1、南充市高2012届第三次高考适应性考试英语试卷 (考试时间120分钟,满分150分)第一卷注意事项: I答第一卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。 2每小题选出答案后,用铅笔把机读卡上对应项目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其它答案标号,不能直接答在试卷上。3考试结束后,考生将答题卡交回。特别说明:为了方便试卷回收和阅卷需要,排版时特地将试卷中的“第一卷第二部分第二节”放人第二卷中。全卷中160题需要使用机读卡,从61题起直接在试卷上作答。第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分50分) 第一节 语法和词汇知识(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
2、从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1IdlovelOom onthe higherfloor SOthatI can have a birdseye view ofcity A the;a Ba;the C不填;the Da;a2Those who put their money away in the bank know very well that interest rate could go Aboth ways Ball ways Cneither way Deither way3Wed better take umbrellas-Im
3、sure itwhen we arrive in London;its always wet there at this time of year A,will rain Bis raining Cwill be raining Dwould rain4一Call me at 9:00I cant afford tO miss such a conference一D0nt worry,sirYou11 surely beAwamed Breminded Cinformed Dremembered5To the great disappointment of the poor peasant w
4、orkers,a great part of their salaries were,by the boss for no right reasonA kept away Bkept off Ckept back Dkept up6I never answer his calls and I ignore him every time I see himhoping that hed get the Ainformation Bnews Cmessage Dword7He cameto the dead dog which he found and watched it Aclose;clos
5、e Bclosely;closely C closely;close Dcloser;closely8-Guess what?happened to meet Femando the other dayMIf my memory selves me correcdy,youeach otherfor ages Ahavent seen Bhadnt seen Cdidnt see Ddont see9一I cant get on well with some of my classmatesThey just leaVe me in the cold But whats the reason?
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7、n Awhich:where Bwho;whose Cthat;that D-who;where12一Lets go and try some French food tonightIts neither a holiday nor a weekend today AWhv not? BThanks a lot CYes,Id like to-DWhat for?13 Facts pmve that the wodds economic development is n。t a win一10s。gaine but 0ne in which allbe winners Acan Bshall C
8、must14His teaching experience at the rural school is much different from Aone Bit Cthat15.Auntil Bunless Casif Devenif16Notwith the quality of your goods,1 will certainly not advise others to buy them Abeing impressed Bimpressing Cimpressed D,having impressed17He brought a white T-shirt and a red sk
9、iaSuch backfromthe USAthe西旭he gave me when he cameAis Bare Cwas Dwere18Exciting as its special effects are,thereistoomuch violenceinthefilmAbeing watched Bto be watching Cwatching D to watch19To leam more about the book,Saving Ourselves,Agoing Bto go Cgone20People who exercise are less likely to fee
10、l stress 第二节 完形填空(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,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One day I took a bus with my girlfriendIt was So !that we stood for several stops untila vacant seat was丝 for he r Thell a pretty girl rushed towards me,saying,”Hiwhere are you going?1 was SO struck byth
11、e sanger that I had a hard time trying to 23 herClearly she had taken me 丝 someboay elseI returned her greeting with politeness, 25 to give explanation to my girl later Noticing my dialogue with somebody else,my gm!一her eyes and found she was prettyShe asked jealously,“Whos she?”The pretty girl,quit
12、e! of the situation,spoke out first,“Hi1et me 28 mvseifIm Nancy,used to be 29 Very glad to meet you”She behavedverv 30瓦as 3 1 to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors1was worrying how toexplain this to mY girlfriend 32 the pretty圳again turned to me,“Willvou give mi your cel
13、l phone number SO that we 33 keep contacts later?”I had to submit to her 第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分50分) 第一节阅读下列短文,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。(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分) ADear Parents, It makes sense that you want to guarantee your child only the best,most worthwhile books andproductsPick 5 books for$2 wit
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20、 now:we11 bill you laterSincerely, David Anender(Editor) B BEUlNG,July 8(Xinhuanet)一A new botel concept has been realized in a village in NoahelTl Sweden。which aims to make the simple treehouse become a worldclass destination for travelersThe Treehotel10cated in a place called Haradswill consist of
21、four looms when it opens onJuly 17th:the Cabinthe Blue Cone,出e Nest,and山e Mirrorcube Two additional rooms are scheduled to open in OctoberThe long term vision(想象)is evenmore expansive“Our goal in five years is to have 24 looms from 24 different architects”saysTreebotel cofounder Kent Lindvall The fi
22、rst six looms were designed by five difierent architectsThe Mirroreube which stands fourmeters high and four meters wideand山e walls of which are made with a mirrored glass,has drawnwidespread attention as it will be attached to a single tree“Its an interesting building You cantfind anything else lik
23、e this in the world today Its unique(独特的),”says Lindvall“Everythingwill refleet iu itthe treesthe birdsthe clouds and the sun in the forestSo it could hardly beseen in山e forestThis is untouched forest and we want to keep it the same way” Lindvall says the Treehotels vision proves a powerful draw,wit
24、h enquiries(询问)coming infrom far and wide“I think whats exciting here is that were Just 60 km below the Arctic CircleItmeans theres a good possibility to have the nohem lights in the winter and of course t(have themidnight sun in the summer” The motto of the Treehotel is“Feel Free in a Tree”and expe
25、nse will cost up to about S 55550fur two guests in the Cube,which is designed to hold up to four guests44The underlined wordexpansive”in the second paragraph probably means Acosting a lot of money Bcovering a large areaCrequiring knowledge and skiHs Dincreasing suddenly and rapidly45According to the
26、 passage,the Mirroreube is a unique building because Aeverything can reflect in jt Bis large with plenty of space Cthere is a large mi rror wall in it Dit has limited effect on local wildlifa46Whieh of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? AThe Treehotel is ideally situated to e
