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湖北省部分重点中学2012届高三上学期期中联考试题（英语）
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选择题
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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．Where will the woman go first?
A．To her house. B．To a bank. C．To a telephone booth.
2．What does the woman advise the man to do?
A．To choose a proper color. B．To dress professionally. C．To reconsider the style.
3．What are the speakers doing?
A．Enjoying the scenery. B．Commenting on a novel. C．Watching a movie.
4．Why was the woman late?
A．Her roommate told her a wrong time．
B．She wasn't informed of the time change．
C．She forgot the time change．
5．What does the man mean?
A．He doesn't know the contents of the note．
B．He didn't notice anything．
C．He is in the dark room．
第二节 （共15小题；每题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．What is wrong with the girl's mother?
A．She has got some heart problems．
B．She has put on too much weight．
C．She feels sick after doing housework．
7．Why doesn't Peter do exercises?
A．He is too tired after work．
B．He is too lazy．
C．He can't spare the time．
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．When does the conversation probably take place?
A．At the beginning of a term.
B．In the middle of a term.
C．At the end of a term.
9．What makes the woman worried?
A．She failed her French exam．
B．She may get a poor score in French．
C．Her grade point average isn't satisfactory．
10．What will the woman probably do?
A．Do a lot of practice with the man．
B．Make a call to her French teacher．
C．Ask the man's friend for help．
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A．Old people's work.
B．The staffs living conditions．
C．The features of a department store．
12．Why don't old people in the Reynolds want to retire?
A．They have to support themselves．
B．They are interested in their work．
C．They enjoy working with young people．
13．What is said about Reynolds?
A．It is the largest department store in the city．
B．It respects the staffs willingness in some aspects．
C．It provides everything people want for the office．
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．Where are the speakers probably?
A．In the hospital B．In a gym C．In a studio.
15．According to the man, how can people reduce stress?
A．By trying a new way of life．
B ．By taking some sleeping pills．
C．By changing the way of dong exercise.
16．What does the man advise people to do?
A．To have a rest during the day．
B．To run down the stairs.
C．To take a 5 - minute walk at lunchtime．
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．Which was important in Egyptian religion?
A．God B．Love C．Nature

18．What do we know about Bast?
A．She was an animal.
B．She was in charge of love.
C．She had the body of a cat.
19．Why did the Egyptians preserve a dead person's body?
A．They did it in memory of the person．
B．They wished the person to come back home．
C．They believed the person could live another life．
20．What did the Egyptians do before they buried a dead person?
A．They wrapped him in quilt．
B．They put something he had used with him．
C．They placed a mask made of jewellery over his face．
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 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
24．After three weeks' 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 didn't want to speak for too long at this meeting．
A．cut out B．cut away C．cut off D．cut down
26．Pollution has reached ______ high levels in some urban areas, which is quite worrying．
A．disturbingly B．slightly C．exactly D．flexibly
27．His contribution to the boy's 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 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 is 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31—50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．
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 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 together, I would move my lip, completely inadvertently （不经意地）.
However, I couldn't 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．"Let's welcome 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 began to perform．
" The melody is so familiar I" I said to myself．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!
Rita's story made me 49 that life is not always sunny or poetic; sometimes 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
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．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
49．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 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 haven't even tried to write anything funny, and for a while I thought maybe I never would, or should．"
He had it; we all had it—that feeling 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 ives 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 to what was now normal．
That was a decade ago．Today's terrors become tomorrow's 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 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 curle 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 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, terrorism 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 Barry's feeling just after 9/11?
A．heartbroken and 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 anything 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 last part of the article, the author's 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 doesn't give any grade above 94% because, 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?
Answer; 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 decision．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 can't 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 course 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．What's 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 grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a student's 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 does 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 I'd produce something you wouldn't want to hang in your living room．Or your garage．
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 students reasonable grades
D．to select the method of grading
57．We learn from the answer that a student who gets a 100 .
A．won't 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 Rembrandt's 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 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．
Chua set strict standards for her daughters．For example