2012年南昌市二模英语试题

江西省南昌市20112012学年度高三第二次模拟测试卷英 语 试 题本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，请在答题卷上作答。考试时间120分钟第I卷（选择题，共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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。1What is the relationship between the speakers?AProfessor and student BBoss and employee CFather and daughter2What time does the man think they will leave?A7:47 B7:25 C7273What is the age of the man now?A16 B20 C244Where are the two speakers possibly?AIn a hotel BIn a restaurant CIn the street5How does the man probably feel now?AWorriedBAlright CIndifferent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。6Where does the woman want to go?AAn office BA fruit shop CA police station7What does the woman have to do now!AWait for Mark at the crossroadsBWalk ahead and turn right CWalk a little way back听第7段材料，回答第8至11题。8How does the man feel about David s way of sleeping?AIts ineffective BIts strange CIts the best9How many hours does David sleep a day?AFour. BSix CSeven10What does the woman think of sleeping?APeople should develop a habit like Davids BPeople need longer hours of sleepCPeople have different sleeping habits听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11Which statement is TRUE according to the talk?AThey are salesperson and customer BThey are old school friendsCThey are fellow workers12What do we know about the woman?AShe is fond of her work BShe is tired of travelingCShe is interested in law13What is the man possibly?AA company manager BA salesperson CA lawyer听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?AStrangers BTeacher and student CHusband and wife15What will you do if others cant follow you at English Comer?ASay it again and again BGo on to another topic CExplain it in another way16What will possibly happen if strangers talk about politics?AThey will probably not agree with each otherBThey will be in danger CThey will have to stop their talk soon听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Whose smoking may have more effect on young people?ATheir parents BTheir friends CFamous actors18Who is Stanton Glantz?AA worried parent BA professor CAn actor19According to the survey, how many of the children who regularly watch films have tried cigarettes?ATwo thirds BAlmost forty percent CAbout thirty percent20Who paid the actors if they smoked in the films, according to Glantz?AThe director BThe film industry CThe tobacco company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。21In _ week or soI 11 be among _ unemployed, I m afraidA/;a Ba;/ Ca; the Dthe; /22The young mother saw her baby fall to the ground,_ brought her heart to her mouthAit Band which Cthis Dand that23The old couple who _ in the deserted house for ten years have been settled in a nursing home nowAlived Bhave lived Chad lived Dhave been living24There is a saying, Life is 10% _ happens to us and 90% _ we respond to itAthat; that Bwhich; when Cwhat; how Dwho; why25What has been _? You haven t been around to see us for agesAturning you away Bkeeping you away Cgiving you away Dputting you away26Oh, Richard, why _ you always do the opposite of what I tell you?Amust Bmay Cshould Dcan27Is the experiment easy?_,but Ill try to do my bitAI think so BCertainly CNot a little DAnything but28Nuclear radiation is said _ the biggest health challenge in Japanese Earthquake over the past few monthsAbeing Bto be Cto have been Dthat it is29Barack Obama has taken personal blame _ the security failures which led _ the attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas DayAof; to Bfor; to Con; on Din; on30According to experts, China needs to _ its one - child family planning policy to fight against a worsening gender（性别） imbalance and an aging populationAarrange Bapply Cadapt Dadjust31As many as 150 miners died in the accidentIf only the mine - owners _ enough attention to the safety measures!Apaid Bshould pay Cwould pay Dhad paid32What time do we have to be at the gate? _ passengers are already boardingAHurriedly BSoon CImmediately DSince33 How do you like our city?It has changed beyond all _ in the past 20 years, a completely new one in front of meArealization Bdescription Cexpression Drecognition34It was with great excitement one morning in July _ the young man read a classified advertisementAwhen Bthat Cwho Dwhich35 昣_ over everything whenever we want to make a decision, many people believe, and we will have less chance of making mistakesAThink BTo think CThinking DThought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。