《2026年水木金卷高考模拟试卷精编英语》

9. I made my father a card a heart to express my love.

A.in the company of
B.in the attempt to
C.in the hope of
D.in the shape of

答案： 9.D 考查介词短语。句意:我给我的爸爸做了一张心形的卡片来表达我的爱。in the company of在……的陪伴下;in the attempt to试图……;in the hope of抱着……的希望;in the shape of呈……的形状。根据“a card”和“a heart to express my love”可知,此处表示用一张心形的卡片来表达爱。故选D。

10. Scientific studies show that laughter produces chemicals people feel better.

A.to have made
B.to make
C.making
D.having made

答案： 10.B 考查非谓语动词。句意:科学研究表明,笑声产生化学物质来让人们感觉更好。分析句子结构可知,宾语从句已有谓语动词produces,此处应用非谓语动词;“laughter produces chemicals”的目的是“make people feel better”,所以此处应用不定式作目的状语。故选B。

11. By then we had reached the stage there were more male readers than female readers.

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

答案： 11.B 考查定语从句。句意:到那时,我们已经到了男性读者多于女性读者的阶段。分析句子结构可知,设空处引导定语从句,先行词是the stage,关系词在从句中作地点状语,所以此处应用where。故选B。

12. —The software hasn't been tested yet.
—B. What are the dates for that?

A.That's a point
B.It's settled
C.It's up to you
D.Congratulations

答案： 12.A 考查情景交际。句意:——该软件尚未测试。——这是个问题。测试的日期是什么时候?That’s a point这是个问题;It’s settled它已经解决了;It’s up to you取决于你;Congratulations祝贺。根据“The software hasn’t been tested yet.”可知,此处指软件还没有经过测试这件事是一个问题。故选A。

13. They hope this new evidence will her innocence.

A.prove
B.meet
C.resolve
D.approve

答案： 13.A 考查动词辨析。句意:他们希望这份新证据会证明她的清白。prove证明;meet遇见;resolve解决;approve赞成。根据“this new evidence”和“her innocence”可知,此处表示用这份新证据证明清白。故选A。

14. for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors.

A.To be selected
B.Selected
C.Having selected
D.Being selected

答案： 14.B 考查非谓语动词。句意:Stephen在2009年被NBA选中,加入了金州勇士队。分析句子结构可知,句子已有谓语动词joined,此处应用非谓语动词;逻辑主语Stephen和动词select之间为被动关系,且根据“in 2009”可知,设空处表示动作已完成,所以此处应用过去分词。故选B。

15. The new president of the university is trying his best to the expectations of the students.

A.live up to
B.let down
C.cope with
D.lay aside

答案： 15.A 考查动词短语。句意:这所大学的新校长正在尽最大努力不辜负学生们的期望。live up to达到,不辜负;let down使失望;cope with应对,处理;lay aside把……放在一边。根据“trying his best to ______ the expectations of the students”可知,此处表示新校长尽其最大努力来不辜负学生们的期望。故选A。

