揭阳市2012年高中毕业班高考第一次模拟考
英 语
本试卷共三部分，满分135分,考试用时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、考生号、试室号和座位号填写在答题卡上。 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的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，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。
It has been difficult to sit on the bench most of the time, watching my team from the sideline. I always 1 why I am not good enough to be on the floor. After endless hours of work and devotion, pushing myself through drill after drill, the last thing I want is to be a cheerleader．The feeling of being 2 is sometimes too much and drives me to 3 on the spot. I often feel as though my 4 are wasted and my time is eaten away, 5 nothing. It is heartbreaking to be a spectator（旁观者）for the game I love, knowing that no one has enough faith to give me the chance to 6 on the floor. Tears well up, but I 7 them back. I shouldn't be so 8 something so silly．
Away from the game, it’s easier to put my thoughts together, rather than letting my 9 drive my reasoning．I consider why I am where I am．I have played basketball my whole life. I have a strong
10 for the sport and always have. There is nothing like the 11 of playing: the swish（飕飕声）of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruises（青肿）are battle wounds worn 12 after every game．
Even if I don't play much, I participate in every 13 . I am part of a team of girls who stick together like a family. I am there for them, as they are for me.
Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and continue playing basketball with great passion just a little longer? The 14 isn't difficult when I consider the joy that being a part of a team
15 me ---- and not just any team, but my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my view from the bench really isn't so bad after all．
1．A．wonder B．promise C．accept D．realize 2．A．careless B．worthless C．selfless D．homeless 3．A．quit B．stay C．struggle D．delay 4．A．beliefs B．chances C．efforts D．experiences 5 A．related to B．attached to C．added to D．devoted to 6 A．perform B．respond C．identify D．survive 7．A．call B．give C．take D．hold 8． A．upset over B．nervous about C．scared of D．annoyed at 9． A．hardships B．possessions C．feelings D．thoughts 10． A．imagination B．admission C．desire D.passion 11． A．encouragement B．embarrassment C．excitement D．amusement 12．A．bravely B．proudly C．regretfully D．painfully 13． A．team B．day C．time D．game
14． A．conflict B．conclusion C．challenge D．decision 15． A．attracts B．brings C．instructs D．controls
第二节: 语法填空（共10小题； 每小题1.5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。
The Birth of Modern Poetry
When talking about poetry, most people will say that a poem is a text that has rhythm and rhyme. Famous are the lines by William Blake, 16 have clear rhythm and rhyme.
Tiger, tiger, burning bright, In the forest of the night.
17 people will add that poems must have a certain form, with a fixed number of lines and a fixed rhyme pattern, such as a sonnet(十四行诗). With rhyme, most people mean 18 rhyme of sound of words at the end of the lines. It is also true that much of the classical poetry looks like that. Except for some short songs and poems 19 (include) in his plays, all of Shakespeare’s greatest poems are sonnets.
John Milton was one of the first poets who started writing poems without rhyme at the end of the lines. He wrote other poems too, 20 he is famous for his long poems without rhyme. After Milton, almost every poet had a hand at this kind of poetry that was free of rhyme. Wordsworth and Keats 21 ( write ) some such poems, but that is not what 22 are famous for. This style of poetry became known 23 free verse. It was not until the twentieth century that modern poetry was 24 (real) developed. Modern poets wanted to break with all the 25 (tradition) forms of poetry. One of the characteristics of modern poetry is that it usually does not have rhyme at the end of a line, and it is also often about common topics.
II．阅读（共两节，25题，满分50分）
第一节: 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a ?”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.” “We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation? ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked. The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.” The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in this field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.” There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out. As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (依托) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---aged 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a
6-month-old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern．
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood?What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
26. What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage? A. The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. B. The recorder was impatient and rude.
C. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced.
D. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.
27. How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?
A. Curious. B. Puzzled. C. Indifferent. D. Interested. 28. How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk? A. Calm. B. Panic-stricken. C. Confident. D. Proud.
29. Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author? A. Because the author cared little about rewards.
B. Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab.
C. Because she thought the author did admirable work. D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of.
30. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage? A. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.
B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.
C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.
B
The “standard of living” of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth.
“Wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: “goods” such as food and clothing, and “services” such as transport and entertainment.
