湖北省部分重点中学2012届高三英语上学期期中联考试题【会员独享】

1、湖北省部分重点中学2012届高三上学期期中联考试题（英语）注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。3非选择题的作答：用钢笔或黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。选择题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分

2、75分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1Where will the woman go first?ATo her house. BTo a bank. CTo a telephone booth.2What does the woman advise the man to do?ATo choose a proper color.BTo dress professionally. CTo reconsider the style.3W

3、hat are the speakers doing?AEnjoying the scenery. BCommenting on a novel. CWatching a movie.4Why was the woman late?AHer roommate told her a wrong timeBShe wasn't informed of the time changeCShe forgot the time change5What does the man mean?AHe doesn't know the contents of the noteBHe didn&#

4、39;t notice anythingCHe is in the dark room第二节 （共15小题；每题15分，满分225分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What is wrong with the girl's mother?AShe has got some heart problemsBShe has put on too much w

5、eightCShe feels sick after doing housework7Why doesn't Peter do exercises?AHe is too tired after workBHe is too lazyCHe can't spare the time听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8When does the conversation probably take place?AAt the beginning of a term.BIn the middle of a term.CAt the end of a term.9What makes t

6、he woman worried?AShe failed her French examBShe may get a poor score in FrenchCHer grade point average isn't satisfactory10What will the woman probably do?ADo a lot of practice with the manBMake a call to her French teacherCAsk the man's friend for help听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11What are the speake

7、rs mainly talking about?AOld people's work.BThe staffs living conditionsCThe features of a department store12Why don't old people in the Reynolds want to retire?AThey have to support themselvesBThey are interested in their workCThey enjoy working with young people13What is said about Reynold

8、s?AIt is the largest department store in the cityBIt respects the staffs willingness in some aspectsCIt provides everything people want for the office听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14Where are the speakers probably?AIn the hospital BIn a gym CIn a studio.15According to the man, how can people reduce stress?ABy tr

9、ying a new way of lifeB By taking some sleeping pillsCBy changing the way of dong exercise.16What does the man advise people to do?ATo have a rest during the dayBTo run down the stairs.CTo take a 5 - minute walk at lunchtime听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Which was important in Egyptian religion?AGod BLove CNat

10、ure18What do we know about Bast?AShe was an animal. BShe was in charge of love. CShe had the body of a cat.19Why did the Egyptians preserve a dead person's body?AThey did it in memory of the personBThey wished the person to come back homeCThey believed the person could live another life20What di

11、d the Egyptians do before they buried a dead person?AThey wrapped him in quiltBThey put something he had used with himCThey placed a mask made of jewellery over his face第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。21In order to protect the environmen

12、t, people are greatly encouraged to travel by public .Atransport Bservice Cmeans Dtraffic22A sense of _ is the basic requirement for people working in the service industry, suchas education and health careAagreement Battention Ccarefulness Ddevotion23Getting more information on how to use these tool

13、s can _ your chances of successAraise Bmultiply Cadd Dgain24After three weeks' adjustment to the new environment, he managed to accustom himself to be more _with peopleAin relief Bat ease Cin peace Dat stake25The chairman asked me to _ the report, because he didn't want to speak for too long

14、 at this meetingAcut out Bcut away Ccut off Dcut down26Pollution has reached _ high levels in some urban areas, which is quite worryingAdisturbingly Bslightly Cexactly Dflexibly27His contribution to the boy's welfare was to _ him for the world in which he would liveAintend Bmake Cequip Dprovide2

15、8The government needs to _ the interests of different groups of people to avoid conflicts and see to it that people live safe and happy livesAseek Bbalance Cidentify Dcombine29Poor preparations and shortage of equipment _ their failure of climbing to the top of the mountainAresulted from Bbrought ou

16、t Caccounted for Dapproved of30In my opinion, he is a（n） _ person, that is, he says exactly what he thinksAmodest Bhonest Coutspoken Deasy going第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3150各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In the course of our lives, someone with whom we got acquainted （结识）

17、by accident often inspires usEarly one morning, I opened the window to find that the sun was splashed 31 .The sunshine warmed my face, making it comfortableI started to play my beloved violinMy mind was quite 32 , my spirit firm, and my mood entirely free of 33 When I was playing the climax to the p

18、iece, a 34 from next door 35 my attentionI was enchanted （着迷的） and had a 36 idea: "How wonderful if we played together!'' I began to play 37 by Beethoven with my neighbor, one piece after anotherWe played together so well that I was 38 about how she or he lookedI 39 a kind of facial tic

