江西省2012届高三英语八校联合考试试卷

用心 爱心 专心1 江西省江西省 20122012 届高三英语八校联合考试试卷届高三英语八校联合考试试卷 本试卷分第 I 卷 选择题 和第 II 卷 非选择题 两部分 共 150 分 考试时间 120 分钟 考生注意 1 答题前 务必有试题卷 答题卷规定的地方填写自己的姓名 座位号 并认真核对答题卡上 所粘贴的条形码中姓名 座位号和本人姓名 座位号是否一致 务必在答题卡背面规定的地方填写 姓名和座位号后两位 2 答第 I 卷时 每小题选出答案后 用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑 如需改 动 用橡皮擦干净后 再选涂其他答案标号 第二卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写作答 如在 试题卷上作答 答案无效 3 考试结束 务必将试题卷和答题卡一并上交 第 I 卷 选择题 满分 115 分 第一部分 听力 共两节 满分 30 分 做题时 先将答案划在试卷上 录音内容结束后 你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到 答题卡上 第一节 共 5 小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分 7 5 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 1 What is the man probably doing A Reading a novel B Writing a letter C Enjoying music 2 What s wrong with the man A He is sick B He is behind other classmates C He is out of work 3 What can we learn from the conversation A The woman didn t expect it to be so warm at noon B The weather turned cold all of a sudden C The weather forecast was unreliable 4 Waht does the woman say about Jane A She was absent all week owing to sickness B She was seriously injured in a car accident C She had to be away from school to attend to her husband 5 What is the woman doing A Playing computer games B Filling in a form C Asking information for a job 第二节 共 15 小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分 22 5 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 各小题将给出 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 7 题 6 What is the man going to during the summer vacation A Take a part time job B Find a full time job C Stay at home 7 What did the woman do last summer A Worked in a restaurant B Worked as a shop assistant C Stayed at home 听第 7 段材料 回答第 8 至 10 题 8 Where does the conversation probably take place A On the phone B In the hotel C On the street 9 What is David Frank A A driver B A waiter C A professor 10 How will the man get to the hotel A By bus B By taxi C On foot 听第 8 段材料 回答第 11 至 13 题 11 Who is the woman speaking with A An officer B A policeman C A friend 12 How much further must the woman go to find the store A Walk two blocks B Walk down a block to Granger C Walk down a block to Forest 13 Why couldn t the woman find the store at the beginning A She walked one more block B She didn t know where it was C She went in the wrong direction 听第 9 段材料 回答第 14 至 17 题 14 What are students supposed to register through A Internet B Touch tongue registration system C Face to face talk 15 What is the man s major A Computer Science B Comparative Literature C Insurance 16 Why can the man finally get into the class A The woman knows him B The registration is OK C He is a student of the major 17 What will the man do for the man at the beginning A Put his name on the waiting list B Get him registered C Call him later 听第 10 段材料 回答第 18 至 20 题 18 Why did Miss Wyatt enjoy himself in Italy most of the time A She didn t speak except when necessary B She could find people who could understand her C She had a guide who spoke good English 19 Where did she have trouble in making herself understand A In a little restaurant in a village in the south of Italy B In a restaurant in an Italian city C In the market place in a little village 20 Why did the waiter bring her an umbrella A It had started to rain B He thought that she had said umbrella in Italian C He thought that she had drawn one 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 21 Can you speed it up a little I ll be late for my flight I m taking a short cut We ll make it on time A Ok I ll speed it up B Never mind C Take it easy D Take your time 22 We should balance our work and relaxation and only by doing that as everybody 用心 爱心 专心2 would agree a good state of mind A can we have B we do have C we will have D we must have 23 Shooting movie at high school is experience that I will never forget as long as I live A the a B a C an D a an 24 He was so diligent that he as a fresher in Qinghua university three years later A brought up B ended up C picked up D looked up 25 When you decide to start a family you make a an to them You don t turn your back on the people who love you A contribution B commitment C devotion D effort 26 Angry at wasting time in traffic jams no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store A to find B finding C found D to be finding 27 You do have the book I ve been looking forward to Ha sure I if I didn t A would never have called B hadn t called C won t call D wouldn t be calling 28 In China no other organization than the CPC 人大 make any law A willB shouldC shallD must 29 After this accident we are concerned with the safety of travelling by high speed rail A littleB lessC muchD more 30 for the boy to talk with his mouth full A What bad manners they areB How bad manners they are C What bad manners it isD How bad manners it is 31 You have to balance the advantages of living in the country the disadvantages A for B to C against D with 32 The pills might cure him he s taken them regularly A thanks to B in case C so that D if only 33 Of all the movies Roland Emmerich made is more memorable than 2012 A few B none C little D no one 34 Some don t agree to the plan while I m out of opposed to it A those who B who C those D that 35 It was the same court Nadal had ruled a year before Novak Djokovic dropped to his knees and kissed A where that B that that C which where D that where 第二节 完型填空 共 20 小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分 30 分 阅读下面短文 然后处 36 55 各题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 How would you like to study at an American university in China 36 the news that New York University NYU is opening a campus on Chinese mainland the possibility of getting an American education is coming closer to a 37 But how will Chinese students deal with a very different style of teaching 38 that encourages debate discussion and critical thinking You know how kids constantly ask questions They have so much to learn and simply 39 information Asking questions 40 they are curious So 41 does that natural 42 become weaker Not at