1、2024年高考英语模拟试卷请考生注意：1请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用05毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。2答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项，按规定答题。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The police are offering _ reward of $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of _ murderer.Athe; theBa; aCthe; aDa; the2_ up early in the morning
2、 to have a walk, I am sure, you are likely to feel active all dayAGetBHaving gotCGettingDTo get3I _up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled.Ahave made Bhad madeCwas making Dwould make4Although war still exists on our planet，I do believe its possible for different ethni
3、c groups to live together in _.Aagreement BharmonyCconnection Dcomparison5If you see things in a negative light, you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really _Anone BsomeCmany Dnothing6The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them
4、to longterm hunger as a punishment.AcanBshallCwillDneed7It s a good idea to get students to retell a story their own wordsAofBinCbyDthrough8Ensuring every child equal rights to education is _the key to the elimination of inequality across the world lies.AthatBwhatCwhetherDwhere9Afghans used to hold
5、big weddings, costing thousands of dollars, in a county _ the average annual income is less than $400. Awhich Bwhose Cwhere Dwhat10_ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.AIf BSince CUnless DThough11I dont like fish, so I eat it unless I was extremely hungry.A
6、needntBshouldntCcantDwounldnt12The room is so clean. He _ have cleaned it yesterday evening.AwillBneedCcanDmust13_almost one hundred jin, the stone was moved by him alone.AWeighedBWeighingCIt weighedDTo weigh14You can get off the bus one or two stops _ and walk the rest of the way to work every day
7、so as to take some exercise.Amore earlyBearliestCearlyDearlier15- Did Jim come?- I dont know. He _ while I was out.Amight have comeBmight comeCmust have comeDshould have come16By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, _ can be very eye-opening and rewarding.AwhoBw
8、hichCwhatDthat17I am afraid this pair of shoes is a little expensiveIf you really want to buy them, I will give you a _ of 10 percentAquantityBamountCdiscountDaccount18It is usually thought a little child says is truth. AWhat that Bthat what Cwhich Dthat 19The government is to _ the technologies to
9、the full in the structural transformation of the economy.Aadapt BexposeCexploit Dattach20More than a quarter of the energy in the United States goes to moving people and goods from one place to another.AusingBusedCto useDuse第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分）At a time when almost
10、 anything can be purchased with just one click, its become an automatic response to simply replace what breaks. Generations raised in the earlier half of the 20th century will say that this wasnt always so: household appliances（器具）, clothing, electronics and more used to be bought under the assumpti
11、on that, with the occasional repairs, they would last a lifetime.Now, some conscientious consumers are taking matters into their own hands and joining the Repair Caf movement. Founded in Amsterdam in 2009 by sewing expert Martine Postma, the original nonprofit has expanded to more than 1,500 locatio
12、ns worldwide. These pop-up events, which are run by volunteers, offer lessons in how to fix anything from fixing a button to an unresponsive laptop.“Theres juice and treats and you get to meet new people,” says Bennett, a retired civil servant and volunteer fixer at the Repair Cafe Toronto, where sh
13、e mends jewellery. She brings her own specialized tools but says most items could be repaired by anyone with a pair of pliers and some determination. “Something that is broken took time and resources to make, so if youre throwing it out, youre wasting those resources. ”If you cant find a Repair Cafe
14、 near you, its easy to start one. RepairCafe. org offers a starter manual with step-by-step instructions.Changing how we acquire things is necessary, but theres also something to be said for simply not getting them in the first place. “Most of us have more than what we need,” says Marina. “This can
15、lead to a lot of anxiety, likethink about everything packed in the back of your closet; do you own those things or do they own you?” She suggests we train ourselves to make mindful purchases.Lazarovic, whose delayed purchase went even further, explains that less shopping has freed up more time for f
16、amily activities, dinner with friends and making art. By doing so, as she puts it, “I got out of that need-to-buy-it craze and in the end I feel good that Ive made something.”1、How would people raised in the 1940s deal with broken home appliances?ASell them at a lower price. BPress the button to fin
