2012学年第一学期十校联合体高三期末联考英语试卷

2012学年第一学期十校联合体高三期末联考

英语试卷

本试题卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分,考试时间120分钟。

选择题部分（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Be careful when you cross the street. There’s so much traffic.

—.

A. Yes, I do

B. Yes, I will

C. Of course, I can manage

D. Surely, don’t worry

2. Dr. Peter Spence, _______ headmaster of the high school, stated that _______fifth of adolescents would go to study at top-five universities like Cambridge and Oxford.

A. the, the

B. /, a

C. /, the

D. a, a

3. The poem is said a big popularity among adults in the last decade.

A. to become

B. having become

C. to have become

D. has become

4. I’ve already forg otten ___________ you bought the dictionary.

A. that it was when

B. that was it when

C. when was it that

D. when it was that

5. All in all, plants in warm and wet areas grow quicker than in cold and dry areas, but the quality of the former is much worse than of the latter.

A. these, those

B. that, this

C. those, that

D. the ones, one

6. The flight to Antarctica was delayed by the lack _______ information about the weather conditions there.

A. in

B. from

C. for

D. of

7. It’s bad for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

A. behaviour

B. manner

C. action

D. way

8. On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ________ paid special attention to.

A. referred to being

B. referred to be

C. refer to being

D. refer to be

9.Osama told us the work would be finished by next week, ____ personally I doubt very much.

A. that

B. when

C. which

D. it

10. The little pet cat felt freezing cold, so she stood to her mother.

A. close

B. closely

C. closed

D. closing

11. Global warming has led to many rivers and lakes ________ these years.

A. drying off

B. drying up

C. to dry off

D. to dry up

12. Nobody but doctors and nurses and those by Dr.Hu to enter the patient’s room.

A. invited; is forbidden

B. are invited; are forbidden

C. being invited; forbidden

D. invited; are forbidden

13. _______ in the hunt was a great thrill for Clancy, who wrote the two anecdotes at the beginning of the 20th century.

A. Included

B. Including

C. Being included

D. To include

14. —Does he know how to work out the problem?

—Yes, he has _______ a good idea to solve it.

A. caught up with

B. kept up with

C. put up with

D. come up with

15. giving a general introduction to computers, the course also provides practical experience.

A. In addition to

B. Except for

C. In exchange for

D. Due to

16. Mr. Johnson, I should tell you this is the third time that you ____ me for my twin sister.

A. had mistaken

B. have mistaken

C. are mistaking

D. are mistaken

17. The reason being late for the meeting was his little son fell ill this morning.

A. for, that

B. why, that

C. for, because

D. why, because

18. The police set about arresting the suspect they found enough evidence to prove him guilty.

A. now that

B. as long as

C. the moment

D. in case

19. As it turned out to be a small house party, we so formally.

A. needn’t dress up

B. shouldn’t dress up

C. couldn’t have dressed up

D. needn’t have dressed up

20. — Excuse me, could you tell me where I could make a call?

—Sorry, I’m a stranger here.

—.

A. Thanks a lot

B. That’s a pity

C. Thanks anyway

D. I’m sorry to hear that 第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D），选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was a little girl, I used to walk with my grandmother up a quiet road. Grandma and I

would chat about this and that, or we’d just walk in21 , enjoying the outdoors and each other’s 22 . Yet, for me, these times were not just a (n) 23 to be with my grandmother. These walks were treasure hunts.

More often than not, money would be 24 with the gravel (沙粒)and dust at the road’s edge. Not lots of it —a penny here. Sometimes, on really 25 days, I’d find more than a quarter.

Some days, I wouldn’t find anything, Other days, I’d come back with more than twenty-five cents. 26 back now, it was not 27 the money that was such a big deal; it was the joy of 28 . It made me feel so 29 .

Yet, it wasn’t until years later that that simple30 came to mean so much more to me than simply a child’s happiness, My mother told me a truth that I had never31 .

―Remember when you used to walk with Grandma up Cummings Road?‖ she started the conversation. All those years, she 32 , my grandfather used to drive up and down the walking route (路线), 33 change for me to find, I was 34 . He never told me himself. I remembered how he’d smile when I dug my find out of my pocket to show him. I’d never imagined that he was the one 35 for it.

