《2026年水木金卷高考模拟试卷精编英语》

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。
Newborn babies aren’t terrified of the dark. They don’t have a 16 of the dark yet; that comes later. One day, my 2-year-old daughter 17 said, “Too dark!” after we 18 the light. She believed something was under the bed. To stop her tears, I plugged in the desk lamp to prove there were no 19 .
When I first started writing, I didn’t worry about the dark as I could create all kinds of stories. After graduation, I became a busy 20 . My writing slowed. Nights that I would spend reading or thinking were 21 . I wrote at 5 am before the 22 of the everyday housework—laundry, play dates and feedings—but soon 23 . I was so tired. Writing 24 grew slowly.
Worn out, I forgot to buy a nightlight. The desk lamp was too bright. A nightlight was enough to help my daughter see the outline of the 25 . It would burn through the night, 26 her fears. She didn’t need it to see; she needed it to feel 27 . In the basement I found an old plastic Christmas tree and took it up to her room. My daughter saw it and 28 excitedly, “My 29 !” It sits there year-round. A Christmas tree in July is strange, but perfection doesn’t 30 , and besides, it casts the ideal amount of light.
In being a parent and a writer, there is no fixed 31 , no one way of doing things that is right; some things that we must do are 32 . Many things bring the light. Some bring just enough light that you are no longer afraid. It can be a light to 33 you, to keep you going. To me, the shadowy light says, “Don’t be scared; just keep 34 !” And now it burns through the night, keeping the monsters 35 .
16. A. secret
B. hope
C. fear
D. habit
17. A. excitedly
B. suddenly
C. jokingly
D. finally
18. A. turned out
B. broke out
C. picked out
D. made out
19. A. darkness
B. secrets
C. necessities
D. monsters
20. A. parent
B. writer
C. wife
D. player
21. A. permitted
B. amazing
C. gone
D. tiring
22. A. training
B. division
C. movement
D. repetition
23. A. nodded off
B. put off
C. took off
D. went off
24. A. enthusiasm
B. satisfaction
C. anxiety
D. happiness
25. A. sky
B. bed
C. building
D. world
26. A. driving
B. containing
C. calming
D. hiding
27. A. safe
B. alive
C. proud
D. confident
28. A. rushed
B. shook
C. clapped
D. listened
29. A. desk
B. bed
C. treat
D. light
30. A. last
B. exist
C. work
D. arrive
31. A. need
B. term
C. bond
D. routine
32. A. hopeless
B. odd
C. abstract
D. worthless
33. A. distract
B. promote
C. guide
D. disturb
34. A. writing
B. playing
C. dropping
D. burning
35. A. in mind
B. at hand
C. in store
D. at bay

答案： 16.C 考查名词辨析。句意:他们还没有对黑暗的恐惧;那(恐惧)是后来才有的。secret秘密，诀窍;hope希望;fear害怕，惧怕;habit习惯。根据上文“Newborn babies aren’t terrified of the dark.”可知，此处指新生儿没有对黑暗的恐惧。故选C。
