高考模拟英语第四套及答案.docx

英 语 （满分150分，考试时间120分钟）第Ⅰ卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分 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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A I used to believe in the American dream that meant a job, credit and success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us separately chasing the same thing.One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart. I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56. I searched the countryside for some place I could rent for the cheapest possible amount. I came upon a deserted cottage in a small remote valley. I hadn’t been alone for 25 years.I was scared, but I hoped the hard work would distract and heal me.I found the owner and rented the place for $50 a month.The locals knew nothing about me. But slowly they started teaching me the art of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, tools and canned deer meat and began sticking around to chat. They would ask if I wanted to meet cousin Albie or go fishing. They started to teach me a belief in a different American dream, not the one of individual achievement but of neighborliness. Men would stop by with wild berries, ice cream or truck parts to see if I needed some. The women on that mountain worked harder than any I’d ever met. They taught me how to store food in the stream and keep it cold and safe. I learned to keep enough for an extra plate for company.What I had believed in, all those things I thought were necessary for a civilized life, were non-existent in this place. Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.After four years in that valley, I moved back into town. I saw a lot of people were having a really hard time, losing their jobs and homes. With the help of a real estate broker (房地产经纪人) I chatted up at the grocery store, I managed to rent a big enough house to take in a handful of people. It’s four of us now, but over time I’ve had nine come in and move on to other places from here.We’d al