kindergarten nor at primary school But perhaps with puberty 青春期 43 self consciousness and a reluctance to draw attention to yourself by asking the teacher questions 44 that s a pity because asking your teachers questions should be encouraged After all they ve been educated 45 a lot more experience than you and perhaps possess a little wisdom When I taught journalism at college in Scotland I 46 answering students questions Some of them asked difficult ones I didn t always know the answers If I didn t I d admit47 and try to find out later At university we were encouraged to challenge our peers and tutors A student would prepare a paper on a subject and other students would 48 it It was a way of 49 critical and logical thinking You can learn to think logically 50 some of the more difficult problems would probably require advanced math Having a logical mind can help develop critical thinking My wife doesn t have a logical mind but she does have emotional intelligence An ability to empathize 有同感 with people relate to them and 51 their personalities is also important to critical thinking I can t claim to have 52 like her emotional intelligence but I d like to think some of it has influenced me If you can t 53 try to put yourself in someone else s 54 how can you understand their situation and their problems So try to develop your powers of critical thinking 55 books films music and newspapers And don t believe everything you read or see Think for yourself 用心 爱心 专心3 36 A With 37 A goal 38 A Which 39 A ask 40 A shows 41 A when 42 A character 43 A gets 44 A Even so 45 A having 46 A enjoyed 47 A it 48 A refuse 49 A promoting 50 A although 51 A get 52 A everything 53 A at least 54 A problems 55 A Choose from B As B reality B One B find B explains B where B ability B exists B If not B have B hated B them B follow B worsening B as if B view B nothing B at most B status B Start with C From C dream C It C look C predicts C what C intelligence C comes C Even if C having had C met C what C criticize C discussing C so C read C something C in the least C shoes C Have a look at D In D challenge D Anything D want D requires D why D curiosity D runs D If so D to have D avoided D one D ignore D increasing D however D have D anything D first of all D attitude D Depend on 第三部分 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每小 题 2 分 满分 40 分 阅读下面短文 从题中所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 A subways The Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines Features The Tokyo Metro and Toei lines that make up of Tokyo s huge subway system carry almost 8 million people each day making it the busiest system in the world The system is famous for its oshiya literally pusher who push passengers into crowded subway cars so the doors can close And you think your ride is hell The Moscow Metro Features The Moscow Metro has some of the most beautiful stations in the world The best of them were built during the Stalinist era and feature chandeliers 枝行吊灯 marble moldings and elaborate murals 精美壁画 With more than 7 million riders a day keeping all that marble clean has got to be a burden The Hong Kong MTR Features The Hong Kong MTR has the distinction of being one of the few subway systems in the world that actually turns a profit It s privately owned and uses real estate development along its tracks to increase income and ridership It also introduced Octopus cards that allow people to not only pay their fares electronically but buy stuff at convenience stores supermarkets restaurants and even parking meters It s estimated that 95 of all adults in Hong Kong own an Octopus card Shanghai Metro Features Shanghai is the third city in China to build a metro system and it has become the country s largest in the 12 years since it opened Shanghai Metro has 142 miles of track and plans to add another 180 miles within five years By that point it would be three times larger than Chicago L The system carries about 2 18 million people a day The London Metro Features Londoners call their subway the Underground even though 55 percent of it lies above ground No matter when you ve got the oldest mass transit system in the world you can call it anything you like Trains started in 1863 and they ve been running ever since Some 3 million people ride each day every one of them remembering to Mind the gap 56 Which one can provide the riders with some wonderful decorations at the stations A The Tokyo Metro and Toei LinesB The Moscow Metro C The London MetroD The Hong Kong MTR 57 is done with the purpose of making money A The Tokyo Metro and Toei LinesB The Moscow Metro C Shanghai Metro D The Hong Kong MTR 58 We can learn from the passage that Shanghai Metro A carries the most people each day B is the world s largest C may be larger than the Chicago L in the future D is the busiest in the world 59 How many subways carry more than 5 million people per day A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 60 What can be inferred from the passage A Shanghai is the third to build a metro system in China which has become the largest in the world B You ll feel sick when you travel on the Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines C Londoners call their subway the Underground because 55 percent of it lies above ground D It is estimated that 95 of the population in Hong Kong own an Octopus card B Many people would interpret The American dream as living like an American a two story house with a white picket fence a family with two cars and two children However the economic situation is now affecting the American way of life for 4 4 million people living in the US according to new census 人口普查 data It s going to have a long term impact and to say it s going to end is optimistic says Cheryl Russell former editor in chief of American Demographics magazine I m more 用心 爱心 专心4 pessimistic that this is the new normal So what is the new normal Marrying later The average age of the first marriage has increased to 28 7 for men and 26 7 for women up from 27 5 and 25 9 respectively in 2006 At the same time fewer people