【恒心】【好卷速递】山西省太原市2012年高三年级第一次模拟考试 英语.doc

太原市2012年高三年级模拟考试（一）英 语 试 题注意事项：1本试题分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。将本试题和答题卡一并交回。2答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题和答题卡上。3回答第一卷时，选出每小题答案后，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。不能答在本试题上，否则无效。4回答第二卷时，须用05毫米黑色字迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上相对应的答题区域内，写在本试题上无效。5第一卷共三部分。听力满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。第一卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试题上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试题上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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。1Why was the woman late?AShe got up late BThe traffic was badCThe bus broke down2How is Paul feeling today?AVery great BVery badCJust so - so3What does the man mean?ATom is visiting his brother BTom cant hear themCTom will be unable to come4What did MrsLee do last night?AShe went to a concert BShe went to a party CShe stayed at home.5When can the woman get the computers?AOn Tuesday BOn Wednesday COn Thursday第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分）听下面5段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段材料读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What is wrong with the girls mother?AShe has got some heart problemsBShe has put on too much weightCShe feels sick after doing housework7Why doesnt Peter take exercise?AHe is too weak after workBHe is too lazy to studyCHe cant spare the time听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8What juice does the woman order?AApple BCarrotCOrange9What doesnt the woman order?ACoffeeBSandwich CIce - cream听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。10Why does the man think he was lucky to get the job in a small village?ABecause he likes the jobBBecause he likes the factoryCBecause he likes the people11How did the man sleep last night? AHe woke several timesBHe slept very wellCHe couldnt go to sleep at all12What do we know about the woman?AShe was afraid of the bird BShe likes the village very muchCShe was not used to the silence 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13What does the woman think of her trip to the West Coast?AIt was wonderful BIt was terribleCIt was dangerous14Whats the disadvantage of Los Angeles?AIts too crowded and noisyBThe weather is too hot and wetCThe public transport is not good enough15Whats the weather like in San Francisco? AWarm and nice BCool but comfortable CA little cold16Why is it easy to get around in San Francisco? AIt has many subways BIts transportation is goodCIt has fewer tourists听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What is the speaker?AA TV host BA good doctor CA young actor18What will be shown on TV on Oct. 10th?AA program about the planeBA program about the grainsCA program about the brain19What will be the main purpose of the program?ATo explain the working of the brainBTo show the latest use of computer picturesCTo increase peoples knowledge of farming20Why should the program be easy to follow?ABecause its for children BBecause its for scientistsCBecause, its a public show第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分55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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21I heard that the famous film star married _ foreign singer yesterday!What _ surprise to all his fans!Athe; the Bthe; a Ca; a Da; the22To record the animals natural life, we had to _ it quietly and watched it carefullyAignore Btrain Chunt Dapproach23The price is fine with meHow would you like _ paid?Well, it is up to youAone Bthis Cthat Dit24Generally speaking, the music of one country is quite a lot in _ with its cultureAuse Bcommon Corder Dsame25Have you decided already?Yes, I _ at once thenAdecided Bwill decide Chave decided Dhad decided26Do you know the difficulty he, an elderly person of no family, had _ five orphans at school?Akeeping Bto keep Chaving kept Dto have kept27Its usually warm in my hometown in March, but it _ be rather cold sometimesAmust Bwould Ccan Dshould28China, together with some other ASEAN（东盟） countries, _ against the over politicizing of the differences over the South China SeaAare Bis Care going Dhave been29If I have any further news, you will be the first person _Aknew Bknown Cknowing Dto know30The weather turned out to be very good, _ was more than we could expectAit Bthat Cwhen Dwhich31Jeff, you look so excited todaySure I amI _ a good job in a big company, you know.Aoffered Bwill offerChave been offered Dwas offered32It was not until he got to his office _ he remembered leaving the key homeAwhich Bwhere Cwhen Dthat33Mr, Hilton is very pleased with the newly- built house, which is almost _ the one he used to live inAthe twice size of Bas twice big asCbigger twice than Dtwice the size of34The young couple are trying to save as much money as possible _ they can afford the flat by the end of this yearAso that Bas ifCeven though Din case35Well, Dick, Im sorry that I have to leave_ Lets email oftenASo am I BKeep in touchCEnjoy yourself DDont be sad第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。