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从 16～35 各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Once upon a time, a greedy, rich man hired a great mathematician. The rich man wanted the mathematician to find the best way for him to make the greatest profit in everything he did. The rich man was building a huge , and his greatest dream was to fill it with gold and jewels.
The mathematician shut himself away for months in his study, before finally believing he had found the . But he soon found there were some in his calculations, and he started all over again.
One night he at the rich man's house, with a big smile on his face. "I found it!" he said. "My calculations are perfect." The rich man was going on a long journey the next day, and didn't have time to listen. He the mathematician he would pay him double his wages if he would charge of the business while he was away, and put the new formulas(计划) into . Excited by his new discovery, the mathematician was delighted to .
When the rich man returned, months later, he found that all of his had gone. Furious(暴怒的), he went to ask for an explanation from the mathematician. The mathematician calmly told him what he had done. He had given everything to people. The rich man couldn't believe it, but the mathematician it further.
"For months I analysed how a rich man could gain the maximum , but what I could do was always limited. There's a limit to how much one man can do by himself. Then I understood the was that many people could help us to the aim. So the conclusion was that helping others was the best way to get more and more people to benefit us."
Disappointed and furious, the greedy man off, desperate at having lost everything to the hare-brained schemes (轻率的计划) of a madman. However, while he was walking away sadly, several neighbours ran over, worried . All of them had been helped when the mathematician out the rich man's fortune. They felt so grateful to him that they offered him the hospitality of their houses, and anything such a special man might need. The neighbours even over who would get to help him.
Over the next few days, he saw the full results of what the mathematician had calculated. Wherever he went he was received with great , and everyone was willing to help him in whatever way they could. He realised that his not having anything had given him much, much more.
In this way, he to quickly set up flourishing businesses, but this time he the brilliant mathematician's advice. No longer did he keep his riches in a safe, or anything like it. Instead, he shared out his fortune among a hundred friends, whose hearts he had changed into the safest, most grateful and fruitful of safes.
16. A. cage
B. safe
C. study
D. box
17. A. profit
B. treasure
C. money
D. solution
18. A. errors
B. points
C. disadvantages
D. stars
19. A. ran
B. crashed
C. appeared
D. ducked
20. A. decided
B. directed
C. promised
D. arranged
21. A. put
B. take
C. get
D. bring
22. A. design
B. practice
C. service
D. words
23. A. drop
B. defend
C. hire
D. accept
24. A. possessions
B. machines
C. opportunities
D. luck
25. A. back
B. in
C. away
D. up
26. A. explained
B. wanted
C. studied
D. calculated
27. A. benefit
B. power
C. production
D. rate
28. A. key
B. principle
C. play
D. problem
29. A. abandon
B. change
C. achieve
D. blame
30. A. set
B. stormed
C. took
D. laid
31. A. went
B. shared
C. made
D. stuck
32. A. argued
B. knocked
C. had
D. blew
33. A. potential
B. man
C. success
D. honour
34. A. devoted
B. continued
C. managed
D. faced
35. A. refused
B. offered
C. forgot
D. followed