My grandfather wasn’t a man who36 me often as a child, but I had 37 doubted his love for me. Now, I knew, he had given me joy in ways I hadn’t even38 to him.

Now, every once in a while, when I take a walk down the street, I drop a penny or two, I

39 some small child finding it, delighted at the discovery. They’ll never know someone put it there 40 for them to fi nd. But that’s part of the joy. Thanks, Grandpa. 21．A．excitement B．secret C．silence D．relief 22．A．care B．company C．life D．experience 23．A．honor B．adventure C．chance D．favor 24．A．mixed B．faced C．crowded D．armed 25．A．sunny B．rainy C．lucky D．peaceful 26．A．Looking B．Holding C．Coming D．Dating 27．A．ever B．rather C．almost D．even 28．A．nature B．discovery C．travel D．work 29．A．special B．casual C．creative D．practical 30．A．story B．dream C．kindness D．memory 31．A．believed B．missed C．suspected D．supposed 32．A．whispered B．admitted C．signed D．agreed 33．A．passing B．making C．sending D．dropping

34．A．amazed B．disappointed C．annoyed D．pleased 35．A．ready B．famous C．fit D．responsible 36．A．hugged B．respected C．beat D．scolded 37．A．always B．never C．sometimes D．often 38．A．devoted B．replied C．turned D．connected 39．A．notice B．imagine C．keep D．have 40．A．by accident B．by mistake C．on purpose D．on time

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Every culture has a recognized point when a child becomes an adult, when rules must be followed and tests passed.

In China, although teenagers can get their ID cards at 16, many only see themselves as an adult when they are 18. In the US, where everyone drives, the main step to the freedom of adult life is learning to drive. At 16, American teens take their driving test. When they have their license, they drive into the grown-up world.

―Nobody wants to ride the cheese bus to school,‖ said Eleanor Fulham, 17. She brought the pressure back to memory, especially for kids from wealthier families. ―It's like you're not cool if you don't have a car,‖ she said.

According to recent research, 41% of 16 to 19-year-olds in the US own cars, up from 23% in 1985. Although, most of these cars are bought by parents, some teens get part-time jobs to help pay.

Not all families can afford cars for their children. In cities with subways and limited parking, some teenagers don't want them. But in rich suburban areas without subways, and where bicycles are more for fun than transportation, it is strange for a teenager not to have a car.

But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 to 19-year-olds. This has made many parents pause before letting their kids drive.

Julie Sussman, of Virginia, decided that her son Chad, 15, will wait until he is 17 to apply for his learner's permit.

Chad said he has accepted his parents' decision, although it has caused some teasing from his friends. ―They say that I am unlucky,‖ he said, ―But I'd rather be alive than driving, and I don't really trust my friends on the road, either.‖

In China as more families get cars, more 18-year-olds learn to drive. Will this become a big step to becoming an adult?

41. Which may serve as the best title of the article?

A. Driving into the Grown-Up World

B. Cars Helping You to Grown-Up

C. Teenagers' Driving in America

D. Recognized Point of Becoming an Adult

42. 16-year-old drivers have more accidents possibly because________.

A. they want to show themselves off

B. they are never experienced drivers

C. older people always drive better

D. they never drive carefully on the road

43. Which may NOT be taken into consideration when deciding whether to buy a car?

A. How well off the family is

B. Whether the kid is old enough

C. Whether it's practically needed

D. What road condition there is around

44. When Chad said ―I don't really trust my friends…‖, he meant that________.

A. he might run into his friends if he drove

B. he didn't agree with his friends

C. he might not be safe if his friends drove

D. he was afraid that his friends might well lie to him

B

Women are friends, I once would have said, when they totally love and support and trust each other, and tell each other the secrets of their souls, and run no questions asked to help each other, and tell unpleasant truths to each other (no, you can't wear that dress unless you lose ten pounds first) when unpleasant truths must be told.

