安徽省皖南八校 2012 届高三英语第一次联考试卷

1、安徽省皖南八校 2012 届高三第一次联考英语试卷（附详解）考生注意： 1本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 2答题前，考生务必用直径 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。 3考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。第卷每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题 卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑； 第卷请用直径 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题 的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。 第卷（共 115 分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 略第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分） 第

2、一节：语法和词汇知识（共 l5 小题；每小题 l 分，满分 l5 分） 从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21To tell _ truth, he is at _ loss what to do currently A/; a Bthe;/ Cthe; a D/;/ 22What present shall we offer Johnson for his birthday? What kind of things does he prefer, a football, an iPod, or an e-bike? _. Lets giv

3、e him an e-bike ANo way BThats it CNot at all DIts a good idea 23Shall we go to the restaurant opposite the supermarket for dinner? No, its the _ place Id like to go to Aworst Bbest Clast Dfirst 24 Amazingly, Zhuo Jun got the first place for the Chinas Got Talent （中国达人秀） last night So wonderfully _

4、in the show that he deserved it Adid he perform Bhad he performed Che performed Dhe had performed 25Mum, is the pair of gloves _ mine? YesYou have to wear another pair Awashing Bhave washed Chaving washed Dbeing washed 26The cigarette end thrown away by a careless farmer _ the big fire and caused a

5、great loss to them Abrought about Bbrought in Cbrought down Dbrought out 27After work I went to the box office to buy the tickets for Kungfu Panda only to be told there was _ left Anothing Bnone Cno one Dneither 28Dogs are our good friends as they can keep _ with us when we are lonely Aambition Bcom

6、pany Cbalance Ddistinction29_the fierce competition in finding a good job in big cities, many fresh graduates are trying their fortune in medium-sized cities like Wuhu City ARegardless of BApart from CInstead of DDue to 30 Taobo is Asias largest retail 零售的） network platform, _ people can buy and sel

7、l many （ kinds of things Awhere Bwhen Cthat Dwhose 31 Yao Ming has retired from the NBA, the pleasure we have got by watching him play basketball at home and abroad will last long AAlthough BIf CSince DOnce 32David must be excited about something and you can _ it from the look on his faceAread Bfetc

8、h Cdirect Dapprove 33I _downtown to the shopping centre soonCould I get you something? No, thanksI will do e-shopping Awas just going Bam just about to go Chave just gone Dam just going 34How do you find the health club? I . Everyone is saying its management is going from bad to worse Aought to join

9、 Bshould have joined Cwould rather not have joined Dwould like to have joined 35_ is known to us a11 is that London will host the 30th Olympic Games next AAs BWhich CIt DWhat 第二节完形填空（20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One cold night, I was growing

10、sick of my life in San Francisco There I was walking home around practice at the theatre With he opening night only a one o clock m the morning after a 36 week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 37 handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at

11、 the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about 38 both acting and San Francisco. I had 39 too much of city life. As I walked down the 40 streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began 41 both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people w

12、ere still out 42 a few homeless people under blankets. About a block from my 43 , I heard a sound behind me. I 44 quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me 45 so I started to run faster. Not u

13、ntil I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 46 what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 47 to the sidewalk. Suddenly I wasnt cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where Id heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk 48 for 15 minutes, my wallet was

14、 49 to be found. Just as I was about to quit the 50 , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to 51 . when a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camcho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde man with an 52 look in his eye

15、s. “Is this 53 youre looking for?” He asked, holding up something like a wallet. It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldnt get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some 54 of city life. I realized the city couldnt be a bad place 55 people were willing to he

16、lp each other. 36Acomfortable Bserious Ctiresome Dfortunate 37Acomfort Bdesire Cpain Dtrouble 38Asetting up Bgiving up Cholding up Dpicking up 39Aexpected Bchanged Ccontrolled Dpossessed 40Adeserted Bcrowded Cblank Dnarrow 41Arunning Bjumping Cmoving Dmarching 42Atowards Bexcept Cincluding Dbetween

17、43Abank Btheatre Capartment Doffice44Astood Bwalked Cturned Dleft 45Asatisfied Bconfused Cfrightened Dannoyed 46Aturn out Bfigure out Cgive out Dpull out 47Abelonging Badding Csticking Dfalling 48Agratefully Banxiously Cskilfully Ddelightedly 49Anowhere Banywhere Ceverywhere Dsomewhere 50Ainstructio

