1、2015高考英语(附解析答案).单项填空1The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad 2 more comfortable _.AheldBholdingCbe heldDto hold解析 考查动词不定式作状语。句意:厚度和重量与先前版本的不同使得iPad 2拿着更舒服。形容词easy,hard,difficult,comfortable作表语,后面需用不定式的主动形式表被动意思,故正确答案为D项。答案 D2After the earthquake,the first thing
2、 the local government did was to provide_for the homeless families.Aaccommodation BoccupationCequipment Dfurniture解析 考查名词词义辨析。句意:地震之后,当地政府首先做的事情就是为无家可归的家庭提供住处。accommodation“住处,容身之处”;occupation“职业,工作;占据”;equipment“设备,装备;素质”;furniture“家具”。由句意可知,应选accommodation。答案 A3Just as the clothes a person wears,t
3、he food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time,his house_his personality.Aresembles Bstrengthens Creflects Dshapes解析 考查动词词义辨析。句意:对于一个人来说,就像他的穿衣、吃饭以及与之过时光的朋友一样,他的房子代表了他的个性。resemble“类似,像”,强调外形的“像”;strengthen“加强,巩固”;reflect“反射,映出;反省,反映;显示(事物的自然属性或人们的态度、情感等)”;shape“塑造;(使)成形”。 根据语意及词语的意思,re
4、flects是最佳选项。答案 C4You have to be a fairly good speaker to_listeners interest for over an hour.Ahold Bmake Cimprove Dreceive解析 hold ones interest使某人保持兴趣。B项“制造;做”;C项“改善,提升”;D项“接收”。答案 A5Many people _the car accident,so it was not difficult to investigate.Awitnessed BharnessedCswallowed Ddrugged解析 句意:许多人
5、看到了那起车祸,所以不难调查。在这个句子中,witness意为“目睹”。harness治理,控制;swallow淹没,吞下;drug使服毒品;三个词都不符合句子的意思。答案 A6The new apartment built a few months ago is large enough to _ over two hundred people.Asupply BprovideCreside Daccommodate解析 accommodate“提供膳宿”。句意:几个月前建造的那个新公寓足够的大,能为二百多人提供膳宿。答案 D7Also when you write your goals i
6、n a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously_ situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.Aaware of Bworried aboutCfamiliar with Daccustomed to解析 make sb.aware of.意为“使某人意识到,明白”,据题意A项正确。答案 A8Because he was_the new limit,he was stopped and warned for speeding.Agood at Btired fr
7、omCunaware of Duninterested in解析 句意:由于他不知道新的限速,他被拦了下来并被警告超速。根据所选项意思,be unaware of不知道,不明白,没意识到。be good at 擅长;be tired from因而劳累;be uninterested in对不感兴趣。答案 C9A good mother would not_her baby.Aabandon BleaveCadapt Dquit解析 句意:一个好母亲是不会丢弃自己的孩子的。答案 A10_a moment and I will go to your rescue.AGo on BHold onCM
8、ove on DCarry on解析 go on继续;hold on抓住不放,坚持;move on继续前进;carry on继续进行;根据后句的I will go to your rescue可知,这里应是“坚持住”,“别松手”。答案 B11She was scared_on the horse.Ato ride BridingCof being ridden Drode解析 be scared to do“害怕干某事”。句意:她害怕骑马。答案 A12The passengers had a chat with the college students_as conductors during
9、 the summer vacation.Ahelp out Bhelped outCto help out Dhelping out解析 考查非谓语动词。动词不定式作后置定语表示一个将要发生的动作,过去分词表示一个已经发生了的被动的动作,故B、C两项均不符合题意。句意:旅客们同那几个暑假临时帮忙充当列车员的大学生聊天。答案 D13Seans strong love for his country is_in his recently published poems.Arelieved BreflectedCresponded Drecovered解析 reflect“反射”,比喻义为“反映,
10、表现”; relieve意为“(从危险,痛苦中)救出,使脱离,解脱”;respond意为“答应(要求),应付(敌人等)反应”;recover意为“克服,恢复”。答案 B14We were_the most important scientific development of the century.Aseeing BwatchingClooking Dwitnessing解析 考查同义词的辨析。see表示看见的结果、内容;watch表示仔细观察或观看电视、比赛等;而look表示看的动作,且为不及物动词,后不能跟宾语。答案 D15Have you completed the project?I
11、m sorry to tell you that we_it when we found how much it_.Ahave abandoned;costs Babandoned;costChad abandoned;cost Dabandoned;would cost解析 答语句意:我非常遗憾地告诉你当我们发现这一项目要花多少钱时,我们就放弃了。从we found来判断,表示过去的情况,故用过去时,“花费”这一动作还未发生要用过去将来时。答案 D。阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。SCS Global Services (SCS) has evalu
12、ated a new methodology for measuring the carbon sequestration(封存) ability of soil under the Verified(验证) Carbon Standard (VCS), a leading greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting system. The methodology, developed by The Earth Partners, will allow land managers who sequester GHGs in grasslands and farmlands
13、to produce carbon credits for sale in the voluntary market.Managers of grasslands and farmlands can increase carbon sequestration in soil by practices such as changing grazing(放牧) practices and operating treatments designed to improve the variety and productivity of plant groups. The Earth Partners
14、is presently piloting this methodology with farmers across seven million acres of the Palouse River and Columbia Plateau regions in the Pacific Northwest.“The VCS program has achieved an important milestone in now combining grassland and rangeland carbon offset(抵消,补偿) projects, said Dr. Robert J. Hr
15、ubes, Executive Vice President of SCS.SCS looks forward to approving and verifying agricultural carbon offset projects that use this very powerful new methodology.The VM0021 Soil Carbon Quantification Methodology is based on decades of soil carbon research and testing conducted by top soil scientist
