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2012学年第一学期五校联考期中试卷高三年级英语注意：本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间120分钟，满分120分。答案一律做在答卷页上。第i卷（共80分）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5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,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。1. honey, id like to go to london for the 2012 olympics. _ you must help me with the decoration of the house. a. not exactly. b. thats great! c. forget it! d. why?2. _2012 warm weather fashion season is all about _ nature and flowers with a focus on rainforest.a. a; 不填 b. 不填; the c. the; a d. the; 不填3. _ good use of learning resources such as the website and library, and you will make great progress. a. to make b. making c. make d. having made4. it was not until mum agreed to buy him a computer, _ was his favorite, _ the boy promised to study hard. a. that; that b. which; that c. that; which d. which; which5. i asked mary and joan to go to the cinema with me last night, but _ of them wanted to, because they had to prepare for the coming mid-term exam.a. any b. none c. either d. neither6. the parents were in search _ their son who was lost when the two countries were _ war.a. of; in b. of; at c. for; at d. for; in7. i am writing to express my _ for the safety of children travelling on school buses, especially those on high-risk and highway-speed routes.a. attention b. emotion c. affair d. concern8. dickens visited america in 1842, publishing american notes on his return and _ his experience in another book. a. to include b. including c. to be included d. included9. if the agreement is reached this weekend, it will bring in profit of _ 2.5 million pounds.a. indeed b. entirely c. approximately d. slightly10. i cant believe that jeff _ have quarreled and fought with his boss. well, if one _ ask for trouble, it just cant be helped. a. would; will b. must; may c. should; must d. need; dare11. scientists have created the worlds smallest “snowman”, _ about a fifth of the width of a human hair. a. measuring b. measures c. measured d. to measure12. the band _ in about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s.a. broke up b. broke in c. broke out d. broke down13. why havent you asked her to come here? she _ an important experiment when i found her and she _ it.a. had done; didnt finish b. was doing; hasnt finished c. did; wouldnt finish d. did; hadnt finished14. _, im glad you made that mistake, for it will serve as a warning to you.a. in case b. in a way c. in return d. in relief15. a good advertisement often uses words _ people attach positive meanings.a. that b. to which c. with which d. which16. the brave national spirits showed in the film the flowers of war are _ deeply moved the audience. a. which b. that c. who d. what17. after graduation from college, i tried to stand on my own feet and no longer _ my parents.a. cared about b. devoted to c. heard about d. turned to 18. some chinese students find it difficult to understand native speakers when in london.exactly, _ theyve learned a lot about grammar and known many words.a. if only b. now that c. as if d. even if19. i intended to buy that kind of clothes because i _ that they _ well. a. have been told; wash b. have told; washc. was told; washed d. have been told; are washed20. why didnt you inform me of what had happened to you, ann? _, but i was afraid that you would worry. a. i meant to b. i would c. not necessary d. i hope so第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 every year on my birthday, from the time i turned 12, a white gardenia（栀子花）was delivered to my house in bethesda, md. no card or 21 came with it. calls to the 22 were always in vainit was a cash purchase. after a while i stopped trying to discover the senders 23 and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of that magical, perfect white flower. but i never stopped 24 who the giver might be. some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about someone wonderful and exciting but too 25 to make known his or her identity.my mother 26 these imaginings. shed ask me if there was someone 27 i had done a special kindness who might be showing 28 . perhaps the neighbor id help 29 she was unloading a car full of groceries. or maybe the old man across the street whose mail i delivered during the winter so he wouldnt have to walked down his icy steps. as a teenager, 30 , i had more fun speculating that it 31 be a boy i liked or one who had noticed me even though i didnt know him.when i was 17, a boy 32 my heart. the night he called for the last time, i cried myself to 33 . when i awoke in the morning, there was a message 34 my mirror in red lipstick: “heartily know, when half-gods go, the gods arrive.” i thought about that quotation from emerson for a long time, and until my heart 35 , i left it where my mother had written it. when i finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew 36 was all right again.one month before my high-school education, my father died of a heart attack. feeling extremely sad, i became completely 37 in my upcoming graduation, the senior-class play and the party. but my mother, in spite of her own 38 , would not hear of my skipping any of those things. the day before my father died, my mother and i had gone shopping for a party dress. wed found a spectacular one, but it was the wrong size. when my father died, i forgot about the dress.my mother didnt. the day before the ceremony, i found that dressin the 39 size, over the living-room sofa. i didnt care if i had a new dress or not. but my mother did.she wanted her children to feel 40 and lovable, creative and imaginative, just like the gardenialovely, strong and perfect.my mother died ten days after i married. i was 22 years old. that was the year the gardenias stopped coming.21. a. noticeb. notec. evidenced. message22. a. floristb. bakeryc. stored. market23. a. styleb. appearancec. characterd. identity24. a. admiringb. imaginingc. respondingd. inspecting25. a. independentb. foolc. shyd. rude26. a. contributed tob. watched out forc. blocked outd. accounted for27. a. for whomb. with whomc. whomd. that28. a. apologyb. appreciationc. benefitd. permission29. a. unlessb. oncec. sinced. when30. a. otherwiseb. butc. thoughd. therefore31. a. mightb. couldc. wouldd. should32. a. brokeb. trickedc. gainedd. wiped33. a. painb. sighc. dawnd. sleep34. a. inb. onc. atd. over35. a. forgaveb. achedc. determinedd. healed36. a. somethingb. everythingc. nothingd. anything37. a. uninterestedb. unfairc. violentd. hopeless38. a. lifeb. happinessc. sorrowd. world39. a. trueb. rightc. wrongd. false40. a. valuedb. respectedc. lovedd. thankful第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 a the brown widow spider became established in southern california in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban los angeles and san diego. the brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in southern california and could possibly move northward into central california.the brown widow is suspected to have evolved in africa although it was first described from south america, which adds confusion as to where it might have originated. it is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in hawaii, florida, parts of australia, south africa and japan. in north america, the brown widow spider was restricted for many decades to the florida peninsula. however, around the year 2000, it started showing up in other gulf coast states. brown widows are now known from texas to georgia and south carolina.the brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches. some typical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots, mail boxes, entry way corners, under caves, storage closets and garages, undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods, and the undersides of outdoor furniture. they choose places