1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家宜宾市质量提升协同责任区高2012级高三上半期联合测试英语试题(考试时间：120分钟；满分：150分) 本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷两部分注意事项：（1）答题前,务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目等涂写在试卷和答题卡指定的位置。（2）第I卷、第II卷的答案务必答在答题卡上。若答在试卷上,将被视为无效。每小题选出答案后,用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。（3）考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷（选择题，共90分）第一部分、英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节、语法和词汇知识（共10小题；每小题1分，满分
2、10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。1. Were you surprised by_ ending of the movie?Of course not. I had read _ story in a book on which the movie was based.A. the; aB. the; the C. a; the D. an; the2. When Huang Tingjian, an ancient poet, lived in Yibin, he _write poems every day.A. could B.
3、wouldC. must D. might3. The iPhone6 sold in China is far more expensive than _ in America. A. that B. this C. ones D. it4. People can buy all they need at the shopping mall, _is always busy at the weekend.A. which B. where C. who D. that5. _ she had shut the door, the old woman returned to check it
4、carefully. A. Making sure B. Make sureC. Having made sure D. To make sure 6. Word came from Beijing _China will be steadily on the way to a country of legal society.A. where B. what C. that D. which7. Well, what a mistake! Why? Sorry, I _on it.A. hadnt concentrated B. dont concentrateC. havent been
5、concentrating D. wasnt concentrating8. By making friends with native speakers, you can _ a lot of their language.A. set upB. pick upC. build upD. put up9. Theres nothing to regret _ you make up your mind to do it.A. before B. until C. once D. though10. The cake is really delicious. Could I have some
6、 more? _. Just make yourself at home. A. Go ahead B. Yes, you couldC. Behave yourselfD. Do it yourself第二节、完形填空（共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。The story Im going to tell truly happened in my life. The other day, I met a man outside the gym who 11 a movie
7、 star. He was handsome and smiling. His upper body was muscular and he 12 to be on top of the world.How are you? I 13 with a smile. Im doing really well, he replied in a cheerful voice. His enthusiasm and big smile 14 the parking garage. 15 as he walked up, I 16 his long legs were thin and I saw he
8、had a silver 17 . Why do you need that cane? I couldnt help thinking he had a minor injury. I have Multiple Sclerosis (多发性硬化病), he answered in a 18 voice too, as his broad smile 19 left his face. MS is a very serious disease and often painful. I looked at him from my little red sports car and said,
9、Youhandleit very well. You seem like a happy man 20 MS. Without losing a bit of his smile he replied, I am a happy man, and then added, Id be 21 happier if I had that sports 22 . It was ironic (讽刺的). Just 23 we spoke, Id been sitting in that little sports car, feeling sad about my painful shoulder o
10、ver the last 11 months, although I was 24 after an operation. Heres a man with a 25 far tougher than mine, but his positive attitude made him feel no 26 happiness. He went on with his 27 of life as usual, which moved me deeply. It was also a wonderful reminder of that old 28 , I cried because I had
11、no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.Whatever your problem is, just keep in 29 that none of us goes through life 30 . Like the man with MS, make the most of what you have and count your blessings.11. A. looked like 12. A. performed 13. A. greeted 14. A. held up 15. A. So 16. A. diagnosed 17. A
12、.car 18. A.low19. A. never 20. A. in spite of21. A. more 22. A. training 23. A. when 24. A. suffering 25. A. direction 26. A. less 27. A. anxiety28. A. story 29. A. head 30. A. completely B. watched out B. appeared B.questionedB. put up B. And B. noticed B. voiceB. sad B. regularly B.in return forB.
