第三段中一位华侨母亲也以这种方式教育自己的两个孩子，以及第四段中一位语言教授提到的“和说母语的人在一起学习语言比在教室里好”等信息可知，au pair指的是负责照顾孩子的外国保姆。

答案：D

10．Li Drake has her children study Chinese because she wants them________．A．to live in China some day

B．to speak the language at home

C．to catch up with other children

D．to learn about the Chinese culture

解析：细节理解题。结合第三段的内容可知，她本是一名中国人，但还是请了一位说汉语的保姆来让孩子们学习汉语，再根据她所说的内容可知，她这样做的目的是让孩子们

接触中国的语言和文化。

答案：D

11．What can we infer from the text

A．Learning Chinese is becoming popular in America.

B．Educated women do better in looking after children.

C．Chinese au pairs need to improve their English skills.

D．Children can learn a foreign language well in six months.

解析：主旨大意题。本文通过列举一些具体的例子，说明了美国的父母们正在兴起一种“au pair”热，即通过请说汉语的中国保姆来照顾自己的孩子，从而让孩子们有机会学习汉语。这说明了汉语在美国日益受到欢迎。

答案：A

D

NEW YORK－Australian mining enterprise Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled(公布)blueprints for TitanicⅡ， a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn't call the ship unsinkable any more.

The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in line with current safety rules and

shipbuilding practices, and the addition of some modern comforts such as air conditioning, Palmer said at a press conference in New York.

The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling(混杂), as in 1912, Palmer said.“I'm not too superstitious(迷信的)．”Palmer said when asked whether recreating a ship best-known for sinking was tempting fate.

White Star Line, the operator of the original ship, had said the Titanic was designed to be 1, 500 people died on Titanic's maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York after the ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

Palmer, who created the company Blue Star Line last year, refused to make a similar boast.

“Anything will sink if you put a hole in it, ” Palmer said.“I think it would be very cavalier to say it.”

Unlike the original, TitanicⅡwill have more than enough space in its lifeboats for every person on board and will have additional escape Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be the “safest cruise ship in the world”．

Palmer refused to answer questions about the project's the Titanic was the world's largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today's modern

cruise ships.

“It's not about the money，” Palmer said.“I've got enough money for think that's all that matters.”

Forbes estimated Palmer's net worth to be $795 million in describes himself as a billionaire.

TitanicⅡwill be built by Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard, which has already built four ore carriers for Palmer's mining business, he contract to build TitanicⅡhas not yet been signed, Palmer said.

解题导语：本篇文章主要讲述澳大利亚一家公司建造“泰坦尼克二号”游轮的构想。

12．What can be inferred about TitanicⅡfrom the passage

A．TitanicⅡwill have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.

B．TitanicⅡwill be the largest cruise ship in the world.

C．TitanicⅡwill allow different classes of passengers to mingle.

D．TitanicⅡwill be a real unsinkable cruise ship.

解析：推理判断题。根据第七段第一句可知“泰坦尼克二号”上救生艇的空间要比“泰坦尼克号”大。

答案：A

13．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage

A．1，500 people died on Titanic's maiden voyage in 1912.

B．The Titanic collided with an iceberg in the South Pacific.

C．The Titanic was equipped with air conditioning.

D．The Titanic was the world's largest ship at that time.

解析：细节理解题。由第八段第二句中“the Titanic was the world's largest ship in her time”可知在“泰坦尼克号”在那个时代里是世界上最大的船。

答案：D

14．What's the author's purpose of writing the passage

A．To tell us the story of the Titanic.

B．To tell us TitanicⅡwill cost a lot of money.

C．To tell us about the future Titanic.

D．To tell us a Chinese Shipyard will build TitanicⅡ.

解析：写作意图题。本篇文章主要介绍了“泰坦尼克二号”的设计、装修以及建造构想，故选C。

答案：C

15．What's the best title of the passage

A．The Old Titanic

B．The Blueprints of TitanicⅡ

C．The Unsinkable TitanicⅡ

D．Clive Palmer－A Billionaire

解析：主旨大意题。由文章第一段中的“Australian mining enterprise Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for TitanicⅡ”可知选B。

答案：B

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。

Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule

From my experience，there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often：ability，money and time，__16__Money is a topic I'll save for another today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule：

1．Think moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry

and there is nothing ready to think ahead of the coming will you have time to cook Do you have the right materials already__17__

2．Make your time worth you do find time to cook a meal，make the most of it and save yourself time later you making one loaf of bread__18__It takes around the same amount of time to make more of save yourself the effort for a future meal.

