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本试卷共10页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1——15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a 1 man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very 2 indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to 3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and 4 : “Goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!”
Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal 5 word out of him. As no one knew how he made his living — he lived quite 6 , always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often had no ___7__for him and sometimes even made fun of him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that William had received a role in a very important 8 in the nation’s capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great 9 . And to everyone’s surprise, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good 10 , and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day on, William gave up 11 at all hours. Now he sang only during his stage appearances. People wouldn’t have thought him 12 if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large 13 , with a hand-carved message on it.
The message said, “Practice every second, for you never know when your 14 will come.” Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the 15 had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.
1. A. tall B. sensitive C. handsome D. strange
2. A. common B. concerned C. wealthy D. confident
3. A. appear B. practice C. communicate D. debate
4. A. whisper B. respond C. repeat D. tease
5. A. advised B. printed C. written D. spoken
6. A. simply B. naturally C. calmly D. fortunately
7. A. mercy B. respect C. trust D. money
8. A. concert B. documentary C. opera D. film
9. A. experience B. benefit C. discovery D. success
10. A. movements B. manners C. efforts D. signs
11. A. pretendingB. recording C. singing D. wandering
12. A. mad B. skillful C. artificial D. desperate
13. A. knife B. stone C. medal D. diamond
14. A. solution B. inspiration C. performance D. chance
15. A. neighbor B. visitor C. director D. Teacher
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him, ___16___made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. ___17___(lose)his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kill it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare ___18___life.
"Please let me go," it cried, "and one day I will repay you for your ___19___(kind)." The idea of so small a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much ___20__he laughed aloud. He thought, “How could this little mouse help me?” ___21___, he lifted his paws and let it go.
But the mouse's chance came after all. A few days later, when the lion was wandering in the forest, he __22___ (catch) in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, __23___he tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed ____24___, and saw the sad lion. It went up to him and soon gnawed away(啃断) the ropes. “Was I right?” asked the little mouse. This lion ___25___ (nod) his head and thanked the little mouse.
II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town.
“Do you fix flats?” he inquired of the attendant.
“Yes,” came the answer.
“How much do you charge?” he asked.
With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?”
This is what has been called a “Hobson’s choice”. A Hobson’s choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever is offered or go without.
According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth-century entrepreneur (企业家) Thomas Hobson. There was no choice by the customer — it was strictly Hobson’s choice.
But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference. We may not always believe it. We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a choice in the matter. And when we realize that we do most things by choice, then we are taking control of our own lives.
Someone challenged me to try an experiment that completely changed my perspective. “For the next seven days,” he said, “eliminate the words ‘I have to’ from your vocabulary and say ‘I choose to’. Don’t say, ‘I have to work late tonight’. Instead, say, ‘I choose to work late’. When you choose to do it, you take control of your life. Instead of saying, ‘I have to stay home’, try ‘I choose to stay home’. The way you spend your time is your choice. You are responsible. You have control.”
In just seven days I was no longer saying “I have to” and I felt better about my decisions. I learned that there is very little in my life I actually have to do. You and I decide to do certain things because we believe that it will be for the best. When we eliminate “I have to” from our vocabularies, we take control.
Try it for a week and you see what happens. I think you’ll see it’s a change for the better.
26. What did the attendant mean by saying “What difference does it make”?
A. The man didn’t need to pay for the work.
B. It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price.
C. There was no need for the man to have the tire fixed.
D. The man should keep silent.
27. The author learnt from the experiment that he .
A. could become more challenging
B. could spend more time relaxing himself
C. should take pleasure in helping others
D. actually changed his attitudes towards life
28. What does the underlined word “eliminate” mean?
A. Remember. B. Repeat. C. Remove. D. Recite.
29. What is the situation where we have a “Hobson’s choice”?
A. We have no choice but to follow.
B. We should often change our choice.
C. We should make preparations before a journey.
D. We should think twice before taking action.
30. The purpose of writing this text is to .
A. advise us to become active in life
B. explain what Hobson’s choice is
C. tell an interesting story about the author
D. accept others’ advice modestly
B
She is quiet, soft-spoken and has a kind face and a strong heart. She is my mom, Lili.
When I was nine, Lili quitted her job and started her own business. She said she didn’t want to stay at home and work as a housewife: “It’s a waste of life.” Lili became so busy that she spent less and less time with me. She didn’t help me with my schoolwork. It was, in her words, “so that you can develop your independence”. We quarreled because she rarely showed up at parents’ meetings.
Like mother, like daughter. I have many things in common with Lili. I want everything to be under control. I want to be perfect and I don’t expect other people to help me. I push myself hard to achieve my goals.
