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2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷)
英语试题卷
英语试题卷共10页。满分120分。考试时间l00分钟。
注意事项：
I．答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2．答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡
皮擦擦干净后，再迭涂其它答案标号。
3．答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。 4．所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。
5．考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、单项埴空(共L‘小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，井在答属卡上将该选项的
标号涂黑。例:A computer can only do __ you have instructed it to do.
A. how
B. after
C. what
D. when
答案是 C。
I. A smile costs ____ .but gives much.
A. anything
B. something
C. nothing
D. everything
2. -- Why not stay here a little longer?
-- ____. but I really have to go.
A. Never mind
B. I'd love to
C. Pleased to meet you
D. I can't find any reason
3. I've ordered some pizza, so we ____ worry about cooking when we get home tired.
A. can't
B. dare not
C, needn't D. may not
4. You'd better write down her phone number before you ____ it.
A. forget
B. are forgetting
c. forgot D. will forget
5. The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras_____ to our shop for quality problems.
A. returning
B. returned
C. to return
D. to be returned
6. I can't tell you __ way to the Wilson's because we don't have ___ Wilson here in the village.
A. the; a
B. a; /
C. a: the
D. the; /
7. She drove so fast at the turn that the car almost went ____ the road.
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（重庆卷） 英语答案解析 一、单项填空 1.【答案】C 【解析】本题的是代词辨析。anything任何事情；something某些事情，重要人物；nothing什么也没有，没有事情；everything所有的事情。句意：微笑不要我们花任何东西，但是却会给我们很多。本题中的关键词是but说明上下文之间是转折关系，所选之词要和后面的much表示相反的意思。故C正确。 【考点】代词辨析。 2.【答案】B 【解析】本题的是交际用语。A没关系（用来回答对方的道歉）；B我很高兴要做某事…（后面常常和but 连用，表示委婉地拒绝）；C遇见你很高兴；D我找不到任何理由。句意：—为什么不在这里多待一会?—我想多待一会，可是我真的必须得走了。本句的关键词是but，说明本句表示的是委婉地拒绝对方。同时在to 后面省略了stay here a little longer。故B正确。 【考点】交际用语。 3.【答案】C 【解析】本题的是情态动词意义辨析。Can’t不可能；做不到；dare not不敢；needn’t 不必；may not也许不；句意：我已经点了一些披萨，所以当我们很累地到家的使用，不必担心做饭的问题。Need既可以作为情态动词，也可以作为行为动词。当它作为情态动词的使用常常用于疑问句和否定句中，表示“不必”。根据句意说明C正确。 【考点】情态动词。 4.【答案】A 【解析】本题的是时态题中的一个常考的用法。在时间状语从句和条件状语从句中，常常使用一般现在时代替将来时。本句中的连词before引导的就是一个时间状语从句，所以使用一般现在时代替将来时。句意：在你忘记之前最好把他的电话号码写下来。故A正确。 【考点】时态。 5.【答案】B 【解析】本题的是非谓语动词中分词做定语的用法。本句中的动词return与前面的名词cameras构成逻辑上的被动关系，所以使用过去分词短语在句中做定语来修饰cameras，从语法作用上来说相当于一个定语从句which are returned…。D项中使用的是不定式的被动形式，表示的将来要发生的事情。句意：这位生产商经
绝密*启用前解密时间：2018年6月8日16：40 [考试时间：6月S日15：00-16：40] 2018年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (重庆卷) 英语试题卷 英语试题卷共10页。满分120分。考试时间l00分钟。 注意事项： I．答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。 2．答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡 皮擦擦干净后，再迭涂其它答案标号。 3．答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。 4．所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。 5．考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、单项埴空(共L‘小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 请从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，井在答属卡上将该选项的 标号涂黑。例:A computer can only do __ you have instructed it to do.
A. how B. after C. what D. when 答案是 C。 I. A smile costs ____ . but gives much. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything 2. -- Why not stay here a little longer? -- ____. but I really have to go. A. Never mind B. I'd love to C. Pleased to meet you D. I can't find any reason 3. I've ordered some pizza, so we ____ worry about cooking when we get home tired. A. can't B. dare not C, needn't D. may not 4. You'd better write down her phone number before you ____ it. A. forget B. are forgetting c. forgot D. will forget 5. The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras_____ to our shop for quality problems. A. returning B. returned
高三英语模拟试题及答案 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话你将听一遍。 1.What does the man want to borrow? A.A pencil. B.An eraser. C.A pen. 2.What is the woman doing now? A.Eating. B.Going home. C.Having group study. 3.What does the man have for earthquake preparation? A.A candle. B.A radio. C.A flashlight. 4.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A.In a bank. B. In a hotel. C.In a store. 5.Where will the man go for his holiday?
A.Brazil. B.Denmark. C. Greece. 第二节 听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6.When does the supermarket close on Sundays? A.At 5:00 pm. B.At 7:00 pm. C. At 8:00 pm. 7.What have the two speakers decided to do now? A.Go shopping. B.Take a walk. C.Have dinner 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8.Why does the man make the call? A.To make a booking. B.To make a suggestion. C.To make an appointment. 9.When will the man return from London? A.On March 10. B. On March 12. C. On March 22.
