2012年高三英语12月份百题精练（1）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 年年 1212 月份百题精练 月份百题精练 1 1 英语试题英语试题 三 阅读理解 共两节 40 分 第一节 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 共 30 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 A Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes Soon after the war the general returned to Washington One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at 5 each On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home The general got angry He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital They were away from the office all day In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought They had collected 175 teeth 56 The general came back to Washington A after the First World War B after the Second World War C during the First World War D both A and B 57 Many families wanted to have of the general A a picture B a tooth or anything C a shop D Both A and B 58 The general ordered his men to A arrest the dentist B look for all his teeth and buy all of them C visit all the shops selling teeth D buy all the teeth in all the shops 59 The face that the general s name was on the label of each tooth shows that A the general was famous B the shop owners wanted to make more money C the general s teeth were valuable D both A and B B Depend on yourself is what Nature says to everyone Parents can help you Teachers can help you Others can help you But all these only help you to help yourself There have been many great men in history But many of them were very poor in childhood and had no uncles aunts or friends to help them Schools were few and not very good They could not depend on them for education They saw how 用心 爱心 专心 2 it was and set to work with all their strength to know something Their worked their own way till they became well known One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils I can not make worthy of you but I can help make men of yourselves Some young men do not try their best to make themselves valuable to the human beings They can never gain achievement unless they see their weak points and change their course They are nothing now and will be nothing as long as they live unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers and depend on their efforts 60 Which of the following titles fits the article best A How to Be Famous B What Nature Says to Everyone C Depend on Yourself D Men Must Help Each Other 61 Many of the great men succeeded because A they were anxious to be wealthy B they had received good education C they made great efforts to learn and work D they wanted very much to become well known 62 According to the famous teacher in England a teacher can A make his pupils worthy men B help his pupils make themselves useful men C make his pupils men of great talent D help his pupils have a way to win honor 63 If young people depend on their own efforts A they can live without their families B they no longer need help C they are sure to be very famous in the world D they can be successful in their life C New Zealand fishermen caught what may prove to be a world record breaking colossal squid 鱿鱼 In the cold dark waters of the Antarctic hides a creature with eight arms two super long tentacles 触须 and eyes as big as dinner plates Sound like something out of a science fiction movie Think again On February 21 New Zealand fishermen landed a colossal squid the length of a school bus They had been fishing with long lines for Chilean sea bass in the waters off the coast of New Zealand when they caught the rare squid With two hours of hard work the crew skillfully pulled the creature into a net and dragged in aboard their ship Scientists evaluate that the animal weighs about a half ton and is about 40 feet long That would make this colossal squid the biggest on record First identified in 1925 after two tentacles were found in a whale s stomach the colossal squid has long been a mystery The animals are not easy to 用心 爱心 专心 3 observe because they can go down to ocean depths of 6 500 feet What scientists do know from studying the bodies of a half dozen colossal squids is that they are fierce hunters The recently captured colossal squid has been frozen to keep it for scientific study It will be transported to New Zealand s national museum Te Papa in the capital city of Wellington Experts believe it to be the first adult male ever caught undamaged Scientists hope to learn more about the colossal squid s diet behavior and reproductive 繁殖 patterns Scientists will be very interested in this amazing creature said New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderson It adds immeasurably to our understanding of the marine environment 64 It is usually difficult for experts to observe the squid because A it moves too fastB it is too large C it is dangerous D it can go down to deep ocean 65 From the passage we can infer that A the fishermen often meet colossal squids B scientists know much about the colossal squid C the squid is actually from a science fiction story D the fishermen had some difficulty catching the large squid 66 The purpose of keeping such a huge squid is to A make it into foodB set a world record C do research on itD display it for visitors 67 What would be the best title for the passage A The biggest squid ever foundB Scientific research on squid C The lifestyle of the colossal squidD How the fishermen caught the squid D D The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions The Morning Challenge campaign made public by the Environment Ministry is based on the premise 前提 that exchanging late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly cut the nation s carbon footprint A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier according to the campaign The amount of carbon dioxide emissions potentially saved from going to bed an hour early was the equivalent of 20 percent of annual emissions from household lights Many Japanese people waste electric power at night time for example by watching TV until very late a ministry spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph 用心 爱心 专心 4 But going to bed early and getting up early can avoid wasting electrical power which causes carbon dioxide emissions If people change their lifestyle we can save energy and reduce emissions The campaign also proposes that people take advantage of an extra hour of morning sunlight by improving their lifestyles in general by running doing yoga and eating a nutritious breakfast It is the latest measure dealing with climate change by the Japanese Environment Ministry which is faced with the challenge of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 25 per cent from 1990 levels within the next decade It was the same government department that started the high profile 姿态 Cool Biz campaign five years ago which encourages workers to wear short sleeved shirts and offices not to turn air con lower than 28 degrees during the summer 68 What does Morning Challenge claim is the purpose of its campaign A To promote a healthier lifestyle B To encourage people to watch less TV C To reduce household carbon dioxide emissions D To show the sense of responsibility of the Japanese government 69 The Japanese government has to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the next ten years by on the 1990 levels A 20 B 25 C 85 D 28 70 Which of the following is TRUE according to the article A The Japanese government is the first government to deal with the environmental problem B Carbon dioxide emissions are more serious in Japan than in any other country C The Japanese Environment Ministry is responsible for climate change D The purpose of Cool Biz campaign is similar to that of the Morning Challenge 第二节 共 小题 每小题 分 满分 10 分 根据短文内容 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 选项中有两项为多余 选项 Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10 000 years ago 71 The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses 72 So they are called diseases of civilization Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco probably none 73 However a change in food is one of the main differences between life in