13、veryB. coach B. until B. recovering B. location B.more B. disappointment B. newsB. mind B. lightly C. agreed with C.conductedC. complained C.lit up C. Though C. examined C. cane C. cheerful C.sometimes C. thanks to C.evenC. coat C. before C. repairing C. position C. fewer C.excitement C.words C. hea
14、rt C. hardly D. stared atD. pretended D.advisedD. kept up D.But D. checked D. coat D. painful D. always D. but for D.a little D. car D. since D. benefitingD. situationD. further D. enjoyment D.saying D. brainD. easily第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）阅读下列短文,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,
15、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Clothes are hung outside the house. The water comes from a well in a yard overgrown with grass. Only two police officers and Manuela, a three-legged dog, keep watch outside. This is the place where the president of Uruguay Jose Mujica lives, whose lifestyle clearly differs sharply fro
16、m that of most other world leaders. President Mujica doesnt live in the splendid house that the Uruguayan government provides for its leader and has chosen to stay in his wifes farmhouse, which is distant from the capital Montevideo. The president and his wife work the land themselves, growing flowe
17、rs. This simple lifestyle and the fact that Mujica donates about 90% of his monthly income to charity has led him to be called the poorest president in the world. His charitable donations which benefit poor people mean his salary is roughly in line with the average Uruguayan income of $775(485) a mo
18、nth. In 2010, his personal wealth declaration a declaration that every official in Uruguay has to make every year as the government compels them to do so showed his wealth was worth only $ 1,800 (1,100), the value of his 1987 Volkswagen Beetle car. Born in 1935, Mujica spent the 1960s as part of the
19、 Uruguayan guerrilla (游击队员). During that period he was shot six times. In 1971, he was put into prison and stayed there until 1985 when Uruguay returned to democracy (民主制). Those years in prison, Mujica says, helped shape his outlook on life. Im called the poorest president, but I dont feel poor. Th
20、is simple lifestyle is my free choice. I can live well with what I have. the president says. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more. This is a matter of freedom. If you dont have many possessions you dont need to work all your life li
21、ke a slave to sustain (支撑) them, and therefore you have more time for yourself, he says.31. What can we know about the place where the president of Uruguay lives? A. It is neat and pleasant. B. Its security is very tight. C. It is far away from the capital city. D. Its traffic is very convenient.32.
22、 The president became the poorest president because_. A. his salary is the lowest compared to that of other foreign presidents B. his country is the poorest in the world C. he spends a lot of money in sustaining his possessions D. he lives a simple life and donates almost all his salary to poor peop
23、le 33. What shaped the presidents outlook on life? A. His donations to charity. B. His simple lifestyle. C. His experiences as part of the Uruguayan guerrilla. D. His life in prison.34. Which of the following is TRUE? A. In terms of income, the president has a sharply difference from the other commo
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31、u can go shopping in the neighborhood C. you can work out in the gym D. you can swim in an outdoor swimming pool38. What does the underlined word incumbent mean? A. Employee. B. Student. C. Businessman. D. Employer.CIn 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Be
32、rnadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had kept their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this s
33、mall selection they added one new idea: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity (一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict usual way for the preparat
34、ion of their food, and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of thei
35、r restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers fast-food restaurants and bought the right to
36、franchise (特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate (复制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches. Today McDonalds is really a household name. In 1976, McDonalds had over $ l billion in total sales. Its first twe
37、nty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.39. This passage mainly talks about _.A. the development of fast food servicesB. Ray Krocs business talentC. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonaldD. how McDonalds became a billion-dollar business
38、40. Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _.A. a drive-in B. a theaterC. a hotel D. a barbecue restaurant41. We may infer from this passage that _.A. Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to KrocB. Ray Kroc was a good businessman C. forty years ago
39、 there were lots of fast-food restaurantsD. the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in42. The passage suggests that _.A. creativity is an important element of business successB. Red and white buildings with the golden arches are essential for good bus
40、inessC. Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray KrocD. California is the best place to go into business DOwninga smartphone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are. but they also turn you in
41、to a workaholic, it seems. A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working dayResearchersfound that Britons work an additional 460hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on t
42、heir mobiles. The study by technology retailer Pixmania, reveals the average UK working day is between nine and ten hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work callsAlmostone in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day ch
43、ecking work emailsSome workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hoursNearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up, while over a third h
44、ave replied to one in the middle of the night.GhadiHobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said: “Theability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones valuable for many people. However，there are
45、drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day. seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from workThe more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.” （Written by Brain Salter, a journalist of Ch