that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore, appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned.one recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species. the reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its large relatives, but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison. the two major symptoms of a brown widow bite are that the bite hurt when it is given and it leaves a red mark. these two symptoms are not much different from the bite of normal household spiders.there is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals. most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general. therefore, most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows. avoiding a mess of the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them. also, one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders. these items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves, recreational items like sports equipment (i.e. ,baseball gloves) and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted.41. the author wrote this article to _.a. announce the result of a research on spidersb. introduce the ways to get rid of the spidersc. report a new finding of the widow speciesd. warn readers against the brown widow42. from the passage we can conclude that _.a. brown widows are possibly spreading northwardb. brown widows originated from africac. brown widows now can be found in all countriesd. there used to be no brown widows in north america43. the third paragraph is mainly about _.a. the brown widows web building b. the characteristics of the brown widowsc. the habitat preferences of the brown widowsd. the brown widows threat to human beings44. it can be inferred that _.a. brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicals b. at present people can only control brown widow spidersc. the brown widow has more poison than the black widowd. victims bitten by the brown widow neednt see the doctor b at blossom end railroad station, 22-year-old stanley vine sat, waiting for his new employer. the surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn france. after four horrible years as an army private fighting in europe, stanley had returned to england in february 1946. armed now with some savings and with no prospects for a job in england, he answered a newspaper ad for farm help in canada. two months later he was on his way.when the old car rumbled toward the tiny station, stanley rose to his feet, trying to make the most of his five foot and four inches frame. the farmer, alphonse lapine, shook his head and complained, “youre a skinny thing.” on the way to his dairy farm, alphonse explained that he had a wife and seven kids. “money is tight. youll get room and board. youll get up at dawn for milking, and then help me around the farm until evening milking time again. ten dollars a week. sundays off.” stanley nodded. he had never been on a farm before, but he took the job.from the beginning stanley was treated horribly by the whole family. they made fun of the way he dressed and talked. he could do nothing right. the humourless farmer frequently lost his temper, criticizing stanley for the slightest mistake. the oldest son, 13-year-old armand, constantly played nasty tricks on him. but the kind-hearted stanley never responded.stanley never became part of the lapine family. after work, they ignored him. he spend his nights alone in a tiny bedroom. however, each evening before retiring, he lovingly cared for the farmers horses, eagerly awaiting him at the field gate. he called them his gentle giants. on saturday nights he hitch-hiked into the nearest town and wandered the streets or enjoyed a restaurant meal before returning to the farm.early one november morning alphonse lapine discovered that stanley had disappeared, after only six months as his farmhand. the railway station master, when questioned later that week, said he had not seen him. in fact no one in the community ever heard of him again. that is, until one evening, almost 20 years later, when armand, opened an american sports magazine and came across a shocking headline, “millionaire jockey, stanley vine, ex-british soldier and 5-time horse riding champion, began life in north america as a farmhand in canada.”45. stanley vine decided to go to canada because _.a. he wanted to escape from war-torn france b. he wanted to serve in the canadian armyc. he couldnt find a job in englandd. he loved working as a farmhand46. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. stanley joined the french army when he was 18 years old. b. on the farm stanley had to milk the cows 14 times a week.c. the lapine family were rich but cruel to stanley.d. stanely read about the job offer in a newspaper.47. what can we infer from the passage?a. when he first met his employer, stanley tried to impress him but failed. b. stanley had never worked on a farm, so he made a lot of mistakes.c. stanleys weekly salary was not enough for him to live on.d. stanley left the farm by train, without telling anyone why he did so.48. what did stanley like doing after work each day?a. hitch-hiking to different towns. b. caring for the farmers horses.c. wandering around the farm alone. d. preparing meals on the farm.49. why was armand so astonished when he read about stanley in the magazine?a. he didnt know stanley had been a british soldier. b. he had no idea stanley had always been a wealthy man.c. he didnt know his father paid stanley so little money.d. he didnt expect stanley to become such a success. cone of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. “one of the main reasons for economic failure in many african countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent african states.” said neville alexander, director of the project for the study of alternative education in south africa at the university of cape town.in response to the spread of english and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the last decade. in some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. one of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 “toubon law” in france, and the idea has been copied in many countries since then. such efforts to govern language use are often considered as futile by language experts, who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.it is especially difficult for native speakers of english to understand the desire to maintain the “purity” of a language by law. since the time of shakespeare, english has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. english is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but that has not been a barrier to acquiring superiority and power. another reason for the failure of many native english speakers to understand the role of the state regulation is that it has never been the anglo-saxon way of doing things. english has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the academic francaise in france.the need to protect national languages is, for most western europeans, a recent phenomenon- especially the need to ensure that english does not unnecessarily take over too many fields. public communication, education and new ways of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend.50. neville alexander believes that_. a. mother-tongue education is not practiced in all african countries b.globalization has resulted in the economic failure of africa c. globalization has led tothe rise of multi-language trend d. lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure51. the underlined word “futile” (in paragraph 2)most probably means “ _” . a.workable b. practical c. useless d. unnecessary52. why do many english-speaking countries not support the language protection efforts describedin the passage?a. they have a long history of taking words from other languages.b. they want their language to s