湖北省钟祥一中2012届高三五月适应性考试(英语).doc

湖北省钟祥一中2012届高三五月适应性考试（三）（英语）祝考试顺利注意事项：1、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填在试题卷和答题卡上。2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，答在试题卷上无效。3、填空题和解答题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔答在答题卡上每题对应的答题区域内，答在试题卷上无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。、How did the woman get to Canada?A、By car.B、By plane.C、By train.、What is the weather like now?A、Sunny.B、Cloudy.C、Rainy.、Who is the woman most probably?A、The mans doctor.B、The mans wife.C、The mans secretary.、What caused the traffic jam?A、The bad weather.B、An accident.C、Too many cars.、What does the woman mean？A、Shed like to have a walk outside.B、She prefers to have the windows open.C、She wants to turn on the air conditioner.第二节（共15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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题，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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。、How much is the dress?A、$160.B、$180.C、$200.、How does the woman pay for the dress?A、In cash.B、By cheque.C、By credit card.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。、Where does the conversation take place?A、In the girls house.B、In the boys house.C、In a school.、What will the girl do?A、Buy a new lamp.B、Fix the broken lamp.C、Lie to her parents.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10、What is the man dissatisfied with?A、The price of the goods.B、The quality of the goods.C、The delivery of the goods.11、How does the man want to have the goods delivered?A、By sea.B、By airC、By train.12、What can we learn from the conversation?A、The mans company will pay the extra delivery costs.B、The speakers will sign the contract at once.C、The woman will give the man a discount.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13、Why does the woman come to the man ?A、To rent a flat.B、To buy a flat.C、To value a flat.14、How did the woman know about the flat?A、She saw it on the Net.B、Someone told her about it.C、She read about it in the newspaper.15、How many bedrooms does the flat have?A、Two.B、Three.C、Five.16、What will the speakers do next?A、Discuss the price.B、Sign a contract.C、Go to see the flat.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17、How many people attend the program each summer?A、50.B、200.C、250.18、What is the main purpose of the program?A、To help people find enjoyment in work.B、To find a way to bridge the generation gap.C、To make people understand the meaning of life.19、What do some of the teenagers do in their free time?A、Help on the farms.B、Learn to draw.C、Build houses.20、What will people do when someone breaks a rule?A、Criticize him or her.B、Ask him or her to work more.C、Have a group discussion about it.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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、Nowadays students go to key universities just for a formal , which may help them hunt for a suitable job in the future.A、conservation B、preparation C、graduation D、qualification22、The solider had qualified as a doctor, but later he gave up the _of medicine for full-time training.A、fightB、treatmentC、practiceD、design23、We_ the shops and the post office as soon as we moved into the town.A、locatedB、assignedC、deliveredD、placed24、Considering the foggy weather, we cant _the possibility of the train coming late again.A、predictB、discountC、declineD、reserve25、In order to save the seriously wounded soldier, the doctor decided to _his left leg.A、take awayB、take outC、take upD、take off26、He cant seem to to a steady job; every two years or so he quits it, moves to another city and starts again.A、settle down B、settle in C、settle up D、settle on27、Its a _coincidence that the day before his retirement, my English teacher will have been teaching for a total of forty years.A、seriousB、cautiousC、curiousD、previous28、People used to think beauty was _and that different cultures had different preferences.A、ampleB、arbitraryC、antiqueD、apparent29、Foreign teachers would like students to_ ask questions, submit theories, or to debate any required reading material.A、hopefullyB、graduallyC、trulyD、eagerly30、The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage demand and accept a shorter working week_.A、in returnB、in allC、in realityD、in turn第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。Mark Gibson is a former gymnastics coach who once worked with many excellent athletes. He often tells a wonderful story about a 15-year-old 31 girl, Cindy, whose attitude brought out the best in everyone.Cindy wasnt a great 32 , but when she was in the gym, everyone complained less, worked harder, and, not 33 , achieved more. Cindy was such a powerful motivator 34 she could see nothing. When it was her turn to do the vault（跳马）, mother would also 35 alongside her, and tell her how close she was to the vault. When her mom said, “Vault!”, Cindy would reach out and jump, 36 her mother and herself.Cindy loved the sport and kept 37 because she and her mom refused to be defeated by her 38 . Mark called her the most 39 member of the team, not because of her 40 ability, but because of her heart and because she 41 a standard of perseverance and courage that inspired others to get more out of themselves. Everyone who 42 her work hard to be the best 43 how much more they could get out of themselves.This is leadershipleadership by 44 . And we see this sort of leadership not only in 45 but also in families and in the workplace. Often the most important members of the team are not the 46 , most skilled, or most powerful. Instead, their 47 is in their attitude and their ability to inspire and 48 others with their optimism, enthusiasm, and determination.People who know how to get the best out of themselves get the best of others.Theres no doubt that Cindys 49 has a great effect on her teammates. A persons personality matters most because it comes from within and does not depend on 50 alone.31、A、prettyB、kindC、blindD、clever32、A、instructorB、workerC、leaderD、gymnast33、A、accidentallyB、naturallyC、gradually D、surprisingly34、A、becauseB、afterC、thatD、when35、A、jumpB、walkC、appearD、run36、A、supportingB、trustingC、satisfyingD、attracting 37、A、failingB、prayingC、dreamingD、improving 38、A、mistakeB、coachC、disabilityD、laziness39、A、importantB、skilled