1、江西省南昌市20112012学年度高三第二次模拟测试卷英 语 试 题本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，请在答题卷上作答。考试时间120分钟第I卷（选择题，共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1What is the relationship between the speakers?AProfessor and stud
2、ent BBoss and employee CFather and daughter2What time does the man think they will leave?A7:47 B7:25 C7273What is the age of the man now?A16 B20 C244Where are the two speakers possibly?AIn a hotel BIn a restaurant CIn the street5How does the man probably feel now?AWorriedBAlright CIndifferent第二节 （共1
3、5小题；每题15分，满分225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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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至7题。6Where does the woman want to go?AAn office BA fruit shop CA police station7What does the woman have to do now!AWait for Mark at the crossroadsBWalk a
4、head and turn right CWalk a little way back听第7段材料，回答第8至11题。8How does the man feel about David s way of sleeping?AIts ineffective BIts strange CIts the best9How many hours does David sleep a day?AFour. BSix CSeven10What does the woman think of sleeping?APeople should develop a habit like Davids BPeop
5、le need longer hours of sleepCPeople have different sleeping habits听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11Which statement is TRUE according to the talk?AThey are salesperson and customer BThey are old school friendsCThey are fellow workers12What do we know about the woman?AShe is fond of her work BShe is tired of trave
6、lingCShe is interested in law13What is the man possibly?AA company manager BA salesperson CA lawyer听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?AStrangers BTeacher and student CHusband and wife15What will you do if others cant follow you at English Comer?ASay it agai
7、n and again BGo on to another topic CExplain it in another way16What will possibly happen if strangers talk about politics?AThey will probably not agree with each otherBThey will be in danger CThey will have to stop their talk soon听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Whose smoking may have more effect on young peopl
8、e?ATheir parents BTheir friends CFamous actors18Who is Stanton Glantz?AA worried parent BA professor CAn actor19According to the survey, how many of the children who regularly watch films have tried cigarettes?ATwo thirds BAlmost forty percent CAbout thirty percent20Who paid the actors if they smoke
9、d in the films, according to Glantz?AThe director BThe film industry CThe tobacco company第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节：单项填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21In _ week or soI 11 be among _ unemployed, I m afraidA/;a Ba;/ Ca; the Dthe; /22The young mother saw her baby fall to
10、the ground,_ brought her heart to her mouthAit Band which Cthis Dand that23The old couple who _ in the deserted house for ten years have been settled in a nursing home nowAlived Bhave lived Chad lived Dhave been living24There is a saying, Life is 10% _ happens to us and 90% _ we respond to itAthat;
11、that Bwhich; when Cwhat; how Dwho; why25What has been _? You haven t been around to see us for agesAturning you away Bkeeping you away Cgiving you away Dputting you away26Oh, Richard, why _ you always do the opposite of what I tell you?Amust Bmay Cshould Dcan27Is the experiment easy?_,but Ill try to
12、 do my bitAI think so BCertainly CNot a little DAnything but28Nuclear radiation is said _ the biggest health challenge in Japanese Earthquake over the past few monthsAbeing Bto be Cto have been Dthat it is29Barack Obama has taken personal blame _ the security failures which led _ the attempt to blow
13、 up a plane on Christmas DayAof; to Bfor; to Con; on Din; on30According to experts, China needs to _ its one - child family planning policy to fight against a worsening gender（性别） imbalance and an aging populationAarrange Bapply Cadapt Dadjust31As many as 150 miners died in the accidentIf only the m
14、ine - owners _ enough attention to the safety measures!Apaid Bshould pay Cwould pay Dhad paid32What time do we have to be at the gate? _ passengers are already boardingAHurriedly BSoon CImmediately DSince33 How do you like our city?It has changed beyond all _ in the past 20 years, a completely new o
15、ne in front of meArealization Bdescription Cexpression Drecognition34It was with great excitement one morning in July _ the young man read a classified advertisementAwhen Bthat Cwho Dwhich35 昣_ over everything whenever we want to make a decision, many people believe, and we will have less chance of
16、making mistakesAThink BTo think CThinking DThought第二节 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。For hours I had been traveling up the Nile Valley, from Luxor to Cairo, on a train jammed with Egyptsworking poorAt I amI 36 Cairo and took a taxi to Tahrir SquareI was 37 and
17、, having been to Cairo before, knew that while most of the city was 38 at this hour, a couple of fast - food restaurants would be open thereThe taxi dropped me 39 across the street from HardeesA moment later, just as I was about to 40 the restaurant door, two street children ran towards me with full
