山東省青島市平度第九中學2021-2022學年高一英語聯考試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Readingcangivestudentsachanceto_________theirinterests.

A.explain

B.explode

C.export

D.explore參考答案：D2.Computers

inofficesandhomessince1970s．

A．was

B．hadbeenused

C．havebeenused D．hasbeenused參考答案：C3.AsfarasIknow,thereis________carinthisneighborhood.A.nosuch

B.noa

C.notsuch

D.nosucha參考答案：A4.

you’vetriediton,youcan’timaginehowpleasantthenewstyledressis.A.Because

B.Unless

C.Although

D.When參考答案：B5.

Puteverything________toyouinyourbag,notothers.A.belongs

B.belonged

C.belonging

D.tobelong參考答案：C6.Manypeoplethoughthighlyofwhathesaid,but

,Ithoughthejustshowedhimselfoff.A.personally

B.generally

C.especially

D.specially參考答案：A7.PresidentObamawonthe2012electionoverRomneyandisoncemorein__oftheWhiteHouse.A.return

B.search

C.relief

D.power參考答案：D8.Theoldtowermustbesaved,_______thecostis.A.however B.whatever

C.whichever D.wherever參考答案：B9.Itisnot______youhavesaidbutwhatyouhavedone______madeusverydisappointed.A．that;what

B．what;what

C．what;that

D．that;that參考答案：C10.Evenif

things

don’t__________

as

planned,you’llstillbeheadingintherightdirection.

A.goout

B.workout

C.putout

D.figureout參考答案：B11.Runningacompanycallsforintelligence,patienceandalotofexperience.

,it'snotaneasything.A.Inconclusion B.OntheotherhandC.Firstofall D.Onthecontrary參考答案：A12.Manypeopleexpectthatcreditcardswilleventually________papermoneyforalmosteverypurchase.A．trade

B．exchange

C．replace

D．reduce參考答案：C解析句意：很多人期望在買賣中信用卡將最終取代紙幣。根據句意“取代；代替”意思答案為C。13.Ihad_______hernottoskateonthethinice,butshewon’tlistentome.

A.advised

B.suggested

C.persuaded

D.made參考答案：A略14.Thismodernthree-starhotel_______closetothecitycenterisattractive.A.situated

B.situating

C.issituated

D.issituating參考答案：A15.Mikewantedtogoswimming,butmothertoldhim____.A.notto

B.didn’t

C.don’t

D.tonot參考答案：A16.Anneandherfamilyhidawayfornearlytwenty-fivemonths

theywerediscovered.

A.after

B.when

C.before

D.that參考答案：C略17.He________livesinthecity.Hegoesthere________.A．nomore；nolongerB．nolonger；nolongerC．nolonger；nomoreD．nomore；nomore參考答案：Clive為延續性動詞，所以要用nolonger；go為瞬間動詞，因此第二個空用nomore。18.—Ileftmyhandbagonthetrain,butluckilysomeonegaveittoarailwayofficial.—Howunbelievabletogetitback!Imean,someone______it.A.willhavestolen

B.mighthavestolenC.shouldhavestolen

D.musthavestolen參考答案：B19.Theyaretalking_____theyhadbeenfriendsforyears,whileinfacttheyhaveknowneachotherforonlytwohours.A.eventhough

B.asthough C.nowthat

D.until參考答案：B略二、完型填空20.We’vehearditbefore－we’vehearditonthenews,fromteachers,fromparents－childrenandteenagerstodayaregrowinguptoofast．Therearenottoomanypeoplethatwill___21___withthatstatement．Teenagersarefacedwithseriousproblemsanddecisionsatanearly___22___．Infactmostteenagers’dailyschedulesareas___23___asthoseofanadult’s．IhavebeenworkingsinceIwasthirteen,andalwaysin

___24___inwhichIwasworkingwithadults.Ihavehadtolearntothinkand___25___likeanadulttobetakenseriously.So,Icountmyselfasonewhohasgrownuptoofast.Ijustgraduatedfromhighschool,andhaverecentlyspentsometimereflecting(反思)onthe___26___eighteenyears-thinkingaboutmyself,whatIhavegained,andwhat___27___Ihaveyettoachieve.Weareexpectedtoworkhard,getexcellent___28___,beinagoodrelationship,andknowwhatwewanttodo___29___．Thelistgoesonandon.Butthe___30___isclear：Weliveinasocietytodaythatis___31___ourchildhood．Wenolongerhavemanyyearstobecarelessandfancy-free.Weareexpectedto___32___thestrictschoolrulesandtoexcel(擅長)ineverythingwedo.I’veknownthesethingsforalongtime,andknewthatthey___33___me.But,Ineverreallyadmittedituntillastnight,whenIlearneda___34___lesson,taughttomebymybosswhereIwork.Wehadfinishedajobataremotesite．Itwasabout11:30atnight,andwehad___35___tohishouse.Weweretalkingaboutthe___36___hehadbeenmakingtohishome．Oneofthethingshesaidwas“I___37___mybasketballhoop(籃圈).”Thenhethrewabasketballtome.Ihadn’t___38___abasketballinfiveyears．Weproceededtoshoothoopsforabout40minutes.Bothofuswereterriblybadatit,butwespentthewholetime___39___awaylikechildren.ThenIrealizedsomething:Iamstillachild.Oh,thelawsaysI’manadult.But,wearestillreallyandtrulychildren.Weallneedtohave___40___onceinawhile.21.A.argue B.disagree C.satisfy D.discuss22.A.age B.stage C.year D.grade23.A.certain B.busy C.careful D.perfect24.A.companies B.places C.positions D.offices25.A.study B.speak C.work D.act26.A.last B.other C.rest D.coming27.A.purposes B.success C.goals D.jobs28.A.textbooks B.grades C.teachers D.schools29.A.inlife B.intime C.forages D.forever30.A.information B.message C.notice D.idea31.A.ruining B.correcting C.envying D.shortening32.A.respect B.accept C.learn D.follow33.A.inspired B.disappointed C.affected D.frightened34.A.valuable B.serious C.important D.useful35.A.walked B.flownback C.goneback D.driven36.A.furniture B.improvements C.equipment D.arrangements37.A.moved B.fixed C.sold D.broke38.A.played B.caught C.touched D.held39.A.laughing B.shouting C.running D.shooting40.A.arest B.atalk C.fun D.sports參考答案：21.B

22.A

23.B

24.C

25.D

26.A

27.C

28.B

29.A

30.B

31.D

32.D

33.C

34.A

35.C

36.B

37.B

38.D

39.A

40.C【分析】這是一篇哲理感悟類文章閱讀。文章主要講了在很早的年齡，青少年就需要面對嚴重的問題和決定，他們的日程安排像成年人一樣忙碌。青少年今天所生活的社會正在縮短他們的童年，所以他們要自己尋找樂趣，偶爾的放松，讓他們能夠擁有孩子般燦爛的笑容。【21題詳解】考查動詞辨析。根據下文We’vehearditbefore---we’vehearditonthenews,fromteachers,fromparents－childrenandteenagerstodayaregrowinguptoofast.可知沒有太多人會不同意那樣的陳述。A.argue爭論；B.disagree不同意；C.satisfy滿意；D.discuss討論，故選B?！?2題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：在很早的年齡，青少年就需要面對嚴重的問題和決定。A.age年齡；B.stage舞臺；C.year年；D.grade年級，故選A?！?3題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：事實上，青少年的日程安排像成年人一樣忙碌。A.certain確定的；

B.busy忙碌的；C.careful小心的；D.perfect完美的，故選B。【24題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：從我十三歲起開始工作，我總是處于一種和成年人一起工作的位置。A.companies公司；B.places地點；C.positions位置；D.offices辦公室，故選C。【25題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：我不得不學的像成年人那樣思考和行動。A.study學習；B.speak講話；C.work工作；D.act行動，故選D?！?6題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。根據下文thinkingaboutmyself,whatIhavegained,andwhat___7___Ihaveyettoachieve.可知最近我花一些時間反省我最近的十八年。A.last最近的；B.other其他的；C.rest休息；D.coming來到，故選A?！?7題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：考慮我自己獲得了什么，我達到了什么目標。A.purposes目的；

B.success成功；C.goals目標；D.jobs工作，故選C?！?8題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：我們被期待著努力工作，取得很好的分數，有很好的人際關系，知道在生活中我們想做什么。A.textbooks教科書；B.grades分數；C.teachers教師；D.schools學校，故選B?！?9題詳解】考查短語辨析。句意：我們被期待著努力工作，取得很好的分數，有很好的人際關系，知道在生活中我們想做什么。A.inlife生活中；B.intime及時；C.forages很長時間；D.forever永遠，故選A?！?0題詳解】考查名詞辨析。句意：但是寓意很明顯，我們今天所生活的社會正在縮短我們的童年。A.information信息；B.message寓意；C.notice通知；D.idea主意，故選B?！?1題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：但是寓意很明顯，我們今天所生活的社會正在縮短我們的童年。A.ruining毀滅；B.correcting改正；C.envying嫉妒；D.shortening縮短，故選D?！?2題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：我們被期待著遵循學校嚴厲的規章制度。A.respect尊敬；B.accept接受；C.learn學習；D.follow遵循，故選D?！?3題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：我已經知道這些事情很長時間了，并且知道它們影響著我。A.inspired激發；B.disappointed失望；C.affected影響；D.frightened害怕，故選C?！?4題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：但是，我從來沒有真正地承認它，直到昨天晚上，我學到了有價值的一課。A.valuable有價值的；B.serious嚴肅的；C.important重要的；D.useful有用的，故選A。【35題詳解】考查動詞短語辨析。根據Weweretalkingaboutthe___16___hehadbeenmakingtohishome.可知我們要返回他的房子。A.walked走路；B.flownback回掃；C.goneback返回；D.driven駕駛，故選C?！?6題詳解】考查名詞辨析。根據Oneofthethingshesaidwas“I

___17___mybasketballhoop（圈）.”可知我們正在談論他對他的家做出的改進。A.furniture家具；B.improvements改進；C.equipment設備；D.arrangements安排，故選B。【37題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：我修理了我的籃球框。A.moved移動；B.fixed修理；C.sold銷售；

D.broke打破，故選B?！?8題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：這五年里，我沒有握過籃球了。A.played玩耍；B.caught捕捉；C.kicked踢；D.held握，故選D?！?9題詳解】考查動詞辨析。句意：我們兩個都表現得很糟糕，但是我們像孩子一樣，一直在笑。A.laughing

笑；B.shouting大喊大叫；C.running跑；D.shooting射擊，故選A。【40題詳解】考查短語辨析。句意：我們都需要偶爾玩得開心。A.havearest休息；B.haveatalk談話；

C.havefun玩得開心；D.havesports進行體育活動，故選C。【點睛】非等距離挖空的命題方式是完形填空的最大特色。短文首句不挖空，以便為考生理解全文留下足夠信息，命題者根據考查目的進行挖空，造成信息鏈中斷，這就要求考生依據上下文的文意捕捉到空白處的缺詞。從近幾年高考完形填空題看，純語法知識幾乎不考，主要考查考生靈活運用所學詞匯的能力，尤其是以考查實詞或信息詞為主，著重考查考生對文章的內在邏輯和整體把握能力。因此，把握句間和段落之間的內在邏輯關系，通過上下文暗示，對篇章、段落或句意的整體把握。因此同學們要遵循“上下求索”的原則來查找信息。本文第16題，根據Oneofthethingshesaidwas“I

___17___mybasketballhoop（圈）.”可知我們正在談論他對他的家做出的改進，故選B。21.Havingreachedthehighestpointofourrouteaccordingtoourplan,wediscovered

somethingthemaphadnottoldus.Itwas

46

.toclimbdownintotheKingovalley.Theriverlaydeep47

mountainsides

thatwerealmostvertical(垂直的).Wecouldfindanyanimaltacks,whichusually

48_thebestwayacrosscountry,and49

_thicklyweretheslopes(斜坡)coveredwithbushesthatwecouldnotseethenatureoftheground.Ourguidedid

50

butcutanarrow

paththroughthebusheswithhislongknifeandwe_51

himinsinglefile.Progress

wasslow.Then,we

52

wehadreally

reachedtheriver,onlytofindourselvesonthe

edgeofacliff(懸崖)withastraightdropof

1,000feettothewater

53

.We

54uptheslopeandbegantolookforanother

waydown.Weclimbedandfinallyarrivedat

theriver.

55

wecamedownhillalong

itsbank56havingtocutourway.57

,afterafewmilestheriver

58

a

steep-sidedgapbetweenrocksandsuddenly

droppedthirty-fivefeetoverawaterfall.No

pathalongsideitandnowayroundit.Thenoneoftheguides_59_away

ofovercomingthedifficulty.Therewasa60_treelyingupsidedownoverthe

waterfallwithitsleafytoprestingonthe

opposite

61

belowthefalls.Without

hesitationheclimbeddowntheslipperytrunk

toshowushow

62

itwas.Havinggot

totheforkofthetree,he

63

handover

handalongabranchforfourorfivefeetwith

hislegs_64_inspace;thenhedropped

ontotheflatbankoftheotherside,throwing

his

65

intheairlikeafootballerwho

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certain

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everything

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over54.

A.

walkedback

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lookedback

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climbedbackD.

lookedbehind55.

A.

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B.

Happily

C.

Sadly

D.

Surprised56.

A.

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arms參考答案：CABDCBBACBACDDCACCAD1．考查形容詞辨析。根據上文“wediscoveredsomethingthemaphadnottoldus”可知，有些東西地圖上沒有標明，結合下文“mountainsidesthatwerealmostvertical(垂直的)”可知，從這兒攀登下去到Kingo峽谷是不可能的。A.possible“可能的”；B.certain“肯定的”；C.impossible“不可能的”；D.unnecessary“不必要的”。故選C。2．考查介詞辨析。河流應該在兩山之間。A.between“在……之間（表示兩者之間）”；B.among“在……之中（表示三者或者三者以上）”；C.near“附近”；D.beside“在……旁邊”。故選A。3．考查動詞辨析。根據常理推斷，動物的足跡通常表明最好的道路。A.say“說”；B.show“表明”；C.speak“講”；D.read“讀”。故選B。4．考查副詞辨析。根據下文“thatwecouldnotseethenatureoftheground”可知，斜坡上覆蓋著厚厚的灌木叢以至于我們不能看到地面。A.very“非常”；

B.almost“幾乎”；C.too“太”；D.so“如此”。so...that...“如此……以至于……”是固定搭配。故選D。5．考查代詞辨析。根據上文可知，灌木叢覆蓋著地面看不到路，因此導游除了用刀開辟出一條道路來別無選擇。A.something“某些事”；B.everything“所有事情”；C.nothing“沒什么”；D.anything“任何事情”。donothingbutdosomething“除了做某事別無選擇”。故選C。6．考查動詞辨析。根據語境可知，我們的向導用刀開辟出一條道路，我們緊緊跟隨著他。insinglefile“成單行”。A.watched“觀察”；B.followed“跟隨”；C.noticed“注意”；D.saw“看見”。故選B。7．考查動詞辨析。根據下文“onlytofindourselvesontheedgeofacliff”可知，我們原本認為我們真地到達了河邊，結果發現在懸崖邊上。A.imagined“想像”；B.thought“認為”；C.discovered“發現”；D.suggested“建議”。故選B。8．考查介詞辨析。根據常理推斷，水面應該在懸崖下面，結果發現我們在懸崖邊上，離下面的河面垂直距離有1000英尺。A.below“在……下面”；

B.beneath“在……下面（指垂直的下面）”；C.above“在……上面”；D.over“在……上面（指垂直的上面）”。故選A。9．考查動詞短語。根據下文“begantolookforanotherwaydown”可知，我們又爬回斜坡開始尋找另一條路。A.walkedback“走回去”；B.lookedback“回顧”；C.climbedback“爬回”；D.lookedbehind“向后看”。故選C。10．考查副詞辨析。根據語境可知，我們一直在爬上，最終到達了河邊，因為不再需要用刀開辟新道路，我們很高興沿著河岸走。A.Unluckily“幸運地”；

B.Happily“高興地”；C.Sadly“悲哀地”；D.Surprised“吃驚地”。故選B。11．考查介詞辨析。我們沿著河岸走，不再需要用刀開辟新道路。A.without“不”；B.with“用”；C.for“為了”；D.within“在……之內”。故選A。12．考查副詞。我們很高興的沿著河岸走，但是幾英里之后，河流進入了陡峭的裂縫里，上下文之間是轉折關系。A.Moreover“而且；此外”；B.Otherwise“否則”；C.However“然而”；D.Therefore“因此”。故選C。13．考查動詞辨析。河流進入陡峭的巖石縫隙里，下降35英尺形成瀑布。A.became“成為”；B.fellinto“分成”；C.flew“飛”；D.entered“進入”。故選D。14．考查動詞辨析。根據下文“Therewasa______treelyingupsidedownoverthewaterfall”可知，一個向導看到了克服困難的辦法，不是想出了辦法。A.searched“尋找”；B.thoughtof“想出”；C.cut“砍”；D.saw“看見”。故選D。15．考查形容詞辨析。根據下文的“lying”可知，這棵樹是倒下的。A.tall“高的”；B.short“短的”；C.fallen“倒下的”；D.falling“正在下落的”。故選C。16．考查名詞辨析。根據下文“thenhedroppedontotheflatbankoftheotherside”可知，這棵樹的倒在瀑布上，長滿枝葉的頂端倒在對岸A.bank“岸邊”；

B.way“方式”；C.river“河流”；D.road“道路”。故選A。17．考查形容詞辨析。由“Withouthesitation”推斷，這個向導毫不猶豫的爬上光滑的樹干向我們展示那是多么容易做到。A.difficult“困難的”；B.amusing“有趣的”；C.easy“容易的”；D.hopeless“絕望的”。故選C。18．考查動詞辨析。到達了樹杈部分，他用手吊著樹枝移動。A.gave“給”；

B.lent“借出”；C.moved“移動”；D.walked“走”。故選C。19．考查動詞辨析。根據語境可知，用手吊著移動，自然腳是懸掛著的。A.hanging“懸掛”；B.sticking“伸出”；C.fastened“使固定”；D.tied“系”。故選A。20．考查名詞。根據語境可知，向導到達對岸，像個得分的足球運動員一樣張開手臂，高興地向我們揮手。A.head“頭”；B.legs“腿”；C.body“身體”；D.arms“胳膊”。故選D?！军c評】本文講述了作者的一段旅游經歷。當他們按計劃來到制高點時發現不能爬下去到河谷里，因為兩邊是陡峭的懸崖，河流在下面，但是他們必須到達河谷，因為只有到那里才能找到走出大山到有人居住的低地去。后來一個向導給他們作示范，爬過橫在瀑布上的樹干到達了對面的河谷。三、閱讀理解22.ACaliforniafamilydrivesacarthatcouldhelpprotecttheenvironment.WhenJonandSandygotothestoreortotheirdaughters’soccergames,theydriveinhigh-techstyle.Theydrivea$1million,fuel-cell-poweredcar.Itmaybetheworld’smostexpensivecarandoneofthemostenvironmentallyfriendlycars.TheFCXisthefirstfuel-cell-poweredcartobeusedbyafamilyanywhereintheworld.TheFCXuseshydrogenandoxygenforfuel.Carmakershavebeenworkingtodevelopvehiclesthatarebetterfortheenvironment.Theyaredevelopingcarsthatusefuelotherthangasoline.Andthenwhatisfuelcelltechnology?Fuelcelltechnologyworksbychangingthechemicalshydrogenandoxygenintowater.Thisprocessproduceselectricity,andwatervaporwhichcomesoutoftheexhaustpipe.Mostcarsreleasedangerousgasessuchascarbonmonoxideandcarbondioxide.Manyscientistssaythesegasesaremajorcontributorstoglobalwarming.“TheFCXisdrivenjustlikeanyothervehicleontheroad,butwithoutthegaseswhichpollutetheenvironment,”scientistssay.Fuelcelltechnologyhasbeenaroundsincethe1800s,butscientistshaveyetbeentoperfectit.Theysayitmaytakeyearsbeforethetechnologyisreadyforwidespreaduse.Anotherearth-friendlycarisalreadyonthemarket.Hybridcarsusebothgasolineandanelectricmotor.Theyarebecomingmorepopularwithcustomersbecausetheycutpollutionandimprovefuelefficiency.8.WhichofthefollowingabouttheFCXisnottrue?A.Itletsoutdangerousgasestopollutetheair.B.Itmaybethemostexpensivecarintheworld.C.Itisoneofthemostenvironmentallyfriendlycars.D.Ituseshydrogenandoxygenforfuelotherthangasoline.9.Accordingtothepassage,whatisthemajorcauseforglobalwarming?A.gasesfromFCX. B.gasesfromcars.C.hydrogenandoxygen. D.watervaporfromcars.10.Fromthepassage,weknowthatfuelcelltechnology_______.A.worksbywater B.worksbyelectricityC.hasbeenwidelyusedsincethe1800s D.hasahistoryforovertwohundredyears11.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?A.therewillbenogasolineforcars.B.globalwarminghasbeenstopped.C.peoplecan’taffordtobuycarsinthefuture.D.futurecarswillbeenvironmentallyfriendly.參考答案：8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了使汽車更加環保的燃料電池技術?！?題詳解】推理判斷題。根據第二段中的“TheFCXisdrivenjustlikeanyothervehicleontheroad,butwithoutthegaseswhichpollutetheenvironment”可知，FCX和道路上的任何其他車輛一樣，但沒有污染環境的氣體。因此推斷FCX不會排放有害氣體污染空氣，故A項正確。【9題詳解】細節理解題。根據第二段中的“Mostcarsreleasedangerousgasessuchascarbonmonoxideandcarbondioxide.Manyscientistssaythesegasesaremajorcontributorstoglobalwarming.”可知，科學家認為汽車所排放的像一氧化碳和二氧化碳這樣的氣體是全球變暖的主要原因，故B項正確?！?0題詳解】細節理解題。根據第二段中的“Fuelcelltechnologyhasbeenaroundsincethe1800s,”可知，燃料電池技術從19世紀就開始了，現在已經21世紀了，至今已經有200多年的歷史了，故D項正確。【11題詳解】推理判斷題。根據第二段中的“Theyarebecomingmorepopularwithcustomersbecausetheycutpollutionandimprovefuelefficiency.”可知，因為能夠減少污染和提高燃料效率，這種汽車將越來越受消費者的歡迎，為了滿足消費者的需要，汽車生產商必定會生產越來越多的環保汽車，也就是說未來的汽車將是環保的，故D項正確。【點睛】推理判斷題的難度在于要根據文章的已知信息進行合乎邏輯的推斷，切不可憑主觀臆斷，例如本篇第4題，根據第二段中的“Theyarebecomingmorepopularwithcustomersbecausetheycutpollutionandimprovefuelefficiency.”可知，因為能夠減少污染和提高燃料效率，這種汽車將越來越受消費者的歡迎，為了滿足消費者的需要，汽車生產商必定會把注意力集中于這類環保汽車，加大研發和生產，也就是說未來的汽車將是環保的。23.

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