2012届普通高中毕业班教学质量监测(英语).doc

2012届普通高中毕业班教学质量监测试题英 语本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共8页，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided it was time to 1 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together: “Not the measuring stick.”“No,” I 3 them. “Not the measuring stick.”The measuring stick isnt a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge weve 5 each childs growth by making a mark showing his or her 6 on every birthday. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting.Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9 the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10 and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured.Many of those listed on the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in 13 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home.We havent 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the back of the kitchen door will always remain 15 , with lots of names and dates in various colors.1 A. restoreB. rebuildC. sellD. repaint2 A. comfortableB. possibleC. availableD. changeable3 A. promisedB. repeatedC. followedD. responded4 A. falseB. wonderfulC. actualD. obvious5 A. keptB. witnessedC. recordedD. accompanied6 A. ageB. weightC. nameD. height7 A. informationB. handwritingC. styleD. characteristic8 A. adjustsB. shutsC. opensD. swings9 A. copyB. readC. appreciateD. remove10A. proudlyB. automaticallyC. shylyD. calmly11A. readyB. voluntaryC. ableD. unwilling12A. growingB. contributingC. studyingD. working13A. sightB. designC. amazementD. memory14A. concerned aboutB. approved ofC. decided onD. relied on15A. freshB. oldC. whiteD. original第二节：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为1625的相应位置。My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 16 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 17 his front door in my mailbox. 18 (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 19 was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 20 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 21 Vernon would say when he came back.I was just going to give up 22 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 23 and open the window.I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 24 (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernons neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” said the policeman. 25 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr Davies birds.”II 阅 读(共两节，满分50分)第一节：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题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。AEven when youre extremely busy, you arent using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyones schedule where they arent doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you arent working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.Why arent you completely efficient? Its because time isnt the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when youre tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices(牺牲). But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason its hard to “find time” isnt a lack of time. Its because you dont have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.I first suspected time wasnt the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it. 26. If someone cant work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is _.Aa schedule without gaps Bbreaks and distractionsCthe limited time Dthe limited energy27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can _.Awork without any rest Bfocus on many things at a timeCfind some more time in a day Ddo some exercise regularly28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writers life?AHe had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.BHe stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.CHe found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.DHe pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to _.Aprove what the real limiting factor is Bshow us how busily he needs to workCexplain how important a healthy body is Dtell us what an odd experience he has30. What is the best title of the passage?AAre You Really Lack of Time? BHow Can You Work Efficiently?CWhat Makes Your Energy Limited? DWhen Should You Do Exercise?BOutside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting. On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos. Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me.Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers wont immediately appear on the scene.For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.31. The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because _.Athe author gave her material assistance Bthe author treated her kindly and friendlyCthe author would help her as a reward Dthe author was a foreigner32. From the story, what position of the beggars in the authors mind might be?Aequal Bsuperior Clower Dvaluable33. In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for _.Apretending to see nothing Bhanding out some moneyCrefusing them angrily Dgreeting them normally34. According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _.Amercy and pity Bmoney and food Csmile and greeting Dattention and respect35. The purpose of the passage is to _.Ashow how poor the beggars are in VietnamBoffer some advice on dealing with beggingCexpress what we should offer the beggarsDdescribe an experience with a beggarC As I grew older, Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests: magic tricks, a toy circus, neighborhood shows and science projects. From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college, I continued to come to him with a design or an idea, and he would figure out how to build it. In fifth grade, a schoolmate and I wrote a