高考英语专项针对练习卷模拟卷

一、选择题
        1.One more week, ________ we will accomplish the task better.
        A．or B．but C．unless D．And
        2.________ you need something, please don't hesitate to let me know.
        A．Even though B．In case
        C．As though D．Even if
        3.After a year, doctors diagnosed him with a disease so rare ________ it affects just one in 8 million children.
        A．after B．that C．as D．Since
        4.________ a man's age, he can reduce it several years by wearing a confident smile.
        A．Whichever B．Whatever
        C．Whenever D．However
        5.The professor told me to start the research right now, ________ I was sure to fall behind.
        A．or B．so C．but D．And
        6.You know that some people say more but do less ________ others do the opposite.
        A．once B．while C．when D．As
        7.I'll make some sandwiches, just ________ we get hungry later.
        A．even if B．as though
        C．if only D．in case
        8.Life is filled with things we have no control over, ________ ourselves, we can control.
        A．for B．and C．so D．But
        9.If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, ________ great it is.
        A．what B．how C．however D．Whatever
        10.Jim came back early last night. It was not yet eight o'clock ________ he got home.
        A．before B．that C．when D．Until
        11.________ I couldn't fully understand what he wanted to show in his paintings, I thought his works were quite impressive.
        A．As B．Since C．If D．While
        12.________ scores of times, but he still couldn't understand it.
        A．Having explained
        B．Having been explained
        C．Though it was explained
        D．It was explained
        13.The police set about arresting the suspect ________ they found enough evidence to prove him guilty.
        A．immediate B．as long as
        C．the moment D．as far as
        14.She looked after the orphan ________ he were her own child.
        A．as if B．even though
        C．now that D．in case
        二、阅读理解
        Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table, a European country, Finland, was top of the class. South Korea was still in second place, though. Britain was at number 6.
        In Korea the school day is long—typically 7 or 8 hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings. All_this_hothousing leaves Korean students so tired, they sometimes fall asleep in class next day. Worries about the effects of late night cramming(考试的突击准备) led the government to force cramming schools to close by 10 p．m. Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developed world, often finishing just after lunch, with about one hour of homework a day. Private tuition is uncommon. The British and American school day is quite long in comparison, around 6 hours, and secondary school pupils do 2 or 3 hours of self­study a night.
        The Korean education system, like many in Asia, is intensely competitive, with students even competing to get into the best cramming schools, to help them get ahead. Finnish education is far less cut­throat. Classes are all mixed ability, and there are no league tables. British schools again occupy the middle ground, with quite high levels of competition for places at university, and schools and universities battling to come top of league tables for everything from exam results to student satisfaction. Korea and Finland both do well, yet their education systems are so different.
        However, there are some similarities between Korea and Finland. In those countries, teachers have high status in society, and education is very highly valued. Those attitudes can't change quickly. But it can be done. They might be the star pupils now, but until the 1970s, Finland's education system was poor. Their thoroughly different approach to schooling has taken them to the top in just a generation.
        1.The students spend the least time in school in ________.
        A．the UK B．Finland C．the USA D．Korea
        2.According to the text, we think in Korea ________.
        A．students spend more time in studying
        B．students are tired of studying in class
        C．students leave their school early
        D．students are always top scorers
        3.The underlined phrase “All this hothousing” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ________.
        A．private evening tutoring B．self­study at home
        C．long­hour study D．school study
        4.From Paragraph 3, we can know that ________.
        A．Finnish students are less stressed in study
        B．there're also many cramming schools in Britain
        C．students in Korea are the most competitive in Asia
        D．British schools are less competitive than universities
        5.According to the author, the key to improving education is ________.
        A．the attitude B．the schooling time
        C．star pupils D．new teaching approach