19、（痉挛）Each time I thought about our 40 together, I would move my lip, completely inadvertently （不经意地）.However, I couldn't 41 why the violinist next door never responded when I knocked on the doorI was _42_ disappointedA year later, I took part in a violin competitionAt the event, I made a new frie

20、nd, whose name was Rita"Let's welcome contestant number 10, Rita," the master of the ceremony 43 This girl, who was my 44 , was deaf and dumb, but she had played the violin for eight years!I saw Rita 45 walk onto the stageShe put the violin 46 her neck and shoulder and began to perform

21、" The melody is so familiar I" I said to myselfIt was unbelievable that a girl who was deaf and dumb could play such marvelous musicThe audience warmly 47 herWhat was even harder to believe was that the girl was my neighbor！ It was fate that we 48 meet and become friends!Rita's story m

22、ade me 49 that life is not always sunny or poetic; sometimes there are violent storms and setbacksHowever, no matter 50 you suffer, believe in yourself and striveYou can succeed31Asomewhere Banywhere Ceverywhere Dnowhere32Afocused Bdetermined Cabsorbed Dsettled33Asorrow Bworry Cdoubt Dimagination34A

23、sound Bvoice Cmusic Dnoise35Apaid Bgot Ctook Dcame36Aspecial Bunique Cstrange Dcrazy37Aproducts Bpieces Ccollections Daccomplishments38Apositive Banxious Ceager Dcurious39Asuffered Bbecame Cdeveloped Dtransmitted40Aplaying Bsinging Creading Dknocking41Afind out Bfigure out Csort out Dpick out42Aeven

24、tually Bnearly Cextremely Dinstantly43Adeclared Bclaimed Cstated Dannounced44Aage Bneighbor Cfriend Didol45Acarefully Bquickly Cslowly Dnervously46Aon Bbetween Cover Daround47Apraised Bembraced Ccalled Dapplauded48Amust Bwould Cmight Dshould49Aconvince Bacquire Csuppose Drealize50Ahow Bwhether Cwhat

25、 Dwhich第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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。AA DECADE after terror struck America, we are starting to move forwardIt has been 10 yearsIn those awful days right after 9/11, I asked my colleague, Dave Barry, if he thought he would ever write jokes again He was then

26、 the humor columnist for the Miami Herald"For the last week," he told me, "I haven't even tried to write anything funny, and for a while I thought maybe I never would, or should"He had it; we all had itthat feeling of being stuck, unable to find your way back to the life you

27、had lived beforeI wrote 10 columns in a row about what I had seen, the planes crashing, the ives lostFinally, I had to force myself to write a column about something that was not terrorThat last one columnThen I went right back to what was now normalThat was a decade agoToday's terrors become to

28、morrow's memories News becomes history And I find myself remembering how I used to kill ants when I was a childThe thing that truck me was that they always came backEven if you destroy their world a hundred times, theybuild it a hundred and one timesThere is something of that in peopleIt may be

29、one of the best things about usWe always fight the curle things in life, bury our dead, rebuild, and find a way to move forwardWe did it when fire burned down Chicago, after the earthquake in San Francisco, and after the floods in New OrleansAnd we did it on September 11It is true that we have chang

30、ed in ways that are not all goodWe are at war on three fronts We are running a strange prison on CubaThe government may not tell you whyOsama bin Laden is deadExperts tell us the terror group he led is weakenedHowever, terrorism remains alive in American political thought, which is becoming more ext

31、remeThere is reason to be worried about these changesBut I am still grateful that we moved away from the 9/11 nightmare at all51Which phrase can be used to describe Dave Barry's feeling just after 9/11?Aheartbroken and hopeless Bfrightened but hopefulCunable to care or focus Dsad but confident52

32、From Paragraph 3, we can conclude that .Athe author was so shaken that he stopped writing completelyBthere was no terrorism in America before 9/11Cfor some time Americans found it difficult to think about anything other than terrorDno one ever feels safe anymore53With the example of ants, the author

33、 aims to show that .Ahe misses his happy childhoodBpeople can rebuild and recover, just like antsChe is sorry that he killed the antsDrebuilding is more important than sadness54According to the last part of the article, the author's main point is thatAterrorism has influenced the government too

34、muchBpeople should look on the bright sideCterrorism will continue to existDno changes are ever completely goodBQuestion: My ninth grade art teacher doesn't give any grade above 94% because, she says, "There is always room for improvement" In previous years, I earned a 99 % and a 100%T