A woman friend is a friend all the way, I once would have said, b ut now I believe that’s a narrow point of view. For the friendships I have and the friendships I see are conducted at many levels of closeness, serve many different functions, meet different needs and range from the soul sisters to the most casual playmates.

Consider these varieties of friendship:

Convenience friends They’ll lend us their cups for a party. They’ll drive our kids to school when we’re sick…As we will do for them. But we don’t, with convenience friends, ever come too close or tell too much; we maintain our public face and emotional distance.

Special-interest friends These friendships aren’t close, and they needn’t involve kids or cups. Their value lies in some interest commonly shared. And so we may have an office friend or a yoga friend or a tennis friend. ―I’d say that what we’re doing is doing together, not being together.‖

Historical friends We all have a friend who knew us when maybe way back in Miss Meltzer’s second grade, when our famil y lived in that three-room flat. The years have gone by and we’ve gone separate ways and we’ve little in common now, but we’re still a close part of

each other’s past.

Crossroads friends Crossroads friends form powerful links, links strong enough to last with just communication of a once-a-year letter at Christmas. And out of respect for those crossroads years, for those dreams and dreams we once shared, we will always be friends.

Cross-generational friends The friendship exists across generations in what one woman calls her daughter–mother and her mother-daughter relationships.

There are medium(中等的), pretty good, and such good friends indeed, and these friendships are decided by their level of closeness. For example, we might tell a medium friend that yesterday we had a fight with our husband. And we might tell a pretty good friend that this fight with our husband made us so mad that we slept on the sofa. And we might tell a such good friend that the reason why we got so mad in that fight that we slept on the sofa —he had a love affair with that girl who works in his office. But it’s only to our very best friends that we’re willing to tell all, to tell what’s going on with that girl in his office.

The best of friends, I still believe, totally love and support and trust each other, and tell each other the secrets of their souls, and tell unpleasant truths to each other when they must be told.

45. According to the passage, convenience friends ______.

A. are not valuable enough

B. are those who are easily available to make friends with

C. never tell each other their deepest feelings

D. discuss family budgets together

46. The underlined sentence means ______.

A. we should never sit and wait for something to happen

B. we join each other because we do something together

C. we complete something together rather than enjoy ourselves

D. cooperation is of great importance if we want to succeed

47. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. special-interest friends will drive your kids to school

B. historical friends remind each other of their shameful past

C. crossroads friends can maintain their friendship by writing to each other once a year

D. cross-generational friends seem to maintain friendship forever

48. According to the author, a woman may tell her good friends that ______.

A. she has lost her job because she isn’t really qualified enough

B. her husband has fallen in love with a girl in his office

C. she has been upset these days because of financial problems

D. she is on a diet because she wants to lose weight

49. Which can be the best title of this passage?

A. Value of friendship

B. Friends, good friends and such good friends

C. The qualities of a good friend

D. Friendship: being together

C

A cyclic(周期的) drop in the sun’s radiation can cause unusually cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries prepare for snowstorms.

Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation measured by sunspots on the surface reaches a peak then falls. But explaining a clear link to weather has proved harder.

―Our research confirms the observed link between solar change and regional winter climate,‖lead author Sarah Ineson of the UK Met Office told the reporters in an email. The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Monday.

Her team focused on data from the recent solar minimum during 2008-2010, a period of unusual calm for the sun and extreme winters in the United States and parts of Europe that shut down air travel and disrupted(使混乱) business.

The researchers found that a reduction in ultraviolet(UV, 紫外线) radiation from the sun can affect high-altitude wind patterns in the Northern Hemisphere(半球),causing cold winters.

―While UV levels won’t tell us what the day-to-day weather will do, they provide the exciting prospect of improved forecasts for winter conditions for months and even years ahead. These forecasts play an important role in long-term possibility planning,‖Ineson, a climate scientist, said.

Ineson and colleagues from Imperial College London and the University of Oxford used satellite data that more accurately measures UV radiation from the sun and found a much greater change than previously thought.

They found that in years of low activity, unusually cold air forms high in the atmosphere over the tropics（回归线）. This causes a redistribution(重新分配) of heat in the atmosphere, making easterly winds that bring freezing weather and snow storms to northern Europe and the United States and milder weather to Canada and the Mediterranean.

