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1、2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（重庆卷）英语试题卷英语试题卷共16页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将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，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。5.考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。一、听力（共三节，满分30分）做题时，请先将答案划在试题卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试题卷上的答案转涂或转填到答题卡上。

2、第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面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。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。每段对话读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A.£19.15 B.£9.15 C.£9.18答案是B。1.How old is the girl?A.7 B.8 C.102 . Where does the conversation most probably take place ?A In a bank B In a store C In a

3、library .3. How will the two spekers travel ?A By bus B By car C By train 4. What are the two speakers talking about ?A Their work B Their manager C Their meeting 5. What is the womans problem ?A She is thirsy B She is sick C She is tired 第二节 （共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）请听下面4端对话或独白。 每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题所给的A、B、

4、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第六段材料，回答第6至第8题。6. Which TV program does the women like best ?A Sports program B Morning news C Talk show 7. How much time does the woman spend watching TV every day ? A About half an hour B About two hoursC About four hours 8.

5、What is the cinversation mainly about ?A.Types of TV programs.B.Popular TV shows C.TV watching habits请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9.Who will take the guitar lessons?A.The woman B.The womans son C.The womans friend10.How long has the woman piayed the piano ？A.For two years B.For three years C.For five years11.Ho

6、w much do the Tuesday lessons cost per hour?A. $4B. $8C. $10D. $12请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.What does the conversation most probably take place?A. On Monday.B. On Wendnesday.C. On Saturday.16.What kind of food might the woman have tonight?A.Italian food.B.French food.C.Janpanese food.17.How many people w

7、ill go for dinner?A.Three.B.Six.C.Eight.第三节（共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）请听下面一段独白，用所听到的独白中的词或数填空，每空限填一个词或一个数。填入内容要写在答题卡相应的位置上。在听本段独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。本段独白读两遍。请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。Timetable os a Radio StationTimeProgramRadio Four7:30_18_Radio Three7:30ConcertRadio Two8:00_19_ MatchRadio One1

8、0:00NewsRadio One_20_Travel二、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，满分15分） 请从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标号涂黑。 例：A computer can only do _you have instructed it to do. A.how B. after C.what D.when答案是C.21.-John,when shall we meeet again,Thursday or Friday? -_.Ill be off to london then. A.Eit

9、her B.Neither C.Both D.None22.-kevin,you look worried.Anything wrong? -Well, I_a test and Im waiting for the result. A.will take B.took C.had taken D.take23._to work overtime that evening,I missed a wonderful film. A.Having been asked B.To ask C.Having asked D.To be asked24.Sam has been appointed _

10、manager of the engineering department to take _ p;ace of George. A./,/ B.the,/ C the the D./, the25.-_you interrupt now? Cant you see Im on the phone? -Sorry Sir, but its urgent. A.Can B.Should C.Must D.Would26.-The Modern Art Exhibition in the CityMuseum has been cancelled. -Oh,no!_. A.Its a pity B

11、.Tt doesnt matter C.I knew it already D.Its not interesting at all27.Food stupplies in the flood-stricken area_.We must act immediately before theres left.A.have run out B.are running outC.have been run out D.are being run out28.Were having a meeting in half an hour.The decision_at the meeting will

12、inf the future of our company.A.to be made B.being madeC.made D.having been made29.Sales director is a position_commuincation ability is just as importane as salesA.which B.thatC.when D.where30.Coach,can I continue with the training?A.unitil B.beforeC.to consider D.unless31.Before you quit your job,

13、_how your family would feel about your decision.A.consider B.consideringC.to consider D.considered32.It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic_Zheng sailed to East AfricaA.when B.thatC.after D.since33.The headmaster will not permit the change in the course,nor_it a thought.A.d

14、oes he even given B.he even givesC.whether D.he will even given34.Evdence has been found through years of study_childrens early sleeping problem likely to continue when they grow up.A.why B.howC.whether D.that35.Look,here comes your dream girl. Invite her to dance._What if she refuses me?A.I dont kn

15、ow B.Why me?C.With pleasure D.So what?第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early_36_of gardening may not have originat from my love for nature.It was to _37_my parents. At that time,we had a big yard i

