浙江省寧波市2012年高考模擬考試英語試題Word版

1、浙江省寧波市2012年高考模擬考試英語試題I卷（選擇題部分：共80分）第一部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)：單項填空（共20小題：每小題05分，滿分10分）從A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題紙將該選項標號涂黑。1I dont think the experiment is _ failure, because it has provided us with _valuable experience for our future testsA不填; 不填 B不填; a Ca; a Da; 不填2I am going to travel to Amer

2、icaWould you consider telling me about your experiences there?_Lets discuss it over dinnerAThats all right BGo ahead CBy all means DIt just depends3The Sanlu Milk Powder event is a clear indication that food safety is a big problem; nobody can _ all foods are secure to us, but we are sure that the s

3、ituation is turning for the betterAacknowledge Bguarantee Cidentity Dclarify4At the beginning of a speech, it is very important to grab the audiences attention and make them interested in _ you have to sayAwhat Bwhich Cthat Dwho5Dont be discouraged_things as they are and you will enjoy every day of

4、your lifeATaking BTo take CTake DTaken6You are saying that the plan will be carried out successfully, and it is _ I disagreeAwhat Bthat Cwhere Dhow7How do you think I should receive the reporter?_ you feel about him, try to be politeAHow B, What CWhatever DHowever8In order to lose weight, the young

5、lady prefers to _ regularly rather than take expensive weight-losing pillsAhang out Bwork out Cturn up Dfigure out9The teacher wants his students to know more about modern science and tries hard to develop a（n） _ about nature among his studentsAcuriosity Bhabit Cability Dindependence10With the rapid

6、 development of medical science, we _ more new drugs used in the treatment of cancerAsee Bhad seen Cwill be seeing Dwould see11Have you heard that he was admitted into Beijing University?Is that true? And Im glad that his efforts at last _Atook off Bpaid off Cturned out Dpaid for12Thanks to our _ sc

7、hedule, we got our task accomplished ahead of timeAactive Bflexible Cpositive Dfixed13Should I lock the lab before I go home?_ _Ill check it myself laterAGo ahead BNo problem CNo hurry DDont bother14Im afraid Im not _ to help with the show, for I am fully occupied with my own project Adependable Bco

8、nvenient Cavailable Daccessible15He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them _ in his lecturesAinterested Binteresting Cinterest Dto interest16According to the newly-made traffic regulation, whoever drives through red light be fined at least 200 dollarsAshall Bmay Cwould Ds

9、hould17If you just spend your time_ gains and losses, maybe youll get nothing in the endAchecking Bweighing Cbalancing Dexamining18Seeing that the drowning child was struggling in the icy water, the soldier dived into the river without hesitation, _ his own safetyAregardless of Bin terms of Cin face

10、 of Dbecause of19Since Tom _downloaded a virus into his computer, he can not open the file nowAreadily Bhorribly Caccidentally Dirregularly20The hall_ for international conferences is of great importanceI see, and we are sure to complete it on timeAbuilt Bto be built Chaving been built Dbuilding第二節(jié)

11、完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上涂黑。In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sankHe got into a life boat, but his supplies were 21 His chances of surviving were small 22 when three fishermen found him 76 d

12、ays later, he was alive much 23 than he was when he started, but aliveHis 24 of how he survived is fascinatingHis cleverness how he 25 to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸發(fā)） sea water to 26 fresh wateris very interestingBut the thing that 27 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hop

13、e seemed lost, and there seemed no 28 in continuing the struggleHe was starved and 29 worn-outGiving up would have seemed the only possible choiceWhen people 30 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep goingMany people in 31 desperate circu

14、mstances 32 in or go madSomething the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on 33 difficultiesI tell myself I can 34 it, wrote Callahan in his book-Compared to what others have been through, Im fortunateI tell myself these things over and over, 35 up courageI wrote th

15、at down after 1 read itIt 36 me as something importantAnd Ive told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 37 off or when my problems seemed too terribleAnd every time Ive said it, I have always come back to my 38 The truth is, our circumstances are only bad 39 to something betterBut others h

16、ave been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, youre fortunateTell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you 40 through the rough situations with a little more courage21Afull Brich Cfew Denough22AAnd BYet CStill DThus23Athinner Bstronger

