2026届安徽省肥东县高级中学高三冲刺模拟英语试卷含解析

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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The bk is nw ut f print, ______ it can easily be brrwed frm libraries.
A．and B．fr
C．s D．but
2．——Will yu require anything else?
——Yes, I like a whisky.
A．willB．shallC．shuldD．might
3．---_____ shuld we lk dwn upn the pr.
---I’m with yu n that.
A．By all meansB．By any meansC．By means fD．By n means
4．—Hw was yur jb interview?
—Very successful. I ________ my hmewrk abut the cmpany, yu knw.
A．had dne B．have dne
C．did D．was ding
5．_____ t manage time wisely, and yu can make the mst ut f each day.
A．Learning B．T learn
C．Learned D．Learn
6．– What’s wrng with yur ipad2? The sund ____is nt clear.
--Yes. It has been brken fr sme time.
A．cme utB．cming utC．t cme utD．came ut
7．I'm very grateful t my high schl teachers，withut _____________help I wuldn't be s excellent.
A．theirB．whm
C．whseD．which
8．Jhn's success has nthing t d with gd luck. It is years f hard wrk _________ has made him what he is tday.
A．whatB．which
C．whereD．that
9．We had better put ff interviewing the athlete, fr he is busy preparing fr an internatinal cntest __________ in Shanghai next mnth.
A．heldB．t hld
C．being heldD．t be held
10．There is a wide ________f reference bks t be fund, s ________yu lk fr sme material needed, yu can turn t me.
A．kind; the last timeB．srt; every time
C．variety; next timeD．type; the mment
11．It was nly after a family related cnversatin ______________ I fund ut she was actually my distant cusin.
A．whenB．that
C．whichD．wh
12．It was ______ we were returning hme ______ I realized what a gd feeling it was t have helped smene in truble.
A．when; befreB．when; that
C．befre; whereD．hw; that
13．Many questins have been answered by Jhn. He must have previewed the lessns last night, ____ he?
A．needn’tB．hasn’tC．didn’tD．mustn’t
14．It rained heavily vernight and nt until this mrning __________.
A. had it stppedB．did it stp
C．stpped itD．it stpped
15．---May! Hw is yur plan? I heard yu started it last Sunday.
---Oh! I fr it, but I haven’t decided where t start it.
A．have preparedB．had preparedC．have been preparingD．was preparing
16．It was a difficult jb fr him. He had tried everything but it made little ________.
A．useB．gd
C．differenceD．result
17．The debate has nly a few mments that might be inspiring t thse wh ______ this issue.
A．fllwedB．had fllwedC．have been fllwingD．were fllwing
18．We shuld d what we can ______ peple’s hard wrk pays ff.
A．be sureB．being sure
C．making sureD．t make sure
19．Hard wrk，alng with dedicated revlutinary spirit is the fundamental guarantee f success，which is ________ we shuld learn frm the pineers participating in the Lng March.
A．thatB．what
C．whereD．hw
20．Many thught that after starring in the immensely ppular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge wuld ________ and actively seek new rles.
A．make a muntain ut f a mlehill
B．have t many irns in the fire
C．strike while the irn is ht
D．D．put the cart befre the hrse
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）If yu’ll be taking vacatin time in the cming year and plan n flying, here are sme shpping tips t give yur undivided attentin t.
When t buy
If yu’re shpping fr dmestic flights, check prices n Tuesday afternns. This is an ld tip but still valid because mst US carriers cntinue t release sales n Tuesday mrning, and cmpetitrs quickly drp their fares t match the better deals.
When t fly
Weekdays cntinue t be generally cheaper times t fly than weekends fr mst flights. In the US specifically the cheapest days are typically Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. A gd itinerary fr the expensive US spring break travel perid is Tuesday t Saturday; it wn’t be cheap exactly, but it will save yu mney (in mst cases) ver weekend-t-weekend travel.
Direct vs. cnnecting flights
Cmpare the price f direct with cnnecting fights. Smetimes adding a stp t yur rute will save yu mney, and it might be enugh t endure the extra-lng flying day. Sme examples;
Bstn t Seattle :$247 direct, $234 ne-stp
San Francisc t Raleigh/Durham: $553 direct, $362 ne-stp
Okay, the savings n Bstn-Seattle might nt be wrth it t yu, but I’ll bet yu’ll think twice abut the direct fight fr San Francisc t Raleigh.
