1、广东省湛江市2012届普通高考测试（一）英 语 试 题本试卷共三大题，满分135分。答卷时间为120分钟。注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案：不准使用铅笔和涂
2、改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones-the kind of modern, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture mag
3、azinesBut the US has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be incredibly 1 to tear them all down and 2 them with greener versionsAn enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those housesAnd it would take an average of 65 years for the 3 carbon emissions （排放）
4、from a（an）_4_energy-efficient（节能）home to make up for the 5 lost by destroying an old oneSo in the broadest sense, the greenest home is the one that has already been builtBut at the same time, 6 half of US carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and powering our 7 offices and other buildingsYou c
5、ant deal with climate 8 without dealing with existing buildings, says Richard Moe, the president of the National TrustWith some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the 9 energy-efficientHouses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to
6、the tiny cracks and gaps that 10 over time and let in more outside 11 .12 ,there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 13 ones like Lincolns Cottage to your own postwar homeAnd efficiency upgrades（升级）can save more than just the earth; they can help 14 proper
7、ty owners from rising power 15 .1AterribleBwastefulCwonderfulDuseful2AputBbuildCreplaceDtake3AreducedBincreasedCusedDdestroyed4AoldBfashionableCnewDbeautiful5AmagazinesBtreesCmaterialsDresources6AnearlyBhardlyCrarelyDmostly7AlibrariesBschoolsChomesDstores8AimprovementBappearanceCstabilityDchange9Amo
8、stBreallyCveryDleast10AexpandBnarrowCstrengthenDweaken11AdustBairCsmokeDwater12AOppositelyBUnfortunatelyCFortunatelyDFrankly13AhistoricBworthlessCordinaryDmeaningless14AchargeBprotectCpunishDwarn15ApricesBcostsCbusinessesDbargains第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用
9、括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。Each story is differentSome are detailed; others are unclearSome have a beginning, middle and end; 16 wander without a clear conclusionYet all those things do not really matter 17 matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard - without 18 （interrupt）, st
10、atement or judgmentListening to someones story costs 19 （little） than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and analysisI often thought of what a woman once taught me, and I reminded 20 of the importance of stopping, sitting down and 21 （true） listeningI am a doctorAnd, not long after,
11、in 22 unexpected twist（扭伤）, I became the patient, with a judgment of numerous sclerosis （细胞壁硬化） at age 31Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time in a wheelchairFor as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, 23 I had to quit when my hands 24 （affect）I still teach medical students
12、and other health care professionals, but now 25 the viewpoint of a physician and patient, I tell them I believe in the power of listening and tell them I know that vast healing takes place within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my storyII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40分）阅读下列短
13、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。AApple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancerMourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, Californ
14、ia, and Apple stores around the worldSteve Jobs made technology funAs tech leaders, theyre really happy if they have one hit in their lifeSteve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and PixarSteve Jobs was a college dropoutHe was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accou
15、ntantThey supported his early interest in electronicsHe and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computernow just called Apple in 1976They stayed at the company until 1985That year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute with the chief executiveMr Jobs then formed his o
16、wn company, called NeXT ComputerHe rejoined Apple in 1997 after it bought NeXTHe helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world todayHowever, Steve Jobs stepped down as Apples chief executive in August because of his healthHe died a
17、day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitementSteve left behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of ApplePresident Obama said in a statement: by building one of the planets most successful companies from his
18、garage, Steve Jobs exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity（独创性的）By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and funThe fact that he was able to redesign American commerce top to bottom and across is
19、really stunningHe probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the greatest of all timeSteve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American businessSteve Jobs was remembered as a great visionary and leader and a mar
20、keting genius26How did the people around the world probably feel when Steve Jobs died of cancer at the age of 56?AUnfair BEmbarrassed CSorrowful DUncomfortable27According to the second paragraph, the author wants to show that _ASteve Jobs has a lot of inventions in the field of computersBSteve Jobs
