goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. The goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.
There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demand for quality. For example, Porsche famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the mark Priced at over $120,000,it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 200 the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.
By placing the desire to be superior to other at the heart of his description of negation demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has natural limits. 【考点】议论文
【文章大意】经济学家约翰·凯恩斯把人类的需求分为两类：绝对需求和相对需求。相对需求可能确实是无止境的。短文举出了几个具体的实例来阐述这一观点。 72. According to the passage, John Keynes Believed that_______. A. desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs B. absolute needs come from our sense of superiority C. relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands D. absolute needs are stronger than relative needs 72.【答案】C
【试题解析】短文第段提到“He thought although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) this is not true of absolute”。由此可知，C选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为C选项。
【难度】一般
73. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3? A. They want to show their superiority B. They find specialty important to meals
C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied. D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality. 73.【答案】D
【试题解析】短文第3段提到“The goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.”。由此可知，这对夫妇出去就餐的只是改善一下。在四个选项中，D选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为D选项。 【难度】一般
74.What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Understanding. B. Increase C. Difference D. Study 74.【答案】B
【试题解析】根据短文，人们对于质量的需要呈上升的趋势，由此可推测划线词的词义与B选项的词义相符。因此，正确答案为B选项。 【难度】一般
75. The author of the passage that ______. A. absolute needs have no limits
B. demands for quality are not insatiable C. human desires influence ideas of quality
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D. relative needs decide most of our spending 75.【答案】A
【试题解析】浏览全文，短文主要探讨的是绝对需要无止境，A选项与此相符。因此，正确答案为A选项。 【难度】一般
四、写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词，把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词，在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 此行错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：请在答题卡上作答。 Dear Grandpa,
How are you those days? I have been missing you very 76._________ much after I went to college a year ago. Whenever I think of 77._________ the old days, I feel very happily. I still remember when I 78._________ was child, you always held me in your arms and told me stories 79._________ till I fall asleep. We often went to the fields to enjoy the pleasant 80._________ view there. You told me the name of different plants and their 81._________ characteristics. Gradually, I became interesting in biology 82._________ and chose to learn biology when I entered into the college. Now 83.________ my friend Ann, together with me, are going to do field study 84.________ and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since 85.________ we?ll do the study in our hometown, I hope to see you by then. Yours, Daisy 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
某国际网站提供个人闲置物品交换服务。现在，你打算通过该网站将自己的一件闲置物品与他人交换（exchange）。请你用英文在该网站上发帖，发布物品交换信息。内容应包括：
·你将拿出什么物品进行交换 ·具体介绍该物品 ·你希望换回什么物品
·请愿意交换的朋友给你留言 注意：
（1）词数100左右； （2）格式不限；
（3）文中不得使用考生真实姓名和学校名称。 【考点】问题解决型—提纲作文 【写作指导】在试题材料中给出了四方面的内容要点，考生需要在此基础上进行适当地发挥。试题虽然已经对写作内容进行了界定，但是仍然具有一定的开放性，给考生留有一定的自由发挥空间。写作时，应该以一般现在时为中心时态，内容充实，积极健康，应尽可能多运用学过而且熟练的词汇、短语和句型，尽量变换句式，长短句交错使用，并且恰当地穿插一些
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过渡性词语，以使短文上下连贯，行文紧凑，如，and, or, but, then, in a word, after all, neither…nor…, so… that…, in other words等。考生在有把握的情况下，才可以使用较高级的词汇、短语或者句式。否则，为此出现了大量的错误，是得不偿失的。而且考生在书写时，还需要注意书写工整，卷面整洁，尽可能避免出现典型性错误。
试卷综评：试题整体设计科学，严密规范，难度适中。单项填空考查的知识覆盖面广，考查了时态、名词性从句、情态动词、定语从句、状语从句、特殊句式、冠词用法、代词用法、交际英语等。完形填空是一篇记叙文，介绍的是作者如何成为一名有成就的园艺师，突出考查了动词、名词等实词的用法，考生做题时，需要把握好整个语篇，注意上下文的联系。阅读理解除选材丰富，集知识性与教育性为一体，重点考查的是细节理解能力和推理判断能力，辅以词义猜测和主旨大意概括等方面的能力。短文改错考查的是考生准确纠错的能力，考生需要凭借自己掌握的知识仔细查看短文，注意词法、句法及逻辑关系等方面可能存在的错误。书面表达是提纲类作文，给出了部分中文要点，写作时，尽可能多运用学过而且运用
熟练的词汇、短语和句型，避开没有把握的词汇和语句，而且注意书写工整，卷面整洁。
2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（重庆卷）
英语试题答案
一、听力
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. A
18. Discussion/ discussion 19. Football/football 20. 10:30/Ten-thirty/ ten-thirty 二、英语知识运用 第一节 单项填空
21.B 22.B 23.A 24.D 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.A 29.D 30.C 31.A 32.B 33.C 34.D 35.A 第二节 完型填空
36.C 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.D 41.C 42.A 43.B 44.D 45.B 46.A 47.B 48.B 49.C 50.A 51.C 52.C 53.D 54.A 55.D 三、阅读理解
56.A 57.D 58.C 59.C 60.D 61.B 62.D 63.A 64.B 65.A 66.C 67.B 68.D 69.C 70.A 71.C 72.C 73.D 74.B 75. A 四、写作
第一节 短文改错
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and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since we?ll do the study in our homewown, I hope to see you by then. Yours,
Daisy
第二节 书面表达 略
85. used
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