2016届浙江省五校联考第二次考试英语试题卷

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：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. — Everything in my life has fallen to pieces. My life is such a mess!

— _______. I know how you feel.

A. By no means B. I can’t agree more C. I’ve been there D. I can’t find any reasons

2. France is a main destination for U.S. travelers, _______ second only to the United Kingdom, according to _______ Commerce Department report.

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

3. If I had ever feared death before, it was _______ compared to how I felt as the roller coaster moved faster and faster.

A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

4. Many memories of old times were _______ by the conversation we had together that evening.

A. called up B. turned up C. taken up D. kept up

5. People sometimes think that shy people are cold and uninterested in other people _______ actually they are just afraid to meet them.

A. since B. unless C. when D. until

6. Jack, to his _______, refused to get involved although his friends insisted on his trying the drug.

A. preference B. surprise C. credit D. opinion

7. I wanted to _______ them the trouble of buying me a present. So I didn’t tell them about my birthday party.

A. dismiss B. spare C. remove D. submit

8. — Can I go now, sir?

— If you _______ leave, do it quietly.

A. will B. may C. shall D. must

9. Mom told him he was forbidden to watch TV for a month. _______, he stormed out of the room.

A. In response B. In turn C. In return D. In advance

10. The hotel was terrible, and not at all what we _______ to expect in the advertisement.

A. had led B. had been led C. had been leading D. would be led

11. In some countries, many students participate in various programs, _______ they learn about the sense of responsibility by volunteering their services.

A. which B. when C. where D. that

12. I don’t know how he made his money _______. I only know now he is really rich.

A. steadily B. originally C. apparently D. permanently

13. Easy as the problem is _______, I’m still worried about _______ another breakdown.

A. worked out; there is B. to work out; there being

C. working out; it is D. to be worked out; it being

14. That night, trapped alone in the mountain, she felt cold, hungry and scared. She _______.

A. should have cried B. might cry C. would cry D. could have cried

15. He took away my key saying he was not about to let me sit _______ the wheel of a vehicle when I couldn’t even walk straight.

A. behind B. between C. above D. beneath

16. — I will go to the party if I don’t have to dress up.

—Well, actually, it doesn’t matter _______ you’re dressed.

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

17. He hadn’t been asked to the party and was feeling very _______.

A. turned down B. broken down C. stressed out D. left out

18. _______, the house isn’t big enough, though you can get a good view of the park.

A. Above all B. On the contrary C. To be honest D. Generally speaking

19. The carbon content of steel largely determines its usefulness for _______ applications.

A. typical B. tough C. fantastic D. specific

20. — Linda apologized to me yesterday.

— Impossible! _______. I know what kind of person she is.

A. I wasn’t born yesterday B. Good for you

C. You can never tell D. That’s for sure

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（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。

It was a freezing day when I came across her at some point on my life course. She was a small woman, ___21___ to catch the bus at a deserted bus stop. “Where are you going now?” the woman asked. “Well, I don’t know. I just want to see what it will be like at the ___22___. You know I ___23___ it all. We were going to get ___24___ after four years’ ups and downs. And he came one day, with nothing to say, just to show me a ___25___ on his finger.” The woman gave a ___26___ of sympathy. She seemed to well understand my pain. “Now, do you want to ___27___ my life story while we’re waiting for the bus?” the woman asked me in a low voice. I gave her a ___28___ look and nodded my head.? “Exactly thirty-five years ago, my husband took me and my three children to America. The moment we arrived, he left us ___29___ with a wish for good luck, to ___30___ his own happiness. Yet how could I ___31___ my three children in a strange land, with no money, no relatives and a ___32___ heart? Then I took the kids to the beach one afternoon. However, the kids were scared and they cried ___33___. Their desperation suddenly woke me up from a long nightmare. How ___34___ I was!” She continued, “I hugged them tightly, feeling a sudden strength ___35___ me. Then, I did all the things that brought me ___36___ a penny. Days in, days out, we ___37___ each other to gather enough encouragement to go ahead. My kids grew up into good, responsible citizens. Later, I found a man with the same pain. I feel ___38 ___ has paid me off.” The woman stopped for a while. She ___39___ my eyes and whispered in my ears, “Now stand up,?little girl. Don’t go to the terminal because there’s nothing to see. Why don’t you get cheered up and enjoy the ___40___ on the way?”

