1、2018年辽宁省大连市高考模拟试题英语（二）第一部分阅读理解（满分40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。ASteve was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew but whose face he didntthe girl with arose. She was his pen pal（笔友）. She had helped him a lot both in study and life. They plannedtheir first meeting for 7p.m. at Grand Central
2、 Station in New York.Youll recognize me， she wrote，by the red rose Ill be wearing on my coat. So at 7p.m.he was in the station looking for the girl with a red rose.A young woman was coming towards him. She was wearing a green coat and was everythingthat he hoped Miss Maynell would be. But there was
3、no red rose. Then a plainlooking（相貌平平）woman walked past. She was well past 40 years old. On her coat there was a red rose. He did not hesitate. Im Steve Blanchard，and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad youcould meet me. May I take you to dinner？ he asked.A kind smile appeared on the womans face.
4、 I dont know what this is about，son， sheanswered. But the young lady in the green coat who just went by begged me to wear this rose onmy coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner，I should tell you that she is waiting for you inthe big restaurant across the street. She said it was a kind of test!1
5、. Steve was helped in study and life by _.A.a girlB. a middleaged womanC. his sisterD. his wife解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段Thirteen months ago，in a Florida library he took abook off the shelf and found himself attracted by the notes in the margin（页边）.13个月前，他 被一本书中女孩儿的注释吸引了，并在学习生活上得到了帮助，故选A。答案：A2. When Steve saw
6、 the plainlooking woman with a red rose，he felt _.A. disappointedB. happyC. nervousD. sad解析：细节理解题。根据But there was no red rose. Then a plainlooking（相貌平平）woman walked past. She was well past 40 years old. On her coat there was a red rose.可知，看到相貌平平的妇女，他有些失望。故选B。答案：B3. Miss Maynell did the test to see i
7、f Steve _.A. came to the meeting on time B. was young and handsomeC. could recognize her immediatelyD. judged people by their appearances解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段，特别是最后一句She said it was some kind of test可知，这是个测试，也就是，如果John没有走上去见这个妇女，就证明他并不是真的在乎 女孩的思想。答案：D4. From the last paragraph we learn that _.A. the Woma
8、n was Miss MaynellB. Steve invited the woman to dinner with himC. the woman was Miss Maynells close friendD. Miss Maynell wanted to test Steve before they met解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段，特别是最后一句She said it was some kind of test可知，女孩想在见面之前测试Steve.故选D。答案：D5. The story tells us that _.A. friendship can bring peopl
9、e happinessB. looks can give other people wrong ideas C. beauty in the heart is more important than looksD. goodlooking and a great mind can go together解析：写作意图题。根据文章最后一段最后一句The true nature of a heart is seen in itsresponse to the unattractive.可知，一个人的真正的内心的美比外貌更重要.故选C。答案：C BThere was once a guy who s
10、uffered from cancer. He was 18years old and could die anytime.He stayed in his house and never went outside. He was sick of staying home and wanted to go outfor once. So he asked for his mothers permission，who was his only lifelong friend.He walked down his block and saw a CD store. He stopped and l
11、ooked through the front door.He saw a beautiful girl about his age and knew it was love at first sight（看见）. He opened thedoor and walked closer and closer to the desk where she sat. She looked up and asked，Can I help you? She smiled. He thought it was the mostbeautiful smile he had ever seen before.
