高考原创英语预测卷 04（江苏卷）

—Next Monday is my birthday.
—Is that so? ______

Our teacher recommended us so useful a grammar book ______ we can make use of while studying English.

The audience who come to the live broadcast scene are always chosen ______ in order to be fair.

The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.

There is a common saying in China         nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

— Oh, no. I left my mobile phone in the dining-room. I have to go there for it.
— You needn’t. I      it back for you. Here you are.

The new family planning policy allows a couple to have a second birth on condition that      is an only child and they have only one child.

What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world     ?

—How do you like the film we saw last night?
—It’s completely a bomb! The plot is too simple, and the acting of the heroine is too     .

    what you have, for what you have now is what you once prayed for.

The computer she had had ______ went wrong once again, so she had to buy a new one.

— Petrol prices have been climbing these years.
—Yes. It’s for this reason      we’ve given up the plan to buy a new car.

—What does the sign over there read?
—“No person         smoke or carry a lighted cigarette in this area.”

I think camping out is _______ great fun, for we can get close to _______nature and learn something useful at the same time.

You must not be governed by the opinions of others; ______, you should stick to your own view.

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。
TWIST OF FATE
On March 23, 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died of a gunshot wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-storey building,        to commit suicide.
As he          past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him           . Neither the shooter nor the dead was aware that a safety net had been installed just            the eighth floor level to             the building workers and that Ronald Opus failed to complete his            the way he had planned.
The room on the ninth floor was          by an elderly man and his wife. They were           , and the husband was threatening his wife with a shotgun. The old man was so          that when he pulled the trigger (扳机), he completely missed his wife, and the      went through the window,         Mr. Opus. One intends to kill subject “A” but kills subject “B” in the attempt.
When faced with the murder charge, the            said that they thought the shotgun was not loaded. The old man said it was a long-standing            to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun and that he had no intention to murder her.        , the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is to say, it was assumed that the gun had been accidentally loaded. The continuing investigation turned up a         who saw the old couple’s son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.
The case now becomes the murder of Ronald Opus             the old couple’s son’s part. Further investigation revealed that the son was,         , Ronald Opus. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son’s financial            and the son, knowing the inclination of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother. Later, he became increasingly despondent (意志消沉的) over the failure of his attempt to             the murder of his mother and then he jumped off the building, only to be killed by the shot.
The truth about the matter had come to light,            the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.

A．agreeing B．intending C．pretending D．refusing

A．fell B．ran C．walked D．climbed

A．occasionally B．carelessly C．instantly D．peacefully

A．before B．on C．to D．below

A．warn B．protect C．prevent D．trap

A．suicide B．journey C．task D．attack

A．booked B．occupied C．cleaned D．decorated

A．arguing B．wondering C．escaping D．relaxing

A．curious B．excited C．upset D．weak

A．gun B．stone C．stick D．bullet

A．disturbing B．frightening C．striking D．pushing

A．jury B．crowd C．audience D．couple

A．habit B．dream C．demand D．purpose

A．Otherwise B．Therefore C．However D．Instead

A．thief B．servant C．witness D．guard

A．with B．on C．without D．for

A．for short B．in fact C．with difficulty D．on principle

A．institution B．advice C．service D．support

A．engineer B．accept C．investigate D．suspect

A．because B．though C．so D．if

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，选出最佳选项 。
A
Wondering where to watch the fireworks on the fourth Friday of July? Here are some restaurants where you can sit, grab a bite to eat and watch the show.
The Roof on Wilshire offers a view of the city, so chances are that you’ll be able to catch a fireworks show while you’re up there. The restaurant will also offer an all-you-can-eat menu for $20 that includes all beef hot dogs and sweet potato chips. The festivities will take place from 2 to 11 p.m. Reservations are recommended. 6317 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 852-6002.
Whiskey Red’s is located in Marina Del Rey. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., it will include live music from Jack of Hearts. Drink specials include $3 select “Old School” beers and $5 Fireball shots from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. A custom menu of hamburgers and hot dogs will be available. Guests can make reservations from 5:30 to 10 p.m. It costs $59 to reserve a seat on the patio (露台) and $49 for indoor seating. Kids aged 5 to 12 need $25 for a seat outside and $20 for an indoor seat. Kids aged four and below are free. 13813 Fiji Way, Marina Del Rey, (310) 823-4522.
High Rooftop lounge in Venice at the top of the Hotel Erwin offers views of the Venice coastline. The fireworks show starts at 9 p.m. The rooftop lounge (休息室) offers a full menu of cocktails and a selection of snacks. 1697 Pacific Avenue, Venice Beach, (800) 786-7789.
The last one is Carbon Beach Club at the Malibu Inn. Here you can see fireworks from the restaurant’s oceanfront balcony from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The restaurant offers a menu of cheese, steak, fish, as well as a selection of raw shellfish. Reservations are recommended. 22878 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, (310) 456-6444.
Which restaurant will you choose if you want to watch the fireworks at 3 p.m.?

