1、2015高考英语（附解析答案）.单项填空1As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were_ over the sky.Asmoothing BdisappearingCgathering Dpicking解析smooth使平整；使光滑；disappear消失；gather聚集；pick选择；挑选。句意：随着暴风雨的来临，乌云在天空聚集起来。答案C2The news shocked the public，_to great concern about students safety at school.Ahaving ledBledCleading Dto
2、 lead解析 考查非谓语动词。句意：这个消息震惊了社会，引起了公众对在校学生安全的极大担忧。此处为非谓语动词作结果状语。主语与lead是主动关系，故排除过去分词led；而having led表示动作发生在shocked之前，不合逻辑，故排除；不定式to lead 表示出乎意料的结果，而现在分词表示自然的结果，故选leading。答案 C3Kathy_some French while she was away on a business trip in France. Apicked up Btook upCmade up Dturned up解析考查动词短语的辨析。pick up拾起；捡起
3、；无意中学会；take up开始从事；make up 弥补；编造；turn up 出现；调大音量。句意：Kathy在去法国出差时学会了一些法语。答案A4It is_that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.Aobviously BapparentlyCpossibly Dlikely解析考查句型的搭配。Its likely that 从句“有可能干某事”。答案D5In our childhood，we were often _ by Grandma to pay attention to our
4、table manners.Ademanded BremindedCallowed Dhoped解析 句意：在我们的童年时期，奶奶经常提醒我们注意餐桌礼仪。remind sb.to do sth.表示“提醒某人做某事”，这里用其被动形式。答案 B6Some students find it hard to_the new teachers dialect.Atake in Btake upCtake over Dtake on解析考查动词短语的辨析。take in 吸收；理解；take up 开始从事；take over 掌管；接管；take on呈现。句意：一些学生发现很难理解新老师的方言。
5、答案A7He_into the bad habit of stopping off at the corner saloon each night on his way home from work.Acaught Bformed Cgot Dtook解析get into the habit of表示“养成的习惯”，为固定短语；如用form，应使用form the habit of结构；stop off中途下车。答案C8I_along the street looking for a place to park when the accident_.Awent；was occurring Bw
6、ent；occurredCwas going；occurred Dwas going；had occurred解析 句意：我沿着街道找停车位，这时发生了事故。occur是瞬间动词，此处不用进行时，可排除A项；且沿街行车与车祸几乎是同时发生，可排除D项；车祸发生时，车是在行进中，因此C项最佳。此处是when(这时，突然)句式之一。答案 C9It is very hot in Chongqing.Would you like some water?_.I want to，but I want to save it for another one who needs it.AYes，please B
7、No，thank youCNothing more DId like some解析根据答语中的I want to，but I want to save it for another one who needs it.可知想喝水，但是想留给别人喝。No，thank you.表示不要了，并表示感谢。答案B10How long do you think it will be_the country sends a manned spaceship to the moon?Perhaps two or three years.Awhen Buntil Cthat Dbefore解析before表示“在
8、之前”。根据答语Perhaps two or three years.可判断出这个国家向月球发射载人宇宙飞船之前可能要两年或三年的时间。答案D11Mum，may I go to the concert with Tom tonight?No，you_.Because it will be stormy.Aneednt Bdont have toCmustnt Dshouldnt解析考查情态动词。mustnt表示“禁止，不允许”，可根据后面的“Because it will be stormy.”判断。答案C12Do you think their table tennis team will
9、win the first place at the coming Asian Games?_.Ours is much stronger than theirs.AOf course BIt dependsCDont mention it DBy no means解析 句意：你认为他们的乒乓球队在即将到来的亚运会上会获得第一名吗？决不会。我们队比他们队要强大得多。of course当然可以；it depends 看情况而定；dont mention it 别客气；by no means决不。答案 D13They have sent some books and magazines to th
10、e countryside because children there are starving_knowledge.Ato Babout Cwith Dfor解析考查介词。starve for.意为“渴望；急需”。句意：他们把一些书和杂志送到农村，因为那里的孩子们渴望知识。答案D14Who do you think I can depend on，Mr Brown?Yes.He always_ what he says.Ameans BrealizesCkeeps Dpromises解析考查习惯用语。mean what one says说话算数，相当于keep ones word。答案A1
11、5May I speak to Mr Smith，please?_，please. He is in the next room.I will go and get him.AHang up BHold upCTake on DHold on解析考查交际用语。hold on别挂断。可根据下文的“他就在隔壁，我去叫他”判断。答案D。【由福建省三明市2014高考模拟题改编】 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died onMonday at home in Woodside，
12、California，from natural causes “she was surrounded by her family and carers ,” astatement said With her charm and blonde curls(金色的卷发)，shewas one of the most popular stars of the 1930sin hitmovies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and CheerHersinging，dancing and acting won over fans worldwideShewas given
13、 a special Oscar for child in 1935， when shewas just six years oldTo this day，she is still the youngest child to receive an Academy AwardAfter retiring from films in 1950 at the age of 21，Temple returned to the spotlight as a politicianand diplomat(外交家) Shirley Temple started her film career at thre
