甘肃省兰州市2012届高三英语诊断性考试试题

1、甘肃省兰州市2012届高三诊断考试英 语 试 题YCY注意事项：1本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。2本试卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟3答题全部在答题纸上完成，试卷上答题无效第一卷（选择题）第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）第一节语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。1neither Aweigh Bceiling Cbargain Dheight2occur Aocean Bopposite Cofficial Doffer3frequent Apresident Bfres

2、h Cfever Dsilence4roses Ahouses Bbuses Chorses Dgases5bench Aschool Bmachine Cmarch Dcharacter第二节 语法和词汇知识（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。6Failure is the mother of success; no one can always be _ failure or _ successAa; a B/;a Ca;/ Dthe; the7According to the agreement, all payments _

3、be made in cashAmay Bshall Cneed Dcan8Compared with male graduates, a（n） _ small number of female graduates can get employed when they go job - huntingAcasually Broughly Cgradually Drelatively9They had _ the office building, which then left an open space to build a street gardenApulled down Btaken d

4、own Cturned down Dpoured down10Nowadays more and more people are advised to arrange for insurance _ that they or their family members need medical careAin order Bin need Cin case Din hope11Did you scold the boy for his mistakes?Yes, but_itAI'd rather not do BI'd not better doCI'd better

5、not to have done DI'd rather not have done12The discovery of the new evidence led to _ Athe thief having caught Bcatch the thiefCthe thief being caught Dthe thief to be caught13I didn't find the way to the station_ I had told you about it in detailAHow come? BNo wonder CNo problem DWho cares

6、?14We shouldn't complain about being poor many families are much _ than we areAworse off Bbadly off Cwell off Dbetter off 15The first painting he gave me wasn't good and _ Aneither was the second one Bneither the second one wasCthe second one was neither Dthe second one neither was16Steve Jo

7、bs passed away at the age of 56, _ will forever be the treasure of AppleAof whom the spirit Bspirit of which Cspirit of whom Dof which me spirit17I never have any doubt _ you will winWait and seeAwhether Bif Cthat Dwhat18The professor considers _ no good _ without understandingAit; to read Bit; read

8、ing Cthat; to read Dthis; reading19They are all _ little children that you are not able to look after _ many of themAso; so Bsuch; so Csuch; such Dso; such20What a golden opportunity you missed! It means you'll have to wait for another ten yearsBut I_to Beijing on business!Atravel Bwould travel

9、Cwas traveling Dhave第三节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleepA few dogs started barking at itThe elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safetyThat didn't

10、 stop the elephantIt destroyed a dozen 21 and 22 several peopleThe villagers were 23 and angryThen someone 24 calling Parbati, the elephant princess Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant 25 He taught Parbati to ride an elephant 26 she could even walkHe also taught her the

11、 27 of the elephant, round-uphow to catch wild elephantsParbati hasn't always lived in the jungleAfter a happy childhood 28 with her father, she was sent to a 29 school in the cityBut Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her 30 "New life in the city is

12、 too dullCatching elephants is an adventure and the 31 lasts for days after the 32 " she saysBut Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun"My work," she says, "is to rescue man from the 33 and to keep the elephants safe from man" And this is exactly what Parbati 34 fo

13、r many yearsIncreasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, 35 hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land 36 is now fighting backWhenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to 37 the animals back to the jung

14、le before they can kill themThe work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotionA good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly 38 elephant" 39 they grow to love their tamers and never forget themThey are also more loyal than humans," she said, as she cl

15、imbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animalAn elephant 40 indeed!21Avillage Bhouses Chomes Dpeople22Ainjured Bdamaged Cruined Dspoiled23Aunlucky Bunhappy Cscared Dfrightening24Arequested Binsisted Cstuck Dsuggested25Ahunter Bkiller Cprotector Dtamer26Aafter Bbefore Cuntil Dsince

16、27Adangerous art Bterrible game Camazing killing Dwonderful hiding28Aplayed Bhunting Chunted Dplaying29Atraining Bhigh Cadult Dboarding30Aown childhood Bfather's home Cnew state Dold life31Astress Bburden Cexcitement Dthreat32Achase Bfun Cjourney Dbattle33Adeath Belephents Cinjury Dtigers34Awas

