2012届高三上学期英语期末测试模拟试题

1、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15小题；每小题1分，共15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。21How are you getting on with your classmates?_Ive got to know them allAVery good                       

2、;             BMuch pleasedCVery comfortable                          DFar better22The wings of the plane，which str

3、etched out for 80 feet，were _ of its bodyAmore than the length twice             Bmore than twice the lengthCtwice the length more than             Dtwice more than the length23He

4、kept all his letters in a _ boxAmetal strong black                        Bstrong metal blackCblack strong metal            &

5、#160;           Dstrong black metal24We can go to the cinema as soon as we _ supperAhave                           

6、                 Bhave hadCwill have                              

7、0;       Dhad25She _ writing the report after breakfast and handed it in at noonAset about                              

8、        Bset downCset out                                        

9、 Dset off26You ought _ the matter to the manager the day before yesterdayAto report                                    &

10、#160; Bto reportingCto have reported                           Dhave purported27Johnson，therere a lot of chairs over there Go and fetch _ for meWhy _? Mike is sitting the

11、re doing nothingsAthat；not he     Bone；me          Cit；not him      Dsome；I28Alice came back home the day before yesterdayReally? Where _ at all?Ahad she been    Bhad she gone    C

12、has she gone    Dhas she been29If that was _ he told you，he was telling liesAwhat               Bit                   &#

13、160; Cwhich              Dthat30Id like to go to the cinema with you，DadSorry，my darling，but the film is _ for adults onlyAPromised         Bpermitted       

14、60; Cadmitted          Dintended31Close attention is _ present movements is the international money marketAbeing paid to    Bpaying to          Cbeing paid for   Dpaying for32How can yo

15、u know so much about whats going on in that country?Ive got a friend living there who always keeps me _Ainforming                               &

16、#160;     Bto be informedCbeing informed                             Dinformed33_，I had no difficulty in finding the famous actors houseADir

17、ecting by                                 BI was directed by JackCWith Jack directing me        

18、0;         DJack directed me34Peter is very angry about _ to the partyAnot inviting                             

19、60;     Bnot being invitedCbeing not invited                           Dnot to be invited35The house which he bought in 1999，_ he sold two years later

20、，is again on the marketAand that           Bwhich              Cand which        Dwhen第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分；共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项

21、中，选出最佳选项。Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago，I was filled with excitement of having the weekend offBut I was 36 into stillness by what I sawMother was seated at the far end of the sofa， 37 ，with the second-hand green typewriter on the tableShe told me that she couldnt type fast

22、and then she was out of workMy shock and embarrassment (尴尬) at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 38 I understood the pressures on herSitting beside her on the sofa，I began very 39 to understand“I guess we all have to 40 sometimes” Mother said quietlyI could 41 her pain and the tensi

23、on (紧张) of 42 the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrivalSuddenly，something inside me 43 I reached out and put my arms around herShe broke thenShe put her face 44 my shoulder and sobbed (啜泣)I held her 45 and didnt try to talkI knew I was doing what I should，what I could 46 it was enoughI

24、n that moment，feeling mothers  47 with feelings，I understood for the first time，her being so easy to 48 She was still my mother， 49 she was something 50 ，a person having the ability of bearing fear， 51 and failureI could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I so

25、ught 52 in her armsA week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 53 “Its a job I can do，though，” she said simplyBut the evening practice on the old green typewriter continuedI had a very 54  feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tappin

26、g 55 across the paperI knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type36Atired    Bashamed          Clazy                 Dshocked

27、37Acrying    Bsmiling             Cthinking           Dwhispering38Aeagerly      Bworriedly         Clittle

28、60;                Dmuch39Aquickly   Bslowly             Csuddenly          Dproudly40Afail   

29、Bwin                 Cfall sick           Dgive in41Aknow of      Bwatch            &

30、#160; Csense               Drecognize42Aholding back    Bputting away    Csitting up         Dstopping from43Alit up    Bcame true  

31、60;      Cturned             Dincreased44Ato      Bup                   Cthrough   &#

32、160;       Dagainst45Athoughtfully     Btightly       Ccarefully          Dpolitely46Aand that           Bnow that  

33、;   Cbut that            Dso that47Ahand   Bface          Chair                 Dback48Acontent 

