山东春季高考英语试题2017及英语高考模拟试题（2）

山东春季高考英语试题2017及英语高考模拟试题(2)

第二节七选五

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。(共5小题，每小题3分，共15分)

How to Improve Vocabulary Fast

Your vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are

familiar with. We should learn some ways to expand it.

Read every day. 36 Choose reading material that is slightly

above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words

you do not know.

37 If you do not meet with an unfamiliar word in your daily

reading, use your dictionary to search for one.

Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new

word. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in

order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able

to use it in speech.

Elaborate(阐释)on the meaning of the word. Use imagery and

personal relevance. If you have just learned the word

“stubborn”, think about the neighbor who will not lend you his

car. 38

Use your new word in speech and in writing. E-mail your

sister about how your cat is stubborn about sleeping on your

pillow. 39 But the more you use it, the more fluent you will

become in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active

vocabulary.

Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary.

Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is. 40 The more

you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely

you are to remember it. A. Or let them ask for the definition of a new word you have

used.

B. Your vocabulary contains the words you understand.

C. The vocabulary can be increased.

D. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as

“stubborn in his refusal”.

E. The first time you use a new word in speech, it may seem

clumsy and forced.

F. Find a new word every day

G. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can

grow.

第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分)

第一节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。

Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a 41 by which

people can protect themselves 42 large losses. Protection against

fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 43

sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of

people have paid for fire insurance, only 44 will lose their homes

by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or

the sums of money it has 45 .

The first modern fire insurance company

was 46 in London, England in 1666. A great fire had just 47

most of the city, and people wanted protection against 48 losses.

The first company 49 rapidly. Soon other companies were

founded in other areas.

Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance

company in America in 1752. He also 50 a new kind of insurance

for 51 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 52 storms.

In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 53 new insurance

company in America. This company, 54 offered life insurance,

collected some money 55 from many different men. 56 a man

died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this

company is 57 in business.

Over the years, people have 58 from many new kinds of

insurance when they have suffered from 59 accidents as car and

plane crashes. 60 , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.

41. A. way B. firm C.consideration D. means

42. A.. from B. against C. with D. beyond

43. A. small B. huge C. much D. little

44. A. many B. little C. few D. a few

45. A. stole B. collected C. lent D. brought

46. A. built B. found C. formed D. organized

47. A. destroyed B. hurt C. harmed D. wounded

48. A. farther B. further C. wider D. longer

49. A. risen B. rised C. grew D. turned

50. A. suggested B. determined C. asked D. demanded

51. A. farmers B. workers C. waiters D. doctors

52. A. with B. by C. from D. for

53. A. other B. certain C. another D. some

54. A. where B. which C. whom D. that

55. A. commonly B. usually C. regularly D. ordinary

56. A. If B. Although C. Unless D. Because

57. A. always B. still C. hardly D. seldom

58. A. paid B. offered C. bought D. benefited

59. A. many B. so C. such D. that

60. A. Today B. Generally C. Lately D. Tomorrow

第Ⅱ卷(满分50分) 注意事项：

用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

第二节(共10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(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Polar bears are suffering in a 61 (warm) world.

Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals.

62 much of the year, they live and hunt on the frozen Arctic sea

ice. Nature has prepared 63 for the cold conditions. But nothing

has prepared the bears for the danger that 64 (threat) the only

home they know.

The polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the

polar ice has reduced by 9.8% every 10 years 65 1978. Now about

20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend

on the sea ice for their 66 (survive). “The sea ice is more than

just this platform that the bears walk over,” says Andrew

Derocher, 67 scientist who studies North American polar bear