潮州市2012年高三第二次模拟考试
英 语
本试卷共12页，共四大题，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校名、姓名和考生号填写在答题卡密封线内。
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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，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为1～15的相应位置上。
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a 1 couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle 2 . He was late for work so he asked the wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. The mother,occupied in the kitchen, 3 forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle and, 4 by its color, drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small amount. When the child collapsed, the mother 5 him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was shocked. She was 6 how to face her husband.
When the extremely upset and anxious father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think were the four words?
The husband just said \ou Darling\
The husband's unexpected 7 is positive behavior. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point in finding 8 with the mother. What's more, if only he had taken time to put the bottle 9 , this would not have happened. No point in attaching blame. She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was comfort and 10 from the husband. That is what he gave her.
Sometimes we spend time asking who is 11 or who to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. We 12 some warmth in human relationship we can receive by giving each other support. After all, shouldn't forgiving someone we love be the easiest thing in the world to do? 13 what you have. Don't increase unhappiness, pain and suffering by holding on to forgiveness.
If everyone could look at 14 with this kind of perspective, there would be fewer problems in the world.
Take off all your envies, 15 to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find
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things are actually not as difficult as you think.
1. A. generous B. loving C. selfish D. greedy 2. A. available B. broken C. exposed D. open
3. A. eventually B. absolutely C. totally D. obviously 4. A. attracted B. amazed C. driven D. confused 5. A. transported B. accompanied C. hurried D. directed 6. A. puzzled B. embarrassed C. annoyed D. frightened 7. A. reaction B. reply C. comment D. concern 8. A. error B. blame C. favor D. fault 9. A. off B. out C. away D. up 10. A. respect B. sympathy C. patience D. attention 11. A. cautious B. serious C. reliable D. responsible 12. A. miss out B. leave out C. find out D. pick out 13. A. Possess B. Appreciate C. Treasure D. Understand 14. A. life B. nature C. pressure D. failure
15. A. disagreement B. unwillingness C. unawareness D. dissatisfaction
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。 A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and width of life. 16 meet the natural desire for freedom, for creativity and beauty of life. Readers turn naturally to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, and their eagerness to share in the experiences of 17 lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a 18 (deep) significance to life as books make them familiar with life in the world 19 it was and it is now. They 20 (present) with different human experiences and come to escape other ways of thought and living. And while 21 (establish) their own relationships and responses to life, the readers often find that the characters in their stories are going through similar adjustments, 22 help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books provide abundant material 23 . readers'imagination to grow. Imagination is a 24 (value) quality and a motivating power. While enriching their imagination,books widen their outlook, develop 25 fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure properly. The social and educational significance of the readers' books cannot be overestimated in a school library.
Ⅱ．阅读（共两节，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，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为26 - 45的相应位置上。
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April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls' horizons and raise their self-confidence.
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For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, \ a nurse or a chief executive,\says the chairman of the Our Sons and Daughters Charitable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. \the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more selfconfident when they are faced with a choice of work.\
Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers' Green High School for girls, in north London, has made the day necessary part of careers education.
Zarina Bart, 15, from Pahners' Green, went with her mother to her Lawyer's office this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day. She found it interesting to see her mother at work. \do.\mother's footsteps. Having a chance to see bow her mother works has given her more self-confidence.
Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have most important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction. 26. Whicb is the best title of this passage? A. Girls Can Be Excellent Too B. Following Footsteps
C. Raising Self-confidence
D. Take Our Daughters to Work Day
27. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A. people have wrongly believed that girls can do as well as boys B. for many years boys have a comparatively wider choice of work C. women pilots are popular in Britain
D. girls are sure about their future jobs
28. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Palmers' Green High School for girls favors Take Our Daughters to Work Day. B. Parents always show good examples for their children both at work and at home. C. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is British in origin.
D. On Take Our Daughters to Work Day, children are taken to their parents' work places. 29. After her experience on Take Our Daughters to Work Day, Zarina felt _________. A. confident about her study
B. strange to work in a lawyer's office
C. sure about what to choose as her future career
D. interested in following in her father's footsteps
30.The author's attitude towards Take Our Daughters to Work Day is ___________. A. critical B. unclear C. favorable D. not sure
B
There is a brown female Canadian duck that weighs only four hundred fifty grams. The duck had flown to the southern state of Florida for the winter. A hunter shot it on January
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fifteenth and took it to his home in the city of Tallahassee. He put it in the refrigerator. Two days later the man's wife opened the refrigerator door. The duck lifted its head and looked at her. It was alive!