When solar UV radiation is stronger, the opposite occurs.

Ineson’s team used the data in a complex computer model that simulates (模拟) long-term weather patterns. The model successfully reproduced what scientists have observed happening in the upper atmosphere during changes in solar radiation.

More study was needed, though. A key uncertainly in the experiment lay in the satellite data used, because it covers only a few years. ―So questions remain concerning both accuracy and also applicability to other solar cycles,‖ she said.

50. The new finding claims cold winters in the North Hemisphere can be caused by________.

A. a sharp rise in the amount of sunspot

B. a complex computer model simulation

C. a clear link between the sun and the earth

D. a decrease in the sun’s UV radiation

51. It has long been known by scientists that ________.

A. UV radiation can affect high-altitude wind patterns.

B. there’s a clear link between the sun’s activity and weather.

C. they can predict day-to-day weather conditions from UV levels

D. the sun’s radiation reaches a peak every eleven years

52. According to the passage, the following statements are correct EXCEPT______.

A. the research team used a complex computer system to monitor the atmosphere

B. the new finding could improve long-term weather prediction

C. the years 2008-2020 were a period when the sun’s radiation fell

D. extreme winters affected air travel and business in parts of Europe

53. What will happen if the sun turns into years of high activity according to the finding?

A. Canada and the Mediterranean will have milder weather.

B. Burning hot weather will appear in northern Europe and the United States.

C. Freezing cold weather will appear in northern Europe and the United States.

D. The whole Northern Hemisphere will suffer from extreme winter day.

54. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. the research doesn’t seem accurate enough due to limited satellite data used

B. long-term weather conditions can be accurately predicted depending on UV levels

C. climate scientists have just begun their research in severe weather forecast

D. research have analyzed the data collected in eleven years

D

It was a cold night in December. Two beggars were sitting on a busy street corner in the downtown section of the city. The cold wind made them huddle (挤) together for heat and comfort. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some ignoring them on purpose and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their existence. Every so often, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the hats which lay in front of

them on the icy sidewalk. Some people, feeling particularly generous, would even pull out a bill or two from their wallets and drop them into the beggars’ hats and then continued their walking.

Today was not a bad day for begging. The men were able to collect enough for a good meal at the coffee shop down the street and a few candles to light up their shelter in the alley (胡同) behind the train station. As the crowd began to die down, they started to pack up their bundles and head for their evening shelter.

Just as they were getting ready to leave the street corner, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a wealthy man —they could tell that from the finely tailored business suit he was wearing and the gold watch chain adorned (装饰) his left pocket.

The first beggar looked at the second and whispered with excitement, ―He’s coming our way!

The two tried not to look directly at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t help staring at him as he reached into his pocket and took something out.

―Thunk‖ was the only sound they heard as what looked like a piece of hard candy, wrapped carefully in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.

―How insulting!‖ said the first beggar, as soon as the rich man was out of sight. ―He could have easily left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he played a joke on us with a piece of rock candy.‖

He looked at the wrapped offering with disgust. ―Who does he think we are —children? There’s no way we can even eat this—we have no teeth.‖

The beggar picked up the object with the very tips of his fingers and threw it into the gutter (排水沟). He watched as it floated a few yards in the stream of muddy water and disappeared into the gutter at the end of the street. Then, he gathered up his things and walked away.

The second beggar looked down at the morsel in his hat, then at his departing friend. His first thought was to toss the donation in the trash can under the street light. But his second thought made him change his mind.

―I haven’t had anything like this for ages,‖ he thought. ―I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it for a while, and the sweet juice will stay in my mouth for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet!‖

He opened the paper eagerly, then paused as his hands touched the inside. ―Maybe I should save it for another time,‖ he thought. ―It won’t spoil, and I could eat it later when I’m really hungry.‖

The beggar paused for a moment, then he said aloud, ―He wanted me to have it anyway. I

might as well enjoy it now.‖

With that, he unfolded the paper, but to his surprise, there was no hard rock candy inside. Instead, into his fingers fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.

