1、 湖南省岳阳市云溪区一中2012届高三第一次模拟考试英 语 试 题本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、学生代号填写清楚。2选择 题必须使用2B铅笔填涂。3请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。第I卷（总分115分）第一部分：听力测试（共两节，满分30分）第一节：（共5小题；每题1.5分，满分7.5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
2、小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1Why is the man happy? AHes got a good job BHes got a letter from his father CHis sisters got a good job in America2Where will the woman most probably spend the weekend? AAt home BAt a cinema CAt a restaurant3What does the man suggest the woman do? ATake less exercise BTake a new
3、medicine CTake less medicine every day4How did the woman go to work before? ABy subway BBy bike CBy bus5Who has come to the city for a visit? AThe mans parents BThe womans parents CThe mans grandchildren第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有
4、时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6Where are the two speakers? AIn a teachers office BIn a book shop CIn a library7How many books will the man probably take away? AOne BThree CFour听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8What does the man think of the car at first? AIts too cold BIts too small CIts
5、 too expensive9What does the man have to do before he has the car? ASign a paper BExamine the car againCExamine his check again10What can we learn from the conversation? AThe car was sold at $3,500.BThe man is satisfied with the car CThe woman took $200 off the asking price听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11 What a
6、re the man and the woman mainly talking about? AFood BHealth CMeals12What is the womans nationality? AAmerican BChinese CItalian13What can we learn from the conversation? AWesterners eat too much fat and sugar BVery few Westerners like Chinese food CTherere no Chinese restaurants in the mans hometow
7、n听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14Why did the woman start swimming? AHer husband persuaded her to do so BShe wanted to get fit again CShe had nothing to do15When did the woman join the swimming club? AAbout one year ago BAbout two years ago CAbout three years ago16What does the woman have to do every day besides
8、her practicing? ADo all the houseworkBHave children taken care ofCTake part in some club activities17What do we know about the womans husband? AHe gives all-out support to her BHe wants her to do more housework CHe hopes she can practice more often听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18In which parts of Europe are the
9、 temperatures the highest today? AThe northern parts BThe southern parts CThe eastern parts19When will there be snowy on the Scandinavian mountains? AOn Wednesday BOn Tuesday COn Monday20What is the weather like throughout the Mediterranean today? AWindy BSunny CRainy第二部分：英语知识运用（共85分）第一节：单项选择（共15小题，
10、每题1分，共15分） 21The child had only _ slight temperature，but the doctor regarded the illness as serious enough for _ hospital treatmentA/; the B/; / Ca; / Da; the22After winning the singing competition, she thought herself _ in her neighborhood Asomething Bnothing Canything Deverything 23- He is so unha
11、ppyWhat let him down? - Its his plansYou cant imagine what its like to feel that all your plans for the future have_ Aset down Bturn down Cput down Dbroken down24This photo of mine was taken _ stood the famous towerAwhich Bwhere Cin which Dthere25Im afraid Im not _ to help with the show, for I am fu
12、lly occupied with my own projectAdependable Bconvenient Cavailable Daccessible 26_ some teenagers dont realize is _ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs AWhat, how BThat, how CWhat, what a DThat, what27All the Chinese people are expecting the governments four-thousand-billion finan
13、cial plan _ around the country, _ to improve the current economic situationAcarried out, intending Bbeing carried out, intended Cto be carried out, intending Dto be carried out, intended28The largest collection ever found in England was one of about 200,000 silver coins, _ over 600 years oldAall of
14、which Ball of it Call of that Dall of them29Joined by their friends, Troy and Cabrella staged a musical _ their experiences, hopes and fears about the futureAreflecting Breflected Cbeing reflected Dhaving reflected30It is reported that there will be a heavy rain tomorrow; _ the hike would be put off
15、 Ain any case Bin which case Cin this case Din no case31- Oh, my goodness! My laptop must have got stolen - But where _ a thief have entered the house with all the doors and windows still locked? Ashould Bcould Cdare Ddid 32_ you have a healthy diet, you can reduce its benefits by bad eating habits
16、AJust as BIn case CEven if DNow that33- Hi, Vera, have you checked the account yet?- Certainly, I _ it five times even though you told me to do it twiceAchecked Bwill have checked Chave been checking Dhad checked34MrBarret doesnt think that all bad language should be allowedIn his opinion, there are
17、 _ that should be kept upAdegrees Blevels Climits Dstandards35- Sorry to keep you waiting for longIll make short work of this - _Im not in a hurryATake it easy BTake your time CNot at all DDo as you like第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）A lesson in caringIt was a cold evening and my daughter and I were wa
18、lking up BroadwayI didnt notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard boxBut Nora didShe wasnt even four, but she _36_ at my coat and said, “That mans cold, Daddy, _37_ we take him home?”I dont remember my replyBut I do remember a sudden _38_ feeling inside meI had always been delighted at how much my da
