2021-2022學年湖南省懷化市筲箕灣鎮(zhèn)中學高三英語模擬試題含解析一、選擇題1.Intheearlymorningallofusstoodatthetopofthemountainto

eastofthecity，

watching

burningsunrising．A．the；a

B．／；a

C．the；the

D．the．；／參考答案：A2.Pelehadbagsofnaturaltalent,buthe______withoutthedeterminationtodealwithalltheproblemslifethrewinhispath.A.wouldneversucceed

B.neversucceededC.wouldneverhavesucceeded

D.haveneversucceeded參考答案：C【詳解】考查虛擬語氣。句意為：貝利是很有天賦，但是如果沒有處理生活中遇到的所有問題的決心，他是永遠不會成功的。從句中的had看，此句講的是過去的情況。本句是由without呈現(xiàn)的含蓄虛擬語氣，且空格所在的地方是主句，謂語動詞用wouldhave+過去分詞，否定式加never，置于would后面。故選C。3.Studentsshouldbeencouragedtouse＿＿Internetas＿＿resource.A.∕;a

B.∕;the

C.the;the

D.the;a

參考答案：D4.SpeakinginaninspectioninYunnanProvince,XiJinpingsaidauthoritiesmust

povertyremovaleffortstosupportthebuildingofarichandsuccessfulcountry.A.anticipate

B.allocate

C.appreciate

D.accelerate參考答案：D【命題立意】考查動詞的用法。句意：在云南分會場，習近平說政府將增加扶貧力度以加速富強、成功的國家建設(shè)。anticipate期望；allocate分配，撥出，使坐落于；appreciate欣賞，感激；accelerate加速。故判斷選D。5.Therealfriendistheonewhocomestotherescue______yourhourofneed.A.to B.at C.for D.in 參考答案：D考查介詞。句意：真正的朋友是在你需要的時候來救你的人。inneed有需要的。故選D。6.Remembertoreadaboutanytaboosrelatedtoclothing,especiallyifyouplantovisit______ areconsideredholy.A.which B.where C.what D.that參考答案：C7.Manymemoriesofoldtimeswere_______bytheconversationwehadtogetherthatevening.A.calledup

B.turnedup

C.takenup

D.keptup參考答案：A考查動詞短語的用法。句意：那天晚上我們一起交談，想起過去時光的許多記憶。A.calledup

使回憶，使想起；B.turnedup出現(xiàn)；C.takenup占用；D.keptup保持。根據(jù)句意選A。

8.Generallyspeaking,beinghard-workingisjust____ittakesyoutobesuccessfulinyourcareer．

A．what

B．that

C．where

D．which參考答案：A略9.Asheworksinaremotearea,hevisitshisparentsonly_________.A.occasionally

B.anxiously

C.practically

D.urgently參考答案：A22.Thepresidentowedhissuccessnotto_____buttoself-educationandadrivingdesireforachievement.A.regulation

B.privilege

C.arrangement

D.procedure參考答案：B略11.Thissupermarketispopular,andthere'reveryfew,

,

complaintsabouttheirservice．A．ifnever

B．ifso

C．ifany

D．ifanything參考答案：C12.Drunkdrivingusedtooccur_____,butnowitisundercontrol．

A．frequently

B．generally

C．practically

D．gradually參考答案：A略13.Ihearthey’vepromotedTom,buthedidn’tmention_____whenwetalkedonthephone.A.topromote

B.havingbeenpromotedC.havingpromoted

D.tobepromoted參考答案：B

解析：本題考查非謂語動詞的用法。mentiontodosth.提到將要做某事mentiondoingsth.

提到已經(jīng)做過某事，本題應(yīng)用完成被動式，D項應(yīng)改為mentiontohavebeendone。14.Unemploymentisontheincrease.Agrowingnumberofyoungpeople,________,arefindingthemselvesoutofwork.A.incase

B.allinall

C.inparticular

D.intotal

參考答案：A略15.Althoughlivingona

income,theSmithsleadahappylife.A.modest

B.mildC.evident

D.acute參考答案：A選A。modest在此處為notverygreat,big,orexpensive之意，不太大的；不很貴的。modestincome收入居中，不太高的收入。盡管收入不太高，Smith一家過著幸福的生活。16.—Ineedtoadvertiseforaroommatefornextterm.

