2024学年江苏省泰州市姜堰区罗塘高级中学高考冲刺英语模拟试题(含解析)

2024学年江苏省泰州市姜堰区罗塘高级中学高考冲刺英语模拟试题注意事项:1．答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。

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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．-- It sho uldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer to help．--- That’s right．_____________．A．Many hands make light work B．Something is better than nothingC．The more the merrier D．The sooner begin, the sooner done2．American singer Taylor Swift, 21, ________ big at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards in the US on April 3rd. A．stood B．gave C．scored D．made3．—______ you sing and dance at this late hour of the night?—Sorry, I will stop right now.A．May B．ShallC．Will D．Must4．—Do you like the mobile game Traveling Frog?—Yes, the posts about the virtual green frog ________ over 4 million times.A．have read B．have been readC．would be read D．are reading5．We climbed up to the top of a hill,___________ we got a good view of the whole forest park.A．which B．whereC．when D．that6．Throughout history, China never colonized any nation. _________ this peaceful tradition, it is committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind.A．In line with B．In regard toC．In harmony with D．In addition to7．—Irene, do you really want to go out?—It may rain. ___________, I will go out; I don’t mind the rain.A．Anyhow B．OtherwiseC．Somehow D．Therefore8．______almost one hundred jin, the stone was moved by him alone.A．Weighed B．Weighing C．It weighed D．To weigh9．— What happened to the young trees we planted last week?—The trees __________ well, but I didn’t water them.A．might grow B．would have grownC．needn’t have grown D．would grow10．I am always delighted when receiving your invitation, ______ the party on June 9th after the national college entrance examination, I shall be pleased to attend.A．On account of B．With regard toC．In response to D．In view of11．The traffic is heavy these days. I arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?A．canB．mustC．needD．might12．—I have no idea what made the students so excited and crazy.—______ it have been their team’s victory in the finals?A．Must B．CouldC．Would D．Should13．Just as the famous man _____it, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make____real.”A．says, it B．put, / C．says, / D．put, them14．—What a mess! You’re always throwing things about.—Don’t be ____, Mum. I will tidy it up now.A．hot under the collar B．on cloud nineC．off the top of your head D．down in the dumps15．According to the school rule, no child be allowed out of the school, unless accompanied by his or her own parents.A．should B．mustC．shall D．can16．John's success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work _________ has made him what he is today. A．what B．whichC．where D．that17．Nicholas was very kind, merciful and generous. This is ________ Father Christmas is based on.A．where B．how C．what D．why18．It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _____ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise. A．served B．had servedC．is serving D．would serve19．________ you have seen he is poor, you should understand why he has to take up two part-time jobs.A．As long as B．UnlessC．Now that D．While20．The man ________ the fake news that 18 firefighters lost their lives in the explosion was arrested.A．having circulating B．to circulateC．circulating D．to have circulated第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21．（6分）A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has shown that chronic (长期的) stress of being poor, lacking care and physical abuse in early life may shrink the parts of a child' s developing brain responsible for memory, learning and processing emotion.While early life stress already has been linked to anxiety, heart disease，cancer and a lack of educational and employment success,researchers have long been seeking to understand what part of the brain is affected by stress so as to help guide interventions(干预).Seth Pollak, co-leader of the study and a UW professor of psychology,says the research focused on two brain areas—the hippocampus (HC:海马体) and amygdale (AG: 杏仁体).For the study, Pollack’s team had 128 children around age 12 and divided them into four groups after interviews with the children and their caregivers，documenting behavioral problems and their accumulated life stress.One group had experienced physical abuse,another group was ignored before being adopted from a foreign country, and a third group came from low-income families. The fourth group of children came from middle-class families and had not experienced any of the three types of chronic early stress.Researchers did MRI scans (核磁共振扫描) of the children' s brains, focusing on the HC and AG. Then they painstakingly tracked those areas of the brain by hand on paper.The hand measurements showed that children who had experienced poverty, neglect or physical abuse had a smaller AC and HC than the children from middle-class families."I think we added something solid to the literature," he said. "Our research may inform social policy and professional interventions to help the children who are suffering."1、The research shows that .A．long-term poverty ruins one' s memoryB．early stress hurts the development of brainC．early life plays a vital role in one' s lifeD．physical abuse affects a child' s learning competence2、What can we know from the passage?A．HC and AG are involved in memory, learning and processing emotion.B．The final goal of the research is to find out what is affected by stress.C．Pollack's team has already known how the brain is affected.D．