湖北省十堰市2016高考英语单项选择和阅读能力练习（5） Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The boy’s new bike was______envy of his friends.
A．a
C．/B．theD．an
解析 考查冠词。本句中envy为of his friends所限制，表特指。
答案 B
2．How I______him the pleasure he had during the vacation!
A．envy
C．appreciate B．admire D．enjoy
解析 句意：我多么忌妒他在假期间的快乐。admire“羡慕”后接for；appreciate欣赏；enjoy喜欢。
答案 A
3．I was about to______the phone when it was______.
A．reply；rung off
C．answer；rung off B．receive；rung up D．answer；rung up
解析 answer the telephone“接电话”；ring off“挂断电话”。句意：我正要接电话，这时电话挂断了。
答案 C
4．We feel sympathy______the deaths in the earthquake.
A．in
C．with B．for D．on
解析 feel sympathy for“对某人深感同情”。
答案 B
5．Out of______for the homeless children，he gave them shelter for the night.
A．pity
C．sympathy B．shame D．mercy
解析 考查sympathy的用法。句意：出于对无家可归的孩子们的同情，他给他们提供了住处。out of sympathy for是固定短语，意为“出于对??的同情”，符合句意。pity“怜悯；惋惜”；shame“可惜；羞愧”；mercy“仁慈”；三者皆不合句意。 答案 C
6．Many couples______to adopt the baby which survived the earthquake.
A．are desiring B．have been desiring
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C．have desired D．desire
解析 考查时态。desire“想要，渴望”，不用进行时，分析句子可知，此处不表示动作的先后，所以选项D合适。
答案 D
7．Try to ______ at least an hour each day for learning new vocabulary.
A．set off
C．set aside B．set out D．set down
解析 句意：争取每天至少抽出1小时时间学习新词汇。set aside为某种目的留出、拨出(金钱、时间)等，符合句意。
答案 C
8．Tomorrow the mayor is to______a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.
A．coordinate
C．cooperate B．accompany D．associate
解析 从“a tour of the city”，“the mayor”和“Canadian businessmen”可确定答案为accompany陪伴，陪同。coordinate调和，协调；cooperate合作；associate联合。句意：明天市长将陪同加拿大商人游览本市。
答案 B
9．At 3：30 p．m.the chairman______the meeting closed.
A．decided
C．announced B．declared D．informed
解析 考查动词的基本意思。根据句子意思，应该为“宣布”会议闭幕。
答案 B
10．Gathering clouds______the coming storm.
A．declared
C．connected B．turned out D．announced
解析 announce此处表示“显示，预告”。
答案 D
11．______that______；you might break it.
A．Leave；off
C．Leave；alone B．Leave；out D．Leave；over
解析 leave off“停止，结束”；leave out“忘掉，漏掉”；leave alone“不管，不打扰”；leave over “留下；剩下”。句意：别动它，否则你会把它弄坏的。
答案 C
12．It’s unnatural for a mother to leave her child______to enjoy herself.
A．alone
C．lone B．lonely D．loneliness
解析 leave...alone表示“丢下??不管”，是一个固定短语。
答案 A
13．The escaped prisoner，______，looked up and stared in the direction where the
noise came from.
A．alarming
C．having alarmed B．alarmed D．to be alarmed
解析 由语境可知，这里描述的是越狱的囚犯听到声音的样子，所以应该用alarmed，意思是“惊恐的”。
答案 B
14．If asked，I ______ his opinion of going abroad for further study.After all，
it is a good chance to train himself.
A．declared for
C．agreed on B．declared against D．protected against
解析 考查短语辨析。由下文的After all，it is a good chance to train himself可推知，“我”是赞成他出国留学的，故选择declare for，其意为“宣布赞成”。declare against表态反对，声称反对；protect against“使??免受??”。
答案 A
15．At the bad news，she was so sad ______ I had to stay here keeping her ______.
A．that；companion
C．that；company B．then；companies D．and；accompany
解析 考查结果状语从句及固定搭配。句意：听到这个不好的消息，她如此悲伤以至于我得留下来陪她。此句采用了“so...that”结构，that引导的是结果状语从句；keep sb.company为固定表达，意思是“陪伴某人”或“为某人作伴”。
答案 C。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct (不同的) species. - 3 -
The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard Universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants—the Asian elephant, African forest elephant, and African savanna elephant.
Once they obtained DNA sequences (序列) from two fossils (化石), mammoths and mastodons, the team compared them with DNA from modern elephants. They found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths.
The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists.
There has long been debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species, but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species.
Previously, many naturalists believed that African savanna elephants and African forest elephants were two populations of the same species, despite the elephants’ significant size differences. The savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3. 5 metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2. 5 metres. The savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. But the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. However the proof lay in the analysis of the DNA. Alfred Roca, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the
University of Illinois, said, “We now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation purposes. Since 1950, all African elephants have been conserved as one species. Now that we know the forest and savanna elephants - 4 -
are two very distinctive animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority (优先) for conservation purposes.”
1. One of the fossils studied by the researchers is that of .
A. the Asian elephantB. the forest elephant
C. the savanna elephant D. the mastodon elephant
2. The underlined word “divergence” in Paragraph 4 means “ ."
AA. evolution B. exhibition C. separation D. examination
3. The researchers’ conclusion was based on a study of the African elephant’s .
A. DNA B. height C. weight D. population
4. What are Alfred Roca’s words mainly about?
A. The conservation of African elephants.
B. The purpose of studying African elephants.
C. The way to divide African elephants into two units.
D. The reason for the distinction of African elephants.
5. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Naturalists’ Beliefs about Elephants
B. Amazing Experiments about Elephants
C. An Unexpected Finding about Elephants
D. A Long Scientific Debate about Elephants
参考答案1-5 DCAAC
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。
All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life, but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children. That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking. Years of experience means that parents often do know best, but on the other hand, the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems. Revolutions are led by the young.
Good teachers make the growth of critical (批判性的) thinking easier in their students, only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs. Schools encourage parents to become involved, but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used. Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to
participate fully in the development process. And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government. The rebellions (叛逆的)young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development. They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands, but their voices must be heard.
Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities. Indeed, sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting, just because it is not accepted by authority. Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts, know as much as possible about he lives of their children, provide a good example, encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them. But the most important point is that they also need to learn - 6 -
how to let go.
文章大意：这是一篇议论文。培养孩子是每个家长的职责，过度的关爱和限制不利于下一代成长，因此家长要学会放手。
41．By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”, the author indicates that young people are more .
A．conventional
C．creative
【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems意义可知正确答案为C。
42．From the second paragraph we know .
A．teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students
B．schools encourage parents to question their education methods
C．movement is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies
D．the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government
【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句They are not necessarily
representatives ... but their voices must be heard可推断出政府应该听听叛逆的年轻人的声音。
43．In nrder to educate children well, parents should .
A．forbid particular behaviors in their daily life
B．know them well and set a good example to them
C．educate them with facts and expect much of them
D．know as much as possible as their children
【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段内容parents must work with their children... know as much as possible about ..., provide a good example可知正确答案为B。
44．From the passage we can learn that the author prefers .
A．free parenting
B．realistic D．heartbreaking B．traditional parenting - 7 -
C．critical parenting
【答案】D D．smart parenting
【解析】推理判断题。理解文章主旨可知作者提倡睿智的教养孩子。故选D。
45．What is the best title of the passage?
A．Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life
B．Parents’ Tasks – in Children’s Development
C．Way of Growth – for the Young Groups
D．Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools
【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一句...that it’s hard to let go of your children.和最后一句But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go可知A答案吻合。故选A。
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