湖北省宜昌市2018届高三4月调研考试英语试题Word版附详细答案

Bernstein talked to some experts who said that people brag for all sorts of reasons: to appear worthy of attention; to prove to ourselves we are doing fine and that people who said we would fail are wrong; or simply because we’re excited when good things happen to us.

“Feel sorry for them, because they’re doing this unconscious, destructive thing that won’t help them in the long run,” said Professor Simian Valier, a research psychologist at Washington University.

32. The underlined word “subtle” in Para.2 is closest in meaning to “______”. A. apparent simple

33. Which of the following is one of the features of braggarts? A. They know well how to share positive information. B. They don’t pay much attention to their online image. C. They overpromote themselves to stand out in their career. D. They control conversation and only talk about themselves. 34. What can we infer from the passage?

A. People who like bragging know what they are doing. B. What braggarts do is eventually harmful to themselves. C. They care much about the feelings of others when talking.

D. Braggarts always adopt comparison directly to show they are excellent. 35. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Are you a braggart?

B. Is bragging an art?

D. How to deal with a braggart?

B. hidden

C. outstanding

D.

C. Why do we keep bragging?

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

How does water shortage affect people? 36 . It is not that they will die of thirst; rather, the poor quality of the water available for cooking and drinking may make them ill.

Just as our bodies require water to treat waste products, plentiful water is

required for proper sanitation (卫生). 37 . The number of people without adequate sanitation rose from 2.6 billion in 1990 to 2.9 billion in 1999. 38 . In a statement, United Nations officials warned, “When children lack water that is fit for drinking and sanitation, actually every aspect of their health and development is at risk.”

39 . Many crops, of course, are watered by rain, but in recent times irrigation(灌溉) has become the key to feeding the world’s ever-increasing population. Today 36 percent of the world’s harvest depends on irrigation.

If plentiful water flows out of every tap in our home and if we have a clean toilet that conveniently washes out waste, it may be hard to believe that the world is running out of an adequate supply of water. 40 .The situation is even worse in Africa, where many women spend as much as six hours a day fetching water.

A. First of all, it harms their health B. Food production is dependent on water

C. And sanitation is truly a matter of life and death D. Growing population is responsible for water shortage

E. Unfortunately, only 20 percent of mankind enjoy such advantages F. Our body is 60% water and needs at least a few cups a day to survive

G. However, water for sanitation is simply not available for much of mankind 第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。

“What you see as junk, I see as possible treasure.”

Next week is clean-up week in my community, so we get to 41 all the things we no longer need to the dumpsters(垃圾运输车) outside the township building. There was, indeed, a 42__ treasure in this pile of throw-aways. It was during my cleaning-up that I found it.

It was this tiny 43 , about two inches high and a half inch thick, like a perfume bottle. All kinds of 44 flashed in my mind. I wondered who it 45 , where it came from, was it a __46__ from a young man to his sweetheart?