普通高校招生选考英语试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分一、阅读七选五（本大题共5小题，共10.0分）Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are， like a nearby port or river (1) New York City， for example， is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million (2) Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight In 1896， Dawson， Canada， was unmapped wilderness（荒野） But gold was discovered there in 1897， and two years later， it was one of the largest cities in the West， with a population of 30，000 Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris People went there for gold They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers (3) An avalanche（雪崩） once closed the path， killing 63 people For many who made it to Dawson， however， the rewards were worth the difficult trip Of the first 20，000 people who dug for gold， 4，000 got rich About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives But no matter how rich they were， Dawson was never comfortable (4) But soon， the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down， and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska， they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come Today， people still come and go-to see where the Canadian gold rush happened (5) -its present population is 762 A Necessities like food and wood were very expensive B Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City C The reasons are different， varying from food to money D But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time E The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming F The people there were struggling to earn their life despite the poor situation G People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade1. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G2. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G3. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G4. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G5. A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G二、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30.0分）High school students who(6) music courses score significantly better on math， science and English exams (7) their non-musical peers（同龄人）， according to a new study The students who learned to play a（n）(8)in elementary and continued playing in high school not only get higher scores， but were about one academic year ahead of their non-music peers (9)their background， ethnicity（种族地位） and gender， said the studys principal investigator， Peter Gouzouasis Students who studied at least one instrumental music course is(10)as students taking music Besides， the researchers found the (11)relationships between music education and (12) achievement were more pronounced for those who took instrumental music（器乐） rather than vocal music（声乐） The findings suggest skills learned in instrumental music transfer (13)to the students learning in school A student has to learn to read music notation， develop(14) listening skills， develop team skills for playing in an ensemble and develop discipline to practice All those learning experiences play a role in (15)the learners cognitive capacities， executive functions，(16) to learn in school， and self-efficacy Leonardo da Vinci， for example， was an Italian polymath（博学者） of the Renaissance whose (17) of interest(18) painting， sculpting， architectureHe has been called the father of palaeontology， ichnology， and he is widely considered one of the greatest painters (19)The Mona Lisa is the most famous of his works and the most popular portrait (20) made(21)， literature lover Wu Yishu， whose school in Shanghai is affiliated（隶属于） with the (22)Fudan University， wowed judges with her (23) knowledge of Chinas poetry corpus We have no (24)answer as to which is more suitable for the needs of society But there is no doubt that (25) professionals and talents need to work hard6. A. teachB. takeC. learnD. make7. A. toB. offC. thanD. by8. A. instrumentB. dramaC. concertD. exercise9. A. out ofB. instead ofC. in case ofD. regardless of10. A. praisedB. regardedC. punishedD. loved11. A. commonB. normalC. predictiveD. special12. A. educationalB. spiritualC. academicD. lifelong13. A. trulyB. preciouslyC. broadlyD. slightly14. A. wiseB. keenC. bareD. smooth15. A. changingB. enhancingC. weakeningD. stimulating16. A. motivationB. timeC. educationD. course17. A. platformsB. hobbiesC. habitsD. areas18. A. were includingB. were includedC. includingD. included19. A. of all timeB. at a timeC. at one timeD. ahead of time20. A. justB. neverC. onlyD. ever21. A. SimilarlyB. ContrarilyC. UniversallyD. Consequently22. A. poorB. bigC. smallD. famou