湖南省邵阳市2012届高三英语第一次联考试题牛津译林版

用心 爱心 专心1 20122012 届年邵阳市高三第一次联考试题卷英届年邵阳市高三第一次联考试题卷英 语语 PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION 30 points Section A 22 5 points Directions In this section you will hear six conversations between two speakers For each conversation there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A B and C Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question You will hear each conversation Twice Conversation 1 1 Who asked the man all the questions A Policemen B Teachers C His parents 2 What happened to the man A He was suspected of stealing B He lost his money C He failed a job interview Conversation 2 3 What color is the woman s car A Yellow B Black C Not mentioned 4 What will the woman do next A Make a choice B Look at some other cars C Go elsewhere Conversation 3 5 Where does the conversation take place A On a plane B On a train C On a boat 6 What does the woman want the man to do A Take some pills B Relax a little C Change his seat Conversation 4 7 Who should the woman ask for sick leave A Her department manager B The personnel department C The director of the company 8 How long can people take off work for sick leave A One week at most B It depends on each particular situation C As short as possible 9 What will happen to the woman if she asks for four days off A She will be fired B Her salary will be affected C She will have to work overtime for a month Conversation 5 10 How long has the man been away A 10 years B 12 years C 13 years 用心 爱心 专心2 11 What will the new theater be like A It will be at the same site as the old one B It will be equipped with 1000 armchair seats C It will have an excellent sound system 12 What was the Odeon A A cinema B A concert hall C A gym Conversation 6 13 What problem do the speakers have A They ve lost their suitcases B They can t find their dormitories C Their dorm rooms have been given to others 14 What is one disadvantage of living in Bundy Hall A It s far from the campus center B There are few students living there C No buses go there 15 What can we learn about the first year students A They are mostly trouble makers B They sometimes don t use their time wisely C They always study hard SECTION B 7 5 points Directions In this section you will hear a short passage Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS You will hear the short passage TWICE What did I notice in the restaurant A man sitting at a table 16 was keeping an eye on me pretending to read 17 What made the man puzzled All the 18 in the restaurant knew me Who was the man He was a n 19 and had thought I was the man he was looking for How did I feel It was really 20 I came to a restaurant where everyone knew me PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 45 points Section A Directions Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A B C and D Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence 21 Hearing the pop song YOU My Desk Mate on the radio I missed my school life very much A being sung B sang C sing D singing 22 After having a match with the POP STAR team we realize that our teamwork is to be improved A closely bad B close badly C closely badly D hardly badly 用心 爱心 专心3 23 John let s spend the New Year s holiday visiting Window of the World in Changsha I couldn t agree more My sister is studying in Central South University and she us around the park on the New Year s Day A is going to show B will be showing C would show D is showing 24 Xiao Jun try your best to pass the College Entrance Examinations the iphone4s a reward your uncle promise to buy for you A Having won B To win C Won D Win 25 Too glad to congratulate you surviving the serious accident But you can never imagine how sad and helpless I was so many innocent people lost their lives in the disaster A witnessing B having witnessed C to witness D to be witnessed 26 House prices in the past half year since the government s decision was declared to extend its house purchasing limit to second and third tier cities A was falling B fell C had fallen D has been falling 27 The prices have risen a lot while taking public transportation for example buses just costs it took ten years ago A that B whatever C what D all what 28 The appeal of the cartoon film Pleasant Goat and Grey Wolf by over 50 local TV stations since 2005 has opened the merchandising door to many businesses such as children s clothing stationery and so on A broadcasting B to be broadcast C broadcast D having broadcasted 29 Look How prosperous the supermarket is in business The boss his business here earlier It would otherwise be too inconvenient in such a big community A was to start B started C had started D would start 30 Here is a motor bicycle taxi No No You know no student take illegal vehicle A can B will C may D shall 31 All the candidates present expressed their own opinion about the schoolyard safety at the meeting as we all know has drawn the central government s attention A which B that C to which D where 32 Studying for six years in the middle school greatly beneficial to you and all the subjects taught in class basic tools for your future life A is are B is is C are are D are is 33 In winter old people usually drink a great deal of tea made from some Chinese herbs like Flos Lonicerae 金银花 they may prevent being infected with some kind of flu A for fear that B in case C in order D so that 34 Jack turn off the TV Isn t it high time that you John s birthday party 用心 爱心 专心4 I get it mom A must leave for B will leave for C left for D is leaving for 35 Who broke the window Here is a foot ball It must be the children playing outside broke our window A whom B that C they D which Section B 18points Directions For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A B C and D Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context That was at my graduation ceremony held in North western University Medical School in