17、Cworse Dhealthier24Aattitude Bassumption Cinstruction Daccount25Aassisted Btended Cmanaged Dintended26Amake Babsorb Cselect Dreplace27Aattacked Bcaught Cfroze Dcheated28Aoperation Btaste Cmessage Dpoint29Afirmly Bcompletely Chardly Dgenerally30Adeal Bdefend Csurvive Dobserve31Asimilarly Bdifferently

18、 Cgradually Dcommonly32Apull Btake Cbreak Dgive33Afor the lack of Bin the face of Cin exchange for Das a result of34Ahandle Bcarry Cfollow Dinspect35Arolling Busing Cbuilding Dmaking36Adefeated Brecommended Cintroduced Dstruck37AfarBlongCeverDeven38AfeelingsBsensesCideasDinfluences39ArelatedBmeasure

19、dCcontributedDcompared40AseeBcutCgetDthink第三部分：閱讀理解（第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)5小題；每題2分，滿分50分）第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AThe bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap timeThe toddle（初學(xué)走路的嬰兒）, sleepy-eyed, clambered to a swinging stand in his cribHe smiled, reached out

20、 to his father, and uttered what is fast becoming the cry of his generation: iPhone!Just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-oldsThe phenomenon is attracting the attention and concern of some childhood development s

21、pecialistsNatasha Sykes, a mother of two in Atlanta, remembers the first time her daughter, Kelsey, now 3 but then barely 2 years old, held her husbands iPhoneShe pressed the button and it lit upI just remember her eyesIt was like Whoa! The parents were charmed by their daughters fascinationBut then

22、, said MsSykes （herself a Black Berry user）, She got serious about the phone Kelsey would ask for itThen shed cry for itIt was like shed always want the phone, MsSykes saidApple, the iPhones designer and manufacturer, has built its success on machines so user-friendly that even technologically blind

23、ed adults can figure out how to work them, so it makes sense that sophisticated children would followTap a picture on the screen and something happensWhat could be more fun?The sleepy-eyed toddler who called for the iPhone is one of hundreds of iPhone-loving toddlers whose parents are often proud of

24、 their offsprings ability to slide fat fingers across the gadgets screen and pull up photographs of their choiceMany iPhone apps on the market are aimed directly at preschoolers, many of them labeled educational, such as Toddler Teasers: Shapes, which asks the child to tap a circle or square or tria

25、ngle; and Pocket Zoo, which streams live video of animals at zoos around the worldAlong with fears about dropping and damage, however, many parents sharing iPhones with their young ones feel guiltyThey wonder whether it is indeed an educational tool, or a passive amusement like televisionThe America

26、n Academy of Pediatrics is continually reassessing its guidelines to address new forms of screen time DrGwenn Schurgin OKeeffe, a member of the academys council, said, We always try to throw in the latest technology, but the cellphone industry is becoming so complex that we always come back to the t

27、able and wonder- Should we have a specific guideline for them?Tovah P. Klein, the director of a research center for Toddler Development worries that fixation on the iPhone screen every time a child is out with parents will limit the childs ability to experience the wider world.As with TV in earlier

28、generations, the world is increasingly divided into those parents who do allow iPhone use and those who dont. A recent post on UrbanB, asked if anyone had found that their child was more interested in playing with their iPhone than with real toys. The Dont mothers said on the Website: We dont let ou

29、r toddler touch our iPhones . it takes away from creative play. Please . just say no. It is not too hard to distract a toddler with, say . a book.Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a psychology professor who specializes in early language development, sides with the Donts. Research shows that children learn best thr

30、ough activities that help them adapt to the particular situation at hand and interacting with a screen doesnt qualify, she said.Still, Dr. Hirsh-Pasek, struck on a recent visit to New York City by how many parents were handing over their iPhones to their little children in tha subway, said she under

31、stands the impulse (沖動). This is a magical phone, she said. I must admit Im addicted to this phone.41The first paragraph in the passage intends to _.Aget us to know a cute sleepy-eyed child in a familyBshow us how harmful the iPhone isClead us to the topic of the toddlers iPhone-addictDexplain how i