The job of raising children is a tough oneChildren dont come with instructionsAnd each child is 36 So parents sometimes get frustrated, not 37 what to doBut in raising childrenas in all of lifewhat we do is 38 by our cultureNaturally then, American parents teach their children basic American values,To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children 39 on their own two feetFrom 40 each child may get his or her own room 41 children grow, they get more 42 to make their own choices 43 choose their own forms of entertainment, as well as the friends to 44 them withWhen they 45 young adulthood, they choose their own jobs and marriage 46 Of course, many young adults still 47 their parents advice and approval for the choices they make 48 once they leave the nest at around 18 to 21 years old, they want to be on their own, not tied to their mothers stringsThe relationship 49 parents and children in America is very informalAmerican parents try to 50 their children as individualsnot as extensions of themselvesThey allow them to achieve their own 51 Americans praise and 52 their children to give them the confidence to succeedWhen children become adults, their relationship with their parents becomes more like a（an） 53 among equalsBut 54 popular belief, most adult Americans dont make their parents 55 room and board when they come to visitAs adults, they respect and love their parents more36Astrange Bdifferent Cnew Dsame37Anoticing Bremembering Cknowing Ddeciding38Ainfluenced Bmade Ccontrolled Dchanged39Asit Bget Cstand Drise40Aadulthood Bgirlhood Cboyhood Dchildhood41ABecause BSince CFor DAs42Afreedom Bplace Ctime Dmoney43AAdults BTeenagers CAmericans DParents44Ahelp Bjoin Cshare Dprovide45Again Bpass Cbecome Dreach46Awives Bpartners Chusbands Dcouples47Aneed Binvite Ctry Dbring48AOr BSo CBut DTherefore49Awith Bin Camong Dbetween50Aserve Btreat Cdescribe Drecognize51Ajobs Bplans Cdreams Dsuggestions52Aforce Battract Cpush Dencourage53Afriendship Bleadership Cmembership Dscholarship54Aintact Bsimilar to Ccontrary to Din need55Amake up Bpay for Cgo out Dlive in第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A56If Alice wants her twelve-year-old daughter to learn some German in the summer vacation, it is possible for her to send her daughter to .AEnglish CoursesBGulf ESLCDallas International SchoolDSummer Language Courses57Jim is going to study in Beijing next year, so you advise him to attend .AGulf ESLBOnline SchoolCEnglish CoursesDChinese Mandarin Class58If Kitty, who is a Chinese student studying in a college in the UK, wants to stay in a local family while studying English in the summer vacation, she can apply to _ AEnglish CoursesBGulf ESLCDallas International SchoolDSummer Language CoursesBEverybody loves a bargain One persons useless, ugly, or broken object can be another persons bargainThat is why so many Americans do not throw things awayThey put them outside their housesThey put on a For Sale signAnd, as simple as that, they have a yard sale. The sellers put a paid announcement in a local newspaperIt tells, when and where the yard sale will take placeThese sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer, and autumnEarly in the morning, all the things to be sold are carried out of the houseThen they sit all day in the sunlightlike tired guests at a partywaiting for someone to take them homeJust about anything can be sold at a yard saleSometimes, there are more clothes than anything elseCooking equipment is also popularSo are old toys, tools, books, tables and chairsThen there are objects called white elephantsA white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or uselessIt may be an electric light shaped like a fishYou feel a sharp pain whenever you look at itTo someone else, however, it might be a thing of beauty and joySome people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collectIt may be old toy trains, for example, or paintings of dogsExperts say more Americans are collecting old things now than ever beforeMost people who go to yard sales, however, are not looking for anything specialThey might buy an object simply because it costs so little. They enjoy negotiating（谈判）over prices, even if they really do not need the objectLater, they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought59What kind of things will go to a yard sale?AThings of beauty and joyBThings of great, valueCThings out of seasonDThings people no longer use60A white elephant refers to something _Athat can cause a feeling of painBthat looks like a golden fishCdisliked by the owners while appreciated by othersDsold at the lowest prices in the old newspaper61Which of the following is NOT true about a yard sale?AIt is held outdoorsBIt is usually held with a partyCIt can last for a whole dayDIt may not be held on a cold day62We can infer from the last paragraph that _Athings on a yard sale can cost people a lotBmost people dont want to go to yard salesCpeople may find something of great value on a yard saleDyard sales only attract those who have a low incomeCDifferent countries and cultures celebrate New Year in different waysMany countries still follow the lunar calendar, meaning that their new year often starts in late January or in February. New Year celebrations for some countries （like China, Vietnam and Korea）last not one day, but up to two weeks!In the US, many people attend New Year partiesThey drink