Cmpare, cmpare, cmpare
Stifle the impulse t g t yur favrite airline site t purchase tickets withut ding any cmparisn; it’s a recipe fr disaster. Example: Let’s say yu want t fly frm New Yrk t Lndn and figure yur favrite US legacy carrier will get yu there fr the best price.
Airline price: $554 rund-trip
Cmparisn price: $486
Obviusly, the legacy carrier did nt have the cheapest flight, but wait, there’s mre: The cmparisn site als shwed a cheaper flight frm the same legacy carrier ($521). See what yu’re missing when yu fail t cmpare?
1、The best price fr flights within the US culd mst pssibly be fund n .
A．Mnday mrning
B．Tuesday afternn
C．Thursday mrning
D．Sunday mrning
2、Ticket buyers are advised t .
A．chse direct flights rather than cnnecting nes
B．take the cheapest deal frm their favrite airline
C．lk fr flight deals t Eurpe thrughut the summer
D．avid weekend-t-weekend flights in hliday seasns
3、The underlined phrase “stifle the impulse” prbably means “ .”
A．feel free t d smething
B．hld ff n ding smething
C．get well prepared fr smething
D．make quick decisins abut smething
22．（8分）Ethipia’s eastern lwlands brdering Smalia are suffering thrugh a severe drught. The rainy seasn was late and nt enugh, causing great lsses amng lcal livestck herds. Cining n the heels f tw previus dry years in Ethipia, the drught f 2017 cmpunded already serius situatin in the cuntry. As a result, many families in the cuntry’s Smali regin are experiencing chrnic (长期的) fd insecurity and cncerning rates f a lack f nutritin.
The United States, Ethipia’s largest dnr f emergency and develpment aid, cntinues t deliver a large-scale humanitarian respnse. In late August, USAID Administratr Mark Green annunced that in rder t help relieve the terrible humanitarian situatin, the United States will deliver 91 millin dllars in additinal humanitarian assistance fr thse Ethipians wh are even nw struggling with severe fd insecurity and malnutritin (营养不良).
“This funding will prvide additinal emergency fd assistance and vital medical care,” he said.
A day earlier, Mr. Green annunced that Ethipia had been chsen as ne f a dzen cuntries that will participate in the secnd perid f the Feed the Future Initiative. This 7-year ld prgram aims t reduce glbal hunger, pverty, and under-nutritin by fcusing n smallhlder farmers, increasing investments in agriculture, and supprting cuntry-wned plans fr imprving fd security and nutritin while creating pprtunities fr ecnmic grwth and trade. In this way, the United States hpes t help strengthen Ethipia’s resilience (恢复力) t climatic shcks.
I dn’t view develpment in humanitarian assistance as a gift r a handut. I view it as a hand up. We want t help peple stand n their wn tw feet and build their wn brighter futures, and that’s what I hpe ur assistance can play a useful rle in.” said USAID Administratr Green.
1、What des the underlined wrd “cmpunded” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．Mixed. B．Changed.
C．Frmed. D．Wrsened.
2、What is the purpse f the Feed the Future Initiative?
A．T help build Ethipian brighter futures.
B．T deliver humanitarian assistance t Ethipia.
C．T reduce hunger, pverty mid under-nutritin wrldwide.
D．T help strengthen glbal resilience t severe drughts.
3、What can be learned accrding t the text?
A．USAID is expected t help Ethipians build brighter futures.
B．The United States will send 91 billin dllars t Ethipia.
C．USAID is cnsidered as a handut by Administratr Green.
D．Ethipians are nw suffering n nutritin.
4、What is the best title fr the text?
A．The Feed the Future Initiative Prgram
B．Mre US Humanitarian Aid fr Ethipia
C．Severe Drughts in Ethipia
D．Fd Insecurity and Malnutritin in Ethipia
23．（8分）Nwadays, especially in China, everything seems t favr scial intercurse(社交) , such as gatherings f friends, KTV, grup travel, dining tighter, playing cards and Mahjng, plus the Chinese-style " street-crssing grup. " Back hme, discussins can still be bisterusly carried n within the " circle f friends" f WeChat.
