1、A卷.单项填空1Since she is seriously ill, we have to _ a doctor at once.Asend forBsend awayCsend off Dsend out解析：send for “派人去请，派人去叫”，符合句意。send away“送走”；send off“寄出”；send out “派遣，发送”。答案：A2I wasnt sure about Mary when I first met her, but on further _ I rather like her.Aoccasion BattemptCcommunication Dacq
2、uaintance解析：句意：在第一次见到玛丽的时候我不太了解她，但进一步地熟悉后，我很喜欢她。acquaintance 意为“熟悉，认识”。答案：D3(2009江西高考)It is reported that the police will soon _the case of the two missing children.Alook upon Blook afterClook into Dlook out解析：考查词组辨析。句意：据报道，警方将很快调查失踪的两个孩子的案件。此处look into表示“调查”。答案：C4(2012许昌一模)Excuse me, can I _ my sug
3、gestion?Certainly.Aput away Bput asideCput forward Dput down解析：put forward “提出”；put away “放好”；put aside “储备”；put down“放下，记下”。由句意知选C。答案：C5The employers will have to be ready to _ if they want to avoid a strike.Acompete BcombineCcompare Dcompromise解析：句意：雇主们要想避免罢工的发生，他们不得不准备作出让步。compromise“妥协，让步”，符合句意。
4、compete“竞争，比赛”；combine“结合，联合”；compare “比较，对照”。答案：D6It was not the first time he _ us.I think its high time we _ strong action against him.Ahad betrayed; take Bhad betrayed; tookChas betrayed; took Dhas betrayed; take解析：在句型“It was the first/second/.time (that) sb.had done sth.”中，如果主句用一般过去时，从句用过去完成时；在
5、句型“It is (high/about) time that sb.did sth./should do sth.”中，从句用一般过去时或“should动词原形”，但should不能省略。所以选B。答案：B7(2012焦作统考)_him not to do so, he wouldnt have made such a serious mistake.ADid I persuade BIf I persuadeCIf I should persuade DHad I persuaded解析：句意：要是我事先说服他不那么做的话，他就不会犯这么严重的错误了。题干中主句的谓语部分为wouldnt
6、have made，说明该动作表示与过去事实相反，故条件句用had done的虚拟结构，条件句中有had且省略if时，要将had提到主语之前。答案：D8Mr.Black is a careful and experienced engineer, so he is often _ to finish some challenging tasks.Aappreciated BapproachedCappointed Dagreed解析：句意：布莱克先生是一个仔细而又有经验的工程师，所以他经常被委派完成有挑战性的任务。appreciate “感激，欣赏”；approach “接近，靠近”；appo
7、int“任命，委派”；agree“同意”。答案：C9One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living _.Abills BexpensesCcharges Dprofits解析：句意：一个月1000美元不算多，但能够帮我支付生活费用了。bill“账单”；expense“费用”；charge“收费”；profit“利润”。答案：B10Does the young man standing there _ the company?No.The company is _ his father.Ai
8、n possession of; in possession ofBtake possession of; in the possession ofCtake possessions of; in possession ofDhave a possession of; in possession of解析：take possession of “占有，拥有”；in the possession of “为某人所有，由某人掌控”。答案：B11Is Tom there?_， please.Ill see if I can find him for you.AHold up BHold onCHol
9、d out DHold off解析：句意：“Tom 在吗？”“请稍等。我去看看能否为你找到他。”hold on “别挂断”；hold up“举起，竖起”；hold out “伸出”；hold off “推迟”。根据语境可知，B项正确。答案：B12Didnt anyone _ James and say it wasnt his fault?Astand up for Bmake up forCstand up Dstand for解析：stand up for “支持，维护”；make up for “补偿，弥补”；stand up“起立，经得住”；stand for“代表”。根据句意，A项为
10、正确答案。答案：A13Miss Noland is a famous writer.She _ articles to this magazine for many years.Ahas been contributingBwill have contributedCwill have been contributingDhad been contributed解析：考查动词时态。根据时间状语for many years可知，contribute这一动作一直在持续进行，因此用现在完成进行时。答案：A14(2012阜阳质检)Do you _ her optimistic view of the
11、state of the current economy?Yes.We should have faith in our government.Asubscribe to Bcontribute toCcorrespond to Dsubmit to解析：subscribe to 意为“同意，捐助，订阅”，subscribe to her optimistic view意为“同意她那乐观的观点”。contribute to “贡献，促成”；correspond to “与一致，与相当”；submit to “服从于，提交”。答案：A15_ oil, or else it will perish
12、 your rubber boots.AKeep back BKeep offCKeep down DKeep to解析：keep back “阻止，抑制，隐瞒”；keep off“使不接近，挡开”；keep down “压制，镇压”；keep to “遵守，坚持”。答案：B.阅读理解A(2012石家庄毕业班教学质检)The cold wind cut through my enthusiasm (热情) as a tourist in Washington DC., so I entered the nearest restaurant for warmth.I ordered a coff
13、ee, and began observing people.At that time, I saw a man seated nearby and from his eager eyes, I realized that he noticed the delicious food.His tired body and worn clothes shouted，“Homeless，homeless！”“How long has it been since he ate last time？”I wondered.I expected him to approach me for a hando
