1、高中英语会考试题第一部分：阅读理解 （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。AIt was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from
2、home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. A
3、nd the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful strange
4、r even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, bu
5、t acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of ki
6、ndness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.21Why was the bike so important to the couple?AThe mans job was bike racingBIt was their only possession.CIt was a nice Kona 18 speed.DThey used it for work and daily life.22We can infer from the text that _.Athe couple worked 60 ho
7、urs a week.Bpeople were busy before ChristmasCthe stranger brought over the bikeDlife was hard for the young family.23How did people get to know the couples problem?AFrom radio broadcasts.BFrom a newspaper.CFrom TV newsDFrom a stranger.24What do the couple learn from their experience?AStrangers are
8、usually of little help.BOne should take care of their bike.CNews reports make people famousDAn act of kindness can mean a lot.BMany animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also u
9、se other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one o
10、f their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda（大熊猫）eats only one particular type of bamboo（竹子）. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind
11、 of white butterfly（蝴蝶）will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet（多样化饮食）. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different
12、depending on the season.Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and anima
13、l products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.25We can infer from the text that humans and animals _.Adepend on one sense in choosing foodBare not satisfied with their foodCchoose food in similar waysDeat en
14、tirely different food26Which of the following eats only one type of food?AThe white butterfly.BThe small bird.CThe bearDThe fox.27Certain animals change their choice of food when _.Athe season changesBthe food color changesCthey move to different placesDthey are attracted by different smells28We can
15、 learn from the last paragraph that _.Afood is chosen for a good reasonBFrench and British food is goodCsome people have few choices of foodDsome people care little about healthy dietCOur “Mommy and Me” time began two years ago. My next-door neighbor and fellow mother, Christie, and I were out in ou
16、r front yards, watching seven children of age 6 and under ride their bikes up and down. “I wish I could take one of my children out alone,” said Christie.Then we worked out a plan: When Christie takes one of her children out, Ill watch her other three. And when she watches two of mine, Ill take some
17、one out.The children were extremely quick to accept the idea of “Mommy and Me” time. Christies daughter, McKenzie, went first. When she returned, the other children showered her with tons of questions. McKenzie was smiling broadly. Christie looked refreshed and happy. “Shes like a different child wh
18、en theres no one else around,” Christie shared with me quickly. With her mother all to herself, McKenzie didnt have to make an effort to gain attention.Just as Christie had noticed changes in McKenzie, I also discovered something different in each of my children during our alone times. For example,
19、I am always surprised when my daughter, who is seldom close to me, holds my hand frequently. My stuttering（口吃的）son, Tom, doesnt stutter once during our activities since he doesnt have to struggle for a chance to speak. And the other son, Sam, whos always a follower when around other children shines
20、as a leader during our times together.The “Mommy and Me” time allows us to be simply alone and away with each child -talking, sharing, and laughing, which has been the biggest gain. Every child deserves（应得到）to be an only child at least once in a while.29What is the text mainly about?AThe experience
21、of the only child being with mother.BThe advantage of spending time with one child at a time.CThe happy life of two families.DThe basic needs of children.30Right after McKenzie came back, the other children were _.AhappyBcuriousCregretfulDfriendly31What is one of the changes the author finds in her
22、children?AThe daughter acts like a leader.BSam holds her hand more often.CThe boys become better followers.DTom has less difficulty in speaking.32The author seems to believe that _.Ahaving brothers and sisters is funBits tiring to look after three childrenCevery child needs parents full attentionDpa
23、rents should watch others childrenDWe may think were a culture that gets rid of our worn technology at the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study shows that we keep using our old devices（装置）well after they go out of style. Thats bad news for the environment and our wallets as these
24、outdated devices consume much more energy than the news ones that do the same things. To figure out how much power these devices are using. Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life from
25、 when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device. This method provided a readout for how home energy use has evolved since the early 1990s. Devices were grouped by generation. Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1
26、997. And MP3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007.As we accumulated more devices, however, we didnt throw out our old ones. “The living-room television is replaced and gets planted in the kids room, and suddenly one day, you have a
27、TV in every room of the house,” said one researcher. The average number of electronic devices rose from four per household in 1992 to 13 in 2007. Were not just keeping these old devices we continue to use them. According to the analysis of Babbitts team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode
28、 ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions（排放）more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.So whats the solution（解决方案）? The teams date only went up to 2007, but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced
29、 old products with new electronics that serve more than one function, such as a tablet for word processing and TV viewing. They found that more on demand environment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.33. Why did Babbitts team conduct the rese
30、arch? A. To reduce the cost of minerals. B. To test the life cycle of a product.C. To update consumers on new technology. D. To find out electricity consumption of the devices.34. Which of the following uses the least energy? A. The box-set TV. B. The tablet. C. The LCD TV. D. The desktop computer.3
31、5. What does the text suggest people do about old electronic devices? A. Stop using them. B. Take them apart.C. Upgrade them. D. Recycle them.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。_36_ One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. Its great fun especia
32、lly if you are the sort of person who feels theres never anything to do during the school holidays.The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _37_ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless.Next you need some friends to be in your c
33、lub with you. _38_ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you._39 You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. Thatll keep you busy for ages.At your first meeting you should make up a r
34、ule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very 姓名：_班级：_ 考号： important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 40 Why not leave some
35、 space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started youll think of loads of more interesting things to do!AThats easy.BEnjoy your own club!CInvite a designer to join you.DWhat are you interest in?ESome vacation i
36、s just around the corner.FThen you need to pick a name for your club.GUse a bright thick pen to make a special design.第二部分完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One
37、day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 41 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 42 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 43 to take them home. There she carefully 44 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 45 the eggs broke and the baby geese came
38、 into the 46 .Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 47 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.As they 48 , the girl was able to 49 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 50 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, bo
39、th when 51 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 52 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 53 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.Caring about 54 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 55 or follow him, and 56
40、slept in the grass.One day, the girl 57 into the plane, started it and soon left the 58 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 59 flapped（拍打）their wings and 60 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.41Amanaged Battempted Chappened Dsupposed42Arealized Bexpected C
41、imagined Dadmitted43Ahelped Bdecided Cafforded Dmeant44Aplaced Bprotected Ctreated Dexamined45Aago Bout Clater Dlong46Afamily Blake Chome Dworld47ABut BAlso CThus DStill48Aincreased Bimproved Crose Dgrew49Aask Blead Cwant Dallow50Afly Brace Cswim Dsing51Aasleep Baway Caround Dawake52Aidea Bopinion C
42、explanation Dexcuse53Asky Bheaven Cflight Dplane54Ahis Bher Ctheir Dits55Arespect Bremember Crecognize Dreceive56Aso Binstead Chardly Dtoo57Aclimbed Blooked Creached Dfell58Ahouse Bfloor Cwater Dground59Asecretly Bdisappointedly Cpatiently Deagerly60Alooked away Bset out Cwent by Dturned back语法填空（共1
43、0小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）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 dont have to run fast or for long 62 (see) the benefit. You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of 63 (die) ea
44、rly by running. While running regularly cant make you live forever, the review says it 64 (be) more effective at lengthening life 65 walking, cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 66 showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the ris
45、k of heart disease and early deaths from all 67 (cause).The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise its probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to 68 (strength) your leg muscles (肌肉), avoid hills and get good running shoes. Running is cheap, easy and its always 69 (energy). If you are time poor, you need run