Hwever, these scenes cannt always ease a sense f lneliness. Zhu Ziqing, a well-knwn prfessr f Tsinghua University, signed with emtin: "My lneliness increases as scene becmes much busier. " One ppular sng tday is als called " A lnely man in crwds. " Actually, engaging in scial intercurse requires ability, while being alne invlves the whle character.
These days, it is nt easy t calm dwn ttally and return t ne' s true self. Willpwer, intellect and discipline are required. Einstein said: "It is nt yur wrking time but yur spare time that determines the pssibility f whether yu will be successful r nt. " The "spare time" he referred t culd be taken as " spending time by yurself. "
Lnely life culd be either dull, bring and tasteless r abundant, interesting and clrful, depending n ne' s quality, ambitin and inspiratin.
Just as the bdy cnstantly requires energy, the mind and sul als demand never stpping inputs. Hwever,infrmatin, prcessed and integrated (融入) int knwledge, thughts and feelings, instead f bustle (忙碌) seems t be the right cnditin. Successful careers m all walks f life wrldwide have prved that "the sul grws in peace and talent is nurtured in lneliness". In a sense, it may be reasnable t say that " Happiness tends t be shallw while lneliness invlves depth".
Man, in fact, needs lneliness mre than happy time, and nly abundant lneliness can prduce quality happiness.
1、Which f the fllwing can replace the underlined the wrd "bisterusly" in paragraph l?
A．surprisingly B．sadly
C．busily D．peacefully
2、What can we infer frm the secnd paragraph?
A．Being alne marks peple depressed.
B．Scial intercurse imprves ur happiness.
C．One may feel lnely even when surrunded by peple.
D．We shuld attend scial intercurse t decrease ur lneliness.
3、What can we knw frm Einstein's wrds?
A．Yu shuld be successful if yu spend all yur time by yurself.
B．Yu shuld exercise mre if yu want t keep yur minds healthy.
C．Yu will nt becme successful if yu jin in mre scial intercurse.
D．Yu will be mre successful if yu can make yur lnely time meaningful.
4、Which may be the best title fr this passage?
A．Live n Yur Own B．Happiness and Lneliness
C．The Secret f Success D．Practice Yur Scial Ability
24．（8分）
383、What is the passage designed fr?
A．Intrducing sme writing skills t children.
B．Attracting mre students t attend the curse.
C．Persuading students t write mre creatively.
D．Arusing the children’s enthusiasm in literature.
1、What prblem can Lessn 2 help peple t slve?
A．Writing lnghand.B．Finishing assignments.
C．Being afraid f writing.D．Being t shy t jin grups.
2、The student recmmendatins make the curse mre .
A．cnvincingB．challenging
C．recgnizableD．practical
25．（10分）Steve and I pulled trash fr fur slid hurs cntinuusly, except fr abut five minutes when we stpped t talk. My shulder hurt badly each time I put anther full barrel n it, and my legs ccasinally trembled as I was heading fr the street. But the rest f me said, “G, trashman, g.”
I culd nt have imagined there wuld be jy in this. Dump. Lift. Walk. Lift. Walk. The hurs flew by. Saturday meant many peple were utdrs wrking in their gardens r greenhuses. Mst f them lked apprachable enugh. There wasn’t time fr lengthy talks but enugh t exchange greetings that g with civilized ways. But I was shcked t find that this wasn’t the case.
When I said hell t them, mst ften the respnse was either nthing at all, r a surprising stare because I had spken.
One wman in a husecat was startled as I came arund the crner f her huse. At the sund f my greeting, she gathered her husecat tightly abut her and retreated quickly t the dr. I heard the lck click.
Steve cmplained angrily n the lng ride t the dump: “They dn’t realize we’re humans.”
I had riginally planned t stay at this emplyment fr nly tw days but nw I’m ging t cntinue. I have decided, t, t keep saying hell in peple’s yards. It desn’t d any harm, and it still feels right. Frankly, I’m ding an essential task. I left this cuntry a little cleaner than I fund it this mrning. Nt many peple can say that tnight.