12、 He answered，UhYeahUmmI would like to buya CD.He picked one out and gave her money for it. She wrapped（包裹）it carefully and gave it tohim. He took it home and put it in his closet. From then on，the same thing happened every dayuntil one evening the phone rang. The mother picked it up and answered，Hel
13、lo? It was the girl!The mother started to cry and said, You dont know? He passed away yesterday The line wasquiet except for the cries of the mother.Late that night, the mother went into the boys room and opened the CDS. She found piecesof paper with words：HiI think U R really cute. Do u wanna go ou
14、t with me? Love，Jocelyn.6. Who took care of the guy all his life?_A. His father.B. The girl. C. His mother.D.Adoctor.解析：细节理解题，根据So he asked for his mothers permission，who was his only lifelongfriend.可知他的妈妈一直在照顾他，故答案为：C。答案：C 7. The guy fell in love with the girl _.A. after he talked with herB. after
15、she wrapped the CD for himC. the moment he saw herD. when he gave her money for the CD解析：细节理解题，根据He saw a beautiful girl about his age and knew it was love at firstsight（看见）可知他和女孩是一见钟情，故答案为：C。答案：C8. What can we know about the girl from the passage? _A. She was beautiful.B. She loved the guy.C. Her n
16、ame was Jocelyn.D. BothA，B and C. 解析：细节理解题，根据He saw a beautiful girl about his age and knew it was love at firstsight，可知女孩子很漂亮，根据：HiI think U R really cute，Do u wanna go out with me？Love.Jocelyn.女孩也喜欢他，名字叫做Jocelyn，故答案为：D。答案：D9. How did the mother feel when she saw the words on the pieces of paper? _
17、A. Excited but surprised.B. Disappointed but excited.C. Moved and excited.D. Moved but deeply sad.解析：推断理解题，根据She found pieces of paper with words：HiI think U R really cute，Do u wanna go out with me？Love.Jocelyn.嗨我觉得你真的很可爱，你想和我出去吗？爱.乔斯林.可知妈妈在儿子死后看到这个纸条应该是感动却深感悲伤，故答案为：D。答案：D 10. The best title for the
18、 passage can be _.A. Say I Love YouB. Love from a MotherC.ABeautiful Girl Selling CDSD.ACD Store解析：标题归纳题，根据文章内容可知本文讲述的是一个羞涩的男孩子不敢说出自己的爱，直到去世后她的妈妈才发现原来女孩子也喜欢他，所以要勇敢的说出自己的爱，故答案为：A。答案：A CFOR us humans，one of the greatest experiences is to taste all kinds of delicious food. Butfor penguins，they cannot g
19、et a taste of this happiness. Thats because penguins cant actually taste the delicious flavors（味道）of their favorite foodfish!Scientists from the University of Michigan examined the genome（基因组）of five speciesof penguins. They found that not one can taste umami（鲜味），the flavor of meat or fish，theBBC re
20、ported.Many animals have five basic tastes：sweet, sour（酸），salty bitter（苦）and umami. But according to genetic（遗传的）data，penguins are believed to have only sour and salty tastes.These findings are surprising and puzzling. And scientists dont have a good explanation forthem. But they have a few ideas.Fi
21、rst，one of the umami genes doesnt work in cold temperatures. Its about zero degreeswhen they eat cold fish， Zhang Jianzhi，the lead scientist，told the Daily Mail，so even if thepenguins had a functional（功能的）gene，it might not work when they needed it.Plus，penguinstongues are very special which may have
22、 something to do with their lack oftaste. Instead of being covered with taste buds which help to taste food，penguins tongues areextremely spiky（钉子似的）. This is better for them to hold slippery（滑的）fish than tastingthem. One study even showed that some types of penguins dont even have taste buds.But pe
23、nguins seem to be managing just fine.Their behavior of swallowing food whole and their tongue structure and function suggestthat penguins need no taste perception（知觉）， said Zhang. 11.The study finds that_.A. different penguins have their own favorite fishB. penguins have different genomes for the fi
24、ve tastesC. penguins cant taste the flavor of fishD. penguins dont have any of the five basic tastes解析：细节理解题。根据第二段They found that not one can taste umami（鲜味），theflavor of meat or fish，可知他们发现，没有企鹅能尝到鲜味，肉或鱼的味道，故选C。答案：C12. Penguins can only taste_.A. salty and sourB. sour and sweetC. sweet and saltyD.
