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河南省郑州市2012届高中毕业班考前检测（二）
英 语 试 题
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本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间100分钟，满分120分。考生应首先阅读答题卡上的文字信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上作答无效。
第一卷（选择题共85分）
第一部分 听力（略）
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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21．—What did you think of ____ concert yesterday?
—It couldn't be ____ better one．
A．the; 不填 B．the; the C．the; a D．a; a
22．—What are you going to do this weekend?
—___．Why?
A．Nothing else B．Nothing much
C．Nothing special D．Nothing important
23．In Norway, it' s common ____ for the husband to stay at home to look after the baby．
A．practice B．process C．sense D．act
24．____ has the right medical knowledge can give first aid in time of danger．
A．Who B．No matter who C．Anyone D．Whoever
25．The test was so difficult that half of the students ____ failed this time．
A．almost B．hardly C．still D．somehow
26．I still remember the accident and the troubles ____ has caused to me．
A．which B．what C．it D．that
27．Harry Potter describes a world full of magic, in which anything strange ____ happen．
A．may B．shall C．will D．can
28．—Why didn't you attend the ceremony yesterday?
—Because my cousin came to see me, which I ____．
A．didn' t expect B．haven' t expected
C．wasn' t expecting D．hadn' t expected
29．It was about 600 years ____ the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made．
A．before B．that C．when D．until
30．The new products will not sell well unless they ____ properly．
A．will be promoted B．are promoted
C．have promoted D．are being promoted
31．She turned on the light and listened to the wind outside, ____ why her son hadn’t been back yet at such a late time．
A．having wondered B．wondering C．to wonder D．wondered
32．Yao Ming, now a student of Shanghai Jiaotong University, ____ basketball in NBA for nine years．
A．has played B．was playing C．has been playing D．played
33．He has got himself into a dangerous situation ____ he may lose his life as well as his job．
A．that B．which C．where D．why
34．____ once a year, whether you are old or young, man or woman, is a way to keep healthy．
A．Being examined B．Examined C．To be examined D．Be examined
35．While studying, fix your mind on what is really important, or you will ____ remembering nothing．
A．show up B．take up C．bring up D．end up
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，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。
One day a naughty boy, Tom, was taking a walk on the road with his uncle, a professor in a famous university．As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying on the path, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a field close by, and who had 36 finished his day' s work．
Tom 37 the professor, saying, " Let' s play a 38 on the man: we hide hi's shoes, stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his 39 when he cannot find them．"
" Tom," said the professor, " we should never 40 ourselves by making fun of the poor． You are 41 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by helping the poor man．Put a 42 into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the 43 affects him．"
Tom did so, and they both hid themselves behind the 44 close by． The poor man soon finished his work, and came 45 the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．While putting on his coat, he 46 his foot into one of his shoes, but felt something 47 , so he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin．
Surprised, he stared at the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again．He then looked around himself, 48 no person was seen．He put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe．But his surprise was 49 , because he found a coin in the other shoe, too．
His feelings 50 him．He fell upon his 51 , looked up to heaven and let out a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and 52 , and his dying children without bread．
The naughty boy stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears．" Now," said the professor, "are you not much more pleased than if you have played your 53 trick?