18、 41 for foodBeing a veteran （老练之人） traveler 42 having once lived in Egypt for a year, I was no stranger to children 43 or people asking me for helpBut seldom had I been so 44 by the sincerity of the requestI turned back to the 45 and asked them to wait while I went inside to buy them foodAt the coun
19、ter I 46 two hamburgers for the boysWhen their food was ready, I walked back 47 and invited them in to eat with meNo! they cried 48 We do not belong in such a nice place!49 to persuade them otherwise, I brought the 50 out, and as they took the burgers, they showered me with 30 seconds of nonstop 51
20、praying that Allah would bless me alwaysAnd this is 52 five years later, I still ask Gods blessings for those two Egyptian boysI 53 as sincerely as they had for me, 54 that while they had nothing material to give, they had given me something 55 : an awareness of my spiritual poverty and a desire for
21、 a softer heart36Areached Bsaw Cvisited Dnoticed37Athirsty Bangry Chungry Dfrightened38Alet down Bclosed down Cgot down Dput down39Aaway Bback Cout Doff40Ashut Block Ccover Dopen41Asmiles - Bhardships Ccries Dhonors42Aapart from Bas well as Cin favour of Din return for43Abeating Bstruggling Cbegging
22、 Dtrembling44Asurprised Bregretted Cappointed Dmoved45Aboys Bdrivers Cwaiters Dworkers46 Aordered Bdemanded Crequested Ddeserved47Ainside Boutside Cforward Dbackward48Ahappily Bcheerfully Castonishingly Dsadly49AUnable BImpossible CReady DWilling50Abook Bfood Ccook Dlook51Ablessings Bbelongings Ccam
23、paigns Dchallenges52Ahow Bwhy Cwhere Dwhen53Atell Bspeak Cpray Dbow54Aforgetting Bfollowing Cregretting Dremembering55Agreater Bfewer Cless Dlower第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AKnowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton alway
24、s tried to seek help for one or two poor familiesWith a social worker mother, the Sutton children had inherited her commitment to service, and knew never to take their good fortune at Christmas for grantedThis year, Kinzie, her seven - year - old daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a s
25、pecial visit to a 22 - year - old mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12 - month - old son by herselfThe phone rang on SundayA representative from a local organization was calling to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen throughNo Santa Claus, no presents, noth
26、ingAnn saw the cheer vanish from her children s faces at the newsWithout a word, Kinzie ran into her bedroomShe returned, her face set with determinationOpening up her piggy bank, she put all thecoins onto the table: $ 330Everything she had Mom, she told Ann, I know its not muchBut maybe this will b
27、uy a present for the baby At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughters storyTo her surprise , staff members began to open their purses and empty their pockets to help KinzieBy day s end, the story of Kinzies gift had spread beyond Anns officeShe received a call fro
28、m an unknown donorIf a seven - year - old could give everything she had, he said, he should at least match her gift 100 to 1He contributed $ 300On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where the Ashleys lived Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing t
29、hem to Ashley one by oneAshley was very movedReflecting on a little girls generosity, Ashley says shell one day be able to do something similar for someone else in needKinzie could have used that money for herself, but she gave it away, Ashley saysShes the type of kid Id like my son to grow up to be
30、56According to the text, Ann Sutton _Ais making lots of moneyBis ready to help othersCis only caring about herselfDis a hard - working mother57Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?AAshley lived a hard life with her little sonBThe Sutton children took Anne as an example to followC
31、The coworkers of Ann helped Kinzie to realize her wishDAnn Sutton tried to ask for help for her own children58What can we learn about Kinzie?AShe was afraid that Santa Claus would visit the AshleysBShe should get some presents from her mother at ChristmasCShe devoted all her coins to buying a presen
32、t for the babyDShe was cheerful when hearing the aid had fallen through59Which of the following can be inferred from the text?AIt rained heavily on Christmas EveBAnn handed gifts to Ashley one by oneCAshley hoped she would help someone else in needDA good deed can influence many peoples behavior60Wh
33、at would be the best tide for the text?AA Young Girls GiftBA Mothers LoveCA Story of Young GirlDAn Unknown DonorBDo you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self - respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized （把归类） as honor help you create th
34、is life of good feelingsHere s an example to show how honorable actions create happinessSay a store clerk fails to charge us for an itemIf we keep silent, and profit from the clerks mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky （卑鄙的） excitementLater we might tell our family or friends about ou