14、ut (施舍物)But he never did.A silent war broke out in my head one side was telling me to mind my own business, and the other was urging me to offer him some food.While my inner debate moved on, a welldressed young couple walked up to him.“Excuse me, sir，” the husband began.“We just finished eating，and
15、our appetites (胃口) werent as big as we had thought.We hate to waste good food.Can you help us out and put this to use？” He gave the man some food.“Thank you.Merry Christmas！”the man replied.The man carefully watched his new food，and was about to eat.Something that happened next shocked me.An old man
16、 in pants, an old jacket and open shoes entered the hall and walked towards us.My neighbor saw the situation.Setting aside his meal, he stood up and guided the old man to the table.“Hi, my name is Jack，” he said，“and one kind person brought me this meal.I just finished eating and hate to waste good
17、food.Can you help me out？”The old man answered gratefully，“Sure，but only if you go halfway with me on that sandwich.”I left the restaurant that day feeling warmer than I had ever thought possible.语篇解读：由于天气很冷，作者走进一家餐馆去取暖。这时他注意到一个人盯着食物看，显然是想要吃而没有钱。就在作者考虑是不是要给他帮助时，有一对年轻夫妇以一种特别的、能维护那个穷人自尊的方式给他提供了一些食物。而接
18、下来发生的事情让作者感到非常震惊1The author entered the nearest restaurant to _.Aescape the coldness outsideBtaste the delicious coffeeCrelax as a touristDenjoy watching other people解析：细节理解题。由文章第一句话可知，因为外面很冷，他走进餐馆是去取暖的。因此A项正确。答案：A2What can we learn about the old man according to the text?AHe accepted the food given
19、 by the kind couple.BHe felt ashamed because of his own appearance.CHe expressed thanks to Jack after being helped by him.DHe had known Jack before he entered the restaurant.解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句话可知，在Jack把那对夫妇给他的食物送给老人后，老人很感激(The old man answered gratefully.)。因此C项与原文内容相符。答案：C3It can be inferred from
20、the text that _.Athe young couple always wasted food in the restaurantBthe old man accepted all the food given by JackCJack was disappointed that the author didnt help himDJack gave the food to the old man though he was still hungry解析：推理判断题。根据第四段到第六段内容可知，那对年轻夫妇给Jack食物后，Jack刚准备吃，一位衣衫褴褛的老人进来了，这时他毫不犹豫地
21、将食物转赠给了老人。因此D项正确。答案：D4What can be the best title of the text?AThe Couples KindnessBDrawn to the WarmthCA Delicious DinnerDA Homeless Man解析：标题概括题。文章主要描述的是作者看到的充满爱心的“转赠食物”的情景，因此B项作为标题最贴切。答案：BB(2012福州五校模拟)In movies, we often see the most popular teens dominate their peers on a mission. We know these st
22、ereotypes (陈规旧习) all too well and assume they are just that blown up generalizations. But movies aside, is there some underlying truth that being popular makes teens more aggressive?Published in the February issue of the journal American Sociological Review, one study followed approximately 3,700 st
23、udents in 8th, 9th and 10th grades for one school year and found that popular adolescents were more likely to act aggressively to climb the social hierarchy (等级制度) among their peers.This trend was apparent in both sexes.Although popular teens were more likely to act aggressively, the researchers fou
24、nd an exception: adolescents in the top and the bottom parts of the social hierarchy displayed the least aggression toward others.Robert Faris, a sociologist at the University of California, Davis, and coauthor of the study, says this may be because teens at the bottom of the totem pole (等级) dont ha
25、ve the social power to pay off (成功) being aggressive，while kids at the top have no need to assert (维护) themselves.“If an adolescent at the top of the social hierarchy were to act aggressively toward his or her peers, such action could signal insecurity or weakness rather than cement (巩固) the student
26、s position.” Faris says in a UC Davis Press Release.Simply put, the most popular kids have an easier time maintaining their statuses by being nice.In the study, aggression was defined as any activity intended to “harm or cause pain” in another person. “Whether aggression is actually successful in pr
