江苏省淮安市楚州中学2020届高三英语上学期阶段测试试题(二)

which

C. whose the greatest symbol

D. of whose greatest symbol

26. The old man looked up towards the moon and seemed, judging from his facial expression, _____ of his family. A. to think thinking

27. Look, _______ the most famous imitator of Andy Lau in Chinese mainland, advertising for a new real estate.

A. on the stage is singing B. is singing on the stage C. singing on the stage is

D. is on the stage singing

B. thinking C. to have thought D. to be

28. But for the survival instinct that nearly all creatures have, more species ____ from the earth.

A. could disappear B. might have disappeared C. should disappear D. will have disappeared 29. More express ways _______ in Sichuan soon to promote the local economy. A. are being built B. will be built C. have been built

D. had been built

30. She felt totally hopeless about the future _____ one day she learned about a charity which

provided microloan to women to start business. A. until

B. once

C. unless

D. when

31. It is one of the main reasons ______ Australians can sometimes be accused of being overweight and unfit.

A. that B. which C. why D. what 32. Don’t refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its meaning may be ______ clearly in a given context.

A. picked out B. ruled out C. brought out D.

taken out

33. _____ tourism, Ohio is a place full of natural beauty and many vacation spots worth visiting. A. On top of account of

34. The same boiling water softens the potato and hardens the egg. It’s about ________you’re made of, not the circumstances.

A. what B. that C. how D. who 35.—James has something to do and can’t come tonight. —Well, ________, for he is a wet blanket.

A. It’s very kind of you to say so B. that’s a relief C. That’s a problem D. it’s none of your business 第二节: 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I don’t know why I came to the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the ___36___ at a young age. Sometime in the middle of the fourth grade, I ___37___ trying. By the time I was in the seventh grade, I was lazy, rebellious, ___38___.

It wasn’t long after that I dropped out of school. Hard physical labor was the ___39___ for the choices I made as an adolescent. At the age of 21, I was ___40___ lost, and using drugs as a way to ___41___ the fact that I had no education and was ___42___ in a dead-end job carrying heavy construction materials up a ladder all day.

___43___, now I believe in do-overs, in the chance to do it all again. And I believe that do-overs can be made at any ___44___ in your life, if you have the right ___45___. Mine came from a surprising source.

B. In terms of

C. In spite of

D. On

It was September 21, 2002, when my son Blake was born. It’s funny that after a life of ___46___ responsibility, now I was in charge of something so ___47___. Over the years, as I grew into the ___48___ of Dad, I began to learn something about myself. In a way, Blake and I were both learning to walk, talk, work and play for the first time. I began my do-over.

It took me almost three years to learn how to read. I started with my son’s books. ___49___, I practised reading books to him until I remembered all the words in every one of them. I began to wonder if it was possible for me to go back to school. I knew I wanted to be a good role ___50___, so after a year-and-a-half and a lot of hard work, I ___51___ my GED test on my son’s fourth birthday. This may not sound like much, and I’m surely not trying to get praise for doing something that should have been done ___52___, but all things considered it was one of the best days in my life. Today, I’m a full-time college student, studying to ___53___ sociologist.

It’s funny, growing up I always heard these great ___54___ stories of triumph over shortcomings. But I never thought they ___55___ to me. Now I believe it’s a choice anyone can make: to do it all over again. 36. A. determination application

37. A. started B. stopped C. considered fancied

38. A. skeptical B. defensive disrespectful

39. A. consequence competence

40. A. alternatively B. hopelessly C. approximately D. undoubtedly

B. compromise C. compensation

D.

C. suspicious D.

D.

B. wish C. choice

D.

41. A. deal with meet with

B. do with C. conflict with D.

42. A. struck B. stuck C. lost 43. A. Nevertheless B. Meanwhile C. Furthermore Therefore

44. A. cost B. corner

C. occasion

D. taken D.

D. point

45. A. ambition B. technique C. opportunity D. motivation

46. A. avoiding B. preventing C. undertaking overcoming

47. A. flexible B. enterprising C. authentic fragile

48. A. name

B. statue C. title D. career

C. Back and forward D.

D.

D.

49. A. By and by B. Over and over Now and then

50. A. model 51. A. comb through through

B. leader C. example D. tutor B. went through C. pull through D. got

52. A. for the first time B. in the first place C. at first hand

D. in first place

B. grow C. turn D. make

C. pull-out D.

53. A. become

54. A. turn-around B. take-off turn-off

55. A. appealed B. applied C. attached D. adapted

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