答案： 16.B 考查名词辨析。句意:富人正在建造一个巨大的保险箱,他最大的梦想是把它装满黄金和珠宝。cage笼子;safe保险箱;study书房;box盒子。根据下文“No longer did he keep his riches in a safe”可知,此处表示这位富人正在建造一个保险箱。故选B。
17.D 考查名词辨析。句意:数学家把自己关在书房里好几个月,才终于觉得自己找到了解决办法。profit利润;treasure财富,珍宝;money钱;solution解决办法,答案。根据上文“The rich man wanted the mathematician to find the best way for him to make the greatest profit in everything he did.”可知,那位富人希望数学家能找到最好的方法来让他做任何事情都能获得最大的利润,所以此处表示数学家觉得自己终于找到了解决办法。故选D。
18.A 考查名词辨析。句意:但他很快发现自己的计算中有一些错误,于是他又重新开始。error错误;point要点;disadvantage不利条件,劣势;star星星。根据“he started all over again”可知,重新开始意味着之前的计算中有些错误。故选A。
19.C 考查动词辨析。句意:一天晚上,他满脸笑容地出现在富人的家里,说:“我找到了!我的计算完美无缺。”run跑;crash坠机,碰撞;appear出现;duck躲避,迅速行进。根据“at the rich man’s house”和下文“The rich man... didn’t have time to listen.”可知,富人没有时间听数学家的解决方案,这表明数学家出现在了富人的家里。故选C。
20.C 考查动词辨析。句意:他承诺数学家,如果他(数学家)能在他(富人)外出期间负责生意,并实施新的计划,他会付给他双倍的工资。decide决定;direct指挥,把……对准;promise承诺;arrange安排。根据“he would pay him double his wages”可知,支付双倍的工资是富人给数学家的承诺。故选C。
21.B 考查动词辨析。句意:同上。put放置;take拿;get获得;bring带来。根据上文内容和“the business while he was away”可知,数学家找到了让富人能获得最大利润的方法,所以此处表示富人希望数学家在自己外出期间负责自己的生意。take charge of负责,为固定搭配。故选B。
22.B 考查名词辨析。句意:同上。design设计;practice练习,实际行动;service服务;word单词,话语。根据上文内容和“put the new formulas(计划)into ______”可知,数学家找到了让富人能获得最大利润的方法,所以富人希望数学家能将新计划付诸实践。put... into practice实施,落实,为固定搭配。故选B。
23.D 考查动词辨析。句意:数学家为自己的新发现而兴奋不已,欣然接受了(这个提议)。drop落下;defend防御;hire雇用;accept接受。根据“Excited by his new discovery”可知,数学家欣然接受了富人的提议。故选D。
24.A 考查名词辨析。句意:几个月后,当富人回来时,他发现自己的所有财产都不见了。possession财产(常用复数);machine机器;opportunity机会;luck运气。根据下文“He had given everything ______ to people.”和“having lost everything”可知,富人失去了所有的财产。故选A。
25.C 考查副词辨析。句意:他把所有的东西都赠送给了别人。back向后;in在里面;away离开;up向上。根据下文“the greedy man... having lost everything to the hare-brained schemes(轻率的计划)of a madman”可知,数学家将富人所有的财产都赠送给了别人。give away赠送,为固定搭配。故选C。
26.A 考查动词辨析。句意:富人简直不敢相信,但数学家对此做了进一步的解释。explain解释;want想要;study学习;calculate计算。根据上文“he went to ask for an explanation from the mathematician”可知,富人希望得到数学家的解释;根据“further”可知,此处表示数学家继续解释。故选A。
27.A 考查名词辨析。句意:几个月来,我分析了一个富人如何能获得最大的利益,但我能想到的办法总是有限的。benefit益处,福利;power力量;production生产;rate速度。
根据上文“The rich man wanted the mathematician to find the best way for him to make the greatest profit in everything he did.”可知,数学家数月来一直在研究一个富人怎样才能获得最大的利益。故选A。
28.A 考查名词辨析。句意:后来我明白了,关键在于很多人可以帮助我们实现目标。key关键;principle原则;play玩耍;problem问题。根据上文“There’s a limit to how much one man can do by himself.”和“many people could help us to ______ the aim”可知,数学家发现一个人的力量是有限的,关键在于很多人一起帮忙实现目标。故选A。
29.C 考查动词辨析。句意:同上。abandon放弃;change改变;achieve实现;blame责怪,指责。根据“aim”和上文“There’s a limit to how much one man can do by himself.”可知,一个人的力量是有限的,但是很多人可以帮助实现目标。故选C。
30.B 考查动词辨析。句意:那个贪婪的人既失望又愤怒,气呼呼地走了,他因一个疯子的轻率计划而失去一切,陷入绝望。set放,置;storm气呼呼地疾走;take拿;lay放置。根据下文“while he was walking away sadly”和常识可知,听到自己失去了所有的财产,富人气呼呼地走了。故选B。
31.B 考查动词辨析。句意:当数学家把富人的财产分出去的时候,他们所有人都得到了帮助。go去;share分享;make制作;stick插入,粘住。根据上文“He had given everything ______ to people.”和下文“he shared out his fortune”可知,此处表示数学家将富人的财产分发了出去。share out分发,为固定搭配。故选B。
32.A 考查动词辨析。句意:邻居们甚至为谁会有机会帮助他而争论起来。argue争论;knock敲;have有;blow吹。根据上文“They felt so grateful to him that they offered him the hospitality of their houses, and anything such a special man might need.”可知,邻居们非常感激富人,都想帮助富人。由此可推测,邻居们甚至为了谁有机会帮助富人争论起来。故选A。
33.D 考查名词辨析。句意:无论他走到哪里,都受到了极大的尊敬,每个人都愿意尽自己所能帮助他。potential潜力;man人类;success成功;honour尊敬,尊重。根据上文“They felt so grateful to him”和“everyone was willing to help him in whatever way they could”可知,人们非常感激富人,而且每个人都愿意尽其所能去帮助富人。由此可知,此处表示人们非常尊敬富人。故选D。
34.C 考查动词辨析。句意:就这样,他很快成功地创办了兴旺的企业,但这一次,他听从了这位聪明的数学家的建议。devote把……奉献给;continue继续;manage管理,设法(做成某事);face面对。根据下文“he shared out his fortune”可知,富人分发了自己的财富,这表明他成功创办了兴旺的企业。故选C。
35.D 考查动词辨析。句意:同上。refuse拒绝;offer提供;forget忘记;follow跟随,听从。根据“advice”和下文“he shared out his fortune among a hundred friends”可知,富人将自己的财富分给了一百个朋友,这表明他听从了数学家的建议。故选D。