高考英语考前冲刺 考前天天练 七（含答案解析）

2020年高考英语考前冲刺 考前天天练 七

1.

I used to believe in the American Dream,which meant a job,a mortgage(按揭),credit cards,success.I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else,all of us　（1）　chasing the same thing.

One year,through a series of unhappy events,it all fell　（2）　.I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56.I　（3）　the countryside for some place I could rent for the　（4）　possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road　（5）　the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was　（6）　,full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner,rented it,and　（7）　a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me,　（8）　slowly,they started teaching me the　（9）　of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets,candles,and tools,and began　（10）　around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a　（11）　American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of　（12）　.

What I had believed in,all those things I thought were　（13）　for a civilized life,were nonexistent in this place.　（14）　on the mountain,my most valuable possessions were my　（15）　with my neighbors.

Four years later,I moved back into　（16）　.I saw many people were having a really hard time,　（17）　their jobs and homes.I managed to rent a big enough house to　（18）　a handful of people.There are four of us now in the house,but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places.We’d all be in　（19）　if we hadn’t banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one.It’s not so much about what I can get for myself;it’s about　（20）　we can all get by together.

（1）A.separately　                            B.equally                            C.violently                            D.naturally

（2）A.off　　　B.apart　　　C.over　　　D.out

（3）A.crossed              B.left                            C.toured              D.searched

（4）A.fullest              B.largest              C.fairest              D.cheapest

（5）A.at                            B.through                            C.over                            D.round

（6）A.occupied                            B.abandoned                            C.emptied                            D.robbed

（7）A.turned              B.approached                            C.cleared                            D.cut

（8）A.but                            B.although                            C.otherwise                            D.for

（9）A.benefit                            B.lesson                            C.nature                            D.art

（10）A.sticking                            B.looking                            C.swinging              D.turning

（11）A.wild                            B.real                            C.different                            D.remote

（12）A.neighborliness              B.happiness              C.friendliness              D.kindness

（13）A.unique              B.expensive              C.rare              D.necessary

（14）A.Up              B.Down              C.Deep              D.Along

（15）A.cooperation              B.relationships              C.satisfaction              D.appointments

（16）A.reality              B.society              C.town              D.life

（17）A.creating                            B.losing                            C.quitting                            D.offering

（18）A.put in                            B.turn in                            C.take in                            D.get in

（19）A.yards                            B.shelters                            C.camps                            D.cottages

（20）A.when                            B.what                            C.whether                            D.how

A

2.

In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.

Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX.“Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,”Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.

MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.

The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.

MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.

“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.

Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.

The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit(非盈利的)organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.

（1）According to this text, edX is 　　　.

A.a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare

B.a free computer program by MIT and Harvard

C.a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses

D.a free program online for universities worldwide

（2）What is said about online education in the text?

A.Universities have been trying online courses.

B.About 2,000 online courses have been offered.

C.Over 100 million people have finished courses online.

D.Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.

（3）The underlined part in the text probably means“　　　”.

A.Get ready for the difficulties

B.Get ready for this educational change

C.Get prepared to complete the online courses

D.Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses

（4）What can be said about MITx according to the text?

A.It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.

B.It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.

C.It is a standard to recognize online learners’ achievement.

D.It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.

B

3.

Easter(复活节)is still a great day for worship,candy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs,but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.

And no,not because the kids like to pull their ears.The culprit is climate change,and some researchers found that rising temperatures are having harmful effects on at least five species of rabbit in the US.

Take the Lower Keys Marsh rabbit, for instance.An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys,this species of cottontail is a great swimmer—it lives on the islands!—but it is already severely affected by development and now by rising sea levels.According to the Center for Biological Diversity,an ocean level rise of only 0.6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0.9-meter rise would wipe out their habitat(栖息地)completely.

The snowshoe hare,on the other hand,has a color issue.Most of these rabbits change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer,each designed to give them better cover from predators(捕食者).As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country,however,more and more bunnies are being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring,making them an easier mark for predators.Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight,but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question.The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already markedly down.

American pikas or rock rabbits,a relative of rabbits and hares,might be the first of these species to go extinct due to climate change.About 7-8 inches long,pikas live high in the cool,damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains.As global temperatures rise,they would naturally migrate(迁移)to higher ground—but they already occupy the mountaintops.They can’t go any higher.The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat heats up.

The volcano rabbit has the same problem.These rabbits live on the slopes of volcanoes in Mexico,and recent studies have shown that the lower range of their habitat has already shifted upward about 700 meters,but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher,so they are stuck in the middle. Scientists are concerned about their populations.