A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends on many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends largely on a country’s natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are rich in coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of these things, and some regions possess none of them. The U. S. A is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the U. S. A. in natural resources，but suffered for many years from civil and external wars，and, for this and other reasons, was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions and freedom from foreign invasion enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country’s people. Old countries that have trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians through many centuries are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. In addition, wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have more money for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to produce more goods in their working days.
31. A country’s wealth depends upon______.
A. its standard of living B. its ability to provide goods and services
C. its money D. its ability to provide transport and entertainment
32. The word “foremost” means “_________”. A. most importantly B. regularly C. unavoidably D. lastly
33. The main idea of the second paragraph is that______. A. natural resources contribute greatly to a country’s wealth
B. the U. S. A. is one of the wealthiest countries in the world
C. the Sahara Desert is a very poor region
D. nothing but a country’s natural resources decides how rich a country can be
34. According to the 3rd paragraph, how many advantages can one country have over another in making use of its resources？ A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 35. The second sentence in Paragraph 3 is______. A. the main idea of the paragraph
B. an example supporting the main idea of the paragraph C. the conclusion of the paragraph D. hardly related to the paragraph
C
Lego, the inventor of those colorful bricks that have inspired kids’ imaginations world-wide, has celebrated its 50th anniversary.
On January 28, 1958, a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen created the plastic building bricks that can now be found in almost every child’s toy box. The simple building block has become one of the most well-known and popular toys around the world.
“The Lego brick continues to be very attractive, because it allows children, and others, to develop their creativity and imagination,” said Charlotte Simonsen, a spokeswoman of the Danish Lego company.
The company’s building bricks allow an endless number of links. With just two bricks there are 24 different links, and with six, there are 915 million possibilities, according to Lego.
A half-century after its creation, more than 400 million children and adults spend five billion hours a year putting the bricks together and pulling them apart. Also, the bricks made today can still interlock with those made in 1958.
Lego bricks are not just child’s play: they also attract the interest of adults. South Korean adventurer, Heo Young-Ho, who climbed Mount Everest in 1987, left a Lego toy behind in the snow during his climb.
After its great success，Lego experienced a severe crisis at the end of the 1990s, hit hard by fierce competition from electronic games. This so-called “Toy of the Century” then suffered a dark period that lasted several years.
With great efforts, the company began to prosper(繁荣、发展) again, and in 2006 it earned about 1.5 billion dollars in 130 countries. Seven boxes of Lego are now sold every second around the world, and 19 billion bricks are produced each year: enough to encircle the Earth five times！
36. The Lego bricks have remained popular in the past 50 years
because_______.
A. they are safe for young children
B. they are available to children everywhere in the world C. they make the children and even adults creative and imaginative
D. people can have unlimited links with two bricks
37. The author gave the example of South Korean adventurer Heo
Young-Ho in order to prove that
______.
A. Heo Youn-Ho also loved playing Lego bricks B. the Lego bricks made him a mountain climber
C. the Lego bricks not only interest children but also adults
D. the Lego bricks are a must for people on an adventure 38. It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A. there are 915 different links with just 6 bricks
B. the Lego Bricks Company is making less and less money C. the Lego Bricks can’t compare with computer games D. the bricks made today don’t change much compared with those made in 1958
39. The underlined word “hit” in the seventh paragraph means _____.
A. being defeated in a fight or a competition B. having a crash in an accident or a fight C. getting known through a song D. attacking somebody in a fight
40. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Lego bricks: brilliant and struggling B. Lego bricks: an attraction of children
C. Lego bricks: making creativity and imagination D. Lego bricks: bringing fun
D
Calling for Safe Celebrations This Fourth of July
Last Fourth of July, Pete, a 14-year-old boy, was enjoying the lit-up skies and loud booms from the fireworks being set off in his neighborhood. Suddenly, the evening took a terrible turn. A bottle rocket shot into his eye, immediately causing him terrible pain. His family rushed him to the emergency room for treatment. As a result of the injury, Pete developed glaucoma and cataracts(青光眼及白内障). Today, Pete has
permanent vision loss in his injured eye because of his bottle rocket injury.