18、n Btraining Csearch Dacting 51Ait Bhim Csomeone Dme 52Aamused Bunpleasant Cuneasy Dembarrassed 53Awhat Bwho Cwhichever Dwhomever 54Aproduction Bjudgment Cfriendship Dappreciation 55Aas soon as Bas long as Cas far as Das well as 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，

19、并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。A When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a self-employed writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or notHe found a cold storage room in a building, set up a used typewriter and settled down to work After a year or so, however, Alex began to

20、doubt himselfHe found it was difficult to earn his living by selling what he wroteBut Alex determined to put his dream to the testeven though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure is the shadowland （虚幻世界） of hope, and This anyone with a dream must learn to live there One day Alex got

21、a call, We need an assistant, and were paying $ 6,000 a year $ 6,000 was real money in 1960 would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more It Besides, he could write in his spare timeAs the dollars were dancing in Alexs head, something cleared his sensesHe had dreamed of being a writ

22、er ?full timeThanks, but no, Alex said firmly and swiftly, Im going to stick it out and write After Alex got off the phone, he pulled out everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 centsAlex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself, Theres everything youve made of yourself so

23、 farIm not sure I ever felt so low Finally his work was published in 1970Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever experienceThe shadows had turned into focus of attention Then one day, Alex found a box filled with things he had owned years beforeInside was a paper bag with

24、 two cans and 18 centsSuddenly he pictured himself working in that cold storage roomIt reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence （坚毅） it takes to stay the course （持续到底） in the shadowland 56Why did Alex give up his job? ABecause he didnt like the working conditions BBecaus

25、e he couldnt earn enough to make a living CBecause he wanted to be a full-time writer DBecause he felt he had no potential in his job 57What did Alex express when he answered the call? AHe refused the job offer BHe was willing to give them a hand CHe expected them to pay him more money DHe would wri

26、te in his spare time 58What kind of person is Alex? ADetermined BModest CShy DBrave 59Which of the following can summarize the passage best? ALook before you leap BTwo heads are better, than one CHold on to your dream, and it will come true DA bird in hand is worth two in the bush B Drinking Water:

27、Bottled or From the Tap（水龙头）? In America, people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the weeks groceries（日用杂货） When they are going to a soccer game or activity, its common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with themIn fact, Americans buy more bottled water

28、 than any other nation in the world, about 29 billion bottles a year But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environmentIn order to make all the 29 billion bottles, producers use 17 million barrels of crude oil, which is enough to keep a million cars going for 12 mont

29、hs So why dont people drink water straight from the tap? Some people have a strong belief that bottled water is better than water out of the tap, but thats not necessarily true the US, the local In governments make sure water from the tap is safeThere is also growing concern that chemicals in the bo

30、ttles themselves may go into the water People love the convenience of bottled waterBut maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of plastic Some argue that plastic bottle recycling can help Recy

31、cled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothingUnfortunately, only one in six bottles is recycledThe rest make it to landfills （垃圾填坦场） or end as trash in other placesPlastic bottles take hundreds of years for them to disintegrate Water is important for you, so keep drinking itBut th

32、ink about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change And yes, you can make a differenceRemember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours 60How many cars can be kept going for a year by the crude oil used to make 29 b

33、illion bottles? A100 BI,000 C100,000 DI,000,000 61Why do Americans prefer bottled water? ABottled water is better than water from the tap BBottled water is cheaper than water from the tap CBottled water contains beneficial chemicals in it DBottled water is more convenient than water from the tap 62W

34、hat does the underlined word disintegrate in the fifth paragraph probably meanABe well recycled BBecome less poisonous CBreak into small pieces DGo down below a surface 63The authors intention of writing this passage is to recommend Americans Adrink more water from the tap Bsend plastic bottles to l

35、andfills . Cuse water bottles to power light bulbs Dbuy bottles filled with water from the tap C Money is all surrounding usEvery day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongueDid you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from? Making

36、new money is a very unique job and no easy taskIt has up to 65 steps When the money in circulation （流通） gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed Usually, the old money is burnedThe burned money is replaced by

37、 new paper money If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint（造币 厂） Large sheets 01 paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通货币） These large sheets are cut into individual billsThe individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sen