champagne, dance, and cheer at the stroke of midnightFireworks, which in olden times scared away evil spirits, are very popular throughout the USUS residents often make one or more New Years resolutions, such as promising to quit smoking, lose weight, stop drinkingMost of these resolutions last little longer than a monthIn the southern US, many people eat black - eyed peas for good luck in the new yearIn Mexico and Venezuela, many people wear red or yellow underwear for good luckIn Brazil, residents wear white clothes for good luck, and in China, they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in themIn Iran, people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the new yearIn Scotland, homeowners open the front door at midnight to let in the new year, and open the back door to let out the old yearIn Switzerland, people kiss each other three times at midnightIn Spain people eat 12 grapesone per chime- as the clock chimes midnightIn Japan, they ring a bell 108 times to get rid of the 108 bad desires that people haveIn Korea, they ring a bell 33 times in honor of 33 ancient soldiers63How do Americans celebrate their New Year?AThey kiss each three times at the stroke after midnightBThey use fireworks to scare away evil spiritsCMen and women make New Years plans togetherDMany people attend New Year parties.64The underlined word resolutions in Paragraph 2 probably means _Abeliefs BsolutionsCprinciples Dpromises65In which countries is red regarded as a lucky color?AMexico and Brazil BMexico and ChinaCVenezuela and Brazil DChina and Iran66The best title for the passage would be _ADifferent customs around the world BNew activities in America and EuropeCNew Year celebrations around the worldDDifferent countries have different customsDWhile the history of technology can be traced along many lines, one of the most amazing development is that of photo technology, the technology of lightFrom the prehistoric invention of fire to laser beams （激光束） and fiber optics （光纤）, light has continually occupied the minds of inventorsTheir inventions fall into two groups: the use of light to help us see better and more interestingly, the use of light for purposes of communicationThe use of light for communicating is one of the major directions that technology has taken ever since the middle of the nineteenth centuryFrom still photography to motion pictures to television （with a development from black - and - white to color imagery in each）, photo technology has had a great effect upon mass communication and mass educationUnlike the printed words, visual images have more impact because they are more immediateThey copy reality in a way that the printed words cannotUnlike letter shapes, they are not abstract; unlike words, they require no symbolic interpretation by the mindCombined with the widespread and uniform spreading of such images, photo technology affects the thinking of vast audiences and shapes their view of realityMillions of Americans are affected by the commercially - inspired electronic manipulation （操作） of artificial imagesWe call it entertainment and cant wait to get moreAs the number of commercially available television channels grows, the viewers freedom of choice increases, but so does the burden of that choiceIncreasingly he is faced with a sea of in formation and is asked to make quick choicesMore significantly, the ease and rapidity of mass communication has created a supply of information greater than it can readily be absorbedFlooded in the sea of information, the individual struggles to swim through it67Prom the first paragraph1 we can learn about the Technology of light that _.Aits practical use is only to enable people to see welt arid clearlyBit achieved an amazing development in the early nineteenth centuryCits development is related to the study of the history of technologyDit has aroused the interest of inventors ever since ancient times68Why do visual images differ from the printed words? Because they _.Ahave much deeper meaningsBenable the viewer to use his imagination fullyCfail to produce a beneficial effect upon youngstersDhave a greater immediate influence upon the viewer69According to the passage we can know that _ with the development of photo technologyAmore and more television channels are openedBit takes less time for a new idea to be absorbedCthe number of film goers has become greaterDfewer and fewer people seem to prefer TV programs70The passage is mainly about_Athe history of technologyBthe speed of mass communicationCthe influence of light on communicationDthe great number of television channels第二节 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ESmiling is a great way to make yourself stand out while helping your body lo function better Smile to improve your health, your stress level, and your attractiveness; 71 We are drawn to people who smileThere is an attraction factorWe want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good because anxieties can push people away, but a smile draws them inSmiling changes our moodNext time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile 72 Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your moodSmiling is appealingWhen someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happierA smiling pe