江苏省重点中学高三模拟测试
英 语 试 题 2012-3
第I卷 (三部分，共85分)
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. _______ to a British high school is ______enjoyable experience for Tom.
A. Go; a B. Going; an C. Going; a D. To go; a
22 The homework was not as ______ as ______I used to get in my old school.
A. heavily; that B. heavy; that C. heavily; what D. heavy; what
23. We thought you were an adult, a person ______ we could expect good decisions.
A. who B. to whom C. from whom D. for whom
24. You have to wear special clothing, a helmet and a life jacket ______ your raft gets turned upside down or sinks.
A. so that B. in order that C. now that D. in case
25. Some scientists think that these footprints _______ by bears or other animals.
A. mustn’t have made B. could have made
C. could have been made D. should have made
26. Nature _____Shangri—la _____ endless natural treasures, _____ the land a happy home for the local people.
A. has provided; with; making B. have provided; with; making
C. has provided; with; makes D. have provided; with; make
27. We sometimes find _________ hard to decide which words or phrases to use.
A. one B. it C. this D. that
28. There is a legend _____ says _____ a man_____ cang Jie invented Chinese writing.
A. that; that; naming B. that; that; named
C. /; that; naming D. /; that; naming
29. All the people were buried alive, and __________
A. so did the city B. nor did the city C. nor was the city D. so was the city
30. Many crops will naturally __________ this heavy snow. .
A. make profit from B. benefit from C. benefit in D. make money from
31. It ‘s the protection for the environment ____ really matters, ____ how many factories are opened.
A. what; other than B. which; other than C. what; or rather D. that; other than
32. Lakes ________ by vast grasslands, look like jewels.
A. surrounds B. surrounding C. surrounded D. to be surrounded
33. ______ is interesting is ______ the other largest city was Rome.
A. What; that. B. That; what C. That; that D .What; what
34. Mr Black had worked in the countryside for 5 years _____ he moved to the city for his new job.
A. when B. before C. since D. as
35. When the remote area was _________ by the heavy snow, the government sent food and tents there by helicopter.
A. cut away B. cut down C. cut off D. cut up
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，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no 36 . Several decades ago he made a mistake — a(n) 37 mistake, though.
On a cold Saturday, Mother’s father was building s ome wooden cases for the clothes his 38 was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in China. On his way home, he 39 into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved 40 .
When he 41 recalled his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having 42 him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for China! He had to drive home 43 .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church, 44 Grandpa and his family also attended.
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the 45 you sent last year. You see, the bandits(土匪) had just 46 through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate.”
“ 47 I had the money, there was simply no way of 48 those glasses. 49 not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff 50 the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the 51 of it all, he continued: “Folks, when I tried 52 the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened, 53 for the miraculous(神奇的) glasses. But the director surely must have 54 their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their 55 of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
36. A. expectation B. success C. comment D. exception
37. A. perfect B. foolish C. avoidable D. common
38. A. factory B. church C. family D. country
39. A. turned B. reached C. filled D. put
40. A. proper B. reasonable C. fruitless D. unnecessary
41. A. mentally B. physically C. anxiously D. directly
42. A. charged B. spent C. paid D. cost
43. A. disappointed B. pleased C. nonstop D. quick
44. A. which B. what C. where D. when
45. A. cases B. clothes C. glasses D. wishes
46. A. cut B. swept C. pulled D. broken
47. A. Unless B. As long as C. Until D. Even though
48. A. replacing B. finding C. wearing D. chan ging
49. A. Except B. Along with C. Rather than D. As for
50. A. nailed B. burnt C. removed D. took
51. A. preparation B. pleasure C. satisfaction D. wonder
52. A. out B. over C. for D. on
53. A. pity B. happy C. curious D. eager
54. A. confused B. associated C. combined D. compared
55. A. cases B. order C. list D. orphanage
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call "books".
I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn't answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear!" I cried. "Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!" We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, "Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen." My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
56. He underlined word "wretched" in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.
A. happy B. disappointed C. unhappy D. hopeful
57. Reviewing his lessons that night didn't help him because
A. it was too late at night B. he was very tired
C. his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't keep them open
D. he hadn't studied hard before the examination
58. What do you suppose probably happened to the author the next day?
A. He went to a church to pray again B. He passed the exam all by luck
C. He failed in the exam D. He was punished by his teacher
B
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up with the Joneses" is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich
lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and sta rted to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses" because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. 'Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand' s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Jonses" in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
59. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they __________.
A. want to be as rich as their neighbours B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. don' t want others to know they are rich D. want to be happy
60. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _________.
A. live outside New York City B. live in New York City
C. live in apartments D. have many neighbours
61. Arthur Momand used the name 'Jones' in his series of short stories because 'Jones' is _________.
A. an important name B. a popular name in the United States
C. his neighbour's name D. not a good name
62. According to the writer, it is __________ to keep up with the Joneses.
A. correct B. interesting C. impossible D. good
C
JAPAN’S deadliest typhoon on record tore through a northern town last Tuesday, killing nine and leaving one woman unconscious. About 40 others were injured, police said.
The typhoon also knocked out electricity to hundreds of homes and turned over cars in Saroma on the northern island of Hokkaido.
