江苏省盐城市、南京市2018届高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. They all sat together at table, laughing and stories after many years? separation. A. circulating

B. swapping

C. spreading

D. plotting

22. The movie Coco wraps two themes --- pursuing dreams, and how we remember loved ones --- in a colorful, culturally specific package. A. contemporary

B. religious

C. historical

D. universal

23. --- Father always instructs me to do kind acts and bring more joy into the world around us. ---That?s great. Small can often create huge blessings. A. gestures

B. impacts

C. schemes

D. concepts

24. It is difficult for one to the manners of another world when he doesn?t know what they are. A. see to

B. tend to

C. amount to

D. subscribe to

25. --- What about a self-drive trip to Tibet this winter vacation? ---It sounds marvellous, but I won?t be available at that time. A. simply

B. equally

C. firmly

D. merely

26. , you need to be failing more if you are expected to succeed in the end. A. Strange as might it seem C. As strange it might seem

B. As it might seem strange D. Strange as it might seem

27. --- When do you think I can access Blackberry App World on my computer? ---Not until you your device password correctly. A. entered

B. will enter D. will have entered

C. have entered

28. White snow the small village after a big snowfall, tourists found themselves stepping into a fantastic fairyland. A. blanketing

B. blanketed

C. being blanketed

D. to blanket

29. The best books are treasures of good words and golden thoughts, , remembered and cherished, become

our constant companions. A. that

B. which

C. where

D. where

30. During my first year abroad, I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I did not phone my parents as often as . A. should

B. would

C. should have

D. would have

31. ---David has been since he got the offer in this company. ---He has to. You know, the boss is a fault-finder. A. facing the music

B. crying for the moon D. waking a sleeping dog

C. walking on eggshell

32. Men who stay fit can lower their risk of dying from a heart condition by 30% as compared with those who are . A. out of order C. out of shape

B. out of place D. out of control

33. Most people have to get to a point where they don，t have a choice they will change something. A. since

B. before

C. while

D. once

34. Our hearth is we make of it—give it attention and it improves; give it none and it weakens. A. what

B. whether

C. how

D. who

31. ---Making a computer program is a Herculean task for me. Can you give me a hand? ---Oh, . Turn to Jackson, who is an expert in it. A. it counts for nothing C. it doesn?t hurt to ask

B. it?s not the case D. it?s all Greek to me

第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When Katherine and her daughter drove past Katherine?s beloved old home, she would say, “I?d like to have that house back” On her 90th birthday, that wish came true.

All Katherine wanted for her 90th birthday was to 36 her childhood home. Her daughter, Emily wasn?t so 37 on the idea. And, as the old saying goes, you can 38 really go home again. However, the mom and daughter often drove from their 39 town to cruise past Katherine?s beloved old home.

One day, as Emily visited her local craft store, inspiration 40 her: Her mother could have her house

back---in replica (复制品) 41 . Emily connected with Ray Meyers, a local retired dentist with a 42 for woodworking. Ray took precise measurements and 43 details with the help of the current homeowners.

The replica home and the amazing story behind it deserved a special 44 . Emily arranged a surprise party at which the replica and Katherine would be 45 . But keeping Katherine in the 46 was a painful task.

“Ray would ask me questions about the house,” Emily says of the planning 47 . “I couldn?t remember everything 48 the last time I was inside was when I was a teenager. I would 49 Mother and start a conversation where I would say, ?Oh, by the way, do you remember…? and ask her something about the house. She would give details from her memory about the 50 and the color. She would tell me 51 what something looked like or where it was in the house.”

On the very day, Emily went to 52 Katherine to her house. “When we went inside, I was just 53 .” Katherine says. “There was a house load of people singing ?Happy Birthday? to me.” Emily presented Katherine with the carefully 54 replica home.

“I just couldn?t believe it,” Katherine says. “I have 55 memories of that house. I have had several family dinners where we eat around it. I now turn on the tiny lights within it. It?s so pretty.” For Katherine, it turned out that it is possible to go home again. 36. A. access 37. A. keen

B. decorate B. soft

C. build

D. own D. hard D. never D. permanent D. amazed D. form D. hunger D. compared D. inspection D. honored D. dark D. destination D. so that D. hold with D. measurement

C. dependent C. frequently C. current C. failed C. outline C. talent

38. A. generally 39. A. primary 40. A. overcame

B. sometimes B. temporary B. struck B. pattern

41. A. appearance 42. A. basis

B. preference B. compiled B. analysis

43. A. composed 44. A. mention

C. committed C. research

45. A. congratulated 46. A. back

B. appreciated B. shadows B. process B. till

C. exhibited C. clouds C. advance C. as if

47. A. expectation 48. A. because 49. A. visit with

B. stick with B. equipment

C. deal with C. arrangement

50. A. management

51. A. briefly 52. A. fetch

B. partly B. join

C. thoroughly C. welcome C. inspired C. folded C. fond

D. vaguely D. receive D. confused D. restored D. selective

53. A. embarrassed 54. A. sorted 55. A. recent

B. shocked B. wrapped B. distant

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Inspired by the USA? s recent solar eclipse (日蚀)? These equally impressive events and activities will inspire your desire for a visit.

Witness a desert superbloom

Occasionally, the normally dry Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and Chihuahuan Desert will burst into a carpet of yellow, purple, and pink flowers in spring. This is a surperbloom, and it happens if there?s significant rainfall between September and November. There?s one wildflower bloom every 5.3 years on average, and a superbloom on average once every 11.2 years.

WHERE TO GO: Death Valley National Park, California, the USA WHEN TO GO: February—March

Watching rockets launching

Every launch is very impressive and exciting because you don?t know what will happen until the last moment. You hear the fire and fury for several minutes—seeing a launch in person is a billion times better than watching on TV. The current hot ticket, though, is going to watch a SpaceX reusable rocket launch, then land back at Cape Canaveral.

WHERE TO GO: Wallops Fights Facility, Virginia or Kennedy Space Center, Florida BEST TIME TO GO: Check www.kennedyspacecenter.com or www.nasa.gov

Enjoy a never-ending lightning storm

Think lighting never strikes twice? The odds are more generous over the mouth of the Catatumbo River at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, which hosts lighting storms for up to 297 nights a year, thanks to its unique geographical location. “Watching the Catatumbo lightning is an experience you will get nowhere else,” says Jonas Piontek, a German photographer who has travelled there twice to capture the storms. “You are basically isolated from everyone