2025年安徽省普通高中学业水平合格性考试英语模拟一

 

2025年安徽省普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟一

英语

第一部分　　阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

 

A

We all like fantasy stories, and grow up reading and listening to fantasies. These tales fuel our imaginations, and satisfy our longings for adventures. The most interesting thing about fantasies is that their plots involve magical beasts and heroes，animal creatures talking like humans，and other things we can’t see in real life. Also, fantasies have a distinguished writing style, with freedom of expression.    Toy Fantasy    In toy fantasy stories, narrators(叙述者)bring their beloved toys to life that can live, talk, think，breathe and behave like human beings. You would see modern toy fantasies in a picture book format. Representative works are A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh and Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio.    Animal Fantasy    The animal fantasy tells tales about animals behaving like human beings, experiencing emotions, and having the ability to talk. However, animals in fantasies hold their various animal characteristics, too. Examples include The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter which influences children around the world.    Magical Fantasy    In a magical fantasy, you see a character having magical powers, or a strange magical object becomes the subject of the story. Stories of this type began widely spreading long ago, including Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and William Steig’s Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.    Modern Folktales    Modern folktales are types of fantasy that narrators tell in a traditional tale accompanying some typical parts, such as strong conflict, little description of characters, and sometimes magical elements. These tales come before all others and are popular, as authors throughout history,

have written them. Hans Christian Andersen has written several tales of this category including The Nightingale, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Thumbelina.

1． What is the common feature of the fantasies?

A. Their characters are highly popular.

B. Their events occur in the unreal world.

C. Their writing styles show desires for freedom. 

D. Their plots encourage people to have adventures.

2． Who made a great contribution to the animal fantasy?

A. Carlo Collodi.      B. Beatrix Potter.

C. William Steig. D. Hans Christian Andersen.

3． Which type of fantasy has the longest history?

A. The toy fantasy.       B. The animal fantasy. 

C. The magical fantasy.    D. The modern folktales.

B

Recently, a group of scientists decided to find out what the funniest joke in the world was. This was obviously a difficult task, as no two people really agree about what is funny and what is not—especially when they are from different countries.

Here is the joke which the experts decided was the funniest joke in the world：

Two hunters were out in the woods. One of them fell to the ground. He didn’t seem to be breathing; his eyes were closed. The other hunter took out his mobile phone and called the emergency services.

“My friend is dead!” he cried to the operator. “What can I do？”The operator said，“Don’t worry. First, make sure he’s dead.” There was a silence, and then a shot was heard. Bang! The hunter’s voice came back on the line. He said, “OK, now what?”

This is perhaps amusing. Culturally, it depends on us knowing that often hunters are not considered to be very intelligent people, and that often they are quite violent. But perhaps this is not so all over the world. It’s also quite a “black” joke—a joke about something which isn’t really a funny subject. The experts also found the second funniest joke in the world. Here it

is：

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After dinner, they went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes woke up. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.” “I see millions of stars, Holmes,” replied Watson.

“And what do you infer from that? ”

“Well, there are billions of stars ... we are a small part of the universe ...”

“Watson, you idiot!” he said. “Someone has stolen our tent!” I personally think this is better.

Can scientists in the end decide what is funny? Some things are much too complicated, even for scientists.

4． What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Few jokes can make scientists laugh.

B. Only scientists can find out the funniest joke.

C. There are different jokes in different countries.

D. People hold different opinions about what is funny.

5． What does the author think of the first joke?

A. It is not so funny as the experts thought.

B. It is really the funniest joke he has ever heard.

C. It can greatly affect readers’ attitudes toward hunters.

D. It shows that not all hunters are brave and intelligent.

6． We can learn that a person’s understanding of a joke can be affected by      .

A. the reader’s feeling      B. the length of the joke

C. the reader’s cultural background   D. the language that the teller uses

7． Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. Uninteresting jokes      B. Different kinds of jokes

C. The funniest jokes in the world    

D. Tips on how to make others laugh

C

This summer I travelled from noisy Beijing to Wuzhen, a beautiful village in Zhejiang