17、doing Bhas been done Chas been doing Ddid do35Adangerous Billegal Ccruel Dhorrible36AThey BHe CShe DIt37Aguide Bshow Ccause Dforce38Aarrested Barresting Ccaptured Dcapturing39ASuddenly BOccationally CEventually DFrequently40Awoman Bprincess Cman Dlover第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题，第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）第一节 阅读下列

18、短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AMany 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 childrenHowever, the current economic situation is affecting the American way of life for 4

19、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"We're just in the middle of a big transit

20、ion （转变）"So what is the new normal?*Marrying laterThe average age of the first marriage has increased to 287 for men and 267 for women*Fewer babiesThere were 200,000 fewer births among women aged 20 to 34 in 2010 compared with two years before*Breaking up is harderThe number of divorces has bee

21、n falling for 25 years as people wait longer or choose to live together before tying the knot*Crowded livingUnemployment is forcing more people to live togetherThe number of households where people lived with "other relatives" climbed from 67 percent in 2006 to 72 percent in 2010*Going pub

22、licPrivate school enrollment decreased from 136 percent in 2006 to 128 percent in 2010*Few carsThe percentage of households without a car rose again to 91 percent against 88 percent in 200641What is the passage mainly about?AThe interpretation of "the American dream"BThe significance of th

23、e current economic crisisCThe traditional American way of lifeDChanges to the American lifestyle42What might Cheryl Russell agree with according to the passage?AThe American economy will be looking up soonBA traditional lifestyle is much better and healthierCAmerican lifestyles are being reshaped an

24、d will continue to changeDThe spirit of the American dream will inspire Americans to get through the economic recession43What are the characteristics of the future American lifestyle?aDelayed marriages, bA lower divorce rate cIncreased car ownershipdAn increase in private school enrollment, eHaving

25、children laterAa,b,e Ba,c,e Cb,d,e Dbce44Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AThe typical US family is expected to have a three-story house with a big yard and two childrenBThe US birth rate rose slightly in 2010 compared with two years beforeCA growing number of peopl

26、e are forced to share their homes with other relatives in the USDUS students prefer to go to private schools rather than public schoolsBEnglish teenagers are to receive compulsory （必修的） cooking lessons in schoolsThe idea is to encourage healthy eating to fight the country's increasing obesity ra

27、teIt's feared that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost as parents turn to pre-prepared convenience foodsCooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England even if it was mainly aimed at girlsIn recent decades cooking has progressively become a minor activ

28、ity in schoolsIn many cases the schools ,themselves have given up cooking meals in kitchens in the schoolsBut the rising level of obesity has led to a rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught"What I want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple

29、 recipes like a tomato sauce, a bolognaise, a simple curry, a stir-fryWhich they can use now at home and then in their later life," said Ed Balls, the minister responsible for schoolsThe new lessons are due to start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given longer to adaptTh

30、ere is also likely to be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since the trend has been to teach food technology rather than practical cookingAlso the compulsory lesspns for hands on cooking will only be one hour a week for one termBut the well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believes it wi

31、ll be worth it"If we'd done this thirty years ago we might not have the crisis we've got now about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so onEvery child should know how to cook, not just so that they'll be healthy, but because it's a life skill which is a real pleasure&q

32、uot;The renewed interest in cooking is primarily a response to the level of obesity in Britain which is among the highest in Europe, and according to government figures half of all Britons will be obese in 25 years if current trends are not halted45Which of the following is NOT the purpose for Engli

33、sh teenagers to receive cooking lessons?ATo encourage teenagers to eat healthy foodBTo reduce the country's increasing obesity rateCTo prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lostDTo stop parents from turning to pre-prepared convenience foods46In what way will cooking lesson

34、s benefit the students?AThey will be able to do some basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauceBThey will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well:CThey will be able to make food experiments with the knowledge and skillsDThey will be able to control the level of obesity in the w

35、hole country47The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means _ Acontinued Bstopped Cspread Dkept48It can be inferred from the passage that _ Acooking has always been an important part of school education in EnglandBEnglish teenagers will have their cooking lessons twice a week for one year

36、Cthe obesity rate in Britain has been rapidly growing in recent decadesDthe students will pay a lot of money to the school for their cooking lessonsCAny foreigner who has tried to learn Chinese can tell how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understandAnd anyone who has tried to le