Local television networks said it was one of the strongest typhoons to hit Japan since World
WarⅡWind speeds reached 250 kilometers per hour．
It was another example of man's helplessness when faced with the power of nature．Natural forces have greatly affected human history．Here are some top examples：
1. In the 13th century, Kublai Khan(忽必烈汗)，the Yuan Dynasty emperor, set his sights on conquering Japan．But he was defeated by not one，but two typhoons．The Japanese called them kamikaze or“magic winds”.The strong winds caused big waves that sank Kublai Khan's fleet．
2．When George Washington's American army，met the British at Long Island in 1776，the American should have been defeated．They were mainly volunteers, without uniforms or basic weapons．Fortunately, a thick fog allowed the Americans to retreat unseen and they were able to fight another day．Nature had played its role in the birth of the United States．
3．In 1812．Napoleon controlled the largest army Europe had ever seen. He ordered his men to
invade Russia．But Napoleon did not consider that winter was coming。As his army marched away
from ruined Moscow．temperatures fell to-40?C. Of the 600,000 men who marched into Russia,
only 150，000 arrived home．The rest died from the cold．
4．German Nazi(纳粹)leader Adolf Hitler, not a good student of history as well，decided to
repeat Napoleon's attack on Moscow．In September 1941，the German army swept into the former
Soviet Union．What they didn't bring along, however, was winter clothing．Hitler's defeat in Russia
was a turning point in World WarⅡ．
63．In the second example，George Washington's army________．
A．was well equipped B．was well dressed
C．had been in great danger D．had defeated its enemy in a fog
64．The four examples are mentioned to_____。
A．show nature's dramatic power B．explain how some famous wars were fought
C．show human beings' helplessness D．explain how some famous generals were defeated
65．The underlined word．“retreat” probably means__________．
A．advance B．defeat C．go back D．go ahead
66．What is the best title of the passage?
A．The Deadliest Typhoon in Japan B．Nature and Human Wars
C. Man and Nature D．Nature's Role in Human History
D
A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That’s the finding of a study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce of salt water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish.
The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific support to the long held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart.
Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000 deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown that the level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces.
For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish.
At the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish.
During the next two decades, 78 of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese or Eskimos. This relationship was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol（胆固醇）levels.
67．The passage is mainly about _________.
A．the high incidence of heart disease in some countries B．the changes in people’s diet
C．the effect of fish eating on people’s health
D．the daily fish consumption of people in different cultures
68．We can infer from the passage that there are fewer heart disease deaths ________.
A．in countries of the yellow-skin race B．in highly-developed countries
C．in the countries with high consumption of fis h
D．in the countries with good production of fish
69．The phrase “this relationship” in paragraph 6 refers to the connection between _________ and the level of heart disease.
A．the amount of fish eaten B．regular fish-eating
C．the kind of fish eaten D．people of different areas
70．From the passage we know the author is most probably ______.
A．a heart doctor B．a science researcher
C．a supporter of healthy eating D．a university student
第II卷 （共35分）
任务型阅读：（１０分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。（注意：每空只填一个单词）
It is interesting to know what people different nations like to do best.
In France, when a woman enters a café or restaurant, she is freely discussed, not only about her appearance but about her pass and future as well. She invites looks in the street whether she is beautifu l or pain. There is no better way for a woman to get back her self-confidence than a walk in the streets of Pairs or Marseilles, and women really like that.
In Italy, people love talking. They sit about in cafés , exchanging news and discussing politics. They do not hesitate to ask questions about the family, income and private life of anybody who happens to be there.
The Swiss eat as a pastime, ladies walk into a teashop, eat a couple of ice-creams and a large piece of chocolate cake, and then leave, complaining about their weight.
For the Americans, the greatest fondness is to be the push of buttons. You push a button in the lift, you push a button for cigarette, chewing gums, stamps, even for a life insurance. You can even push a button to get married and another button to get divorced.
In England, waiting in a line is national passion. The English will form a line whether they have the opportunity. Long queues can be seen, for example, at stations when the train is practically empty and everybody can have a seat.
In different 71.
What people like to do best
In France
Discuss women in a café or restaurant. Women like to 72. in the street to get back self-confidence
In 73.
74. with each other and even ask some 75. information.
In 76.
77. a lot and then 78. about their weight.
In America
Push 79.
In England
Form a 80. when everyone can have a seat in the train.
第二节：书面表达（25分）
许多老师和家长都要高三的同学住校学习，而同学们却喜欢走读，双方各持己见，并在班上展开了激烈的讨论。假设你是张涛，把这个情况写信告诉中学生英语报，并谈谈你自己的看法。有关信息如下：
老师和家长的观点
同学们的观点
你的观点
1. 方便问问题
2. 晚自习时间更能保证
3. 培养独立生活的能力
1. 走读往返可以得到放松
2. 在家安静,学习效率高
3. 学习内容可以自由安排
1.
2.
注意: 1. 词数150左右; 2. 信的格式已写好，不记入总词数。
Dear Sir,
I’m a student of Senior 3. I am writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether to board in the school or at home.
高三英语测试参考答案
听力： l—5 CACBA 6—10 CABBC
11—15 ACABC 16—20 BCAAC
单选： 21—35 CABBD 26—30 CAACB 31—35 DCDBA
完型： 36. DABBC 41.ADAAC 46 BDABC 51 DDBAC
阅读： 56-70 CDC BABC CACD CCBC
任务型阅读：
1. nations/countries 2. walk 3. Italy 4. talk 5. private
6. Switzerland 7. Eat 8. complain 9. buttons 10. line
Dear Sir,
I’m a student of Senior 3. I am writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether to board in the school or at home.
Many of our parents an d teachers ask us to board in the school. They say it will be very convenient for us to ask questions whenever necessary. Besides, they think boarding will make it possible to make full use of our time in the evening, and that we can also develop the ability to look after ourselves and be independent.
However, we students have our own opinions/thoughts. On our way to school or back home, we can get relaxed. It is quiet at home and we can study efficiently. What’s more, staying at home in the evening, we are free to learn what we think we’re not good at.
In my own opinion, I think it is a good idea to stay at home in the evening. When we stay at home, we can arrange our time to study certain subjects and develop some other interests. As we are leaving home to stay in college quite soon, we should value the time we can stay with our parents.
Yours,
Zhang Tao