If a couple with a six-year-old kid want to reserve three indoor seats in Whiskey Red’s, they should pay at least _____.

B
Seeking to find happiness through a job before you find happiness on a personal level is like trying to stand on stilts (桩子) on quicksand. That’s how Anahita Moghaddam feels about it, anyway. She believes it is our “primary responsibility” to cultivate (耕耘) love and happiness within ourselves, first and foremost. Moghaddam says that if you only look to your professional achievements to keep your sense of purpose and well-being going, a sense of emptiness or desperation can’t almost be avoided.
You and your brain are more flexible than you think. The brain changes and grows depending on what it interacts with. Positive thoughts will give support to neuron pathways (神经路径) for the feeling of joy; negative thoughts will make neuron pathways for feelings of sadness stronger. “The number of possible combinations of neurons that fire and wire together is 10 to the millionth power in your nervous system. In comparison, the number of atoms in our entire universe is estimated to be around 10 to the 80th power. If we are 10 to the millionth power, that makes us almost infinite. So what are we? Who are we? And what can we do with this?” she says.
Unfortunately, human brains have several biological tendencies to negative thoughts and feelings. First, human brains can identify and avoid threats. Often, that means that other humans instinctively register as competition, instead of teammates or comrades. Second, we’re biologically likely to remember a single negative incident more than multiple positive experiences.
Despite it, we can control the thoughts with mindfulness. As Rick Hanson explains, changes in our thoughts can change the grey matter in our brains, and vice versa. “Mental activity is like a spring shower, leaving little traces of neural structure behind,” he says. “Over time, the little tracks in the hillside draw in more water down, deepening their course.”
There are benefits to living mindfully other than happiness. People who try to live more mindfully can focus for longer periods of time. “The ability to focus more strategically makes you more clear. It makes you show up to your own life more fully,” Moghaddam says. “Happiness and creativity are the purpose and they are also the byproduct of living mindfully, living with purpose. Otherwise it is a social idea, and a concept that we grasp at, but it really starts in your heart.”
What does Moghaddam think the most important for us?

We can infer from Paragraph 3 that     .

What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

C
Not long ago, I was invited to speak at the annual banquet for an “elite” youth hockey organization. Before dinner, the organization’s president mentioned how he and his neighbor, another hockey dad, had seen the need for a top program in their area, and how much planning and money it took to create one. He talked about the championships his team had won in their first two years of operation. He also said his 6-year-old son and his neighbor’s boy were hockey-crazed best friends — or at least they used to be. His neighbor’s son was not selected for the team that first year, and the two men and their boys have not spoken to each other since.
In brief, that’s exactly what’s wrong with youth sports. Too much money, too much parent involvement and too many broken-hearted 6-year-old children. Perhaps the professionalism that has invaded youth sports is related to the Bruins, Patriots, Red Sox and Celtics all ringing up championships over the past decade. “Hey, I want some of that,” said Overzealous Sports Dad, jumping up from his couch. However, single-sport specialization, the privatization of youth leagues and the rankings of young children have become widespread. These are not positive trends, and meanwhile coaches, educators, community leaders and parents should take heed seriously.
Three out of four American families with school-aged children have at least one playing an organized sport — a total of about 45 million kids. By 15, as many as 80 percent of these young people have quitted, according to the Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine. One reason is the gap between children’s desire to have fun and the misguided idea among some adults that their kids’ games are a very small version of grown-up competitions, where the goal is to win. After coaching for 20 years, I can say definitely that adult expectations are the No.1 problem. As we approach summer, when the living is supposed to be easy, too many families are searching the Internet for a private batting instructor, a summer hockey program, an expensive strength camp, etc. This is a misguided attempt to accelerate a process that may not even be occurring, since most young athletes will never reach the elite level.
When I was growing up in Methuen, we organized our own football, hockey and baseball teams. Any kid who had a football helmet, a pair of Bobby Orr Rally skates or a first baseman’s mitt could play. We contacted teams from other neighborhoods and played entire seasons without our parents having anything to do with it. My friends and I even staged our own tennis tournaments at the public courts. We played for the love of it. Indeed, many of us went on to play high school and college sports.
Some kids are sick of playing, and some are sick of playing in pain. A 2013 study of 1,200 young athletes showed those who concentrated on a single sport were 70 percent to 93 percent more likely to be injured than those who played multiple sports.
At that hockey banquet, I said adults must set their egos (自尊) aside and remember to let the kids have fun. And to do that, we need to return youth sports to the neighborhood, where they belong.
This summer, encourage your children to go fishing, play mini golf and invite their friends to shoot hoops in the driveway. Have them visit the library and wander around in the backyard chewing on blades of grass. And remember that the inside experience of playing a sport, the beauty and the joy of it belong to the kids themselves.
What does the first paragraph imply?

