北京市順義區(qū)2012屆高三尖子生綜合素質展示-英語試題

1、順義區(qū) 2012 屆高三尖子生綜合素質展示英語試卷本試卷共 12 頁，共 150 分。考試時間 120 分鐘。注意事項：1考生務必將答案答在答題卡上，在試卷上作答無效。2答題前考生務必將答題卡上的姓名、準考證號用黑色字跡的簽字筆填寫。3答題卡上選擇題必須用2b 鉛筆作答，將選中項涂滿涂黑，黑度以蓋住框內字母為準，修改時用橡皮擦除干凈。非選擇題必須用黑色字跡的簽字筆按照題號順序在各題目的答題區(qū)域內作答，未在對應的答題區(qū)域內作答或超出答題區(qū)域作答的均不得分。第二部分：知識運用（共兩節(jié)， 45 分）第一節(jié) 單項填空 （共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，共 15 分）從每題所給的 a 、 b、 c 、

2、d 四個選項中， 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項， 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。21. it is said that wool produced in australia is of high quality.a. 不填 ; 不填b. the; 不填 c. the; ad. the; the22. mum likes this old house in downtown better than the huge one in the country, but it costs almost .a. twice as much b. twice as many c. twice so much d.

3、 twice so many23. god! my cell phone is missing. you have left it at home. i heard you telephone our daughter in the bathroom.a. shallb. mustc. wouldd. could24. my mum is not in beijing now. she has gone to paris. oh, can you tell me when she ?a. is leavingb. would leave c. has leftd. left25. i wond

4、er if you could go with me to the post office. i d like to, but i my experiment report and have to finish it this afternoon.a. wroteb. was writing c. have written d. am writing26. american thanksgiving day, falls on nov. 24 this year, takes on an entirely different look in china.a. thatb. whenc. whi

5、chd. what27. in bangkok severe flooding, many major roads north, towards the areas worst affected by the flooding,were largely impassable.a. to leadb. leadingc. ledd. to be led28. living with cancer has made her realize how important it is to take every chance to live her life thefullest.a. atb. onc

6、. tod. with29. i ran all the way to school yesterday, otherwise i late for the annual talent show.a. wasb. had beenc. would bed. would have been30. though of danger, sightseers have been flocking to the site where the world bsiggest terrorist binladen lived.a. warnedb. warningc. being warned d. havi

7、ng warned31. it is obvious that people hold different opinions about voluntary services should be financiallyrewarded.a. thatb. whatc. howd. whether32. it is easy to be thankful for the good things, a life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are alsothankful for the setbacks.a. thatb. whichc. whi

8、led. when33. have you got any idea for the summer vacation? yes. i m going to a peaceful place, especially suitable for relaxation.a. oneb. the onec. thatd. this34. whom do you expect to have the problem of over-loaded school buses?a. solveb. to solvec. solvedd. solving35. the decision for almost a

9、year because of the local residents complain-tbsutihltaftatchteornyewlywould disturb the quietness of the place.a. has been delayed b. was delayedc. would be delayed d. will be delayed第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，共30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的 a、b、c、d四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上 將該項涂黑。mary louit was my first day to miss

10、 hargrove s seventh grade. past “ newcomer experiences had been diffi（was very 36 to fit in. after being introduced to the class, i bravely put on a smile and took my seat.lunchtime was a pleasant surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. they were friendly, so i began to 37 . my new clas

11、smates told me about the school, the teachers and the other kids. they 38 out the class nerd （書呆子）to me: mary lou. she was a pretty girl with dark eyes and olive-skin, 39 she wore a long woolen skirt and an old-fashioned blouse. she looked stupid. the girls whispered and giggled 40 mary lou walked b

12、y. she ate alone.after school, the girls invited me to 41 them in front of the school. i was thrilled to be a（n） 42 of the club. we waited. for what, i didn know. then mary lou came down the school steps. the girls started making fun of her, shouting rudely, biting comments. i 43 , then joined right

13、 in. mean remarks fell from my 44. no one could 45 i d never done this before. the other girls stepped back and started cheering for me. feeling 46 , i pulled on her backpack and then pushed her. her backpack broke, mary lou fell and i backed off. everyone was laughing. i 47 in. i was a leader.i was

14、 not proud. something inside me 48 . if you ve ever picked a wing off a butterfly, you know how i felt.mary lou got up, 49 her books and left without a tear or saying anything. she held her head 50 as blood ran down from her knee. i 51 her limp away down the street.i turned to leave with my 52 frien

15、ds and noticed a man standing beside his car. he must have been mary lou s father he-had-the same olive skin, dark hair and handsome look. he remained still and watched the 53 girl walk toward him. only his eyes shining with both sadness and pride followed. as i passed, he looked at me in silence wi

16、th burning tears that reminded me of my 54 .mary lou s father s eyes taught me a good lesson that day. i never again hurt someone for my o55n .36. a. anxiousb. excitedc. eagerd. afraid37. a. talkb. hesitatec. relaxd. suspect38. a. pickedb. pointedc. workedd. found39. a. becauseb. soc. andd. but40. a

