2015重庆高考压轴卷 英语

（英语试题卷共10页。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。）

注意事项：

1、答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。

2、答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3、答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。

4、所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。

5、考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。

一、单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

例：A computer can only do ________ you have instructed it to do.

A. how B. after C. what D. when

答案是C。

1. I like this fancy car which can speed up very fast , but I don't have enough money to buy __________ .

A. it

B.one

C. this

D. that



2. Some people think it_________privilege to study abroad, but it doesn't make_________ sense if you go when you even cannot look after yourself.

A. a; the

B. a; /

C. the; /

D. the; a



3. --- Hello, Tom. This is Mary speaking.

--- What a coincidence! I_________ about you.

A. just thought

B. was just thinking

C. have just thought

D. would just think



4. Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever, hit the East Coast of the US on Oct. 29, _________transportation.

A. shut down

B. to shut down

C. shutting down

D. to have shut down



5. – Do you think you will be able to finish your writing by five o'clock today ?

-- __________ . I'll be busy with experiments all day .

A. Not a little

B. Not yet

C. Not a big deal

D. Not a chance



6._________ we can have clean drinking water lies in _________ effective measures will be taken by the government about water pollution.

A. Whether; that

B. If; that

C. Whether; what

D. If; what



7. The biggest problem for most plants, which_________just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A. shall not??????

B. can't

C. needn't

D. mustn't



8. Not until _________the better qualities in ourselves_________expect to find them in others.

A. have we developed; can we

B. we have developed; that can we



C. we have developed; can we

D. can we develop; that we will



9. Passengers are permitted ___________ only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.

A. to carry

B. carrying

C. to be carried

D. being carried



10. More and more people prefer jogging in the morning, _______ benefits for health arise from the air rich in oxygen.

A. which

B. that

C. whose

D. who



11. The widely-accepted character "Duang" on the Internet does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. However, it _________like wildfire online in China recently.

A. spread

B. would spread

C. has spread

D. had spread



12. Mary doesn't want to move to Beijing because if she_________there, she wouldn't be able to see her husband often.

A. would live

B.were to live??

C. has lived

D. lives



13. — Did Vicky come back early last night?

— Yes. It was not yet nine o'clock_________she arrived home.

A. before

B. when

C. until

D. that



14. He telephoned to inform me of your birthday. _________, I would have known nothing about it.

A. Thus

B. Otherwise

C. Therefore

D. However



15. —I really thought I'd be promoted.

—Oh, well ... Henry, _________.

A. better luck next time

B. best wishes



 C. congratulations

D. you're right



二、 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面两篇短文，掌握大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A

On my way to work every day, I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular 16 my attention. It must have suffered some 17 . Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to 18 its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn 19 to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.

Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be 20 . It was a reminder to me that 21 I may not have had the best start in life, I could change 42 in the parts of my life at any time.

I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect 23 of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree. But that week I was busy. After that week, I still didn't take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would 24 myself, “Tomorrow, I'll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I drove by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my 25 , I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that tree had stood. I had 26 my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too 27 .

What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would 28 have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?

16. A. caught

B. paid

C. fixed

D. escaped



17. A. experience

B. influence

C. defeat

D. damage



18. A. change

B. design

C. follow

D. imagine



19. A. applying

B. attempting

C. learning

D. happening



20. A. satisfied

B. interested

C. encouraged

D. educated



21. A. even though

B. as if

C. in case

D. if only



22. A. habit

B. direction

C. plan

D. purpose



23. A. review

B. picture

C. glance

D. knowledge



24. A. call

B. help

C. tell

D. warn



25. A. regret

B. pleasure

C. happiness

D. surprise



26. A. cut off

B. taken off

C. put off

D. called off



27. A. sad

B. far

C. good

D. late



28. A. never

B. ever

C. surely

D. almost



 B

Data processing is a series of operations carried out on data on the purpose of getting information.

29 , the information is the end or the output. The operations were 30 with different tools. Apart from a computer, the brain is 31 a data processing tool. Like a mini PC, the brain controls all bodily and mental 32 , as well as processes data. While apples and oranges 33 in looks, feel, smell and taste, the brain can tell their differences.

There are three 34 of processing data. In manual data processing, simple tools such as pencil are used. Electromechanical data one uses electrically operated machines. 35 of the types of machines used are desk calculators and typewriters. Electronic data one uses computers processing data at a very high speed.

29. A. Therefore

B. Then

C. Since

D. Ever



30. A. performed

B. preferred

C. provided

D. practised



31. A. even

B. simply

C. yet

D. also



32. A. disorders

B. illnesses

C. credit

D. functions



33. A. differ

B. resemble

C. communicate

D. provide



34. A. collections

B. effects

C. levels

D. tools



35. A. Substances

B. Examples

C. Features

D. contents



三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A

While considering the importance of education in the life of children, according to a recent survey on the net, most of the parents want to send their children to the best of the schools. There is no doubt that many schools must be located near to your neighborhood area that provides good education to your children.

However, you need to do a little research about the lessons of various schools so that you can be sure that your children are also following path as you have been since your childhood. Besides public and private schools, there are Christian schools that teach knowledge about Christianity along with the school lessons. A parent can compare between all the schools and their decision will depend entirely on their beliefs, thinking and neighborhood area.

The main focus of Christian schools is religion and you can send your children to such schools if you want to focus on religion in your child's life. Every person has his own priority(优先考虑) and no one can force anyone with their own personal beliefs. If you feel that your child is not able to gain the right principles in other schools, then you can consider Christian schools for the right education of your children. There are Christian elementary schools that focus on reading, writing and arithmetic so as to strengthen the primary skills in children.

These schools take students from pre-school to high school to make them prepare for handling all types of situations in the future. So, use Internet to search a good school that help your child to have a better and brighter future.

36. Parents who choose schools for their children mainly depend on the following factors EXCEPT_________.

A. schools' decision B. their thinking

C. neighborhood area D. their beliefs

37. Christian schools differ from public and private schools in that_________.

A. they offer free school lessons B. they offer different school lessons

C. their main focus is religion D. they offer a brighter future

38. We can know Christian elementary schools _________.

A. focus on religion only in students' life

B. value the basic skills of children

C. allow students to have their own beliefs

D. are fit for all children

39. The article is most likely to be taken from _________.

A. a newspaper B. a magazine C. a textbook D. the Internet

B

William lived with his parents and seven sisters in a small clay house without electricity or running water. Like most boys in his village, William was expected to assist his parents on the family farm, as well as keep up with his school work.

However, in 2003 at the age of 13, William and many other children were forced to drop out of school when their parents could no longer afford his schooling. William had to work even harder to help his family, but he wasn't ready to give up his education. He went to the local library and took out some books to study. One book, called Using Energy, sparked William's interest in science and gave him an idea that significantly changed his future.

In the book, William found a picture of a windmill (风车), and a brief description of how it could be used to generate electricity from wind. He knew that there was plenty of wind in his village, and realized that if he could build a windmill like that, he could give his family and the people in his village a much better life. There was just one problem. The book didn't explain how to build a windmill, and neither did any of the other books in the library.

What happened over the next year demonstrated William's incredible ambition and