19、ughter noticed in her _39_, whether it was _40_ in flight or children playingBut now she was noticing _41_ and beggaryA few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and _42_ it to an elderly personIt was quic
20、k and easyI _43_ us upNora was _44_ about itShe could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how _45_ our job wasWhen Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to _46_ myself to leave the house to fetch the food packageOn the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn _47_The Sunday
21、 paper and coffee were waiting for me at homeWhy do this? _48_, we phoned the elderly person wed been appointedShe _49_ us right overThe building was in a bad stateFacing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dressShe took the package and asked us to come inNora ran insideI unwillingly followed_50_
22、 inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poorOur hostess showed us some photosNora played and when it came time to say good-bye, we three hugged, I walked home in tearsProfessionals call such a（n） _51_ a “volunteer opportunity”They are opportunities, and Ive come to seeWhere else but as
23、 volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something _52_ thats good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and _53_ clothes for the homelessYet, as Ive _54_ her grow over these past four years, I still wonder - which of us has _55_ more?36ApulledBgla
24、ncedCpointedDaimed37AwouldBcanCneedDmust38AgeneralBfunnyCheavyDsimple39AareaBpartCeyesightDworld40AinsectsBanimalsCplantsDbirds41AcoldnessBillnessCsufferingDignorance42AdeliveredBreturnedCdevotedDposted43AheldBhurriedCsignedDlined44AcasualBsorryCastonishedDexcited45AcreativeBvaluableCshockingDsimple
25、46AwarnBstopCallowDpush47AbackBawayCupDout48AThereforeBObviouslyCStillDAlso49AcalledBpromisedCinvitedDhelped50AAlthoughBOnceCBecauseDThough51AstayBvisitCadventureDchallenge52AfairBfamousCdifficultDenjoyable53AcollectBmakeCorderDwear54AletBmadeCwatchedDnoticed55AincreasedBbenefitedCtriedDseized 第三部分：
26、阅读理解（共20小题，共40分）第一节（共15题, 每小题2分，满分30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。 AMost people know that a wedding ring is symbolic of the bond of love and commitment between two peopleBut not everyone knows about the history behind this small yet powerful symbolThe history of the wedding ring goes back not
27、 just hundreds but thousands of yearsNo other currently practiced wedding tradition has been around as longThe Egyptians were the first recorded civilization to use the wedding ringIn Egyptian hieroglyphics（象形文字） a circle represented eternityOnce a woman accepted the ring she became the “property” o
28、f the person who gave it to her and she was in a sense “his” The first wedding ring could have been made of braided grass or hay （which would have been changed often）, ivory, bone, or leatherEventually, metal was used, but the first wedding bands were crude（未加工的） and roughHowever, the sentiment rema
29、ined the same-eternal commitment and loveThe Egyptians wore the wedding ring on the left hand because it was believed that a vein in the left hand went straight to the heartThis tradition is still commonly practiced today in most parts of the world largely for practical purposes （most people are rig
30、ht handed） It is worn on the fourth finger of the left handBut there are some countries and groups which do not follow this traditionIn the Jewish faith, the wedding ring is put on the index fingerRoman Catholics traditionally wore their wedding band on the right hand, and in many countries and regi
31、ons in Europe some people still follow this traditionIt is interesting to note that in the long history of the wedding ring that it is only in the last century that men have begun to wear themHowever, now both men and women show their love and commitment by exchanging rings on their wedding dayOnce
32、you begin shopping for rings you may be amazed by the choices that await youThere are several different types of metals: traditional gold, white gold, platinum, and titaniumYou can have an inscription put on the inside of the band if you likeSome people are even choosing a tattoo bandThe styles vary
33、 from a simple, yet elegant band to an elaborate ring covered with jewelsIf you do not buy the wedding and engagement rings as a set you will want to be sure the styles are compatibleChoose carefully because this choice will need to stand the test of eternity56Whats the best title for this passage?A
34、History of rings BInteresting facts about rings CDifferent beliefs about rings DThe meaning of the rings57What may the word “eternity” in paragraph 2 probably mean?AElegance BMarriage CWedding DForeverness58Which is NOT true according to the passage?AThe meaning of the rings remained unchangedBOne s
35、hould be careful of choosing a ring in a shop from different kindsCJewish are so faithful to their beliefs to wear rings on the fourth fingerDNow most people in the world still follow Roman Catholics traditionally59What can we infer from the passage?AMen were looked upon by women for thousands years
36、BOnly women have the right to make themselves beautifulCwomen wore rings thousands of years earlier than menDYou can have an inscription put on the inside the bandBDoes a drink a day keep heart attacks away? Over the past 20 years, numerous studies have found that moderate alcohol consumption, say,