Children in the four groups all suffer a lot in their life.3、How can the research help the children related?A．By developing new medicine.m"B．By creating a better living environment.C．By giving processional medical care for the children.D．By offering advice on policy making and professional assistance.22．（8分）Getting stitched(缝合) up by Dr. Robot may one day be reality. Scientists have created a robotic system which did just that in living animals without a real doctor pulling the strings. Much like engineers are designingself-driving cars, the medical research is part of a move toward autonomous surgical robots, removing the surgeon’s hands from certain tasks that a machine might perform all by itself.Doctors wouldn’t leave the bedside they’re supposed to watch. Plus they’d handle the rest of the surgery. In small tests using pigs, the robotic arm performed at least as well, and in some cases a bit better, as some competing surgeons in stitching together intestinal(肠的) tissue. “The purpose wasn’t to replace surgeons, ”said Dr. Kim who led the project. “If you have all intelligent tool that works with a surgeon, can it improve the outcome? That’s what we have done.”I f you’ve heard about machines like the popular Da Vinci system, you might think robots already are operating. Not really. Today many hospitals offer robot-assisted surgery where surgeons use the machinery as tools that they control by hand to operate through tiny openings in the body. But robot-assisted surgery has been controversial, as some studies have shown it can bring higher costs without better outcomes.Kim’s team at Children’s Sheikh Zayed Institute invented the new STAR system—it stands for Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot—works sort of like a programmable sewing machine. They added sensors to help guide each stitch and tell how tightly to pull. But the approach wasn’t perfect. In the living animals, the robot took much longer and made a few stitching mistakes while the surgeon sewing by hand made none. Kim said the robot can be sped up. He hopes to begin human studies in two or three years.1、What’s the best title for the text?A．A new robotic systemB．A new-style way of stitchingC．The newly-designed driverless vehiclesD．Robot surgeons one step closer to reality2、What will surgeons do when Dr. Robot is used in surgery?A．They can help pull the strings. B．They rest at the bedside.C．They join in when necessary. D．They perform another surgery.3、Some people are against using robots in surgery probably because_________.A．they can be out of control B．they will take shorter timeC．they may be expensive to use D．they are likely to cause great pain4、What can we infer from the text?A．Dr. Robot can take the place of surgeons.B．Dr. Robot will be improved.C．Dr. Robot has been tested with human trials.D．Dr. Robot can free doctors’ hands in the operation.23．（8分）It was rush hour on the morning of June 1 in the West Texas city of San Angelo. Heather Santellano, 36, was driving her white 2012 Mazda on Houston、Harte Frontage Road with her nine-year-old daughter andten-year- old son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck cut them off. Santellano turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda skidding off the road and down an embankment(堤)that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didn't stop, it would go airborne and plunge onto the road some 20 feet below.Then a bit of luck: As the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got stuck on the cement lip of the embankment ledge, stopping it cold. The occupants, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a retaining wall, literally teetering(摇摇欲坠)on the edge of disaster. One sudden move by anyone inside could send it over.Jacob Rodriguez watched the scene unfold from the 'T'ruck Repair Plant where he works. Then he and four other men ran to the car. They leaped onto the trunk to balance the weight as the terrified kids in the back seat watched.Meanwhile, Julio Vasquez and his nephew, Marco Vasquez, were driving to their jabs at nearby Premier Automotive. Julio jumped out of the car to help while Marco went to the shop, grabbed a heavy-duty strap(皮带)，and returned to the swinging car. He fastened the Mazda to an P-350 truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car secured, the group carefully opened the back doors and helped the children out.But their departure shifted the car's weight, causing it to lean forward. The men, still on-the trunk, asked Santellano to jump into the back seat to rebalance the weight. She did and then inched out the back door. Finally, the men carefully got off the trunk. Everyone was safe.1、What do we know about Heather Santellano?A．She was a careless driver. B．She drove her twins to school.C．She ran into a pickup truck. D．She made a sharp turn to avoid the truck.2、What does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?A．Stress the coming of good fortune. B．Describe the car's dangerous situation.C．Add some background information. D．Explain why people came to the rescue.3、What is the most critical in the rescue process?A．Balance. B．Cooperation.C．Calmness. D．Gravity.4、Which of the following statements is consistent with the theme of the passage?A．Persistence will pay off. . B．One in trouble, all to help.、C．Many hands make light work. D．Love makes the world go round.24．