27、omoting students to the top of the social ranks is still unclear，”the authors said.语篇解读：研究发现，受欢迎的青少年往往会支配别人，在行为上表现得更富有攻击性。5What does the passage mainly tell us?AWhat causes teens to be aggressive?BPopular teens are more aggressive.CAggression helps teens be popular.DWhat kind of teens can be popular
28、?解析：主旨大意题。根据第二段内容以及全文叙述可知，本文主要告诉我们：受欢迎的青少年往往更富有攻击性。答案：B6Teens at the bottom of the totem pole are not aggressive probably because _.Athey cant succeed by being aggressiveBthey can succeed by being niceCthey neednt be aggressiveDthey are well treated by others解析：细节理解题。从文章第四段内容可知，处于社会等级底层的孩子没有能力通过表现攻击
29、性来获得社会地位。答案：A7According to Faris, if a boy at the top of the social hierarchy is aggressive to others, it shows that _.Ahe is no longer popular with othersBhe is really weak insideChe cant keep his positionDhe wants to show his power解析：细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段内容可知，最受欢迎的孩子如果表现出攻击性，这是他们内心没有安全感和心虚的表现。答案：B8We can
30、 infer from the fifth paragraph that the most popular kids_.Atend to be more aggressiveBdont dominate other teens in a groupChave more difficulty in maintaining their statusDdont have to be aggressive to keep their status解析：推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段可知，最受欢迎的孩子靠展示自己好的一面就可以维持其社会地位，没必要表现出攻击性。答案：DB卷.完形填空(2012东北三校第一
31、次联考)This is my third story. When I was 17, I read a quote that _1_something like, “If you live each day_2_it was your last, someday youll most certainly be right.” Since then, for the past thirtythree years, Ive looked _3_the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my li
32、fe, would I want to do what I am about to do today？” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a _4_， I know I need to change something.About a year ago I was _5_with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should _6_ to l
33、ive no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my _7_in order, which is doctors code for “prepare to _8_”Later that evening when the doctors _9_the cells taken from my pancreas (胰腺) under a microscope, they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pa
34、ncreatic cancer that is _10_with surgery. I had the surgery and, _11_， Im fine now.This was the closest Ive been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the _12_we all share. No one has _13_escaped it. And that is _14_it should be, because death is very lik
35、ely the single _15_invention of life. Its lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make _16_for the new. Your time is _17_， so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma (信条) which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of _18_opinions dro
36、wn out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to _19_your heart and intuition(直觉). They _20_already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.语篇解读：岁月匆匆，人生短暂，人要为自己活着，而不是生活在别人的阴影下。九死一生的坎坷经历让作者刻骨铭心。1A.said BdescribedCwent Dexpressed解析：作者在十七岁时读到一句引言，大概意思如下。此处
37、的go表示“(故事、歌词等)内容是”。答案：C2A.unless Bas ifCeven if Das long as解析：如果你将每一天都当做你生命中的最后一天来度过的话as if表示“好像；仿佛”。答案：B3A.in BatCthrough Don解析：三十三年来，作者每天早上都审视镜子“中”的自己，并自我发问。作者的焦点不是镜子，而是镜子中的自己，所以B项不恰当。答案：A4A.row BminuteCsense Dword解析：每当一连多天答案都是否定时，作者知道自己需要做出改变了。in a row表示“连续”。in a sense表示“从某种意义上说”，不符合语境。答案：A5A.con
38、nected BinfectedCaffected Ddiagnosed解析：大约一年前，作者被“诊断”出患有癌症。diagnose“诊断(疾病)”。答案：D6A.want BdreamCexpect Dimagine解析：上文提到医生告诉作者这几乎肯定是一种不可治愈的癌症，所以作者对自己生命期限的“期望”应该是不多于三至六个月。答案：C7A.duties BbusinessesCaffairs Dlife解析：医生们建议作者回家把自己的“事情”料理好。B项表示“商店，公司”，在文章中没有信息支持。答案：C8A.work BstartCtalk Ddie解析：医生建议让作者回家隐含的意思是准备
39、“死亡”。答案：D9A.looked BviewedCrealized Dnoticed解析：那天晚上稍晚的时候，当他们在显微镜下“观察”从作者的胰腺中取出的细胞时，他们大叫了起来。view“观看，(尤指)仔细察看”。答案：B10A.curable BpossibleCacceptable Dsuitable解析：他们得出的结果是这是一种罕见的胰腺癌，通过外科手术“可以治愈”。答案：A11A.carefully BthankfullyCanxiously Dhopefully解析：医生本来断定作者必死无疑，结果发现他患的是可以治疗的癌症，作者经过手术后痊愈了，自然非常“感激”。答案：B12A.
