1、2017 届安徽省普通高中高考考前考试大纲模拟调研（四）英语（解析版）第二部分 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。AA good book is indeed the best friend of a person. The same goes for high-profile CEOs of world recognized companies as well. Lets have a look at the favorite books of some of
2、the world-famous CEOs of the globe.Apple CEO Tim Cook, Competing Against Time by George Stalk Jr, and Thomas M. HoutThis book is based on 10 years of precious research done by the authors. It talks about how newer concepts of managing time in new product development, production and sales and distrib
3、ution provide companies with the edge to succeed in this highly competitive world.Microsoft CEO (Former) Bill Gates, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. SalingerA few themes explored in the novel are rebellion（叛逆） ，anxiety and confusion. It acknowledges that young people are a little confused, but can b
4、e smart about things and see things that adults dont really see. Gates said, “I didnt actually read The Catcher in the Rye until I was 13, and ever since then Ive said thats my favorite book.”Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Napoleon by Vincent CroninThis book is considered by far the best biography ever w
5、ritten on the great general, Napoleon Bonaparte. Ellison said, “Its interesting to read about him for a couple of reasons : to see what one man of modest birth can do with his life, and to see how history can distort（歪曲）the truth entirely.”OWN CEO Oprah Winfrey, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTh
6、is book talks about how a little girl observes the people around her. Winfrey said, “I read it in eighth or ninth grade, and I was trying to recommend the book to other kids. So it makes sense to me that now I have a book club, because I have been doing that probably since I read this book.”21. What
7、 is the theme of Competing Against Time?A. How to increase production. B. How to promote efficiency.C. How to enrich experience. D. How to save energy.22. Which may be chosen by parents to learn about kids disobeying rules?A. Competing Against Time. B. The Catcher in the Rye.C. Napoleon. D. To Kill
8、a Mockingbird.23. Who enjoys reading the life story of a great person?A. Tim Cook. B. Bill Gates. C. Larry Ellison. D. Oprah Winfrey.24. What can be inferred from Winfreys words?A. She loved reading when young.B. She read the book with other kids. C. The book has an influence on her career.D. The bo
9、ok is about a girls thoughts.BIt is such a common occurrence that no one ever wonders from where it came. But the telephone has a fascinating story behind it. It is the story of Alexander Graham Bell.He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847. The son of a man who was bitten by the workings of the h
10、uman voice, how it is produced and used, and especially teaching the deaf how to use it, young Alexander Graham Bell grew up with his fathers such strong feelings.In 1870, because of poor health, he migrated to Canada. It was not long before his success in teaching the deaf to speak brought him to t
11、he attention of a wealthy merchant in Boston who wanted Bell to help her daughter, Mabel. Finally, Mr. Bell and Mabel fell in love. It was she who inspired him to develop the then remarkable instrument that transformed speech into electrical impulses（脉冲）that could then be changed back into human spe
12、ech at the end of a wire. In 1877, he and Mabel were married. He later became an American citizen.Alexander Graham Bell was showered with the praise of the world. Honors came to him from all the points of the compass. He went on to other discoveries, many of them. But in his own view, he was most pr
13、oud of his efforts to help the deaf. So, when the government of France awarded him the Volta Prize for inventing the telephone, he combined this monetary award with the money he made from selling the patent on another invention to establish the Volta Bureau in Washington, D. C. Its purpose was to fu
14、nd research on deafness. Today, it is called the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Its role has been changed to providing the latest information for the deaf of the world on how best to deal with their disability.25. Which of the following can replace the underlined
15、 phrase “bitten by”?A. Fed up with. B. Familiar with.C. In harmony with. D. Enthusiastic about.26. What does the author say about Bell?A. He married a deaf woman.B. He taught the deaf to use telephones.C. He was funded by a merchant.D. He was inspired by his father to invent telephones.27. What is t
16、he Volta Bureau mentioned to show?A. The necessity to care about the deaf.B. Bells other discoveries.C. Bells passion in helping the deaf.D. The purpose of the organization.28. What may the paragraph that follows be about?A. The development of the Association.B. Examples Of Bells other inventions.C.