are getting married If the marriage rate had stayed the same as in 2006 there would have been about 4 million more married people in 2010 Fewer babies There were 200 000 fewer births among women aged 20 to 34 in 2010 compared with two years before This was despite the fact that the number of women of childbearing age had gone up by more than 1 million The recession 衰退 is the likely cause says Kenneth Johnson demographer at the University of New Hampshire s Carsey Institue Economic fertility 生育能力 because women delay in uncertain times Breaking up is harder The number of divorces has been falling for 25 years as people wait longer or choose to live together before they get married There were about 65 000 fewer divorces in 2010 than in 2008 a 7 percent decrease Crowd living Unemployment is forcing more people to live together The number of households where people lived with other relatives climbed from 6 7 percent in 2006 to 7 2 percent in 2010 Going public Private school enrollment decreased from 13 6 percent in 2006 to 12 8 percent in 2010 Fewer cars The percent age of households without a car rose to 9 1 percent against 8 8 percent in 2006 The percent age of households with two or more cars fell from 58 percent to 57 1 percent Driving solo When people are not working they don t carpool The proportion of people aged 16 to 64 in employment dropped greatly in all but one of the 50 largest metropolitan 大城市的 areas That has helped push the share of people driving to work alone from 76 percent in 2006 to 76 6 percent in 2010 Ride sharing is down a full percentage point to 9 7 percent 61 What is the article mainly about A The interpretation of the American dream B The significance of the current economic crisis C Changes to the American lifestyle D The traditional American way of life 62 What might Cheryl Russell agree with according to the article A A traditional lifestyle is much better and healthier B The new study based on the members financial reports C The spirit of American dream will inspire Americans to get through the economic recession D American lifestyles are being reshaped and will continue to change 63 What are the characteristics of the future American lifestyle a Delayed marriage b A lower divorce rate c Increased car ownership d An increase in private school enrollment e Having children later A abe B ace C bde D bce 64 Which of the following statements is TRUE A The typical US family is expected to have three story house with a big yard and two children B The US birth rate rose slightly in 2010 compared with two years before C A growing number of people are forced to share their homes with other relatives in the US D US students prefer to go to private schools rather than pubic schools 65 Why do more and more Americans drive solo to work in recent years according to the passage A Because they don t like carpool B Because more and more people are out of work C Because the share of people driving to work alone is increasing D Because the proportion of people aged 16 64 in unemployment dropped greatly C After decades of skimpy 小而暴露的 skirts and sleeveless tops on game days some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class In Lake County Florida cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long shorts or trousers under their skirts and a T shirt under the sleeveless tops according to a district memo Principals at two of Lake s eight high schools Leesburg and Lake Minneola are not allowing the outfits in school at all Michelle Thomas a cheerleader at Leesburg High School was disappointed when she learned she couldn t wear her outfit to school on game days It shows that we re a team just like all the other sports She said But the school administrators didn t agree During the educational portion of the day they have to meet the dress code just like every other student said school board chairwoman Debbie Stivender who ordered the staff to bring the outfits into line with the dress code Bare midriffs 露腰装 are banned across the state by the Florida High School Athletic Association but no state rules mention cheerleader miniskirts Sheila Noone a spokeswoman for cheerleading uniform company Varsity Brands says the outfits haven t become more revealing over the last 10 years She says that the short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick Cheerleading is athletic Noone said There s a lot of jumping so you won t want a knee length skirt that might hamper a toe touch Most cheerleaders were sad to hear the news but say they ll follow the rules Even male cheerleaders whose pants and tops meet dress codes chose not to wear their outfits to show unity I understand because they are kind of short said Holly Bishop 14 a Lake Minneola High School cheerleader about her miniskirt It would ve been really really cool to wear them to school 66 According to the new dress codes for cheerleaders in some American schools A bare midriffs are banned 用心 爱心 专心5 B cheerleading miniskirts are banned C cheerleader uniforms have switched from skirts to trousers D cheerleaders have to make their uniforms less revealing 67 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article A School administrators believe cheerleader uniforms do not match school dress codes B Most cheerleaders show understanding of the new dress codes C Sheila Noone believes that cheerleading miniskirts are not revealing D School administrators don t take cheerleading seriously 68 Some cheerleaders are not happy about the news because A they hate the dress codes that other sports have B they consider their uniforms special and cool C they want to wear revealing clothes D they will have to buy new uniforms 69 What is the main point of the article A Stricter dress codes for cheerleaders meet opposition B Positive reactions to stricter dress codes for cheerleaders C American schools encourage unity in dress codes D Changes in dress codes for cheerleaders in American high schools 70 What does the underlined word hamper in paragraph 7 mean A protect B miss C prevent D help D Cut out part of a h