1、双流中学高2012届高三下期2月月考试题 英 语 试 题 卷 2012.2英语试题卷共10页。满分150 分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在机读卡和答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将机读卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在机读卡和答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。第一卷 语言知识运用 （共100分 ）第一节 单项选择 ( 共20小题；每小题分，满分20分 )从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，
2、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。1Shuangliu is _ most beautiful town and Im sure to come for _ second time.A. the; aB. a; aC. the; theD. a; the2. Honey, this is a present for your birthday. Ah! A pair of shoes, a well-known brand Nike! I think it must _ comfortably. A. be wornB. be wearingC. have wornD.
3、wear3. The rising house price has become the biggest _ of the ordinary people in China today.A. concern B. influence C. figure D. loss 4. Michael knew he would certainly get _ if he was late home.A. shouting at B. shouted at C. to shout at D. to be shouted at5. “I have to go,” she said, and with _ s
4、he hung up the phone. A. it B. that C. which D. what6. Im glad to see your health _ after the operation. A. picking up B. setting up C. taking up D. getting up7. Mr. Wang, I got zero on Answering Sheet One. Could you help me correct it? Im sorry, but it _ be marked by the machine. Mark your test num
5、ber with a pencil 2B next time. A. need B. will C. shall D. can8. What impresses you most about your hometown? The street, the length of which is four times _ it was eight years agoAthat Bas Cthan Dwhat9. Where do these books _? Put them back _ they were. A. go; where B. lay; where C. lie; to where
6、D. place; to which10. The meeting _ over, I found her seated at the desk and _ to music. A. to be; listened B. was; listened C. was; listening D. being; listening11. This picture called up my memory of that day when I _ him for the first time. A. had met B. was meeting C. would meet D. met 12. The c
7、hild tiptoed(翘起脚尖走) quietly to the bird. _ into the forest when he was about to catch it.A. Flew it away B. Away flew it C. Away it flew D. Flew away it13He didnt attend the competition _ he was ill at the time. A. in thatB. in whichC. whereD. when14Two decades ago this city was _ but a small unknow
8、n town.A. somethingB. anythingC. everythingD. nothing15It is usually cool in April in Shuangliu, but it sometimes _ _ be rather hot for a few days. A. canB. mustC. shallD. ought to16Lets back up. Where was I?_. A. You were in the kitchen. B. You left your book at home. C. You were having a rest.D. Y
9、ou were talking about the cause.17I think you should complain ,of course, you are happy with the way things are.AifBunlessCasDbecause18. After five days climbing in the mountain, they reached _ they thought was the place theyd been dreaming of.A. that B. where C. which D. what19China is known _ grea
10、tly in terms of its cultural values over the past few years.Ato change Bhaving changed Cchanging Dto have changed20. We have noodles for supper every day. I like noodles, but I want to try something different this afternoon. _ A. Lets go. B. With pleasure. C. Like what? D. So what?第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题
11、1.5分，满分30分）请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。More Than I Had Dreamed OfFrom the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students UnionI always 21 my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of usSo I dreamed of being a leaderYears flew by, an
12、d soon I was able to participate in the elections, 22 I would winBut the reality struck that I hadnt had a chanceI wasnt prettyGirls across the school hardly knew meI just did not have what it 23 to win a school electionI was 24 As I cried in my room that evening, I 25 took a deep breath and decided
13、 I wouldnt stop dreamingI decided that I would 26 for elections again in my final year at schooland I would winI recognized that my 27 had a lot of things in their favorWhat were the 28 that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpfulAnd my biggest 29 was the faith I ha
14、dI would not allow my 30 appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forwardThat evening, I 31 my election plans a whole year in advanceI realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to 32 themI loved making friends and I liked being helpful, 33 I de
15、cided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantageIn order to learn how to present a great election 34 , I also attended a course on effective public speakingThe day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students 35 That jo
16、y on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was 36 theirsSuddenly, I realized that I had 37 much more than I had dreamed ofI had made many new friends and had helped people 38 the wayI had won the 39 and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by themI was
17、 able to put a smile on their faces and 40 their day21AadmiredBrememberedCpraisedDbelieved22AprayingBplanningCcalculatingDjudging23AassessedBprovidedCmeantDtook24AconcernedBdepressedCsurprisedDconfused25AgraduallyBimmediatelyCsuddenlyDimpatiently26ApayBenterCspeakDwait27AcompetitorsBcompanionsCenemi
18、esDschoolmates28AcasesBmethodsCexamplesDpoints29AproblemBstrengthCworryDdream30AyoungBpersonalCspecialDplain31AbeganBdiscussedCannouncedDcancelled32ArecommendBaccompanyCrepresentDsupport33AbutBandCsoDor34AcampaignBspeechCceremonyDpromise35AnoddedBgatheredCcheeredDcried36AonlyBstillCalmostDalso37Aacc
