《2026年薪火金卷高考仿真模拟卷英语》

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, Christopher Columbus was at a party that a Spanish gentleman gave in his honor.
People were saying, “What a great 41 you have made!” However, several people present
were envious of him. They began to try to make Columbus 42 .
“You have discovered new 43 beyond the seas,” they said, “but what of that? Anybody can
44 across the ocean and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side. It is the
45 thing in the world. All you need to do is to sail west. That’s not a(n) 46 feat(功绩).”
Columbus made no 47 , but after a while, he took an egg from a dish and said to the
company, “Who among you, gentlemen, can make this egg 48 on end?”
“That’s impossible,” the host replied. “You would need to be a 49 to do that.” One by
one, those at the table 50 the experiment. 51 , none of them succeeded.
After a short silence, Columbus took the egg and struck its small end 52 upon the table
so as to 53 the shell(壳) a little. After that, there was no 54 in making it stand upright.
“Gentlemen,” said he, “what is easier than to do this which you said was impossible? It is the
simplest thing in the world. Anybody can do it—AFTER HE HAS BEEN 55 HOW!”
41. A. decision
B. schedule
C. discovery
D. statement
42. A. unhurt
B. uncomfortable
C. unfortunate
D. unafraid
43. A. substances
B. oceans
C. lands
D. treasures
44. A. sail
B. run
C. walk
D. hike
45. A. greatest
B. worst
C. hardest
D. simplest
46. A. small
B. useless
C. remarkable
D. ordinary
47. A. apology
B. answer
C. mistake
D. secret
48. A. roll
B. sit
C. fall
D. stand
49. A. magician
B. sailor
C. planner
D. doctor
50. A. evaluated
B. finished
C. tried
D. designed
51. A. Above all
B. At last
C. For instance
D. In addition
52. A. gently
B. helplessly
C. heavily
D. critically
53. A. find
B. change
C. hide
D. break
54. A. trouble
B. instruction
C. reaction
D. point
55. A. HIT
B. SHOWN
C. EXPLODED
D. SET

答案： 第三部分 语言运用
第一节
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。在一个宴会上,哥伦布用立鸡蛋这样一个小实验让所有嫉妒他的成就的人无话可说。
41.C [考查名词。根据下文中的“‘You have discovered new 43 beyond the seas’”可知,此处指“伟大的发现”,设空处与下文中的“discovered”相呼应。discovery 意为“发现”。]
42.B [考查形容词。根据上文中的“several people present were envious of him”及下文中的“‘but what of that? Anybody can 44 across the ocean and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side.’”可知,这些嫉妒哥伦布的人开始找不痛快。uncomfortable 意为“感到不舒服的,身体不适的”。]
43.C [考查名词。根据常识可知,哥伦布发现了新大陆。land 意为“陆地”。]
44.A [考查动词。根据空后的“across the ocean”可知,此处指横渡大洋。sail 意为“航行”。]
45.D [考查形容词。根据下文中的“All you need to do is to sail west. That's not a(n) 46 feat (功绩).”可知,他们觉得只需要向西航行就可以发现新大陆,所以这是最简单的事,且设空处与最后一段中的“It is the simplest thing in the world.”相呼应。]
46.C [考查形容词。根据“All you need to do is sail west. That's not a(n) 46 feat (功绩).”可知,这些人觉得只需要向西航行就可以发现新大陆,所以这并不是什么“了不起”的成就。remarkable 意为“引人注目的,非凡的”。]
47.B [考查名词。根据上文别人说的话及空后表示转折的“but after a while he took an egg from a dish”可知,此处指哥伦布没有回应。answer 意为“回应”。]
48.D [考查动词。根据下文“After that, there was no 54 in making it stand upright.”可知,此处哥伦布是在问谁能把鸡蛋立起来。stand 意为“站立,直立”。]
49.A [考查名词。根据空前的“That's impossible”及下文中的“there was no 54 in making it stand upright”可知,大家都觉得不可能让鸡蛋立起来,所以此处指只有魔术师才可以做到。magician 意为“魔术师”。]
50.C [考查动词。根据语境及“One by one, those at the table 50 the experiment.”可知,此处指一个又一个人尝试了这个实验。try 意为“尝试”。]
51.B [考查副词短语。根据上文内容可知,一个接一个的人都尝试了此实验;由下文中的“none of them succeeded”可知,尝试到最后,一个人也没成功。above all 意为“首先”;at last 意为“最后”;for instance 意为“例如”;in addition 意为“另外,此外”。]
52.A [考查副词。根据下文中的“so as to 53 the shell (壳) a little”可知,哥伦布要把鸡蛋小的那一端打碎一点点,所以此处应是把鸡蛋轻轻地敲在桌子上。gently 意为“轻柔地”。]
53.D [考查动词。根据上文中的“Columbus took the egg and struck its small end 52 upon the table”中的关键词“struck”可知,哥伦布用鸡蛋小的一端轻轻地在桌子上敲一下,是为了把蛋壳打碎一点点。break 意为“打破,打碎”。]
54.A [考查名词。根据“there was no 54 in making it stand upright”及生活常识可知,把鸡蛋小的一端的蛋壳敲碎一点点,鸡蛋立起来就不费劲了。trouble 意为“困难”。]
55.B [考查动词。根据“Anybody can do it—AFTER HE HAS BEEN 55 HOW!”及上文哥伦布给大家演示如何让鸡蛋立起来可知,此处表达的是,任何人都能做到,只要有人教过他怎么做。]