2014年12月城区联考英语试卷

1 2012 年鄂州高中自主招生模拟考试 英英 语语 试 题 I 单项选择单项选择 共 共15小题 每题小题 每题1分 满分分 满分15分 分 1 She has many good friends are really kind to her and her parents A most of them B but most of them C and most of whom D most of whom 2 James took the magazines off the little table to make for the television A room B area C field D position 3 That village is far away from here indeed It s almost drive A a four hour B a four hours C four hours D a four hour s 4 Helping others is a habit you can learn even at an early age A it B that C what D one 5 Have your working conditions improved No than before I m afraid A no worse B not worse C no better D a little better 6 I was just about to go out last night the telephone rang A while B when C as D before 7 No one knows when such a custom first A came into power B came into being C came true D came out 8 Mummy I climbed to get the teddy bear from the top of the shelf My goodness You yourself You do that next time A must have hurt mustn t B should have hurt can t C may have hurt mustn t D might have hurt won t be able to 9 Mr Smith from Australia said she a lecture from 8 30 10 30 tomorrow morning A had given B will give C would be giving D gave 10 So far all the criminals by the police A have arrested B have been arrested C are arrested D will be arrested 11 Her pale face suggested she ill and our suggestion was that she to see a doctor A were go B be go C was go D were had gone 12 Many buildings in the city need repairing but the one first is the library A repaired B being repaired C repairing D to be repaired 13 It is reported that many a new house at present in the disaster A are being built B were being built C was being built D is being built 14 Barry must have visited the Eiffel Tower before he A mustn t B hadn t C hasn t D needn t 15 makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services A That B What C Who D Which II 完型填空完型填空 共 共20小题 每题小题 每题1分 满分分 满分20分 分 The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to sell yourself It should state 16 the job you want and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 17 It should be simple human personal and brief without 18 out any necessary fact In writing a letter of application keep in 19 that the things a possible empoyer is most 20 to want to know about are your qualifications your achievements and your aims The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part 21 the first few sentences fail to 22 the reader s attention the rest of the letter may not be 23 at all Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not 24 your own need or desires For example instead of beginnig with I saw your 25 in today s paper You might say I have made a careful 26 of your advertising during the past six months or I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives 27 your product and why they like it Try to 28 gereralities Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 29 College graduates looking for their first positions often ask What can I 30 in a letter Employers want experience which naturally no 31 has The answer is that everything you have ever done is 32 It important to write a good strong closing for your letter 33 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect An excellent 34 is to enclose a stamped self addressed envelope with your letter That makes it 35 for a possible employer to get in touch with you 16 A clearly B carefully C obviously D easily 17 A found B done C known D heard 18 A sending B taking C leaving D picking 19 A brain B sight C order D mind 20 A probable B possible C likely D able 21 A While B Although C As D If 22 A pay B win C show D fix 23 A kept B continued C written D read 24 A to B for C into D from 25 A advertisement B report C article D introduction 26 A watch B search C study D discussion 27 A change B make C sell D use 28 A avoid B remember C protect D gain 29 A losing B applying C preparing D fitting 30 A offer B supply C mean D provide 31 A worker B beginner C owner D manager 32 A success B development C practice D experience 33 A Make B Ask C State D Get 34 A result B decision C promise D idea 35 A happier B easier C cheaper D safer 2 III 阅读理解阅读理解 共 共 20 小题 每题小题 每题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 30 分 分 A What makes one person more intelligent than another What makes one person a genius like the brilliant Albert Einstein and another person a fool Are people born intelligent or stupid or is intelligence the result of where and how you live These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear We know however that just being born with a good mind is not enough In some ways the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle It needs exercise Mental done with the mind exercise is particularly important for young children Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent If on the other hand children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children According to some psychologists if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children such as That was a very clever thing you did or You are such a smart child 36 According to the context we can guess that a genius is while an idiot is A a normal person a funny person B a strong person a weak person C a highly intelligent person a foolish or weak minded person D a famous person an ordinary person 37 A person is more likely to become a genius A whose parents are clever B often thinking about different problems C often helped by his parents and teachers D born with a good brain and putting it into active use 38 It is better for parents A to praise and encourage their children more often B to be hard on their children C to leave their children alone with nothing to do D to give their children as much help as possible 39 Which of the following is NOT true according to the article A Parents play an important part in their children s growth B The less you use your mind the duller you may become C Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live D What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion B Can you imagine a classroom missing the one thing that has long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing No paper No notebooks no textbooks no test papers Nor are there any pencils or pens which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment A paperless classroom is what more and more school are trying to achieve Students don t do any handwriting in this class Instead they use palm sized or specially designed computers The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student s personal computer Having computers also means that students can use the Web They can look up information on any subject they re studying from math to social science High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida US described how her class used the Web to refugee camps She said Using a book that s three of four years old is impossible A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper each week to each student Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers she said But with all this technology there s