3．____19____This may surprise you，but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and more you learn and the more you try，the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

Hopefully that gives you a good And don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A．Try new things.

B．Ability is easily improved.

C．Make three or four instead.

D．Understand your food better.

E．Cooking is a burden for many people.

F．Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

G．A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.

解题导语：本文体裁为说明文。主要介绍了在忙碌的生活中怎样享受烹调的乐趣的几条具体建议，如提前做好规划、一次多做点以及尝试一些新鲜的做法等。

16．解析：空格前面提到了三个原因：abil ity，money，time。空格后面提到了money 是作者改天再讨论的话题，紧接着后面提到了怎样充分利用时间，所以这里应该与ability 有关。

答案：B

17．解析：本段的主题句(Think ahead.)就是提前规划，并且本段的最后三句都是强调提前进行规划有助于省去将来的大量劳动。

答案：G

18．解析：结合本段的主题句(Mak e your time worth it.)可知，要充分利用你的时间，再根据空格前面的one可知，既然做一个也是做，为什么不多做点儿，以备将来之用呢

答案：C

19．解析：此空需要填一个主题句，它需要概括全段的内容。结合空格后面的信息词surprise，experimentation，new ideas等可知与A项“尝试新东西”信息一致。

答案：A

20．解析：结合最后一段内容可知，此处与F项的信息，即“让做饭和简单生活成为

一种享受，而不是一种负担”一致。

答案：F

第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题分，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。

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes reached the top__21__，but on their way back conditions were fell and broke his both knew that if Simon__23__alone，he would probably get Simon decided to risk his__25__and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(绳)．

As they__26__down，the weather got couldn't see or hear each other and，__28__，Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(峭壁)．It was__29__for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him 's__30__was pulling Simon slowly towards the ，after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold，Simon had tears，he cut the a huge crevasse(裂缝)in the ice had no food or water and he was in terrible couldn't walk，but he__34__to get out of the crevasse and started to__35__towards their camp，nearly ten kilometers__36__.

Simon had__37__the camp at the foot of the thought that Joe must be__38__，

but he didn't want to days later，in the middle of the night，he heard Joe's couldn' was there，a few meters from their tent，still alive.

解题导语：本文体裁为记叙文，题材是人物故事类。两名勇敢的攀登者成功地从修拉格兰德西坡登顶，然而在返回的路程中，发生了意想不到的情况。

21． B．carefully

C．successfully D．early

解析：连词but提示上下文之间存在转折关系。下文提到乔在回来的路上摔伤了腿，由此判断回程艰难，登顶成功(successfully)。

答案：C

22． B．similar

C．special D．normal

解析：他们成功登顶，但是在返回的路上情况变得艰难起来。

答案：A

23． B．worked

C．rested D．continued

解析：根据上文“on the ir way back”以及下文“get back”可知，这里指西蒙继续返回，而“攀登”“工作”“休息”均与语境不符。

答案：D

24． B．safely

C．slowly D．regretfully

解析：西蒙是有可能独自安全(safely)返回的。A：不情愿地；C：缓慢地；D：懊悔地。

答案：B

25． B．time

C．health D．life

解析：但是西蒙决定冒生命危险用绳子将乔放到山下去。risk one's life意为“冒生命危险”。

答案：D

26． B．settled

C．went D．looked

解析：当他们往下走(go down)时，天气越发恶劣起来。lie down“躺下”；settle down“安顿下来”；look down“俯视”。

答案：C

27． B．storm

C．change D．trouble

解析：根据下文可推断出，这里指又一件麻烦事(trouble)发生了。

答案：D

28． mistake B．by chance

C．by choise D．by luck

解析：根据上下文可知，西蒙由于失误(by mistake)才把乔拽到了峭壁边上。

答案：A

29． B．practical

C．important D．impossible

解析：根据下文可知，西蒙最终割断了绳子，由此推断：乔再爬上来或是西蒙把他拉上来是不可能了。

答案：D

30． B．weight

C．strength D．equipment

解析：乔的体重(weight)正慢慢将西蒙拽向峭壁。

答案：B