1、 - 1 - 湖北省部分重点中学 2012 届高三第一次联考 英 语 试 题 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30分） 第一节 （共 5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5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。 1. What does the man mean? A. The apple pie tastes very good. B. His mother cant make apple pies. C. His moth
2、er likes the pie very much. 2. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Save time by using a computer. B. Borrow Marthas computer. C. Buy herself a computer. 3. What is the woman worried about? A. Her husbands illness. B. The roof of the house. C. Her spending much money. 4. What does the woman
3、imply? A. The man is so forgetful. B. The man is over confident. C. The man is too careless. 5. What did the woman do last night? A. She saw a movie. B. She went to her sisters. C. She watched a football game. 第二节 （共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5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
4、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。 6. When will the party be held? A. On May 2nd. B. On May 3rd. C. On May 4th. 7. What will take place at the party? A. Some speeches. B. A dance. C. A contest. 听第 7 段材料 , 回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What position does t
5、he woman want to apply for? A. A pre-school teacher. B. An elementary school teacher. C. A middle school teacher. 9. How long does the woman have about her work experience? A. Three years. B. Four years. C. Seven years. 10. What is the woman going to do tomorrow? A. To work at this school. B. To hav
6、e an interview. C. To visit this school. 听第 8 段材料 , 回答第 11 至 13 题。 - 2 - 11. Who is John? A. The mans son. B. The womans boyfriend. C. The womans son. 12. Which season is it probably now? A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter. 13. What does the man mean by his last sentence? A. Johns ideas are very intere
7、sting. B. He should have a talk with John. C. John may not be the right person to marry. 听第 9 段材料 , 回答第 14 至 16 题。 14. Why does the woman want to talk to the man? A. Ask for some advice. B. Give the work to him. C. Argue with him. 15. What is the main advantage of the summer internship for the woman
8、? A. Be paid more money. B. Get practical experience. C. Get professional training. 16. What does the man suggest the woman doing? A. Taking the internship. B. Giving up the internship. C. Going on with her present work. 听第 9 段材料 , 回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in e
9、ver-lasting peace? A. Rent a grave. B. Burn the body. C. Buy a piece of land for a grave. 18. Why are most dead bodies in Athens dug up after three years? A. To solve the problem of lack of land. B. To follow the Greek religious practice. C. To move them to a multi-storey graveyard. 19. What practic
10、e does the Greek Church object to? A. Burning dead bodies to ashes. B. Placing dead bodies in a bone room. C. Storing dead bodies in a remote place. 20. What suggestions does the church give about the burying of dead bodies? A. They should be buried lying down. B. They should be buried standing up.
11、C. They should be buried when partially decayed. 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。 21 In order to protect the environment, people are greatly encouraged to travel by public . A transport B service C means D traffic 22 A sense
12、 of _ is the basic requirement for people working in the service industry, such as education and health care A agreement B attention C carefulness D devotion 23 Getting more information on how to use these tools can _ your chances of success A raise B multiply C add D gain - 3 - 24 After three weeks
13、 adjustment to the new environment, he managed to accustom himself to be more _with people A in relief B at ease C in peace D at stake 25 The chairman asked me to _ the report, because he didnt want to speak for too long at this meeting A cut out B cut away C cut off D cut down 26 Pollution has reac
14、hed _ high levels in some urban areas, which is quite worrying A disturbingly B slightly C exactly D flexibly 27 His contribution to the boys welfare was to _ him for the world in which he would live A intend B make C equip D provide 28 The government needs to _ the interests of different groups of
15、people to avoid conflicts and see to it that people live safe and happy lives A seek B balance C identify D combine 29 Poor preparations and shortage of equipment _ their failure of climbing to the top of the mountain A resulted from B brought out C accounted for D approved of 30 In my opinion, he i
16、s a（ n） _ person, that is, he says exactly what he thinks A modest B honest C outspoken D easy going 第二节 完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 5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） by accident often inspires us
17、 Early one morning, I opened the window to find that the sun was splashed 31 .The sunshine warmed my face, making it comfortable I started to play my beloved violin My mind was quite 32 , my spirit firm, and my mood entirely free of 33 When I was playing the climax to the piece, a 34 from next door
18、35 my attention I 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 another We played together so well that I was 38 about how she or he looked I 39 a kind of facial tic（痉挛） Each time I thought about our 40
19、together, I would move my lip, completely inadvertently （不经意地） . However, I couldnt 41 why the violinist next door never responded when I knocked on the door I was _42_ disappointed A year later, I took part in a violin competition At the event, I made a new friend, whose name was Rita “Lets welcome
20、 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 stage She put the violin 46 her neck and shoulder and - 4 - began to perform “ The melody is so familiar I“ I said to m
21、yself It was unbelievable that a girl who was deaf and dumb could play such marvelous music The audience warmly 47 her What was even harder to believe was that the girl was my neighbor！ It was fate that we 48 meet and become friends! Ritas story made me 49 that life is not always sunny or poetic; so
22、metimes there are violent storms and setbacks However, no matter 50 you suffer, believe in yourself and strive You can succeed 31 A somewhere B anywhere C everywhere D nowhere 32 A focused B determined C absorbed D settled 33 A sorrow B worry C doubt D imagination 34 A sound B voice C music D noise
23、35 A paid B got C took D came 36 A special B unique C strange D crazy 37 A products B pieces C collections D accomplishments 38 A positive B anxious C eager D curious 39 A suffered B became C developed D transmitted 40 A playing B singing C reading D knocking 41 A find out B figure out C sort out D
