◎ 2012届安徽省阜阳一中高三英语最后一卷试题的第一部分试题
  •      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
    答案,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 color does the man prefer?
    A. Light blue  
    B. Yellow  
    C. White
    2. What do we know about the woman?
    A. She has got a new job.
    B. She will receive some training in Hawaii.
    C. She doesn’t like spending her holiday in Hawaii.
    3. Who is the woman speaking to probably?
    A. A policeman.  
    B. A friend.  
    C. A shop assistant.
    4. When did the man get up this morning actually?
    A. At 6:00.  
    B. At 8:00.  
    C. At 8:30.
    5. Where does the conversation probably take place?
    A. In the theater.  
    B. At the ticket office.      
    C. In the shopping mall.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-2题。
    1. What is Mr. Brown doing?
    A. Attending a meeting.  
    B. Making a call.    
    C. Leaving a message.
    2. What does the woman ask the man to repeat?
    A. His position.  
    B. His address.    
    C. His phone number.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-2题。
    1. Which season does the woman like best?
    A. Summer.  
    B. Fall.  
    C. Winter.
    2. How long has it rained?
    A. For two days.  
    B. For a week.  
    C. For two weeks.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. What does the woman think of working in IT field?
    A. Hard.  
    B. Popular.  
    C. Well-paid.
    2. Who is the man’s father? 
    A. An architectural designer.  
    B. A college teacher.  
    C. A biologist.
    3. What degrees will the man get?
    A. Architecture design and biology.  
    B. Architecture design and computer science.
    C. Biology and computer science.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-4题。
    1. What does the woman decide to buy for her dad?
    A. Stamps.  
    B. Postcards.    
    C. Poker cards.
    2. Which goods among the three is the most expensive?
    A. The woolen hat.  
    B. The Swiss army knife.  
    C. The leather belt.
    3. How much money did the woman pay for all?
    A. $78.  
    B. $108.    
    C. $114.
    4. What can we learn from the conversation?  
    A. The woman is visiting the region for the second time.
     B. The woman’s son is in primary school now.
     C. The woman buys two silk scarves for herself.
  • 听下面一段材料,回答第1-4题。
    1. How many people were there running the Ford Motor Company together?
    A. 11.  
    B. 12.  
    C. 13.
    2. When did the company develop the production line?
    A. In 1903.  
    B. In 1908.  
    C. In 1913.
    3. How did the production line change manufacturing according to the speaker?

    A. Slightly.  
    B. Slowly.  
    C. Greatly.

    4. Which of the following was the main contribution made by the production line? 
    A. More efficiency and less cost.
    B. Better cars and fewer workers.
    C. More cars for poor families.
  • — So you missed the lecture given by the famous professor.
            . I got there 10 minutes before it finished.
    [     ]
    A. Not at all
    B. Not exactly
    C. Not especially
    D. Not really
  • — Who will you      to do it?
           fits for the position.
    [     ]
    A. have; Anyone who
    B. hope; Anyone
    C. suggest; The one who
    D. get; Whoever
  • — I am shocked at the news that many pupils were killed in the terrible traffic accident.
    — So am I. Little           the safety of the poor children.
    [     ]
    A. did the local government care for
    B. the local government cared for
    C. did the local government care about
    D. the local government cared about
◎ 2012届安徽省阜阳一中高三英语最后一卷试题的第二部分试题
  • My cousin has       a large amount of money so that he can buy a house in the city center.
    [     ]
    A. put away
    B. put off
    C. put out
    D. put down
  • — What's your feeling now?
    — I am terribly sorry. If only I           here yesterday!
    [     ]
    A. came
    B. would have come
    C. have come
    D. had come
  • — Did your sister get the position offered by the company?
    — She failed in the job interview and is now in low spirits.
    — I'm sorry for her.
            .
    [      ]

    A. Thank you
    B. You're welcome
    C. I would think so
    D. Never mind

  • — Have you ever visited the Water Cube?
