山西省忻州一中2012届高三第一次四校联考英语

2012届高三年级第一次四校联考英语试题
命题：忻州一中康杰中学临汾一中长治二中
试题说明：1. 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。

2．满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

3. 听力不计入总分。

第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选择最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the woman mean?
A. They should take more exercise.
B. They don’t have time to take exercise.
C. It’s not that necessary to take exercise.
2. How does Jenny feel?
A. Confused.
B. Annoyed.
C. Fine.
3. Who will probably go to buy some milk?
A. Tom.
B. Tim.
C. The woman.
4. What will the speakers do?
A. See an exhibition.
B. Buy some paintings.
C. Watch a movie.
5. What does the woman imply?
A. The party is going to be very crowded.
B. The man can bring his cousin to the party.
C. She is sorry that the man can’t attend her party.
第二
节（共
15小
题；每
小题
1.5
分，满
分
22.5
分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选择最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Classmates .
C. Couple.
11. How did the woman spend his vocation this year?
A. Staying at home.
B. Travelling to Miami beach.
C. Having parties and visiting friends.
12. What is the man’s regret?
A. He had no vacation this year.
B. He couldn’t spend Christmas with his sister.
C. He didn’t go to the South for his vacation.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Which of the following is the woman’s symptom?
A. She has a stomachache.
B. She can’t sleep properly.
C. She often feels hungry.
14. How does the man check the woman?
A. Taking her temperature.
B. Taking her weight.
C. Measuring her blood type.
15. What do we know about the woman?
A. She is a student in Junior 3.
B. She doesn’t work hard on her study.
C. She is very worried about her lessons.
16. What day is it today?
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday.
C. Friday.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why does the speaker learn to speak English?
A. To go abroad for further study.
B. To attend an international language program.
C. To find a better job and make more friends.
18. What do the speaker’s English classes focus on?
A. Examination skills.
B. Different language skills.
C. Language origin and culture
19. What’s the speaker’s idea about what is important in learning English?
A. Being confident in learning.
B. Having clear learning goals.
C. Having patience and practicing more.
20. Which of the following is mentioned as an advantage of learning English?
A. Natural ability.
B. Long time.
C. Scientific method.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21. --- He is a very hard-working student.
--- . As far as I know, he often burns the midnight oil.
A. You can say that again
B. Absolutely not
C. Heaven knows
D. No way
22. My suitcase became damaged on the journey home, ________ the lid would not stay closed.
A. so that
B. in order that
C. as though
D. now that
23. After getting lost in a storm, a member of the navy team _______ four days later.
A. rescued
B. was rescued
C. has rescued
D. had been rescued
29.
________ some teenagers don’t realize is ________ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.
A. That; how
B. Which ; what a
C. What; what
D. What; how
30. Christmas is a holiday usually celebrated on December 25th ________ the birth of Jesus Christ.
A. on behalf of
B. in terms of
C. in honor of
D. in favor of
31. I’ll never forget the days ________I learned hard in my senior high school, ______changed my
whole life.
A. that; which
B. when; which
C. which; when
D. that; that
32. --- ________ I return the dictionary within three days?
--- No, you don’t have to. You ________ keep it for five days.
A. May; will
B. Can ; would
C. Must; can
D. Shall; should
33. --- Hi, Wang Xin! What attracts you so much in today’s Shanxi Evening News?
--- I’m quite impressed by ________latest news that ________senior citizens can enjoy free fares.
A. a; the
B. 不填; the
C. the; 不填
D. the; the
34. How can Margot _________from her illness in this room when it is so dirty and dusty? It will only
make her worse.
A. suffer
B. recover
C. discover
D. return
35. --- Lost and Found Office. ___________?
--- I wonder if you have a small black suitcase of mine.
A. What can I do for you
B. Who’s that
C. What’s that
D. How do you do
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you will most certainly be right.” It was the quote that 36 me deeply when I was 17, and since then, for the past 34 years, I have looked 37 the mirror every morning and asked myself; “ If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ and whenever the answer has been “38 ” for too many days in a row , I know I need to change 39 .
Remembering that I’ll be 40 soon is the most important thing I’ve ever known to help
me to make a 41 in life because almost everything falls off in the face of death, 42 only what is
truly important.
About a year ago the doctor 43 my illness as cancer and he even advised me to go home and get my affairs in 44 . I lived with that diagnosis all day. 45 , at last an 46 test showed that it was a very rare cancer which was 47 with surgery. After the surgery I feel and look fine now.
Death is the destination we all 48 . No one has ever escaped it, though. And that is 49 it should be because death is very like the single best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will 50 become the old and be 51 away.
Your time is 52 , so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be 53 by dogma (教条)，otherwise that means 54 with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’opinions drown out your own inner 55 . And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart
36. A. disappointed B. worried C. discouraged D. impressed
37. A. at B. after C. into D. over
38. A. No B. Yes C. Right D. Wrong
39. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something
40. A. successful B. dead C. missing D. right
41. A. choice B. fortune C. promise D. will
42. A. proving B. gaining C. leaving D. abandoning
43. A. diagnosed B. confirmed C. doubted D. suspected
44. A. order B. ruins C. charge D. control
45. A. But B. However C. So D. Therefore
46. A. elementary B. experimental C. experienced D. advanced
47. A. incurable B. deadly C. curable D. changeable
48. A. want B. avoid C. hate D. share
49. A. which B. as C. who D. so
50. A. practically B. actually C. gradually D. eventually
51. A. died B. put C. cleared D. washed
52. A. short B. limited C. lacking D. rare
53. A. followed B. cheated C. trapped D. excited
54. A. fighting B. playing C. dealing D. living
55. A. voice B. sound C. love D. direction
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题3分，满分45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。