—_________?Maryisinterested.

A.Whybother

B.Whynot

C.Sowhat

D.Whatfor參考答案：A二、完型填空17.Chrisisacolumnist(專欄作家)atwhoselifeturnedupsidedownin2017.Chriswaswillingtosharehisstorybuthisownprintdeadlinesmadeita(n)___21___taskforthistime.In2017Chrisfoundouthis___22___

conditionleftmuchtobedesiredandthatheneededakidneytransplant(移植).AnypersonwouldhavebeenlostinsuchasituationbutChristunedtotheplacewherehefeltmostcomfortable——Twitter.Thewholeoperationthingtakeslotsofeffortsonadonor’s(捐贈者)sideandChriscontinued___23___allthedetailsonhisblogandFacebookaccount.Inthemeantime,hewas___24___atiresomeprocessofhemodialysis(血液透析)___25___wasteandwaterremovalfromhisbloodanditgenerallytakes4hours.___26___,19peoplerepliedtoChris’stweet(推特信息)!Theywerehislawyersorjustpeoplehemetatsomepartymonthsagoandevencomplete___27___Noneofthemwashisfamily,relativeorJusta___28___friend.Justimagineallthesepeopleacceptingmedicalchecks,___29___theirbloodtypesandstuffofthekindtomakeagreat___30___toapersontheyhardlyknew!Oneperson___31___ideally---Scott.StrangelyenoughScottandChrisnevermetinpersonbeforethe___32___andreallysaweachotherforthefirsttimeonathanksgivingevening.BothmenfeltthatitwassomewhateasierforthemtolettheircommunicationflowonSocialMedia___33___acertainpointoftime.ScottsentChrisa___34___tweetevenafterthesuccessfuloperation.WhenseeingScottforthefirsttimeonafamilydinnerChriscouldn’tsayallhewantedatfirstandhiswritingtalent___35___atonetime.SocialMedia___36___worked!ChrishasahealthykidneynowthankstoScott,Twitter,Facebook,andtheinventoroftheweb.Forsomepeople,___37___networksarepureevilorjusttimeconsumingblackholes,butSocialMediawasoncea___38___forChris.Itisn’tjustaplacewherepeople___39___theirtimeonlonelyevenings.Forsomeofusitisalsooneoffewpathsthatcanleadtoacertainkindof___40___.21.A.important B.impossible C.practical D.official22.A.mental B.academic C.medical D.economic23.A.sharing B.settling C.changing D.taking24.A.goingthrough B.pickingup C.resultingfrom D.lookingthrough25.A.encouraging B.involving C.supporting D.contacting26.A.Obviously B.Normally C.Carefully D.Surprisingly27.A.strangers B.foreigners C.newcomers D.outsiders28.A.popular B.bright C.lost D.close29.A.sorting B.determining C.mixing D.designing30.A.fortune B.collection C.sacrifice D.research31.A.equaled B.touched C.matched D.approached32.A.party B.operation C.interview D.conference33.A.till B.after C.at D.through34.A.formal B.funny C.shocking D.cheering35.A.recovered B.fell C.relaxed D.failed36.A.policy B.tricks C.magic D.tasks37.A.social B.connected C.special D.separate38.A.approval B.honor C.memory D.blessing39.A.spare B.kill C.save D.take40.A.welfare B.promotion C.survival D.revolution參考答案：21.B