14、eBetween 1934 and 1938 she appeared in morethan 20 feature films and was the top US movie starShe wore a grass skirt and played a ukulele(四弦小吉它)to promote the musical Captain January，directed by David Butler，in 1936Sheattended her first big public performance for her film Wee Willie Winkie in Hollyw
15、ood on 26 June，1937 As well as being the youngest receiver of an Oscar(at the age of 6 years and 3 1 0 days)，Templewas also the youngest child to present one of the statuettes(小金人)She stood on a chair to giveClaudette Colbert the best actress prize for it Happened One night in 1935At the age of 12Te
16、mples star burnt outher parents bought out the remaining time of her contract and sent her toan expensive girls schoo1Her final film，A Kiss for Corliss，is available to watch online for freeThis is the stars final ever moment on the big screenThe actress retired from Hollywood in 1950，but she still a
17、ppeared occasionally on TVIn 1958 she wore a fairy godmother costume to promoteher series of dramatised fairy tales，Shirley Temples Storybook In 2006，she accepted the Life Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors GuildAwards1Shirley Temple was popular with the world mainly because of_ Aher
18、 charm and blonde cuffs Bher singing，dancing and acting Cher young age as an actress Dher career being a diplomat2According to the passage，Shirley Temple was born in_.A1929 B1932 C1934 D19353From the passage we can infer that_. ATemple involved herself actively in political work after she was twenty
19、one Bthe Life Achievement Award was given to Temple when she was young Cher parents sent her to an expensive girls school by contract Dthe film of her first public performance was Captain January4Which of the following statements is TRUE about Shirley Temple ? AShe ever received the Oscar award for
20、the best actress BShe was the best child movie star in the world CShe was once a presenter at an Oscar Awarding ceremony DShe stopped appearing on any kind of media after 1950【参考答案】14、BAAC阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。【2013界广东省三模】Gadgets(潮流装备)make study funNow in a world piled high with smart p
21、hones, tablets (平板电脑)and e-readers, technology has entered the classroom in ways unimaginable. Taking classes can be fun too. All you have to do is swipe your fingers on your phone screen and download some apps (应用程序),which can make your study more fun and efficient .Balancing study and play in a co
22、llege setting has never been easy and with the following few apps, itll be tough to tell the two apartEver note Use: note-taking Can be used on: iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, Android, BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows,Phone 7 price :free If you take notes to stay organized，then Evernote is for you. The main
23、 thing about Evernote is that all of your notes are automatically sent into the cloud-and then you can access them from any web-connected computer via the Evernote app or a web browser(浏览器). Evernote also supports audio and photo notes-rather handy if you want to record your lecture or take photos o
24、f any projected notes. But, of course, ask for permission first.Wikipanion Use: research database Can be used on: iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch Price :free (Wikipanion Plus for$4.99,or 31.87yuan ) Now you dont necessarily have to go to a library or anywhere with computer services to do research work for you
25、r paper anymore. You can get access to the research databases just onyour smart phone or tabler.Conquering Bilingual News Listening in 7Days Use: English learning application Can be used on:iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch Price: For a limited time you can get the App for only $0.99half price. Still learning E
26、nglish with a workbook? If so, you are behind the timesGer 21st Century Newspapers new iPhone App, “Conquering Bilingual News Listening in 7 Days”. When you download the App on your iPhone, you can listen to the hottest bilingual news selected from the newspapers official website () and read by nati