The underlined phrase “take heed” in Paragraph 2 means     .

Why do many youngsters give up the sports they are playing?

When the author looked back on his childhood sports life,     .

D
The valley known as Sleepy Hollow hides from the world in the high hills of New York State. There are many stories told about the valley, but the story that people believe most is about a man who rides a horse at night. The story says the man died many years ago during the American Revolutionary War. His head was shot off. Every night he rises from his burial place, jumps on his horse and rides through the valley looking for his lost head.
Near Sleepy Hollow is a village called Tarry Town. The village had a small school, where there was a teacher named Ichabod Crane which was a good name for him because he was tall and thin like a crane.
Ichabod didn’t make much money as a teacher. To pay for his food he earned extra money by teaching young people to sing. Every Sunday after church Ichabod taught singing.
Among the ladies Ichabod taught was one Katrina Van Tassel, who was the only daughter of a rich Dutch farmer, a girl in bloom much like a round red rosy apple. Ichabod had a soft and foolish heart for the ladies and soon found himself interested in Miss Van Tassel.
However, there were many problems blocking the road to Katrina’s heart. One was a strong young man named Brom Van Brunt, who was a hero to all the young ladies. His shoulders were big. His back was wide. He always won the horse races in Tarry Town and earned many prizes. Such was the enemy Ichabod had to defeat for Katrina’s heart.
Stronger and wiser men would not have tried, but Ichabod had a plan. He couldn’t fight with his enemy in the open, so he did it silently and secretly. He made many visits to Katrina’s farm and made her think he was helping her to sing better.
Time passed and the town’s people thought Ichabod was winning. Brom’s horse wasn’t seen at Katrina’s house on Sunday nights anymore.
One day in autumn, Ichabod was asked to go to a big party at Katrina’s home. He dressed himself in his best clothes. A farmer loaned him an old horse for the long trip to the party.
The house was filled with farmers, their wives, daughters and sons. Brom Van Brunt rode to the party on his fastest horse called Daredevil. All the young ladies smiled happily when they saw him. Soon music filled the rooms and everyone began to dance and sing.
Ichabod was happy dancing with Katrina as Brom looked at them with a jealous heart.
Ichabod seemed very happy until he said goodnight to Katrina. Was she ending their romance? He left feeling very sad. Had Katrina been seeing Ichabod just to make Brom Van Brunt jealous so he would marry her?
Well, Ichabod began his long ride home on the hills that surrounded Tarry Town. He began to whistle as he came close to the tree where a man was killed years ago by rebels.
There, in the dark woods on the side of the river, where the bushes grew low, stood an ugly thing, big and black. It didn’t move but seemed ready to jump like a giant monster.
Ichabod’s hair stood straight up. It was too late to run, and in fear of it, he did the only thing he could. His shaking voice asking “Who are you?” broke the silent valley.
The thing didn’t answer. Ichabod asked again. Still no answer. Ichabod’s old horse began to move forward. The black thing began to move along the side of Ichabod’s horse in the dark. For a moment the moon shone down and to Ichabod’s horror he saw it was a horse with a rider whose head was not on his body. It was in front of the rider, resting on the horse.
“Only if I can get there first, I am safe,” thought Ichabod, kicking his horse. He looked back to see if the headless man had stopped. He saw the man pick up his head and throw it with powerful force. The head hit Ichabod in the face and knocked him off his horse to the dirt below.
People found Ichabod’s horse the next day peacefully eating grass. They could not find Ichabod. The only other thing they found was lying near Ichabod’s hat. It was the broken pieces of a round orange pumpkin.
People talked about Ichabod for many weeks. Much later an old farmer returned from a visit to New York City. He said he was sure he saw Ichabod there. He thought Ichabod silently left Sleepy Hollow because he had lost Katrina.
As for Katrina, her mother and father gave her a big wedding when she married Brom Van Brunt. Many people who went to the wedding saw that Brom smiled whenever Ichabod’s name was spoken. And they wondered why he laughed out loud when anyone talked about the broken orange pumpkin found lying near Ichabod’s old dusty hat.
What tone did the author use to describe Ichabod?

