2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江）

英 语 试 题

选择题部分（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分30分）

：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1. ---Hi, John. Are you busy?.

--- ______

A. Yes. I do agree. B. Yes. That would be nice

C. No. Are you sure? D. No. What’s up?

Jane’s grandmother had wanted to write ______ children’s book for many years, but one thing or another

always got in ______ way.

A. a; 不填 B. the; the C. 不填; the D. a; the

Have you ever heard of the trees that are homes ______ animals both on land and sea?.

A. about B. to C.with D. over

It was so noisy that we ______hear ourselves speak.

A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C.mustn’t D. needn’t

Studies have shown that the right and left ear ______ sound differently.

A. produce B. pronounce C. process D. download

6. If you swim in a river or lake, be sure to investigate ______ is below the water surface. Often there

are rocks and branches hidden in the water.

A. what B. who C. that D. whoever

Body language can _______ a lot about your mood, so standing with your arms folded can send out

a signal that you are being defensive.

A. take away B. throw away C. put away D. give away

8. Albert Einstein was born in 1879. As a child, few people guessed that he _____ a famous scientist whose

theories would change the world.

A. has been B. had been C. was going to be D. was

_____ a single word can change the meaning of a sentence, a single sentence can change the meaning

of a paragraph.

A. Just as B. In addition C. Until D. Unless

Most people work because it’s unavoidable. ______, there are some people who actually enjoy work.

A. As a result B. Even though C. By contrast D. In conclusion

We tend to have a better memory for things that excite our senses or _____ our emotions than for

straight facts.

A. block off B. appeal to C. subscribe to D. come across

How would you like ____ if you were watching your favorite TV program and someone came into the

room and just shut it off without asking you?.

A. them B. one C. those D. it

Most of us, if we know even a little about where our food comes from, understand that every bite put into

our mouths was ______ alive.

A. steadily B. instantly C. formerly D. permanently

Listening is thus an active, not a _______, behavior consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering..

A. considerate B. sensitive C. reliable D. passive

One of the most effective ways to reduce _______ is to talk about feelings with someone you trust..

A. production B. stress C. energy D. power

If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to _____ on the sea?

A. float B. drown C. shrink D. split

These comments came _______ special questions often asked by local newsmen.

A. in memory of B. in response to C. in touch with D. in possession of

Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it ______live is quite another.

A. perform B. performing C. to perform D. being performed

Creating an atmosphere ______employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.

A. as B. whose C. in which D. at which

—Why don’t you consider a trip to, say, Beijing or Hangzhou?

—_______.

A. I wouldn’t mind that B. Then we’ll get there quickly

C. Let’s call it a day D. It’s not a requirement

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives(高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now ? 21 ? on their way to impressive careers. By society’s ? ?22 ? ,?they seem to have it made.

On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a ? ?23 ? ?drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and ? ?24 ? out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine ? 25 ? a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars.

The thing is, a number of them have ? 26 ? ?that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some ? 27 ? ?of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they 28 ? . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and ? 29 ?. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the ? ?30 ? ?to which they have so quickly become ? ?31 ? .

People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and ? ?32 ? in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they ? 33 ? or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it’s ? ?34 ? . They have loans, bills, a mortgage(抵押贷款) to ? ?35 ? , retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something ? 36 ?in their lives, but it’s ? 37 ? to step off the track.

In a society that tends to ? ?38 ? everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our ? 39 ? in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs ? 40 ? in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore---and the very ones we need to consider most.

21. A. much B. never C. seldom D. well

22. A. policies B. standards C. experiments D. regulations

23. A. last B. least C. second D. best

24. A. cycled B. moved C. slid D. looked

25. A. shared B. paid C. equaled D. collected

26. A. advertised B. witnessed C. admitted D. demanded

27. A. complain B. dream C. hear D. approve

28. A. distribute B. hate C. applaud D. neglect

29. A. calm ? B. guilty C. warm D. empty

30. A. family B. government C. lifestyle D. project

31. A. accustomed B. appointed C. unique D. available

32. A. yet B. also C. instead D. rather

33. A. let out B. turn in C. give up D. believe in

34. A. fundamental B. practical C. impossible D. unforgettable

35. A. take off B. drop off C. put off D. pay off

36. A. missing B. inspiring C. sinking D. shining

37. A. harmful B. hard C. useful D. normal

38. A. measure B. suffer C. digest D. deliver

39. A. disasters B. motivations C. campaigns D. decisions

40. A. assessed B. involved C. covered D. reduced

第二部分 阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This means that when they don’t know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now I’m going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that’s enough for me. And I’m not going to ask you what words mean.”

The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, “Mr. Holt, do you really mean that?” I said just as seriously, “I mean every word of it.”

During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It can’t be,” and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick, in the edition with woodcuts. I said, “Don’t you find parts of it rather heavy going?” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part.”

This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is --- an exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book.

41. According to the passage, children’s fear and dislike of books may result from________.

A. reading little and think little.

B. reading often and adventurously

C. being made to read too much

D. being made to read aloud before others

The teacher told his students to read ________.

A. for enjoyment B. for knowledge

C. for a larger vocabulary D. for higher scores in exams

43. Upon hearing the teacher’s talk, the children probably felt that________.

A. it sounded stupid

B. it was not surprising at all

C. it sounded too good to be true

D. it was no different from other teachers’ talk

44. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passa