2012年4月份福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查英语试卷及答案

2012福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查英语试卷第一节单项填空（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。

例：A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whenever答案是B。

21. Printing passengers’ na mes and ID numbers on tickets will make _____ harder to protect theirA. oneB. thoseC. itD. themA. ReceivingB. ReceivedC. To receiveD. Having received23. —What made John wild _____ joy?—Being admitted to his dream university.A. withB. byC. atD. for24. So why not, he reasoned, _____ French the same way as he learned English?A. learnB. learningC. to learnD. learned25. As is known to all, the term“Lei Feng” _____ anyone who is selfless, or anyone who is readyA. focuses onB. stands forC. results fromD. turns to26.—Connie, you look unhappy. What’s the matter?—A. dutyB. faultC. shortcomingD. question27. With the debt problem worsening, it is going to be a _____ test for EU to help Greece out ofB. smoothC. distantD. privateA. if onlyB. as ifC. even ifD. only if29. As teenagers, it is not until we are able to face difficulties bravely _____ we are matureA. whichB. whenC. thatD. whether30. Little _____ at that time that this“borA. he knewB. he has knownC. did he knowD. has he known31. The first decade of the 21st century ______ breathtaking, non-A. witnessesB. witnessedC. will witnessD. had witnessed32. ——The question is _________A. howB. whyC. whatD. whom33. The 30th Olympic Games, _____ between July 27 and August 12 in 2012, will take place inA. schedulingB. to scheduleC. scheduledD. to have scheduled34. So far it has been suggested that special stress _____ on pre-A. is laidB. be laidC. has been laidD. have been laid35. The film Jane Eyre, _____ Jane was a strong character，was adapted from the novel of thesame title.A. whereB. whichC. whoD. as第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)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。

Peter Brown, aged 41, is the manager of a club from Dover Heights. This Saturday he will lead a team of 5 members in an attempt to 36 the Simpson Desert on foot in 12 days. Only one team member has ever walked through the centre of the desert without any 37 , and it took him 17 days to complete the 38 .Travelling 400km and climbing more than 1,000 sand hills, each member will pull their 39 in a cart (车) weighing over 140kg. They’ll need to walk from befor e sunrise until after sunset to 40 the 33km a day target. And the 41 will vary from 25 ℃in the day to 42 zero at night.Peter has led his club members on 43 challenges before but he said this was the most ambitious “We did the Kokoda Trail i n just over 4 days last year and the year before, 45 money for World Vision,”he said.“It’s46 to see just how strong and how 47 focused people can be when they need to be.”“We’ve taken on something much larger than we48 ,”he said.“We’re fit, we train hard, but we’re only training about 2 hours at a time; we’re not used to49 12 to 15 hours a day.”Team member Geoff Robinson had never exercised 50 joining the club 9 months agois going to be huge for him. Geoff 51 run 100m when he started and he has 52 20kg ever since then.”The team is 53 for the charity (慈善机构) Save the Children, and has already collected $11,000. The team has chosen the charity because of the 54 it runs for remote Australia. “We really want to make sure we’re givi ng 5536. A. enter B. flee C. cross D. search37. A. courage B. support C. water D. food38. A. journey B. vacation C. cause D. competition39. A. supplies B. contents C. collections D. documents40. A. make out B. figure out C. keep up D. bring up41. A. land B. desert C. weather D. temperature42. A. beyond B. over C. below D. above43. A. new B. mild C. little D. similar44. A. on average B. at least C. by far D. in particular45. A. raising B. paying C. saving D. making46. A. strange B. interesting C. natural D. necessary47. A. personally B. generally C. readily D. mentally48. A. explored B. sought C. contributed D. realized49. A. pushing B. walking C. testing D. sleeping50. A. before B. after C. until D. since51. A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. wouldn’t52. A. lost B. added C. taken D. carried53. A. waiting B. working C. applying D. paying54. A. plays B. engines C. experiments D. programmes55. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing第三部分阅读理解（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。