2014年高考英语试题及答案全国卷2
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试新课标II卷 英语 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。 注意事项： 1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 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40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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑． A Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport. He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them
For personal use only in study and research; not for commercial use 2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷) 英语试题卷 英语试题卷共10页。满分120分。考试时间l00分钟。 注意事项： I．答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。 2．答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡 皮擦擦干净后，再迭涂其它答案标号。 3．答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。 4．所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。 5．考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、单项埴空(共L‘小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 请从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，井在答属卡上将该选项的 标号涂黑。例:A computer can only do __ you have instructed it to do. A. how B. after C. what D. when 答案是C。 1. A smile costs ____ . but gives much. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything 2. -- Why not stay here a little longer? -- ____. but I really have to go. A. Never mind B. I'd love to C. Pleased to meet you D. I can't find any reason 3. I've ordered some pizza, so we ____ worry about cooking when we get home tired. A. can't B. dare not C, needn't D. may not 4. You'd better write down her phone number before you ____ it. A. forget B. are forgetting c. forgot D. will forget 5. The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras_____ to our shop for quality problems. A. returning B. returned C. to return D. to be returned 6. I can't tell you __ way to the Wilson's because we don't have ___ Wilson here in the village. A. the; a B. a; /
2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷) 英语试题卷 一、单项埴空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 请从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，井在答属卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。 1. —Is Peter coming? —No, he____ his mind after a phone call at the last minute. A. changes B. changed C. was changing D. had changed 2. The meeting will be held in September, but____ knows the date for sure. A. everybody B. nobody C. anybody D. somebody 3. I just heard____ bank where Dora works was robbed by____ gunman wearing a mask. A. the; / B. a; / C. the; a D. a; the 4. If you miss this chance, it may be years ____ you get another one. A. As B. before C. since D. after 5. —I can drive you home. —____ , but are you sure it’s not too much trouble? A. That would be great B. Don’t both er C. I’m afraid not D. Take care 6. ____ in the poorest area of Glasgow, he had a long, hard road to becoming a football star. A. Being raised B. Raising C. Raised D. To raise 7. Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms. A. Didn’t write B. hadn’t written C. wouldn’t write D. wouldn’t have written 8.We must find out ____ Karl is coming, so we can book a room for him. A. when B. how C. where D. why 9.Bach died in 1750, but it was not until the early 19th century____ his musical gift was fully recognized. A. while B. though C. that D. after 10. Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0. 68 ℃____ the average. A. below B. on C. at D. above 11. Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way____ the sun and the stars. A. used B. having used C. using D. use 12. You ____ be Carol. You haven’t changed a bit after all these yea rs. A. must B. can C. will D. shall 13. In my hometown, there is always a harvest supper for the farmers after all the wheat____ cut. A. will have been B. will be C. was D. has been 14. He wrote many children’ s books, nearly half of____ were published in the 1990s. A. whom B. which C. them D. That
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江） 英语试题 选择题部分（共80分） 第一部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 1. ---I am going to Spain fort a holiday soon. --- ______. A. It’s my pleasure B. Never mind C. Leave it alone D. Good for you 2. The paper is due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night. A. a; the B. the; 不填 C. a; a D. 不填；the 3.An average of just 18.75cm of rain fell last year, making ______ the driest year since California became a state in 1850. A. each B. it C. this D. one 4.Joe is proud and ______, never admitting he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame. A. strict B. sympathetic C. stubborn D. sensitive 5.I don’t become a serious climber until the fifth grade, ______ I went up to rescue a kite that was stuck in the branches of a tree. A. when B. where C. which D. why 6.We most prefer to say yes to the ______ of someone we know and like. A. attempts B. requests C. doubts D. promises https://www.doczj.com/doc/b68509373.html,st week a tennis ball hit me on the head, but I tried to _______ the pain, believing that it would go away sooner or later. A. share B. realize C. ignore D. cause 8.“Every time you eat a sweet, drink green tea.” This is _____ my mother used to tell me. A. what B. how C. that D. whether 9.No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _____ when the unexpected will happen. A. prove B. imply C. demand D. predict 10.While staying in the village, James unselfishly shared whatever he had with the villagers without asking for anything ______ . A. in return B. in common C. in turn D. in place 11.Sofia looked around at all the faces: she had the impression that she _____ most of the guests
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2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷) 英语试题卷 I. A smile costs ____ . but gives much. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything 2. -- Why not stay here a little longer -- ____. but I really have to go. A. Never mind B. I'd love to C. Pleased to meet you D. I can't find any reason 3. I've ordered some pizza, so we ____ worry about cooking when we get home tired. A. can't B. dare not C, needn't D. may not 4. You'd better write down her phone number before you ____ it. A. forget B. are forgetting c. forgot D. will forget 5. The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras_____ to our shop for quality problems. A. returning B. returned C. to return D. to be returned
2012英语试题卷 英语试题卷共16页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 一、听力（共三节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂或转填到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A. B. C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置。听完每段对话后，你有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How many people are working for Mr. Smith? A. Three. B. Five. C. Eight. 2. Where are the two speakers? A. In a car. B. In a bar. C. In a shop. 3. What does the man suggest? A. The woman should teach in an evening class. B. The woman should leave the job. C. The woman should learn computers. 4. What do we learn about Kate? A. She likes to hold parties. B. She has a lot of friends. C. She wasn’t expecting so many friends at the party. 5. What will the woman probably do? A. Pick up the man at 1:00. B. Mail her two letters to the man. C. Meet her friends at the restaurant. 第二节（共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分） 请听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A. B. C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话读两遍。 请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. When did the boy do the experiment? A. Yesterday afternoon. B. This afternoon. C. This morning. 7. Where will the boy get the book? A. In the reading room. B. In the chemistry lab. C. In the classroom 8. Who did the experiments with the boy? A. The woman speaker. B. All his classmates. C. One of his classmate. 请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. Where are the two speakers probably? A. In a supermarket. B. In a park. C. In a school. 10. What do we know about the woman? A. She is a panda expert. B. She became interested in pandas at the first sight.
