1、河北省唐山20112012学年度高三年级第二次模拟考试英 语 试 题YCY注意事项:一、本试卷,包括四部分。其中第一部分、第二部分和第三部分为选择题包括75个小题;第四部分为非选择题。二、答题前请仔细阅读答题卡上的“注意事项”,按照“注意事项”的规定答题。所有题目均需在答题卡上作答,在试卷和草稿纸上作答无效。三、做选择题时,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案。四、考试结束后,请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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15分,满分75分)听下面5段对话
2、。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。1Where does the conversation take place?AIn Australia BIn the United States CIn Italy2What is Janets plan tonight?ATo buy a skirt BTo go skating CTo join in a party3What day is it today?AThursday BFriday CSaturda
3、y4Why didnt the woman go home on Christmas?AShe was very busy BShe was badly ill CShe went to London5What is the mans suggestion to the woman?AWash her handsBHave a restCGo on working第二节 (共15小题;每题15分,满分225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
4、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至7题。6Why is the man here?ATo enjoy the cool air BTo attend a meetingCTo do some repair work7What does the woman ask the man to do?ADescribe the trouble BShow her aroundCKeep quiet while working听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。8What did Michael do in Thailand?AHe did some voluntary
5、workBHe worked as a journalistCHe edited a magazine9When did Michael graduate from college?A6 years ago B4 years ago C2 years ago.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10What does the woman order?AA pizza with bacon and mushrooms and apple juiceBA pizza with sausage and mushrooms and grape soda,CA pizza with onion and p
6、ineapple and orange soda11Where is the woman?AAt home BIn a department store CIn a restaurant12What is the time now?A5:45 B6:15 C6:45听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13Why did the woman argue with David?AHe didnt trust herBHe refused to lend her moneyCHe didnt pay back the money14How does the woman feel after the a
7、rgument?ADisappointed BAngry CAshamed15Why did the woman need the money back?AIt was a large sum of money for herBShe had an unexpected bill to payCShe wanted to help another friend16What does the man advise the woman to do?AMake an apology to DavidBHave a talk with DavidCNever lend David money agai
8、n听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17How did Indians make the chocolate drink?AThey mixed chocolate powder with waterBThey mixed chocolate powder with sugarCThey mixed chocolate powder with milk and sugar18Where did chocolate originally come from?ASpain BMexico CEngland19When was the first solid milk chocolate made
9、?AIn 2000 BIn 1876 CIn 171520Whats the benefit of eating dark chocolate?AHelping people recover from heart attackBHelping reduce the calories people take inCHelping lower peoples blood pressure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,满分15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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21Thanks ever so
10、 much for your help? I really appreciate it. .AGot itBThats rightCWith pleasureDDont mention it22You cant complain of being lonely _ you dont make any effort to meet peopleAwhere Bwhile Cwhen Dwhat23_ the biggest challenge of its career, the Beijing-based company is now seeking more support from loc
11、al banksAFaced BFacing CTo face DHaving faced24You know that little Italian restaurant ?_ I mentioned in my email?Aone Bit Cthat Dthe one25We are looking for a person who has _ experience in advertisingArelevant Brandom Creliable Dregular26This research has just been cancelled, _ I said earlierAwhic
12、h Bas Cwhen Dthat27As people _ more wealth, they lend to spend a greater share of their incomesAadopt Battach Caccomplish Daccumulate28Sometimes you just have lo Learn to _ the things that you cant changeArun out of Bget rid of Clet go of Dmake fun of29If anything _,he would have let her knowAhas ha
13、ppened Bhad happened Chappened Dshould happen30The farmer turned his family home into a guest house for hikers, only _ by the government for safety reasonsAto be closed Bbeing closed Chaving closed Dto close31One of the Hollywoods top male comedy stars we_ will perform toniyhl.Ahave longed to see Bw
14、ere longing to seeChad longed to see Dlonged to see32I _ give you details because 1 dont actually have any details at the momentAshouldnt Bmustnt Ccant Dmay not33Is Eliza still living in New York?No, she _ there for only ten yearsNow she has moved to WisconsinAlived Bhas lived Chad lived Dhas been l