always the risk that the machines will break down So in case of a power failure or technical problems paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi tech students 40 In a paperless classroom what is a must A Pens B Computers C Information D Pencils 41 The high school teacher Judy Herrell used the example of her class to show A the Web could take them everywhere B the Web taught them a lot of knowledge C the Web is a good tool for information D the Web is where you can download information 42 Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a paperless classroom A You won t get angry with you pen B Computers may break down sometimes C Students can get information from the Internet D A lot of money or trees will be saved 43 Which of the following can be the best to show the writer s opinion A The paperless classroom will benefit trees most B There are some differences between the paperless studies and the studies in a usual way C Paper free studies are popular with more and more schools though there may be problems D Modern technology like computers is really useful in a paper free classroom C It s a fact that we all dream Some dreams seem to last for hours others only for seconds Some of us have strange dreams some have interesting dreams and some of us have unpleasant dreams Tests in the 1980s showed that these dreams occur within 90 minute cycles each cycle made up of six stages In the last stage people experience rapid eye movement known as REM 3 and it is in this stage that dreaming takes place Eighty percent of people who were woken during this sixth stage could easily remember their dreams On the other hand when during the first five stages NREM only seven percent could describe a dream However of these same people woken during the first five stages 74 were able to remember thinking activity although they would not call it a dream NerysDee who has written about dreams in a book called Your Dreams and What They Means says Perhaps during NREM sleep we are sorting out our mundane problems but in REM sleep we are dealing with inside matters She also makes the following statement 4 about 90 minute cycle It may also prove the reason why insomniacs who wake in the middle of the night find it impossible to get to sleep again for at least an hour and a half In other words until they have missed out one complete 90 minute sleep period 44 According to the tests in the 1980s dreaming takes place A between each 90 minute cycle B at any time during 90 minute cycles C during the first five stages of 90 minute cycles D in the last stage of 90 minute cycles 45 People woken during REM sleep can A easily remember their dreams B hardly remember their dreams C only remember their dreams D partly remember their thinking activity 46 Insomniacs are persons who A can always remember their dreams B experience rapid eye movement C have trouble getting into sleep at night D usually wake after each 90 minute sleep period 47 According to Nerys Dee insomniacs usually can get back to sleep A after an hour B after half an hour C within an hour D after 90 minutes D On October 12 2008 some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computers screens At the same time the computers were working much slower To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers To their horror they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks They all had excellent education They created the viruses just to show their intelligence These kinds of computer viruses are named Jerusalem Viruses These viruses can stay in computers for a long time When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functions damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Fridays and that they are spreading to a lot of computers Among the countries that suffered computer viruses last year are Britain Australia Switzerland and the US But till now how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem 48 The group of young men created the viruses to A damage the computers B test their ability C tell the world that they were intelligent D play a trick on operators of the computers 49 According to the passage computer viruses seem to A have been mature for years B exist in any computers C be difficult to get rid of in the near future D be able to be got rid of in the near future 50 The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that A the computer s functions are lowered B the normal programs are damaged C all the information stored in the computers is gone D the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be used 51 According to the passage which of the following is TRUE A Last year four countries found their computers were infected by viruses B The viruses will come to a new computer after staying in the old one for some time C Scientists are trying to find a way to get rid of the viruses D The Jerusalem Viruses are a great harm to human health E One night recently I was driving down a two lane highway at about 60 miles an hour A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed As we passed each other I caught the other driver s eye for only a second I wondered whether he might be thinking as I was how dependent we were on each other at that moment I was relying on him not to fall asleep not to be put off by a phone conversation not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden end Though we had never spoken a word to each other he relied on me in just the same way Multiplied a million times over I believe that is the way the world works At some level we depend upon one another Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line And sometimes it requires us to act cooperatively with friends or even with strangers As technology shrinks our world the need increases for cooperative action among nations In 2003 doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus which saved thousands of lives The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem one requiring team action by police and intellegence forces across the world We must recognize that our fates are not ours alone to control In my own life I ve put great stock in personal responsibility But as time has passed I ve also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgement of others So while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat but a shared moment of trust 52 The author considers it very important A to share trust and cooperation B to drive with a company C to gain certain responsibility D to have personal independence 5 53 The author said that they depended on each other in the same way because A he might be killed out of the other s careless driving B they both drove their car at a terrific speed C the approaching car was very dangerous D it was dark and the road was not wide enough 54 The need for cooperation increases because A certain viruses can spread in a quick way B the world has become much more dangerous C terrorism can happen everywhere and every day D peoples fates can t be controlled by themselves 55 We can infer from the last paragraph that the author has A believed in one s own personal responsibi