21. A. pretending B. designing C. waiting D. trying

22. A. stop B. road C. place D. terminal

23. A. lost B. made C. abandoned D. ruined

24. A. paid B. married C. promoted D. deserted

25. A. flower B. gift C. ring D. necklace

26. A. sigh B. whistle C. reply D. touch

27. A. tell B. hear C. cover D. make

28. A. blank B. cold C. innocent D. fresh

29. A. out B. off C. over D. behind

30. A. rescue B. seek C. share D. own

31. A. shelter B. educate C. command D. attend

32. A. delighted B. frightened C. torn D. excited

33. A. deliberately B. wildly C. causally D. occasionally

34. A. curious B. proud C. brave D. selfish

35. A. inside B. alongside C. beneath D. over

36. A. also B. almost C. even D. still

37. A. fought against B. argued with C. depended on D. complained to

38. A. life B. career C. friendship D. money

39. A. glared at B. looked into C. searched for D. saw through

40. A. conversation B. vehicle C. scenery D. love

第二部分：阅读理解（本题有两小节, 第一节共20小题, 第二节共5小题, 每小题2分; 满分50分）

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

A

Can you be?too beautiful? It is hardly a problem that most of us have to bother — as much as we might like to dream that it were the case.

Yet the blessings and curses of beauty have been a long-standing interest in psychology. Do those blessed with shiny faces and an attractive body live in a cloud of appreciation — or does it sometimes pay to be ordinary?

Combing through decades of findings, social psychologists Lisa Slattery Walker and Tonya Frevert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have?reviewed all the evidence to date?and their conclusions are not what you might expect.

At the most basic level, beauty might be thought to carry a kind of halo(光环) around it; we see that someone has one good quality, and by association, our deep mind may assume that they have other good ones too.

Even in the courts, a pleasing appearance can work its magic. Attractive criminals are likely to get less strict sentences, or to escape punishment entirely; attractive plaintiffs(原告), meanwhile, are more likely to win their case and get bigger financial settlements. “It’s an effect seen everywhere,” says Walker.

But if beauty pays in most circumstances, there are still situations where it can have opposite results. While attractive men may be considered better leaders, for instance, hidden sexist prejudices(偏见) can work against attractive women, making them less likely to be hired for high-level jobs?that require power. And as you might expect, good-looking people of both sexes run into envy — one study found that if you are interviewed by someone of the same sex, they may be less likely to?employ you?if they judge that you are more attractive than they are.

More worryingly, being beautiful or handsome could harm your medical care. We tend to link good looks to health, meaning that illnesses are often taken less seriously when they affect the good-looking. When treating people for pain, for instance, doctors tend to take less care over the more attractive people.

And the bubble of beauty can be a somewhat lonely place. One study in 1975, for instance, found that people tend to move further away from a beautiful woman on the pathway — perhaps as a mark of respect, but still making interaction more distant. “Attractiveness can convey more power over visible space — but that in turn can make others feel they can’t approach that person,” says Frevert. Interestingly, the online dating website OKCupid recently reported that people with the most beautiful pictures are less likely to find dates than those with less perfect pictures.?

Ultimately, Frevert points out that focusing too much on your appearance can itself be harmful if it creates stress and anxiety — even for those already blessed with good looks. “If you are crazy about attractiveness, it may affect your experience and interactions,” she says. It’s an outdated saying, but no amount of beauty can make up for a bad personality. As the writer Dorothy Parker put it so elegantly: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the