2018年高考英语五月预测押题精选：(二)(上海卷适用)

2018年高考英语五月预测押题精选

（二）（上海卷适用）

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评卷人 得分 一、阅读理解

1. One day in March, seven years ago, during happy hour at a bar in my hometown

of Fayetteville, Arkansas, I made a surprise announcement to my friends: I was going to shut down my law practice and attempt to travel around the globe in a year. What’s more, I would do it without taking any flights or making a single advance reservation of any kind. My announcement drew mixed reactions from my friends. Some offered support and encouragement, while others were more doubtful.

Once I’d said the words, there was no turning back. It took months to shut down my law practice and get things in order. Once I set off on my adventure in December 2008, I found that travelling without using planes was not easy. Trying to circle the globe in 16 months (it took me a bit longer than the initial 12 months I planned) made it even tougher. Even so, travelling overland was the most awe-inspiring way to truly understand the immensity of our wonderful planet. I took three consecutive (连续) overnight buses to travel 3,000km through Argentina, from Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, to the capital Buenos Aires. I would look out the windows for hours on end at the completely unspoiled plains, as if humans had never touched it.

It took seven consecutive days and nights on trains to get from Moscow to Beijing, each day spent gazing out the windows for hours as the Siberian plains swept by. Sometimes, I wouldn’t see a village or a human being for 10 hours. Later in my journey, it took 22 days on a cargo freighter to get fromNew Zealandthrough the Panama Canal and back to Philadelphia, to finish my round-the-world adventure. It turned out that travelling with no reservations was far less difficult than I had imagined. Pulling into a city on a bus with a backpack, looking in a guidebook for a few suggestions of accommodations, and then finding an empty room was never much of a problem anywhere. It also kept me flexible and open about all my travel plans, which is advice I give everyone who asks – plan far less than you think you should.

1.The author’s trip was special in that _______. A.he made it at the expense of giving up his job B.it hardly cost him anything

C.he did not make advance booking or travel by air D.it was a global trip

2.The author most probably returned to theUnited Statesin _________. A.June 2009 B.December 2009 C.February 2010 D.April 2010

3.The author’s travelling route was_________. ①Moscow ②Philadelphia ③New

Zealand ④Ushuaia ⑤Beijing ⑥Buenos Aires A.⑤④①⑥③② B.④⑥①⑤③② C.④⑤①⑥③② D.⑤①⑥④③②

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3.Where can you probably find this passage? A.In a business magazine. B.On an e-shopping website. C.On a teenage website. D.In an exhibition guide. 3. Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.

It’s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted with the job of map-reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused look on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The sun is shining and it’s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient. ①Find a straight stick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.

②Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直) as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line(铅锤线) with a piece of string and weight. You haven’t got any string? OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.

③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.

④Wait about half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again. ⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks. ⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent(代表) the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.

⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.

⑧That point is south of where you are. ⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.

1.To find the direction, we need to be patient because __________. A.it is not easy to find a proper stick B.it is not easy to position the stick C.it takes hours to make the marks

D.it takes about half an hour to make the marks

2.The passage may be most helpful to __________. A.those who draw maps B.those who get lost

C.those who make compasses D.those who do experiments

3.Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?

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4.The author presents this passage by __________. A.telling an interesting story

B.describing an activity in a lively way C.testing an idea by reasoning D.introducing a practical method 评卷人 得分 二、阅读表达