27、nioy the naturel wonders BThe Treehotel is a盯eat base to explore the many local places of interest CTravelers can have a relaxed holiday at a reasonable price in the Treehotel DThe six rooms of the Treehotel were separately designed by 6 different architects47Where can you most pmbably see the passa
28、ge?AIn a newspaper CIn a websiteBIn a magazineDIn a science journalC The small unamed painting called“Fisherman”was signed by a littleknown Italian artistMaveleone(16691740) When it was sold reeendy in New York for$27000the sellerMrOliver Pittwas asked to explain how the picture had come into his po
29、ssession Pitt said“I didnt know it was so valuableIIn not an art expertPhotography is my hobby IboughtFishermanin Italy iil 1970 for$140The picture was dirtyand I couldnt see the artistssignatureBut anyway it wasnt the picture tlat I hkedI bought it because of the flame” It s a most unusual framemad
30、e of tinysilvery seashellsney are set in such a way thatthey reflect perfect light onto the surface of a pictureI nOW have a photograph ofmy wife in thatframeand IlI never part with it” “When I returned to New Y0rk I showed the painting in its flame to a Customs offiPerI toldhim that I had paid$140
31、for it but admitted I didnt know its actual worthThe customs man valuedit at$140andl was askedto pay duty onthat valueI did sothere andthen” laterI took off the frameand that uncovered Maveleones signatureMy wife suggested infun that the painting might be a valuable oneso I cleaned it and put it uD
32、for sale” As a result of this explanation,Oliver Pitt had to appear in courtHe was accused of knowinglymaking a false statement of thecalue of a picture so as to cheat the Customs Department Pitt was not happy“I told the truth as I knew jt then”he said“What else could I say?” And thell the judge agr
33、eed with him“nle Customs Department is to blame。”he said“formaking a true valuation of goods brought into the countryso山at the correct amount of duty may bechargedMrPitt did not cause or try to cause tle mistake that was madeHe paid the duty thatwas demandedIf,now,the Customs Department finds that i
34、ts valuafion was not eorreeit cannotbe allowed to have another tryPitt is not guilty(有罪)”48 When Oliver Pitt bought the picture,Ait was unframedChe suggested that it was valuableBMaveleone signed the dealDit wastheflamethat attracted him49Pitt met the Customs officerwhere the officer was employed to
35、 Aat the railway station or airport;examine peoples baggage Bat the airport or port;examine peoples baggage Cat the bus-stop or port;help people enter the USA D,at the airport or port;help people enter the USA50From the passage we can infer that if Maveleone had been a wellknown artist Athe painting
36、 would have COSt much tuore than$140 Bhe wouldnt have sold his painting at such a low price Cthe Customs officer would have valued the painting less than 8 140 DPitt wouldnt have had the intention to buy any of his paintings51Pitttook offtheframein orderto Acleanthe paintingto putit“pfor safeCuse it
37、 for his wifes photograph B100k for the artists signature D find the paintings true valueD Though“nanometer”(纳米)is UOW a hshionable term all over the world,few people know exactly what it is It has become a new favorite of manufacturers and sellers in recent vears Manv“hightech”products bearing the
38、name“nano”have entered the market,bringing more mvsterioujfeeling to surprised consumers 。 Nanometer is a very small length unit of measure,and is very smallOne nfillimeter is 1000 micrometers,and one micrometer is 1000 nanometersThat is。one nanometer is one billionth of ameterNanomaterials are soli
39、dmaterials composed of particles(粒子)or crystallites(晶体)oflessthan 100 nanometer in sizeThen,is a cup made of nano material really any different from an 0rdinary cupinfunction asfar as howit works? Are nano cups really so wonderful?A reporter went to the Institute of Nanomedicinewhich isthe first suc
40、h institute of such a SOrt in the world and the only one in China,speeializing in researching the investigation of the application of nano technology into medicin0 A water molecule(分子)is composed of 2 hydrogen atoms and l oxygen atomIt can bechanged only by special working skillfully of the atomsThe
41、 material making up the cup can havenanometer particles But it cannot change the chemical and physical properties of the water contained in itThe wa-ter in the cup is still waterWhen people drink it,it will produce no special effect on human bedv Professor Ji who worked in the Institute of Nanomedic
42、ine told the reporter,so farthe investiga。tion of nano materials is still limited in the laboratoryNo commercial micro products can be produeed yetWith the present level of science and technologythe time of everydav goods made ofnanometer materials is still years awav The products labeled with nano
43、marks in the market now are only traditional DrDducts coatedwith a thin layer of nanometer material,which makes them more abrasion resistant(耐磨),mucheasier to be cleaned,or oil resisting or moth proof(防蛀) Professor Ji explained that nano cup is a real cupIt earl also be included jn the list of nan0p
44、roducts in a eertaln senseBut the nano cup has not changed its prepey and function as a cupItis not a ma百cal medicine for curing and health care 52What carl we learn aecording to the passage, AMillimeter is fl smaUer length unit compared with nanometer BNano products are very popular with consumtrs
45、CThe water contained in the nano cup is not quite difierent from the taD water DA llano cup has a special function 53It can beinferredfromthe passagethat A real nano products are being produced by some companies Bnano materials have been put into use in dailv goods Cthe nano cupis very effectivein c
46、uring and health care Dreal HallO products havent become available for people54The underlined word“properties”in the fifth paragraph probably means Apossessions Breactions Cqualities Dsymbols55What would be the best tide for the passage? AHightech Products BNan0 Materials cHi曲一teach Research DNano Cups How offen do you sit still and do absolutely nothingThe nsual answer these days