puppet (木偶) show that we wanted to perform for our class. I made the puppet heads myself, and I made the costumes and curtains with Mon-who was as expert designing and sewing with cloth as my father was designing and working with wood and metal. With Dad I made the puppet stage, in our own invented style between kid and adult with me saying something like, “ It has to be this high, and it needs to come apart and fold up so it can fit in the backseat of the car, and it needs to set up fast, and it needs to have different colored lights on top with switches you can reach to control them and a curtain you can pull from under it, even if you still have a puppet on your hand.” Dad figured out how to make it all work, making plans as we went along. Then with the tools in his shop he built it, and I helped. Dad also spent a lot of time out in the garage or in the driveway working on the family car. I dont remember that he ever took it to a professional auto-repair shop. Maybe to save money, but also because he could usually figure out what needed fixing, just by taking it apart and looking. Though not trained as an auto mechanic, he could look under the engine cover and take parts and pieces out, spread them on a tarp (油布) to catch the oil and figure out what was supposed to happen to the machine and then figure out what wasnt happening and then replace the worn-out part or whatever and then put everything back together again.36. If you are the writer, you are supposed to write about _ahead of the first paragraph. A. fathers achievement in mechanics B. fathers love and skills in mechanics C. fathers experience at repairing cars D. fathers inventions in mechanics37. Who helped the writer to make the puppet? AThe writer himself. BHis classmate.CHis teacher. DHis parents.38. Before the writer went to college, he always turned to his father for _. Adesigning a machine Bbuilding his design or idea Cmaking a puppet show Dbuilding a show stage39. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? AThe writers car is always breaking down. BFather works in a car repairing shop. CRepairing in a shop can save much money. DFather was good at mending his car.40. The purpose of the writers writing the passage is _. Ato tell how his father made a puppet for him Bin memory of his parents Cto describe to the readers his memories about his father Dto argue that parents should help children to explore the world and make inventionsDFrom bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.“In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective(集体的) responsibility. While in the West, its more about individual survival,” said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.Japans jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kongs was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroad.41. The underlined word “prospect” in the first paragraph most probably means _.Aweather Bscene Cfuture Dplace42. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _.Aits helpful to the economy recoveryBit costs the company less money to survive Cit will keep the experienced and skilled workersDit can form a team working harder and more loyally43. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _.Ahuman rights Bsharing responsibilityCpersonal profits Dindividual survival44. In which company can we infer the job cuts will be probably the most severe? AA local American group.BA small Japanese company.CA German branch of a Korean multinational.DA Hong Kongs unit of a French company.45. The passage mainly tells us _.Athe difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with todayBthe cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at presentCthe ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturnDthe different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。下面是几条与节日有关的报道，首先请阅读这些报道的标题和插图：A.Fathers Day Shortchanged? Humble History, Fewer GiftsWith Fathers Day 2011 here, find out how the holiday started, why Dad doesnt mind being shortchanged on gifts, and more.B.Why Mothers Day Horrified, Ruined Its Own MotherBorn of war, Mothers Day grew to horrify its own mother, whose fight to fix the holiday “cost her everything, financially and physically.”C.Valentines Day Facts: Gifts, History, and Love ScienceWhere did Valentines Day come from? What does it cost? And why do we fall for it, year after year?D.Thanksgiving 2010 Myths and FactsBefore the big dinner, debunk the mythsfor starters, the first “real” Thanksgiving wasnt until the 1800sand get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.E.4th of July Facts: 1st Fests, Number of Fireworks, MoreHow did Founding Fathers Celebrate 4th of July? How many 4th of July fireworks explode each year? Answers and more.F.Earth Day at 40: What Good Is It Now?After 40 years, outsourced activism is replacing traditional Earth Day activities, and greens gone mainstream, experts say. So whats the point?以下是这些报道的简要内容介绍，请配对它们的标题。46. Where did this most popular day for couples come from? And how does it come into beings, year after year? Noel Lenski, professor of the University of Colorado, said the lovers holiday traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals held every year on February 15 and remained wildly popular well into the fifth century A.D.47. The first Earth Day in 1970 was a raucous, radical teach-in that helped spur clean-air, clean-water, and endangered species legislation in the United States. Now, 40 years later, Earth Day is every day, as the saying goes. The thing is, its also everyday - environmentalism has become a routine with green-ness as much a marketing tactic as a moral pursuit.48. Some 242 million turkeys were raised in the U.S. in 2010 for slaughter, according to the U.S. Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service. L