The boy replied regretfully, "You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget．I feel now the 54 of those words, which I never understood before —It is more blessed to give than to 55 ．"
36．A．nearly B．hardly C．closely D．already
37．A．walked around B．referred to C．turned to D．puzzled over
38．A．fun B．joke C．hide D．trick
39．A．opinion B．reaction C．emotion D．thought
40．A．show B．help C．amuse D．behave
41．A．healthy B．good C．kind D．rich
42．A．coin B．button C．grain D．penny
43．A．pleasure B．discovery C．chance D．possibility
44．A．bushes B．trees C．crops D．stones
45．A．around B．toward C．into D．across
46．A．wore B．stepped C．slipped D．tried
47．A．hard B．tight C．cold D．loose
48．A．and B．so C．while D．but
49．A．folded B．developed C．doubled D．improved
50．A．overcame B．beat C．grasped D．controlled
51．A．hands B．knees C．feet D．legs
52．A．beautiful B．merciless C．hopeful D．helpless
53．A．intended B．required C．devoted D．determined
54．A．faith B．fact C．truth D．belief
55．A．demand B．receive C．fool D．posses
第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题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。
A
I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth．But the words, which Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me．
Carl Waller was my piano teacher．During one of my lessons he asked how much practice I was doing．I said three or four hours a day．
"Do you often practice so long at a time?" asked my teacher．
"I try to," I answered．
Well, don' t," ge said． “When you grow up, time won' l come in long periods．Practice in minutes whenever you can find them, five or ten before school, after lunch, or between household tasks．Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life．"
When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading and committee meetings filled my days and evenings．For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my．excuse was that I had no time．Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said．
During the next week I conducted an experiment．Whenever I had five minutes to spare, I would sit-down and write a hundred words or so．To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript （手稿） ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same means．
Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, every day there were free moments which could be caught and put to use．I even took up piano-playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided enough time for both writing and piano practice．
There is an important trick in this time-using formula; you must get into your work quickly．If you--have only five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste four minutes chewing your pencil．You must make your mental preparations ahead of time, and focus on your task almost immediately when the time comes．Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize．
I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes．But life can be counted on to supply interruptions （中断时间）．Carl Walter has had a great influence on my life．To him, I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I begin without delay．
56．Which of the following can be the best tide of this passage?
A．Concentrate on Your Work B．A Little at a Time
C．How I Became a Writer D．My Teacher' s Advice
57．Which of the following statements is true?
A．The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long periods．
B．Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer' s life since he became a student．
C．The writer didn't take the teacher' s words to heart at first．
D．Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine．
58．The underlined part "counted on" in the last paragraph can be replaced by "____"．
A．enriched B．concentrated C．valued D．expected
59．We can infer from the passage that the author ____．
A．has new books published each year however busy his teaching is
B．is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy
C．has got into the bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels
D．is devoted to work immediately because he can find enough time for preparations
B
LONDON —For sale: the world' s smallest country with its own flag, stamps, currency and passports．
Apply to Prince Michael of Sealand if you want to run your own nation, even if it' s just a wartime fort （堡垒） lying on two concrete towers in the North Sea．Built in the Second World War as an anti-aircraft base to fight against German bombers, the deserted platform was taken over 40 years ago by a retired army officer Paddy Roy Bates, who went to live there with his family．
He declared the platform, lying seven miles off the east coast of England and just outside Britain's territorial （领土的） waters, to be the principality （公国） of Sealand．The self-styled Prince Roy adopted a flag, chose a national anthem and made silver and gold coins．
The family saw off attempts by Britain' s Royal Navy to force them to leave and also an attempt in 1978 by a group of German and Dutch businessmen to seize Sealand by force．
"I was held prisoner out there for three or four days and then managed to get back to England ," Roy' s son Michael said．
Prince Michael, whose 85-year-old father now lives in Spain, said his family had been approached by customers "who wanted freedom, more than the houses"．
Asked what were the delights of living on Sealand, the 54-year-old prince said, "The neighbors are very quiet．There is a good sea view．There is no jurisdiction （管辖权） by any other country in the world．"
Calling it a cross between a house and a ship, the prince acknowledged it was not the world' s most beautiful country but two large concrete towers with eight rooms in each tower．But it is quite pleasant sitting inside in the warm and watching the frightening weather fighting past the windows．
60．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Paddy Roy Bates and his son Prince Michael．
B．The sale of the world' s smallest country．
C．The history of the country in the North Sea．
D．The introduction of the world' s smallest country．
61．What might attract buyers most?
A．The freedom． B．The easy traffic．
C．The beauty． D．The quietness．
62．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A．Paddy Roy Bates never left Sealand．
B．Sealand has its own stamps and national day．
C．You can be caught in the bad weather．
D．Many people want to buy this island．

C
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63．We can learn from the first paragraph that Blogit is ____．
A．developing fast B．located at a small community
C．a non-profit website D．a website on which people make friends
64．Once you succeed in applying for membership of Blogit, you can do the following EXCEPT
A．writing on any topic you like B．adding pictures to your poetry
C．selecting different styles D．fulfilling your dream as a writer surely
65．What is Blogit doing to meet members' needs according to the 3rd paragraph?
A．Replying to most questions every day． B．Upgrading its systems regularly．
C．Giving writers special software to install． D．Choosing different topics for readers．
66．The passage is mainly intended for those who are interested in ____．
A．entertainment B．computer engineering
C．writing D．business
D
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