《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。
"What's all this tree-planting for?" I was asked when I began writing about a piece of land I had bought in Somerset. The truth is, I just love trees. And I am not . "As I get older, all I really is to plant trees," Prince Charles says in a documentary in which he is in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.
There are and wonderful trees in our cities and villages. They were planted, or self-sown, years, even centuries ago. We take them for granted, the creatures living among them, remain in ignorance of the trees are doing us (cleaning the air, for instance) and cut them down for new . Yet we keep a feeling of for them. This may account for the the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support that the Woodland Trust (a tree-protecting charity) .
Trees need , which is why I, a city resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999. At that time, climate change was already well proved, my hopes of planting long-lived oaks and pines gradually developed into anxiety about their . Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood were all against them.
But I did not things to move so fast. The woodland is still good, the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are . The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved. The bees and butterflies are there but in smaller numbers. How can this happen on land pesticides(杀虫剂)? Surely, it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own . Meanwhile, I love my wood, and so do many of its visitors. And tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance between town and country.
16. A. replacing
B. restoring
C. recycling
D. returning
17. A. rich
B. weak
C. alone
D. social
18. A. apply for
B. wait for
C. make for
D. long for
19. A. filmed
B. tracked
C. reflected
D. discovered
20. A. holy
B. young
C. mature
D. mysterious
21. A. raise
B. watch
C. ignore
D. abuse
22. A. honor
B. good
C. credit
D. justice
23. A. use
B. spirit
C. life
D. hope
24. A. trust
B. sadness
C. betrayal
D. affection
25. A. approval
B. opposition
C. option
D. dilemma
26. A. won
B. rejected
C. required
D. withdrew
27. A. space
B. time
C. company
D. nutrition
28. A. since
B. for
C. yet
D. so
29. A. benefits
B. chances
C. location
D. appearance
30. A. piling up
B. speeding up
C. keeping up
D. mixing up
31. A. wish
B. intend
C. allow
D. expect
32. A. in place
B. in order
C. in decline
D. in question
33. A. even
B. still
C. ever
D. once
34. A. short of
B. sick of
C. free of
D. full of
35. A. glory
B. function
C. impact
D. balance

答案： 16.B 考查动词辨析。句意：当我开始写关于恢复我在Somerset购买的那片土地的(文章)时，我被问及(这个问题)。replace代替，取代；restore恢复；recycle回收利用；return归还。根据下文“tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance between town and country”可知，此处为原词复现，表示恢复土地。故选B。
17.C 考查形容词辨析。句意：我不是孤身一人。rich富有的；weak虚弱的；alone独自的，单独的；social社会的。根据上文“I just love trees”和下文“‘As I get older, all I really is to plant trees,’ Prince Charles says”可知，作者喜欢种树，查尔斯王子也喜欢种树，所以作者并不是孤身一人。故选C。
