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北京市西城区2012届高三4月第一次模拟考试试题
英 语 试 题
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。 21. —Did you happen to hear the recent news?
—Yes, Alice ____ the gold medal in the speech contest, which I find hard to believe. A. wins better. A. may common.
A. being considered B. to be considered C. considering
D. considered
24. Most people go to the theatre not to see a play ____plot is complicated, but to listen to brilliant
dialogues between actors. A. where A. walked work. A. What Xi'an train. A. waiting
B. wait
C. to wait
D. waited
28. —Bob is always complaining about not having any money. —The problem is that he doesn't work hard and never ____. A. does A. unless snow right now. A. wasn't
B. didn't
C. hadn't
D. weren't,
31. In order to assess ____ the treatment will fit your lifestyle, please take a moment to answer a
few questions about yourself.
B. had B. before
C. has C. if
D. did D. when
B. Which
C. That
D. Who
27. The tea house situated near platform 6 is now offering free cups of tea to those ____ for the
B. what B. was walking
C. which C. had walked
D. whose
D. had been walking
25. I ____ toward the door to go outside when suddenly Jim opened it unexpectedly.
26. ____ made things worse, he said, was that his roommate never look part in any of the cleaning
B. will
C. must
D. should
23. Many things such as going abroad and owning a car, ____ impossible in the past, are now very
B. won
C. had won
D. will win
22. Walking exercises ____ be boring at times, but on a clear sunny morning nothing could be
29. Why do some rich people steal things ____ they could easily afford to buy them?
30. We shouldn't have come north for Christmas vacation. If we ____, we wouldn't be stuck in the
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A. what B. how C. why D. where
32. Most of the telephone lines ____ in the hurricane last night, and so today it's almost impossible
to get through to anybody. A. destroyed
B. had destroyed
C. were destroyed D. had been destroyed 33. —Let's have a further talk.
—Sorry, I don't have time to talk. My report is due on Friday and I am in a race ____time. A. over work experience. A. it
B. one
C. that
D. this
35. —What do you think we should do after dinner?
—Why don't we get ____ beer at the Karaoke bar down the street? It is kind of ___ fun to hear all the bad singing. A. a; 不填
B. a; a
C. the; a
D. a; the
B. in
C. on
D. against
34. When Helen began looking for a job after college, she found that she couldn't get ____without
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5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。
A Good Custodian
I know a woman who tries hard to be a good custodian． I pass her every day after school as she pushes her cart down my hallway．Of course, she is my building's cleaner,
One Tuesday morning I came into school and saw a 36 on my desk from my custodian,
It seemed that some unbearable first year students had damaged the bathroom in a particularly disgusting way and she had been 37 to clean it．This took 38 than she had expected． She had left the typewritten note on my desk to 39 for not being able to clean my room as she was 40 to do．
At the beginning of the period, I shared her note with my first period 41 When I mentioned that our custodian had apologized to us, their first 42 was to volunteer to seek out and beat up those first year students for making our custodian have to clean up their 43 . It turned out that just about all of my students also knew our custodian by name -all of them responded with smiles and 44 for a long time about this time or that time when she'd 45 each of them in the hallway．That she felt she needed to apologize 46 a strong reaction from many of the kids．
As the class period was about to end, I asked them to 47 the floor like I do every period and thanked them for picking up any garbage 48 it wasn't theirs．My entire class disappeared; they each disappeared instantly 49 their desks to pick up those annoying tiny By—M_sapphire
pieces of paper that 50 so easily from notebooks．One girl made a （an） 51 that I later used with my other classes:%up 52 us．There's a difference．‖
I believe that people know the difference between right and wrong．I believe that people appreciate it when others 53 take care of them．And I believe that people, even adolescents who are not quite yet mature, appreciate it when they see someone who takes 54 in her work． Sometimes we need a 55 of the things we take for granted ．．．things like a good custodian to take care of us． 36．A．paper B．handbook C．note D．letter 37．A．advised B．persuaded C．allowed D．charged 38．A．shorter B．longer C．mare D．less 39．A．apologize B．regret C．appeal D．complain 40．A．recommended B．believed C．approved D．scheduled 41．A．class B．colleagues C．staff D．members 42．A．answer B．reaction, C．decision D．behavior 43．A．room B．desks C．mess D．chaos 44．A．talked B．asked C．quarreled D．discussed 45．A．visited B．called C．praised D．greeted 46．A．made B．showed C．earned D．accepted 47．A．sweep B．examine C．check D．mop 48．A．even if B．only if C．if only D．if ever 49．A．above B．under C．beyond D．across 50．A．leave B．fall C．fly D．miss 51．A．promise B．agreement C．announcement D．comment 52．A．after B．before C．with D．for 53．A．freely B．gently C．hopefully D．sincerely 54．A．advantage B．pride C．action D．chance 55．A．keeper B．caretaker C．reminder D．observer 第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题，每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
When I was a baby, I entertained you and made you laugh．Whenever I was \you'd shake your finger at me and ask : \—but then you'd give up, and roll me over for a belly scratch and I believed that life could not be any more perfect．