    — Yes. When I served as a volunteerin Beijing, I            it twice.
    [      ]
    A. have visited
    B. visited
    C. had visited
    D. had been visiting
  • All flights   ___ because of the storm, they had to wait in the hall.
    [      ]
    A. have put off
    B. were put off
    C. have been put off
    D. having been put off
  • If           mankind  is trying to find new places in          space to live and get new resources, it is fine.
    [     ]
    A .the; the
    B. /; /
    C. a; the
    D. the; a
  • It's really cold here. I have never experienced such terrible weather in my         life.
    [     ]
    A. full
    B. entire
    C. complete
    D. total
  • — Mum, I've been doing my homework for two hours.    ___  I play computer games for an hour?
    — No, I'm afraid not. You'd better go out for a walk. It does good to your eyes.
    [     ]
    A. Can't
    B. Wouldn't
    C. May not
    D. Won't
  • — What do you think of your trip to Yunnan?
    — I really enjoy it. I didn't expect it was     wonderful.
    [     ] 
    A. as
    B. more
    C. most
    D. very
◎ 2012届安徽省阜阳一中高三英语最后一卷试题的第三部分试题
  • I have kept the photo        I can see it easily, as it reminds me of my happy childhood in the countryside.
      [     ]
    A. in which
    B. when
    C. where
    D. that
  •         by beautiful green mountains and situated at the foot of Huangshan Mountain makes Tai Ping Lake
    a famous tourist attraction.
    [      ]
    A. Surrounded
    B. Being surrounded
    C. Having been surrounded
    D. Surrounding
  • If you want to get more information on how to apply for studying overseas, you can go to the office
    of foreign       for details.
    [     ]
    A. events
    B. matters
    C. affairs
    D. business
  • 完形填空。
         "All men are created equal" is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon.  1  they
    sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith  2  in some fundamental way no one
    is born superior to anyone else.
         In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility (贵族) were forbidden, no  3  class
    system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not  4  
    them from success and they would have a better chance in America, thousands of immigrants   5  to leave
    the European societies, where their   6  in life was determined  7  by the social class into which they were
    born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were   8  in their new country, though there
    might be  9  in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.
         Americans do not mean that everyone should be  10  equal when they say they believe in equality of
    opportunity.  11  , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham
    Lincoln once said, "We wish to  12  the humblest (最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with
    everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is  13  that he knows he can   14  his condition."
         However, competition is the price to be   15   for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their
    energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe
    competition  16  the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be 
      17  , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much  18  
    to those "winners",   19  does not compete successfully for whatever reason never 20  into it as well as
    those who do.
    (     )1. A. Since      
    (     )2. A. what      
    (     )3. A. normal    
    (     )4. A. benefit    
    (     )5. A. forced    
    (     )6. A. place      
    (     )7. A. slightly  
    (     )8. A. come true  
    (     )9. A. excitements
    (     )10. A. really    
    (     )11. A. Besides  
    (     )12. A. allow    
    (     )13. A. so        
    (     )14. A. enjoy    
    (     )15. A. paid      
    (     )16. A. gives out
    (     )17. A. exhausted
    (     )18. A. honor    
    (     )19. A. anyone    
    (     )20. A. enters    
    B. As          
    B. that        
    B. moral        
    B. prevent      
    B. required    
    B. meaning      
    B. largely      
    B. ruined      
    B. expectations
    B. totally      
    B. Meanwhile    
    B. encourage    
    B. the one      
    B. better      
    B. asked        
    B. comes out    
    B. energetic    
    B. pressure    
    B. who          
    B. fits        
    C. Although      
    C. as            
    C. formal        
    C. save          
    C. chose          
    C. function      
    C. originally    
    C. succeeded      
    C. xceptions      
    C. actually      
    C. Moreover      
    C. approve        
    C. such          
    C. maintain      
    C. cared          
    C. brings out    
    C. realistic      
    C. happiness      
    C. one            
    C. falls          
    D. Because        
    D. which          
    D. general        
    D. limit          
    D. looked forward
    D. purpose        
    D. publicly      
    D. realized      
    D. disappointments
    D. truly          
    D. Instead        
    D. share          
    D. as            
    D. stand          
    D. sought        
    D. stands out    
    D. effective      
    D. burden        
    D. whoever        
    D. matches        
  • 阅读理解。
         Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in
    them. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother's Christmas gift.
         Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but
    the small wage could only be stretched so far.
         What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family
    unity. They ran the household in their mother's absence. All three of his sisters had already made beautiful
    gifts for their mother.
          It was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Bobby started to walk down to the street. He
    walked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach. It was starting to get
    dark, then suddenly his eyes caught a shiny dime. Never has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby did at that
    moment.
         He went inside a flower shop. When the owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime
    and asked if he could buy one flower. The shop owner looked at Bobby, then said, "You just wait here
    and  I'll see what I can do for you."
          The shop owner returned holding red roses all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby's heart
    sank as the owner placed them gently into a long white box. "That will be ten cents, young man," said the
    shop owner, reaching out his hand for the dime. Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime.
         Then the shopkeeper's wife appeared. "Where are the roses you were fixing?"
         The shop owner replied, "A strange thing happened to me this morning. I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn't sure at the time whether I had lost my mind or what, but I set them aside anyway. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was."
    1. According to the first three paragraphs we know that _____.
    A. Bobby's sisters didn't help Bobby to buy a gift
    B. Bobby had known what gift he'd give to his mother
    C. the children in the family all loved their mother
    D. Bobby's family was rich before his father died
    2. Why did Bobby walk along the street?
    A. Because he didn't know what to do.
    B. Because he wanted to try his luck there.
    C. Because he wanted to get some money.
    D. Because he hoped to see what he could get.
    3. What could he buy with a dime then?
    A. A flower.
    B. Nothing.
    C. A piece of cake.  
    D. Many flowers.
    4. Bobby slowly gave the dime to the shop owner because _______.
    A. he did not want any rose flowers
    B. the flowers weren't worth a dime
    C. the shop owner would cheat him
    D. he hardly believed what had happened
    5. From the last two paragraphs we can infer that the shop owner ______.
    A. was shocked by the voice he heard
    B. was always ready to help others
    C. didn't know how to run a business
    D. was good at making up stories
  • 阅读理解。
         Many people have heard stories of the California gold rush during the 19th century, when lots of
    people went there in search for gold. Panning (淘洗) for gold has a rich and interesting history.
    Nowadays some people continue to pan for gold in California. Although it cannot be regarded as a
    method for earning income, taking on gold-panning as a hobby can give you a feeling of being in the old
    west and get you out into nature.
        The only tool that is required to pan for gold is a gold pan. You can use a regular old flat pan, but
    "officially" gold pans are quite cheap so you may as well buy one that is made for the task. Most sold
    pans come in either plastic or medal.
         Once you have your pan you will want to start practicing your gold panning technique. Panning for
    gold works because gold is much heavier than most rocks. To pan for gold you add rock and dirt form
    the bottom of a stream to your pan and then gently let water flow through the pan. The lighter-weight
    rocks are slowly swept away while any gold will be left behind in the pan.
         To start panning for gold, first you will need to find a good location. Try checking maps of your area
    and old history books to find location where there were gold mines in the past. Even though most of the
    gold have already been removed, there are likely to be small leftovers that you can find. Once you have
    found an area thatlooks promising, look for any small stream or river where you can try out panning for
    gold.
         Panning for gold requires patience and it may be a long time before you hit anything of value. However, it is an enjoyable hobby and provides a great opportunity to get outdoors, so don't give up too quickly.