19、omplishedBaccumulatedCdevotedDdeveloped38AbyBtoCinDalong39AappointmentBacceptanceCelectionDreputation40AenrichBblessCbrightenDexpand第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 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。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AThe interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well
20、Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, Which is more important, law or love?Job applicants in the west increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like thisAnd the signs are that this is beginning to happen in ChinaEmployers want people skilled, enthusiastic and devote
21、dSo these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings areIn response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicants true personalityThe question in the first paragraph comes from a test cal
22、led Kiersey Personality SorterIt is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they knowThis is often called aptitude （能力） testingAccording to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out a
23、n aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to seeThis is sometimes called the prisoners dilemma （窘境）Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interestBut they fail because they dont understand what the int
24、erviewer is looking forRemember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer41The writer wrote the passage to _Agive you a piece of advice on a job interviewBtell you how to meet a job interviewerCdescribe the aptitude test Dadvice you how to find a job42Why do the interv
25、iewers ask such questions?Athey want to discover what the interviewees knowBthey are curious about the answersCthey try to discover the ability of the interviewees solving problemsDthey just ask questions without thinking much43According to the writer, in an aptitude testing, Chinese job applicants
26、should_Anot tell the truthBlearn to tell what they really thinkCbe more enthusiasticDtry to find out what the examiner really want to know44From the passage we know that_Ajob applicants are always asked such questionsBmore Chinese applicants fail to find a jobCapplicants should not act as reasonably
27、 as a prisonerDaptitude testing is becoming popular worldwideBSPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKENDCaptain Good FellowDo you enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning a
28、t 10:00, freeWalking Tour of the TownForget your worries on Saturday morningTake a beautiful walk and learn about the local historyMeet at he front entrance of City Hall at 9:30Wear comfortable shoes!Films at the MuseumTwo European films will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Museum TheatreSee Brok
29、en Window at 1:30 The Workers will be at 3:45For further information, call 4987898International PicnicAre you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the worldDelicious and inexpensiveFrom noon to 5:00 pmTake me out to the BallgameIts Oc
30、tober, and tonight is the last chance to see the Redbirds this yearGet your tickets at the gateIt might be cold. Dont forget sweaters eaters and jacketsDo you want to hear “the Zoo”?The Zoo, the popular rock group from Australia, will give their first USconcert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall, City
31、 College45You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food at _ _ACentral Park on Saturday Bthe ballgame outsideC5:00 in the afternoon Dthe front entrance of City Hall46You can see movies at _Athe City College Bthe Central ParkCthe City Theatre Dthe Museum Theatre47If you are going on the Walkin
32、g Tour, dont forget_Ayour worries Byour comfortable shoesCyour beautiful walk Dyour learning about local history48The Zoo is _Aa park with lots of animals Ba first concert from the USCa music group from Australia Da popular rock band from EuropeCPersonality types are linked with structural differenc
33、es in the brain, which could explain why one child grows up to be impulsive （冲动的） and outgoing while another becomes diligent and introspective(内省的)Structural differences between the brains of 85 people have been measured and linked with the four main categories of personality types, which were clas
34、sified as novelty（新奇） seeking , characterized by impulsive actions; harm avoidance, marked by pessimism and shyness; reward dependence, with an addictive personality; and persistence, who are people tending to be diligent, hard-working and perfectionistsThe researchers said the brain differences are
35、 structural and can be measured in the size of specific regions of the brain that appear to be linked with each of the four personality typesFor instance, people defined as novelty-seeking personalities had a structurally bigger area in the brain while people with harm-avoidance personalities had si
36、gnificantly smaller volumes of tissue（组织） in brain regionsThe fact that characteristics are reflected in specific structural differences is useful to know, for instance, when it comes to understanding a childs behavior and choosing the right approach so that somebody who is, for example, particularl
