2024学年湖北省襄阳东风中学高考冲刺模拟英语试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The Games are known as the friendly games because of their ________ on kindness and mutual respect.
A．lacks    B．focuses
C．challenges    D．researches
2．They have leading experts in this field, and that's ____ they've made important progress.
A． where B． why C． whether D． who
3．一"Peter, have you got your new flat furnished?
—Yes. I ______ some used furniture and it was a real bargain.
A．will buy    B．have bought    C．bought    D．had bought
4．Think carefully before you answer questions online. You may be ______ into giving away very important personal information.
A．caught    B．addicted
C．seized    D．trapped
5．The new supermarket has announced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day ________ get a big prize.
A．must    B．could
C．would    D．shall
6．Mike is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does       his boss.
A．serves    B．satisfies
C．promises    D．supports
7．Membership of this club is open to those who are    its aim.
A．in salute to    B．in honour of
C．in line with    D．in sympathy with
8．After the argument Colin ran away and______since.
A．Isn’t heard of    B．wasn’t heard of
C．hasn’t been heard of    D．hadn’t been heard of
9．I was on a business trip then, otherwise I ________ to the hospital for tests.
A．went    B．had gone
C．would have gone    D．would go
10．When I said someone broke the school regulations, I ______ you. Why did you get that angry?
A．don’t refer to    B．haven’t referred to    C．wasn’t referring to    D．hadn’t referred to
11．——Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you.
——Ok, ______ you make it short.
A．now that    B．if only    C．so long as    D．every time
12．－Did Tom go back late last night?
    —No. It was just nine o'clock          he arrived home.
A．when              B．after            C．until          D．that
13．      students English well, the teacher tries to speak English in class very often.
A．Teaching    B．Taught
C．To teach    D．Teach
14．The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
A．abandoned    B．focused    C．absorbed    D．centered
15．He ______ a chance to try it again just now.
A． gave    B． will give    C． is given    D． was given
16．That student admitted       in the math exam,     that he would never do that again in the future.
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A．to have cheated, promising    B．cheating, promised
C．to cheating, promised    D．having cheated, promising
17．﹣Mom，I'll stay in to accompany my grandpa this evening．
﹣________!
A．With pleasure    B．Never mind
C．Suit yourself    D．It depends
18．There’s another way to survive this competition -- a way no one ever seems to tell you about, _____ you have to learn for yourself.
A．one    B．it    C．that    D．another
19．Mr. Smart is believed to be a capable person, who is equal_____ charge of the company very well.
A．to take    B．to taking    C．to be taken    D．taking
20．—Guess what! I came across an old friend at the station last weekend.
—            I’m sure you talked with him happily.
A．Sounds good!    B．Very well.
C．How nice!    D．All right.
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）When I was eleven, my parents gave me the first book I ever owned—The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. I distinctly remember opening it, reading the first lines of “The Cast of Amontillado,” and remarking to myself. “So this is what reading is!” My
delight was unbounded. Little did I know at the time that I was at the beginning of a lifting journey.
So, if I read my first real book at 11, what was I reading before then? In a word, readers: relatively plotless, repetitive if well-intentioned attempts to teach child to recognize letters and their sounds and to build their vocabularies. Being a dutiful boy, I went through the motions and I learned what words were. But I had no idea what writing was until Poe. In Poe’s stories, the sentences were more complex and stylish than anything I had ever read before.
Poe, in short, was a star. My parents gave me that first book, but then I went off on my own. I liked science, which led me to discover Jules Verne, the Father of scene fiction and H G. Wells, well known for his novel The Time Machine. Other writers followed quickly one after another: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C．Clarke. But I didn’t limit myself to science fiction. Other titles that deeply impressed me early on, and which I have carried on my life’s journey, include The Yearling, Shane, Ivanhoe, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Good Earth.