AFinally, I entered the university. Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during the school year. Then, summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a community（社区）college. This class at the community college saved me $650. It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my reDuring my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus（校园）admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out. The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel. About two weeks later my Mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (伦理). Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar. It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to56. Where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?57. The wriA. she wanted to save moneyB. life there was relatively easyC. summer time was tiringD. it was required by the university58. The writer’s major concern about the trip tA. her mother would not give her approvalB. she would fail to get credits in IsraelC. a well-paid summer job would be lostD. $1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time59. The passage is mainly about how the writer ____A. made money on the college campusB. managed to make full use of her vacationC. was forced to support herself by her motherD. was shaped by working part-time through collegeBThe James Dyson Award winners for 2011 have been announced, and the grand prize winner is amachine. Edward Linacre of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne has tapped the Namib beetle（纳米比甲虫）—a desert creature that survives in the extremely dry conditions on Earth—to create an irrigation system that caAirdrop, as the system is known, borrows a trick from the Namib beetle, which can live in areas that receive just half an inch of rain per year by harvesting early morning fogs from the air that gathers on its back during the early morning hours. Its skin helps to collect water drops passing inAirdrop mimics this idea, in a larger amount, though. The self-powering machine pumps water into a network of underground pipes, where it cools enough for water to condensate (凝结). From there the water is delivered to the roots of nearby plants. Linacre’s math shows that about 11.5 milliliters can be harvested from every cubic meter of air, and further development could raise thatSuch a system as Airdrop could provide regular water to plants being grown in the world’s driest areas. And because it is low cost and self-powered, the $14,000 award from Dyson (Linacre’s university also gets an additional $14,060. What does Airdrop have in common with the Namib beetle?D. It works onlyA. Airdrop cannot work without a trained operatorB. Edward Linacre designed a robot named AirdropC. Airdrop works much better during harvest seasonsD. Airdrop is based on the research of the Namib beetle’s trick62. The underlined wordA. ignoresB. refusesC. copiesD. recommendsA. Linacre will share the prize of $14,000 with his universityB. farmers in the dry areas will benefit little from this inventionC. Airdrop will be further improved and become more effectiveD. all kinds of costs of Airdrop will become higher and higherCLangston Hughes is usually thought of as a poet. But he also wrote novels, plays, short stories, essays, autobiographies, newspaper columns（栏目）, children’s books, and the words to operas.From his childhood, Langston Hughes developed a love of reading books, which grew into a desire to write. He wanted to reproduce the powerful effect other writers had made upon him. Among the early influences on his writing were poets Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg and Paul LawOne day, the poet Vachel Lindsay ate in a hotel where Hughes was working. Hughes put some poems he had written next to Lindsay’s dinner plate. Lindsay gave a poetry reading later that night. He read some of Hughes’s poetry, too. Newspapers across the country wrote about Lindsay’sA year later, Hughes returned to New York. Through the years he lived in many places, but always came back to New York’s Harlem area. Harlem was the center of black life in New York City.Langston Hughes returned to New York during a period called the Harlem Renaissance. It took place during the nineteen-twenties and thirties. The Harlem Renaissance was a period of great artistic creativity among black people. For the first time, black artistic style was being widely recognized. Hughes became friends with other great black writers of the time, such as Claude McKay, Countee Cullen and Zora Neal Hurston. They hoped that great art could change the racistHughes was considered one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance. He was the first poet to use the rhythms（韵律）of black music. He often wrote about the everyday experiences of black working people. And he helped bring the movement of jazz and the sound of black speechLangston Hughes experimented with his writing. Other Harlem Renaissance writers wrote traditional poems like those of English classic poets, such as William Shakespeare. Hughes broke64. What can we learn about Hughes’s childhood?A. He had an influence on some writers.65. Hughes became known as a new poet after______.A. he had some of his poems published in newspapersB. he invited the famous poet Vachel Lindsay to dinnerC. his poems were presented in Lindsay’s poetry readingD. he wrote for newspaper columns while working in a hotel66. According to the passage , what was the result of the Harlem Renaissance?A. Black people had tA. helping bring the black jazz to the worldB. creating and leading the Harlem RenaissanceC. combining black music and speech in his poetryD. writing traditional poems like English classic poetsDThe Calgary Public Library has some great resources (资源) to beat boredom and keep your children busy over the summer, whether at home or on the road.During the school year children are busy with homework and required reading, so summer is a great time for them to relax and read what they choose. Not only is reading a pleasurable way to pass the time, it will also help children keep their skills up over the summer, so they are prepared to go back to school in the fall.If you are taking a trip this summer, why not let the kids help out with the planning? Borrow achildr en’s atlas (地图集) to choose your way together and check out some books about your destination before departure. The All about Provinces and Territories series (系列) is full of interesting facts about each Canadian Province.Going camping? How about taking along some scary, or not so scary, stories to tell around the campfire? Alvin Schwarz’s collections of Scary Tales to Tell in the Dark are sure to make your spine tingle and your teeth chatter. For something a little less horrible, try Velcome: a Very Scary Book, by Kevin O’Malley, which includes such horrors as a plate of mixed vegetables!For long car rides, check out Car Games: 100 Games to Avoid “Are we there Yet?” It’s full of fun games and activities like cow football and Dude, where’s my orange car?—games that are sure to keep youngsters occupied on long journeys.Remember to lead by example and pack a book in your own beach bag. If children see you reading, they will understand that books are an important and valuable part of summer and they will begin to copy your habits!Summer Reading BooklistFlotsam David WiesnerBeach Elisha CooperTerror at Turtle Mountain Penny DraperCar Games Jo PinkScary Tales to tell in the dark Alvin SchwartzCentral Rockies Wildflowers Mike Potter。