1、绝 密 启 用 前江 西 省 2017 年 普 通 高 等 学 校 招 生 全 国 统 一 考 试 仿 真 卷英 语 （ 八 ）本 试 卷 共 16 页 。 全 卷 满 分 150 分 。 考 试 用 时 120 分 钟 。 祝 考 试 顺 利 注 意 事 项 ：1.答 题 前 ， 先 将 自 己 的 姓 名 、 准 考 证 号 填 写 在 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 上 ， 并 将 准 考 证 号 条 形 码 粘 贴 在 答题 卡 上 的 指 定 位 置 。 用 2B 铅 笔 将 答 题 卡 上 试 卷 类 型 A 后 的 方 框 涂 黑 。2.选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 每 小 题 选 出
2、 答 案 后 ， 用 2B 铅 笔 把 答 题 卡 上 对 应 题 目 的 答 案 标 号 涂 黑 ， 写 在 试题 卷 、 草 稿 纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。3.非 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 用 签 字 笔 直 接 答 在 答 题 卡 上 对 应 的 答 题 区 域 内 。 写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿 纸 和 答 题卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。4.考 试 结 束 后 ， 请 将 本 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 一 并 上 交 。第 卷第 一 部 分 听 力 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 30 分 ） 略第 二 部 分 阅 读 理 解
3、（ 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A（河北承德一中 2017 届高三第二次月考）Everything was put neatly into my suitcase. Im a flight attendant. Im so organized, my half of the closet could be a display at The Container Store. My husbands half of the clos
4、et? Just thinking about it make my head ache. I carried my suitcase downstairs. Bill was in the kitchen cooking. Looking at the messy kitchen, I shouted, “Why do you have to be so messy?” Bill look hurt, “What?” I sighed and left for the airport.On my last flight, an elderly couple had the seats in
5、my section. They held hands during takeoff. Later I caught them looking into each others eyes. Something about that look was familiar. Then I realized: it was the look Bill and I had worn in our wedding photographs. I couldnt resist asking them about the secret of their long-lasting marriage. “Have
6、fun together,” the man said, “and never take each other for granted.”Her words circled in my head long after we landed. Bill wasnt perfect. But then, was I? I kept complaining about his messiness and forgot his kindness, his ability to see the bright side of every situation-qualities that ran so muc
7、h deeper, the reasons I had married him in the first place.I took out my cell phone and called Bill. “I miss you already.” I said. “I miss you too, Kim,” he said. As soon as my flights were over, I rushed home. Bill met me at the door. “I have a surprise for you.” he said and led me into the kitchen
8、. I glanced around the room. He really had worked hard. In spite of the fingerprints on that microwave floor, I could see our reflection in it: my husband and I, our smiles glowing with love for each other, just like in our wedding photos.21. Why did Kim get so angry with her husband?A. She found hi
9、s weaknesses one morning. B. She didnt love him any more.C. He left things in an untidy state. D. He turned a deaf ear to her complaints.【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的句子 Bill was in the kitchen cooking. Looking at the messy kitchen, I shouted, Why do you have to be so messy? Bill look hurt, What? I sighed a
10、nd left for the airport.可知，Kim 的丈夫将厨房弄得一团糟，Kim 对他很生气。故选 C。【 答 案 】 C22. Whats special about the old couple?A. They never quarreled with each other. B. They often made fun of each other.C. They kept their lives so fresh. D. They took each other for granted.【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的句子 I couldnt resist ask
11、ing them about the secret of their long-lasting marriage. “Have fun together,” the man said, “and never take each other for granted.可知，这对老夫妇保持生活的新鲜感。故选 C。【 答 案 】 C23. Kim changed her attitude towards her husband after _.A. she realized Bill wasnt perfect B. she got inspired by the old coupleC. her h
12、usband had cleaned up the kitchen D. they had their wedding photos taken【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的句子 Her words circled in my head long after we landed. Bill wasnt perfect. But then, was I? 可知，在被老夫妇激励后，Kim 改变了对丈夫的态度。故选 B。【 答 案 】 B24. The best title of the passage might be _.A. Love You, Lover Your Mess B
13、. Love is Blind, Love is messyC. The Wedding Photos D. A Loving Old Couple【 解 析 】 标题判断题。文章介绍作者是一名空姐，生活井井有条，但是她的丈夫却有些邋遢，这让作者感到很生气。在一次航班中，作者遇到一对感情很好的老夫妇，他们的话让作者原谅了丈夫，反省自己，所以 Love You, Love Your Mess 是合适的标题。故选 A。【 答 案 】 AB（安徽江淮十校 2017 届 11 月联考）Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from ot
14、her states. They wanted to buy lottery tickets(彩票). The tickets cost only $ 0.9 each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $ 90 million .That was the second largest lottery jackpot （积累奖金）in history.More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing. Those w
15、ho bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million, but that little chance certainly didnt affect ticket sales. In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were sold at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.Experts say many people buy lotter