June is Fireworks Eye Safety Awareness Month, and through its Eye Smart campaign the American Academy of Ophthalmology wants to remind consumers to leave fireworks to professionals. “There is nothing worse than a Fourth of July celebration ruined by someone hit in the eye with a bottle rocket,” said Dr. John C. Hagan, clinical correspondent for the Academy and an ophthalmologist at Discover Vision Centers in Kansas City. “A safe celebration means letting trained professionals handle fireworks while you enjoy the show.”
According to the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries, with nearly 30 percent of these injuries to the eye. One-fourth of fireworks eye injuries result in permanent vision loss or blindness. Children are the most common victims of firework abuse, with those fifteen years old or younger accounting for 50 percent of fireworks eye injuries in the United States. Dr. Hagan estimates that his practice sees more than 30 injuries each year from fireworks.
Even fireworks that many people consider safe represent a threat to the eyes. For children under the age of five, apparently harmless sparklers account for one-third of all fireworks injuries. Sparklers can burn at nearly 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
41.What happened to Pete last Fourth of July? A. He was burned in a house fire. B. He was caught in a rain. C. He was injured in a fight. D. He was injured in the eye.
42.The American Academy of Ophthalmology calls on consumers to_______.
A. celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks
B. set off fireworks together with trained professionals C. stop celebrating the Fourth of July altogether
D. leave fireworks to professionals in their celebrations 43. How many fireworks eye injuries occur in the US each year? A. About 9,000. B. About 4,500. C. About 1,350. D. About 30. 44. Which of the following is not a result of eye injuries caused by fireworks?. A. Blindness.
B. Permanent vision loss. C. Glaucoma and cataracts. D. Head-related injuries.
45. What can we learn about sparklers from the passage? A. They may look safe.
B. Its temperature is not high enough to cause injuries. C. They are harmless to children.
D. They never cause any injuries to children aged over 5.
第二节: 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，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。 以下是几本新书的简要介绍： A. London Alive This author of many famous novels has now turned to writing short stories with great success. The stories tell of Londoners’ daily lives and happen in eighteen different places——for example, one story takes place at a table in a cafe, another in the back of a taxi and another in a hospital. B. The Last Journey John Reynold’s final trip to the African Congo two years ago unfortunately ended in his death. For the first time since then we hear about where he went and what happened to him from journalist Tim Holden, who has followed Reynold’s route. C. The Missing Photograph Another story about the well-known policeman, Inspector Manning. It is written in the same simple but successful way as the other Manning stories——I found it a bit disappointing as I guessed who the criminal was halfway through! D. Gone West A serious look at one of the least-known regions of the United States. The author describes the empty villages which thousands left when they were persuaded by the railway companies to go west in search of new lives. The author manages to provide many interesting details about their history. E. The Letter The murder of a television star appears to be the work of thieves who are quickly caught. But they escape from prison and a young lawyer says she knows who the real criminals are. Written with
intelligence, this story is so fast-moving that it demands the reader’s complete attention. F. Free at Last Matthew Hunt, who spent half his life in jail for a crime he did not do, has written the moving story of his lengthy fight to be set free. Now out of prison, he has taken the advice of a judge to describe his experiences in a book. 以下是几个有着不同阅读爱好的购书人，请匹配与之对应的书名： 46. Ali enjoys reading crime stories which are carefully written so that they hold his interest right to the end. He enjoys trying to guess who the criminal really is while he’s reading. 47. Monica is a history teacher in London. She enjoys reading about the history of people in other parts of the world and how events changed their lives. 48. Silvia likes reading true stories which people have written about themselves. She’s particularly interested in people who have had unusual or difficult lives. 49. Daniel is a computer salesman who spends a lot of time travelling abroad on planes. He enjoys detective stories which he can read easily as he gets interrupted a lot. 50. Takumi doesn’t have much free time so he reads short stories which he can finish quickly. He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world. III. 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】 你叫Jack, 由于父母到中国工作，暂时寄读于某所中学。在学校食堂用餐一段时间后，你觉得有必要向学校食堂管理处反映一些问题，于是决定给管理处的黄先生写封信，信中包括如下内容： 1、学校食堂的优点：食堂干净；饭菜可口； 食堂的服务员总是衣着整洁、面带微笑, 服务态度好。
2、学校食堂的不足之处：价格偏高；等候时间较长，学生常常得等候近30分钟才能买到饭菜。
3、建议：尽快解决上述问题； 希望及时加热饭菜，特别是在冬天时，这样才能确保学生健康。 【写作要求】
用五句话表达上表的全部内容，并组成一篇连贯的短文。（信的开头已经给出， 不计入句数）
【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
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ar.26th, 2012 Dear Mr.Huang,
I’m Jack, a student in Class 2, Senior 3. I’m writing to tell you my opinions and expectation of the school canteen.
Thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely
yours, Jack
第二节： 读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Mountain climbers around the world dream about going up Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world. But many people who have climbed the mountain have left waste material that is harming the environment.
A team of Americans is planning the largest clean-up effort ever on Qomolangma. They will make the risky trip up the mountain next month.
The team of eight Americans will be guided by more than twenty Sherpas of Nepal(尼泊尔夏尔巴人). Their goal is to remove all the rubbish they see. They will spend two months cleaning up the mountain by gathering oxygen bottles, fuel containers, batteries, drink cans, human waste and all kinds of disposable products(一次性产品). They are expected to remove at least three tons of rubbish in large bags.
Team leader Robert Hoffman is making his fourth trip up the mountain. He says he hopes to bring Qomolangma to the condition it was in before the first successful climb fifty years ago. He says he hopes the effort will influence other people to clean up the environment closer home.
Disposable products on Qomolangma are a major concern. So the clean-up team will take along newly developed equipment to collect and treat disposable products. Over the years, the disposable products have
polluted the mountain. In the warm season when the ice melts, the polluted water flows to Nepali villages below. The problem has gotten worse in recent years because climbing Qomolangma has become more popular.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文内容要点；
2．以约120个词就 “Cleaning the World” 这个主题写一篇短文，并包括如下要点：
（1）你所居住的地方周围存在怎样的环境问题？ （2）你认为这个问题是什么造成的？
（3）为帮助解决这一问题，你做了什么？
【写作要求】
1.可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，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，语篇连贯。
揭阳市2012年高中毕业班高考第一次模拟考
英语科参考答案
完形填空(30分)：1-5.ABACD 6-10.ADACD 11-15.CBDDB
语法填空(15分)：16. which 17.Other 18.the 19.included 20.but
21.wrote 22.they? 23.as? 24.really? 25.
traditional
阅读理解(40分)：26-30.DBACB 31-35.BAABB 36-40.CCDAA
41-45.DDCDA
信息匹配(10分)：46-50.EDFCA 基础写作(15分)
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ar.26th, 2012 Dear Mr.Huang,
I’m Jack, a student in Class 2, Senior 3. I’m writing to tell you my opinions and expectation of the school canteen.
In general, we are satisfied with the clean and tidy dining hall, its delicious food and the good service from the smiling waiters who are always neatly dressed. However, what is not to our satisfaction is that the price of the meal is a little too high and that we can only have a limited variety of dishes to choose from. In addition, students often have to wait in line for about 30 minutes before getting their food. We would greatly
appreciate it if the problems mentioned above can be solved as soon as possible. Finally, I would like to suggest to you that the food should be heated in time to ensure the students’ health, especially in winter. Thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
Jac
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读写任务(25分)
Some Americans will spend two months cleaning up Qomolangma, which has been polluted by all kinds of rubbish, especially the disposable products. They hope their effort will urge other people to protect the environment. (34 words)
I live near a main river of our city which is spotted with rubbish of different colors. Seriously polluted, the river fails to provide us with a spectacular view, but occasionally sends out an unpleasant smell with the wind, especially in hot summer. I think the large population and the factories on both sides of the river are mainly responsible for the serious situation. When taking a walk along the river, people throw rubbish into the river and even drop waste from the tall buildings without any consideration of the environment. Waste water from the factories poses an even greater threat to the river.
To improve the situation, I, with my friends, have formed an organization named “Saving Our Home” which is aimed at raising people’s awareness of environmental protection. Our members are now engaged in circulating knowledge among people on how to make our living conditions better by recycling, cutting down on the use of disposable products and dealing with rubbish in correct ways. We do hope our efforts will make a difference to our environment.