17、d the fault.CRepair them to last longer. DDonate them to recycling stations.2、What does Bennett say about her work?AShe likes the good food people bring for her work.BHelping make repairs means saving resources.CShe will set up her own Repair Cafe soon.DShe learned to repair jewels after she retired
18、.3、Which of the following best explains “conscientious” underlined in Paragraph 2?AResponsible. BGenerous.CPowerful. DIrreplaceable.4、What good does Lazarovic think less shopping will do to us?AItll make us less anxious about used things at home.BItll force us to make donations of unwanted things.CI
19、tll lead us to explore the world more responsibly.DIt will provide us more time for beneficial events.22（8分）Lost cities that have been foundThe White CityIn 2015, a team of explorers to Honduras in search ofthe Lost City of the Monke Godled to the discovery of the White City. They found the ruins in
20、 the Mosquitia region of the Central American country which is known for poisonous snakes, vicious jaguars and deadly insects. It is believed that local people hid here when the Spanish conquerors(征服者) occupied their homeland in the16th century.Canopus and HeracleionModern researchers were teased by
21、 the ancient writings about the Egyptian cities Canopus and Heracleion- where Queen Cleopatra often visited. But the cities werent found until 1992, when a search in Alexandria waters found that the two cities had been flooded for centuries. Artifacts(史前器物) showed that the cities once highly develop
22、ed as a trade network, which helped researchers piece together more about the last queen of Egypt.Machu PicchuA Yale professor discovered the Lost City in the Cloudsin 1911. A combination of palaces, plazas, temples and homes, Machu Picchu displays the Inca Empire at the height of its rule. The city
23、, which was abandoned in the 16th century for unknown reasons,was hidden by the local people from the Spanish conquerors for centuries keeping it so well preserved.TroyThe ancient city of Troy in homers The Iliad was considered a fictional setting for his characters to run wild. But in 1871, explora
24、tions in northwestern Turkey exposed nine ancient cities layered (层叠) on top of each other, the earliest dating back to about 5,000 years before. It was later determined that the sixth or seventh layer contained the lost city of Troy and that it was actually destroyed by an earthquake, not a wooden
25、horse.1、（小题1）Why did people hide in the White City in the 16th century?ATo survive the warBTo search for a lost city.CTo protect their country.DTo avoid dangerous animals2、（小题2）Which of the following was related to a royal family member?AThe White CityBCanopus and HeracleionCMachu PicchuDTroy3、（小题3）
26、What can we learn about Troy?AIt was built by Homer.BIt consisted of nine citiesCIt had a history of 5,000 yearsDIt was ruined by a natural disaster.23（8分）How to Get the Best Hotel DealTaking the entire family on vacation can add up quickly flights, rental car, gas, meals, snacks, and of course, hot
27、els. However, by doing some research and using three little words, you could end up saving a lot of money on accommodations.First, search hotel booking sites like TripAdvisor or Expedia and check out the hotel rates in your location for the dates you would like to book. Take down all the prices you
28、find online for that hotel. But even if you find a steal of a deal or “a special discount”, dont press the book button on the website just yet.After researching prices online, experts say the best way to get the lowest hotel rate is to call the hotel directly not any of the customer service or 1-800
29、 numbers that could be listed as a contact number, especially for a chain hotel. Then youre going to drop some magic words. While you might be tempted to ask for “the best deal” or “the lowest rate”, your secret weapon here is to use the phrase “cheapest nonrefundable rate.” According to experts at
30、Travel+Leisure, that phrase triggers hotel staff to search for the room that will cost you the least for your vacation.If you do end up trying to negotiate a better price, mention the numbers you found online and then reduce those prices by 20 percent. Apparently hotels pay a hefty fee to be listed
31、on hotel booking sites, and that 20 percent could actually mean more money than they would get if you booked through one of them.Just dont wait until the last minute to score a deal, because that can lead to paying more, not less. Fred Lalonde, founder of the travel service Hopper, told Travel+ Leis
32、ure that the best deals on hotels are usually available two to three months ahead of the vacation date, potentially saving you more than $270 for an eight-day stay.120、What does the underlined part “three little words” in Paragraph 1 refer to?AA special discountBThe best dealCThe lowest rateDCheapes