55. The first paragraph serves as a(n) ______.

A. explanation

B. introduction

C. background

D. comment

56. The two beggars started to leave the street corner when ____.

A. darkness fell

B. few people passed by

C. they felt too cold

D. the wind began to blow hard.

57. The two beggars thought the man was rich from _____.

A. his appearance

B. his way of walking

C. the jewellery he wore

D. the shiny shoes

58. What did the first beggar think of the rich man?

A. He looked down upon the poor.

B. He was very kind and warm-hearted

C. He treated them as children

D. He was too mean.

59. The underli ned words ―the morsel in his hat‖ probably refer to ______.

A. the donation from the rich man

B. the coins the second beggar collected

C. the rock candy the rich man gave the second beggar

D. the food the second beggar left over

60. What can we learn from the story?

A. Every dog has its day.

B. Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

C. He who laughs last laughs best.

D. He that can have patience can have what he will.

第二节：阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。

下面有五则寓言故事（61—65），阅读寓言故事，然后从（A—F）中选择每则寓言相匹配的寓意，其中有一项是多余的。

A. Cherish valuable things until they are found.

B. He who loses freedom loses all.

C. Misfortune tests true friendship.

D.Union gives strength.

E.Precious things are for those that can prize them.

F. Not everything you see is what it appears to be.

61.__________ A wolf was almost dead with hunger. A housedog saw him, and asked, ―Friend,

your irregular life will soon ruin you‖. Why don't you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?" "I would have no objection," said the wolf, "if I could only get a place." "I will help you," said the dog. "Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work." So the wolf and the dog went to the town together. On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck. He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that? "Oh, it is nothing," said the dog. "Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up. You will soon get used to it." "Is that the only reason?" said the wolf. "Then good-bye to you, my friend. I would rather be free."

62. __________ Two men were traveling together, when a bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the bear had whispered in his ear. "He gave me this advice," his companion replied. "Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger."

63. __________ A prince had some monkeys trained to dance. Being naturally good at learning, they showed themselves excellent pupils, and in their rich clothes and masks, they danced as well as any of the courtiers. Their performance was often repeated with great applause, till on one occasion a courtier, bent on mischief, took from his pocket a handful of nuts and threw them upon the stage. The monkeys at the sight of the nuts forgot their dancing and became (as indeed they were) monkeys instead of actors. Pulling off their masks and tearing their robes, they fought with one another for the nuts. The dancing spectacle thus came to an end in the laughter and ridicule of the audience.

64. __________ A cock was once strutting（趾高气扬地走）up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he noticed something shining in the straw. "Ho! ho!" said he, "that’s for me," and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. It turned out to be a pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yar d. ―You may be a treasure,‖ sig h ed the cock, ―to man, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn.‖

65. __________ An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a bunch of sticks, and said to his eldest son: "Break it." The son tried hard, but with all his efforts was unable to break the bundle. The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. ―Untie it,‖ said the father, ―and each of you take a stick.‖ When they had done so, he called out to them: ―Now, break,‖ and each stick

was easily broken.

第Ⅱ卷非选择题部分（共40分）

第三部分：写作（共两节,满分40分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题：每小题1分,满分10分）

下面短文中有10处错误,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错误的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I bring Rose home five years ago. My neighbor Mrs. Black fell in love with her immediate she saw her. She was such lovely dog, after all. Rose also seemed to like Mrs. Black. Two years ago, however, Mrs. Black got cancer. Having been treating in hospital, she decided to receive treatment at home. Since my husband and I were busy in our work, we seldom went to see her. Three months ago, Mrs. Black died. To our surprised, her husband came to thank to us for keeping Rose one day. He said in the past several months, Rose went to accompany his wife every day before my husband and I went to work. With she around, his wife felt so warm and wasn’t in so much pain. I never knew that. That Rose did was really heart-warming.

第二节：书面表达（满分30分）

阅读下面漫画，先描述漫画的内容，然后重点描述这一现象并发表自己的看法。

注意：

1）词数要求:不少于120词。

2）参照图中文字所给提示，作必要的发挥想象。

3）内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯。

4）作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。