The family took the duck to a doctor who treats animals. The doctor gave the duck to the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary. Animal sanctuaries provide homes for animals and teach people about their care.
The doctor said it was easy to understand why people thought the duck was dead. He said ducks generally do not move a lot, especially after being shot. And he said its low body temperature helped it survive in the refrgerator .
That was enough to make the duck famous around the world. The Tallahassee newspaper published the story that was re-printed in many different countries. But that was not the end of the story.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary named the duck Perky. And they arranged for the doctor to perform an operation to repair the duck's damaged wing. During the operation, Perky stopped breathing——not just once but two times. The doctor tried to save Perky by giving her oxygen through a face mask. But he finally said the duck had died. A few seconds later, however, Perky began to move. Reports say the people in the operating room were so happy that they cried.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary say Perky will not have any more operations, It seems she had a bad reaction to the drugs that were used. Perky is expected to live at the sanctuary. And a local company has begun to sell T-shirts showing a picture of the lucky duck. Money from the sale of the shirts will help pay for Perky's care.
31. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Stop Killing Ducks B. The Poor Duck C. Save the Duck D. The Lucky Duck 32. The duck in the story _________,
A. was considered dead before being put in the refrigerator B. stayed in the refrigerator to keep its body temperature low
C. flew to Florida for food D. was big and strong
33. The underlined word \ A. the Tallahassee newspaper published the story
B. the duck survived the shot and the cold in the refrigerator C. the hunter shot the duck from Canada
D. the hunter had saved the duck by freezing it 34. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The hunter shot the duck in the wing.
B. Animal sanctuaries are homes specially for wounded animals. C. The hunter's wife intended to free the duck in the refrigerator. D. Ducks do not move at all for the whole winter. 35. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.
A. the local company will get large profits by selling the T-shirts B. the duck is likely to be well cared for in the sanctuary C. Perky likes Florida better than Canada
D. it was illegal for the hunter to shoot the duck
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C
Bernard Jackson is a free man today, but he has many bitter memories. Jackson spent five years in prison after a jury wrongly convicted (宣判有罪) him of raping two women. At Jackson's trial, although two witnesses testified that Jackson was with them in another location at the times of the crimes, he was convicted anyway. Why? The jury believed the testimony (证词) of the two victims, who positively identified Jackson as the man who had attacked them. The court eventually freed Jackson after the police found the man who had really committed the crimes. Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. For instance, witnesses sometimes see pbotographs of several suspects before they try to identify the person they saw in a lineup of people. They can become confused by seeing many photographs of similar faces. The number of people in the lineup, and whether it is a live lineup or a photograph, may also affect a witness' decision. People sometimes have difficulty identifying people of other races. The questions the police ask witnesses also have an effect on them.
Many people believe that police officers are more reliable than ordinary people. Psychologists decided to test this idea, and they discovered that it is not true. Two psychologists showed a film of crimes to both police officers and civilians (百姓) .The psychologists found no difference between the police and the civilians in correctly remembering the details of the crimes.
Despite all the possibilities for inaccuracy, courts cannot refuse eyewitness testimony from a trial. American courts depend almost completely on eyewitness testimony to resolve court cases. Sometimes it is the only evidence to a crime, such as rape. Furthermore, eyewitness testimony is often correct. Although people do sometimes make mistakes, many times they really do identify individuals correctly.
American courts depend on the ability of the twelve jurors (陪审员), and not the judges, to determine the accuracy of the witness' testimony. It is their responsibility to decide if a certain witness could actually see, hear, and remember what occurred.
In a few cases the testimony of eyewitnesses has convicted innocent people. More importantly, it has rightly convicted a larger number of guilty people; consequently, it continues to be of great value in the American judicial system.
36. Bemard Jackson was found guilty by the jury because __________. A, the police discovered evidence leading to his guilt B. the eyewitnesses confirmed the victims' testimony C. the victims insisted that he was the attacker
D. the judge believed in the victims' identification
37. An eyewitness' testimony is sometimes inaccurate because _________. A. he lacks the professional help from the police B. he has a small number of suspects in the lineup C. he is of the same race as the suspect
D. he is shown photos of many similar faces
38. Eyewitness testimony is vital because ___________, A. it is sometimes the only way to rsolve court cases B. it can be relied on to detect criminals in all cases
C. it is sometimes the only clue for police investigation D. it is more reliable than physical evidences to a crime
39. An inaccurate eyewitness testimony may lead to _____________.
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