37、arn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar challengesNow researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning ChineseWriting in the online edition of Nature Nenroscieme, researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on the sam

38、e parts of the brain that help people discover changes in pitch （音调）One of the study's authors, Nina Kraus, said the findings suggested that studying music "actually tunes our sensory system"This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutti

39、ng music programsDrKraus saidShe said music training might also help children with language problemsMandarin （普通话） speakers have been shown to have a more complex encoding （编码） of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers doThis is because in Mandarin and other Asian languages, pitch play

40、s a central roleA single syllable word can have several meanings depending onhow it is intonedFor this study, the researchers looked at 20 non Chinese speaking volunteers, half with no musical background and half who have studied an instrument for at least six yearsAs they were shown a movie, the vo

41、lunteers also heard an audio tape of the Mandarin word "mi" in three of its meanings: squint, bewilder and riceThe researchers recorded activities in their brain stems to see how well they were processing the soundsThose with a music background showed much more brain activities in response

42、 to the Chinese soundsThe lead author of the study, Patrick CMWong, said it might work both waysIt appear? That native speakers of tonal languages may do better at learning instruments49When learning Chinese, a foreigner will find _Ahe has a difficult time learning music at the same timeBhe has an e

43、asier time learning music at the same time ?Cit is hard to master the tones required to speak and understandDit is easy to use the brain to help him discover changes in pitch50Why does Chinese learning have something to do with music training?ABecause there is the same difficulty in learning Chinese

44、 and musicBBecause skills to learn the two make use of the same parts of the brainCBecause music training might help people with language studyDBecause people who do well in Chinese study do well in music51The underlined word "intoned" in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by the word &q

45、uot;_"Acreated BspelledCseemed Dpronounced52What would be the best title for this passage?AMandarin Speakers Are Smarter than English SpeakersBSkilled Ear for Music May Help Language StudyCPitch Plays a Central Role in Chinese LearningDSchools Need to Develop Music ProgramsDIn the 19th century

46、the novel came into its ownThousands upon thousands of novels were publishedOf those novels, very few are remembered todayHowever, there are exceptions; the works of Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility - for exampleThey achieved only modest success at first but grew and grew in

47、fame and reputationHow did Jane Austen become so popular?Of course, the novels are romanticEveryone knows the love story of Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett （in Pride and Prejudice）, and how they overcome their own pride and prejudice to live happily ever afterThe lovers are almost as famous today as

48、Romeo and JulietBut there is more to Austen's popularity than the fact that she wrote about loveThe books are very witty and ironic, and show a great understanding of society and of peoplePride and Prejudice opens with what must be the most famous sentence in the English novel: "It is a tru

49、th universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"The truth, of course, is the opposite; wealthy, unmarried young men are extremely attractive to young womenAnd womenspecially penniless or near-penniless onesare the subjects of Austin'

50、s talesWomen nowadays may be more equal to men than they were in Jane Austen's dayHowever, a sense that women still basically live in a world dominated by men ensures that Austen still has many keen readers53What is the point of the passage?ATo describe the status of women in Jane Austen's t

51、imeBTo promote Jane Austen's novels among teenagersCTo explore the characteristics of Jane Austen's novelsDTo analyze why Jane Austen's novels have such a lasting appeal54What can be concluded from the first paragraph?AJane Austen wrote a total of four novels in her lifetimeBMost of the

52、novels written mihe 19th century are romancesCJane Austen is one of the most successful novelists of the 19th centuryDJane Austen's novels were a hit when they were first published55According to the article, most of the female characters in Austen's works _.A are poor and young Bare happily

53、marriedCmany old and wealthy men Dare penniless but witty56According to the author, what made Jane Austen's works so popular?aThey are mostly love storiesbMost of them have a happy endingcThey are full of wit and ironydPeople can still relate to them todayeThey explain how to succeed in a male-d

54、ominated societyAa,b,c Ba,c,d Cc,d,e Db,c,eEIt's a Friday nightYour girl friends are out at a bar and your boyfriend is playing soccer with his matesTwo text messages later, you're eating pizza and watching action movies with three guy friendsPerfect"Guy friends" have the potential to enrich your life in way