35、he 94 I received this term does not reflect the hard work that I put into this courseBecause of her improvement theory, I got a lower grade than I deserveIs her grading philosophy ethical?Answer; Your teachers grading system may be unwise, but it is not unethicalA teacher deserves wide latitude in s

36、electing the method of grading that best promotes learning in her classroom , that is, after all, the prime function of gradesIt is she who has the training and experience to make this decisionAssuming that your teacher is neither biased （有偏见的） nor corrupt and that her system conforms （J顺应） to schoo

37、l rules, you can't fault her ethicsYou can criticize her methodologyA 100 need not imply that there is no possibility of improvement, only that a student successfully completes the course workA ninth grader could get a well-earned 100 in English class but still have a way to go before she writes

38、 as well as Jane AustenWhat's more, grades are not only an educational device but are also part of a screening system to help assign kids to their next class or programBy capping her grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a stu

39、dent's chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top collegeWhat it is wrong to condemn her for is overlooking your hard workYour diligence is worthy of encouragement, but effort does not equal accomplishmentIf scholars suddenly discovered that Rembrandt had dashed off " The Night W

40、atch" in an afternoon, it would still be " The Night Watch"I could spend months sweating over my own paintings, but I'd produce something you wouldn't want to hang in your living roomOr your garage55The ninth-grader thought that his art teacher should .Ahave given him a 100 Bh

41、ave given him a grade above 94Chave been more ethical Dhave been fairer56According to the answer, a teacher has the freedomAto give students any grade he/she wantsBto give students lower gradesCto give students reasonable gradesDto select the method of grading57We learn from the answer that a studen

42、t who gets a 100 .Awon't improve any moreBmust successfully complete the course workCshould still work hard and keep improvingDcan write as iell as Jane Austen58The example of Rembrandt's painting suggests thatAA distinction should be made between diligence and accomplishmentBRembrandt was a

43、 good painterCThe Night Watch was carelessly paintedDWe should learn from RembrandtCA new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the USAmy Chua, the author of the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law SchoolShe is also a mother of tw

44、oChua describes the child-rearing methods she used with her daughtersShe said they would seem unimaginable to WesternersChua set strict standards for her daughtersFor example, in school they weren't allowed to make grades lower than AsThey had to play piano or violin and practice hours a dayTher

45、e were no sleepovers, play dates or TVThere has been wide criticism of Chua's book in the US" It is kind of extreme," Jeffrey Seinfeld, a professor at New York University, told the Los Angles Times"standards of parenting need to be realistic and tailored to each childChildren need

46、 parents who can guide them, not force them to do things they are probably not interested in"Now the criticism seems to have spread to ChinaSun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his concernsHe argued that Chua's method of pa

47、renting would limit children from reaching their full potential"Some Chinese parents do focus on test scores and good degrees," Sun said"but what gets sacrificed along the way is their kids' capacity fully to develop and to enjoy life"While critics might sympathize with kids

48、who experience this parenting style, some young people quite appreciate it" I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough," said 17-year-old Li Ao, a Senior 3 student at Qingdao No2 High School"A tiger mother is there to halp her kids work hard"Others think that Chua has a

49、point when it comes to setting challenging goals for kids"It's crucial for children," according to Abigail Gewirtz, a professor of family science at the University of MinnesotaShe told CNN: " Honestly, kids need to be pushed sometimesIf you push a kid to do well, and they're g

50、ood at it, they benefitIt's good to have high expectations"59Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?AMost children don't need strict standards to do wellBChua's educating method is widely accepted in ChinaCSupporters of Amy Chua believe in high expectatio

51、nsD Most children welcome challenging goals60The underlined word crucial could be replaced by .Ahelpful Bcruel Cunfair Dimportant61Which of the following statements might Jeffrey Seinfeld agree with?AChildren need to be pushed to succeedBThe tiger mother is no longer popular in American societyCPare

52、nts should take their children into account when they give them guidanceDExtreme parenting produces children who do not know themselves when grown up62What is the main point of the article?AAn unreasonable parenting styleBA debate on Chinese-style tough parentingCBook reviews of Battle Hymn of the T

53、iger MotherDThe strict standards that should be set for childrenDA shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the worldThe boy walked a long way, and finally came upon a beautiful castle where the wise man livedRather than finding a saintly man, though, our

54、 hero, on entering the main room of the castle , saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went, people were chatting in the corners and a small orchestra was playing soft musicThe wise man talked with everyone, and the boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turnThe wise man listened carefully to the boy's explanation of why he had come, but told him that he didn't have time just then to explain the secret of happinessHe suggested the bo