16、n which a beautiful maple tree stood.But my mother often looked with _38_at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish her,“something else to _39_!”Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening,my father ever thougth it a waste of time. At that age,I always did something_40

17、_to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found_41_,I would plant a garden! I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard.But they failed to _42_.I continued to sunflower seeds and roses,Wild _43_joy,I found the first rose bloom（开花）.One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off._44

18、_,I was touched by this land of wonder._45_,my parents showed no interest in my garden.My father even_46_at me because found it was _47_to move around my garden to the driveway.To my mothers _48_,I put her vase my real roses which,in her eyes,were simply weeds_49_flowers. Regardless of their _50_,I

19、kept on planting my garden and _51_to enjoy the pleasure gardening.Plants make such good companions:they breathe,they bloom,they_52_to care and love. It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to _53_my parent .Today I become known as Mrs.Greenthumbs,teaching gardening and

20、hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very_54_.And now I could say it is my affection for_55_they makes me a real gardener.36.A.memory B.dream C.intention D.design37.A.please B.change C.help D.annoy38.A.doubt B.appreciation C.surprise D.excitement39.A.collect up B.care about C.clean u

21、p D.come in40.A.equal B.similar C.superior D.opposite41.A.painful B.valuable C.upsetting D.interesting42.A.come up B.break out C.hold on D.get through43.A.to B.with C.in D.by44.A.Luckily B.Cheerfully C.Regularly D.Eventually请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. When does the conversation most probably take place?A.

22、 On MondayB. On WednesdayC. On Saturday16. What kind of food might the woman have tonight?A. ItalianB. French foodC. Japanese food17. How many people will go for dinner?A. ThreeB. SixC. Eight第三节（共3个小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）请听下面一段独白，用所听到的独白中的词或数填空，每空限填一个词或一个数。填入内容要写在答题卡相应的位置上。在听本段独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒，听完后，各小

23、题给出5秒钟的作答时间。本段独白读两遍。请听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。Timetable of a Radio StationTimeProgramRadio Four7:3018Radio Three7:30ConcertRadio Two8:0019MatchRadio One10:00NewsRadio One20TravelFrom the upstairs window,I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy.And I was also full of joy.What a

24、 wonderful day!My baby doll would be home.I downstairs. My sccks still hung there flat.But I knew they were not empty; they were filled w love!56. what happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?A He got a baby brother B He got a C hristmas gift C He became four yesrs old D He received a doll 57.W

25、hat does the anderlined word“ominous”in Paragraph 3 probably mean？A.Impossible.B.BoringC.DifficultD.Fearful58.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christrmas was coming?A.Excitement.B.Happiness.C.Sadness.D.Disappointment.59.What is the passage mainly about ?A A sad Christmas d

26、ay B Life with a lovely baby C.A special Christmas gift.D.Memories of a happy family.BTop lists are lecturing people on everything from"100 books to read ".Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time?Now you have a list to end all lists!Take a look at the following tw

27、o examples from the list of "101 things not to do":Swim with Dolphins（海豚）？ Swimming with dolphins is one of the worlds most profitable tourist activities.However, every dolphin will welcome having their busy ,tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming pushing around them in the water.Wor

28、se yet,when dolphins get too near to the boats loadedtourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).Heres a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually theyre just opening mouths.Go to See the Mona Lisa?There must be something about the mysterious(神秘的)sm

29、ile. The 6 million people who the lady in the Louvre every year cant all be wrong,after all. But they can be quite anno standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything.In fact hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for se

30、curity read. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 secor most.If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldnt just be smiling, she laughing.So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Tin

31、gs NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20 disc.60.According to the passage,swimming with dolphins_. A.is the worlds most popular tourist activity B.gives fun to both tourists and dolphins C.will make tourists busy and tired D.can cause danger to dolphins6

32、1.what does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa? A.Tt is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile. B.It is not as satisfying as expected. C.Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough. D.Queuing for hours is worthwhile.62.The list of “101 things not to do”is made most probably b

33、ecause its author_. A.thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists B.believes other lists are not humorous enough C.intends to persuade people to read more lists D.wants to provide a list different from other lists63.What is the main purpose of the passage? A.To advertise a book B.To i

34、ntroduce a website C.To comment on popular lists D.To recommend tourist activities.There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little whisky(威士忌)at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the in 1873 she wrote in her diary, “I ne

35、ver saw a lovelier spot ,” And she didnt even go fishing.Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grass mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange ,the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold .

36、 As you settle down with just a people and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy castle , any frustration will float away as gently as the circling water. Its just you and purple , pink ,white flowers, a perfect harmony . If you are a new comer to fishing, Learning the basics form

37、 a fishing leave you with a lifetimes fun. Four many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an artScotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long days fishing. Set wild mountain and hidden behind woodland , the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the a perfect place to see the be

38、auty of Scotlands mountains . Ben Nevis is the highest of mountains , and reaching its 1342-metre top is a challenge . But its not just what goes matters; what comes down is unique . More than 900 metres high, on the mountains north an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes form the Gael

39、ic language “usqueb “water of life”; And it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in scotlands best know whisky.64.The story of Queen Victoria is to show that _.A.the queen is rich in tour experienceB.theCastle is a good place to go in ScotlandC.tasting whisky is better than going fishingD.187

40、3 is a special year for the queen65.How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?A.By giving descriptions.B.By follweing time order.C.By analyzing causes.D.By making comparisons.66.What is Ben Nevis special for?A.The Inverlochy Castle Hotel.B.The beauty of its surroundings.C.The water from the mountain.D.The

41、 challenge up to its top.67.Waht is the main purpose of the passage?A.To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists.B.To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.C.To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland.DTo take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely strory the Christians

42、（基督教徒）ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil（邪恶的）.So when Colu brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be eden, ever jumped to be the obvious conclusion.Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut o the door of Europeans.What m

43、ade it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake,a plant that was the to have come from Hell （地狱）.What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots w looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits.Tough the tomato and the man were quite different except that both

44、had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population consio them one and the same, to terrible to touch.Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the We people continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert that the most in

45、terestinig part of an afternoon tea at her fathers house had been the “introduction this wonderful new fruit-or is it a vegetable?”As late as the twentieth century some writers classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an”evil fruit”.But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an Am

46、erican named R Johnson,and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820,people journeyed for hun of miles to watch him drop dead.”Wha are you afraid of?”he shouted.”Ill show you fools these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato.Some people fainted. But he sur and,according to

47、a local story,set up a tomato-canning factory.68. The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because _.A it made Christive evil B it was the apple of EdenC it came from a forbidden landD it was religiously unacceptable 69. What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3 ?A Th

48、e process of ignoring the tomato slowed down B There was little pregress in the study of the tomato C The tomato was still refused in most western countries D Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato 70. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato Publicly ?A To manke

49、imself a hero B To remove peoples fear of the tomaoto C To speed up the popularityt of the tomato D To persuade people to buy products forom his factory 71. What is the main purpose of the passage ?A To challenge peoples fixed concept of the tomato B To give an explanation to peoples dislike of the

50、tomato C To present the change of peoples attitudes to the tomato D To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence E In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren “, John Keynes, acconmist, ewrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs ,which are

51、 indupe what other have , and relative needs ,which make us feel superior to our fellows He thought alough relative needs may indeed be insatible (无止境的) this isnottrue ofabsolute Keynes wans surely correct that only a small part of total spending id decided by the super iority He was gretly mistaken

52、 ,however ,in seeting this desive as the only source of demands Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influnce the den almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anmdinner,for example,the thought of feeling superior to others prob

53、ably never comes to them. The goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.There are no obvious limits to the escalationof demand for quality.For example ,porsche famous car producer,has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the mark Priced at over $120,000,i

54、t handles perfectly well and has great speen acceleration.But in 200 the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling acceleration.People who really care about cars find these small improvemenmts exciting.To them,however,they must pay almost four times the price.

55、By placing the desire to be superior to other at the heart of his description of nisation demands,Keynes actually reduced such demands.However,the desire for higher quality has natural limits.72.According to the passage,John Keynes Believed that_.A.desire is the root of both absolute and relative needsB.absolute needs come from our sense of superiorityC.relative