16、y tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action. Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people. It allows them to dream about wealth theyll probably never have.But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized gambling. Some critics note that most people who pl
17、ay are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets. There are also many addicts who take the game seriously. They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets. Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise ha
18、ve to come from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice, under the name of social progress. Whether you regard stock lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to
19、accept their extreme popularity with many Americans.25 Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. Buying lotteries may help people become wealthy overnight.B. Politicians like lotteries because they dont have to pay extra taxes.C. The profits from lotteries are usually used for t
20、he public.D. Some critics dont like lotteries because many poor people waste money on them.【 解 析 】 细节理解题。从文章的第五段“Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes.”可知 B 项不正确。【 答 案 】 B26 In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lotte
21、ry sold tickets totaling_.A. $ 16.2 million B$ 38.88 million C$ 19.6 million D$ 87 million【 解 析 】 细节理解题。从文中的第一段的“The tickets cost only $0.9 each”和第二段“In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.”可知0.9*500*60*60*24=38, 880, 000。【 答 案 】 B27.
22、 The underlined word in the last paragraph refers to_.A. something profitable B. something challengingC. something immoral D. something easy【 解 析 】 词义猜测题。根据连词 but 和下文的“under the name of social progress”可知，批评家对此并不认可。【 答 案 】 C28. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To introduce the lotteries in
23、 Pennsylvania.B. To persuade people not to buy lotteries.C. To show the drawbacks of buying lotteries.D. To tell us the different opinions on lotteries.【 解 析 】 推理判断题。文中介绍了宾夕法尼亚州的彩票，作者客观地介绍了人们对此所持的不同观点，所以选择 D。【 答 案 】 DC （2017 江西临川二中高三一次联考） You know that squeak(吱吱声) you hear from your pet mouse or the
24、 pest mouse? It turns out that it is not really a squeak, but a sweet song by male mice to attract females. This is the conclusion reached by biologist Dustin Penn and his team at the Veterinary University of Vienna.The scientists who have been conducting a series of studies on house mice for a numb
25、er of years, began by recording the high-pitched(声调高的) sounds male mice made the moment they sensed a female mouse around. What they discovered when they played them back to females was that the ladies could tell between those made by their brothers and the ones made by unrelated males. Just like hu
26、man, they tended to ignore the ones made by their brothers.The researchers then took the experiment one step further and analyzed the squeaks. To their surprise they discovered that while the squeaks sounded similar, they each had a different “tune”. The biggest surprise of all was that the mice cou
27、ld even learn tunes from each other.However, not all scientists agree with this finding. Some like Kurt Hammer, a scientist at the German Primate Center believe that the test sample was too small to make such a conclusion.The researchers next plan to test if the females care about the quality of the
28、 “song”. In some bird species, males that can sing the most complex tunes seem to get the most attention.So why do we care whether mice can sing or not? Clearly, since they are being used as laboratory testers, it will help us make advances in human speech disorders like the ones found in people suf
29、fering from autism(自闭症).29. According to Dustin Pen, the squeak made by a male mouse is _.A. a hungry signal B. a sad cryC. a terrible noise D. a pleasant sound【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 but a sweet song sung by male mice to attract females 可知，雄鼠发出的是愉悦的声音。【 答 案 】 D30. The underlined word “them” in Paragr
30、aph 2 refers to _.A. the male mice B. the female miceC. the squeaks made by the male mice D. the squeaks made by the female mice【 解 析 】 词义猜测题。 根据第二段中的 recording the high-pitched sounds male mice made 可以推知，该词指代上文提到的雄鼠发出的声音。【 答 案 】 C31. What might be Kurt Hammers idea?A. More studies should be made. B
31、. Mice are intelligent animals.C. the conclusion is reasonable. D. Mice shouldnt be studied.【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 the test sample was too small to make such a conclusion 可知，Kurt hammer 认为得出这个结论的依据并不充分，人们需要进行更多的研究。 【 答 案 】 A32. One benefit of the study on mice squeaks is that it can_.A. find ways to
32、kill mice B. inspire musicians with their workC. help treat human speech disorders D. find ways to select intelligent mice【 解 析 】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的可以推知，这项研究可以用来帮助人们治疗人类的语言紊乱的问题。【 答 案 】 CD（广东顺德一中 2017 高三二次联考）As the saying goes, “Change is not always for the better”. Take social interaction, for example!
