英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)（滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項．1.

Two

InterestingStories

ShavingAwaytheEyebrows

Si

BurgherhadsomeofthelongesteyebrowsinIndiana．Theyweresolongthathehadtobrushthemeverydaysothattheydidnotlooklikeawildhair．Theymeasuredmorethanthreeinchesinlength．However,

accordingtoNBCNews,

theonethingthatwasevenmoreimportant10himwastheBloomfieldRotaryClub'scampaigntoendpolio（脊髓灰質(zhì)炎）．AccordingtoMSN．com,

itstartedoutasalight﹣heartedjokeinwhichhisfellowclubmemberssaidthatpeoplewouldprobablypaytotrim（修剪）hiseyebrows．Afterthinkingaboutit,

Burgheragreed．

TicketsfortrimmingBurgherseyebrowsstartedat﹩100foraswipe（刮）withtherazor．Thefirstpersoninlinewashiswife．Witheacheyebrowtakingeightswipestofinishoff,

Burghermanagedtoraise﹩1,

600forthepoliocure．Hiswifetoldreportersthatshewasdelightedwithhisnewlookandthatitmadehimlookkindandhandsome．

Stunt（特技）Driving

AccordingtothereportfromWorldofDiffercnce．com,

SueHardinghatedthestereotype（成見）thatlibrarianswereboringjustasmuchasshecaredforthedoctorsandnursesintheWarwickshireandNorthamptonAirAmbulanceService．Shecameupwiththeideatogetridofthestereotypebyinvolvingherselfinastuntdrivingcourse．Intheprocesssheraisedfunds．AccordingtotheTimes,

peoplecouldcomeoutandwatch．AllearningsweretobedonatedtotheWarwickshireandNorthamptonAirAmbulanceService．

When

thebigdaycame,

herstuntdrivingskillsturnedouttobequiteimpressiveforalibrarian．Sheputthestuntcarthroughthepaces,

throwinghandbreakturnsandfollowingthespeedandshootchaseformation．NotonlydiditgetridofthestereotypebutitalsoraisedmoneyfortheAmbulanceService．

（1）．WhatcausedSiBurghertohavehiseyebrowstrimmed？________A

Theclubmembers'joke．

B

AreportfromNBCNews．

C

Hiswife'sencouragement．

D

Hiswishforhandsomeness．

（2）．WhatisSueHarding？________A

Areporter．

B

Alibrarian．

C

Adoctor．

D

Anurse．

（3）．WhatdidSiBurgherandSueHardinghaveincommon？________A

Theycollectedmoneyforothers．

B

Theypaidforinterestingstories．

C

Theytookpartinaclub'scampaign．

D

Theyweretiredoftheirboringjobs．英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第1頁。2.

My

fatherwasataxidriverbutIamaking﹣KingRenato,

ofthecountryPontinha,

anislandonFunchalharbour．It'sinMadeira,

Portugal,

whereIgrewup．Itwasdiscoveredin1419;

CaptainCookoncecamehere．

In

1903,

thePortuguesegovernmentdidn'thaveenoughmoneytobuildaharborport,

sothekingsoldthelandtoawealthyBritishfamily,

theBlandys,

whomakeMadeirawine．Fourteenyearsago,

thefamilydecidedtosellitforjust€25,

000（￡19,

500）．IdecidedtobuyitthoughIhadnomoney﹣Iwasjustanartteacher．

I

triedtofindsomebusinesspartners,

buttheyallthoughtIwascrazytowanttobuywhatisactuallyalargerock;

ithasasmallcave,

aplatformontop,

andnoelectricityorrunningwater．SoIsoldsomeofmypossessions,

putmysavingstogetherandboughtit．

When

thekingofPortugaloriginallysoldtheislandin1903,

heandallthegovernorssignedadocument,

sellingallthe"possessionsandthedominions（領(lǐng)土）"oftheisland．ItmeansIcandowhatIwantwithit﹣Icouldstartarestaurant,

oracinema,

butnobodythoughtthatsomeonewouldwanttostartacountry．Sothat'swhatIdid:

