安徽省宿州符离中学2012届高三英语第二次模拟考试新人教版

1、用心 爱心 专心 1 安徽省宿州符离中学 2012 届高三第二次模拟考试 英语试题 听力（略） 单项选择：（ 共 20 小题，每题 1 分，满分 20 分 ） 21 Winning the hosting of the 2010 World Expo is _ great victory not only for Shanghai citizens, but for _ people of the whole Chinese nation A/; / B a; / C a; the D the; a 22 _ the weather, the sports meet of our school

2、 was held on time last month ADue to B Regardless of C Apart from D In favor of 23At the press conference held after the match, the winner _ his opponent s courage A awarded B saluted C rewarded D viewed 24 Unless _ we ll Bhave to shut down some branch companies for lack of money A discussed finance

3、d C encouraged D renamed 25 Hearing what he said was recorded by the recorder, I found nothing to say _ his action A in honor B in need of C in case of D in defence of 26. I think you should have let him finish his speech, _ you disagreed with him. A. whatever B. wherever C. no matter what 27. -Do y

4、ou think you will give me a hand in time of trouble? - I d like to do something for you _ everything you A. in exchange B. in turn C. in return for 28. Della, with a sad smile on her face, lay on the grass with arms under her small head. A. crossing B. crosses C. to cross D. crossed 29. The door _ o

5、pen, no matter how hard grandma pushed. A. wouldn t B. couldn t C. mightn t D. shouldn t 30. He _ some money for old age every month. A. puts down B. puts away C. puts forward D. puts up 31. Last week, I bought an interesting story book, _ very beautiful. A. which cover B. the cover of which C. its

6、cover of whose 32. I ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a li 33. Those who are _ their present situations will surely make no more advances in life. A. content to B. satisfied of C. pleased to D. content with 34. In the eastern part of New Jersey _ , a major American shipping cen

7、ter. A. the city of Elizabeth lies B. lies the city of Elizabeth C. does the city of Elizabeth lie D. the city of Elizabeth lie 35. - Today we re to have the sec ond test before the College Entrance Exam in ati ons. A. Con gratulati ons B. Best wishes C. Good luck D. Come D. however much her beautif

8、ul-looking D. the cover ttle _ A. wait B. time C. patience D. rest 用心 爱心 专心 2 on 第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 （A、B C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项。 It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor s degree, graduating with honors 36 working tw

9、o jobs and being a wife and mother. My 37 and five-year-old son were in the audienee when I walked onto the stage at Ashla nd Uni versity to get my diploma. I was so excited and 38 to _ be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family s well -being. But whe n I got back home that eve

10、 ning, there was a 39 from my husband. It basically said he d come to get his clothes and wouldn t be 40 . We d been hav ing trouble, but the fin ality of that note still came as a shock. He had 41 _ our bank acco unt. We were horribly in debt. I had 42 my previous jobs in expectati on of in terview

11、i ng for a teach ing positi on. 43 , I was eight months preg nant. Most young women have an 44 picture of the happy-go- lucky life they re going to live. But no one ever sits you down and says that s not 45 and sometimes life is just extremely ugly. It all caved in for me that ni ght. I was embarras

12、sed, scared, and angry and felt I had 46 . _ But I had my son, and I was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my deep 47 , I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, prepared breakfast, and basically did 48 I always did. I used my 49 to

13、 keep memoving. After being in the military for six years, I guess you can say I fell back on my training, like all good 50 do in tough situations. And in the past seven years, I ve continued moving 51 . I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master s degree in education, and 52 my babies g

14、row to twelve and seven. I certainly would never have chosen to 53 them through this, but in review, I m glad it happened to me when it did. It helped me to 54 my voice and myself a lot soon er. It helped me 55 in dependent, and con fide nt things I m hopefully implanting（ 灌输 ）now in my children. 36