24、pick out 42 A eventually B nearly C extremely D instantly 43 A declared B claimed C stated D announced 44 A age B neighbor C friend D idol 45 A carefully B quickly C slowly D nervously 46 A on B between C over D around 47 A praised B embraced C called D applauded 48 A must B would C might D should 4
25、9 A convince B acquire C suppose D realize 50 A how B whether C what D which 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。 A A DECADE after terror struck America, we are starting to move forward It has been 10 years In those awful days right after 9/11, I asked
26、 my colleague, Dave Barry, if he thought he would ever write jokes again He was then the humor columnist for the Miami Herald “For the last week,“ he told me, “I havent 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
27、 of being stuck, unable to find your way back to the life you had lived before I wrote 10 columns in a row about what I had seen, the planes crashing, the - 5 - vies lost Finally, I had to force myself to write a column about something that was not terror That last one column Then I went right back
28、to what was now normal That was a decade ago Todays terrors become tomorrows memories News becomes history And I find myself remembering how I used to kill ants when I was a child The thing that truck me was that they always came back Even if you destroy their world a hundred times, they build it a
29、hundred and one times There is something of that in people It may be one of the best things about us We always fight the curler things in life, bury our dead, rebuild, and find a way to move forward We did it when fire burned down Chicago, after the earthquake in San Francisco, and after the floods
30、in New Orleans And we did it on September 11 It is true that we have changed in ways that are not all good We are at war on three fronts We are running a strange prison on Cuba The government may not tell you why Osama bin Laden is dead Experts tell us the terror group he led is weakened However, te
31、rrorism remains alive in American political thought, which is becoming more extreme There is reason to be worried about these changes But I am still grateful that we moved away from the 9/11 nightmare at all 51 Which phrase can be used to describe Dave Barrys feeling just after 9/11? A heartbroken a
32、nd hopeless B frightened but hopeful C unable to care or focus D sad but confident 52 From Paragraph 3, we can conclude that . A the author was so shaken that he stopped writing completely B there was no terrorism in America before 9/11 C for some time Americans found it difficult to think about any
33、thing other than terror D no one ever feels safe anymore 53 With the example of ants, the author aims to show that . A he misses his happy childhood B people can rebuild and recover, just like ants C he is sorry that he killed the ants D rebuilding is more important than sadness 54 According to the
34、last part of the article, the authors main point is that _. A terrorism has influenced the government too much B people should look on the bright side C terrorism will continue to exist D no changes are ever completely good B Question: My ninth grade art teacher doesnt give any grade above 94% becau
35、se, she says, “There is always room for improvement “ In previous years, I earned a 99 % and a 100% The 94 I received this term does not reflect the hard work that I put into this course Because of her improvement theory, I got a lower grade than I deserve Is her grading philosophy ethical? - 6 - An
36、swer; Your teachers grading system may be unwise, but it is not unethical A teacher deserves wide latitude in selecting the method of grading that best promotes learning in her classroom , that is, after all, the prime function of grades It is she who has the training and experience to make this dec
37、ision Assuming that your teacher is neither biased （有偏见的） nor corrupt and that her system conforms （ J 顺应） to school rules, you cant fault her ethics You can criticize her methodology A 100 need not imply that there is no possibility of improvement, only that a student successfully completes the cou
38、rse work A ninth grader could get a well-earned 100 in English class but still have a way to go before she writes as well as Jane Austen Whats 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 program By capping her gra
39、des at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a students chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top college What it is wrong to condemn her for is overlooking your hard work Your diligence is worthy of encouragement, but effort do
40、es not equal accomplishment If scholars suddenly discovered that Rembrandt had dashed off “ The Night Watch“ in an afternoon, it would still be “ The Night Watch“ I could spend months sweating over my own paintings, but Id produce something you wouldnt want to hang in your living room Or your garage
41、 55 The ninth-grader thought that his art teacher should . A have given him a 100 B have given him a grade above 94 C have been more ethical D have been fairer 56 According to the answer, a teacher has the freedom _. A to give students any grade he/she wants B to give students lower grades C to give
42、 students reasonable grades D to select the method of grading 57 We learn from the answer that a student who gets a 100 . A wont improve any more B must successfully complete the course work C should still work hard and keep improving D can write as i ell as Jane Austen 58 The example of Rembrandts
43、painting suggests that _. A A distinction should be made between diligence and accomplishment B Rembrandt was a good painter C The Night Watch was carelessly painted D We should learn from Rembrandt C A new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US Amy Chua, the author of
44、the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School She is also a mother of two Chua describes the child-rearing methods she used with her daughters She said they would seem unimaginable to Westerners - 7 - Chua set strict standards for her daughters For exam
45、ple, in school they werent allowed to make grades lower than As They had to play piano or violin and practice hours a day There were no sleepovers, play dates or TV There has been wide criticism of Chuas book in the US “ It is kind of extreme,“ Jeffrey Seinfeld, a professor at New York University, told the Los Angles