IdecidedthatthiswouldnolongerbejustarockontheportofFunchal．Itwouldbemyisland,

aboutthesizeofaone﹣bedroomhouse．

AfterIboughtit,

thegovernorofMadeiraaskedtobuymyisland．Ofcourse,

Isaidno．HesaidthatunlessIsolditbacktothestate,

hewouldn'tletmeconnecttoanyelectricity．ButIhaveasolarpanelandasmallwindmill,

andmaybeinthefutureIwillbeabletogeneratepowerfromtheoceanaroundPontinha．

（1）．Whatdoesthewriterwanttoshowbymentioninghisfather？________英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第1頁。A

Hehadaroyalfamily．

B

Helovedhisfamily．

C

Hewasnotabornking．

D

Hewasnotagooddriver．

（2）．Whosoldtheislandtotheauthor？________A

APortugueseking．

B

Anartteacher．

C

TheBlandyfamily．

D

CaptainCook．

（3）．Howdidthewriterstartthecountry？________A

Hediscoveredtheisland．

B

Hefoundbusinesssupporters．

C

Hewassupportedbycitizensintheisland．

D

Hetookadvantageoftheofficialdocument．

（4）．WhatcanweinferaboutthecountryPontinha？________A

Itwasatinyisland．

B

Aharborportwasbuiltonit．

C

Itwasawealthyland．

D

Lifetherewasveryconvenient．英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第2頁。3.

ReadersinGrenoblecannownibble（啃）fictionafterPublisherShortEditionintroducedeightshort﹣storydispensers（自動售貨機）aroundtheFrenchcity．

The

freestoriesareavailableatthetouchofabutton,

printingoutonrollsofpaperlikeareceipt．Readersareabletochooseoneminute,

threeminutes,

orfiveminutesoffiction．

"The

feedbackwegothasbeenextremelypositive．Justtwoweekssinceits________,

morethan10,

000storieshavealreadybeenprinted．Wearethrilledtoseeitworkingsowell,

"saidtheco﹣founderQuentinPleple．"ThereareonlyeightdispensersinthecityofGrenoblefornowbutweareplanningtointroducemore．Wearegettingrequestsfromallovertheworld﹣Australia,

theUS,

Canada,

Russia,

Grace,

Italy,

SpainandChile．"

Pleplesaidheandhisteaminitiallycameupwiththeideaacoupleofyearsagowhentakingabreakatadrinkdispenser．"Wethoughtitwouldbecooltohaveitforshortstories,

"saidthepublisher．‘Then,

wedecidedtomakeadifference:

theshort﹣storydispenserwasborn．"

The

Frenchpublisherhopesthestorywillbeusedtofillthe"deadtime"ofapassenger．"Inthebusorthesubway,

everyonecanmakethemostofthesemomentstoreadshortstories,

poems,

orshortpicturebooks,

"saidastatementfromShortEdition．"Andtheycanbesuretoenjoythequality．"

The

dispensersarcnowinlocationsincludingGrenoble'stownhall,

itstouristofficeanditslibrary．Thestoriesaredrawnfrommorethan60,

000storiesonShortEdition'swebsite．Butthereisaproblemthatusersarenotabletochoosewhattypeofstorytheywouldliketoread．"Rightnowtheycanonlychoosethelength．Butthatisexactlywhatreallycounts,

isn'tit?

"saidPleple．

（28）

A．

InChile．B．InCanada．C．InFrance．D．InItaly．

（29）

A．

Comingintouse．

B．

Beingthrownaway．

C．

Beingfoundout．

D．

Breakingdown．

（30）

A．

Tohelppeoplekilltimeinthejourney．

B．

Toencouragepeopletowriteshortstories．

C．

ToattractinternationaltouriststoGrenoble．

D．

Todoresearchinthefieldofnewtechnology．

（31）

A．

Thelengthofthestories．

B．

Thequalityofthestories．

C．

Thenumberofthestories．

D．

Thechoiceofdifferentstories．

ReadersinGrenoblecannownibble（啃）fictionafterPublisherShortEditionintroducedeightshort﹣storydispensers（自動售貨機）aroundtheFrenchcity．

Thefreestoriesareavailableatthetouchofabutton，printingoutonrollsofpaperlikeareceipt．Readersareabletochooseoneminute，threeminutes，orfiveminutesoffiction．

"Thefeedbackwegothasbeenextremelypositive．Justtwoweekssinceits________，morethan10，000storieshavealreadybeenprinted．Wearethrilledtoseeitworkingsowell，"saidtheco﹣founderQuentinPleple．"ThereareonlyeightdispensersinthecityofGrenoblefornowbutweareplanningtointroducemore．Wearegettingrequestsfromallovertheworld﹣Australia，theUS，Canada，Russia，Grace，Italy，SpainandChile．"