After I started to go to high school, Lili and I were too busy to communicate much with each other.
In biology class I began to be depressed. When the teacher showed us a picture of a butterfly, I was scared and screamed. I had a vision of thousands of butterflies flying toward me.
That night I told Lili about it. The next morning, I saw that she had red eyes with black circles around them.
She took me to see a therapist (治疗师). Three hours later, the therapist told Lili that my life was like a wheel spinning (旋转) faster and faster and that was the reason for what had happened to me. I only realized it when my body couldn’t stand the pressure anymore. At these words, Lili burst into tears. “It’s all my fault, she’s just a kid and I didn’t have time to take care of her….” To be honest, I had never seen Lili cry before.
After that, Lili began to spend more time at home, cooking and dragging me to do sports. I realized she was the one who would always be there when I was in real trouble. No mom is perfect, but she is the one who really cares about her kid.
31. Lili quitted her job and started her own business because _________.
A. she wanted to make more money B. she was not willing to look after me
C. she didn’t want to waste her life D. she likes keeping busy
32. We quarreled because __________.
A. she began to spend less and less time with me
B. she didn’t help me with my schoolwork.
C. she seldom attended the parents’ meetings in my school.
D. Lili and I were too busy to communicate much with each other.
33. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Most women don’t want to be a housewife.
B. Most children want their mothers to accompany them at home.
C. We need to understand our mothers’ busy life.
D. Although mothers are not perfect, they all love the children
34. Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. Lili is a quiet, strong-willed woman.
B. Lili began to spend more time at home after visiting the therapist.
C. I was scared and screamed in biology class because I hate butterflies.
D. I only realized my life was like a wheel when my body couldn’t stand the pressure anymore.
35. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Mom Does Care. B. A Busy but Successful Mother.
C. Change From Mother to Businessman. D. A Student’s Opinion on Mother.
C
People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June.
Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915. Ann Jarvis from Grafton, West Virginia, had started the idea to have a day to honor mothers. She was the one who chose the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of wearing a carnation.
In 1909, Mrs. Dodd from Spokane, Washington, thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her own father, William Smart. After her mother died, he had the responsibility of raising a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Father’s Day was observed in Spokane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to establish Father’s Day as a national commemorative day in 1972.
These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead．Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
36．According to the passage, which of the following about the second Sunday in May is
NOT true?
A．It is a day to show love to mothers
B．It is a day to wear carnations
C．It is a day for people to visit the cemetery
D．It is a day for many people to attend religious services
37．Choose the right time order of the following events.
a. The first Father’s Day was observed.
b. Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance
c. Father’s Day became a day for national observance.
d. The idea of honoring fathers was brought up
A．a b c d B．d a b c C．b a c d D．d a c b
38．Who plays the most important role in Father’s Day becoming a national commemorative day?
A．Mrs. Do B．Margaret Chase Smith C．Ann Jarvis D．Woodrow Wilson
39．From the passage, we know in the U.S. ________________.
A．one should wear a red carnation if one’s mother pass away
B．on Mother’s Day, families often go out to have barbecues
C．on Father’s Day, people often stay at home to celebrate the special day.
D．The purpose to have these two special days is to show love to parents
40. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to __________
A.call on people to love and respect their parents
B. introduce Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
C. tell the difference between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
D. show how important fathers and mothers are
D
A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages.They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become a compulsive
behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is
affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don't concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades, and success at schools. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society,
Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life.Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real life friends they have known all their life. lt is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.
41. The passage is about
A. the cause of weboholism B. the advantage of weboholism
C. the popularity of weboholism D. the influence of weboholism
42. The underlined word"obsessive" in the second paragraph most probably means
A. attractive B. addictive C. professional D. potential
43. We can learn from the passage that .
A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers
B. teeangers can hardly balance real and virtual life
C. people are addicted to games on the lnternet
D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway
44. Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?
A. It contributes to the development of the web.
B. The chat room language may change social culture.
C. The problem will have a negative influence on our future.
D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.
45. The author's attitude towards weboholism is that of being
A. objective B. positive C. opposed D. acceptable
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息， 并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
请阅读某书店各书架的相关信息：
A. Section One: Education---Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
B. Section Three: Humor Section --- A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
C. Section Five: Biography --- Find out about the lives of your favorite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.
D. Section One: Do-It-Yourself Section -- On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how to do everything from building a computer to constructing your own home.
E. Section Two: Sports & Leisure Section --- Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favorite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here.
F. Section Four: Business & Finance --- Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
46. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron --- by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind --- As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonour and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business.
47. The Delighted Eye --- by Prof. John Nash --- The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becomin g one of America's most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
48. Ready Made--- How to Make (Almost) Everything --- by Shoshanna Berger and Grace Hawthorne --- beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags.