27、ve speakers, “Conquering Bilingual News Listening in 7 Days” has ranked No. I on the Chinese education App list. For a limited time you can get the App for only $0.99half price.59.The purpose of this passage is to_ A. make your study more fun and efficient B. introduce some apps used on gadgets C ad
28、vertise high-tech teaching ways D. develop new application programs【答案】B【解析】写作意图题。根据短文的内容可知这是介绍了一些应用程序，故选B。60.Which app can save you from the research work in the library? A. Evernote B. Wikipanion C. Conquering Bilingual News Listening in 7Day D. Smartphone 【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据Now you dont necessarily
29、 have to go to a library or anywhere with computer services to do research work for your paper anymore. 现在，你不必再为了写论文，而前往图书馆或者任何一个提供上网服务的地方去做研究功课了。Wikipanion维基百科阅读伴侣可以做到，故选B。61.According to the passage, we can know that_ A. the three apps all support audio and photo forms B. college study is undoubte
30、dly full of ease and fun C. college students used to do research workin the library or via computers D. students can record lectures and send them to the cloud without permission 【答案】C【解析】推理判断题。根据Now you dont necessarily have to go to a library or anywhere with computer services to do research work
31、for your paper anymore. You can get access to the research databases just onyour smart phone or tabler. 现在，你不必再为了写论文，而前往图书馆或者任何一个提供上网服务的地方去做研究功课了。你可以直接在自己的智能手机或平板电脑进入（学术研究）的数据库。可知过去的时候大学生搞研究必须在图书馆或者电脑旁，故选C。62.Which of the following is true about the apps? A. They can only be used on smart phones. B.
32、 Evermote and Wikipanion Plus are free. C. Evermote can merely be used on a computer. D. They improve learning efficiency and pleasure.【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据which can make your study more fun and efficient .这些应用程序的使用能够提高学习效率并且很有乐趣，故选D。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 (2014课标)Passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once
33、 flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa numbe
34、r equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States，making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati
35、.Sadly，the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where the birds were most abundant，people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain，waited until pigeons had settled to feed，then thre
36、w large nets over them，taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the bird
37、s to go farther north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.Soon the great flocks were gone，never to be seen again.In 1897，the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10
38、years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County，Ohio，in 1900.For a time，a few birds survived under human care.The last of them，known affectionately as Martha，died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1,1914.【语篇导读】本文叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。1In the 18th and
39、early 19th centuries，passenger pigeons _.Awere the biggest bird in the world Blived mainly in the south of AmericaCdid great harm to the natural environmentDwere the largest bird population in the US解析事实细节题。根据文章第一段所述在18和19世纪，美国大群的旅鸽飞起来可以遮住天空几个小时，所以美国旅鸽的数量是最大的，故选D。答案D2The underlined word“undoing”prob
40、ably refers to the pigeons _.Aescape BruinCliberation Devolution解析词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中“Where the birds were abundant.by the thousands”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀，所以ruin和undoing词义相似，故选B。答案B3What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?ATo seek pleasure. BTo save other birds.CTo make money. DTo protect crops.
41、解析事实细节题。根据文章第二段中“Commercial hunters attracted them.sold in restaurants”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀的主要原因是捕杀者要赚钱。故选C。答案C4What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?AIt was ignored by the public.BIt was declared too late.CIt was unfair.DIt was strict.解析推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“In 1897，the state of.for 10 years”可知通过法律后的10年，鸽群数量仍然不多，所以制定法律为时已晚，故选B。答案B