37、y timid, might be helped through education and developmentThere is no point shouting at a child who is very shy and telling them off, because it does not come naturally to them to put themselves forwardBut actually knowing there is a biological basis for this helps educators or parents to use the ri
38、ght approach to help a child to compensatePeople who have a reward-dependence personality could, for example, be helped at an early age because they are at risk of turning to drink, drugs or food if they do not get the family support and encouragement they needThis study shows that personality chara
39、cteristics are something you are born with, but their full expression can be adjusted during development with the right approach, said Professor Venneri, who carried out the study with colleagues from the University of Parma in Italy and Washington University in St LouisIf you know its not something
40、 you do but something you are, you can change the environment to reduce the riskKnowing that someone has such a predisposition （体质） could help them adopt preventive strategies and avoid situations where they might seek rewards which could be potentially harmful49Which type of person may turn out to
41、be drug-abusers?ANovelty seeking BReward dependenceCHarm avoidance DPersistence50Which of the following is true about shy people?AThey are often shouted at and scoldedBThey can naturally put themselves forwardCThey structurally have a smaller brain regionDThey are too timid to be educated and helped
42、51Whats the main idea of the passage?APeople have chances to change their personality typesBScientists have identified four different personality typesCStructural differences in the brain have effects on educationDPersonality types are related to structural differences in the brain52The author write
43、s the passage to _Apresent a fact Bargue a claimCsupport a research Dintroduce an approachDIts time for forgetting to get some respect, says Ben Storm, author of a new article on memory in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science We need to
44、rethink how were talking about forgetting and realize that under some conditions it actually does play an important role in the function of memory, says Storm, who is a professor at the University of Illinois at ChicagoMemory is difficultThinking is difficult, Storm saysMemories and associations acc
45、umulate rapidlyThese things could completely overrun our life and make it impossible to learn and retrieve new things if they were left alone, and could just overpower the rest of memory, he saysBut, fortunately, that isnt what happensWere able to get around these strong competing inappropriate memo
46、ries to remember the ones we want to recall Storm and other psychological scientists are trying to understand how our minds select the right things to recallif someones talking about beaches near Omaha, Nebraska, for example, you will naturally suppress （压制） any knowledge youve collected about Omaha
47、 Beach in NormandyIn one kind of experiment, participants are given a list of words that have some sort of relation to each otherThey might be asked to memorize a list of birds, for exampleIn the next part of the test, they have to do a task that requires remembering half the birdsThats going to mak
48、e you forget the other half of the birds in that list, Storm saysThat might seem badIts forgetting But what the research shows is that this forgetting is actually a good thing People who are good at forgetting information they dont need are also good at problem solving and at remembering something w
49、hen theyre being distracted by other informationThis shows that forgetting plays an important role in problem solving and memory, Storm saysThere are plenty of times when forgetting makes sense in daily lifeSay you get a new cell phone and you have to get a new phone number, do you really want to re
50、member your old phone number every time someone asks what your number is? Storm asksOr where you parked your car this morningIts important information today, but youd better forget it when it comes time to go get your car for tomorrow afternoons commute（上下班往返）We need to be able to update our memory
51、so we can remember and think about the things that are currently relevant53With the accumulation of memories and associations, _Ait is impossible for us to get back the lost memoryBwe might fail to memorize more informationCour daily life and overloaded memory could be out of controlDinappropriate m
52、emories challenge our memory ability54The underlined phrase get around in Paragraph 3 probably means _Arecall Bstrengthen Close Davoid55It can be learnt from the passage that _Aforgetting makes great sense to most peopleBthe more you forget, the more you memorizeCforgetting plays a part in developin
53、g memoryDforgetful people are good at solving problems56Which is the best title for the passage?AForgetting Is Part of Remembering BWhy Should People ForgetCHow Forgetting Improves Remembering DRemembering Relies on Forgetting. ERetirement AgeRetirement is the point where a person stops employment c
54、ompletelyThe standard retirement age varies from country to country, but it is generally between 50 and 70, according to the latest statistics, 2011However, for a long time, people have got into an argument about whether the age of retirement should be increased or reduced in their own countriesTher