21、makes great contributions to mankind in the field of computersCTech leaders will be happy when they have one hit in their lifeDSteve Jobs owns many companies in America28Which of the following statements about Steve Jobs is NOT TRUE?ASteve Jobs didnt finish his collegeBSteve Jobs and his friend buil
22、t a company called Apple Computer in 1976CPresident Obama spoke highly of Steve Jobs for his achievementsDSteve Jobs was remembered as the founder of Apple and the Internet29The underlined word stunning in the last paragraph probably means _Aexciting Bamazing Cpuzzling Dinteresting30This passage is
23、mainly about _Athe inventions of Steve JobsBthe childhood of Steve JobsCa brief introduction of Steve JobsDthe death of Steve JobsBIn 1857 Louis Pasteur accepted a position at the Ecole Normale Superieure, a prestigious school in ParisThere, he continued the research on fermentation（发酵） that he had
24、started earlierUltimately, his research led to the process of pasteurization（巴斯德氏杀菌法）, which uses heat to kill harmful germs in a variety of food productsLater, Pasteur took on industry-related cases such as a disease affecting the silk industryBeginning in 1865, Pasteur spent three years investigat
25、ing the bacteria that were the culprits and developing ways to prevent their spreadIn 1866 Pasteur lost two daughters to typhoid（伤寒）feverTwo years later he became partially paralyzed（瘫痪）as a result of grief and stressBut despite these difficulties, Pasteur pressed on to even greater accomplishmentsI
26、n the late 1870s, Pasteur began research in the emerging scientific field of immunization and developed a vaccine（疫苗） for the deadly disease rabiesFollowing this success, the Pasteur Institute was founded to support Pasteurs workPasteur headed the institute until his death in 1895Since then, the ins
27、titute has continued to growToday, the institutes headquarters in Paris contain over 130 laboratories along with extensive teaching facilities and the institutes own medical centerOver the years, the institute has also extended through the establishment of around thirty research centers in other cou
28、ntriesAt each one, researchers help local authorities monitor public health and provide medical treatmentUnlike many research organizations, the Pasteur Institute is not government fundedInstead it relies on financial gifts that it receives from institutions and ordinary peopleThis insures the insti
29、tutes independence and enables it to respond quickly when health needs arise31Who does this article introduce?AA modem philosopher BAn international diplomat（外交官）CAn important scientist DA conservative politician32What happened to Pasteur in the late 1860s?AHis sales decreased BHis career endedCHis
30、health suffered DHis personality changed33What did Pasteur focus his attention on in the 1870s?AContributing to French art and literature BDesigning products that people would buyCUsing his fortune to enjoy life in France DProtecting people against a terrible illness34What does the Pasteur Institute
31、 provide?AInstruction BEntertainment CLegal advice DEconomic news35According to this article, what do ordinary people do?AApply for jobs at the Pasteur Institute BGive money to the Pasteur InstituteCTour the Pasteur Institute in Paris DContact the Pasteur Institute for adviceCIn the online world you
32、 dont need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you dont need to be trapped into a lecture timetable, says Peter Scott, director of the Open Universitys Knowledge Media InstituteThe Open University, the UKs open access university, which allows people to study from home in their own
33、time, has been an international pioneer of degree courses onlineThe university, with more than 263,000 students in 23 countries, has become a record breaker on the iTunes U service, which provides a digital library of materials for university students and staffInstead of music or movies, Apples iTun
34、es U provides a download service for lectures and resources from universities around the worldTop universities from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in the UK have been making their materials available, with no charge to the usersThere have been
35、 31 million downloads of OU materials, more than any other university, representing roughly 10% of all iTunes U downloadsNearly 90% of these users are from outside the UKIn this online era, the OU student is also getting youngerA quarter of students are aged under-25 and only 10% are aged 50 or over
36、That change can only be accelerated as the cost of going to university increases in many countriesThe prospect of learning from Harvard from your own bedroom is getting closerWe have a belief that a degree and an opportunity are rights for all citizensAnd we have got to enable the population of stud
37、ents attending higher education to scale upWhat I am most excited about is that the privilege of going for higher education is not something only for the wealthy or for the smartest or for the most well-equipped students in the future, an American educator saysOnline education will be a way of openi