Jhn Gardner wrte that a sciety which praises its philsphers and lks dwn n its plumbers（管子工）is in truble. “Neither its pipes nr its theries will hld water,” he warned. He might have gne a step further and called fr respect fr bth ur ecnmists and ur trashmen; therwise, they’ll bth leave rubbish behind.
1、Hw did the wman feel when she heard the authr’s greeting?
A．Dubtful. B．Embarrassed.
C．Frightened. D．Pitiful.
2、At the end f the passage, what’s the authr’s attitude t his jb?
A．He is ashamed f it. B．He is bastful abut it.
C．He is prud f it. D．He isn’t serius abut it.
3、What des the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A．Bth the facilities and the thughts f sciety may g wrng.
B．Bth the trashmen and the ecnmists shuld nt be respected.
C．Bth practice and theries are imprtant.
D．Bth the pipes and the theries make sense.
4、Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A．An Experience as a Trashman B．The Trashman
C．Ecnmists and Trashmen D．Misunderstanding
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26．（30分）I met Jane Black in university, and sn we became friends．The first time I went t her hme I fund her family quite different frm my wn．
In my family, it was always imprtant t place 1 when anything bad happened．
"Wh did this? "my mther wuld scream abut a dirty kitchen．
" This is all yur 2 , Katharine, " my father wuld insist when the cat gt ut r the dishwasher 3
Frm the time we were little, my sister, brthers and I tld n each ther．We set a place fr blame at the dinner table．
4 ,the Whites didn't wrry abut wh had dne what．They picked up the pieces and 5 with their lives．The beauty f this was driven hme t me the summer Jane died．
In July, the White sisters and I decided t take a car 6 frm their hme in Flrida t New Yrk．The tw lder sisters, Sarah and Jane, were cllege students, and the yungest, Amy, had recently 7 sixteen．Prud f having a new driver' s license, Amy was excited abut practicing her driving n the trip．She 8 her license t everyne she met．
The big sisters 9 the driving f Sarah' s new car during the first part f the trip, but when they reached _10_ crwded areas, they let Amy 10 ．Smewhere in Suth Carlina, we pulled ff the highway t eat．After lunch, Amy gt behind the wheel．She came t a crssrads with a stp sign．Whether she was nervus r just didn't see the sign n ne wuld 11 knw, but Amy cntinued int the crssrads withut stpping．The driver f a large truck, unable t stp in time, ran int ur car．
Jane was killed immediately．I was nly 12 injured．The mst difficult thing that I’ve ever dne was t call the Whites t tell them abut the accident and that Jane had died．Painful __14_ it was fr me t lse a gd friend, I knew that it was far wrse fr them t lse a child．
When Mr．and Mrs．White arrived at the hspital, they fund their tw daughters sharing a rm．Sarah had a few cuts n the head and Amy' s leg was brken．They hugged us all and cried tears f 13 and f jy at seeing their daughters．They 14 away the girls' tears and made a few jkes at Amy as she learned t use her crutches （拐仗）.
T bth f their daughters, and especially t Amy, ver and ver they simply said, "We' re s glad that yu' re alive．"
I was 15 ．N blame．N accusatins．
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked abut the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stp sign．
Mrs. White said, "Jane' s gne, and we miss her 16 ．Nthing we say r d will ever bring her back．But Amy has her whle life ahead f her．Hw can she _19____ a full and happy life if she feels we blame her fr her sister' s death?"