Chicago in June 1976 Hearing my name being called I walked quickly to the stage But I was about to 36 for my diploma when the medical school 37 asked my parents Anna and Carlo Michelotti to stand Surprised they 38 from their seats in the audience They looked at each other and seemed puzzled He told the crowd that my parents an immigrant Italian couple from a farm outside Chicago had 39 send their six children to top colleges and graduate schools Three of us would 40 doctors two were already lawyers and one was a physicist It s remarkable the head of our department said everyone 41 loudly Mama s face lighted up with 42 My mother was a n 43 When she was three her parents immigrated in 1926 to Chicago s South Side where my grandfather worked making ice cream 44 with her then life Mama made every effort to push for a better situation At 16 she graduated first in her high school class went on to secretarial school and 45 worked as an executive secretary for a railroad company I knew that I had to 46 everything we had achieved or would achieve to my parents When we were young children my mother especially was our mentor 启 蒙老师 Not until I became an adult did I realize how 47 she was she always challenged us to succeed and then showed us the way 36 A arrive B get C call D reach 37 A director B principal C manager D headmaster 38 A raised B rose C lifted D pulled 39 A tried to B sought to C managed to D attempted to 40 A become B grow C act D prove 41 A screaming B crying C shouting D cheering 42 A pride B embarrassment C shyness D anger 43 A German B Italian C British D American 44 A Unfamiliar B Unprepared C Undefined D Unsatisfied 45 A eventually B successfully C naturally D extremely 46 A contribute B relate C owe D devote 47 A diligent B special C acute D strange 用心 爱心 专心5 Section C 12 points Directions Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context The relationship between a teacher and a student can be either good or bad helpful or harmful Either way the relationship can affect the student for the rest of 48 life A good teacher student relationship will make the teacher s job worthwhile A bad relationship can discourage the student 49 learning and make teaching 50 unpleasant task In order to have a good teacher student relationship respect between teacher and student is very important 51 the teacher is too strict he frightens the student If the teacher is too friendly the student may become lazy 52 stop learning hard The teacher s attitude and approach should be in 53 those two extremes As for the student his proper respect to the teacher must be shown all the time He should be eager to learn and willing to work 54 In conclusion a good teacher student relationship can be beneficial to 55 The student absorbs knowledge eagerly and enjoyable and the teacher gains satisfaction from his work PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION 30 points Directions Read the following three passages Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage A In America Virginia Beach has all the elements of a classic seaside resort brilliant beaches a lively boardwalk plenty of restaurants and nightspots and amusement rides sure to appeal to kids Many believe Virginia Beach is at its best in the off season when the town is less crowded but the weather is still mild Meanwhile some safety tips should be followed enjoying the happiness and excitement the beach offers The number 1 safety tip concerns ocean safety pay attention to Flag conditions posted on the lifeguard stands Lifeguards post a red flag to warn when the ocean water is dangerous Take them seriously Tourists from land locked regions are particularly easily attracted by the magic of the waves However a calm ocean can become risky without warning Make sure you swim near a lifeguard Swimming without lifeguard protection is almost five times as great as drowning at a beach with lifeguards Never swim alone Many drownings involve single swimmers When you swim with someone else if one of you has a problem the other may be able to get help including signaling for assistance from others Don t fight the current The facts show that some 80 of rescues by lifeguards at ocean beaches are caused by currents These currents are formed by surf and gravity because once surf pushes water up the slope of a beach 用心 爱心 专心6 gravity pulls it back This can create concentrated rivers of water moving offshore If you are caught in a rip current don t fight it by trying to swim directly to shore Instead swim parallel to shore until you feel the current relax then swim to shore Most rip currents are narrow and a short swim parallel to shore will help bring you to safety 56 When coming to Viginia Beach children can enjoy the happiness of A walking on the road made of wood B joining the nightspots C riding a horse or a pumper car D skiing in the sea 57 Many people believe the best time to visit Virginia Beach may be A after autumn school term beginning B in the summer vacation C during the Christmas holiday D in the cold winter 58 Swimming in the sea you d better not swim A with a friend B within the sight of the lifeguard C with the current D as far as you like 59 From the passage we can know A one in five persons swimming in the sea is drowned B if one with lifeguard were drowning five persons without lifeguard would be C some 80 people drowning by the currents are rescued by lifeguards D some 20 drowning by the currents are rescued by life guards 60 The passage mainly tells us A Virginia Beach has all the elements of a classic seaside resort B the happiness and excitement the beach offers C some safety tips when swimming in the sea D the dangers for tourists from land locked regions to swim in the sea B This month at the 2010 graduation ceremonies for Mills College 94 year old Hazel Soares will become a college graduate 78 years after her high school graduation from then Roosevelt