38、ng up more choices and getting beyond the big brand names of the most exclusive universitiesAt the Open University, Peter Scott says they are trying to develop services that give students exactly what they want, from face-to-face learning to the fully online experienceWe can produce brilliant televi
39、sual material and get it to you on YouTube, on iTunes U or even on the web36According to the passage, online education has many advantages EXCEPT that_Astudents dont have to go to the classrooms according to the timetableBit provides people with more chances to get higher educationCstudents dont nee
40、d to have courses or lectures any moreDits convenient for people to study at home in their free time37OU students use iTunes U service to_Asearch for the library Bdownload educational materialsCdownload music and movies Dsurf the Internet38What made the American educator most excited was that_Aonly
41、the rich or the cleverest students can get the higher educationBmore chances of attending the higher education will be offered to common peopleCcommon people are given the privilege to go to famous universitiesDthe number of OU students will increase in the future39Which of the following statement a
42、bout the Open University is NOT TRUE?AIt has played a leading role in the international online educationBMore people will get into it because of the high fee of going to universityCIt provides users with many lectures and resources from universitiesDpeople have to pay for the materials downloaded fr
43、om Harvard or Oxford40According to the passage, we can infer that_Aall the citizens can get the higher education nowBonline education will take the place of the traditional educationConline education will probably change the way that people go for higher educationDstudying in Harvard or Cambridge wi
44、ll become easier in the futureDConservationists have unveiled plans to preserve and protect the worlds most important species of coral, in a response to increasing threats that they say will lead to functional extinction within decadesLed by scientists at the Zoological Society of London, the Edge C
45、oral Reefs project has identified 10 coral species in most urgent risk of becoming extinctThe scientists say that reefs are under pressure from a variety of threats including rising sea temperatures due to climatic instability, increased acidity（酸性）, over fishing and pollutionThe Edge plan, which fo
46、cuses on the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species , will take a regional approach to conservationThis means focusing on the coral triangle around the Philippines, the West Indian Ocean around the Mozambique channel, and in the Caribbean channelCoral reefs are threatened with
47、functional extinction in the next 20-50 years, due predominantly to global climatic instability, said Catherine Head, coordinator of the reefs projectIn these regions, well be supporting and training in-country conservationists to carry out research and implement targeted conservation actions, she s
48、aidTheir projects will last initially for two yearsWe provide them with a whole host of tools to carry out their projects including funding and intensive training She addedCoral reefs are the planets most diverse marine ecosystem（生态系统）, known as the rainforests of the oceansDespite taking up under 0
49、2% of the ocean floor, they provide food and shelter for almost a third of all sea lifeIf we lose the ecosystems, we lose not only the biodiversity （生物多样性）, but we also lose the capability of people to obtain income and food from coral reefsClimatic instability, which leads to rising sea temperature
50、s, causes corals to bleachBleaching occurs when sea temperatures rise and this causes the coral tissue to expel their symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae - these are what give the coral their colourBleached corals often die if the stress continuesAmong the 10 species chosen to start the Edge projec
51、t are the pearl bubble coral, a food source for the hawksbill（玳瑁）turtle, and the Mushroom coral, which supports at least 15 brightly colored fish41What does the first paragraph mean in the passage ?AConservationists planned to preserve and protect some extinct corals years agoBConservationists have
52、banned plans to protect endangered corals for yearsCConservationists are going to protect corals that are dying out in several ten yearsDConservationists have made plans to protect corals from being extinct in ten years42What will probably happen to coral species with the increasing threats?ADecreas
53、e BLosing functionsCDisappearanceDExistence43Which of the following statements about the Edge Plan is TRUE?AThe Edge Coral Reefs project was carried out by American scientistsBThe plan concentrates on the channels to protect the endangered speciesCThe Conservationists have carried out the Edge plan
54、for many years to protect the coralsDTen coral species chosen by the project are at the greatest risk of becoming extinct44Which of the following will be the consequence of coral extinction in the passage?AWe will keep me balance of the marine ecosystemsBAbout one third of the marine species cant su
55、rviveCMan can benefit more from coralsDWe will lose the rainforests on our earth45What is the best title of the passage?AClimatic Instability and Coral Extinction BReasons for Coral Functional ExtinctionCA Plan to Save Coral from Extinction DA Research about Endangered Coral Reefs第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分
