高考英语试题

Today, the increasing number of genderqueer and trans people, along with the increasingly________ nature of gender presentation and more general discussion about it further complicates the idea.

A．flexible B．rigid C．various D．general

Never before had a Kitchen so much of a History

It tells of Freedom,Success,and of the Architecture of big American cities.Because that is where it started:in the second half of the 19th century!

Welcome to a new Era of Kitchen Interior Design

Back then,a Generation of successful American Entrepreneurs dreamt of a new style of Architecture to express their personal wealth.This dream was realized by young architects such as Daniel Burnham and Stanford White.They all had studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.And they created a new style for Architecture and Interior Design,named after the famous French Art Institute:Beaux-Arts.

SieMatic BeauxArts Breaks and Creates

In fact it was not a new style at all,but a composition of styles from different periods and cultures.Many world-famous structures such as the Chicago Art Institute and the Statue of Liberty account for it.But what does that have to do with your kitchen?Just as much as you want it to.Because in the same way that the anti-conventional architects back then took the freedom to combine elements from different historical eras,today,you too can break the conventional rules of style and create something new:your own personal composition of your kitchen.For that,SieMatic BeauxArts offers unique opportunities:A broad range of seemingly conflicting features that you combine to a harmonious design of your own.You can choose from menu of various forms,appealing colors,and precious materials,to create an environment that is much more than just a kitchen:a reflection of your personality.

69.Why did the BeauxArts style attract American entrepreneurs?

A.It helped display their money status.

B.It was created by famous architects.

C.It was named after a famous institute.

D.It represented the 19th century urban culture.

70.What is unique of SieMatic BeauxArts?

A.Its designs are anti-conventional.

B.Its designs come from famous structures.

C.Its customers can enjoy their own composition.

D.Its customers can choose from various new styles.

The dancer’s incredible performance had the audience on its feet ______ for 10 minutes at the end of the show.

A. being clapped B. clap C. clapped D. clapping

(2018·浙江高考)As cultural symbols go, the American car is quite young. The Model T Ford was built at the Piquette Plant in Michigan a century ago, with the first rolling off the assembly line (装配线) on September 27, 1908. Only eleven cars were produced the next month. But eventually Henry Ford would build fifteen million of them.

Modern America was born on the road, behind a wheel. The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects of American culture: the roadside diner, the billboard, the motel, even the hamburger. For most of the last century, the car represented what it meant to be American—going forward at high speed to find new worlds. The road novel, the road movie, these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a neverending interstate highway system, the largest public works project in history.

In 1928 Herbert Hoover imagined an America with “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Since then, this society has moved onward, never looking back, as the car transformed America from a farmbased society into an industrial power.

The cars that drove the American Dream have helped to create a global ecological disaster. In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990.

The problems of excessive (过度的) energy consumption, climate change and population growth have been described in a book by the American writer Thomas L. Friedman. He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.

Friedman points out that the green economy (经济) is a chance to keep American strength. “The ability to design, build and export green technologies for producing clean water, clean air and healthy and abundant food is going to be the currency of power in the new century.”

篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了汽车对美国文化的造就及产生的影响。

1．Why is hamburger mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A．To explain Americans' love for travelling by car.

B．To show the influence of cars on American culture.

C．To stress the popularity of fast food with Americans.

D．To praise the effectiveness of America's road system.

2．What has the use of cars in America led to?

A．Decline of economy.

B．Environmental problems.

C．A shortage of oil supply.

D．A farmbased society.

3．What is Friedman's attitude towards America's future?

A．Ambiguous. B．Doubtful.

C．Hopeful. D．Tolerant.

________ Tom shared his idea with us, we would have made more progress.

(2018·江苏高考)________ starts as fun usage of apps turns into tremendous pressure in real social media interaction at secondary school.

The police searched the area for several days. ________, they found the piece of evidence they were looking for.
A．Generally
B．Originally
C．Eventually
D．Unfortunately

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【1】Who will pay least if people subscribe to the same materials?
A. People form Spain. B. People from France.
C. People from the USA. D. People from China.
【2】How much will your school pay for one set of Hot English for students and one for teachers for class use totally?
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________ you believe it or not, it is real.