Native to the US,pygmy rabbits weigh less than 1 pound and live in the American West.They are believed to be the smallest rabbits in the world.Their habitats have been destroyed by development.Several populations,such as the Columbia Basin pygmy,almost went extinct and were saved by zoo breeding programs.Pygmy rabbits also rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators,but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed.

All of this gives new meaning to dressing up in a giant bunny costume this Easter.

（1）The writer mentions Easter at the beginning of the passage in order to　　　.

A.show the importance of Easter Day

B.introduce the issue about bunnies

C.remind people of Easter traditions

D.discuss the relationship between Easter and bunnies

（2）The word “culprit”(Paragraph 2)is closest in meaning to　　　.

A.criminal                                          B.judge                            C.victim                            D.producer

（3）According to the passage,some rabbits can now be easily discovered by predators because they　　　.

A.are exposed to more skillful hunters

B.have moved to habitats with fewer plants

C.haven’t adapted themselves to climate change

D.can’t change their fur color into white in the fall and the spring

（4）The problem faced by volcano rabbits and rock rabbits is that　　　.

A.both are affected by less snow

B.both are affected by rising sea levels

C.neither can find enough food

D.neither can migrate to higher places

（5）Which best describes the writer’s tone in the passage?

A.Approving.                   B.Concerned.       C.Enthusiastic.                 D.Doubtful.

4.短文改错

Will our parents check our homework? Not really. Since having already growing up, we can't act like little baby and rely on our parents all the time.

When I was in Grade Three, my parents asked us to check my homework by myself. I don't know what to do in that time, so I cried. After that, I got used to correct my own homework and became more independent.

Check homework by ourselves is very good habit. It can not only help us find mistakes in exams more easy but also let our parents worry less about our studies. Because parents will leave us some day, so we should learn to do everything by ourselves.

5.假定你是李华。你所在的校乒乓球队正在招收新队员。请给你的留学生朋友Eric写封邮件邀请他加入，内容包括：

（1）球队活动；

（2）报名方式及截止日期。注意：1.词数100左右；

（3）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

答案解析

1.【参考答案】

【文章大意】本文为记叙文。作者原本信仰所谓的美国梦,他和其他人一样都追求个人的成就。然而,有一年作者遭遇打击,变得无家可归、一无所有,这时他在乡下找到一个破旧的小屋住下,在那里他感受到邻居们给予他的关怀。从此之后,他对美国梦有了新认识,美国梦不是追求个人的成就,而是追求群体的成功。后来,作者重返城里帮助其他人。

（1）【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文可知,作者改变了原来认为美国梦就是追求个人的成就的想法,此处句意为:我们所有人都分别追求同样的事情。A项“独立地,分别地”;B项“平等地,同样地”;C项“暴力地”;D项“自然地”。

（2）【解析】选B。词语辨析题。A项fall off“数量减少,质量下降”;B项fall apart“破碎,破裂”;C项fall over“被……绊倒”;D项fall out“掉落,脱落”。从下文可知,作者的美国梦经过一连串不幸的事情后破灭了。

（3）【解析】选D。词语搭配题。固定短语search...for...,意思为“在……范围内搜查寻找……”。

（4）【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上下文可知,作者已经无家可归、身无分文,只能寻找最便宜的住处,因此选择D项,cheapest意为“最便宜的”。

（5）【解析】选C。词语辨析题。A项at表示“在……(小的地点)”;B项through表示“经过,穿过”;C项over表示“在……上方“;D项round表示“在……周围”。本句中房子一定在河流的上方,因此答案为C。

（6）【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。A项“占据,占领”;B项“放弃,遗弃”;C项“清空”;D项“抢劫”。从下文的“full of broken glass and rubbish”可知,作者找到了一个被人遗弃的房子。

（7）【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文“full of broken glass and rubbish”可知,作者需要清理房子,clear可以作动词“清理”,因此答案为C项。

（8）【解析】选A。句式结构题。两句之间为转折关系,他们对我一无所知,但慢慢地,他们开始教我……。

（9）【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。从下文的邻居的做法可知本句句意为:慢慢地他们开始教我做邻居的艺术。

（10）【解析】选A。词语搭配题。句意:他们开始过来聊天。stick around(在某处)逗留,呆在……附近,固定短语。

（11）【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据上下文可知,作者对于美国梦的态度发生了变化,因此选择C项different,意为“不同的”。

（12）【解析】选A。词汇复现题。文中多次出现neighbors。

（13）【解析】选D。词语辨析题。A项“独特的”;B项“昂贵的”;C项“稀少的,罕见的”;D项“必须的”。句意:我原本认为的文明生活所需的东西在这个地方并不存在。

