2015辽宁省沈阳市英语高考模拟试题（二）
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In a 2013 study, it was reported that almost 66 percent of recent high school graduates went to college, a 4 percent decline since 2009, when college enrollment(入学) reached an all-time high. So, what are the other 35 percent of high school graduates doing after they walk out of their school for the last time Here are what some Robinson High students have planned.
For Robbie Claiborne, graduation means the start of a military career. He plans to join the Coast Guard after graduation. "I was born around the ocean. I love the water. I want to fight for my country and for what I love," said Claiborne.
really love to work in Spain for a year before going to college."
Most students, however, are rather excited. Eban Trunk, a junior, has been planning his future career since middle school. "I really want to be a mailman. It just seems like a cool job. Everyone loves the mailman," Trunk said. "One day the idea just came to me, and I knew that was what I wanted to do."
For many students, a high school diploma means more choices. "I'm not really sure what I'll do after high school," senior Joshua Loring said. "I might do technical school. I'm in auto shop classes right now."
Meanwhile, Cassidy Grunderson plans on working at Busch Gardens full time. "I just want to live on my own, get a job and move out," Grunderson said.
Stephen Hambleton, who teaches auto tech classes at Robinson, says many of his students choose to enter the automobile industry after graduation. "It's an instant job, and after taking years of auto shop in high school, it's easy to get hired," he said. Several seniors in his class, including Loring, plan to enter the industry upon graduation.
"College isn't for everyone, and I really respect people who decide to do their own thing," said Coleman Parks, a senior student. "I think too many people feel that they're only as valuable as their degree."
Graduates are proving that college isn't the only option when high school ends.
21. What can we learn from the study in 2013
A. College enrollment in 2013 reached the highest point in history.
B. College enrollment in 2013 is not as high as that in 2009.
C. Only a small number of graduates go to college after graduation.
D. Some students fail to graduate from senior high school.
22. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “a gap year”
A. a year of differences
B. a year of many choices.
C a year between senior high graduation and college.
D. a year between college graduation and workplace.
23. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A. Cassidy Grunderson plans to enter the automobile industry upon graduation
B. For many students, a high school diploma gives them limited choices.
C. Senior high school graduates are faced with more choices than just going to college.
D. Eban Trunk plans to work in Spain for a year.
24. What might be the best title for the story
A. Fewer Senior High Graduates Go to College
B. Cool Jobs for Senior High Graduates
C. Gap Year or College
D. Confused Senior High Graduatea
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There was a man who worked all of his life and saved all of his money. He was a real miser (守财奴) when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket（棺材）with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife."
So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!"
She had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."
"Yes," the wife said, "I promised. I'm a good Christian, I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him"
"I sure did. I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check."
25. What was the woman’s reaction to her husband’s last words
A. She remained silent. B. she said no.
C. She said yes. D. She was annoyed.
26. The woman’s friend believed that ______.
A. she shouldn’t put all the money in the casket
B. she should put all the money in the casket.
C. she should give his husband a promise.
D. she should not break her promise. 27. Which word can best describe the woman
A. attractive B. clever C. dishonest D. lazy
28 .What might be the best title of the story
A. Take All My Money With Me B. A Promise Cleverly Kept
C A Loving Wife D Miser and his Wife
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Dear Sir,
I’m writing to complain about the service offered by your company.
I told your service department on November 21 that my washing machine needed repairing, Your s ervice engineers have since been here four times—on December 1l, December 19, December 25 and January 5．The problem was found out on the first visit and the wrong parts were brought by different engineers on the two next visits. The correct part was fitted by the first engineer on the fourth visit.
In short, my complaints are:
a ．I had to wait three weeks for an engineer to call and nearly two months for the machine to be repaired.
b ．The engineers who called on December 19 and December 25 had been given wrong information by the company, which made me take two half days off unnecessarily.
c ．The first and fourth visits lasted a total of thirty minutes. But in the invoice （发票）, I have to pay for four visits of four hours’ work. I will not be paying the invoice for their mistakes and I do hope to receive your answers to these complaints.
Yours,
Robert White
29．Robert’s main purpose in writing to the company is to tell the company ________.
A. how its service department is operating
B. how its different engineers came for the repair
C. that two of the engineers didn’t give him any help
D. that he refuses to pay the company for their mistakes
30．The first of Robert’s complaints is that________.
A. it took him three weeks to have the machine repaired
B. it took him nearly sixty days to get his machine repaired
C. it had been almost two months before the first engineer came
D. it took the engineer 3 weeks to find out something wrong with the machine.
31．The second and third engineers brought the wrong parts because________.
A. the company didn’t tell them exactly what they should do
B. the company didn't tell them where the correct parts were C. they were not sure about whether the machine worked or not D. they hadn’t been told where the right parts should be fitted.
32．It can be inferred from the letter that Robert promises to pay for________.
A. there hours’ work B. half an hour’s work
C. an hour’s work D. four hours’ work
阅读理解
What should you think about when you try to find your career You are probably better at some school subjects than others, These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at mental work or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills.
If you have had a part - time job on Saturday or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part - time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is bitter to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not feel sorry about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
33．The first paragraph of the passage is mainly about ________.
A. the indirect value of school work
B. the importance of being good at all subjects
C. knowing one’s strong or weak subjects at school
D. using school performance to help to choose a career
34．In the writer’s opinion, for a student to have a part - time job is probably ________.
A. a good way to find out his weak points
B. one of the best ways of earning extra money
C. of great use for his work in the future
D. a waste of time he could have spent on study
35．The whole passage centers around ________. A. knowing oneself in looking for a job
B. developing one’s abilities useful in school
C. gaining much knowledge by working hard at school
D. choosing a career according to what one is skilled in
What do they really mean
Food manufacturers and retailers are letting shoppers down. This is the view of the CWS, which has just brought out a new report.