22.C

23.A

24.A

25.B

26.D

27.A

28.D

29.B

30.C

31.C

32.B

33.A

34.D

35.D

36.C

37.A

38.D

39.B

40.C這是一篇記敘文。短文敘述了克里斯是一位專欄作家，但在2017年的時候，他發(fā)現(xiàn)他的身體狀況很不好,他需要做腎臟移植手術(shù)。所以他在Twitter發(fā)布了自己的詳細信息，來尋找能捐獻給他腎臟的人，信息一發(fā)出，很多的人愿意幫助他。在眾多的人中，一個叫斯科特的人是最合適捐獻腎臟的人選。最終手術(shù)非常成功，克里斯無法表達對斯科特的感激之情。社交媒體在此次愛心救援中，發(fā)揮了積極的作用。短文告訴我們，社交媒體雖有諸多的缺點，但是它也是為數(shù)不多的能夠通向某種生存的途徑之一?！?1題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.important重要的；B.impossible不可能的；C.practical實踐的；D.official官方的。句意：克里斯愿意分享他的故事，但他手頭稿件的截止日期使它成為一個不可能完成的任務(wù)。由“printdeadlines”可知，克里斯手頭稿件的截止日期使他很忙，所以在這段時間內(nèi)，分享他的故事是不可能的。故B選項切題?！?2題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.mental精神上的；B.academic學術(shù)的；C.medical醫(yī)療的；D.economic經(jīng)濟的。句意：2017年克里斯發(fā)現(xiàn)他的身體狀況很不好,他需要做腎臟移植手術(shù)。由“heneededakidneytransplant(移植)”可知，他需要腎臟移植。所以判斷出,克里斯身體狀況很不好。medicalcondition“身體狀況”符合句意。C選項切題?！?3題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.sharing分享；B.settling解決；C.changing改變；D.taking。句意：整個手術(shù)需要尋找一位腎臟捐贈者，克里斯在他的博客上以及Facebook賬戶上分享了所有相關(guān)的細節(jié)。由下文“19peoplerepliedtoChris’stweet”可知，有19個人回復了克里斯的推特信息。所以克里斯是在網(wǎng)上分享了他的相關(guān)信息，其他人才能回復他。故A選項切題?！?4題詳解】考查動詞短語辨析。A.goingthrough經(jīng)歷；B.pickingup拾起；C.resultingfrom由……導致；D.lookingthrough瀏覽。句意：與此同時，他正在經(jīng)歷令人厭倦的血液透析過程，這個過程包括排除血液中的溶質(zhì)和水，通常需要4個小時。血液透析要排除血液中的溶質(zhì)和水，而且整個過程需要4個小時，所以整個過程很痛苦和煎熬。goingthrough“經(jīng)歷”符合句意。故A選項切題。【25題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.encouraging鼓勵；B.involving涉及，包括；C.supporting支持；D.contacting聯(lián)系。句意：與此同時，他正在經(jīng)歷一個令人厭倦的血液透析過程，這個過程包括排除血液中的溶質(zhì)和水，通常需要4個小時。分析句子可知，本句在說明血液透析的過程和時間。所以involving“涉及，包括”符合句意。故B選項切題?！?6題詳解】考查副詞辨析。A.Obviously明顯地；B.Normally正常地；C.Carefully小心地；D.Surprisingly令人驚訝地。句意：令人驚訝的是，有19個人回復了克里斯的Twitter信息。本句表示出人意料的結(jié)果。surprisingly“令人驚訝地”符合句意。故D選項切題?！?7題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.strangers陌生人；B.foreigners外國人；C.newcomers新來者；D.outsiders外來人。句意：他們要么是他的律師，要么只是幾個月前在某個聚會上認識的人，甚至是完全陌生的人，他們都不是他的家人、親戚，也不是他親密的朋友。even表示遞進關(guān)系，表示作者沒想到素不相識的人，都給他發(fā)來信息，表示愿意幫助他。故A選項切題?！?8題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.popular流行的；B.bright明亮的；C.lost迷失的；D.close親密的。句意：他們要么是他的律師，要么只是幾個月前在某個聚會上認識的人，甚至是完全陌生的人，他們都不是他的家人、親戚，也不是他親密的朋友。none表示全部否定，表示向他伸出援助之手的人，都不是作者身邊的人，都不是作者最親密的人。故D選項切題?！?9題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.sorting分類；B.determining測定，決定；C.mixing混合；D.designing設(shè)計。句意：想象一下，這些人接受醫(yī)療檢查，測定自己的血型和類似的檢查指標是否符合，為一個他們素不相識的人做出了巨大的犧牲。根據(jù)常識判斷，腎臟手術(shù)之前，要檢查捐贈者和病人的血型是否相匹配。故B選項切題?！?0題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.fortune運氣；B.collection收藏；C.sacrifice犧牲；D.research研究。句意：想象一下，這些人接受醫(yī)療檢查，確定自己的血型和類似的檢查指標是否符合，為一個他們素不相識的人做出了巨大的犧牲。由“allthesepeopleacceptingmedicalchecks”可知，這些人接受醫(yī)療檢查，測定自己的血型和類似的檢查指標。所以他們?yōu)橐粋€他們素不相識的人做出了巨大的犧牲。