A
Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower. But on Thursday, Viesture became the only American to climb to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna, in Asia’s snowcapped Himalayas. At 26,545 feet, its peak is the 10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
“It tends to be the trickiest, the most dangerous,” said Viesturs. “There’s no simple way to climb it. There are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice f alls that protect the mountain.”
In high school, Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog's tale of climbing the icy Annapurna. Herzog’s story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences. Viesturs was hooked right away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington's Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago, he set out to walk up to the world’s highest peaks. Finally, he’s done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. “You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it,” said Viesturs. “If we have the pati ence and the respect, and if we’re here at the right time, under the right circumstances, they allow us to go up, and allow us to come down.”
What’s next for a man who can’t stop climbing? “I'm going to hug my wife and kids and enjoy the summer,” s ays Viesturs. But for a man who’s climbed the world’s 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
B
The first time I decided to leave home was when I was in high schoo1．I was having trouble getting along with my parents．I had about a hundred dollars in my pocket，so I thought about leaving home. It took me my three weeks away from home when I started to feel homesick. Living on my own is a totally different experience for three main reasons：being more responsible, more decisive and more creative.
60．A ccording to the text, the author decided to leave home because_________.
A．he found it hard to get on well with his parents
B．he would like to live in the school with fellows
C．he had to go on with his studies in another city
D．he felt he was old enough to live on his own
61．What did the author think matters most in the world?
A．Being independent．B．Being responsible．
C．Being more decisive．D．Being creative．
62．The passage mainly tells us that_________ .
A．one can be free of trouble by living on one’s own
B．one can enjoy more freedom by living on one’s own
C．1iving alone helps one become responsible, decisive and creative
D．living alone can help one keep good relationships with parents
63．How is the text developed?
A．Explanation—Examples—Conclusion
B．Argument—Reasons—Conclusion
C．Argument—Information—Conclusion
D．Explanation—Research—Conclusion
C
Don’t leave London witho ut taking this best-selling tour to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath, England’s most beautiful Georgian city. Your day trip includes entrance to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath’s Roman Baths and Pump Rooms.
Windsor Castle
Your tour starts at the home of the Royal Family for 900 years, and the world’s largest and oldest occupied castle. Windsor Castle’s defence walls dominate the delightful town that has grown up around it over the years. You will see the decorated State Apartments and St.Geor ge’s Chapel. You will also
witness the Changing of the Guard in all its colorful display and glory. ( on 19 March, 7 April and 13-16 June the State Apartments will be closed, on these dates you will visit Queen Mary’s Doll House).
Stonehenge
Going even further back in time, you will travel through the rolling green Wiltshire landscape to Stonehenge, a collection of stones dragged to this lonely plain near Salisbury 5,000 years ago. Who built it? These questions have returned repeatedly to the minds of centuries of scholars. Set in a landscape dotted with prehistoric small hills and carvings, Stonehenge continues to attract the imagination and arouse the heart of every visitor.
Bath
Next, it’s on to Bath, famous for its elegant Georgian arch itecture. During your scenic tour of Bath you will be delighted by the town’s beautiful streetscapes. You’ll see Bath Abbey and the much-photographed Pulteney Bridge, modeled on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. During the tour you will also visit the Roman Baths, the best preserved Roman spa(温泉浴场) from the ancient world.
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64. From “Windsor Castle”, we can know that________.
A. Queen Mary’s Dolls House will be closed March to June.
B. the Changing of the Guard will be open from March to June.
C. it is the biggest oldest castle in the world.
D. the Royal Family will go on a tour with the visitors.
65. Which place of interest inspires vis itors’ imagination?
A. Windsor Castle
B. Pump Rooms
C. Roman Baths
D. Stonehenge
66. If you are a student majoring architecture, you may probably prefer to visit_________.
A. Roman
B. London
C. Georgian City
D. Bath
67. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. The popular scenic spots of Georgian City.
B. Who built Stonehenge?
C. The tour on Bath.
D. History of Windsor Castle.
D
One of the founding fathers of the Internet has predicted the end of traditional television. Vint Cerf, who helped to build the Internet while working as a researcher in America, said that the television was approaching its “iPod moment”.