37、one or two beers, glasses of wine or cocktails daily helps to prevent coronary heart diseaseLast week a report in the New England Journal of Medicine added strong new evidence in support of that theoryMore important, the work provided the first solid indication of how alcohol works to protect the he
38、artIn the study, researchers from Bostons Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvad Medical School compared the drinking habits of 340 men and women who had suffered recent heart attack with those of healthy people of the same age and sexThe scientists found that people who sip one to three drinks a da
39、y are about half as likely to suffer heart attacks as nondrinkers areThe apparent source of the protection: those who drank alcohol had higher blood levels of high density lipoproteins （脂蛋白）, the so called good cholesterol （胆固醇）, which is known to prevent heart diseaseAs evidence has mounted （增长）, s
40、ome doctors have begun recommending a daily drink for patients of heart diseasesBut most physicians are not ready to recommend a regular happy hour for everyoneThe risks of teetotal ling （绝对戒酒） are nothing compared with the dangers of too much alcohol, including high blood pressure, strokes and live
41、r troubles-not to mention violent behavior and traffic accidentMoreover, some studies suggest that even moderate drinking may increase the incidence of breast and colon cancerUntil there is evidence that the benefits of a daily dose （吸收剂量） of alcohol outweigh the risks, most people wont be able to t
42、ake a doctors prescription to the neighborhood bar or liquor store60The report mentioned in the first paragraph indicates_Athe way in which alcohol can help the heartBthat a couple of cocktails daily can help stop heart problemsCwhy alcoholic drinks are dangerous to ones healthDthat reports on the a
43、dvantages of alcohol were misled61Experiments showed that nondrinkers had_Alarger amounts of good cholesterol Bsmaller amounts of good cholesterolChigher blood pressure Dlower blood pressure62According to the passage, moderate drinking_Ais recommended by most doctors for heart patientsBshould be all
44、owed on prescriptionCis still not medically advisableDis not related to liver problems63The main theme of this passage is_Athe change in recent drinking habitsBthe connection between cancer and alcoholCwhether moderate drinkers outlive nondrinkersDwhether alcohol may be good for ones health CThe cas
45、e for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont
46、go But college has never been able to work its magic for everyoneAnd now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who dont fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obviousCollege graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each
47、others experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate schoolOthers find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out - often encouraged by college administratorsSome observers say the fault is with the young people themselves - they are sp
48、oiled and they are expecting too muchBut that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappinessOthers blame the state of the world, and they are partly rightWeve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot absorb an army of unt
49、rained 18-year-oldsBut disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained 22-year-olds, eitherSome adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the c
50、ompletion of high schoolWe_may_have_been_looking_at_all_those_surveys_and_statistics_upside_down,_it_seems,_and_through_the_rosy_glow_of_our_own_remembered_college_experiencesPerhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things - maybe it is just the
51、other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first placeAnd perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or notThis is heresy （异端邪说） to thos
52、e of us who have been brought up to believe that if little schooling is good, more has to be much betterBut contrary evidence is beginning to mount up64According to the passage all of the following statements are true EXCEPT_ Aabout half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school
53、Bcollege graduates are believed to be able to earn more money Cadministrators often encourage college students to drop out Dmore and more young people are found unfit for college65Which of the following is one of some observers opinions? AThe students expect so much that they are not satisfied with
54、the hard college life BThe economic situation is so discouraging that the youth have to attend college CCollege should improve because of so much campus unhappiness DColleges provide more chances of good jobs than anywhere else66What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean? AOur college exp
55、erience proves that those surveys are incorrect BThe surveys may remind us of our beautiful college experiences CThe surveys should all be re-examined according to our college experiences DOur college experiences may make us misunderstand the results of the surveys67What is the main purpose of this
56、passage? ATo argue against the idea that college is the best place for all young people BTo put forward an idea that college should not be the first choice CTo value young peoples further education in colleges DTo persuade young people into working after the completion of high school DYou can deposi