A large body of research has been developed in recent years to explain many aspects of willpower. Most of the researchers exploring self-control do so with an obvious goal in mind: How can willpower be strengthened? If willpower is truly a limited resource, as the research suggests, what can be done to make it stay strong?
Avoiding temptation (诱惑) is an effective method for maintaining self-control, which is called the “out of sight, out of mind” principle. One recent study, for instance, found office workers less attracted to candy in the desk drawer than that on top of their desks, in plain sight.
The research suggesting that we possess a limited reservoir of self-control raises a troubling question. When we face too many temptations, are we to fail? Not necessarily. Researchers don’t believe that one’s willpower is ever completely exhausted. Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands. The right motivation allows us to tap into those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our self-control strength has been run down. High motivation might help overcome weakened willpower-at least to a point.
Willpower may also be made less vulnerable（脆弱）to being exhausted in the first place. Researchers who study self-control often describe it as being like a muscle that gets tired with heavy use. But there is another aspect to the muscle comparison, they say. While muscles become exhausted by exercise in the short term, they are strengthened by regular exercise in the long term. Similarly, regular practices of self-control may improve willpower strength.
The evidence from willpower-exhaustion studies also suggests that making a list of resolutions on New Year’s Eve is the worst possible approach. Being exhausted in one area can reduce willpower in other areas, so it makes more sense to focus on a single goal at a time. In other words, don’t try to quit smoking, adopt a healthy diet and start a new exercise plan at the same time. Taking goals one by one is a better approach. Once a good habit is in place, Baumeister says, you’ll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior. Eventually healthy habits will become routine, and won’t require making decisions at all.
【1】From the studies in the passage we learn that .
A. people have unlimited self-control
B. high motivation ensures one’s success
C. willpower is hardly completely exhausted
D. too many temptations often lead to failure
【2】The underlined phrase “tap into” in Paragraph 3 most probably means .
A. make use of B. run out of
C. build D. increase
【3】The author compares self –control to muscles .
A. to prove the long-term effect of willpower
B. to show the significance of regular exercise
C. to argue that self-control can he easily used up
D. to explain the benefits of practicing self-control
【4】To develop a good habit, which of the following does the author prefer?
A. “I will give up dessert and do exercise.”
B. “I will set three goals this new semester.”
C. “I will read an English novel every month.”
D. “I will keep myself from any temptation.”

(2017·北京高考)Jane moved aimlessly down the treelined street, not knowing ________ she was heading.

【1】What is the advantage of Fineways’ new food labels?
A. They provide extra nutritional information.
B. They warn customers about unhealthy foods.
C. They show different customers’ nutritional needs.
D. They remind customers of the harm of unbalanced nutrition.
【2】According to the passage, the new labelling system can help to ______.
A. reduce the amount of food you take
B. follow GDAs by mixing various foods
C. make your choice of more delicious food
D. satisfy the growing demands for nutrition
【3】Where is the passage most probably taken from?
A. A dinner menu.
B. A research report.
C. A fashion magazine.
D. An advice brochure.

It is ________ (legal) to sell tobacco to someone under 16.

It is ________ (possible) for so few workers to do so much work in a single day.