17、. asb. beforec. afterd. since41. a. consultb. fightc. supportd. join42. a. leaderb. memberc. assistantd. organizer43. a. pausedb. refusedc. hurriedd.escaped44. a. eyesb. heartc. lipsd. mind45. a. tellb. sayc. reportd.announce46. a. ashamedb. guiltyc. encouragedd. powerful47. a. turnedb. wentc. tookd

18、. fitted48. a. sankb. hurtc. touchedd. screamed49. a. toreb. closedc. gatheredd. grasped50. a. cautiouslyb. casuallyc. lowd. high51. a. watchedb. noticedc. glaredd. glanced52. a. caringb. laughingc. puzzlingd. satisfying53. a. sillyb. onlyc. lonelyd. friendly54. a. painb. pityc. weaknessd. shame55.

19、a. lossb. gainc. effortd. duty第三部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)， 40 分）第一節(jié) （共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，共 30 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 a 、 b 、 c 、 d 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。adoes a tea break make you more efficient?china has been drinking tea since the time of shennong, 5,000 years ago. britain s relationshipmuch shorter, but tea enjoys pri

20、de of place as the uk s national drink. according to the uk tea council, britispeople drink an average of three cups a day or a national total of 165 million cups every day.with figures like these, it is no surprise that time spent taking tea affects the working day in britain. a recent survey found

21、 that 24 minutes a day are lost to making, buying and drinking tea and coffee. that is, 400 a year is lost in working hours per employee, or 190 days over a lifetime. so, should employers be worried about this lost working time, or does the tea break make up in other ways?one argument is that caffei

22、ne improves mental state: a drink of tea or coffee can make you active and focus on work.professor rogers of the university of bristol disagrees. after years of studying caffeine he sees nothing can prove that. “ workers would perform equally well if not drinking it at all,” he says. “ but if theand

23、 then go without, they ll feel tired and won t work well. ”psychologist cooper instead emphasizes the role tea breaks play in office life, and in building social relationships. “ we need to make people more active and see other people. the tea break is one way of doing this, says cooper.and professo

24、r rogers also points out the comfort effect of a hot drink:“ we warm our hands on tday; they re comforting and play a big role in our everyday life. whatever the caffeine s doingminutes aren t wasted. ”56. what is the passage mainly about?a. tea breaks cannot make people more active at work.b. briti

25、sh people drink more tea than people in other countries.c. tea break plays an important role in people s life in britain.d. a lot of time has been wasted drinking tea in the working day.57. we learn from a recent survey that in britain .a. 400 is lost in working hours for each personb. tea breaks ta

26、ke up 24 minutes in a working dayc. people spends 190 days drinking tea and coffee each yeard. people drink 165 million cups in working hours every day58. what s psychologist coopers attitude towards tea break?a. doubtful.b. uncertain. c. negative. d. positive.bthe first time i went for a walk aroun

27、d my father-in- law s neighborhood was garbage day, and i was shocked to see what people were throwing out.it was back in 1981, and i saw many people gathered in someone s front yarde.ratos si eweenwthnaet arwas happening i got my first introduction to yard sales. for the few dollars i had in my wal

28、let, i was able to buy a seven-inch black-and-white portable tv . i also bought a flashlight.the following weekend, at another yard sale, i saw a 14-inch color tv being sold for almost nothing. i felt i could not miss the offer and bought it. now i had two sets and couldn t wait to see what else i c

29、ould affoweekend.spring ended, and by then i had accumulated almost every type of electronic equipment i had always wished to have back home.then this new idea came to mind. i had heard about a man who traveled back home every few months. he drove a truck filled with boxes of new and used stuff that

30、 people were sending to relatives. so i told my father that i would send as many types of items as i could so that he could start his resale business.every few months i would gather several boxes of americantelevi sfcjuaktc)astersfans, hair dryers,etc. and send them home. as word got out about my fa

31、ther s “ trash ” market, people all came to buy these things.three years later, when i visited my family for the first time since leaving home, i learned that many of the families in our neighborhood had a piece of “ trash it” p.roved that i had the responsibility to keep people back home up to date

32、 with the latest technology you no longer need.59. according to the text, a yard sale is a place where people .a. sell their front yards at a low priceb. sell unwanted things in their own yardsc. gather in someone s yard to enjoy thingsd. throw away their trash in someone s yard60. the author felt h

33、e could not miss the offer because .a. the second tv set was biggerb. the second tv set was color tvc. the second tv set was very cheapd. he wanted two tv sets very much61. what did the author think of the“ junk ” he bought?a. he thought they were valuable.b. he thought they were worth buying.c. he

34、was not surprised to see them thrown away.d. he thought he could sell them for a good price.62. from the passage we can infer that .a. the author comes from a poor countryb. the author often goes home to sell the“ junk ”c. the author buys the“ junk ” only to make profitsd. the “ junk ” is not welcom