57、t money in a building society and obtain yearly interest at a certain rateYou can also borrow money from a building societyWhat, then, is difference between a bank and a building society? In fact, a building society does not seem to be very different from a savings bankMany people regularly save mon
58、ey by depositing small amounts monthly in a building society, just as other people regularly save money by depositing small amounts monthly in a savings bankSome people deposit large amounts in a building society as an investmentThey receive higher interest than they would receive from a savings ban
59、k; their money can be invested either in building society shares or in loans to the societyThese societies are controlled by law, but they are not government organizationsThey were originally started to enable people to buy housesOne of their main purposes is to provide loans for buying or building
60、housesMany people prefer buying a house to paying rent, but some of them cannot afford to buy a houseTo cover the cost they borrow the money from a building societyThe loan plus the interest is paid back in monthly amounts over an agreed number of yearsProbably the payments made in this way are no m
61、ore than the rent of a rented houseBut at the end of the stated period, when the debt is paid, the borrower becomes the owner of the houseTo protect the building society from “bad debts” he must sign a statement to say that the house belongs to the society until the debt is paidA building society in
62、vests the savings of its shareholders in houses and propertyUnlike a bank, it does not serve as a general clearing house （清算所） for every kind of exchange or business operationIts activities are limited compared with those of a bank68A building society is different from a bank in that _Athe former is
63、 limited in its activitiesBthe latter is limited in function compared with the formerCa bank doesnt serve as a general clearing houseDa building society can protect itself from “bad debt”69Some people put large amounts of money in the building society because _Athey can get more profit than they do
64、in a bankBthey may choose between the form of building society shares and that of loans for their investmentCthey may enjoy shares and loans at the same timeDthey like the society70If you borrow money from the society to buy a house, _Ayou have to return the money to the building society the moment
65、it is neededByou have to sign an agreement to repay the loan after a number of yearsCwhat you pay back monthly for the loan would be less than the rentDthe house doesnt belong to you unless you have repaid all the debt第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。71 But still there i
66、s a danger that grows every yearAirliners get largerSome airplanes can hold over 300 passengersAnd the air itself becomes more and more crowdedIf one giant airliner crashed into another in mid-air, 600 lives could be lost 72 Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb,
67、 and when to come downThe air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may handle 2500 planes a dayNot al of them actually land at the airportAny plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there_73_Recently such a disaster almost happened_74_One
68、, with 69 passengers, had come from Toronto, and the other, with 176 passengers, from Chicago, An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each otherHe ordered one to turn to the right and to climbBut he made a mistakeHe ordered the wrong plane to do t
69、hisFifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second planeThey avoided each other by the smallest part of a secondThe distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool_75_AEven a small mistake on their part could cause a disasterBTwo large jets were flying towards the air
70、portCNowadays people like traveling more by air than by carDToday, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a bus motor-wayEThis is an example of the danger that grows every yearFIn a word, air travel is more dangerous, we should choose othersGFrom the moment an airliner takes off to the moment
71、 it lands, every movement is watched on radar screen第卷（非选择题,总分35分）第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。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，并在其下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Fir
72、st, Id like to thank you for your reminding, although I dont agree with your viewwhich students should spend more time on their lessons instead of read novelsIndeed,reading novels takes up some of the time that should spent on lessons, but itll make us knowwhat hard life isBesides, by reading novels
73、 we can gain what we cant learn from ourtextbookOf course, reading novels has its shortcomingsNovels that have wrong ideas will make us to do something wrongMaybe, in your eyes, the disadvantages of reading novels outweighs the advantagesAnd in my opinion, reading novels is just as another pair of e
74、yes, which broadens my horizon第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华，你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。 内容要点：* 表示歉意 * 理由：去机场接从法国回来的舅舅 * 询问：是否有录音，以便补听讲座 注意：1词数：100左右 2可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯 Dear Miss Morgan, _ Yours sincerely Li Hua参考答案1. which that 2. read reading 3. 在should和spent中间加be 4. whathow 5. textbook textbooks 6. its its 7. to do去掉to 8. outweighs outweigh 9. And But 10. as like