Pleplesaidheandhisteaminitiallycameupwiththeideaacoupleofyearsagowhentakingabreakatadrinkdispenser．"Wethoughtitwouldbecooltohaveitforshortstories，"saidthepublisher．‘Then，wedecidedtomakeadifference：theshort﹣storydispenserwasborn．"

TheFrenchpublisherhopesthestorywillbeusedtofillthe"deadtime"ofapassenger．"Inthebusorthesubway，everyonecanmakethemostofthesemomentstoreadshortstories，poems，orshortpicturebooks，"saidastatementfromShortEdition．"Andtheycanbesuretoenjoythequality．"

英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第3頁。ThedispensersarcnowinlocationsincludingGrenoble'stownhall，itstouristofficeanditslibrary．Thestoriesaredrawnfrommorethan60，000storiesonShortEdition'swebsite．Butthereisaproblemthatusersarenotabletochoosewhattypeofstorytheywouldliketoread．"Rightnowtheycanonlychoosethelength．Butthatisexactlywhatreallycounts，isn'tit？"saidPleple．

（28）

A．InChile．B．InCanada．C．InFrance．D．InItaly．

（29）

A．Comingintouse．

B．Beingthrownaway．

C．Beingfoundout．

D．Breakingdown．

（30）

A．Tohelppeoplekilltimeinthejourney．

B．Toencouragepeopletowriteshortstories．

C．ToattractinternationaltouriststoGrenoble．

D．Todoresearchinthefieldofnewtechnology．

（31）

A．Thelengthofthestories．

B．Thequalityofthestories．

C．Thenumberofthestories．

D．Thechoiceofdifferentstories．英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第2頁。英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第3頁。英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第4頁。4.

Last

week,

twocompanies,

KittyHawkandUber,

announcedtheirplanstobringflyingcarstorealityverysoon．

KittyHawkpresident,

SebastianThrun,

announcedKittyHawk'sflyingcarplanslastMonday,

Accordingtoitswebsite,

thecariselectric﹣poweredandwillbeabletotravelatspeedsupto40kilometersanhour．Itsayssuchamachine"doesnotrequireregistrationorapilot'slicenseandmaybeflowninuncrowdedareasforrecreationalpurposes．"Asofnow,

thecarcanonlybeflownoverfreshwater．

KittyHawkismakingalistofpeopleinterestedinbuyingtheflyingcar．Theymustpayadepositof﹩100．Thosewhogettheirnamesonthelistearlywillreceive﹩2,

000offthefinalcostofthecar．However,

KittyHawkhasnotyetannouncedtheprice．Itsfirstflyingcarsareexpectedtogoonsalebytheendofthisyear．

UnliketheKittyHawkcompany,

Uberdoesnotplantobuilditsflyingcars．UberexpectstolaunchflyingtaxisinDallas﹣Ft．Worth,

Texas,

USby2020．LiketheKittyHawkcar,

Uberflyingtaxiswilluseelectricpower．Ubersaysitsflyingtaxiscouldtravelupto241kilometersanhour．ThecompanysaysthatcouldreducethetraveltimebetweenSanFranciscoandSanJose,

Californiafrom2hoursontheroadto15minutesintheair．

RiderscouldusetheUberapptobookaflyingtaxitotakethemtotheirdestinations．Thecomplyhasnotyetsaidhowcostlyairtaxitravelwouldbecomparedtoroadtaxitravel．

Soonerthanyouthink,

flyingcarsmayappearinthesky．Muchconvenienceastheywillbring,

justimaginehavingtoavoidotherflyingcars．Also,

whatifyourbatterydieswhenyouareintheair?

And,

howwillyouknowwheretoland?

（1）．WhatmayKittyHawk'sflyingcarbeusedforatpresent？________英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第4頁。A

Acceleratingthespeed．

B

Havingfun．

C

Advertisingthecompany．

D

Fetchingwater．

（2）．WhatdoweknowaboutKittyHawk'sflyingcarfromthethirdparagraph？________A

Itcoststwothousanddollarseach．

B

Itcantraveloverwater．

C

Itoffers$100toitspotentialbuyers．

D

Ithasn'tgonetomarket．

（3）．InwhatwayisUber'sflyingtaxisimilartoKittyHawk'sflyingcar？________A

Theytravelatthesamespeed．

B

Theyareelectric﹣powered．

C

TheyaresupportedbytheUberapp．

D

Theyrequireaflyinglicense．

（4）．Whatisthepurposeofthelastparagraphofthetext？________A

Tocallforpublicdonations．

B

Tointroducesomeadvantages．

C

Topromoteinterestinscience．

D

Totalkaboutpossibleproblems．

第二節(jié)（滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項．選項中有兩項為多余選項．英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第5頁。5.

LongbeforetheInternet，andevenbeforethetelephone，peoplereliedonpenandpapertocommunicate．It'salotdifferentfromwritinganemailbecausewhenyoumakeamistake，youcannot"backspace"yourerrorsaway．（1）_______

Letterwritinghasbeenakeymeansofcommunicationforpeoplethroughouthistory．（2）_______FamousnameslikeChristopherColumbusandAmerigoVespuccigracedmyhistorytextbooksgrowingup，withstoriesoftheirexplorations．MuchofwhatweknowaboutthemisthroughtheletterstheywrotetopeoplebackinEurope．

Thereweretwomainreasonswhytheseearlyexplorerswroteletters．（3）_______Theotherreasonforwritingletterswastoassureandupdatethepeoplewhofinancedtheirtrips．Theseso﹣calledsponsorswereoftennoblemenorwealthypeoplewhohadapersonalinterestinworlddiscoveries．Lettersfromexplorerswouldraisehopesthatnewlandscouldbringmoreriches．

WhentheBritishbeganbuildingcolonies（殖民地）inAmericaduringthe17thcentury，theselandsweresettledbypeoplewhosailedacrosstheAtlanticOcean．（4）_______Theirlettersweremixedwithnewsofillnessaswellasdetailsoftheirexotic（異國的）surroundings．

（5）_______WiththewidespreaduseoftheInternet，thetinydifferencesofaperson'shandwritingarelosttothecold，typewrittentextthatcomeswithanemail．Aperson'suniquesignatureisreservedforsigningareceiptforacreditcardpayment．

A．Letterwritingisjusthowyoutravelaroundtheworld．

B．Yousimplycrossoutyourmistakeswithyourpenandcontinuewriting．

C．Theearlysettlersfacedalotofchallengesintheunfamiliarenvironment．

D．OnewasaboyfromEnglandwholikedthesamemusicasme：rockandroll．

E．Fourhundredyearslater，however，wedon'treallyneedtowritelettersanymore．

F．Itplayedavitalpartintheexplorationofthe‘"NewWorld"，asAmericawasonceknown．

G．Onewastodocumentforthepeoplebackhomewhattheysawastheyjourneyedthroughthefaraway，mysteriousland．英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第5頁。

第三部分語言知識運用（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)（每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項．6.

Yan

Wei,

a30﹣year﹣oldblindman,

hasjustcoveredamarathononSunday．Thistimehe（1）_______hispersonalrecordwithanewtimeof3hours,

15minutesand58seconds．Hehadtwo（2）_______tohelphimandwas（3）_______themwithasafetyrope．"

Yan,

wholosthis（4）_______whenhewasafewmonthsold,

startedrunningthreeyearsago,

afterlearningthatvolunteerswereavailableto（5）_______blindrunnersatthe2015BeijingMarathon．

When

hestartedtrainingwiththehelpofhis（6）_______andparents,

hecouldrunonlyfor2or3kmatatime．Butsoonhe（7）_______somuchthathissisterhadtorideabiketostay（8）_______himandguidehim．Ittookhimjustfourmonthstobe（9）_______forhisfirstmarathon．

Yan（10）_______hisquickprogresstodailyexercise．"I'dliketo（11）_______200kmpermonth．Ifeel（12）_______ifIdonotrunfortwodaysinarow．"saysYan．

But

trainingisbecoming（13）_______forYannow,

becausetherearefewguideswhocanrunfasterthanhim．Hisguidesneedtobeinbetter（14）_______conditionthanhim．

"He'snevermissedasingletraininginthepastthreeyears．Iam（15）_______no．onlybyhisstrengthbutalsohis（16）_______totrain,

"saysShuHao,

an（17）_______runnerwhohastakenpartinalotofmarathonsandoneofYan'srunningguides．

Insteadofdyingloprovehimself（18）_______heran,

Yanhastakendelightinrunningandnowmovedto（19）_______theprocess．Hehascompletedfourteen（20）_______inthelasttwoyearsandjustwantstokeepgoing．

（1）A

beat

B

copied

C

researched

D

preserved

（2）A

dogs

B

coaches

C

guides

D

judges

（3）A

liftedby

B

tiedto

C

separatedfrom

D

fixedon

（4）A

parents

B

strength

C

voice

D

sight

（5）A

assist

B

comfort

C

represent

D

consult英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第6頁。

（6）英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第6頁。A

teachers

B

classmates

C

brother

D

sister

（7）A

donated

B

occupied

C

improved

D

witnessed

（8）A

awayfrom

B

aheadof

C

behind

D

for

（9）A

ready

B

late

C

grateful

D

harmful

（10）A

adjusts

B

owes

C

devotes

D

applies

（11）A

run

B

drive

C

swim

D

fly

（12）A

unlucky

B

embarrassed

C

uncomfortable

D

ignored

（13）A

stricter

B

looser

C

easier

D

harder

（14）A

living

B

physical

C

mental

D

educational

（15）A

praised

B

evaluated

C

impressed

D

inspected

（16）A

instruction

B

pressure

C

absence

D

determination

（17）A

experienced

B

honest

C

overweight

D

upset

（18）A

soonafter

B

everytime

C

asif

D

eventhough

（19）A

delay

B

register

C

simplify

D

enjoy

（20）A

projects

B

operations

C

marathons

D

tasks英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第7頁。

英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第7頁。第二節(jié)（每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式．7.

Handscaneasilygetcoldinwinter．Wearingglovesmightbeagoodchoice，butsometimesitisnot（61）________（convenient）．However，thiswasnotaproblemforancientChinesepeople，（62）________hadamoredelicatetooltokeeptheirhandswarm：handwarmers．

Thereisnoaccuratewrittenrecordabouttheoriginofthistool，buttherearesomelaicsaboutits（63）________（invent）．OnefolkstoryconcernsEmperorYangdifromtheSuiDynasty（581﹣618）whovisitedJiangsuinthewinter．Duetothebittercold，thelocalofficialaskedtheproducerstomake（64）________smallwarmerfortheemperorthatcouldbeheldinone'shands．Thusthehandwarmer（65）________（create）．

Techniquesforproducingthetoolwere（66）________（steady）developedintheMingandQingdynasties（1368﹣1911）．Manypoemsandbooksfromthisperiodrecordedpeopleusinghandwarmers．TheDreamoftheRedChamber，theclassicnovelwritten（67）________CaoXueqinfromtheQingDynasty，alsodescribedamaidwho（68）________（send）ahandwarmertoLinDaiyuinonechapter．

Ancienthandwarmershadvariousdesigns．Roundandsquareshapesarctypical．Someof（69）________（they）looklikepumpkinsandflowers．Insideahandwarmer，therewere（70）________（burn）coals，somemixedwithfragranceandgivingoffapleasantsmell．

第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)短文改錯（滿分10分）8.

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文．文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處．錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改．

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞．

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉．

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞．

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

（2）．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分．

Lastterm，anewspaperreadingcoursewasstartbyourEnglishteacher．Heaskmetoexplainonearticleinthenewspaper．

ThepreparationseemeddifficultthanIhadthought．Asthereweremanynamesofpeopleandplaceinthearticle，soIneededtolookthemupinthedictionary．Understandlongsentenceswasanotherproblem．WhenIreadandfoundthemhardly，IaskedmyEnglishteacherforhelp，andfinallyunderstoodawholearticle．

Whenmyturncame，Iconfidentlystoodontheplatformandexplaineditquitegood．Thecoursebenefitedhimalot．

第二節(jié)書面表達（滿分25分）英語-2018年安徽省馬鞍山市高考英語二模試卷含答案全文共10頁，當(dāng)前為第8頁。9.

假定你是李華，你校將舉辦為期一周的"傳統(tǒng)文化節(jié)"活動．請你寫封郵件告知交換生Tom此次活動，內(nèi)容包括：

（1）．活動目的（了解傳統(tǒng)文化，豐富校園生活……）；

（2）．活動形式（戲曲表演，經(jīng)典誦讀……）；

（3）．邀請其參加．

注意：

（1）．詞數(shù)100左右；

（2）．可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行