15、. A. through B. for C. by D. despite 37. A. pare nts B. daughter C. husband D. family 38. A. pleasa nt B. proud C. surprised D. worried 39. A. letter B. message C. note D. mail 40. A. out B. off C. back D. away 41. A. emptied B. stole n C. opened D. erased 42. A. obtai ned B. quitted C. offered D. f

16、ou nd 43. A. Thus B. Therefore C. Nevertheless D. Moreover 44. A. impressive B. ideal C. excit ing D. i ntellige nt 45. A. reality B. practice C. possibility D. fact 46. A. died B. decli ned C. failed D. fini shed 47. A. sympathy B. feeling C. love D. sadness 48. A. something B. anything C. nothing

17、D. everything 49. A. routine B. rule C. mind D. story 用心 爱心 专心 3 50. A. workers B. soldiers C. teachers D. mothers 51. A. backward B. downward C. forward D. outward 52. A. saw B. watched C. noticed D. found 53. A. look B. let C. break D. put 54. A. find B. lose C. lower D. raise 55. A. stay B. grow

18、C. remain D. keep 六、 阅读理解： ( 共 20 个小题，每小题 2 分 ，满分 40 分 ) A You know, these cups bring to mind a tea quote （ 说法 ） I heard. Marys aunt said. She poured tea. There were four of them and there were four totally different cups on the table. They grabbed their tea cups. What quote? Mary asked. “ Well, may

19、be I should rather say it is a story, Aunt said, “ I heard there was this wise teacher who took all his students for tea. They were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher let them do

20、 that for a while and then said: Do you notice your behaviors? You are all looking at each others tea cup and I can see some of you with the chipped （ 残缺的 ） ones are even envious of the finer cups of others. Is this not so? The students agreed, amused by their own behaviors. “You may have wondered w

21、hy you all had different cups, but I put them here on purpose. You see - they represent life itself. Life is, like that tea - and the cups are like the physical circumstances of your life. You all got the same thing in your cup - tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of anothers cup. I

22、ts just the same with life. You forget to enjoy your own life when you concentrate on envying the circumstances of someone else s life. So now, close your eyes, and taste your own tea. Really taste it. And tell me - Did it matter from which cup it came? Aunt finished telling her short tea story and

23、they all sat in silence for a while, savoring （ 品味 ） their tea. A sleepy fly buzzed past; a bird sang in the tree. And it really did not matter one bit from which tea cup they drank. 56. When the students found that they had different tea cups, they _ . A. were satisfied with their own cups B. were

24、angry about the chipped cups they had been given C. asked the teacher to get new cups for them D. were curious about the difference between the cups 57. From the text, we can conclude that _ . A. the teacher prepared different tea cups for each student B. the teacher should have given the students t

25、he same tea cups C. the chipped tea cups were actually made of better materials D. each student took their rime to choose a cup they liked 58. By comparing the cups to the physical circumstances of people s lives, the teacher meant that people_ . A. should nt focus on the physical circumstances only

26、 用心 爱心 专心 4 B. cant cha nge their physical circumsta nces C. should try differe nt ways of life D. should always be prepared for stra nge things in life 59. The teachers message to the stude nts was that _ . A. life is actually hard and bori ng for every one B. it is n atural to be en vious of the l

27、ives of others C. every one should lear n to enjoy life D. people act differe ntly in differe nt circumsta nces B The owls （ 猫头鹰）were not what they seem, or so many people seem to think . For cen turies, owls have bee n feared and see n as sig ns of evil or death. But they are also seen as symbols o

28、f intelligenee. The birds ability to see well in the ni ght means that it is closely associated with Athe na, the Greek goddess of wisdom, She is frequently described as an owl perched （ 栖息 ） on her head. So huma ni zed owls are ofte n used to in dicate that some one is in tellige nt and educated -a

29、 pair of eyeglasses or a mortarboard, the square, flat cap worn by college graduates. According to an article in The Guardian, owls are among the most popular birds in British culture. Yousee them in Harry Potter series, delivering letters and parcels. They are also the stars of Lege nd of the Guard