56、，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。AXinqiao Hotel is an international four-star hotel in HangzhouThe hotel is perfectly located in the business center of Hangzhou City with the West Lake only a few minutes awayIt is the tallest building near the West LakeThe hotel has 409 rooms and s
57、uits in different stylesBHome Inn is next to the North Square of Shanghai Railway Station and is near the Hutai Road Bus StationIt provides standard rooms, business rooms, and superior roomsTwenty-four-hour hot water, TVs, telephones, free broadband Internet and free parking are all availableCYantai
58、 Hongkou Hotel is located at the center of the new coastal scenery areaThe hotel is just 25 kilometers from the train station, and 26 kilometers from the airportAfter a short walk, guests can enjoy the fresh sea breeze and the soft sandy beachIt offers different classes of guest rooms, such as stand
59、ard rooms and business suitsDThe Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai is a five-star hotel and is located in downtown Shanghai Nanjing Road and Huaihai Road are only a five-minute walk from the hotelIt is four kilometers away from the railway stationAll the rooms are well-designedRoom service is available at
60、 all hoursEBeijing Hotel is located on East Changan Avenue, the heart of BeijingIt has a long history of more than one hundred yearsIt made history as the Olympic Family Hotel by hosting distinguished guests from all over the world during the 2008 Summer Olympic GamesIts services include dining, bus
61、iness, tickets and entertainmentFYanshan Hotel is located in the Zhongguancun High-tech Zone of BeijingIt is a business hotel and is surrounded by a number of famous universities including Peking University, Renmm University of China and Tsinghua UniversityBesides superior rooms, it also offers stan
62、dard rooms请阅读以下的人员资料，依据不同人员的需求，进行匹配。46Jiang Wei has a three-week vacation from next MondayHe wants to go to Shanghai by bus and then go home by trainHe wants to find a hotel near the railway station, for he plans to spend two days visiting Nanjing Road and the Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai47Mr Sun i
63、s a manager of a big company in BeijingNext month, Thomas, an American consultant, will pay a visit to his companyMrSun is responsible for looking after ThomasThis will be Thomas first visit to BeijingMrSun decides to choose a hotel which is very typical of China and is convenient for him to get a q
64、uick tour of the capital48Mr Lee is a sales manager in a company in ShanghaiLast year he got married and this Saturday will be his wedding anniversaryHe met his wife while he was taking a walk along the West LakeHe has decided to celebrate their first anniversary at the place that saw the beginning
65、of their love 49Mr Xu is a mathematics professorNext Sunday, the International Mathematics Annual Meeting will be held in Renmin University of ChinaMr Xu was invited and has asked his assistant to book a roomA hotel near the university is preferred50MsWang is a mother of two childrenRunning a shoe s
66、hop, she lives a comfortable lifeThey live in Hangzhou, and have never seen the sea with their own eyesThe summer vacation is coming and MsWang wants to take her children to Yantai to see the sea写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）【写作内容】近日，校巴安全已成为了一个严重的问题，并得到人们越来越多的关注。你们班同学就其造成的原因及解决方法进行了讨论，结果如下：主要原因：1
67、超载 2超速 3安全意识淡薄。主要解决的方法：1学校及幼儿园加强校巴安全检查2阻止危险车辆上路3重视安全教育以提高安全意识。【写作要求】1以上述信息为材料写一段五句话的短文；2句子结构准确，语言表达流畅、连贯。评分标准概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。第二节读写任务（共l小题，满分25分）阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。Micro Blog has become another classroom for Zhai Langwei, a 21-year-old student majoring in English at Guangdong University
68、of Foreign Studies, and me teachers are celebrities （名人） in academia （学术界）.Zhai discussed with Lu Gusun the possible English translation of literary young women in ChineseLu is me chief editor of the English-Chinese Dictionary, a popular dictionary printed by the Shanghai Translation Publishing Hous
69、eZhai is interested in zoology （动物学） as wellHe filled in a quiz from a zoologist of the Science Squirrels ClubHe got full marks and me experts attentionThe feedback （回复） from great scholars has encouraged me to follow my interests, said ZhaiZhai is one of hundreds of millions of Micro Blog users in
70、ChinaAccording to China Internet Network Information Center, by the end of June 2010, 723 percent of Micro Blog users were college studentsThe information on Micro Blogs is short and sweet, and it can be spread by being forwarded by one user after anotherThis may be partly the reason why, with the h
71、elp of Micro Blogs, students areable to interact with celebritiesMore and more students have started keeping in touch with celebrities for interaction on Micro Blogs.【写作内容】作为时下最流行的网络社交工具，微博越来越受到学生们的青睐。学校最近组织了一次关于微博流行的讨论。请你准备写一份发言稿，题目是The Advantages and Disadvantages ofMicro Blogs”，内容要点包括：1以约30个词概括这篇短文；2然后以约120个词谈谈你对微博的看法，内容包括：（1）微博对于学生与名人之间互动的重要性；（2）举一两个例子去论证“微博的利与弊”：（3）你的看法。【写作要求】1在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