15、iving34For the people of Japan _ year is too short to lessen _ pain and suffering of the nuclear disasterAthe; 不填 Ba: the Ca; 不填 Dthe; a35It matters a great deal to Roberta _ other people think of herAwhen Bhow Cwhere Dwhat第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题15分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。So
16、metimes giving someone a helping hand is just simpleBut sometimes it works like a 36 that opens a door to a whole new world of understandingLiving in a small all-white 37 in the Midwest, my family and I were 38 that we were safe from the race riots (暴乱) in some larger citiesThat 39 when I began work
17、ing at a bank in a larger city nearbyMy family 40 gave me advice on whom to avoid, what situation to stay away, and how to 41 myselfOn a snowy 42 after work, I guided my second-hand car out onto the street and knew 43 I didnt have to stop, it would keep runningThe battery needed replacingHowever, as
18、 I expected the car choked and died at a red lightFortunately, to my 44 ,I saw a pair of headlights coming upBut 45 three young black men jumped out of the car, I could hardly 46 - fear filled meThe driver came to my windows and asked if I needed helpI 47 for a moment and then noddedThe fellows crow
19、ded around at once and 43_ workingAs one of them connected the two engines by cables, my nerve (神经) jumped with so much electricity I think I could have charged the 49 and brought it back to lifeBut thankfully they 50 completed the projectI pulled out a few 51 from the purse, Its all I have but its
20、yours, I appreciate the helpThank youThe driver must have seen the 52 still in my eyes because he smiled, seeming to be 53 by my panic, and then waved his hand, You 54 itJust glad to helpThis experience taught me that I should never simply 55 anyone according to their skin color or race or wealth36A
21、push Bkey Ccar Dhandle37Ahouse Bdry Ccountry Dcompany38Agrateful Bcurious Cupset Dhopeful39Acrashed Bimproved Csettled Dchanged40Acautiously BapproximatelyCnervously Dfluently41Adistinguish Bdefend Cbehave Dexpress42Amorning Bnoon Cafternoon Devening43Aeven if Bin case Cas long as Dnow that44Arelief
22、 Bregret Ccontent Dbelief45Abecause Bif Calthough Dwhen46Abreathe Bspeak Cdrive Dsurvive47Acalculated Bchoked Chesitated Dscreamed48Aset about Bset down Cset aside Dset up49Aengine Bbattery Cheadlight Dcable50Aslowly Bbriefly Cgradually Dquickly51Adollars Btickets Ccards Dpictures52Ainterest Bconfus
23、e Cfear Dshock53Aamused Bfrightened Cthrilled Ddisappointed54Amake Bkeep Cspend Dearn55Ajudge Btrust Cattack Ddislike第三部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题,每题2分,满分30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。AMama! Mama! My 2-year-old son yells at his most excited, I-just-discovered-something -huge voi
24、ce when we are eating a delicious hot curry with steamed rice at our dinner tableLook, a tree! He yells againI turn to find him holding up a piece of broccoli (西兰花) for us to seeOh honey, I laugh and begin to protest, That is bro But I stop As my son grows up, I find myself struggling not lo turn in
25、to the worst kind of teacher -the kind who overcorrectsI have to learn to fight against my strong adult need to jump in and say, Nothat is not right in the name of promoting knowledgeUnless I think his incorrect concept puts him in the way of harm, I have no desire to fix itInstead, I want to encour
26、age my sons colorful sense of the world, in which stuffed (毛绒的) animals attend story times, flies are fascinating creatures, and red balloons share secretsAt our dinner table, I study the face of my child who is eagerly waiting for confirmationHe is smilingHis cheeks are a little flushed with excite
27、mentInstead of taking the opportunity to teach him a new vegetable nameI say, Wow, look! pointing at his plate, You have many trees in your rice!He laughs happily, his lovely face redderSo, how many trees can you eat? I ask him, breaking in with another strong parenting desire I have: forming health
28、y eating habitsHe playfully puts one after another into his mouth, delighled by the possibility of pulling out the little trees that grow in his rice and eating them right off his plate56Why does the writer decide to ignore her sons false idea of things?AShe doesnt think it will harm her sonBShe doe