C、popularD、powerful40、A、organizationalB、communicativeC、athleticD、musical41、A、showedB、understoodC、settledD、reached42、A、madeB、watchedC、helpedD、heard43、A、forgotB、imaginedC、confirmedD、realized44、A、knowledgeB、exampleC、reputation D、experience45、A、exercisesB、gymnasiumsC、sportsD、teams46、A、smartestB、richestC、tallestD、oldest47、A、useB、advantageC、powerD、technique48、A、persuadeB、encourageC、educateD、consider49、A、characterB、decisionC、existence D、achievement50、A、opportunityB、appearanceC、success D、environment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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AJeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. Lin was born on August on 23, 1988 in Los Angeles , California , and grew up in a Christian family in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Palo Alto. His parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s. They are dual nationals of both Taiwan and the U.S.Lins parents are both 5 feet 6 inches tall. His maternal grandmothers family was tall, and her father was over 6 feet. Lin has an older brother, Josh , and a younger brother , Joseph .In his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei , 51-47 , for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title . He was named first team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year, ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points , 7.1 assists , 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals .Lin sent his resume and a DVD of highlights of his high school basketball career to many universities. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams.In July 2005, then-Harvard assistant coach Bill Holden saw that Lin was 6 feet 3 inches, which fit the physical attributes he was seeking , and he had a 4.2 grade point average in high school , which fit Harvards academic standards . However, Holden was not initially impressed with Lins on-court abilities, and told Lins high school basketball coach , Peter Diepenbrock , that Lin was a “Division III player”. Later that week, Holden saw Lin playing in a much more competitive game, driving to the basket at every opportunity with the “instincts of a killer”. Lin became a top-priority for Holden. Harvard coaches feared that Stanford, close to Lins home, would offer Lin a scholarship, but it did not , and Lin chose to attend Harvard .Joe Lacob, incoming Warriors owner and Stanford booster, said Stanfords failure to accept Lin “was really stupid. The kid was right across the street. If you cant recognize that, youve got a problem.” Kerry Keating, the UCLA assistant who offered Lin the opportunity to walk-on , said in hindsight that Lin would probably have ended up starting at point guard for UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles ) .51、Which of the following statements about Shu-How Lin is NOT correct according to the passage ?A、He is a professional basketball player of the NBA .B、He was brought up in a Chinese-American family .C、His parents are of medium height .D、He is the oldest son in his family .52、The statistics in the third paragraph shows that .A、Lin is an excellent basketball player B、Lin is an excellent captain of a basketball team C、Lin is an excellent organizer on the basketball court D、Lin has a large number of fans all over the country53、Bill Holden gave a chance to Lin because .A、he was tall enough with excellent records on the basketball courtB、he finally found Lin with the instincts of a killerC、he found Lin was a very active basketball playerD、his all-round abilities fit Harvards academic standards54、Joe Lacob thinks that .A、It was a mistake for Stanford not to accept LinB、Lin can make a good captain of the university basketball teamC、Lin is hopeful to be an excellent point guardD、some Division I coaches have problems finding good basketball playersBLONDON: What could possibly be wrong with planting trees? The benefits are obvious; they firm the soil, take in extra water and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. However, it now turns out that planting trees could add to global warming.Tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the winds power. The problem is that some of those dust clouds play an important part in soaking up carbon dioxide.Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and central Asia. Tons of dust are lifted as a thin film over the oceans surface. The dust fuels oceanic life.Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean. If a tree-planting program there is successful and the dust supply reduced, the net result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked away in the ocean.Andy Ridgwell, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia, has spent the past few years studying dust and says his work “shows clearly the complexity of the system and the importance of not tinkering (粗劣地修补) with it without understanding the results. For this reason the need is to focus on cutting carbon dioxide giving off rather than monkeying (瞎弄) about with the land surface.”An American scientist, Robert Jackson, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded (侵入) by trees, carbon is lost from the soil. “We are studying why the soil carbon disappears, but one theory is that trees do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grasses, so less carbon goes directly into the soil from trees.” says Jackson.In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above ground seems to be outweighed by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground. Countries that plan to combat global warming by planting trees may have to think again.Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and understanding the Earths climate is a very great challenge.55、According to this report, dust from storms can do the following except _.A、harm the earths climate B、take in carbon dioxide C、feed the life in the ocean D、keep carbon dioxide locked in the ocean56、 Andy Ridgwell believes that _.A、dust plays a more important part than treesB、trees shouldnt have been planted in the pastC、carbon dioxide is harmful to everything on the earthD、environmental problems are far less simple than expected57、 Robert Jacksons experiment proves that _.A、grassland areas should be covered by forestsB、carbon can turn grass into dustC、trees hold more carbon than grassesD、less carbon can make trees grow faster58、 The underlined word “combat” in the last but one paragraph means _.A、learn about B、live with C、fight against D、give upCOnce considered a fringe（非主流的）food by the U.S. culinary mainstream, sweet potatoes are fast becoming popular everywhere from fast food chains to expensive restaurants and the White House table. Three years ago, the “Wall Street Journal” wrote in a front page article that except for their use in a Thanksgiving dish, sweet potatoes were a wholly uninteresting food. Yet over the past two years, the number of restaurants offering a sweet potato-based side dish has increased 40 percent. Food giant ConAgra just spent $155 million to open the worlds first plant devoted entirely to frozen sweet potato products, and U.S. farmers are planning to harvest a record-setting 2 billion pound crop. “Its not something we believe is a fashion,”said Andy Johnston of ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston. According to research conducted by ConAgra, 30 percent of sweet potato eaters report consuming the vegetable several times per month. Only 12 percent eat them only during the Thanksgiving and winter holiday season. Analysts attribute the sweet potatos growing popularity in large part is due to sweet potato fries, which account for the majority of the vegetables presence in U.S. restaurants. In fact, Google searches for “sweet potato fries” increased 40 percent over the past year. Sweet potatoes have also become popular among more conscious eaters, however, in part because they are high in vitamins and have a low glycemic (血糖的) index in spite of their sweetness. Both Weight Watchers and the South Beach Diet have recommended sweet potatoes, roasted in a little oil rather than fried, and doctors are recommending them for diabetics. “Within the diabetic community, its become pretty common knowledge that sweet potatoes are good for you, so theres a great appeal because so many people have diabetes now,”said Chef Michel Nischan, who helps host a TV show for people with diabetes.59、From this reading passage we infer that ConAgra _.A、is one of the biggest food-making companies in the USB、is one of the richest food-selling companies in the USC、has asked American farmers to produce more sweet potatoes this yearD、has produced large quantities of sweet potato-based side dishes60、According to the ConAgra research, the number of people who often eat sweet potatoes _.A、is increasing very quickly B、is not very bigC、is falling a little bit D、has nearly doubled61、Which of the following may NOT encourage the sweet potatos popularity?A、US restaurants recommend sweet potatoes to their customers as a vegetable.B、Google searches show more and more people are becoming interested in sweet potatoes.C、Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins and low in glycemic index.D、Sweet potatoes taste very sweet.62、Chef Michel Nischan will certainly agree that _.A、sweet potatoes should be friedB、sweet potatoes should be roastedC、sweet potatoes are good for diabeticsD、sweet potatoes can be made into many good dishesDAs a boy growing up on a farm near the Caribbean coast of Colombia（哥伦比亚）, Alvaro Cogollo loved both plants and vallenato, the traditional music of the regionAs a biology student in the 1970s, Cogollo traveled around the country to document its rich botanical heritage and, informally, studied the music that tells an important story of Colombia“We were colonized by the Spanish; later, Africans were brought as slaves to exploit gold mines; and the native peoples were already here,” he says“That is what authentic vallenato represents with its three instruments: the accordion（手风琴）, from a European origin; la caja drum, which is of African origin; and la guacharaca, a beating instrument made from a palm tree, which is from native American origin.” Over the course of his nearly four-decade career, Cogollo has discovered more than 150 new species of plants, 17 of which bear his nameAlthough Cogollo never earned a PhD, his colleagues say hes made invaluable contributions to knowledge of Colombias plant at a time when deforestation （砍伐森林） is a big threat to the country s biodiversityGovernments have focused on trying to move the country out of poverty and conflict through exploiting its natural resources, not through scientific resource developmentBut Cogollo sees things a different wayBy educating the public about alternative uses for the land, and researching plants potential usesincluding as medicines, foods, and bio-fuelsGolombia could improve its economy and quality of life without neglecting conservation, Cogollo saysCogollos other major achievement has been the transformation of a neglected botanical garden in a Medellm neighborhood into a well-known center for research, environmental education, and community gatheringsWhat had been a club for wealthy orchid enthusiasts now offers free admission and attracts rich and poor alikeThe success of the botanical garden has in turn contributed to the transformation of MedellmOnce seriously damaged, by violent wars between armed groups, the city has had some improvements that include better public safety, tougher pollution controls and the creation of green spacesWhat Cogollo has focused his latest efforts on is teaching Colombians from all social classes and backgrounds about the importance of biodiversity and conservation through a shared musical heritage“The fact that Alvaros been able to give talks to audiences filled with all kinds of people is very important, and thats what happened in Medellm the first time he talked about vallenato music,” DrForcro says“People sitting there had no idea of environmental conservation, and then they did”63、Whats the main feature of vallenato music?A、It records the history of ColombiaB、It sounds like the voice of plantsC、It plays with local instrumentsD、It has origins from all over the world64、While protecting the environment, Cogollo attached importance to _A、the research of musicB、the protection of plantsC、the improvement of peoples lifeD、the communication with different people65、The purpose of rebuilding the botanical garden is _A、to raise the publics environmental consciousnessB、to set up a club for rich orchid enthusiastsC、to give talks about vallenato musicD、to create a fair economic