33、 We now live in an era in which many teenagers spend hours locked away in their bedrooms shooting virtual soldiers and hitting zombies over the head with digital baseball bats, while others sit home alone, chatting with friends, not in person, but through social networks. Teachers, politicians and p
34、arents have genuine reasons to argue that young people like this are in danger of losing the ability to connect with one another, to develop genuine relationships and to separate the fictional world of the Xbox or the Play Station from the real world.Others worry about the increasing breakdown of th
35、e family unit within the UK and link that to the increase of youth crime and antisocial behavior, or the problems that some young people have with drugs or alcohol. These issues are particularly common in areas of poverty and, in the light of the economic crisis, are unlikely to improve. Indeed, the
36、 gap between rich and poor in the UK could well increase, as unemployment figures rise and the cost of higher education increases.But being a teenager in the 21st century is not all doom and gloom, Young people in the UK today can enjoy living in a far more multicultural, integrated society in which
37、 opportunities are more equal and which is increasingly environmentally aware. They benefit from better child protection policies, a wider range of educational activities and clearer guidance on leading healthy lifestyles.And as they grow up, this generation will benefit from huge technological inve
38、ntions which will have an impact on almost every aspect of their lives, from entertainment to transport. They will see medical advances which could put an end to diseases like malaria and rid the world of AIDS. They will live longer, work smarter and they will even have a greater understanding of na
39、ture and the universe.33. What does the author think about life in the 21st century?A. Life is going to get duller and simpler in the 21st century.B. There is both good and bad in life in the 21st century.C. Life will be easier because nobody will be out of employment.D. People will be healthier bec
40、ause there will be no diseases in the 21st century.【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“But being a teenager in the 21st century is not all doom and gloom, Young people in the UK today can enjoy living in a far more multicultural, integrated society in which opportunities are more equal and which is increasingly
41、 environmentally aware. ”可知，21 世纪的生活并不完全是失望与不快，也有很多好处，故 B 项正确。【 答 案 】 B34. According to the passage which of the following statements is true?A. The union of a family unit plays an important role in a harmonious society.B. Family problems cause young children to lock themselves in their bedrooms.C.
42、Strict families have introduced better child protection policies.D. All children in breakdown families tend to be aggressive.【 解 析 】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Others worry about the increasing breakdown of the family unit within the UK and link that to the increase of youth crime and antisocial behavior, or the
43、 problems that some young people have with drugs or alcohol. ”可知，家庭破裂会带来很多社会问题，由此可知家庭和睦对社会和谐来说很重要，故 A 项正确。【 答 案 】 A35. In the passage, parents fear that _.A. their children might be lost in their digital worldB. their children will be in danger in the 21st centuryC. their possible divorce may lead t
44、heir children to crime and antisocial behaviorD. their children may develop genuine relationships with other people【 解 析 】 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“parents have genuine reasons to argue that young people like this are in danger of losing the ability to connect with one another, to develop genuine relationships
45、 and to separate the fictional world of the Xbox or the Play Station from the real world. ”可知，父母们担心孩子会迷失在虚拟的数码世界里，故 A 项正确。【 答 案 】 A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。Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours.
46、36. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Psychologists are studying this complex phenomenon, and have identified three different types of loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly
47、and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situation-for example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. 37. The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the others, chronic (the opposite of “temporary“)usually lasts more than two years and h
48、as no specific cause. 38. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a persons social contacts, for example, friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social conta