32、Phone appeals to toddlers42According to the author, iPhones are popular with both adults and young kids because they are_.Aeasy to use Bbeautiful in appearanceCcheap in price D powerful in battery volume43The underlined word them in the seventh paragraph refers to _.AtelevisionsBcellphones CiPhones

33、Dscreens44The tone of the author towards parents sharing iPhones with their children is _.Anegative Bsubjective Cobjective Dsupportive45The passage mainly tells us _.Achildrens iPhone addict is becoming a concernBiPhone is winning the hearts of the toddlersCApple is developing more user-friendly pro

34、ductsDways to avoid childrens being addicted to iPhone games46What is the sale price of the 1973 Mazda RX-3 Wagon listed?A$2095 B$1095 C$ 3995 D$199547How many Audis are listed for sale?AOne BTwo CThree DNone48What is the license number of the 1969 VW （Volkswagon） Station Wagon listed?A527NQD B813 F

35、LC C284NKY D632 D2V.49How many miles does the 1975 PontiacAstre Coupe have on it?A381 B38,980. C43,000. D55,000.CIt all began with a stop at a red lightKevin Salwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006 While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes

36、 Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the otherDad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal, Hannah protested The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonableShe pestered （糾纏）her parents about inequity, insisting that she wa

37、nted to do somethingWhat do you want to do? her mom respondedSell our house?Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenagerHannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest repl

38、acement homeEventually, thats what the family didThe project crazy, impetuous （魯莽的） and utterly inspiring is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: The Power of Half Its a book that, frankly, Id be nervous about leaving around where my own teena

39、ge kids might find itAn impressionable child reads this, and the next tiling you know your whole family is out on the street。At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere, when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes, the Salwens offer an

40、example of a family that came together to make a difference for themselves as much as the people they were trying to helpIn a column a week ago, It described neurological （神經(jīng)學(xué)的）evidence from brain scans that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfactio

41、nThe Salwens experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessnessMrSalwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger houseBut after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each otherA small

42、er house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house50The best title for the passage should be _AThe Less, the Better BAn Expected SatisfactionCSomething We Can Live Without DSomewhat Crazy but Inspiring51What does the underlined word inequity most probably mean in Paragraph 3?AUnfair

43、ness BSatisfactionCPersonal attitude DReasonable statement52What does the underlined sentence Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager （in paragraph 5） means? _ANever give a quick answer to an idealistic teenagerBUnless a child is realistic, never give an answer immediatelyCGive an an

44、swer if the child is reasonableDDont respond to a childs demands firmly without consideration53What can we learn from the last paragraph?AThe Salwens regretted selling their houseBThe relationship between the family members of the Salwens is much closerCSmall houses can bring happinessDThe Salwens i

45、ntend to buy another big house54Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AMercedes Coupe is only an ordinary car which is quite cheapBUnselfishness has nothing to do with peoples primary satisfactionCHannah asked her parents to do something charitable and they sold their ho

46、useDThe writers children asked him to sell their houseDI have only once been in trouble with the lawThe whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary （隨意的） circumstanc

47、es both of my arrest and my subsequent （隨后的） fate in courtIt happened in February about twelve years agoI had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following OctoberI was still living at home at the timeOne morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of Lon

48、don near where I livedI was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go travelingAs it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around meIt must have been this obvious

49、ainilessness that led to my downfallIt was about half past eleven when it happenedI was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to meI thought he was going to ask me the timeI

50、nstead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting meAt first I thought it was some kind of jokeBut then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubtBut what for? I askedWandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence, he saidWhat offence? I askedTheft

51、, he saidTheft of what?I askedMilk bottles, he said, and with a perfectly straight face too!Oh, I saidIt turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorstepsThen I made my big mistakeAt the time I was nineteen, had long untidy hair, a

52、nd regarded myself as pan of the sixties youth countercultureAs a result, I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, How long have you been following me? in the most casual and conversational tone I could manageI thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of

53、 situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable （品行不端的） characterA few minutes later a police car arrivedGet in the back, they saidPut your hands on the back of the front seat and dont move themThey got in on either side of meIt wasnt funny any moreAt the police station they questioned me for several hoursI continued to