35、ed in the author s home countrycthe man booker prize for fiction is awarded every year for a novel written by a writer from the commonwealth or the republic of ireland and it aims to represent the very best in contemporary fiction. the prize was originally called the booker-mcconnell prize, which wa

36、s the name of the company that sponsored it, though it was better-known as simply the “ booker prize ” . in 2002, the man group became the sponsor and they chose the new name, keeping “ booker ”.publishers can submit books for consideration for the prize, but the judges can also ask for books to be

37、submitted they think should be included. firstly, the advisory committee formed by sponsors give advice if there have been any changes to the rules for the prize and select the people who will judge the books. the judging panel (group) changes every year and usually a person is only a judge once.gre

38、at efforts are made to ensure that the judging panel is balanced in terms of gender and professions within the industry, so that a writer, a critic, an editor and an academic are chosen along with a well-known person from wider society. however, when the panel of judges has been finalized, they are

39、left to make their own decisions without any further involvement or interference from the prize sponsor.the man booker judges include critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent quality of the prize and its influence is such that the winner will almost certainly see the sales increase

40、considerably, in addition to the均0,000 that comes with the prize.worth 60,000 to the winner, the man booker international prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in english or whose work is generally available in translation in the english lang

41、uage. the winner is chosen solely at the mercy of the judging panel; there are no opinions from publishers.the man booker international prize reflects and reinforces the annual man booker prize for fiction in that literary excellence will be its sole focus. the man booker international prize is sign

42、ificantly different from the annual man booker prize for fiction in that it highlights one writer s overall contribution to fiction on thstage. in seeking out literary excellence the judges consider a writerrather thas aodygoe wortel.63. we can learn from the passage that.a. books can be submitted b

43、y writersb. the judging panel doesn t include womenc. the judging panel advises on changes to the rulesd. the sponsors are involved in choosing the judges64. the consistent quality of the prize is guaranteed by.a. the prize moneyb. the gender of the judgesc. the make-up of the panel of judgesd. by t

44、he increase in sales of the winner65. the man booker prize for fiction is quite different from the man booker international prize in thata. it focuses on a single novelb. it highlights an author s overall workc. it offers much less money to the winnerd. it is named after the company that sponsored i

45、t66. this passage suggests that both prizes mentioned in it.a. are not awarded to women writersb. benefit the english literature greatlyc. are awarded only to the english writersd. aim to promote book sales in the marketdthe brown widow spider became established in southern california in early 2000

46、and has become part of the local spider family in urban los angeles and san diego. the brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in southern california and could possibly move northward into central california.the brown widow is suspected to have evolved in africa although it was first describe

47、d from south america, which adds confusion as to where it might have originated. it is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in hawaii, florida, parts of australia, south africa and japan. in north america, the brown widow was restricted for many decades to the florida pen

48、insula. however, around the year 2000, it started showing up in other gulf coast states. brown widows are now known from texas to georgia and south carolina.the brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches. some typical sites selected by brown wido

49、ws for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots, mail boxes, entry way corners, under eaves, storage closets and garages, undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods, and the undersides of outdoor furniture. they choose places that are more exposed

50、 than sites chosen by black widows and therefore, appear to be at higher risk for interactions withhumans as far as bites are concerned.one recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species. the reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on human

51、s is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its larger relatives, but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison. the two major symptoms of a brown widow bite were that the bite hurt when it was given and it left a red mark. these two symptoms are not much different from

52、 the bite of normal household spiders.there is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals. most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general. therefore, most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows. avoiding a mess o

53、f the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them.also, one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders. these items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves, recreational items like sports equipment (i.e., baseball glo

54、ves) and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted.67. the author wrote this article to .a. announce the result of a research on spidersb. introduce the ways to get rid of the spidersc. report a new finding of the widow speciesd. warn readers against the brown w

55、idow68. from the passage we can conclude that .a. brown widows are spreading northwardb. the brown widow originated from africac. brown widows now can be found in all countriesd. there used to be no brown widows in north america69. the third paragraph is mainly about .a. the brown widow s web buildi

56、ngb. the characteristics of the brown widowc. the habitat preferences of the brown widowd. the brown widow s threaten to human beings70. it can be inferred that .a. brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicalsb. at present people can only control brown widow spidersc. the brown widow has more

57、poison than the black widowd. victims bitten by the brown widow needn t see the doctor第四部分：書面表達(共兩節(jié)， 35 分)第一節(jié) 情景作文( 20 分)假設你是光明中學高三(1) 班的學生李華， 今天學校組織了消防演習。 請根據以下四幅圖的先后順序，寫一篇英語日記，敘述整個演習 過程 ，并談談自己的 感想 。注意： 1. 日記的開頭已為你寫好。2. 詞數不少于60。this morning, our school held a fire drill.（請務必將情景作文寫在答題卡指定區(qū)域內）第二節(jié) 開放作文（15分）請根據下面提示，寫一篇短文。詞數不少于50。in your spoken english class, your teacher shows you the following picture. you are asked to describe the pic