33、t nonrefundable rate.1、According to the passage, the preferred way to get the best hotel deal is to _.Acall the target hotels to bargain with the staffBcollect and compare the prices found onlineCbook hotels just before your departure timeDturn to hotel booking sites for a discount24（8分）When Oscar P
34、istorius was convicted (证明有罪的)murder last month, the judge described the case as a “human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions”. The Paralympic athletes fall from grace made this comparison appropriate: overcoming severe disability to reach “Olympian heights”, falling in love with a beautiful model,
35、 and, in a coincidence that wouldnt be out of place in one of the plays, taking her life on Valentines Day. Mr. Pistoriuss tragic flaw was that he was an excessive paranoia（偏执狂）, which showed itself in an enthusiasm for guns.Mr. Pistoriuss case is, indeed, peculiarly Shakespearean. But Justice Eric
36、Leach, who delivered the judgment, is but one of those who have turned to the playwright in times of legal need. In 2012, Britains High Court quoted “King Lear” in a trial regarding a “threatening” joke on Twitter they eventually overturned a conviction on the grounds that social-media users “are fr
37、ee to speak not what they ought to say, but what they feel”. A choice snippet of “Hamlet” (“a little patch of ground that hath no profit in it but the name”) was quoted in a 2008 boundary dispute. “Henry VIII” was called forth by Senator Sam Ervin Jr during the Watergate hearings. The condemnation o
38、f Dzokhar Tsarnaev, involved in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, was sealed with lines from “Julius Caesar”: “the evil that men do lives after them; the good is often buried with their bones.”Lawyers love of Shakespeare is appropriate given that more of his lines are devoted to discussing law than
39、 any other profession. Some think his knowledge of the law was so detailed that the “real” Shakespeare must have been a lawyer. A study by Scott Dodson and Ami Dodson published last year set out to discover “the most literary justice” of those currently sitting(开庭), and which authors were regularly
40、turned to for quotable wisdom. The “most abundant citer and the widest read” was found to be Antonin Scalia, and no surprise William Shakespeare topped the list of the often-quoted, along with Lewis Carroll. Both Shakespeare and Carroll accumulated sixteen references from five justices. Other popula
41、r authors among the bench were George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Aldous Huxley and Aesop.The words of Shakespeare are likely to be sounded around courtrooms for decades to come as many universities particularly in America and Britain have included him in their law courses. Harvard Law School offers a
42、seminar which focuses entirely on “justice and morality in the plays of Shakespeare”. Kings College Londons “Shakespeare and the Law” model is co-taught by the Literature and Law faculties, and explores “the role of the law in mediating the place of the individual within society”. There are sensible
43、 reasons behind this; the University of Southampton, in line with recent studies, states that it offers the opportunity to study law through a literary prism of Shakespeare, Dickens, Kafka and others in order to “help law students to become more ethically sharp”. A study argues that reading literary
44、 fiction makes people show empathy, challenge prejudice, and be more flexible in their decision-making. A literary sensibility enables lawyers to present clear, structured opinions and briefs.But what is it about the work of Shakespeare, in particular, that lends itself to legal quotation and reflec
45、tion? After all, as Robert Peterson pointed out in “The Bard and the Bench”, all 37 of Shakespeares plays have been quoted by American courts, in over 800 judicial opinions. One answer lies in the fact that Shakespeares status embodies high culture; quoting him seeks to invest the judgment with cred
46、ibility and induce a sense of history. Mr. Peterson notes that this can “drive decisions in authentic ways”. Another option is Shakespeares universality everyone has either read, or claims to have read, plays like “Hamlet”. His works have become globally shared; the term “Shakespearean tragedy” indu
47、ces a rise-and-fall story even if the listener is not familiar with the works themselves. The horrifying details of Mr. Pistoriuss actions on that night, placed in a familiar Shakespearean frame, helps members of the court, and the public, to make sense of the unnecessary bloodshed.1、Why is Oscar Pistorius mentioned in the first paragraph?ATo introduce the topic of the passage.BTo explain why he was announced guilty of murder.CTo show the appropriateness of Shakesp