38、t to banks Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured） or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to bank

39、s, first, people m the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed Then, they ask and artist to design the new bill different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a A dieThe dies are made and put onto large printing machinesThen, very special paper is used, which no

40、one but the mint can haveAlong with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks 64From the passage we know that Abanks make new money Bit takes 65 procedures to mak

41、e new moneyCmints decide what kind of bill is needed Dold money that is not used is forever stored in a special place 65We can infer from the passage that a die is _ Asomething for dead people Ba special machine that prints the money Ca special piece of paper that the money is made from Da piece of

42、metal that puts the picture on the money 66Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money? New money is printed in a mint Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper New money is sent in large amounts to banks The government decides to make new money A B C D 67Which of t

43、he following is NOT mentioned in the passage? AThe reason for making new money BThe processes of making a new bill CThe amount of new money needed DThings usedto make new money or a new bill DNuclear weapons（核武器）were first developed in the United States during the Second World War to be used against

44、 GermanyHowever, by the time the first bombs were ready for use, the war with Germany had ended and, as a result, the decision was made to use the weapons against Japan instead Hiroshima and Nagasaki have suffered the consequences of the decision to the present day. The real reasons why bombs were d

45、ropped on two heavily populated cities are not altogether clear number of people in 1944 and early 1945 argued that the use of nuclear weapons would be A unnecessary, since American Intelligence was aware that some of the most powerful and influential people in Japan had already realised that the wa

46、r was lost, and wanted to discuss a Japanese surrender （投降） It was also argued that, since Japan has few natural resources, a blockade （封锁） by the American navy would force it to surrender within a few Weeks, and the use of nuclear weapons would prove unnecessaryIf a demonstration of force was requi

47、red to end the war, a bomb could be dropped over an unpopulated area like a desert, in front of Japanese observers, or over an area of low population inside Japan, such as a forestChoosing this course of action might decrease the loss of further lives on all sides, while the power of nuclear weapons

48、 would still be adequately demonstrated（展示） All of these arguments were turned down, however, and the general agreement was that the quickest way to end the fighting would be to use nuclear weapons against the centres of population inside JapanIn fact, two of the more likely reasons why the decision

49、 was reached seem quite shocking to us now .68The meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 is that Athe two cities were badly damaged after they were bombed Bthe two cities suffered because Japan would not agree to end the war Cthe terrible effects of dropping nuclear weapons on these citie

50、s can still be felt Dthe end of the war with Germany meant Hiroshima and Nagasaki, would suffer 69According to Paragraph 2, a blockade would have been successful because AJapan had to import most of its natural resources BJapan would not be powerful enough to beat a blockade Can attack would probabl

51、y destroy Japanese resources within a few weeks Dthe Americans could defeat Japans navy since it was short of resources 70The last paragraph tells that . Athe writer probably expects us hot to argue with his opinion Bthe nuclear bombs must have been dropped on Tokyo, too Cthe real reasons for the de

52、cision may never have been made clear Dthe writer has not done much research on this subject to establish the facts 71What would probably be discussed in the paragraphs that follow? AThe reasons why Japan chose to surrender BThe writers attitudes towards the Japans surrender. CPeoples different opin

53、ions about dropping nuclear weapons onto the citiesDSome of the possible reasons for dropping nuclear weapons onto the cities E Beijing ? （13, July） China sent up a new data relay satellite （数据中继卫星）, Tianlian I -02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in South-western Sichuan provinceTh

54、e new satellite will promote the countrys satellite communication network for space docking （对接） The satellite was launched on a Long-March-SC carrier rocket at 11:41 pm, sources at the centre told Xinhua News Agency satellite separated from the rocket 26 minutes after its launch The and was then su

55、ccessfully delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit （地球同步转移轨道）. Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite is the countrys second data relay satelliteThe first, Tianlian I -01, was launched on April 252008 The t

56、wo satellites will form a network to improve communications between Chinas spacecraft and bases on Earth, according to the centreThey will also be used to help the nations first space docking, scheduled for the second half of this year As planned, China will launch space module Tiangong-I （天宫 1 号） which was designed as a , platform that will dock with an unmanned spaceship, Shenzhou, for the countys first space-docking mission this year Two more Shenzhou spaceships will dock with Tiangong-I next year, and one will be manned by two or three astronauts, according to China Manned Space E