46、ina Daily.）43. The text is probably taken from_.A. anewspaperB. a financial reportC.ascientific reportD. a literary journal44The underlined word “drawbacks” in the last paragraph probably means_.A. advantages B. disadvantagesC. mistakes D. features45. Ghadimay agree that_.A. employeesare supposed to
47、 be on call 24 hours a dayB. theability to access many apps made smartphones worthlessC. peopleliterally cannot get away from work without smartphonesD. smartphonesmight turn a person into a workaholic 46. Whatis the main idea of this passage?A. Britonswork art additional 460 hours a year on average
48、.B. Smartphonesare becoming valuable for many people.C. Smartphonesare lengthening working hours. D. Smartphonesare more beneficial to our life than we think. EDearDavid, Im glad you would like to share your feelings with me. Its hardly surprising that yourfeelingsof not being “grown up” have come o
49、n strongly at this point in your life, just before youre about to become a fatherYou are asking：will I make a good father？How will I cope? ShouldI have brought anotherlittle person into the world? Can l provide for it?Help!I thinknearlyevery sensitive about-to-be-parent must have these occasional fe
50、elings of self-doubt and inadequacy(不适)beforethe birth and it would be most unusual if you didnt share themItsdifficult，honestly，to feel grown-up unless you have something less grown-up to relate toTheboss with a hen-pecking wife may feel like a seven-year-old when hes at homeBut as he walksthrough
51、the office door, and knows hes going to be surrounded by staff looking to him foradvice, hegrows into a fully mature manAnd I think its a mistake to imagine that we all feel, asweage, a kind of progression of states, from the baby to the adult. Most people feel, on Tuesday, aboutthree years old, and
52、 on a Wednesday, around 80.Theresa common remark that “all men are little boys”, but its not true. Its more true that menoften behave like little boysBut nearly all people, at some moments in their lives, arecapableof great maturityOnceyour baby arrives, youll soon feel less childlike, or rather, le
53、ss often. When your childtriesto put its fingers into the electric plug，the adult in you will rise up to prevent itYoull seeyouhave very little in common with a needy child, particularly if its looking to you for comfort andsupport Comfortyourself, David, with two truthsOne is that your friends laug
54、h when they talk about thissubject because they, like you，feel frightenedAnd remember that people who havent grown updont go around talking about the fact that they dont feel grown-up.Hopemy advice will be helpful and good luck to you and your little one. Yourssincerely, Miss Advice47. Accordingto t
55、he passage, Miss Advice thinks Davids self-doubt is_. A. valuableB.unusualC. naturalD. bearable48. FromParagraph 2，we can learn that peoples sense of maturity_. A. willincrease with age B. changeswith different situations C.is obviously seen at home D. becomes stronger with familiar people49. Miss A
56、dvice holds the view that_.A. menwith a baby feel more grown-upB. people tend to laugh at the subjectC.allmen behave like little boysD. people enjoy talking about their immaturity50. Miss Advice wrote the letter to_. A.encouragepeople to be responsibleB. teach people how to grow upC. offersuggestion
57、s to a future fatherD. solve problems of the less grown-up第二节、补全对话根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分）A: Oh, its a fine day, isnt it? And the food smells nice. 51 B: Yes, it is. Im glad it doesnt rain. 52 , by the way.A: Oh, hi! Im Alice. Nice to meet you.B: Nice to
58、 meet you too. So Alice, 53 A: Im studying medicine.B: Really? Where?A: At Harvard. What about you?B: Im working for IBM.A: Oh, are you? 54 B: Yeah. I like it. Hey, come on! 55 A: Wow, its so delicious!A. That sounds interesting.B. What do you do?C. What a pity!D. Its a perfect day for a picnic.E. I
59、t looks like the food is ready.F. My names Mike Gates.G. How is it going? 第II卷 非选择题（共60分）第三部分 写作（共三节, 满分60分）第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分）阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she acted in National Velvetthe story of Velvet Brown, a young girl
60、who wins first place in a famous horse race. At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trainedand added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velve
61、t is still considered the best by a child actress. Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932.Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a
62、 child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Taylors fame and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she r
63、eceived $1 million for her part in Cleopatrathe highest pay received by any star up to that time. Elizabeth Taylor is a legend of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky: she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. In her later life, Taylor seldom acts
64、in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.56. Why the producer didnt let Taylor play the role of Velvet at first?(no more than
65、 7 words) 57. When did Taylor begin her film career? (no more than 5 words)58. What made her success of moving into playing adult roles?(no more than 6 words)59. How much payment did she get for her role in Cleopatra?(no more than 3 words)60. What did she do in her later life instead of acting in mo
66、vies?(no more than 6 words)第二节、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误；2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Lost time is never found again. This is something I learned very clearly in
67、last term. I spent much time playing computer game that my grades began to suffer. I finally realize it was time for a change. Its wisely for me to make a new plan. Having talked with my parents, I set my alarm clock ahead half a hour. This will give myself a head start on the day. I have also decid
68、ed to write down what I do or when I do it. Look back on what Ive done give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.第三节 书面表达（满分35分）某报社开辟英语专栏，讨论许多中学生不重视课外阅读的问题，请你按以下提示，用英文为该专栏写一篇稿件。 1、 不重视课外阅读的原因（两点）；2、 课外阅读的好处（两点）；3、 你的建议。注意：1. 词数120词左右，开头已为你写好，不计入总词数； 2. 可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯。As we all know, reading has a lot of advantages. But at present only a small number of students do some reading after class._- 10 - 版权所有高考资源网