    1. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
    A. Where to pan for gold.
    B. How gold-panning works.
    C. What tools are needed.
    D. A promising area for panning.
    2. What is the author's attitude toward modern gold-planning?
    A. Opposed.
    B. Indifferent .
    C. Positive.
    D. Neutral .
    3. In which part of a newspaper would you probably find this article?
    A. Lifestyle.  
    B. Health.  
    C. Travel.
    D. Sports.
  • 阅读理解。
    Name: Julia Rosetti
    Email: n1950215@droid.fit.qut.edu.au
    Location: Brisbane, Australia
    Age: 18
    Sex: Female
    Drugs: No
    Alcohol: No
    Sports/ Activities: I used to do a lot of ballet and stage work, my ambition was to be a professional
    dancer before I got sick. Nowadays I love to read, and other stuff like that, as well as spending a lot of
    time with my family and friends.
    Grades: I finished high school last year, and I haven't started college because I've been sick. But I got
    subject prizes in three subjects and high as in the rest.
    Favorite Subject: I loved Music, English, History and Biology. Hard to pick a favorite - they're all so
    different.
    Volunteer Work: It all depends on what you call "volunteer". Nothing really official, but I spend a lot of
    my time working and playing with really sick kids, and they come to me for advice a lot.
    What My Future Goals Are: I'd either like to go on to do stage work, or work with kids with serious
    illnesses. I haven't decided which, yet.
    What I do in My Spare Time: Talk to my friends and my family. Hang around with my hospital friends. Watch TV. Go to the movies when I can. I love going on picnics and other outdoorsy stuff.
    How I'd Change the World: No question. Cure cancer. Eradicate it forever.
    Largest Problem: Sometimes, I think it's having too many choices, and having too many expectations
    and others having too many expectations of you. And all the implications (牵连) of this.
    Why Would I Make a Good Counselor (顾问): I really want to help other people. I've made that my
    life's ambition, to help as many people as I can.
    Qualifications: I spend a lot of time doing this sort of stuff "unofficially" - I am the Discussion Manager
    on a discussion list for seriously ill young people. People also write to me because of my homepage, often wanting advice, which I try to give them.
    1. What can we infer about Julia Rosetti?
    A. She is ill now with a cancer.
    B. She has had an operation.
    C. She is curing people of cancer.
    D. She is working in a hospital.
    2. The underlined word "eradicate" most probably means _____.
    A. get out of
    B. put an end of
    C. break up
    D. set aside
    3. The underlined word "you" stands for _____.
    A. Julia Rosetti herself
    B. all her friends in her life
    C. the person she refers to
    D. everyone including herself
    4. Which of the following statements is true about Julia Rosetti?
    A. She had wanted to become a doctor.
    B. She had done very well at college.
    C. She often visits hospitals in her spare time.
    D. She has her own homepage on the Internet.
  • 阅读理解。
         Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and fake (假的) happiness simply leads to
    people feeling unhappier. So, putting a brave face on your sadness could be harmful. The research also
    found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy.
         Dr. Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when dealing with the public can result in bad outcomes. He said, "Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead
    to emotional tiredness, and that's bad for the organization." He also said the research showed
    customer-service workers who had "fake smiles" throughout the day fell into a bad mood and didn't want
    to work, so their productivity dropped.
         The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional expressions over a period of time and
    compare the different effects on men and women. Dr. Scott's team examined the effects of "surface
    acting", or fake smiling, compared to "deep acting", or making people smile by thinking of peasant
    memories.
         Dr. Scott said, "Women were harmed more by surface acting, meaning their moods worsened even
    more than men's. However, they were helped more by deep acting, which means their moods improved
    more by thinking of pleasant memories. "
         According to Dr. Scott, women tend to suffer more when pretending to be happy because they are
    expected to be more emotionally expressive than men. Therefore, forcing a smile while feeling down is
    more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feelings.
         Although deep acting can improve moods a little in the short term, Dr. Scott says, it's not a long-term
    solution to feeling unhappy. "There have been some suggestions that if you do this over a long period you
    start to feel unreal. You're trying to develop positive emotions, but at the end of the day you may not feel
    like yourself any more."