High School in East Oakland who is believed to be the second oldest student in the world to ever graduate from a college Soares has been married twice raised six kids and seen two economic depressions 15 US presidents and two world wars She s been a working single mother a nurse a concert event organizer and an art lover She has more than 40 grandchildren Born in Richmond on June 21 1915 Soares traces her interest in art history back to age 11 and the impression made on her the first time she saw Michelangelo s David in the Book of Knowledge In 1996 at age 80 she traveled to Florence Italy to see the sculpture for herself But setting records isn t what motivated Soares to renew her lifelong pursuit for education when she enrolled at Chabot Community College in the mid 1980s and settled on an art history major in Mills College in 2005 I ve always had a basic curiosity about how to do things whether it is a cooking 用心 爱心 专心7 recipe or identifying pieces of art in historical context she said Then she plans to start looking for a job where she can use the skills and knowledge she acquired at the prestigious private women s undergraduate college I d like to be a lecturer in a museum Soares said Soares still drives and she is as healthy as a horse Soares just might qualify as the second oldest student in the world to ever earn a college degree According to the Guinness Book of World Records Nola Ochs 95 is the oldest person to ever graduate from college 61 We can infer that Soares is anything but A a middle school student 80 years ago B a grandmother of 40 C an organizer of concert D a soldier experiencing two world wars 62 What did Soares become interested in at the age of 11 A History B Painting and sculpture C The Book of Knowledge D Traveling to Florence Italy 63 We can know from the third paragraph A Soares studied art history for about 5 years in college B Soares studied in Chabot Community College for about 5 years C Soares has a basic knowledge about a cooking recipe D Setting records motivated Soares to renew her lifelong pursuit for education 64 The prestigious private women s undergraduate college refers to A Roosevelt High School B Richmond College C Mills College D Chabot Community College 65 It can be inferred from the passage that A nobody receiving college s degree is older than 95 B Soares just might break one of the Guinness World Records C nobody is too old to be a college student D nobody too old is to be a college student C Children should not be left unsupervised 无人监督的 to play with a dog say experts in this week s British Medical Journal Their advice is part of a review aimed at doctors who deal with dog bites Dog bites and maulings are a worldwide problem particularly in children write Marina Morgan and John Palmer Every year 250 000 people who have been bitten by dogs attend minor injuries and emergency units in the United Kingdom and half of all children are reportedly bitten by dogs at some time boys more than girls Accurate death figures are difficult to obtain but in the past five years two to three cases a year have made news headlines Based on the latest medical evidence they advise doctors how to examine and treat a patient presenting with a dog bite They discuss the risk of 用心 爱心 专心8 infection and when to refer to specialist care For travelers bitten abroad they suggest assessing the risk of rabies 狂犬病 In terms of prevention they suggest that children should be taught to treat dogs with respect avoid direct eye contact and not tease them They should be taught not to approach an unfamiliar dog play with any dog unless under close supervision run or scream in the presence of a dog pet a dog without first letting it sniff you or disturb a dog that is eating sleeping or caring for puppies Dog owners also need to change their behavior says Rachel Besser a children s doctor and lifetime dog owner in an article It is clear that not all dog owners appreciate that children should not be left unsupervised with a dog she says Just as some parents are obliged to take parenting classes she would like to see compulsive classes for expectant dog owners to teach them about the responsibilities of dog ownership Educational programs are also needed to teach children about some precautionary behaviors around dogs Finally she would like to see vets advising dog owners about bite prevention and doctors promoting bite prevention when treating patients who have been bitten by dogs 66 Dog biting studied by the experts is a problem A doctors dealing with dog bites should pay attention to B happening only to a few children of the world C only boys may meet with D about which experts get accurate statistics from the news headlines 67 The underlined word they in paragraph 4 refers to A doctors B parents C experts D dog owners 68 To avoid dog bites a child should A treat dogs with respect and direct eye contact B approach an unfamiliar dog C run or scream in the presence of a dog D leave a dog feeding itself 69 What are Rachel Besser s words mainly about A All the dog owners would like children not to be left unsupervised with a dog B All the dog owners have a correct behavior toward dogs C Not all dog owners appreciate that children should be left with dogs under supervision D Not all dog owners should attend classes about the responsibilities of dog ownership 70 Which of the following can be the best title for the passage A Dogs Dangerous To Children B Children Should Know Behaviors Around Dogs C Doctors Treat Dog Bites Correctly D Never Leave Children Unsupervised With Dogs PART FOUR WRITING 45 points 用心 爱心 专心9 Section A 10 points Directions Read the following passage Complete the diagram Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information for the passage Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer Learning to improve your focus throughout the day can be a little difficult only because we ar