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标I) 英语 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至13页。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。 3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，搭载本试卷上无效。 4. 第Ⅰ卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。 5. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A.￡ 19.15 B.￡ 9.18 C.￡ 9.15 答案是C。 1.What does the woman want to do ? A. Find a place B. Buy a map C.Get an address 2. What will the man do for the woman? A. Repair her car B.Give her a ride C.Pick up a aunt 3. Who might Mr Peterson be? A. new professor B.A department head C.A company director 4. What does the man think of the book? A.Quite different B.Very interesting C.Too simple 5.What are the speakers talking about? A.Weather B.Clothes. C.News.
2014年高考英语重庆卷阅读理解E篇原文 1 2 E It's generally believed that people act the way they do because 3 of their personalities and attitudes. They recycle their garbage because 4 they care about the environment. They pay $5 for a caramel brulée latte 5 because they like expensive coffee drinks. 6 It's undeniable that behavior comes from our inner dispositions 7 (性情), but in many instances we also draw inferences about who we are, 8 as suggested by the social psychologist Daryl Bem, by observing our own 9 behavior. We can be strangers to ourselves. If we knew our own minds, why 10 would we need to guess what our preferences are from our behavior? If our 11 minds were an open book, we would know exactly how much we care about the 12 environment or like lattes. Actually, we often need to look to our behavior 13 to figure out who we are. 14 Moreover, we don't just use our behavior to learn about our 15 particular types of character—we infer characters that weren't there 16 before. Our behavior is often shaped by little pressures around us, which 17 we fail to recognize. Maybe we recycle because our wives and neighbors 18 would disapprove if we didn't. Maybe we buy lattes in order to impress 19 the people around us. We should not mistakenly believe that we always 20 behave as a result of some inner disposition. 21 Whatever pressures there can be or inferences one can make, people 22 become what they do, though it may not be in compliance (符合) with their 23 true desires. Therefore, we should all bear in mind Kurt Vonnegut's advice: 24 "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend 25 to be." 26 52. According to the passage, personalities and attitudes are 27 commonly believed to . 28 A. determine one's behavior 29
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2020年高考英语模拟卷及答案解析 （全国卷） 第二部分阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A． Kids' imaginations are in overdrive when it comes to composing Christmas lists - as they ask for a live walrus（海象）, the power of invisibility（隐身） and Taylor Swift. Christmas is less than two months away, and little ones are already planning their letters to Santa. But one survey has revealed the weirdest items to turn up on Christmas lists, and they include mythical monsters and mega-selling pop stars. Conducted by GAME, the study also reveals a significant break from festive tradition when it comes to writing wish lists. One in three, 29%, children now use technology such as iPads or mobile phones instead of the traditional pen and paper, while a further one in five (19%) will rely on parents to take note of all the things they point at during TV adverts and during trips to the shops. With more than three million lists likely to be drafted, parents are prepared for a flurry of requests including many that even Santa would struggle to achieve. As part of the study, parents were asked to reveal some of the weird and wonderful items that made it onto their child's Christmas lists. Fred Prego, marketing director at GAME, says: "Choosing what to get your kids at Christmas can be a bit of a minefield(雷区).” As the research shows, most kids will be making note of the things that they want this half term and a lot of lists are going to be written." 21. The underlined word “overdrive” in paragraph one means _______. A. running with a high speed B. slowing down sometimes C. driving forth and backwards D. getting stuck somewhere 【答案】：A 【解析】：根据背景可知，孩子们在选择圣诞礼物时，要求颇多，在脑风暴什么礼物时，想象力也十分充沛。overdrive v.& n.大脑“高速运转”。
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(山西新课标 I) 英语 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。 A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world. Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th. Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served. Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: https://www.doczj.com/doc/b68509373.html,. 21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge? A. School students. B. Cambridge locals. C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists. 22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held? A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th. C. On April 21st. D. On March 15th. 23. What type of writing is this text? A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review. C. An announcement. D. An official report. B Passenger pigeons(旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群) so large that they darkened the sky for hours. It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons – a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the