2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题（湖北卷含答案）

1 2012 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题 湖北卷 含答案 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题 湖北卷 含答案 本试题卷共 16 页 81 题 全卷满分 150 分 考试用时 120 分钟 祝考试顺利 注意事项 1 答卷前 考生务必将自己的姓名 准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上 并将准考证号条 形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置 用统一提供的 2B 铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型 A 后的方框 涂黑 2 选择题的作答 每小题选出答案后 用统一提供的 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 再选涂其它答案标号 答在试题卷 草稿纸上无 效 3 完成句子和短文写作题的作答 用统一提供的签字笔将答案直接答在答题卡上对应的答 题区域内 答在试题卷 草稿纸上无效 4 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁 考试结束后 请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交 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 例 How much is the shirt A 19 15 B 9 15 C 9 18 答案 B 1 What is the problem for the man A He has to meet many people B He has to leave his friends C He has to travel a lot 2 How does the man think of the book A Humorous B Scientific C Popular 3 What s the matter with the woman A She has caught a bad cold B She stayed online too long 2 C She is allergic to paint smell 4 What does the man suggest the woman do A Consult a repair shop B Purchase another car C Fix the car herself 5 In which year is the man in college now A The first year B The second year C The third year 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 has the woman ordered for herself A Milk B Juice C Coffee 7 Why does the man recommend strawberry juice A It s sweeter B It s fresher C It s colder 听第 7 段材料 回答第 8 9 题 8 Why is Jane upset A David fell in love with her B Kevin made up stories about her C She made a mistake in calculation 9 What is the probable relationship between the speakers A Teacher and student B Father and daughter C Employer and employee 听第 8 段材料 回答第 10 至 12 题 10 How far away is Hill Farm A Nearly a mile B Just one mile C More than a mile 3 11 Which is the route to Hill Farm A Left track bridge road B Road left track bridge C Bridge road left track 12 What would the man like the woman to do towards the end of the conversation A Give him a ride B Repeat what she said C Walk him to Hill Farm 听第 9 段材料 回答第 13 至 16 题 13 What is the woman doing A Hosting a TV show B Giving a lecture on poetry C Conducting a radio debate 14 How did the man s mother contribute to his success in poetry A She sent him to poetry classes B She taught him to write business plans C She asked him to read from early childhood 15 What does the man find most difficult in writing A Choosing the right words B Describing real experiences C Getting an appropriate opportunity 16 What does the man say about his own writing A Creative B Successful C Encouraging 听第 10 段材料 回答第 17 至 20 题 17 How do students enter the library A With a library account B With a student card C With a password 18 What is the maximum number of books current students can borrow A 12 B 11 C 9 19 What kind of books have to be returned within one week A Books borrowed by local residents B Books liked by a lot of people C Books published recently 4 20 What will the speaker do next A Tell the students where to get bottled water B Take the students on a campus tour C Show the students around the library 第二部分 词汇知识运用 共两节 满分 30 分 第一节 多项选择 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 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 例 To make members of a team perform better the trainer first of all has to know their and weaknesses A strengths B benefits C techniques D values 答案 A 21 Two lawyers have donated 50 000 to our school s campaign Help the Needy which was started by our former headmaster three years ago A sponsorB launchC organize D plan 22 Finally my thanks go to my tutor who has offered a lot of suggestions and comments on my paper and every page of my draft A approvedB quotedC polishedD folded 23 Walking alone in the dark the boy whistled to his courage A hold up B keep up C set up D take up 24 I m so glad you ve come here to this matter in person tick to look fore to neutralA lead to B see to C turn to D refer to 25 The furniture with its modern style and bright colors suits modern houses and their gardens but looks in the garden of a traditional home A out of questionB out of orderC out of sightD out of place 26 Perhaps we need to send for Dr Smith to see what we can do about it Father suggested to his neighbor who had come to discuss the problem A tentativelyB thoughtlesslyC definitelyD rudely 27 Can you tell the difference between the words require and request I sometimes get puzzled by their meanings A dramaticB regionalC apparentD subtle 28 Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained people are still looking for other possible solutions A unchallenged B relevant C controversial D contradictory 29 It is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any A symptom B similarity C sample D shadow 5 30 The officer insisted that Michael did not follow the correct in applying for a visa A pattern B procedure C program D perspective 第二节 完形填空 共 20 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 20 分 阅读下面短文 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C 和 D 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 I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV One day a sociologist proposed that the 31 society has been consuming modern humans little by little For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society I 32 hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood 33 the shopkeeper Mr Johnson was selling me the bicycle he said This is the best thing you 34 have done Life has become hopelessly 35 A bicycle is simple and it brings to you 36 things fresh air sunshine and exercise I agreed Happy as a child I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets After some time I 37 at the other end of the town I was 38 that this simple vehicle could let me 39 long distances in a fairly short time But how 40 did I really go Since I hated to be 41 I went back to Mr Johnson and asked him to 42 an odometer 里程表 on my bicycle He agreed but 43 An odometer without a speedometer 速度计 is like a 44 without a knife I admitted he was right and in a few minutes the two devices 装置 were 45 to the handlebars of my bicycle What about a horn he then asked Look this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many 46 Attracted by these functions I bought the horn You can t leave the back part 47 noted Mr Johnson He fixed a metal box with buttons 48 the seat and said Is there anything better than this oven when you feel 49 on your way I can give you a special discount I was not strong enough to 50 the offer I congratulate you once more this is the best thing you could have done said Mr Johnson in the end 31 A adult B humanC consumer D bachelor 32 A eventually B immediatelyC reluctantly D gratefully 33 A AlthoughB BecauseC As D Unless 34 A would B shouldC must D could 35 A boringB complicatedC stressful D tough 36 A naturalB mysterious C complex D unique 37 A gave upB broke downC calmed down D ended up 38 A amazedB amusedC confused D concerned 39 A march B drive C cover D measure 40 A farB longC fast D deep 41 A unreliable B impractical C unprepared D inaccurate 42 A fixB check C repair D lay 43 A swore B added C replied D concluded 6 44 A pencil B forkC box D cake 45 A distributed B convertedC applied D attached 46 A shapesB sizesC functions D models 47 A loose B blank C bare D incomplete 48 A beside B before C below D behind 49 A sickB hungryC hot D thirsty 50 A considerB withdrawC make D resist 第三部分 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 40 分 阅读下列短文 从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A You ve just come home after living abroad for a few years Since you ve been away has this country changed for the better or for the worse If you ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight s holiday small changes have probably surprised you anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile phone shop to someone in your street moving house So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven ten or even 15 years living abroad What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed or now take for granted To find out we asked some people who recently returned Debi When we left Cheltenham my home town was a town of white middle class families all very conservative 保守的 The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism There are even several shops only for foreigners Having been an immigrant 移民 myself I admire people who go overseas to find a job Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high I d think differently but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they re more open minded and often work harder than the natives Christine As we flew home over Britain both of us remarked how green everything looked But the differences between the place we d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening in Cyprus they re very relaxed and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall Everyone seemed to be on guard Even the airport car hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers But anyway this is still a green beautiful country I just wish more people would appreciate what they ve got 7 51 After a short overseas holiday people tend to A notice small changes B expect small changes C welcome small changes D exaggerate small changes 52 How does Debi look at the foreign settlers A Cautiously B Positively C Sceptically D Critically 53 When arriving at the airport in Britain Christine was shocked by A the relaxed policemen B the messy arrivals hall C the tight security D the bank robbers 54 Which might be the best title for the passage A Life in Britain B Back in Britain C Britain in Future D Britain in Memory B When my brother and I were young my mom would take us on Transportation Days It goes like this You can t take any means of transportation more than once We would start from home walking two blocks to the rail station We d take the train into the city center then a bus switching to the tram then maybe a taxi We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district but we didn t like the way the horses were treated so we never did At the end of the day we took the subway to our closest station where Mom s friend was waiting to give us a ride home our first car ride of the day The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around She was born to be multimodal 多方式的 She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and above all a failure of confidence the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform nothing is frightening anymore New cities are just light rail lines to be explored And your personal car if you have one becomes just one more tool in the toolbox and often an inadequate one limiting both your mobility and your wallet On Transportation Days we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy but the transportation was the point First it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window As I got older my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself How do I know where to get off How 8 do I know how much it costs How do I know when I need tickets and where to get them What track what line which direction where s the stop and will I get wet when we go under the river I m writing this right now on an airplane a means we didn t try on our Transportation Days and we now know the dirtiest and most polluting of them all My flight routed me through Philadelphia My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the airport She took a train to meet me 55 Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days A Having a car ride B Taking the train twice C Buying more than one toy D Touring the historic district 56 According to the writer what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days A Building confidence in herself B Reducing her use of private cars C Developing her sense of direction D Giving her knowledge about vehicles 57 The underlined word paralyzed in Para 5 is closest in meaning to A displayed B justified C ignored D ruined 58 Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of A Airplane B Subway C Tram D Car C It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland s oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education A 140 year old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers Written by Sophia Jex Blake in 1873 the seven page document which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution was released yesterday on International Women s Day The document was discovered buried in the university archives 档案 by part time history student Lis Smith who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research She said We knew that Sophia Jex Blake and her supporters in their effort to open up university medical education for women had written to the Senatus Academicus 校评议委员会 at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there but we didn t know documentary evidence existed While searching the archives for information about the university s higher certificate for women I was astonished to come across what must be the very 9 letter Jex Blake wrote In the letter Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews Although her letter was not successful it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews a distance learning degree for women The qualification which ran from 1877 until the 1930s gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892 Ms Jex Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874 She was accepted by the University of Berne where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877 Eventually she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice 59 Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted A to carry out a research project there B to set up a medical institute there C to study medicine there D to deliver lectures there 60 Lis Smith found Sophia s letter to St Andrews University A by pure chance B in the school office C with her supporters help D while reading history books 61 Sophia s letter resulted in the establishment of A the London School of Medicine for Women B a degree programme for women C a system of medical education D the University of Berne 62 When did St Andrews University begin to take full time women students A In 1873 B In 1874 C In 1877 D In 1892 D How is it that siblings 兄弟姐妹 can turn out so differently One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family The firstborn is for a while an only child and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later The next child is for a while the youngest until the situation is changed by a new arrival The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years another might be raised in a family crisis with a disappointed mother or an 10 angry father Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918 But more recently researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others lives Dr Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings The reason for this might be that the later children aren t getting the same one on one time with parents But that doesn t mean that the younger children have problems with language development Later borns don t enjoy that much talking time with parents but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between I and me A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially Love hate relationships were common among the children Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings particularly if they are close in age Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents 63 The underlined part in a different family in Para 1 means A in a different family environment B in a different family tradition C in different family crises D in different families 64 In terms of language development later borns A get their parents individual guidance B learn a lot from their elder siblings C experience a lot of difficulties D pick up words more quickly 65 What was found about fights among siblings A Siblings hated fighting and loved playing B Siblings in some families fought fr