（8分）Maybe you want to give back to your community, but you don’t know where to begin. It was something Rebecca Reeder used to hear from friends whenever they learned she volunteered around the Los Angeles area.The idea finally took shape during her 30th birthday celebration. Reeder and her brother put together a surprise party for her guests. They rented a party bus in secret and invited everyone she knew to a mystery (神秘) event. The surprise bus ride was not only a hit but also an effective ice breaker. Many guests had never met before that night but they were all fast friends by the end of the trip.Reeder and a friend realized this might be the answer for friends seeking fun ways to do good.Then they began Do Good Bus and hosted their first community ride in 2010. Everyone assumed it would be aone-off event, but participants had such fun and felt so good about giving back that they demanded another. And then another. “This kind of things just snowballed from there,” says Reeder, who is now a full-time director of the growing nonprofit organization.Over the past seven years, Do Good Bus has offered once-a-month public rides in Los Angeles. Volunteers board the bus and ride to a mystery community service project. Reeder likes to keep the locations and causes a secret to add an element of fun and mystery, and to prevent people from arriving with too much expectation.Participants pay $ 45, with 10 percent going to the day’s cause and the rest going to Do Good Bus to help cover costs and run the program.Rides usually last four to five hours and include everything from working in homeless shelters to beach cleanups to planting community gardens.The aim, says Reeder, is to raise awareness about causes, and encourage continued support in the community while having a good time.1、Why did Reeder say the bus ride on her birthday was an ice breaker?A．It exposed the need of the poor to people.B．It made people realize how to do good deeds.C．It made people brave enough to stand the cold ice.D．It helped people get connected in the activity.2、What do we know about their first ride in 2010?A．It took place in winter.B．It was disappointing.C．It was a great success.D．The author organized it alone.3、How does Reeder get the money for the activities?A．Participants pay for them.B．The government supports her.C．She raises money in society,D．Community covers 10 percent of the cost.4、What can we infer about the Do Good Bus?A．It takes about 5 hours on the way.B．It offers a pleasant way to do good deeds.C．It raises money for the participants’ community.D．It gives a surprising and friendly celebration.25．（10分）People have different ways of dealing with a common cold. Some take over-the- counter(非处方的) medicines such as aspirin while others try popular home remedies(治疗)like herbal tea or chicken soup. Yet here is the tough truth about the common cold: nothing really cures it.So why do people sometimes believe that their remedies work? According to James Taylor, professor at the University of Washington, colds usually go away on their own in about a week, improving a little each day after symptoms peak, so it’s easy to believe it’s medicine rather t han time that deserves the credit, USA Today reported.It still seems hard to believe that we can deal with more serious diseases yet are powerless against something so common as a cold. Recently, scientists came closer to figuring out why. To understand it, you first need to know how antiviral(抗病毒的) drugs work. They attack the virus by attaching to and changing the surface structures of the virus. To do that, the drug must fit and lock into the virus like the right piece of a jigsaw(拼图), which means scientists have to identify the virus and build a 3-D model to study its surface before they can design an antiviral drug that is effective enough.The two cold viruses that scientists had long known about were rhinovirus(鼻病毒) A and B．But they didn’t find out about the existence of a third virus, rhinovirus C, until 2006. All three of them contribute to the common cold, but drugs that work well against rhinovirus A and B have little effect when used against C．“This explains most of the previous failures of drug trials against rhinovirus,” study leader Professor Ann Palmenberg at University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, told Science Daily.Now, more than 10 years after the discovery of rhinovirus C, scientists have finally built a highly-detailed 3-D model of the virus, showing that the surface of the virus is, as expected, different from that of other cold viruses.With the model in hand, hopefully a real cure for a common cold is on its way. Soon, we may no longer have to waste our money on medicines that don’t reall y work.1、What does the author think of popular remedies for a common cold?A．They are quite effective.B．They are slightly helpful.C．They actually have no effect.D．They still need to be improved.2、How do antiviral drugs work?A．By breaking up cold viruses directly.B．By changing the surface structures of the cold viruses.C．By preventing colds from developing into serious diseases.D．By absorbing different kinds of cold viruses at the same time.3、What can we infer from the passage?A．The surface of cold viruses looks quite similar.B．Scientists have already found a cure for the common cold.C．Scientists were not aware of the existence of rhinovirus C until recently.D．Knowing the structure of cold viruses is the key to developing an effective cure.4、What is the best title for this passage?A．Drugs against cold viruses B．Helpful home remediesC．No current cure for common cold D．Research on cold viruses第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．26．（30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。