30、ia ns, a 3D ani mated film that cam out on September 24, 2010. Mark Cocker, a columnist （ 专栏作家）with the paper, notes that many TV dramas use owls. Why? The answer, according to Cocker, is that owls belong to nighttime. Its a time of mystery. Owls fly in silenee, kill small animals for food and screa

31、m with a terrible voice. These facts made people associate the birds with the dark and dan gerous. Cocker believes that it is this slight tremble of dan ger that means the bird is ofte n found on T-shirts and bags. Of all widespread British birds, they are still the species we hear most, but see the

32、 least, writes Cocker. The owl reminds us as we lie in our beds that in the dark ness is a life and a beati ng heart that we can n ever quite kno w. 60. Owls are regarded as symbols of in tellige nee mainly because _ . A. they can see very well B. they are conn ected with Athe na C. they are able to

33、 deliver letters and parcels D. they remi nd us what college graduates wear 61. Accord ing to Mark Cock, many TV dramas use owls because_ . A. they scream with a frightful voice at ni ght B. British people are familiar with them C. they create a feeli ng of mystery and dan ger D. they awake the desi

34、re to take risks 62. The underlined word the paper in Paragraph 6 most probably refers to _ . A. The Guardian B. Harry Potter C. Legend of the Guardians D. Athena 63. What is the writing purpose of this passage? 用心 爱心 专心 5 A. To explain why owls are so associated with evil or death. B. To analyze wh

35、y owls are so common in British culture. C. To tell readers not to be afraid of owls. D. To recommend some movies related to owls. C The results of LIT CRIT magazines poll （ 民意测验 ） to find the greatest American authors of all time. Top five most popular biographical details. Mark Twain 1835 - 1910 T

36、he Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A boy travels down the Mississippi with a runaway slave. Real name: Samuel Clements. He was a printer and a river-boat pilot before moving to San Francisco to work as a reporter. He traveled widely, and the expectations of his world tour are recorded in The Innocent

37、s Abroad Herman Melville 1809 - 1891 Moby Dick Story Of a sea captain fascinated with finding a famous white whale. After working as a teacher and a farmhand, in1839 he went to sea and joined the U. S. Navy. His books reflect his life at sea and his thoughts on faith and God. During his life, he was

38、 more famous in Great Britain than in the U. S. Ernest Hemingway 1899 - 1961 For Whom the Bell Tolls Based on the writers experiences as a reporter in the Spanish Civil War. Best known for his novels, but it was his short stories that first attracted attention. He wrote about hard men（bullfighters,

39、boxers, hard-drinkers） and showed how courage and honesty are often lost in a modern society without hope and faith. F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896 - 1940 Tender is the Night Moving stories of a psychiatrist （ 精神病医师 ） and his wife that reflects the writers own marriage to Zelda. The author of The Great Ga

40、tsby wrote his first story for a school paper at the age of 13. He travelled widely and made vacations on the French Riviera. His problems with alcohol and depression are described in The Crack-up. 64. What is the name of the author who once worked on a farm? A. Mark Twain B. Herman Melville C. F. S

41、cott Fitzgerald D. Ernest Hemingway 65. What is the title of the book about an authors experiences in Spain?用心 爱心 专心 6 B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. For Whom the Bell Tolls. D. Tender is the Night. 66. What is the most popular book by the writer of The Innocents Abroad? A. The Adventures

42、of Huckleberry Finn. B. Tender is the Night C. Moby Dick. D. For Whom the Bell Tolls. 67. Which writer wrote his first story for a school paper? A. Edgar Allen Poe B. Herman Melville C. Ernest Hemingway D.F. Scott Fitzgerald D Certainly no creature in the sea is stranger than the common sea cucumber

43、 （ 海参 ）. All living creatures, especially human beings, have their features, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about an unusual eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered eatable? For some fifty million years in spite of all its st

