（衡水金卷调研卷）2018年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟试题英语二

本试题卷共8页。全卷满分120分，考试用时100分钟。

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Movie Nights at the Museum brings you classic movies in a classic location. Each film has been chosen for its connection to an area of our knowledge.

We start this movie season with ocean-inspired cinema to celebrate the arrival of the noble blue whale in the Museum’s typical hall, the site for the series.

So get your popcorn, take your seat, and settle in for Movie Nights at the Museum.

Jaws Did you know that great whites actually find the taste of human flesh not tasty? However, this legendary Steven Spielberg thriller sees a giant great white shark cause destruction on the shores of a New England beach town in the mid-1970s.

Free Willy Did you know that the killer whale is not a whale? It’s actually a dolphin. In this heart-warming 90s classic, orphan Jesse makes friends with a trapped killer whale and does whatever it takes to return him to his family and ocean home.

Finding Nemo Contrary to popular belief, fish are actually good at remembering things. Follow young clownfish Nemo, taken unexpectedly from his Great Barrier Reef home, and his father and forgetful partner who go on a brave journey to find him, in this charming Disney adventure.

The Little Mermaid In this classic Disney tale of a mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human, Ariel falls in love with a handsome prince, much to the sadness of her father and long-suffering friends. But did you know that a fish is actually brown and flat, with

both eyes on one side of its body?

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1. In which movie do fish memorize things well? A. Jaws.

B. Free Willy. D. The Little Mermaid

C. Finding Nemo.

2. Who helps a whale return to his home? A. Ariel. B. Jesse. C. Nemo. D. Steven.

3. Who will most likely be interested in the passage? A. A scientist on farming. B. A director of war movies. C. A teenager liking ocean life. D. A farmer hating cruel animals.

B

Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies. He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had. He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment. Wilder was one of the first directors to do this.

Billy Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Billy Wilder started law school in Vienna, Austria. However, he began reporting for a Vienna newspaper after graduation. By the 1920s, he was writing movies in Germany. However, the Nazis had risen to power in the nation. Wider was Jewish, and he recognized that he had no future in Nazi Germany. In 1933, he went to Paris. There he directed a movie for the first time. It was called “The Bad Seed”. Then he received word that producers in the United States had accepted one of his scripts. Billy Wilder left Europe for America.

In America he formed a writing team with Charles Brackett. The two writers created many films together. Wilder and Brackett wrote several successful movies. One was

the nineteen thirty-nine movie, “Ninotchka”, starring Greta Garbo. Ernst Lubitsch directed the film. Wilder always praised this man as a friend and teacher whose humor and expert direction greatly influenced his works.

In 1954, Billy Wilder became an independent producer. The nest year, Wilder’s first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success. It was “The Seven Year Itch”. In 1959, Wilder made a funny movie that was very popular. I.A.L. Diamond joined Wilder in writing “Some Like It Hot”.

By the 1980s, Wilder no longer was considered the most unusual, creative movie-maker in Hollywood. In recent years, however, Billy Wilder received many more awards and honors. Critics praised his gifts to movie making. In 1987, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. It is the highest award a producer can receive.

4. Which is Wilder’s first successful movie as an independent filmmaker? A. Ninotchka. B. The Bad Seed. C. Some Like It Hot. D. The Seven Year Itch.

5. What can we know about Wilder according to the text? A. He intended to be a lawyer at first.

B. He starred a movie for the first time in Paris. C. He is the first director to make realistic movies. D. He has been accepted as the most creative movie-maker. 6. Why did Wilder leave Germany?

A. He was Jewish and couldn’t develop there. B. The Nazis were searching for him everywhere. C. He was invited to produce his script in America. D. He expected to go to Paris to form a writing team. 7. What would be the best title for the text? A. The Maker of History of American Movies B. Billy Wilder — a Best Movie Maker

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