29、snt want to promote knowledgeCShe wants to be a good teacherDShe wants her son to be happy57The underlined word flushed in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by _Apale Bred Cgreen Dwhite58In the writers opinion- parents should_Aallow their children to sense the world and make mistakesBdo nothing to fix the
30、 mistakes made by their childrenCteach their children what they know about the worldDcorrect all of the mistakes made by their childrenBDaily Telegraph - An enormous number of sardines (沙丁鱼) have been photographed as they swam in the formation of a dolphin (海豚)Steve De Neef photographed the fish nea
31、r Cebu in the Philippines grouping together to protect themselves from larger animalsHe said: Getting the picture of the dolphin shape was just about being in the right spot at the right time, but it would be to their benefit if they could imitate (模仿) a larger animalDaily Mail - Black garlic - a sw
32、eet variety of the popular cooking ingredient that doesnt leave you with bad breath - is getting ready to hit the UK supermarket shelvesBlack garlic tastes much sweeter than traditional garlic and enjoys twice the amount of anti-oxidants (抗氧化剂) and can last twice as long on the shelfBBC - Researcher
33、s in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device (装置) that can supply a drug directly into the bodyA small chip is implanted under the skinIt contains the medicine, which it releases at programmed timesThe developers say the device could improve the lives of millions of p
34、eople who take medicine for long-term illnesses and may one day free patients from having to remember to take their medicine, or give themselves injectionsVOA - Global warming could make humans shorter, warn scientists who claim to have found evidence that it caused the worlds first horses to shrink
35、 nearly 50 million years agoAs temperatures went up their size went down, and vice versa (反之亦然); at one point they were as small as a house catThe scientists say that the current warming could have the same effect on mammals, and even humans59What information can we obtain from Steve De Neefs words?
36、AThe sardines swim together to protect themselves from dolphinsBThe sardines will be in safety when meeting a larger animalCHe took this rare picture of sardines probably by accidentDIts easy to get the picture of the dolphin shape60In comparison with traditional garlic, black garlic _Awill leave yo
37、u much stronger breathBis more popular in the UK supermarketCcan be kept fresh for a much longer timeDcontains the same amount of anti-oxidants61Who will probably find the wirelessly controlled device most useful?AJanet who is suffering a bad cold BSophia who had had an operationCWinfred who has bee
38、n ill for long DLynette who has a poor memory62The underlined word shrink in Paragraph 4 probably means _Abecome smaller Bbecome weaker Cgrow bigger Dgrow strongerCEvery year some 15,000 animals - mostly mice - areshipped into the UK for researchSome leading scientists arewarning that pressure from
39、animal rights activists is reducing thenumber of animals being brought into Britain for researchAllferry companies and all but two airlines have stopped importinganimals intended for research laboratoriesLord Drayson, who was a minister under the last Labour government, said animal research was regr
40、ettably necessary and that people would suffer and die without itIf we do want to have access to medicines, and I believe that we do - in a survey carried out in the past 10 years more than 87% of the general public have said that they support animal research for medical usesAnd so unfortunately we
41、do have to do thisHowever, Alistair Currie from People, for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said researchers should work harder to come up with alternatives to animal testingMore man 90% of drugs that pass trials in animals fail when theyre given to people, he saidThey either prove to be uns
42、afe or simply ineffectiveThe BBCs Tom Fielden says animal rights campaigners have been imprisoned for taking direct action against laboratories in the past and more recently have focused on creating bad PR (public relations)He says this has included letter-writhing and web-based campaigns against transport companies, which appear to have had an effectBut the scientists who depend on the animals for their work have now decided to speak out to try to persuade the government and