答案：D 考查交际英语。由答语“看看我是否在意”可知，选go ahead表示“去做吧”，在此意为“你走啊！”。
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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)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。
(2012·绵阳二诊)
Bill Trew worked on the night shift(夜班) in an old coal mine called Park Deep.Day and night 180 miners worked underground there, more than 6,00 feet__36__.They all took their__37__of night work, but Bill always worked at night.He said he__38__it. One day he came home as usual at half past seven in the morning.He had his “Supper”，__39__he called it, and went to bed.An__40__dream troubled his sleep.__41__， the only thing he remembered about it was—a throbbing(跳动) blue light.
Bill got up in the afternoon as usual.It was a__42__getting up—because he could still see the blue light in front of his eyes.As the evening__43__darker, the light grew stronger.Bill got ready for the night shift.But by 8 o'clock the blue light was so bright that he could__44__see anything else.He and his wife were very puzzled.Bill had never been __45__before. “Don't go to work，” Mrs.Trew said.“If it isn't better__46__tomorrow, I'll have to send for the doctor.” Bill didn't go to work.He sat in an armchair，__47__but with closed eyes.__48__then the blueness was like a living thing.It surrounded him, silent, throbbing.The family went to bed but Bill wasn't__49__： he stayed in his armchair.
At 11 o'clock a long, loud explosion(爆炸)__50__the ground.Bill opened his eyes and__51__to his feet.The blue light was__52__！ He rushed outside.Someone shouted, “Gas! gas in Park Deep! Oh pity the night shift！”
The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep.The mine was destroyed__53__.Bill Trew has never__54__wondering. The blue light: why did it make him the only man__55__for work that night? 文章大意：本文讲述了一个令人不可思议的事件。 36．A.down C．off
B．around D．away
答案：A 由常识及前句中的“underground”可知，选down。 37．A.order C．share
B．time D．list
答案：C 他们轮着上夜班，但是比尔一直上夜班。由后句句意“但是比尔一直上夜班”可推知，选share，表示“分享”。
38．A.decided C．suited
B．preferred D．needed
答案：B 他说他“喜欢”上夜班。prefer“更喜欢”；decide“决定”；suit“适合”；need“需要”。
39．A.what C．when
B．because D．as
答案：D 由前句时间“at half past seven in the morning”可知，这个晚饭，是他所给的称谓。as在此引导非限制性定语从句。他吃了他为之命名的“晚饭”，然后睡觉了。
40．A.uneasy C．extra
B．unusual D．ordinary
答案：B 一个“不寻常”的梦打扰了他的睡眠。unusual“不寻
常的”；uneasy“不安的，忧虑的，令人不安的”；extra“额外的”；ordinary“普通的”。
41．A.Afterwards C．Therefore
B．However D．Meanwhile
答案：A “后来”，他唯一记得的事情是一团蓝色的光。 42．A.regular C．late
B．fresh D．strange
答案：D 由该空破折号后的“because he could still see the blue light in front of his eyes”可知，这次起床是很“奇怪的”。
43．A.turned C．grew
B．developed D．fell
答案：C 当天“变”黑时，蓝光越亮了。grow“逐渐变成新的状态”；turn“成为与以前完全不同的东西”。B项不是系动词；D项一般只用在固定表达fall ill，fall asleep中。
44．A.possibly C．probably
B．hardly
D．immediately
答案：B 眼前的蓝光变得如此明亮以至于他“几乎看不见”东西了。hardly“几乎不”。
45．A.fearful C．safe
B．calm D．sick
答案：D 由下文“看医生”可知，此处指“他以前从未生过病”。
46．A.for C．by
B．within D．on
答案：C 明天前还不好的话，我给你请医生。
47．A.awake C．clear
B．frightened D．relaxed
答案：A 由该句后面的“but with closed eyes”可知，他“醒着”但是眼睛合着。
48．A.Just C．From
B．Till D．Even
答案：D “即使到这时”，那团蓝光像生物一样围绕在他周围。even then“即使到这时”，再如：Even then，he wouldn't admit his mistakes.即使在这种情况下，他还是不承认自己的错误。
49．A.serious C．free
B．tired D．troubled
答案：B 家人都上床睡觉了，但是比尔还在椅子里坐着，没睡觉，他“不累”。因为前文说过他一直上夜班。
50．A.shook C．attacked
B．destroyed D．broke
答案：A 爆炸“震撼”大地。shake“摇晃”；destroy“破坏”；attack“袭击”；break“打破，打碎”。
51．A.struggled C．jumped
B．rose D．bent
答案：C 比尔睁开眼，跳了起来。符合听到一声巨响的自然反应。A项填上表示“挣扎着站起来”；B项填上表示“站起来”。
52．A.gone C．frozen
B．left D．lost
答案：A 蓝光“消失了”。be gone“消失了，不见了”；be lost“丢了，迷路了”。
53．A.at last C．for ever
B．at all D．for all
答案：C 煤矿被“彻底”破坏了。for ever“永远”。 54．A.stood C．kept
B．stopped D．delayed
答案：B 他从没“停止”思考。stop“停止”；stand“站”；keep“保持”；delay“拖延”。此处never stop wondering＝keep wondering。
55．A.unfair C．unfit
B．unreasonable D．unacceptable
答案：C 那道蓝光使他成为了那一晚上夜班的人中唯一一个“不舒服从而不适宜上夜班”的。unfair“不公平的”；unreasonable“不合理的，无理的”；unfit“(身体上)不强健的，不适宜的”；unacceptable“不被接受的”。
第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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(2012·安徽省皖南高三联合测评)
A spiraling (成螺旋形的) tower made from thousands of books in dozens of languages is the later landmark in Buenos Aires, named the World Book Capital this year.Called the Tower of Babel, the 25-meter high tower by Argentine artist Marta Minujin is made from 30,000 books, donated by readers, libraries and more than 50 embassies.
Climbing up its seven floors, visitors to the tower hear music