    1. According to the passage, Dr. Scott's study ______.
    A. is supported by some big employers in the USA
    B. is meaningful as there haven't been many similar ones
    C. examined more women than men for a long time
    D. aimed to make the employees more productive
    2. Women suffer more from fake happiness mainly because ______.
    A. they usually turn up shy in public places
    B. they should be more emotionally expressive
    C. they are often treated in a terrible way
    D. they like thinking of pleasant memories
    3. It is implied in the passage that deep acting _____.
    A. doesn't have any effect on men
    B. cannot improve our moods in any case
    C. harms our feelings in the long run
    D. pleases people by feeling like another person
    4. What is the best title for the passage?
    A. Fake smiling makes people unhappy.
    B. Women shouldn't be forced to smile.
    C. An important suggestion for workers.
    D. Why people don't want to work.
  • 阅读理解。
         Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now
    I can't even remember what happened.
         In the past nine years, I've seen her twice, and each time we've been polite but distant. And that
    troubles me because we were once inseparable. I'd like nothing more than to go back nine years, and
    continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you've lost throughout the years?
         Linking to your past
         The desire to reconnect with lost friends isn't unusual. Why? Because friends link us to the past.
    "Friends from years ago are custodians (监护人) of our past," says Sandy Sheehy.
         Although you can share information about your past with friends you've met recently, you don't have
    a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with
    them.
    But many people never try to reconnect. Women especially have trouble taking the first step. Shyness or
    fear that the other person doesn't want to reconnect often stops many women. And that shouldn't be.
    Your friends probably want to be in touch with you as much as you want to be in touch with them.
         Searching for friends
         Fortunately, finding lost friends isn't as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our
    experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:
         Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.
         Contact your high school or college alumni (校友) office to request current address information.
         Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend's hometown.
         Network with other friends who might have known your friend.
         Get in touch with any of her relatives, if you know where they live. If you know where she works,
    find the company's website and search the directory of personnel.
    1. What is the subject discussed in the passage?
    A. How to make new friends.
    B. How to rebuild friendship.
    C. How to develop healthy friendship.
    D. How to keep in touch with friends.
    2. The underlined sentence "friends from years ago are custodians of our past" in Paragraph 3 means ___.
    A. years ago old friends kept something for us
    B. in the past old friends took care of us
    C. old friends are part of our life history
    D. old friends know what wrongs we did
    3. What makes us unwilling to reconnect old friends?
    A. Lack of money.  
    B. Busy time.  
    C. Regret and shame.  
    D. Fear and shyness.
    4. How can we make contact with the lost friends?
    A. By asking other friends of the information on your lost friends.
    B. By searching your friends' telephone number on the Net.
    C. By asking the local post office about your friends' new address.
    D. By putting an advertisement in your friends' local town.
  • 任务型读写。
         阅读下列短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
         Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing?
    Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and
    talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his
    parents when he was a teenager.    
        "I would never have said to my mom,' Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?'" says Ballmer. "There was just a complete gap in taste."  
        Music was not the only gulf (分歧). From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier
    generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.    
        Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are
    comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust
    and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
        No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, "To my mother, my best friends."    
        But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.    
        "There's still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change
    happening," says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. "In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents."    
        Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving(演化的) roles and attitudes. They see
    the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more
    democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.    
        "My parents were on the 'before' side of that change, but today's parents, the 40-year-olds,were on
    the 'after' side," explains Mr. Ballmer. "It's not something easily accomplished by parents these days,
    because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be
    a parent now."
  • 书面表达。
         法国哲学家卢梭说过:“No Thanksgiving would be no virtue”(没有感恩就没有真正的
    美德。)如今社会上一些人缺乏感恩之心,少数人甚至在父母年老体弱时都不愿意赡养。
    请你结合自己的实际,谈几点父母值得你感恩的地方,以及将来你会做些什么来报答父
    母的养育之恩。
    注意:
    1.短文的开头已给出,但不计入总数。
    2.字数100字左右。(感恩-thanksgiving)
         Not only do our parents give us life, but they also give us endless love and support, always sharing our happiness and sorrow.
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