35、r good fortuneOn the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honestyWe would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soulThen, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?In the first case
36、, where we don t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happenDeep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thiefIn the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self- respectWe would also demonstrate （演示） that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family
37、 and friendsWe damage our own reputations by telling othersIn contrast, bringing the error to the clerks attention causes different things to happenImmediately the clerk knows us to be honor-able Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self - respect is increasedWhenever we take honorable
38、action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobilityThere is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actionsHonorable thoughts lead to honorable actionsHonorable actions lead us to a happier existenceAnd it s easy to think and act honorably ag
39、ain when were happyWhile the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once its started, its easy to continueKeeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness61According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our_Aself - respect Bfin
40、ancial rewards Cadvertising ability Dfriendly relationship62The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to _Alying Bstealing Ccheating Dadvertising63The underlined phrase bringing the error to the clerks attention means _Atelling the truth to the clerk Boffering advice to
41、 the clerkCasking the clerk to be more attentive Dreminding the clerk of the charged item64How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?AWe 11 be very excited BWe 11 feel unfortunateCWell have a sense of honor DWell feel sorry for the clerk65Which of the following can be the best tide of th
42、is passage?AHow to Live Truthfully BImportance of PeacefulnessCWays of Gaining Self - respect DHappiness through Honorable ActionsCThe iPhone, the iPad: each of Apples products sounds cool and has become a fad（一时的风尚） Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter i ?and many other bra
43、nds are following suitThe BBCs iPlayer ?which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet ?adopted the title in 2008A lovely bear ?popular in the US and UK ?that plays music and video is called iTeddyA slimmed-down version of Londons Independent newspaper was launched last week under the n
44、ame iIn general, single -letter prefixes （前缀） have been popular since the 199Cb, when terms such as e -mail and e - commerce first came into useMost i products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independents i , it s no surprise that they ve selected this fashionable n
45、ameBut its hard to see whats so special about the letter iWhy not use a, b, or c instead? According to Tony Thome, head of the Language Center at Kings College, London, i works because its meaning has become ambiguousWhen Apple uses i, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual
46、or interactive, Thome told BBC MagazinesEven when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn t have one clear definition, he saysHowever, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability （轻便） adds Thorne Clearly the letter i also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on t
47、he individualEach person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason Along with Google and blog, readers of BBC Magazines voted i as one of the top 20 wordsthat have come to define the last decadeBut as history shows, people grow tired of fadsFrom the 1900s
48、to 1990s, products with 2000 in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modemHowever, as we entered the new century, the trend inevitably disappeared66People use iPlayer to _Alisten to music Bmake a callCwatch TV programs online Dread newspapers67We can
49、 infer that the Independents i is aimed at _Ayoung readers Bold readersCfashionable women Dengineers68The underlined word ambiguous means _Apopular Buncertain Cdefinite Dunique69Nowadays, -the i term often reminds people of the products which are _Aportable Benvironmentally friendlyCadvanced Drecycl
50、able70The writer suggests that _Ai products are often of high qualityBiTeddy is alive bearCthe letter b replaces letter i to name the productsDthe popularity of i products may not last longDBeing sociable looks like a good way to add years to your lifeRelationships with family, friends, neighbours,
51、even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity （长寿） boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationshipThe effect was first noted in 1858 by William Fair, who wrote that widows and widowers （鳏夫） were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peersStudies since then s
52、uggest that marriage could and as much as seven years to a mans life and two to a womansThe effect holds for all rouses of death, whether illness, accident or self-harmEven if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensateLinda Waite from the University of Chicago has found that