40、possession BdestinationCexpectation Dposition解析：死亡是我们共有的“终点”，任何人无法避免。答案：B13A.ever BevenCnever Dstill解析：每个人最终都要死亡，没有一个人“曾经”逃脱过。答案：A14A.when BwhileCas Dsince解析：死亡是芸芸众生的最终归宿，这正是应该有的结局，此处as表示“正如”。答案：C15A.better BworstCworse Dbest解析：下文提到死亡是生命的变革促进者，属于正常的新老更替，由此可知死亡很可能是生命中“最好的”发明。答案：D16A.use Ba difference
41、Csense Dway解析：死亡消除了陈旧的东西，为新生事物让路。make way for表示“为让路”。 答案：D17A.endless BrepeatedCcountless Dlimited解析：本句后半句提到不要浪费时间过别人的生活，由此可知你的时间是“有限的”。答案：D18A.others BothersCanyones Dsome others解析：不要让“别人的”观点淹没你内心的声音。答案：A19A.listen BfollowCtake Daccept解析：最重要的是，要有勇气“跟随”你的内心和直觉。答案：B20A.however BwhateverCsomehow Dsome
42、what解析：要相信自己的内心和直觉，它们“不知怎么地”已经知道了你真正想成为什么样的人。其他的一切都是次要的。D项表示“有点儿，有几分”，不符合语境。答案：C.阅读理解(2012辽宁六校模拟)Environmentalists said our planet was doomed to die. Now one man says they are wrong.“Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape，”thundered a magazine article last year. Species (物种) are being driven to d
43、ie out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.But theres a growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: things are actually getting better.A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the worlds environment.Ri
44、vers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting cleaner.The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and t
45、he “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.Now the attacks are increasingly coming from leftwing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups with profits of hundreds of
46、millions of pounds a year are using scare tactics (谋略) to gain donations.Lomborgs book doesnt deny global warming probably the biggest environmental threat but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.The Worldwatch Institute claims that “deforestation has been a
47、ccelerating over the last 30 years”But Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20 per cent of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest areas depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost st
48、eady, at about 30 per cent of total land area, since the 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, the UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk (缩小) by about 15 per cent.Nor are all our species dying out. Some
49、 campaigners claim that 50 per cent of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08 per cent of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.Environmental
50、groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of the success of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things arent as bad as predicted, and thats because behavior has changed.”语篇解读：“环境一直在变坏，我们
51、的星球末日将要来临”，这是环保主义者们发出的警告，然而Lomborg的新书却提出了完全相反的观点，他批驳了环保主义者们耸人听闻的言论。1In his book，The Skeptical Environmentalist，what is Lomborgs main argument?AOur planet is in bad shape.BThe worlds environment is improving.CThe total amount of forests in the world is not declining.DConservation efforts have been su
52、ccessful.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段与第三段可知Lomborg在The Skeptical Environmentalist中的观点(argument)是环境状况正在改善，因此选项B正确，C项只是他观点的一部分，不全面，故排除。答案：B2What is Lomborgs main accusation of environmentalists?AThey scared people into making donations.BThey overturned our basic assumptions about the worlds environment.CThey chan
53、ged their behavior toward the environment.DThey only told people bad news about the environment.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的第二句话可知Lomborg指责环保主义者们利用恐吓手段让人们捐款。答案：A3The underlined word “depleting” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “_”Areducing BlimitingCexpanding Daccelerating解析：词义猜测题。第五段Lomborg通过一些数据反驳了Th
54、e Worldwatch Institute的观点“deforestation has been acceleration over the last 30 years”，Lomborg认为在最近几十年森林面积的缩小已经停止，因此选择reducing。答案：A4According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?AThe total area of forests in the world has increased significantly.BThe effects of global warming ar
55、e not as bad as first expected.CIt appears that the bald eagle will now survive.DIn the last 50 years the number of whales has increased.解析：细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段中的“Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list”可知秃鹰已经不属于濒危的物种了，由此可知C项正确。答案：C.书面表达(2012曲阜师大附中质检)假如你是中学生李华，你的美国朋友
56、Jack在上次给你的电子邮件中抱怨自己最近眼睛近视了。请你给他用英语回一封电子邮件，内容如下：1介绍一下你们班同学的情况；2分析一下造成你们班这种情况的原因；3帮Jack出点儿保持眼睛健康的主意。注意：1词数：120左右，邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好。2参考词汇：近视：shortsighted adj. shortsightedness n.Dear Jack，_Yours sincerely，Li Hua参考范文： Dear Jack，Im sorry to hear that you are suffering from shortsightedness too.To be frank, a
57、lmost eight students out of ten in my class have to wear glasses in order to live a normal school life, including me. As far as Im concerned, many factors contribute to this phenomenon. First, we Chinese students live under a great burden, a burden of examinations. You know, we have to fight our way
58、 in life with millions of peers. Second, most of us with shortsightedness dont have a good habit of using our eyes, either due to lack of knowledge or carelessness.In this case, I strongly recommend that you should not use your computer for that long a time any more and that you should change your habit of reading in bed. Hopefully, your shortsightedness could be corrected by wearing proper glasses.All in all, dont worry！Its no big deal. Yours sincerely，Li Hua高考资源网w w 高 考 资源 网