44、range features, the sea cucumber has lived on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow Water, or on the surface of mud flats. in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to suck up mud or sand and digest what

45、ever nutrients are present. Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, black to reddish-brown to sand-color and nearly white. One form even has vivid purple feelers. Usually the creature are cucumber-shaped - where their name comes from - and because they live in rocks, this shape, combined with fle

46、xibility, enables them to press into crevices （ 缝隙 ） where they are safe from animal eater and ocean currents. Although they have greedy desire for food, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the ability to become still and live at a low metabolic （ 新陈代谢 ） rate - feeding s little or not at all fo

47、r long periods, so that the living things in the ocean that provide their food have chance to increase by a large amount. If it were not for this natural ability, they would swallow all the food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence. But the most impressive

48、thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies are fish and crabs. When attacked, it forces all its organs in its body out into water. It also removes attached structures such as feelers. The sea cucumber will get rid of its organs and grow itself again if it is attacke

49、d or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted. 68. According to the passage, why is the shape of sea cucumbers important? A. It makes them attractive to fish. B. It helps them to digest their food. C. it helps them to pro

50、tect themselves from danger. D. it makes it easier for them to move through the mud. 69. The fourth paragraph of the passage mainly discusses _ . A. the reproduction of sea cucumbers B. the food sources of sea cucumbers A. Moby Dick. animal that eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but

51、can live without Common 用心 爱心 专心 7 C. the eating habits of sea cucumbers D. the danger to sea cucumbers用心 爱心 专心 8 existence 70. What can he inferred about the defense system of the sea cucumber? A. They are similar to those of most sea creatures, B. They are very sensitive to the surroundings. C. Th

52、ey require group cooperation. D. They are almost useless. 71. What would be the best tithe for the text? A. The Variety of Sea Cucumbers B. The Sources of Sea Cucumbers C. The Similarity of Sea D. The Strange Creature - Sea Cucumbers E Most people agree that the direct, overconfident American person

53、ality is a virtue, but it sometimes surprises foreigners. In many cultures, respect for older people or those in positions of authority （ 权威 ） keeps others from expressing their true feelings. But in the U.S. children often argue with their parents, students may disagree with their teachers, and cit

54、izens may express opposition to the actions of the government. If the soup has a fly in it or the meat is too tough to chew, the diner can complain to the waiter, if the boss makes a mistake, an employee will politely point it out. Some straight talk about the American personality must include the a

55、dmission that Americans have their faults. The extremely competitive nature of Americans is probably their worst fault. Of course, competition isnt always bad. As a matter of fact, it promotes excellence by encouraging individuals and businesses to try to do their best. But the desire to get ahead o

56、f others sometimes causes people to do things that are unkind and even dishonest. Also, Americans admire what is practical, fast, efficient, and fresh. Sometimes they fail to understand and appreciate practices that have greater respect for more traditional, leisurely （ 不 慌不忙的 ） ways of doing things

57、. On the other hand, people from other cultures may dislike the practical, challenging American lifestyle. Americans are generally viewed as friendly, adaptable, energetic, Most newcomers to the U.S. like Americans, and the feeling is usually mutual （ 互的 ）. Perhaps the greatest American virtue is a

58、deep interest people. In a nation of immigrants, the foreigner does not remain an outsider for long. 72. In order to show the respect for older people, _ . A. people from some other cultures will always express their true feelings B. people from some other cultures may sometimes hide their true feel

59、ings C. Americans always show their true feelings D. Americans usually argue with them 73. Whyis the extremely competitive nature considered as one of the American faults? A. Because people from other cultures fear competition. B. Because only American people own it. C. Because it will make people f

60、orget leisure. D. Because it may sometimes urge people to do something bad. 74. It can be in ferred from the passage that _ . A. American people are more critical of everything than people from other cultures Despite culture differences, most foreigners give Americans credit for their virtues. and k