25、bitter and umami 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段But according to genetic（遗传的）data，penguins arebelieved to have only sour and salty tastes.可知但根据遗传的数据，企鹅只有酸味和咸味.故选A。答案：A13. From Paragraph 5, we learn that_.A. penguinsumami genes work well in cold temperaturesB. penguins only eat cold fishC. temperatures can decide the
26、 umami genes of penguinsD. the umami genes in penguins would work when needed解析：细节理解题。根据第五段one of the umami genes doesnt work in cold temperatures.可知其中一个鲜味基因在低温下不起作用。说明气温可以决定鲜味基因，故选C。答案：C14. Paragraph 6tells us that_. A. a lack of taste is good for penguinsB. penguinstongues are very spikyC. penguin
27、s prefer to eat slippery fishD. there are no taste buds on penguinstongues解析：细节理解题。根据第六段This is better for them to hold slippery（滑的）fish than tasting them.可知他们更适合于控制住滑的鱼而不是品尝鱼，故选B。答案：B15. All of the following decide that penguins need no taste perception EXCEPT_.A. they always swallow food wholeB. t
28、heir tongue structure is specialC. their tongue function is differentD. they live in cold temperatures解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段Their behavior of swallowing food whole and their tonguestructure and function suggest that penguins need no taste perception（知觉），可知他们吞食整个食物的行为和他们的舌头结构和功能表明，企鹅不需要味觉。没有提到他们生活在很冷的气温下，故选
29、D。答案：D DMy parents give me an allowance every week. An allowance is the money I earn when I dochores or jobs around the house. There are a lot of things I want to buy with my allowance，but Ihave to earn it first! There are many ways to earn money. I do chores，make my bed and emptythe dishwasher. I a
30、lso help my parents whenever they ask.My parents let me choose how to spend my allowance，but they say I shouldnt use it up atonce. Thats why they taught me about budgets（预算）. A budget helps people buy things nowand also save for things in the future. My mom says there are three ways to use my allowa
31、nce. Ican spend it，save it，or give it away. I want to do all three，so my mom and I make three jars.One is a spend jar，one is a save jar，and one is a give jar.Spend JarThe spend jar is my favorite! I put most of my allowance here. At the end of the month，Icount up all my spending money. I use it to b
32、uy things and do fun things with my friends. Save JarSometimes，there are things I want，but I dont have enough money. Thats what the savejar is for. I put some of my allowance in it. It builds up more and more each week. After a while，I have enough money to buy what I want.Give JarThe last jar is ver
33、y special. Its the give jar. I donate（捐赠）the money to a charity（慈善）or another good cause. My dad says that donating money helps other people and makes ourworld a better place.I like putting my allowance into my three jars. Its fun to see it build up over time! Do youearn an allowance？16. The Chinese
34、 meaning of the underlined word allowance is _.A.允许B.零用钱 C.承诺D.费用解析：单词理解题，根据下一句An allowance is the money I earn（赚的）when I do choresor jobs around the house可知allowance是我做家务或者其他工作挣的，即零花钱的意思，故 答案为：B。答案：B17. There are _ jars for the writers money.A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four解析：细节理解题，根据so my mom and I mak
35、e three jars.One is aspendjar，one isasavejar，and one is agivejar.可知作者有三个罐子装零花钱，故答案为：C。答案：C18. For budgets, the writers parents DIDNT want him to_.A. spend all the money in a short timeB. build up too much money C. save the money for things in the futureD. choose how to spend the money解析：细节理解题，根据My p
36、arents let me choose how to spend my allowance，but they sayI shouldnt use it up at once可知作者的父母不想让他很快用完这些钱，故答案为：A。答案：A19. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?_A. The writers parents have a large amount of money.B. The writer asks his mother to make the three jars.C. The writer don
37、ates money in the spend jar to a charity.D. There are many ways to get the allowance for the writer.解析：细节理解题，根据There are many ways to earn money可知作者有很多种方法挣钱，故答案为：D。答案：D 20. We can learn how to according to the passage. _A. use the allowanceB. make three jarsC. help othersD. buy things解析：主旨大意题，根据文章My