For hours I had been traveling up the Nile Valley, from Luxor to Cairo, on a train jammed with Egyptsworking poorAt I amI 36 Cairo and took a taxi to Tahrir SquareI was 37 and, having been to Cairo before, knew that while most of the city was 38 at this hour, a couple of fast - food restaurants would be open thereThe taxi dropped me 39 across the street from HardeesA moment later, just as I was about to 40 the restaurant door, two street children ran towards me with full 41 for foodBeing a veteran （老练之人） traveler 42 having once lived in Egypt for a year, I was no stranger to children 43 or people asking me for helpBut seldom had I been so 44 by the sincerity of the requestI turned back to the 45 and asked them to wait while I went inside to buy them foodAt the counter I 46 two hamburgers for the boysWhen their food was ready, I walked back 47 and invited them in to eat with meNo! they cried 48 We do not belong in such a nice place!49 to persuade them otherwise, I brought the 50 out, and as they took the burgers, they showered me with 30 seconds of nonstop 51 praying that Allah would bless me alwaysAnd this is 52 five years later, I still ask Gods blessings for those two Egyptian boysI 53 as sincerely as they had for me, 54 that while they had nothing material to give, they had given me something 55 : an awareness of my spiritual poverty and a desire for a softer heart36Areached Bsaw Cvisited Dnoticed37Athirsty Bangry Chungry Dfrightened38Alet down Bclosed down Cgot down Dput down39Aaway Bback Cout Doff40Ashut Block Ccover Dopen41Asmiles - Bhardships Ccries Dhonors42Aapart from Bas well as Cin favour of Din return for43Abeating Bstruggling Cbegging Dtrembling44Asurprised Bregretted Cappointed Dmoved45Aboys Bdrivers Cwaiters Dworkers46 Aordered Bdemanded Crequested Ddeserved47Ainside Boutside Cforward Dbackward48Ahappily Bcheerfully Castonishingly Dsadly49AUnable BImpossible CReady DWilling50Abook Bfood Ccook Dlook51Ablessings Bbelongings Ccampaigns Dchallenges52Ahow Bwhy Cwhere Dwhen53Atell Bspeak Cpray Dbow54Aforgetting Bfollowing Cregretting Dremembering55Agreater Bfewer Cless Dlower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。AKnowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton always tried to seek help for one or two poor familiesWith a social worker mother, the Sutton children had inherited her commitment to service, and knew never to take their good fortune at Christmas for grantedThis year, Kinzie, her seven - year - old daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a special visit to a 22 - year - old mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12 - month - old son by herselfThe phone rang on SundayA representative from a local organization was calling to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen throughNo Santa Claus, no presents, nothingAnn saw the cheer vanish from her children s faces at the newsWithout a word, Kinzie ran into her bedroomShe returned, her face set with determinationOpening up her piggy bank, she put all thecoins onto the table: $ 330Everything she had Mom, she told Ann, I know its not muchBut maybe this will buy a present for the baby At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughters storyTo her surprise , staff members began to open their purses and empty their pockets to help KinzieBy day s end, the story of Kinzies gift had spread beyond Anns officeShe received a call from an unknown donorIf a seven - year - old could give everything she had, he said, he should at least match her gift 100 to 1He contributed $ 300On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where the Ashleys lived Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing them to Ashley one by oneAshley was very movedReflecting on a little girls generosity, Ashley says shell one day be able to do something similar for someone else in needKinzie could have used that money for herself, but she gave it away, Ashley saysShes the type of kid Id like my son to grow up to be56According to the text, Ann Sutton _Ais making lots of moneyBis ready to help othersCis only caring about herselfDis a hard - working mother57Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?AAshley lived a hard life with her little sonBThe Sutton children took Anne as an example to followCThe coworkers of Ann helped Kinzie to realize her wishDAnn Sutton tried to ask for help for her own children58What can we learn about Kinzie?AShe was afraid that Santa Claus would visit the AshleysBShe should get some presents from her mother at ChristmasCShe devoted all her coins to buying a present for the babyDShe was cheerful when hearing the aid had fallen through59Which of the following can be inferred from the text?AIt rained heavily on Christmas EveBAnn handed gifts to Ashley one by oneCAshley hoped she would help someone else in needDA good deed can influence many peoples behavior60What would be the best tide for the text?AA Young Girls GiftBA Mothers LoveCA Story of Young GirlDAn Unknown DonorBDo you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self - respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized （把归类） as honor help you create this life of good feelingsHere s an example to show how honorable actions create happinessSay a store clerk fails to charge us for an itemIf we keep silent, and profit