（14）【解析】选A。词汇复现题。第二段中有“up a winding mountain road”。

（15）【解析】选B。背景常识题。句意:我和邻居之间的关系是我最为宝贵的财富。relationship意为“关系”。A项“合作”;C项“满意”;D项“约定”。

（16）【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。从上下文可知,作者先是在穷困潦倒时搬到乡下,此处搬回到城里,因此答案为town。back是个重要提示。

（17）【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。从文中可知作者现在开始回馈社会,帮助那些失去工作和家庭的人们。

（18）【解析】选C。词语辨析题。A项“放进,提交,正式提出”;B项“上交”;C项“吸收,领进,理解,欺骗”;D项“进入,收获”。句意:我租了一个足够大的房子以收容一些人。

（19）【解析】选B。背景常识题。B项shelter意为“收容所”,根据常识可知,无家可归的人一般都会被政府安置到收容所里。A项“院子”;C项“营地”;D项“农舍”。

（20）【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。句意:这不是关于我自己能够得到什么的问题,而是怎样才能使我们所有的人一起生活的问题。从句不缺少成分,可排除B,结合上下文和句意可知D为最佳选项。

2.【参考答案】

【文章大意】哈佛大学和麻省理工大学联手提供免费的在线课程,为全世界的学习者提供方便。

（1）【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第一段中“Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses...”以及第二段中“...developed by teachers at both universities...known as edX.”可知,edX是由哈佛大学和麻省理工大学联手设立的免费提供网上课程的教学平台。

（2）【解析】选A。细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知,一些大学一直在尝试提供网上课程。由第三段前两句可知B、C两项错误;文中没有提到斯坦福大学和耶鲁大学联合提供课程,故D项错误。

（3）【解析】选B。句义猜测题。根据下文可知,越来越多的大学会加入到提供网络课程的行列中来,势必会带来教育的改变,故画线句子的意思应是让我们做好准备来适应这种改变。

（4）【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段中“In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses.”可知MITx是颁发给完成一定网上课程的人的证书,标志着网上学习者取得的成就。故选C。

【长难句分析】In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses.

分析：本句是一个复合句。announced it also...是宾语从句,who引导的是定语从句,修饰先行词people。

译文：在12月份,学校宣布开始给那些完成一定网上课程的人颁发被称为“MITx”的特别证书。

3.【参考答案】

【文章大意】本文话题是关于全球气候变暖引发兔子生存危机的问题。

（1）【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据前两段可知,随着全球气温的逐年升高,兔子的生存境况日益糟糕。作者从复活节谈到兔子,主要是引出下文要讨论的问题,因为兔子与复活节有关。

（2）【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据文中“气候变化”、“对美国的至少五种兔子有害”可以判断“culprit”有“原因、肇事者”的意思。语境:不是因为孩子们喜欢拽兔子的耳朵。罪魁祸首是气候的变化。criminal罪犯;judge法官;victim受害者;producer制作人,生产者。

（3）【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段however, more and more bunnies are being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring, making them an easier mark for predators.可知答案选C。

（4）【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五段As global temperatures rise, they would naturally migrate to higher ground-but they already occupy the mountaintops和第六段The volcano rabbit has the same problem.可知D项正确。

（5）【解析】选B。观点态度题。根据全文可知,作者对全球气候变暖引发兔子生存的危机表示担忧。approving赞成的;concerned关心的,担忧的;enthusiastic热情的;doubtful怀疑的。

【长难句分析】Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question.

分析：本句是由but连接的两个分句,在第一个分句中,that引导的是动词know的宾语从句;在第二个分句中whether引导的是主语从句。

译文：研究者知道颜色变化受太阳光照时间的控制,但是兔子能否快速适应并生存下来是一个大问题。

4.参考答案：

第三句：growing→grown; baby→babies

第四句：us→me

第五句：don't→didn't; in→at

第六句：correct→correcting

第七句：Check→Checking; very前加a

第八句：easy→easily

第九句：去掉so

5.【参考范文】

Dear Eric，

I was informed that our school Ping­pong Team is looking for new members among us students. I know you show great fancy in ball games, especially ping­pong.

 As you know, playing ping­pong can not only build up your body but also shape your character. Additionally, it can help you make more friends, which is essentially beneficial to you.

Would you like to join? If so, please go to sign up at the Student Union office, which is on the second floor of the Teaching Building. You can go there any time this Saturday afternoon. If you want me to accompany you, please let me know. I will be available any time.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua