《2025年高考冲刺优秀模拟试卷汇编45套英语通用版》

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Humanities departments(人文院系)in America are once again being cut down. Earlier this month, the State University of New York (SUNY ) at Stony Brook announced a plan to abandon several of the college's well - known departments for lack of funds. The University of Pittsburgh has cut its German and classics. 36 . In the UK, Middlesex University decided to gradually get rid of its philosophy department. In June 2015, the Japanese minister of education sent a letter to the presidents of the national universities of Japan, suggesting they close their graduate and undergraduate departments in the humanities and social sciences and focus on something more practical.
These are hard times. Instead of Shakespeare or French, there will be(perhaps there already are)college classes on how to cut corporate spending. 37 . But the only opportunity will be lost if they are denied the opportunity to study foreign languages, the classics, literature, philosophy, music, theater and art in the university. When else in their busy lives will they get that chance?
38 . Essays explain why we need these subjects, and what their loss will mean. These areas of learning provide us with the ability to think critically and independently, to see both sides of an issue, to look beneath the surface of what we are being told, to appreciate the ways in which languages can help us understand one another more clearly.
I don't believe that the humanities can make you a decent person. 39 . Studying philosophy teaches us about those who have gone before us. A foreign language brings us closer to those with whom we share the planet. The humanities touch those aspects of awareness that we call the intellect and the heart. 40 .
A. These subjects are under attack
B. Students need practical skills to find jobs
C. Defenses of the humanities have appeared
D. This problem has also arisen internationally
E. Therefore, courses in the humanities are beneficial
F. It helps us learn how to think and live in a harmonious society
G. But they can expand our sense of what humans can accomplish and create

答案： 36. D 空前讲述了美国两所大学削减人文学科的情况，空后则讲到了英国和日本的大学也有类似的操作，由此可见，二者之间可能有密切的联系，D项中的“This problem”承接上文，“has also arisen internationally”引出下文，故D项符合语境。 37. B 空后与上文形成了转折关系，因此，空处与上文关系更加密切。空前讲到了“大学将会开设如何削减企业支出的课程”，空处应该会讲到这样做的目的，B项“学生们需要找工作的实用技能”符合语境，且与下文能够形成语义上的转折，故选B。 38. C 段落主旨句。本段中讲到了有文章提到失去这些学科的危害，并通过排比的方式讲到了这些学科给我们带来的极大好处，由此可见，本段主要讲到了反对取消这些学科，故C项“为人文学科辩护的声音已经出现了”适合作本段的主旨句。 39. G 空前讲到了人文学科不会让你成为一个体面的人，空后却讲到了学习哲学和外语带来的好处。由此可见，学习人文学科益处颇多，因此，空处应该会与空前内容形成转折，故G项“但它们可以扩展我们对人类能够完成和创造什么的认识”符合语境。这样一来，空后讲到的学习哲学和外语的好处就是对G项观点的举例说明。 40. E 段落总结句。结合39空解析可知，39空与空前内容形成了转折，空后的内容即为本段的重点。转折之后讲到的都是人文学科带来的益处，因此，E项“总之，人文学科的课程是有益的”能够总结整段，适合作本段的总结句。