from the clerks mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky （卑鄙的） excitementLater we might tell our family or friends about our good fortuneOn the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honestyWe would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soulThen, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?In the first case, where we don t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happenDeep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thiefIn the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self- respectWe would also demonstrate （演示） that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friendsWe damage our own reputations by telling othersIn contrast, bringing the error to the clerks attention causes different things to happenImmediately the clerk knows us to be honor-able Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self - respect is increasedWhenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobilityThere is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actionsHonorable thoughts lead to honorable actionsHonorable actions lead us to a happier existenceAnd it s easy to think and act honorably again when were happyWhile the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once its started, its easy to continueKeeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness61According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our_Aself - respect Bfinancial rewards Cadvertising ability Dfriendly relationship62The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to _Alying Bstealing Ccheating Dadvertising63The underlined phrase bringing the error to the clerks attention means _Atelling the truth to the clerk Boffering advice to the clerkCasking the clerk to be more attentive Dreminding the clerk of the charged item64How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?AWe 11 be very excited BWe 11 feel unfortunateCWell have a sense of honor DWell feel sorry for the clerk65Which of the following can be the best tide of this passage?AHow to Live Truthfully BImportance of PeacefulnessCWays of Gaining Self - respect DHappiness through Honorable ActionsCThe iPhone, the iPad: each of Apples products sounds cool and has become a fad（一时的风尚） Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter i ?and many other brands are following suitThe BBCs iPlayer ?which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet ?adopted the title in 2008A lovely bear ?popular in the US and UK ?that plays music and video is called iTeddyA slimmed-down version of Londons Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name iIn general, single -letter prefixes （前缀） have been popular since the 199Cb, when terms such as e -mail and e - commerce first came into useMost i products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independents i , it s no surprise that they ve selected this fashionable nameBut its hard to see whats so special about the letter iWhy not use a, b, or c instead? According to Tony Thome, head of the Language Center at Kings College, London, i works because its meaning has become ambiguousWhen Apple uses i, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thome told BBC MagazinesEven when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn t have one clear definition, he saysHowever, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability （轻便） adds Thorne Clearly the letter i also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individualEach person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason Along with Google and blog, readers of BBC Magazines voted i as one of the top 20 wordsthat have come to define the last decadeBut as history shows, people grow tired of fadsFrom the 1900s to 1990s, products with 2000 in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modemHowever, as we entered the new century, the trend inevitably disappeared66People use iPlayer to _Alisten to music Bmake a callCwatch TV programs online Dread newspapers67We can infer that the Independents i is aimed at _Ayoung readers Bold readersCfashionable women Dengineers68The underlined word ambiguous means _Apopular Buncertain Cdefinite Dunique69Nowadays, -the i term often reminds people of the products which are _Aportable Benvironmentally friendlyCadvanced Drecyclable70The writer suggests that _Ai products are often of high quality新课标第一网BiTeddy is alive bearCthe letter b replaces letter i to name the productsDthe popularity of i products may not last longDBeing sociable looks like a good way to add years to your lifeRelationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity （长寿） boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationshipThe effect was first noted in 1858 by William Fair, who wrote that widows and widowers （鳏夫） were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peersStudies since then suggest that marriage could and as mu