According to the report, shoppers believe food labels（标签） because they think there are strict regulations in place. 36 . So the food industry can get away with all sorts of tricky strategies to make products look bigger and sound better than they are.
The report has identified the different ways in which shoppers are misled. 37 . Deｓｃｒｉｐｔions on packaging are sometimes inaccurate in an attempt to oversell the product. One example given in the report is the phrase "haddock fillets", used for a product that is in fact cut from big blocks of fish rather than individual slices.
38 . These include "traditional", "wholesome", or "premium". The claim that a brand is "90% fat-free" hides the fact that it contains 10% fat, which above recommended levels. Phrases such as "free from preservatives" make a virtue out of a normal attribute of food.
Labels have a wide variety of text sizes on them. You sometimes need a magnifying glass to read the small print. 39 .
Another deliberate type of misinformation lies in the image. Many pictures on packets use small plates to make the product look bigger. 40 .
However, misleading messages on packaging could soon be a thing of the past. The CWS recently produced a code which, if used, would end the current inaccuracies and half truths. It has called on the government to support it as a way of improving food standards.
A. Meaningless adjectives are often used to give a positive message.
B. An officer says the labels will receive very serious consideration.
C. Photographs are sometimes retouched（修饰） to achieve the same effect.
D. By contrast, the hard sell (强行推销) information is given emphasis.
E. The rules are, in reality, very weak at present.
F. This result has not pleased the food industry.
G. The most common of these is poor labeling.
完形填空
The journey of water as it flows upon the earth can be a mirror of our own paths through life. Water begins its ___41__ on earth as it falls from the sky and streams down a mountain into a stream or river. In the same way, we come into the world and begin our lives on earth. Like a river
that flows within the __42__ of its banks, we are born with certain defining characteristics that __43__ our identity. We are born in a specific time and place, within a specific family, and with certain gifts and __44__. With these limitations, we move through life, __45__many twists, turns, and barriers along the way just as a river __46__.
Water is a great teacher that shows us __47__ to move through the world with grace, bravery, determination, and __48__. When a river __49__ at a waterfall, it gains energy and moves on, as we face our own waterfalls, we may fall hard __50 __we always keep moving on. Water can inspire us not to become rigid (死板的)with fear or stick to what’s familiar. Water is __51__ and does not waste time sticking to its past, but flows onward without __52__. At the same time, when there is a __53__ to be filled, water does not run away from it in __54__ of the dark; instead, water modestly and bravely fills the empty space. In the same way, we can face the __55__ moments of our life rather than run away from them.
__56__, a river will empty into the sea. Water does not hold back from __57__in a larger body, nor does it fear a loss of __58__ or control. It gracefully and modestly falls into the vastness by contributing its energy and joining without __59__. Each time we move beyond our individual characters to become part of something bigger, we can try our best to __60___ the lead of the river.
41. A. travel B. work C. position D. process
42. A. periods B. areas C. boundaries D. admissions
43. A. reveal B. govern C. keep D. cast
44. A. challenges B. experiences C. opportunities D. demands
45. A. bringing B. requiring C. facing D. predicting
46. A. crosses B. flows C. pours D. drops
47. A. when B. where C. why D. how
48. A. modesty B. happiness C. smile D. reputation
49. A. springs B. leaves C. runs D. breaks
50. A. or B. so C. but D. and
51. A. desperate B. brave C. nervous D. merciful
52. A. looking through B. looking after C. looking for D. looking back
53. A. hole B. form C. heart D. post
54. A. favor B. fear C. honor D. terms
55. A. boring B. changeable C. exciting D. dark
56. A. Gradually B. Absolutely C. Eventually D. Actually
57. A. dipping B. bringing C. plotting D. joining
58. A. life B. liberty C. identity D. root
59. A. resistance B. permission C. knowledge D. reward
60. A. take B. follow C. lose D. hold
There’s no one reason why women return to school. Going back to school provides private and public benefits. College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries, __ 61 __ (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions. College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely ___ 62 ___ (little) on government support.
Making the switch from __63___ (support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge, __ 64 __ often a necessary one. Financial __ 65 __ (dependent) for women is key, says Nancy Schlossberg, professor at University of Maryland. “I think __ 66 __ important for women to do some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced __67__ never married.”
To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run. She says, “ You are going to do much better than before __ 68 __ you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on
condition that you have __ 69 __ education that enables you to do what you have to do in life. The question is __ 70 __ you are ready at this time to go for it.
. 短文改错
English is now international language. It is used in many aspects. When we do businesses with foreigners, we often speak English. When we want to learn anything about other countries, we read books in English for more and more books are printing in it. But how could we learn from English well Most important of all, I think, is that we should be interested in it, but we should go all out to listen, speak, read and write. Beside, we should practice using it whenever possibly. In class you should answer questions actively. After class we should talk with our classmates.
. 新学期开学，你校英语报为高三学生开设专栏，讨论高中生的学习问题。假定你是高三学生李华，请你结合自身实际，根据以下提示，用英语为该专栏写一篇稿件。
1. 过去的三年中，你在学习上遇到了不少的困难；
2. 列举其中的一次困难并阐述你是如何克服的；
3. 从此次困难中，你认识到了什么；
4. 谈谈你对解决高中生学习上遇到的困难的建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右，开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 不得透露学校名称和个人真实姓名。
When we get into high school, we are bound to meet with difficulties in our study. ________