17、 Something about his family.D. Bells death and his influence.COnce a circle missed a wedge（楔子）. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted wi
18、th worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. Finally it found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its
19、 found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.In some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish（滋润）his soul with the dream of something better
20、. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had.There is wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and does not feel like a failure for
21、doing so. There is wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy（悲剧）and survive he or she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.Life is more like a baseball season，when even the best team loses one third of its games and eve
22、n the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved wholeness that others can only long for.29. Which may be an example
23、 of being whole?A. A person has everything.B. A person accepts his or her limitations.C. A person loves someone and is loveD. D. A person feels blue for dropping unrealistic goals.30. How is a baseball season similar to life?A. Easy come, easy go. B. Failure is the mother of success.C. Energy and pe
24、rsistence conquer all things.D. Some battles you win and some battles you lose.31. How does the author clarify his idea?A. Mainly by comparing. B. Mainly by reasoning.C. Mainly by informing. D. Mainly by arguing.32. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Pursue perfection in life B. Be whole
25、in lifeC. Life without mistakes is whole D. No pains, no gainsDEvery February “Oscar fever” hits the entertainment community and film fans around the world, with the annual Academy Awards presentation happening a month later, when hundreds of millions of cinema lovers glue themselves to their televi
26、sion sets to learn who will receive the golden statuettes（小雕像）.The Academy Awards or Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry. First presented in
27、 1929，the awards are among the film industrys most desired prizes.The AMPAS maintains a voting membership of 5,783 until 2012 and academy membership is divided into different branches. For most categories, members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees（被提名的人）only in their respectiv
28、e categories. In the special case of Best Picture, all voting members have the right to select the nominees. In all major categories, each member votes for up to five nominees (ten for Best Picture). From among these nominees, all academy members select the winners by secret voting.Since the earlies
29、t years, interest in the Academy Awards has run high. The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930and has had broadcast coverage ever sinceand televised for the first time in 1953. It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online.How the Oscar received its n
30、ickname is not clear. A popular, but unsupported story goes that the name caught on after the Academys Executive Director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. Thus, the journalists and Academy staff started to refer to it by this name. Officially, the name Oscar has be
31、en used since 1939.33. What does Oscar fever indicate?A. A medical condition where one feels sick.B. Peoples seeking Oscars blindly.C. A rare phenomenon in film industries.D. Peoples great interest in Oscars.34. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. How award winners are singled out.B. What is req
32、uired of award winners.C. Who maintains the voting membership.D. What the academy members do.35. What can we learn about the awards presentation?A. It is on annually in February.B. The second one was first televised.C. The first one escaped a media audience.D. Its broadcast listeners have multiplied
33、 since 1953.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。You can choose to think positively and see the good things around you, or you can choose to think negatively and only see the negative things around you. Its all up to you. 36 Look at what optimists do differently.Believ
34、e in themselves.While others doubt their own abilities, optimists believe they are good enough just the way they are and constantly try to get better. They trust their own intuition（直觉）and abilities when carrying out their day-to-day activities.37 They dont need everyones approval.Believe in others.
35、Optimists not only believe in themselves, but also in other people in their lives. 38 They know that when you treat a person as he or she is, that person will remain so. But if you treat a person as he or she ought to be, that person will become what he or she ought be. Optimists simply see sparks o
36、f good in others and work to turn the sparks into a roaring flame.39_Optimists believe in seizing what life throws. They are not blhid to the risks and dangers involved in taking chances, but rather look at the bigger picture, the resources available and then make every opportunity count for a much
37、brighter future full of possibilities.Forgive.Optimists know better than to underestimate the power of forgiveness. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized the past was the past and forgiveness was the path to a better future for everyone. 40 Optimists know tomorrow is another day and another opportunity
38、to correct what needs correcting and create a brighter reality.A. So he fought hate with love.B. They do what feels right in their hearts.C. Take full advantage of all opportunities.D. Be cautious about risks and dangers in life.E. They inspire others to be the best they can be.F. It is advisable, h
39、owever, that you think more positively.G. Thus he devoted his life to the struggle for racial equality.第三部分 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 1.5 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。A marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several sma
40、ll bait fish into the tank. The result met your 41 , the shark quickly swam across the tank, attacked and ate the smaller fish.The biologist then 42 a strong piece of fiberglass into the tank, creating two 43 parts. She then put the shark on one side of the44 fiberglass and a new set of bait fish on
41、 the other. 45 , the shark quickly attacked. But this time, the shark 46 because it knocked hard against the fiberglass 47 Determined, the shark kept 48 this behavior every few minutes, but 49 . Meanwhile，the bait fish swam around 50 in the second part. Eventually, the shark 51 hope of hunting. This
42、 experiment was carried out several times. Each time, the shark got less 52 and made fewer attempts to attack the fish, until it 53 hitting the fiberglass and simply stopped attacking. The biologist then 54 the fiberglass, but the shark didnt attack. The shark was trained to believe a 55 existed bet
43、ween it and the bait fish, 56 the bait fish could swim wherever they wished, free from harm.Many of us, after experiencing setbacks and failures, 57 give up and stop trying. Like the shark in the story，we believe that 58 we were unsuccessful in the past, we will always be unsuccessful. 59 , even whe
44、n no “real” obstacle exists between where we are and where we want to go, we 60 see obstacles in our heads.41. A. demands B. expectations C. schedules D. requirements42. A. changed B. added C. inserted D. crashed43. A. separate B. opposite C. connected D. relevant 44. A. delicate B. hidden C. transp
45、arent D. flexible45. A. Yet B. Meanwhile C. Instead D. Again46. A. bounced B. paused C. withdrew D. leapt47. A. trapper B. catcher C. tester D. divider48. A. accomplishing B. repeating C. copying D. strengthening49. A. in order B. in vain C. in secret D. in pain50. A. unaccustomed B. unchallenged C.
46、 unharmed D. unnoticed51. A. divorced B. declined C. raised D. abandoned52. A. blind B. aggressive C. alert D. arbitrary53. A. got occupied with B. got involved inC. got tired of D. got used to54. A. readjusted B. restored C. replaced D. removed55. A. barrier B. distance C. gap D. distinction56. A.
47、so B. but C. as D. for57. A. readily B. intentionally C. emotionally D. physically58. A. because B. though C. unless D. while59. A. Above all B. In other wordsC. As a result D. In conclusion60. A. abruptly B. constantlyC. eventually D. occasionally第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填写 1 个适当的单词
48、或括号内单词的正确形式。Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, who 61 (lay) over in China many times when young, it should be Qingming Shanghe Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This62 (create) dates back to the Northern Song dynasty.This painting is important 63 several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese paintings were landscapes, 64 (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this
