2012高考英语模拟试题一套
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. ---Jack, look at what I have bought you.
---PS2! ______ Thank you, Dad.
A. It’s all right. B. It’s a good idea.
C. How wonderful! D. It isn’t to my mind.
22. He was put into ______ prison because of being caught planting ______ bomb inside the railway station.
A. the; a B. the; the C. a; the D. /; a
23. It’s not so easy to ____ a pop star in a crowd if he is wearing ordinary clothes.
A. pick out B. pick up C. take out D. take up
24. The way _____ he solved the problem was different from ______ he was used to.
A. that; which B. in which; which C. in what; what D. in which; what
25. The shop assistant finds it hard to satisfy the girl, for she is too _____ about clothes.
A. special B. typical C. particular D. cautious
26. ---A cigarette?
---No, thanks. It’s five years _____ I smoked. And I think you’d better give up smoking, too.
A. since B. when C. while D. before
27. ______ was evident that the international company was in serious financial difficulties.
A. This B. That C. It D. What
28. The gentleman ______ to the beautiful lady was trying to persuade her into acting in his new film.
A. whisper B. whispered C. whispering D. to whisper
29. This kind of cloth ______ well. I think it is worthy _______.
A. washes; buying B. is washed; buying
C. washes; to be bought D. is washed; to be bought
30. ---I hate talking with that guy. Look, he is coming. What should I do?
---Don’t speak until ______.
A. speaking B. spoken to C. spoken D. speaking to
31. You were out enjoying yourself when you ________ studying.
A. ought to have been B. would be C. ought to be D. could have been
32. Our headmaster required that every boy and every girl in Senior 3 ______ to school ahead of 10 minutes.
A. come B. comes C. came D. to come
33. The stranger we turned to just now must have pointed _________ the opposite direction.
A. at B. for C. in D. to
34. ---Do you finish typing the letter for Mary? ---Oh, I forgot. I ______ it now. A. will do B. am going to C. am to do D. am doing 35. I wonder ________ is responsible for the safety of the passengers. A. it is who that B. that it is who C. who is it that D. who it is that 第二节 完形填空（共20小题;每小题1. 5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Last year, around Labor Day, I read a \a local nursing home, who was ___36___ her 90th birthday and her family wanted everyone to know about it. ___37___said that if you wanted to drop her a line, here was her ___38___. So I did. I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note, ___39___her a happy birthday. A week or so later, someone knocked at my front door. I opened the door and found a middle-aged man ___40___on my doorstep. He introduced himself ___41___the son of this woman to___42___ I had sent the card. He explained that he just wanted to drop by ___43___and thank me for sending such a nice card to his___44___. Apparently, like many older folks, she did not receive much mail and was quite ___45___to receive mine. I just didn't know what to___46___. I told him it was my___47___ and that I hoped his mom had enjoyed her birthday. That year, I did not send out any Christmas cards, ___48___to this lovely old lady in the nursing home. I just told her that I was ___49___about her and hoped that she had a nice___50___. I sent her a Valentine and also a couple of notes in between. I just thought she might like to have someone ___51___to her, to get some mail. She ___52___a couple of months ago. I ___53___met this lady, but I did keep her and her family in my___54___. I dropped them a line of sympathy. I hope that my few little notes were enough to ___55___a couple of her days here on earth. 36. A. bidding B. celebrating C. honouring D. receiving
37. A. It B. She C. They D. Which
38. A. address B. home C. name D. number
39. A. confirming B. hoping C. promising D. wishing
40. A. knocking B. sitting C. standing D. waiting
41. A. with B. to C. by D. as
42. A. what B. whose C. who D. whom
43. A. in all B. in general C. in person D. in short
44. A. daughter B. family C. mom D. wife
45. A. disappointed B. excited C. frightened D. satisfied
46. A. say B. send C. reply D. talk
47. A. comfort B. duty C. interest D. pleasure
48. A. besides B. except C. including D. owing
49. A. concerning B. complaining C. missing D. thinking
50. A. card B. birthday C. holiday D. life
51. A. attend B. drop C. remember D. write
52. A. died away B. passed by C. went by D. passed away
53. A. ever B. never C. often D. seldom
54. A. feelings B. notes C. thoughts D. words
55. A. brighten B. shorten C. threaten D. widen
第三部分 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。
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