17.B 考查副词辨析。句意:有一天，在我们关灯后，我两岁的女儿突然说:“太黑了!”excitedly兴奋地;suddenly突然地;jokingly开玩笑地;finally最后，终于。根据上文“Newborn babies aren’t terrified of the dark.”和“that comes later”可知，新生儿最初并不怕黑，那种害怕是后来才有的。根据“One day”可推知，此处表示作者两岁的女儿某一天突然表达出对黑暗的恐惧。故选B。
18.A 考查动词短语。句意:同上。turn out结果为，关掉(灯或热源)，熄灭;break out爆发，逃出;pick out辨认出，挑选;make out理解，辨认清楚。根据“Too dark!”和常识可知，此处指关灯后作者的女儿说太黑了。故选A。
19.D 考查名词辨析。句意:为了止住她的眼泪，我插上台灯以证明没有怪物。darkness黑暗;secret秘密，诀窍;necessity必需品;monster怪物，怪兽。根据上文“She believed something was under the bed.”和下文“keeping the monsters”可知，女儿认为床底下有东西，此处指作者开灯证明床下没有怪物让她安心。故选D。
20.A 考查名词辨析。句意:毕业后，我成了一个忙碌的家长。parent父亲(或母亲);writer作家;wife妻子;player游戏者，参赛选手。根据下文“laundry，play dates and feedings”可知，作者要洗衣服、安排玩耍约会、喂养孩子等，成了忙碌的家长。故选A。
21.C 考查词义辨析。句意:我原本会用来阅读或思考的夜晚没有了。permit允许;amazing令人人大为惊奇的;gone不复存在的，不在的;tiring累人的。根据下文内容可知，作者每天都忙于家务事，那些原本用于阅读或思考的夜晚没有了。故选C。
22.D 考查名词辨析。句意:凌晨五点，我在每天重复的家务——洗衣服、(安排)玩耍约会和喂养(孩子)——开始之前写作，但很快就会打盹。training训练;division分开，分配;movement运动，移动;repetition重复。根据“laundry，play dates and feedings”和常识可知，这些家务是需要每天重复做的。故选D。
23.A 考查动词短语。句意:同上。nod off打盹，打瞌睡;put off推迟;take off起飞，脱去;go off离开，(电灯)熄灭。根据“I wrote at 5 am”和下文“I was so tired.”可知，作者很累，所以作者在早上五点开始写作后很快就会打瞌睡。故选A。
24.C 考查名词辨析。句意:写作的焦虑慢慢增加。enthusiasm热情;satisfaction满意;anxiety焦虑;happiness幸福。根据上文内容可知，作者因为忙碌导致写作状态不佳，所以此处表示作者对写作产生了焦虑。故选C。
25.B 考查名词辨析。句意:一盏小夜灯足以帮助我女儿看清床的轮廓。sky天空;bed床;building建筑物;world世界。根据“A nightlight”和常识可知，此处指小夜灯不太亮，但足够看清床的轮廓。故选B。
26.C 考查动词辨析。句意:它会亮一整晚，平息她的恐惧。drive驾驶，驱使;contain包含，抑制;calm使平静，使镇静;hide藏，躲避。根据上文内容和“her fears”可知，作者的女儿怕黑，小夜灯能够平息女儿的恐惧。故选C。
27.A 考查形容词辨析。句意:她不需要它来看清(东西);她需要它来感到安全。safe安全的;alive活着的;proud骄傲的，自豪的;confident自信的，确信的。根据上文内容可知，女儿怕黑，小夜灯能够平息她的恐惧，让她感到安全。故选A。
28.C 考查动词辨析。句意:我女儿看到它，兴奋地拍手(说):“我的灯!”rush迅速移动;shake摇动，抖动;clap鼓掌，拍手;listen听，倾听。根据“excitedly”可知，女儿看到喜欢的圣诞树兴奋地拍手。故选C。
29.D 考查名词辨析。句意:同上。desk书桌;bed床;treat款待，乐事;light灯。根据上文“A nightlight was enough to help my daughter”和“I found an old plastic Christmas tree and took it up to her room”可知，女儿需要一盏夜灯，作者把旧的塑料圣诞树当作小夜灯拿到女儿房间。故选D。
30.B 考查动词辨析。句意:七月里的圣诞树很奇怪，但是完美并不存在，而且，它投射出的光量正合适。last持续，延续;exist存在，实际上有;work工作，奏效;arrive到达。根据“A Christmas tree in July is strange”和“but”可知，前后句意存在转折，圣诞树出现在七月份很奇怪，但是现实中完美的情况是不存在的。故选B。
31.D 考查名词辨析。句意:在为人父母和当作家方面，没有固定的模式，没有一种正确的做事方式;有些我们必须做的事情是奇怪的。need需要;term学期，术语;bond纽带;routine常规，正常顺序。根据“no one way of doing things that is right”可知，此处指在为人父母和当作家方面，并没有正确的做事方法和固定的模式。故选D。
32.B 考查形容词辨析。句意:同上。hopeless绝望的;odd奇怪的;abstract抽象的;worthless无价值的。根据上文“A Christmas tree in July is strange”和语境可知，此处表示有些必须做的事情可能是奇怪的。故选B。
33.C 考查动词辨析。句意:它可以是一盏引导你的灯，让你继续前行。distract分散(注意力);promote促进，推动;guide引导;disturb打扰，妨碍。根据“light”和“to keep you going”可知，此处表示指引前行的灯。故选C。
34.A 考查动词辨析。句意:对我来说，那朦胧的光在说:“别害怕;继续写作!”write写作;play玩耍;drop落下;burn燃烧。根据上文内容和“Don’t be scared”可知，为人父母后的作者写作状态不佳，此处对作者进行鼓励，让其继续写作。故选A。
35.D 考查短语辨析。句意:现在它亮一整晚，让怪物无法靠近。keep... in mind将……记在心中;at hand(时间或距离上)接近;in store即将发生，等待着;keep... at bay不让……接近。根据上文内容可知，女儿害怕黑暗，此处指灯亮一整晚不让怪物靠近。故选D。