What does the underlined part in Paragraph 6 mean?

What probably happened to Ichabod in the end?

Why were broken pieces of a round orange pumpkin found near Ichabod’s hat?

Which of the following can be used to describe Brom?

What is the passage mainly about?

第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Storytelling can be used as one of the most powerful leadership tools. And there are many reasons why it’s worth your time to become an effective storyteller. First of all, people will remember and share your stories. The human brain is actually structured to keep memories in a story format, with the beginning, middle and end of the story. Long after listeners have forgotten your data, they’ll remember your story and the wisdom implied in it. And, if your story is authentic and attractive, they’ll eagerly share it with others. Many leadership stories of your personal experiences even have the potential to go well-received, taking on a life of their own, spreading far and wide in your organization or social networks.
Stories allow listeners to draw their own conclusions. Let’s suppose you have a personal story about an authentic experience in which you, or someone else, faced a serious challenge, experienced multiple frustrating obstacles, made some embarrassing mistakes due to bad choices but, in the end, overcame the difficulties and demonstrated outstanding results. As your listeners experience your story, they’re also learning — they’re paying close attention by first identifying with the situation, feeling the pain of those unworkable choices and the tension, noticing how someone overcame their mistakes and feeling the joy of their ultimate success. They automatically integrate (整合) the key lessons and bear them in mind easily due to the story format.
In addition, stories build trust. Best of all, in the above example, you have avoided the fatal error of just telling people what to do, because people don’t like being told what to do. However, they do love a story that allows them to decide for themselves what is effective and willingly apply their learning to future situations. As a matter of fact, you’ll gain more trust from people by telling stories about the failure of your own experiences than by merely showing off about all your successes. More importantly, meanwhile, your stories inspire the willing participation, creativity and passion of others at all levels in your organization.
Therefore, beyond merely understanding the power of stories, there remains the need for specific action and a commitment to becoming a storyteller. There are many things you can do to achieve this. For example, think back to the situations in your own personal experiences that could be the basis for a good story and keep a personal story notebook. When you share a story, notice that you’ll almost always get a story in return. Most importantly, notice the values, issues and passions reflected in others’ stories and integrate those into your stories. Make a study of stories, read books about storytelling, keep collecting and fine-tuning (微调) your stories. Anyhow, stories can transform your relationships with people and make you a standout leader. So go for it.

Storytelling
Theme	You can become an outstanding leader by telling stories    .
Power of stories	Stories impressed listeners deeply.	● Stories themselves and the wisdom implied in them tend to be   . ● Your authentic and attractive stories, if shared among people, will gain    .
	Stories allow listeners to reach their own conclusions.	● Listeners can learn from your stories how to experience hardships, handle problems and    success. ● They’ll     the lessons drawn from your stories
	Stories build trust.	● If listeners don’t feel they are    to accept what is reflected in your personal stories, they will trust you. ● Your stories will inspire your staff to work willingly, creatively and    .
Steps in becoming a storyteller	● Let writing stories based on your personal experiences become a    . ● When experiencing others’ stories,     on whatever is reflected in them and combine them with your own stories. ● Improve your storytelling    by studying stories, reading books, collecting and fine-tuning your own stories.

近几年来，“全民阅读”活动在全国各地蓬勃发展，影响日益扩大，已逐渐成为一种新的生活时尚。第十二次全国国民阅读调查显示：综合阅读率明显提升，数字化阅读已形成规模。请根据下列图示，为某一中学英语报写一篇短文，简答介绍近年综合阅读率的变化，并围绕网络时代“全民阅读”谈谈你自己的看法。
注意：1. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计人总词数。
2. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
3．参考词汇：综合阅读率comprehensive reading rate

Nationwide reading is the requirement of the times and has gained increasing popularity in the recent years . According to China's twelfth nationwide reading report,  ______________________________________________________________________________________
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