My housetraining was a long process, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together．We went for long walks, runs in the park and car rides．We stopped for ice cream．I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day．
Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate．Eventually, you fell in love．She, now your wife, is riot a dog person,
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but I still welcomed her into our home．I was happy because you were happy．Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement, I was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them too．Your wife was afraid I would bite them．But nevertheless, as they began to grow, I became their friend．
Now, you have a new job in another city and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets．You've made the right decision for your \when I was your only family．
I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the dog pound．It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness．You filled out the paperwork and said: \for her．\．The children were in tears as they waved me goodbye．And \．
Is it better to live with hope or without hope? At first, whenever anyone passed my pen, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you, that you had changed your mind and that this was all a bad dream．
My beloved master, I will think of you and wait for you forever．I hope you receive more faithfulness from your family than you showed to me． 56．Who tells this story? A．A dog． B．A child． C．A dog's owner． D．A dog trainer 57．Why did the dog's owner take his dog to the pound? A．He had a newborn baby． B．His wife did not like the dog． C．He was moving into a new building． D．He thought the dog too troublesome． 58．Which is true about the dog when it lived at the pound? A．It hoped to be adopted by another family． B．It continued to love its former owner． C．It did not trust humans any more． D．It was excited about the pound． 59．What is the theme of the story? A．Be ready for changes． B．Never expect too much． C．Never complain about your life． D．Be faithful to those who love you．
B
Present or Future?
Americans are future-minded. They really live in the future. The present is just a way station. This enthusiasm for the future is really not shared even by all European countries. The French are known to be present-minded while the British are often called past-minded. For Japanese Zen followers, time is like a pool of water．Things just happen．There is no past, present or future．Egyptians are well known for their past mindedness．
I did not grow up with a telephone．So the Yellow Pages were something brand new for me when I first arrived in the U．S．．I still had the habit of going to a store only to find out that it didn't have what I needed．My wife used to ask, \of calling ahead of time requires planning and a future mind, while my upbringing was in a present-minded culture．
One thing my nuclear family enjoys when my mom visits is her cooking．So normally I ask my mom a couple of days in advance what things she needs for the upcoming meals．She is
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always sure that she has everything．The truth is that many times, in the middle of cooking, she will ask for items we don't have．That shows a present mind．You deal with it when you get there instead of doing advanced planning．
Listening to weather forecasts and then living your life accordingly is a sign of a future mind． Normally, when I get to work and see everyone walking around with their umbrellas, I figure that it will rain today．Here people are trained from their childhood to figure out at least that day's expected weather before leaving the house．I am normally missing my umbrella because it was not raining and the sky did not have dark clouds．Here my present mind gets me wetevery time．
Mainstream Americans have put inside themselves the clock to a degree which is beyond the comprehension of many cultures across the globe．So the annoyance many Americans face when working with people from other cultures is understandable．In today's dialogue, building the bridge to the 21st century may turn out to be easier than building bridges with other cultures, which may appear to be so foreign．However, they are vital partners for our interdependent life on this planet．
60．The author was most likely born in ____． A．America B．France C．Britain D．Egypt 61．Which is true about the author? A．He was more future-minded than his mother． B．He received most of his education in Japan． C．He learned to check the weather before going out． D．He disliked calling the store before going shopping． 62．What's the main idea of the last paragraph? A．Americans value time more than any other culture． B．Americans should be understood by other cultures． C．Communication between cultures is easier than before． D．Harmony should be achieved despite cultural differences．
C
A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant （移植） ．
Brenda Jensen said the operation was a great success which had saved her life．Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words: \．\voice box and windpipe have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted．
Ms．Jensen, 52, had been unable to speak on her own since her voice box was damaged during surgery in 1999．Since then, she has been unable to taste or smell food, could breathe only through a hole in her windpipe and could talk only with the help of an electronic voice box．
In October, surgeons at the University of California Davis Medical Centre removed the voice box and 6cm of the windpipe from a donor body．In an 18-hour operation, this was transplanted into Ms．Jensen's throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves （神经）．
Professor Martin Birchall from University College London, who was part of the surgery team,
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