Art has always been a vital part of my life. When I was o ld enough to appreciate genuine fine art , my parents started bringing me to museums that housed works of the greatest artists in the world.
When my art teacher asked us to do a Cubist（立体派的)drawing, my first thought was that she was just joking. I didn't like Cubism. I thought to do so means making fun ofthe true artists I admired. Unwillingly, I began to find out items for my drawing, I carelessly drew the objects all from different view points. The pictures all looked like a mess of lines and shapes anyway, but I was more concerned with how many more minutes were in the period because I was hungry. Yet, the other part of me was growing quieter. I began to take my task seriously and darken specific lines. I stared at my drawing and determined which ones needed to be emphasized. I was soon shading certain shapes black and they brought out important figures. It must be absolutely perfect.
When I showed her my finished drawing, my teacher looked at me with her huge smile and simply stated, "You are a Cubist. " At that moment the world stopped moving. My cubist drawing was the best piece of art I had ever created, not because I had spent the most time on it but because I had felt it. I thought of how I produced it. Once I felt frustrated, trying to perfect my black lines. Another time I was delighted in breathing life into the drawing by adding color. All of these emotions showed themselves in my work, giving it life that none of my previous works had had. Cubism set me free, showing everything I knew, everything I was, and everything I wished I could be. I had found the missing link, and the world began to move again.
【1】How did the author first react to his art teachefs request?
A. He was unwilling to do it.
B. He was pleased to do it.
C. He was worried about it.
D. He was confused about it.
【2】What do you think of the writer according to the text?
A. Absent-minded. B. Self-centred.
C. Warm-hearted. D. Strong-willed.
【3】What does the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The enthusiasm of painting. B. The relationship with his teacher.
C. The method to do a Cubist drawing. D. The determination to be a Cubist.
【4】What lesson can we get from the text?
A. Practice makes perfect. B. Attitude is everything.
C. It is-never too old to learn. D. Action speaks louder than words.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【1】Where does this conversation take place?
A. At the airport. B. In a restaurant. C. On the street.
【2】Why does the woman like San Francisco?
A. It has less traffic.
B. It has the best food and music.
C. People there are friendlier.
【3】Where does the woman come from?
A. Pennsylvania. B. San Francisco. C. China.
【4】What does the woman think of the man’s English?
A. Excellent. B. Acceptable. C. Strange.

改错：If you deep your knowledge or understanding of a subject, you will learn more about it and become more interested in it.

________________________________________________________________________

In the summer before I entered middle school, I read the book They Cage the Animals at Night. It’s a story about Jennings, a boy living in various orphanages（孤儿院）with only his stuffed animal（毛绒玩具）, Doggie, for companionship. It’s a fascinating book, but little did I know how it would _______ my life and the lives of others.
One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) _________ came to me. I would _________ stuffed animals for children like Jennings. _________ , I contacted agencies that support those children and they said the stuffed animals would certainly _________ children’s spirits.

I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and school newspapers, _________ donations of the “buddies”— stuffed animals. My phone _________ ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my _________ , by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I _________ the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too ____________ to look but shaking with excitement.
Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to ____________ . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been ____________ to agencies worldwide. Simon, a seven-year-old boy in an African Children’s Home, couldn’t sleep at night after he lost his parents. When asked to choose his “buddies”, Simon ____________ a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would ____________ this way.
Upon graduating from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to ____________ the project. The response was ____________ . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies ____________ were established across the nation.
This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how to ____________ impact a life. I will go to college with these ____________ in mind and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies, even when I ____________ a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.
【1】A. touch B. risk C. lead D. save
【2】A. chance B. idea C. explanation D. word
【3】A. display B. repair C. purchase D. collect
【4】A. Previously B. Occasionally C. Immediately D. Gradually
【5】A. capture B. reflect C. lift D. record
【6】A. putting aside B. turning down C. asking for D. getting back
【7】A. delayed B. kept C. stopped D. meant
【8】A. knowledge B. taste C. regret D. delight
【9】A. delivered B. applied C. rented D. returned
【10】A. shy B. content C. weak D. eager
【11】A. reform B. expand C. dominate D. divide
【12】A. produced B. adopted C. sold D. donated
【13】A. picked out B. came across C. showed off D. brought up
【14】A. decline B. work C. increase D. react
【15】A. promote B. start C. evaluate D. examine
【16】A. confusing B. amusing C. automatic D. enthusiastic
【17】A. companies B. committees C. branches D. institutes
【18】A. financially B. positively C. socially D. physically
【19】A. plans B. images C. lessons D. motives
【20】A. work out B. keep off C. rely on D. engage in

_____what they say about me, I’m going to continue my work.
A.In terms of B.Regardless of
C.Instead of D.In favor of

___________ the convenience of digital payment, many senior citizens started to use smart phones.

A. To enjoy B. Enjoying C. To have enjoyed D. Enjoy