2020年宁波市普通高中保送生模拟测试英语试卷5 一、完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分） Have you ever been on a bus when someone answered a telephone __1__? Have you ever been in a taxi when the driver always __2__ the horn or talked on the __3__? You probably answer “yes”, but have you ever tried to __4__ for a moment and listen to the silence? Probably not. Silence is a thing to which many of us pay little attention. Today many of us are too busy to __5__ the small things in life, including silence. With the development of economy, we are always __6__ by noise and sometimes we can’t realize how noise affects us, but it really changes __7__ we talk and listen to each other. Because we are so used to noise, we forget to be __8__ when there finally is no noise. __9__ is often the case, when there is no noise, we want to utter something to __10__ the silence. It seems funny that we are afraid of these moments __11__ there is no talking, and we call for the awkward noise because we feel uncomfortable. But in fact silence can be better than noise, and we need to appreciate it. Some of my friends asked why I didn’t talk much. __12__ I like talking, but I don’t like pushing away silence by talking because I appreciate the beauty of silence. I believe in what one of my friends ever said, “Do not talk unless you can __13__ upon silence.” So __14__ time when you are on a bus or in a taxi, remember to appreciate the silence you __15__ later on some day. 1. A. aloud B. loudly C. talkatively D. freely 2. A. beat B. knocked C. pressed D. alarmed 3. A. radio B. TV C. front D. way [来源:学科网ZXXK] 4. A. stand B. wait C. hesitate D. stop 5. A. notice B. consider C. mind D. appreciate 6. A. bothered B. surrounded C. disturbed D. troubled 7. A. why B. what C. which D. how 8. A. quiet B. still C. thankful D. confident 9. A. It B. As C. Such D. Like 10. A. take in B. pick up C. fill up D. turn down 11. A. when B.that C. where D. why 12. A. However B. But C. Though D. In fact 13. A. fix B. talk C. change D. improve 14. A. every B. next C. last D. another 15. A. come across B. come about C. come up D. come to 二、阅读理解（每小题2分，满分30分） 第一节：阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项。（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） (A) The answer to protecting and saving marine(海洋) wildlife can start with cutting back on something Americans use every day—plastic drinking straws. Actor Adrien Grenier, best known for playing Vincent Chase in 2015 movie Entourage, has launched a campaign to reduce the amount of single-use plastic usage in this country in order to protect and save marine wildlife and the environment. Plastic drinking straws are among many single-use plastic products contributing to the shocking loss of marine life, but they’re a great place to start because they’re something Americans are using by the hundreds of millions without any awareness that they’re so damaging. According to Ecocycle, an international environmental organization, Americans use more than 500 mill ... ...
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