53、 I married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heartLikewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesnt smokeTheres a flip side, however, as partners are more likely
54、 to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problemsEven so, the odds favour marriageIn a 30 - year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School
55、describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effectsSo how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio - economic factors, health service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanismsFor example, social contact can boost development of die brain and imm
56、une system, leading to better health and less chance of depression ?later in lifePeople in supportive relationships may handle stress betterThen there are the psychological 9 benefits of a supportive partnerA life partner, children and good friends arc all recommended if you aim to live to 100The ul
57、timate social network is still being mapped out, hut Christakis says: People are interconnected, so their healthis interconnected71William Fairs study and other studies show that _Asocial life provides an effective cure for illnessBbeing sociable helps improve one s quality of lifeCwomen benefit mor
58、e than men from marriageDmarriage contributes a great deal to longevity72Linda Waites studies support the idea that_Aolder men should quit smoking to stay healthyBmarriage can help make up for ill healthCthe married are happier than the unmarriedDunmarried people are likely to suffer in later life73
59、It can be inferred from the context that the Hip side （Line 4Para2） refers to _.Athe disadvantages of being marriedBthe emotional problems arising from marriageCthe responsibility of taking care of ones familyDthe consequence of a broken marriage74What does the minor say about social networks?AThey
60、have effects similar to those of a marriageBThey help develop peoples community spiritCThey provide timely support for those in needDThey help relieve people of their lifes burdens75What can be inferred from the last paragraph?AIts important that we develop a social network when youngBTo stay health
61、y, one should have a proper social networkCGetting a divorce means risking a reduced life spanDWe should share our social networks with each other第卷（非选择题 共35分）第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）(1)A one - person solar car that can be transformed into an electric moped ( 助力车 ) , a door light
62、powered by opening and closing a door and a cloak (披风) of invisibility are three innovative inventions recently created by college students. Here comes the sun(2)The 100- kilogram blue solar car invented by 10 students at Southwest Universitys College of Engineering and Technology in Chongqing has a
63、 top with four solar panels that charge the battery that powers the auto. The car is easy to drive. A person without any driving experiences could learn to use it in several minutes. It fits for campus and the golf course, He Daijie, the leader of the invention team and a senior at the college, told
64、 the Global Times. Or if one prefers it can be turned into an electric moped, he said. Seeing the light (3) Four students at Shenyang University of Technology in Liaoning Province invented a door light powered by electric energy produced by opening and closing a door.(4)When people open or close a d
65、oor, tlie door produces mechanical energy that could be turned into electric energy. After numerous tests for several months, the students fixed a joint lever (liEff) above the door that connects the door and a speeding gear case to drive a generator attached to the door and send energy to storage c
66、ells. The storage cells provide _ for the light.Invisibility cloak(5) Many people daydream of an invisibility cloak like Harry Potters and three graduate students in optics （光学) from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (航空航天) have actually nvented one. Special Ferro - electric (铁电体) m
67、aterials on the cloak reduce the scattering of light of an object wrapped with the cloak, and thus making the object invisible, according to Li Peining, one of the three students. Li said he is confident about the future of the cloaks. With the appearance and application of new meta - materials, the
68、 cloak could be used in military battles and communications, he said.76. What is the main idea of the passage?77. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)78.Which invention do you think is environmentally friendly? Why? (no more than 15 words)79. What does the under
69、lined word it in para 2 mean? (no more than 5 words)80. In which fields are invisibility cloaks used ? (no more than 10 words)第二节：书面表达（满分25分）11月的第四个星期四是感恩节。2012年的感恩节是11月22日。某英文杂志社要举办一次征文比赛活动。活动主题是：”Learn to be grateful”假如你叫魏来，请根据下列提示写一篇120词左右的短文投给该杂志社。 主要内容包括： 1为什么要感恩？ 2对谁感恩？ 3感恩实际行动（给父母泡一杯热茶或给他们一个拥抱；给老师作感恩卡；给同学和朋友发短信感谢他们的帮助）Learn to be grateful The Thanksgiving Day in this year is on November 22nd and.,
