a room feel the way you want it to feel

Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point.____ ，they can get a little complex. But good news is that there’er really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.

____，They‘re the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.

Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves.____They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space. The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant.____. A. While all of them are useful B. Whatever you're looking for C. If you're experimenting with a color

D. Small color choices are the ones we’re most familiar with E. it's not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time

G. Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways 第一节(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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 During my second year at the city college,I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I ____ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to ____ a few dollars? More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t____ enough about free credits, news about our ____ was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which ____I would be learning from one of the game’s ____ I could hardly wait to ____ him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this ____ was no game for him ; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it ____that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to____the class among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to ____ what we would learn in class to our future professions and____to our lives. I managed to get an A in that ____ and leaned life lessons that have served me well beyond the ____ .

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Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I' m still putting to use what he ____ me：“the absolute most important ____ that you learn when you play chess is how to make good____. On every single move you have to ____ a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and ____the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my ____ as a journalist. 41.A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. turned down 42.A. waste B. earn C. save 43.A. excited 44.A. title 45.A. urged

B. worried

D. pay

C. moved D. tired

D. instructor

B. competitor C. textbook B. demanded C. held B. easiest B. meet

C. best

D. meant D. rarest

D. beat

D. job

46.A. fastest 47.A. interview 48.A. chance 49.A. real

C. challenge

B. qualification C. honor

B. perfect

B. pass

C. clear C. skip C. apply

D. possible D. observe D. compare

D. normally

50.A. attend 51.A. add

B. expose

52.A. eventually 53.A. game

B. naturally C. directly C. course

B. presentation B. classroom B. wrote

D. experiment D. situation

54.A. criterion 55.A. taught 56.A. fact

C. department

C. questioned D. promised

B. step C. manner D. skill

57.A. grades B. decisions C. impressions D. comments 58.A. analyze B. describe C. rebuild D. control 59.A. announce B. signal C. block D. evaluate 60.A. role B. desire C. concern D. behavior 第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

61.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years __61__(long) than non-runners, You don't have to run fast or for long ____(see) the benefit. You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of ____(die) early by running.

While running regularly can’t make you live forever，the review says it ____(be)more effective at lengthening

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life____ walking, cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014____showed a mere five to 10 minute a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all ____（cause）.

The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise...it's probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to ____(strength) your leg muscles (肌肉), avoid hills and get good running shoes. Running is cheap, easy and it's always____(energy). If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, soperhaps we should all give____a try. 第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

71.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

During my last winter holiday, I went to countryside with my father to visit my grandparents. I find a big change there. The first time I went there, they were living in a small house with dogs, ducks, and another animals. Last winter when I went here again, they had a big separate house to raise dozens of chicken. They also had a small pond which they raised fish. My grandpa said last summer they earned quite a lot by sell the fish. I felt happily that their life had improved. At the end of our trip，I told my father that I planned to return for every two years, but he agreed.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

72.假定你是李华,你的新西兰朋友Terry将去中国朋友家做客,发邮件向你询问有关习俗。请你回复邮件,内容包括：

1到达时间2合适的礼物3餐桌礼仪 注意:

1词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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湖北省2018年高考英语答案

第一部分 听力

【答案】 1-5 BCCBA

6-10 BABCC

11-15 ABAAC 16-20 BCBCA

第二部分 阅读理解

此篇为有小标题的应用文，内容为华盛顿四种骑车游的介绍，配备3道细节理解题，出题形式中规中矩，相对比较简单。此类文章根据题干中的关键词仔细回原文寻找对应即可。 21【答案】. A 【解析】细节理解题。题目问“哪一个骑车游需要提前预定”，根据第一段内容中的“Reserve your spot before availability — and the cherry blossoms — disappear(在有效期和樱花消失前预约)”可知应选A。此题难点在于熟悉词汇（in advance和reserve）。 22【答案】. D 【解析】细节理解题。题目问“首都骑车游中你能做什么”，根据第三段内容中的“Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most interesting stories about Presidents, Congress, memorials, and parks（知识丰富的向导会给你讲关于总统、国会、纪念馆还有公园的最有趣的故事）”可知应选D选项“听有趣的故事”。 23【答案】. D

【解析】细节理解题。题目问“以下哪一个是夜间骑车游提供的”，根据第四段内容中的“All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights（所有骑行者装备反光背心和安全灯）”可知应选D选项。 24【答案】. B.

【解析】细节题，出处可定位至第一段her latest role，为各种家庭展示如何用比较少的预算去做既好吃又有营养的饭菜； A选项虽然提到Susanna和guest，但是embarrass偷换了原文的概念，可以排除；C选项无中生有；D选项原文中未提到她自己的家庭预算很紧张。 25【答案】. C.

【解析】细节题，出处定位至第二段with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under $5 per family a day. 可知Matt在烹饪事物上帮助了Susanna。 26【答案】. C.

【解析】细节题，出处定位至Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITV's Save Money: Good Health,…可知作者是为读者介绍了Save Money这个节目是怎么来的，即是背景信息，故选择C项。 27【答案】. D.

【解析】主旨题，主旨句一般可定位至文章的第一段，but后的关键信息点she is cooking up a storm in her latest role - showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.可知答案D。 28【答案】. B．

【解析】细节题。由hunter-gatherer times定位到第一自然段，根据when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 1200 languages between them. 可是当时人少，但是语言很多。 29【答案】. C.

【解析】猜题题。根据第二段后半部分dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over, 列举的英语、西班牙语、中文等都是使用人数较多等语言，所以选择powerful。 30【答案】. B.

【解析】细节题。根据第三段At present, the world has about 6800 languages和The

median number (中位数) of speakers is a were 6000 ,which means that half the world's languages are spoken by

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