In the same way that people now download their favorite music onto their iPod, he said that viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers. “85% of all videos we watch are pre-recorded, so you can set your system to download them all the time,” said Mr Cerf, who is now the vice-president of the Google, the world’s largest search engine. “You're still going to need live television for certain things—like news, sporting events and emergencies—but increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod.”
Although television on demand has not yet become a mainstream activity in the UK, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have all spent vast sums of money in technology which enables viewers to watch their favorite shows on their computers.
But some critics(批评人士), including some Internet service providers, have warned that the Internet will collapse with millions of people downloading programs at the same time. Over the next four years, it is thought that the number of videos watched over the Internet will be four times as big as that. Broadband companies claim that the service will cause “traffic jams”, which will cost millions of pounds to get it to normal.
But Mr Cerf dismissed the warnings as “scare thoughts”, saying that critics had predicted 20 years ago that the net would collapse when people all around the world started to use it all together. “In the past 30 years it's increased a million times... We’re far from reaching the capacity,”he said, “It's an understandable worry when they see huge amounts of information being moved around online.”
68. What change would happen to television according to Vint Cerf?
A. Television would come to an end.
B. Television would be replaced by the computer.
C. Viewers would prefer watching TV programs downloaded on their computers.
D. Most people would prefer the Internet to television.
69. “iPod moment” refers to the time when .
A. people can enjoy the live broadcast of television
B. people can download content to look at later
C. all programs are recorded with careful plan
D. the computer and television are closely combined
70. According to the last paragraph, Mr Cerf held the idea that .
A. the Internet will collapse with many people downloading programs at the same time
B. the net will collapse when people all around the world start to use it all together
C. the Internet service will break down with many videos watched over the Internet
D. people's downloading TV programs on their computers won't cause the collapse of the Internet.
第二节（共5小题：第小题3分，满分15分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in traditional classrooms. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning.
71 . They will not have to worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom.
72 . For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education, which is very different from traditional education. These students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices. 73 they worry about the rules even when there are no rules. Even a few rules will help this kind of students. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. 74 . Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their school.
You now know what open education is, whose good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. I think that open education is a good idea, but only in theory. 75 I believe that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.
A.Many teachers do not believe in open education.
B.Open education is better than traditional education.
C.But many students will not do well in an open classroom.
D.Some students will be happier in an open education school.
I will spend my summer holiday in the country next year. Although the city is modern and convenience, there are still some problem, such as air pollution, crowdedness and noise. In the country, I can enjoy a comfortable and quiet life. There, the air was fresh and the water is clean. Trees are green and birds are sung. I can also go boating, fishing and swimming in the lake. What’s most, I can climb the hills. All this will be interested and good for your health. Above all, I can go back to the nature. But I want to go to the country a change. I’m looking forward to my summer holiday.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华, 从《中国日报》上的广告得知某公司需要一名秘书，请你根据以下信息写一封求职信。

1.年龄23岁，将从山西大学毕业；
2.专业(major)是经济管理（business management），英语和计算机学得好；
3.大学期间为校学生报做编辑，学习成绩优秀；
4.喜欢办公室工作。

注意：1.词数：100左右；
2 可适当增加细节，行文连贯；
3 开头已给，不计入总词数。

七彩教育网Sir/Madam,
I’m writing to apply for the position of secretary that you have advertised in China Daily._______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
高三英语试题参考答案
五、
短
文
改
错:
(10
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题,
每
小1
分,
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六、书面表达：（25分）
七彩教育网Sir/ Madam,
I’m writing to apply for the position of secretary you have advertised in China Daily. I feel that both my education and experience suit it well.
My name is Li Hua, twenty three years old now, and will soon graduate from Shanxi University. My major is business management and my grades remain outstanding in my class. Having been learning English for years, I have a good command of spoken and written English, as well as rich experience in computer. I have been one of the editors for the students newspaper in our school for the past few years. The most important thing is that I like office work very much. I’m sure I can do it well.
I’ll appreciate it if you would give me the opportunity. I’m looking forward to your early reply.
Yours
Li Hua。