38、 mom says there are three ways to use my allowance.I canspend it.save it.or give it away.I want to do all three，so my mom and I make three jars.One isaspendjar，one is asavejar，and one is agivejar.可知本文主要介绍的是如何处理零花钱的问题，故答案为：A。答案：A第二部分英语知识运用（共两节）第一节：完形填空（满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，
39、选出最佳选项。A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift”in its moutha dead animal of some sort. Taking a 21 look, he was shocked torecognize the 22 animal to be a bunny（小兔子）that 23 a little girl next door. Her 24 was Bonny. My friend felt terrible, belie
40、ving his cat had 25Bonnys bunny.My quickthinking friend came up with a plan. 26 from the cats mouth the deadand dirty animal, he put it in the 27 water, trying to clean up the dead bunny as best hecould. 28 he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny 29 it lookedpretty good. 30 , he took the dead b
41、unny out to the neighbors rabbit hutch（小动物的圈栏）and placed it back in the 31 , making it look natural and 32 there.The next 33 , he looked out the window and noticed a crowd of people 34around the rabbit hutch. 35 seemed to be talking and 36 . He decided to goover and 37 like any normal curious neighb
42、or and find out 38 was going on.When he got there, Bonnys mother said to my friend, “You wont believe what has39 ! Bonnys bunny 40 a few days ago，and we buried that little bunny right overthere. Its surprising that it should be in the cage this morning” 21.A. fartherB. smarterC. closerD. smaller22.A
43、. livingB. deadC. dyingD. lovely23.A. turned toB. devoted to C. stuck toD. belonged to24.A. ageB.nameC. sizeD. number25.A. killedB. bitC. kickedD. hit26. A. BringingB. RemovingC. CarryingD. Replacing27. A. boilingB. dirtyC. warmD. icy28.A. SoB. HoweverC. ThenD.Yet29.A. ifB. unlessC. though D. until3
44、0.A. FinallyB. ImmediatelyC. QuicklyD. Especially31.A. refrigeratorB. carpetC. forestD. cage32.A. curious B. painfulC. nervousD. peaceful33.A. afternoonB. nightC. morningD. evening34.A. arriveB. gatherC. appearD. return 35.A. EveryoneB. NobodyC. BothD. Neither 36.A. pointingB. apologizingC. blamingD
45、. clapping37.A. soundB. dressC. wearD. act38.A. whichB. what C. whetherD. who39.A. improvedB. disappearedC. happenedD. prepared40.A. passed awayB. turned upC. gave outD. took on解析：21.考查形容词及语境理解。根据Taking a 21 look可知此处是靠近仔细 一看，故答案为C。22.考查形容词及语境理解。根据前文a dead animal of some sort可知是一只死的动物，故答案为B。23.考查动词短语
46、及语境理解。A. turned to转向；B. devoted to致力于；C. stuck to坚持；D. belonged to属于；根据下文My friend felt terrible，believing his cat had 25Bonnys bunny可知这只可怜的小兔子属于邻居家小女孩的，故答案为D。24.考查名词及语境理解。根据下文Bonnys mother said to my friend可知小女孩的名字叫Bonny，故答案为B。25.考查动词及语境理解。根据My friend felt terrible, believing his cat had 25Bonnys b
47、unny可知朋友感到很糟糕，以为是自家的猫杀死了Bonny的小兔子，故答案为A。26.考查动词及语境理解。根据下文he put it in the 27 water, trying to clean upthe dead bunny as best he could可知他从猫嘴里取回那只死兔子，故答案为B。27.考查形容词及语境理解。根据常识及下文trying to clean up the dead bunny as best he could可知有关是把小兔子放在温水里清洗，故答案为C。28.考查副词及语境理解。根据下文he took a hair dryer and blowdried
48、the bunny可知这是接下来的动作，使用副词then，故答案为C。29.考查连词及语境理解。根据he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny 29it looked pretty good可知他用吹风机把小兔子一直吹干为止，故答案为D。 30.考查副词及语境理解。根据前文使用的then可知此处应该是表示最后的一个步骤，用finally，故答案为A。31.考查名词及语境理解。根据文章最后一句in the cage可知作者的朋友悄悄地把死了的小兔子放在了邻居家的笼子里，故答案为D。32.考查形容词及语境理解。根据前文的natural可知此处应该是与n
49、atural并列并与之呼应，应该使用peaceful，故答案为D。33.考查名词及语境理解。根据文章最后一句this morning可知此处应该是第二天早晨，故答案为C。34.考查动词及语境理解。根据he looked out the window and noticed a crowd of people34 around the rabbit hutch可知他从窗户里看到外面聚集了一群人，故答案为B。35.考查代词及语境理解。根据seemed to be talking可知似乎每个人都在谈论，故答案为A。36.考查动词及语境理解。根据前文及35 seemed to be talking and 36 可知似乎每个人都在谈论并指着什么，故答案为A。37.考查动词及语境理解。根据He decided to go over and 37 like any normalcurious neighbor可知作者决定走过去表现的像任何一个邻居一样，