故C選項切題?！?1題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.equaled與平等；B.touched觸摸；C.matched和…相配；D.approached接近。句意：其中的一個人最適合---斯科特。醫(yī)療檢查的目的就是要找出哪個人能夠匹配上克里斯的病情指標，并為克里斯捐獻器官。故C選項切題?！?2題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.party聚會；B.operation手術(shù)；C.interview采訪；D.conference回憶。句意：奇怪的是，斯科特和克里斯在手術(shù)前從未見過面，他們第一次真正見面是在一個感恩節(jié)的晚上。由“afterthesuccessfuloperation”可知，本句在說斯科特和克里斯在手術(shù)前從未見過面。故B選項切題?！?3題詳解】考查介詞辨析。A.till直到；B.after在之后；C.at在……（里）；D.through通過。句意：兩個人都覺得他們能很容易地把社交媒體上交流和溝通繼續(xù)下去。由下文可知，斯科特甚至在手術(shù)成功后給克里斯發(fā)了一條表達祝賀的Twitter信息。所以Twitter成為了斯科特和克里斯溝通交流的平臺，交流會一直繼續(xù)下去。所以till“直到”符合句意。故A選項切題?！?4題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.formal正式的；B.funny滑稽的；C.shocking令人震驚的；D.cheering令人高興的。句意：斯科特甚至在手術(shù)成功后給克里斯發(fā)了一條表達祝賀的Twitter信息。由“successfuloperation”可知，斯科特甚至在手術(shù)成功后給克里斯發(fā)了一條表達祝賀的Twitter信息。故D選項切題?！?5題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.recovered回復；B.fell殘忍的；C.relaxed放松的；D.failed失敗的。句意：當克里斯第一次在家庭聚餐上見到斯科特時，他起初無法表達出他想要說的一切，他的寫作天賦也不能幫助他表達出他想要說的一切。本句表達作者無法表達出他的感激之情，即使自己是作家，此時詞窮墨盡。故D選項切題。【36題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.policy政策；B.tricks詭計；C.magic魔力；D.tasks任務(wù)。句意：社交媒體的魔力發(fā)揮了作用。由前文可知，通過社交媒體竟然間接救了一個人的性命。所以是社交媒體的魔力發(fā)揮了作用。故C選項切題?！?7題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.social社交的；B.connected有關(guān)系的；C.special特別的；D.separate分開的。句意：對一些人來說，社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)純粹是邪惡的，或者只是浪費時間的黑洞，但社交媒體對于克里斯來說卻是他的福音。由“Scott,Twitter,Facebook”可知，它們都是社交媒體。所以social“社交的”符合句意。故A選項切題?！?8題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.approval同意；B.honor榮耀；C.memory記憶；D.blessing祝福。句意：對一些人來說，社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)純粹是邪惡的，或者只是浪費時間的黑洞，但社交媒體對于克里斯來說，這是他的福音。社交媒體間接救了克里斯的性命，所以社交媒體對于克里斯來說，這是他的福音。故D選項切題。【39題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.spare抽出；B.kill消磨（時光）；C.save挽救；D.take拿。句意：它不僅僅是人們在孤獨的夜晚消磨時間的地方。由“l(fā)onelyevenings”可知，它不僅僅是人們在孤獨的夜晚消磨時間的地方。故B選項切題?！?0題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.welfare福祉；B.promotion提升；C.survival幸存；D.revolution革命。句意：對我們中的一些人來說，這也是為數(shù)不多的能夠通向生存的途徑之一。本句是對社交媒間接救了克里斯的性命這個故事的總結(jié)。所以作者認為對我們中的一些人來說，這也是為數(shù)不多的能夠通向生存的途徑之一。故C選項切題。三、閱讀理解18.Ifyouarenotreadingthisonascreenthenyouholdinyourhandsoneofhumanity’sworld-changinginventions.Yetthatpowerhasnotbeenmatchedbyfame:paperdelightsinself-modesty,pointingyoutothewordsonitssurfaceandsoactingonlyasastageforideasandargumentsthathavechangedhistory.Withoutthatstage,thewrittenandprintedwordwouldhaveattractedonlyasmallaudience.Allthealternativestopapercommonlyusedthroughoutourpre-digitalhistoryhavebeentoorare,tooheavy,tooexpensiveortooinconvenienttodeliverwordstoawidenumberofpeople,letaloneamassreadershipPaperhasenabledwriterstoreachunprecedented(前所未有)numbersthroughouthistory.AmongthemweretheBuddhistmissionarytranslatorsfromSouthandCentralAsiawhobroughttheirreligiontoChinaalmosttwothousandyearsago.Thepaperagehasitsoutstandingpersonalities:LevNikolayevichTolstoyandJohannWolfgangvonGoethe,whosecollectedworkswhencombinedfillmorethan200volumes.Formanyofus,ithasonlybeentheriseofdigitalmediathathasfinallyopenedoureyestopapersstrikingexistenceeverywhere.Ofcourse,paperhasfoundthousandsofrolesforitself,writingaside.Yourbedsidelampglowsthroughapapercoverandthecupsintheofficecoffeemachinearemadefrompaper.Itcanbeascommonandpracticalasabusticketoritcanbetreasuredandexpensiveasthecarrieroftheworldsbest-lovedpainting.Itisclearthatmanypredictionsofpaper'sextinctionhavebeenpremature-andgreatlyoverstated.Muchofthe400milliontonsofpaperproducedannuallyislynecessarytoourwayoflife.Thebiggerquestion,ofcourse,concernstheonerolepaperhashadthathasbeentransformativefortheworld.namelyasthecarrierofwrittenorprintedtext.Already,itisleavingmuchofthedifficultworkofwordstodigitalmedia,andmanyofitscenturies-oldroleshavealreadybeenlargelytransferredtothescreen.Thereisalsoasenseinwhichpaperhasitselfbecomeasubject,ratherthansimplyamedium.Thisbegantobecomeclearinartseveraldecadesago.aspaperbecamenotsimplythebackdrop(背景)forartbut,inafewcases,thestuffoftheartitself.Thisdoesn’tmeanthatpapersusesasavehicleforwordswillend,butitdoessignalaslowingdown.Morethanthat,itsignalsthatpaper'sgreatestvirtuesarenolongergoodenough.Thosevirtuesenabledunprecedentedperiodsofculturalexpansiveness.justastheyencouragedknowledge,beliefsandideastomovefurtherdownthesocio-cconomicladder.Yetsuchtransformativequalitiesaresharedbypaper'sdigitalopponent(對手),andpapercannolongercompeteonspeedofdelivery,scaleofinformationimmediatelyavailable,oreaseofaccess.Paper'shistoricdynamism(活力)hasreceiveditsfirstgreatchallengeand,inmanyaspects,itappearstobelosingNostalgia(懷舊)simplydismissespapertoamuseumpiece.Buttherearereasonstothinkthatthedynamismthatpaperhasexhibitedoversome20centurieswillnotbetransferredtotallytodigitalmedia.Thereareafewpracticalreasons.Electricpowerisalwaysneededfordigitalmedia,ofcourse.Moreimportantly,anythingonlinecan,potentially,behackedinto.Yourownreadingchoicescanbeviewedfromtheothersideoftheworld.Evenwhatyouwritecanbeviewedandchangedordeleted.Butitistheownershipofknowledgethatmattersmost.AsAmazonrecentlyremindedakindlereaderwhohadlostthetextofabookhewasreading.youdonot"own"yourbooksonKindle,asyouownaphysicalbook.Yousimplyhavetherighttoaccessthem.Thedigitalrevolutioncertainlyprovidesunprecedentedaccesstoknowledge.Butitisaccessonly.Textthatyoucanhold,shelveandown,duetopaper,willalwayshaveamagicallitsown.45.Whydoespapernothavewell-deservedfame?A.Muchinformationisavailableonascreen.B.Ittakesgreatdelightinbeingmodest.C.Onlyasmallcrowdenjoysthebenefitsofit.D.Italwaysguidesreaderstofocusmoreonitself.46.TheunderlinedpartinParagraph4impliesthatthedigitalmedia

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.A.itisbeingmass-producedB.itismorethanamediumC.ithasacenturies-oldroleD.itisawell-knowninvention48.What’sthepurposeofmentioningthebestvirtuesofpaperinParagraph6?A.Toshowitsfastdevelopment.B.Toproveitsunchangedstrength.C.Toindicateitslossofcompetitiveness.D.Tobringbackitspastbrilliance.49.Whatisthebiggestproblemthedigitalmediaface?A.Itdependsonelectricpower.B.Personalprivacyiseasytoleak.C.Usersonlyhavetherighttouse.D.Thejoyofreadingishardtofeel.50.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.TheHistoryofPaperB.ThePowerofPaperC.TheDevelopmentofPaperD.TheApplicationofPaper參考答案：45.B

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50.B本文是一篇說明文。文章敘述的是關(guān)于紙的重要性?！?5題詳解】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中Yetthatpowerhasnotbeenmatchedbyfame:paperdelightsinself-modesty可知，報紙沒有應(yīng)有的名聲是因為謙虛是最大的樂趣。故選B。【46題詳解】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第四段中Formanyofus,ithasonlybeentheriseofdigitalmediathathasfinallyopenedoureyestopapersstrikingexistenceeverywhere.Ofcourse,paperhasfoundthousandsofrolesforitself,writingaside“對我們許多人來說，只有數(shù)字媒體的崛起才最終讓我們看到了無處不在的驚人存在。當然，除了寫作，紙本身也有成千上萬的角色?！?由此推知劃線部分在暗示數(shù)字媒體幫助我們認識到紙張的作用。故選D?！?7題詳解】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中Thereisalsoasenseinwhichpaperhasitselfbecomeasubject,ratherthansimplyamedium.可知，紙不會終結(jié)的原因之一是它不僅僅是一種媒介。故選B?！?8題詳解】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段中Morethanthat,itsignalsthatpaper'sgreatestvirtuesarenolongergoodenough.Thosevirtuesenabledunprecedentedperiodsofculturalexpansiveness.可知，在第6段中提到紙的優(yōu)點的目的是“以顯示其競爭力的喪失。”故選C。【49題詳解】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中Thedigitalrevolutioncertainlyprovidesunprecedentedaccesstoknowledge.Butitisaccessonly.可知，數(shù)字媒體面臨的最大問題是“用戶只有使用權(quán)。”故選C。【50題詳解】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段Ifyouarenotreadingthisonascreenthenyouholdinyourhandsoneofhumanity’sworld-changinginventions.Yetthatpowerhasnotbeenmatchedbyfame:paperdelightsinself-modesty,pointingyoutothewordsonitssurfaceandsoactingonlyasastageforideasandargumentsthathavechangedhistory.“如果你不是在屏幕上閱讀這篇文章，那么你手中就拿著一項改變世界的人類發(fā)明。然而，這種力量并沒有與名聲相匹配:紙張以自謙為樂，把你指向表面上的文字，因此，它只是充當了改變歷史的思想和爭論的舞臺?！蔽恼略跀⑹黾埖闹匾??？芍?，ThePowerofPaper是最佳主題。故選B。19.

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