34、;   Bbreak         Cfall                  Dunderstand49Atherefore          Bhowever      &

35、#160;   Cyet        Dthough50Amore               Bmuch      Clittle               

36、60; Dhuge51Awound             Bdefeat              Ccut                  Dhurt52Akindness&

37、#160;         Bmemory           Ccomfort           Dsupport53Asupplied           Boffered   

38、60;        Cpaid for           Dcontributed54Adifferent          Bhard       Cpleasant         

39、  Dserious55Aoff    Baway               Cout                 Dthrough第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题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

40、项。AA desert is a land of silence and spaceThe sun shines，she wind blows，and time and space seem endlessNothing is soft，the sand and rocks are hard，and many of the plants even have hard needles rather than leavesThe size and location of the worlds deserts are always changingOver millions of years，as

41、climates change and mountains rise，new dry and wet areas appearBut within the last hundred years，deserts have been increasing at a frightening speedThis is partly because of natural changes，but those most responsible for creating deserts are human beingsIn the 19th century some people living in the

42、English colonies (殖民地) in Australia introduced rabbits into that continent from EnglandToday there are millions of rabbits that eat every plant in sightThe great desert that lies in the center of Australia is growing，Partly due to the rabbitsHuman beings can make deserts，but they also can prevent th

43、em from getting biggerIn China，wind breaks are being built in the northwest to keep the desert from growingDeserts still threaten the worldIt is believed that land that is on the way to becoming desert equals the size of AustraliaRussia，and the United States put togetherCan we stop the spread of the

44、 worlds deserts and save the land that is so important to mankind? Yes，we canAnd we must56Which statement is TRUE according to the text?ANot every thing is hard in desertsBIn deserts time and space are endlessCTrees in deserts do not have big leavesDYou can only feel winds blow across deserts57From

45、the text we can tell the reason for the increasing of desert in Australia is partly that _Athere are too many cattleBthere are too many peopleCthere are too many sheep and goatsDthere are too many rabbits58The writer believes that _Adesert is a big problem to human beings and there will be no way ou

46、tBman will find a way to control the desertCman will kill a number of rabbits to reduce desert areasDbirth-control will help to control the increasing of desertBLiving and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days，but living and dealing with parents can be even tougherIf I have learned anythin

47、g in my 16 years，it is that communication is very important，both when you disagree and when you get alongWith any relationship，you need to let other person know how you are feelingIf you are not able to communicate，you drift (漂浮) apartWhen you are angry with your parents，or anyone else，not talking t

48、o them doesnt solve (解决) anythingCommunication begins with the concerns of anotherIt means that you cant just come home from school，go up to your room and take no notice of anyoneEven if you just say “hi”，and see how their day is for five minutes，it is better than nothingTo have a good relationship，

49、you must keep communication strongLet people know how you feel，even if its just writing a noteWhen dealing with parents，you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parentIf you are trying to make them see something as you see it，tell them that youll listen to what they have

50、to say，and ask them politely to listen to youShouting or walking away only makes the situation worseThis is an example: One night，Sophie went to a street party with her friendsShe knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks，but she didnt feel she could just ask to go homeThat would be ru

51、deAfter all，they had been nice enough to take her along with themNeedless to say，she was late getting homeHer parents were unhappy at first，but when Sophie explained why she was late，they let the incident goCommunication was the key factor hereIf Sophies parents had not been willing to listen，Sophie

52、 would have been in a lot of troubleCommunication isn't a one-way deal: it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie's, tell the other person how you feel listening is key factors to communication59In the writers view，dealing with parents is _ than with childrenA

53、more difficult                               BeasierCmore uninteresting             &

54、#160;          Dmore interesting60The main idea of the second paragraph is _Athe importance of friendshipBto make your feeling known to othersCthe importance of communicationDthe disagreement between generations61When parents and children are in communica

55、tion，the key to a happy relationship is that _Achildren should always obey their parentsBparents play the leading partCthey should be equalDparents make the children know their feelings62The example in this passage proves that _ASophies parents are willing to listen to herBSophie is very polite to h

56、er parentsCSophie did well in explaining her being lateDcommunication is the way out of misunderstandingCWithout proper planning，tourism can cause problemsFor example，too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of the countryIf tourists create too much traffic，