They were right．Amy graduated frm the University f Califrnia and gt married several years ag．She wrks 17 a teacher f learning-disabled students．She' s als a mther f tw little girls f her wn, the ldest named Jane．
1、A．angerB．blameC．screamD．pride
2、A．faultB．mistakeC．benefitD．actin
3、A．brkeB．caughtC．stppedD．wrked
4、A．ThenB．HweverC．TherefreD．Still
5、A．had nB．put nC．gt nD．mved n
6、A．driveB．vyageC．tripD．tur
7、A．becameB．reachedC．gtD．turned
8、A．shwed ffB．turned upC．brught utD．tk ff
9、A．tkB．tastedC．sharedD．experienced
10、A．mreB．lessC．farD．quite
11、A．turn upB．get dwnC．take verD．take up
12、A．hardlyB．neverC．evenD．ever
13、A．seriuslyB．slightlyC．lightlyD．quickly
14、A．asB．sC．whenD．while
15、A．pityB．sadnessC．shameD．sympathy
16、A．sweptB．gaveC．wipedD．cleaned
17、A．delightedB．excitedC．amusedD．astnished
18、A．terriblyB．hardC．graduallyD．rarely
19、A．directB．guideC．leadD．cnduct
20、A．frB．asC．likeD．t
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
27．（15分）Peple living in different cuntries made different kinds f wrds. Tday there are abut fifteen hundred 1．(language) in the wrld. Each cntains many thusands f wrds. A very large dictinary, fr example, cntains fur 2． five hundred thusand wrds. But we d nt need 3．these. T read shrt stries yu need t knw nly abut tw thusand wrds. 4．yu leave schl, yu will learn nly ne thusand r mre. All these wrds 5． yu learn are called yur vcabulary. Yu shuld try t make yur vcabulary 6．(big). Read as many bks as we can. There are a lt f bks 7．(write) in easy English. Yu will enjy them. When yu meet 8．new wrd, lk it 9．in yur dictinary. Yur dictinary is yur mst 10．(use) bk .
第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Graduated at the age f 90 frm the University f Buckingham might invke(引起)the expressin f "late saner, but s a thing is the result f a lng prcess. I left ut schl at 14 in 1935. My higher educatin frmal began when I was in my 60s, as I had nt had a pprtunity t study befre my retirement. But lng befre then, first wrking as a clerk, and then jining the army. I am brught t a brader culture. Thirsty fr knwledge can explain the rest As I came Late fr my frmal higher educatin, I had always been learning I wuld advise ther t d the same as me and return frmal learning after retirement.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）目前，中国已经进入汽车社会，越來越多的汽车止走进寻常百姓家。但是有些驾驶员的 素质令人担忧，他们的所作所为严重危害了自己和他人的安全，这种现象与社会的发展极不 协调。请你以李华的名义，根据以下提示写一封英文倡议议，倡议所有驾驶员做“中国好司机 简单描述以上现象； 你的建议：
① 严格遵守交通规则；
② 不隔窗拋物；
③ 礼让他人，不闯红灯。
注意：
⑴词数不少于100；可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数°
参考词汇：规则 regulatins；让路 give way t:闯红灯 run the red light
Dear Drivers,
At present, mre and mre cars have entered the hmes f rdinary peple.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、D
2、C
3、D
4、A
5、D
6、B
7、C
8、D
9、D
10、C
11、B
12、B
13、C
14、B
15、C
16、C
17、C
18、D
19、B
20、C
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、1、B
2、D
3、B
22、根据①②总结概括文章☞B选项Mre US Humanitarian Aid fr Ethipia
23、1、C
2、C
3、D
4、B
24、383、B
1、C
2、A
25、1、C
2、C
3、A
4、B
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26、1、B
2、A
3、A
4、B
5、D
6、C
7、D
8、A
9、C
10、B
11、C
12、D
13、B
14、A
15、B
16、C
17、D
18、A
19、C
20、B
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
27、1．languages
2．t/ r
3．all
4．befre
5．that
6．bigger
7．written
8．a
9．up
10．useful
第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
28、
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear drivers,
At present, mre and mre cars have entered the hmes f rdinary peple. But what wrries us a lt is sme drivers’ bad quality. Their behavir harms the safety f thers and themselves. This phenmenn is against the develpment f ur sciety. Then , I have sme ideas fr yu t be gd drivers.
First , all f us must bey the traffic regulatins. Secnd, yu shuldn’t thrw things ut f the car windw. Sme cleaners are hit by the passing cars and die per year while they are picking up the things yu have thrwn away. Next , give way t passers-by plitely at the crss-rads and yu mustn’t run the red light. Last but nt least, always remember: yur families are waiting fr yu at hme.
I really hpe all the drivers can take actin frm nw n and try t be gd Chinese drivers.
Sincerely yurs,
Li Hua
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