18.D 考查动词短语。句意：查尔斯王子在一部纪录片中说道：“随着年龄的增长，我真正渴望的就是去种树。”该片取景于他在乔治王子出生当天所种植的那片树林中。apply for申请；wait for等待；make for向……移动，促成；long for渴望。根据“in the wood he planted”可推知，查尔斯王子渴望种树。故选D。
19.A 考查动词辨析。句意：同上。film拍摄；track追踪；reflect反射，反映；discover发现。根据“in a documentary”可知，此处表示纪录片拍摄于一片树林中。故选A。
20.C 考查形容词辨析。句意：在我们的城市和乡村里有成熟而美丽的大树。holy神圣的；young年轻的，未成熟的；mature成熟的；mysterious神秘的。根据下文“They were planted, or self-sown, years, even centuries ago.”可知，这些树木是多年前甚至是数世纪以前种植或自然播种的，所以它们是成熟的。故选C。
21.C 考查动词辨析。句意：我们将它们视为理所当然，忽视了栖息在其中的生物，也忽视了树木给我们带来的好处(例如，净化空气)，然后为了新的用途而砍伐它们。raise提起，增加；watch看，观看；ignore忽视；abuse滥用。根据“remain in ignorance of”和语境可知，此处表示人类对生活在树木中的生物视而不见。故选C。
22.B 考查名词辨析。句意：同上。use用途；spirit精神；life生活；hope希望。根据“cut them down”和常识可知，人们会为了新的用途去砍伐树木。故选A。
24.D 考查名词辨析。句意：然而我们对它们(仍)有喜爱之情。trust信任，信赖；sadness悲伤；betrayal背叛；affection喜爱。根据上文内容和“Yet”可知，人类会忽视树木带来的好处，并为了发展而砍伐树木，但其内心对它们仍有喜爱之情。故选D。
25.B 考查名词辨析。句意：这也许可以解释为什么政府在2010年试图出售公有森林时遭到了反对，以及为什么Woodland Trust(一个树木保护慈善机构)会赢得广泛的支持。approval赞成；opposition反对，反抗；option选择；dilemma困境。根据上文“we keep a feeling of for them”可知，人们对树木保持情感，所以政府在试图出售公有森林时遭到了反对。故选B。
26.A 考查动词辨析。句意：同上。win赢，赢得；reject拒绝，不同意；require需要；withdraw撤离，退出。根据“the wide support”和“a tree-protecting charity”以及语境可知，此处表示该树木保护慈善机构赢得了广泛支持。故选A。
27.A 考查名词辨析。句意：树木需要空间，这就是为什么作为一个城市居民的我于1999年购买了我在Somerset的林地。space空地，空间；time时间；company陪伴；nutrition营养。根据“I, a city resident, bought my Somerset woodland”可知，作者买下这块地是为了给树木提供生长的空间。故选A。
28.D 考查连词辨析。句意：当时，气候变化已经得到了充分证实，所以我种植长寿橡树和松树的希望逐渐变成了对它们生存可能性的担忧。since自……以来；for因为；yet但是，然而；so所以。根据“climate change was already well proved”和“my hopes... gradually developed into anxiety”可知，因为气候变化，所以作者最初的期望慢慢地转变成焦虑。前后句子之间存在因果关系，前因后果，so符合语境。故选D。
29.B 考查名词辨析。句意：同上。benefit益处；chance机会，可能性；location地点，位置；appearance外表。根据“climate change was already well proved”和语境可知，气候变化已得到充分证实，所以作者担忧树木是否有生存的可能性。故选B。
30.A 考查动词短语。句意：英国新出现的树木病害、狂风、干旱和洪水，全都压在了它们的身上。pile up堆积；speed up加速；keep up跟上；mix up混淆，弄乱。根据“Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood”和语境可知，此处表示这些自然灾害全部都堆积在了树木身上。故选A。
31.D 考查动词辨析。句意：但是我没预料到事态发展得如此之快。wish希望，想要；intend打算；allow允许；expect期待，预料。根据下文“The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved. The bees and butterflies... in smaller numbers.”和语境可知，此处表示作者没有料到不好的事情发生得这么快。故选D。
32.C 考查介词短语。句意：这片林地依然状况良好，新栽的树木正在迅猛生长，但生物(数量)却在下降。in place在正确位置，准备妥当；in order准备好，按顺序；in decline在衰退，在下降；in question讨论中的，不确定。根据“but”可知，上下文之间存在转折关系；结合“the new trees are growing ivory being destroyed.”和“but”可知，虽然树木在疯长，但是生物的数量却在减少。故选C。
33.B 考查副词辨析。句意：蜜蜂和蝴蝶仍然在那里，但是数量更少了。even甚至；still还，仍然；ever曾经；once一次。根据上文“The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved.”和“but in smaller numbers”可知，兔子消失了，猫头鹰飞走了，蜜蜂和蝴蝶虽仍然在那里，但是其数量却更少了。故选B。
34.C 考查形容词短语。句意：这种情况怎么会发生在没有使用杀虫剂的土地上呢？(be) short of缺乏；(be) sick of对……感到厌倦；(be) free of无……的，摆脱了……的；(be) full of充满。根据下文“it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore”和语境可知，出现这种现象的原因并不是杀虫剂的使用，即没有使用杀虫剂的土地。故选C。
35.D 考查名词辨析。句意：显然，这表明我们需要给大自然一个机会，让其自行恢复平衡。glory荣誉，辉煌；function作用，功能；impact影响，撞击；balance平衡。根据下文“tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance between town and country”可知，此处表示让大自然去自行恢复其平衡。故选D。