55、e are several arguments for allowing older people to continue working as long as they are ableMany people think that older employees have a large amount of knowledge and experience which can be lost to a business or organization if they are made to retireBesides, older employees are often extremely
56、faithful employees and are more willing to implement company policies than the youngA more important point is regarding the attitudes in society to old peopleTo force someone to resign or retire at 60 or 65 indicates that the society does not value the input of these people and that effectively thei
57、r useful life is overAllowing old people to work indefinitely （无限地）, however, is not always a good policySome people took the strong view that age alone is no guarantee of abilityMany young employees have more experience or skills than older staff, who may have been stuck in one area for most of the
58、ir working livesHaving compulsory retirement allows new ideas in an organizationOn the other hand, older people should be rewarded by society for their life s labor by being given generous pensions and the freedom to enjoy leisureThey can have time to do whatever they like, that is, they can have th
59、eir own plans or roles and achieve their retirement goalsWith many young people unemployed or frustrated in low-level positions, there are often calls to compulsorily retire older workersHowever, this can affect the older individual s freedomand rightto workIn my opinion, giving workers more choices
60、 over their retirement age will benefit society and the individual57According to the passage, older people should go on with work because _.Athey will help the business not to fail quicklyBthey have grasped much practical experienceCthey need to have a sense of achievementDthey want to learn more kn
61、owledge58The underlined word implement in Paragraph 2 probably means _.Atake over Bwork on Cget rid of Dcarry out59The third paragraph is mainly to tell us that _Aolder people can t do their work wellByoung people usually have new ideasCit is better for older people to retire on timeDolder people wo
62、uld like to do something else66Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?第二节根据对话内容，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）Good afternoon. My name is Peter. Im the general manager of the personnel department. Ill be interviewing you. Please sit down. 61 , Peter
63、. My names Jon. Jon Smash.Well, Jon, its a pleasure to meet you. 62 . Ive been a manager at Nike for over three years. I won manager of the year award two years ago, and I got promoted last August.OK. Tell me about yourselfyour personality. 63 . I think before I act, and if something goes wrong in o
64、ur company I always remain calm. I never scream at my employees. And Ive never lost my temper. 64 ?I think Im good at solving problems. 65 . I also love challenges. I work well under pressure. When my boss pushes me to finish a project early I always get it done and never complain.Jon, you seem like
65、 a very good manager. I like your ambition. Youre very confident and motivated. We like that here at Microsoft. Well, our interview is overA. Im glad its you who will offer me the opportunity to get the jobB. I enjoy approaching problems directlyC. Nice to meet youD. What are your strengthsE. I owe
66、my success to my employeesF. Tell me about your work experienceG. I think Im very level-headedCFGDB/线封密 双流县中学_级_班 姓名_ 考号 双流中学高2012级2月月考英 语 试 题（答卷）61_ 62_ 63_ 64_ 65_第三部分 写作 （共两节，满分50分）第一节 短文改错 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)Dear Editor,I graduated this year and wanted to get job. 66 I thought I would be succe
67、ss, but eventually I failed. 67 That was why I was so lazy that I didnt want to 68 go out. I always blamed for the hot weather. And there was 69 another reason nobody know about: I regarded myself as 70 someone who couldnt do anything lonely. I often felt less 71 capable（有能力的）than others. When I fou
68、nd a company was 72 advertising, I was even afraid to call to ask for detail. 73 I wanted to make a move, and I was always disappointed. 74 What should I do? Im looking forward to receive your reply. 75 Yours,Walter 第二节 书面表达（满分35分）某英语报社拟成立“微笑俱乐部”，现向全球征募会员。要求申请者提交一篇题为“I Want to Smile”的英语短文。请你以申请者的身份，
69、根据以下思路图的提示用英语写一篇短文。注意：1根据思路图适当展开，以使行文连贯 2.词数：100-120 IIIsmile at my parents or friends Why?Smile at myself，Why?advantage(s)of smiling.In a word,._2012级2月月考英语参考答案一、语法和词汇1-5 BDABB 6-10 ACDAD 11-15 DCADA 16-20 DBDDC二、完形填空21-25: AADBC 26-30: BADBD 31-35: ACCBC 36-40: DADBC三、阅读理解 41-44 ACBD 46-48ADBC 49-
70、52 BCDA 5356 BDCA 57-60 BDCA四、补全对话61-65 CFGDB五、短文改错66. get后加a 67.success改为 successful或前加a68.why改because 69.去掉 for70.know改为knew 71.lonely改alone72.right 73.detail改为details74.and改but 75. receive改为receiving六、书面表达One possible version: There are many advantages of smiling. It can not only make us happy, b
71、ut also please others. If we smile at life, life will smile on us in return. So I want to smile at all whenever and wherever possible.First, I would like to smile at my parents because they have given me life and take all the trouble to bring me up. They arrange almost everything for me. With their help, I have made great progress. I would like to say “Thank you” to them with a smile. Then my smile should go to myself, for only in this way can I gain more confidence in smiling my troubles away and live a better life. In a word, lets greet every day with a smile. Tomorrow is another day.