49. Mother Tongue: The English Language --- by Bill Bryson --- Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language , one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
50. Into Thin Air --- by John Krakauer --- is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
III. 翻译（共15空，每空一分，满分15分）
51.接下来发生了什么？
________ ________ ________ that?
52.电影票是免费的吗？
________ all the film tickets free ________ ________ ?
53.他们结婚多久了？
________ ________ have they been ________ ?
54.这场事故导致了两名乘客死亡，是吗？
________ the accident ________ in the ________ of two passengers?
55.谁应该受到惩罚？
________ ________ to be ________ ?
IV. 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)
［写作内容］
现在越来越多人选择在网上找工作。请你就此现象以“Hunting for A job on the Internet”为题，写一篇英语短文，发表自己的看法。内容包括：
1. 人们宁愿网上找工作而不愿选择传统的方法。
2. 网上找工作的原因
1）方便
2）简单
3）失败也不会难堪
3. 你对网上找工作的看法：……
［写作要求］
1． 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
2． 可适当增加细节，使其连贯完整。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯
Hunting for A job on the Internet
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第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
If you like to break things when you are unhappy, the Nanjing Zhonghua Middle School is the school for you. This term, Nanjing Honghua Midlde School will build a "stress wall" to help students who feel unhappy because of schoolwork or for other reasons.
Tao Dehua, a leader at the school said the idea of a stress wall started when footprints were found on some newly painted walls and some school windows were broken.
"These things happen because some students feel lots of pressure from their studies or because they don't get along well with other students. When under stress, the body get ready to either run or fight and becomes very nervous. Hitting the wall can help relax the body and take away stress," Tao said.
"Tests and homework make me Sad," said Lu Yan, a junior girl."I can't wait to hit the wall. It will help me a lot with my problems."
Another girl student who wouldn't give her name said that the wall won't help."Mainly because it can't talk," she said. "I need to talk to someone when I'm sad."
【写作内容】
1、以约30个词概括这段短文内容；
2、然后以约120个词就“Should the stress wall be built"这个主题发表你的看法，并
包括以下要点：
(1)学生的压力来源；
(2)是否该建此墙；
(3)提供一些其他有效的减压方法。
【写作要求】
l、可以参照阅读材料但不得直接引用原文的句子；
2、作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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2012届高三第二次模拟考试英语科试题
参考答案
完形填空 ： DACBD ABCDB CABDC
语法填空：
16.which 17.Losing 18.its 19.kindness 20.that
21.However 22.was caught 23.so 24.by 25.nodded
阅读理解： 26---30 BDCAA 31-35 CCDCA 36-40 CBBDB
41-45 DBBAC 46—50 FCDBE
句子翻译
51.接下来发生了什么？
What happened after that? (p41)
52.电影票是免费的吗？
Are all the film tickets free of charge ? (p48)
53.他们结婚多久了？（p49)
How long have they been married?
54.这场事故导致了两名乘客死亡，是吗？（p56)
Did the accident result in the death of two passengers?
55.谁应该受到惩罚？（p48)
Who deserved/deserves/is/was to be punished?
基础写作：
Nowadays more and more people would rather look for a job on the Internet than in the ads of newspapers or in a job market. There are many reasons for their preference, one of which is that a job hunter can find a job conveniently without bothering to get recommendations from relatives or friends, or registration at an employment exchange. Besides, a job hunter can get a job by simply browsing among the ads online and sending resumes by an E-mail. Finally, the success rate is very high, and even if one fails to find a job, it can spare him the embarrassment of being refused.
As for me, I believe that with the increasing popularity of the Internet, this new way will win favor among more and more jobless people and laid-off workers for its convenience, efficiency and high success rate.
读写任务：
In order to help students with stress, the Nanjing Zhonghua Middle School built a "stress wall" for students to relax, towards which students have different opinions .
Nowadays， students are under great pressure, which mainly comes from their school work as well as peers relationship. Since the competing for better academic work and future is getting fiercer and fiercer, students feel more and more pressure. Meanwhile, learning to get along with schoolmates and other people, including parents, calls for a lot of efforts from them, so they need someway to let the pressure out.
In my opinion, the practice of building a stress wall, which the students can hit,is not appropriate. This may lead students into the results of solving a problem with violence of fixing a bad temper. In fact, we can design more actlvities for students to get rid of the stress. Some sports events can surely help students out of stress and improve their health at the same time. Moreover, some interest clubs such as music,dance, are also good places that offer comfort to students.
All in all, the students should be taught to relieve stress in a more gentle, peaceful and reasonable way rather than hitting a wall.
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