16、s. The methodology was developed by The Earth Partners and verified by Environmental Services, Inc. as well as SCS Global Services. It is the first soil carbon methodology to be approved for use under the VCS.This widely tested methodology is the first to specially deal with soils in a market, said
17、Steven I. Apfelbaum, Chairman of Applied Ecological Services, Inc. and Director of Science with The Earth Partners. According to Apfelbaum, soils represent the second largest living sink of carbon on the planet.1. The new methodology is assessed according to.A. The Earth Partners B. the Verified Car
18、bon StandardC. Environmental Services, Inc. D. Applied Ecological Services, Inc.2. Carbon sequestration in soil can be strengthened by.A. selling carbon credits in the voluntary marketB. changing grazing practices and operating treatmentsC. reducing the variety and productivity of plant groupsD. dec
19、reasing farmlands in the Pacific Northwest3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The VCS program proves to be successful in carbon offset projects.B. Many soil Carbon Methodologies have already been approved for use.C. The new methodology has been tested in many fields includi
20、ng soil.D. Soils seem to be the largest living sink of carbon on the planet.4. What is the attitude of SCS towards the new methodology?A. Opposed.B. Cautious.C. Doubtful.D. Approving.【参考答案】14、BBAD 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。All of us should keep a kitchen diary, showing how much food are lef
21、t uneaten as garbage.We all waste food, you and me millions of tons of it. In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people. In the United States, 40 percent of food is wasted from farm to fork. Each year, the amount of food thrown away in rich countries is almost
22、 the same as that produced in sub Saharan Africa. This raises some important questions. In developing countries, food is lost because farmers do not have appropriate cooling, storage or market access for their crops. Their grains, fruits and vegetables dry up and rot away. In developed countries, th
23、e picture is different, and food is wasted in supermarkets, restaurants and at home. China faces both problems, significant losses in farms, as well as at the sale and consumption stages. And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is rapidly increasing. Consumer culture has filled China and
24、urban residents can get quality food from anywhere in the country and from across the planet. Chinese consumers are as particular about their food as those in other countries. In supermarkets, they refuse to buy vegetables that dont look fresh or have an irregular shape, or milk and other products c
25、lose to their expiry (失败) date.Besides, Chinese consumers tend to be generous. In restaurants or at home, often too much food is ordered or cooked and served. So while trooping out of a restaurant, full and happy, with colleagues or friends, they never look back at whats left untouched on the table.
26、 Should Chinese consumers take more responsibility for the waste they create? Everyone deserves to have enough food to eat. Despite Chinas impressive success in reducing hunger over the past three decades, the job is not completed yet.31According to paragraph 1and2, we know that food waste is .Ahuge
27、 worldwideBmainly in USAConly in rich countriesDjust in African countries【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据无论是发达国家还是发展中国家都有食物浪费的现象,食物的浪费是全球性的,故选A。32In developing countries, food is lost mainly .Afor the lack of cooling and storageBbecause of easy access to marketsCbecause of the wet weatherDbecause of the quality of
28、 the food【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据In developing countries, food is lost because farmers do not have appropriate cooling, storage or market access for their crops.在发展中国家食物的浪费主要是由于缺乏冷藏和储存的条件,故选A。33The main reason for food waste in China is .Athe effect of consumer cultureBthe convenient food supplyCthe worry
29、about food qualityDpeoples being particular about it【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据Consumer culture has filled China and urban residents can get quality food from anywhere in the country and from across the planet.中国的浪费主要由于中国文化的影响,故选A。34How do Chinese feel when they leave restaurants with much food left behind?AG
30、enerous.BUnconscious.CWealthy.DValuable.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据Chinese consumers tend to be generous.中国人认为离开餐馆时剩下了是慷慨大方的,故选A。35The purpose of the passage is to tell us .Anot to waste any food from now onBthe necessity to improve food qualityCthe fact of food waste in developed countriesDthe influence of consumer culture on Chinese 【答案】A【解析】作者意图题。纵观全文的内容可知全球存在浪费粮食的现象,所以我们应该从今往后不能再浪费粮食,故选A。