57、the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappyThey begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitelyThey forget how much tourism can help the countrys economyIt is important to think about the people of a destination (旅行目的地) country and how tourism affects themTourism should help a country keep the

58、 customs and beauty that attract touristsTourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitantsToo much tourism can be a problemIf tourism grows too quickly，people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industryThis means that other parts of the countrys economy can sufferOn

59、 the other hand，if there is not enough tourism，people can lose jobsBusinesses can also lose moneyIt costs a great deal of money to build large hotelsAirports，first-class roads，and other support facilities (配套设施) needed by tourist attractionsFor example，a major international class tourism hotel can c

60、ost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to buildIf this room is not used most of the time，the owners of the hotel will lose moneyBuilding a hotel is just a beginningThere must be many other support facilities as well，including roads to get to the hotel，electricity，sewers (下水道) to handle waste，an

61、d waterAll of these support facilities cost moneyIf they are not used because there are not enough tourists，jobs and money are lost63Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?AIt is extremely important to develop tourismBBuilding roads and hotels is imp

62、ortantCSupport facilities are highly necessaryDPlanning is of great importance to tourism64The underlined word “inhabitants” (in Paragraph 1) probably means _Acitizens       BpassengersCpopulation         Dtourists65Too much touri

63、sm can cause all these problems EXCEPT _Aa bad effect on other industriesBa change of tourists customsCover-crowdedness of places of interestDpressure on traffic66It can be inferred from the text that _Athe author doesnt like tourism developing so fastBlocal people will benefit from tourist attracti

64、onCother parts of a countrys economy wont benefit from tourism muchDwe cant build too many support facilities67The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will _Awaste a lot of moneyBweaken their economyChelp establish (确立) their customsDhelp improve their lifeDSo whats the ad

65、jective (形容词) most commonly used by teenagers to describe how they feel about school?“Bored”，according to a Gallup Poll reportIn a recent online survey，Gallup asked 785 students aged 13 to 17 to look over a list of adjectives and choose the three that best describe “how you usually feel at school”“B

66、ored” was the clear winner，named by half the students，beating out “tired”，which was picked by 42 percentGirls and boys were equally uninterested，and 16-and 17-year-olds were more often bored and tired and less often happy in school than the 13-to 15-year-oldsStudents who say they drink alcohol (酒) a

67、re even more bored than those who dontSixty-three percent of student drinkers said they were bored in school and 50 percent were tiredOnly 19 percent said they were happy in school，compared with 36 percent of the teetotalersTied for third on the list of adjectives were “happy” and “challenged”，each

68、named by 31 percent of respondents“Pressured” was ranked fifth，named by 28 percent of the students so three of the five most commonly named terms reflect negative attitudes about schoolGallup also asked the same age group，with 439 responding，about how their parents would punish them for a serious of

69、fense (过错)，like drinking alcohol or stealing，and for a less serious offense，like cursing (说脏话)In both cases，most teenagers reported that they would be grounded or have their privileges (优待) taken awayOnly 8 percent said their parents would “beat me” for drinking or stealingAnd 3 percent said they “w

70、ould never do those things”One 16-year-old minor offender complained，“They shout at me” One 14-year-old boy had to do “push-ups”68According to the passage，which adjective was ranked second about how the students feel about schoolABored           BPre

71、ssured     CHappy          DTired69What does the underlined word “teetotalers” (Para . 3) mean?ADrinkers       BSmokers       CNondrinkers DNonsmokers70We can learn from the s

72、urvey that _Astudents take passive attitudes toward schoolBstudents take positive attitudes toward schoolCstudents feel happy while drinking alcoholDstudents are bored with study and teachers71The children would be punished for their offense in the following way EXCEPT THAT _Athey would have themsel

73、ves beatenBthey would get their mouths washed out with soapCthey would have their privileges taken awayDthey would have themselves stopped going outE“Life is speeding up Everyone is getting unwell”This may sound like something someone would say todayBut in fact，an unknown citizen who lived in Rome i

74、s AD 53 wrote itWe all love new inventionsThey are exciting，amazing and can change our livesBut have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?Picture this : Youre rushing to finish your homework on the computerYour mobile phone rings，a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen，and the noise from the television is getting louder and louderSuddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your workNow you have to stay up all night to get it doneHow calm and happy do you feel?Inventions