◎ 2012年高三英语普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷)的第一部分试题
  •      请听下面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。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
    话读一遍。
    1. How old is the girl?
    A. 7  
    B. 8  
    C.10
    2 . Where does the conversation most probably take place ?
    A  In a bank  
    B  In a store
    C  In a library
    3. How will the two speakers travel ?
    A By bus
    B  By car
    C  By train  
    4. What are the two speakers talking about ?
    A  Their work
    B  Their manager
    C  Their  meeting
    5. What is the woman’s problem ?
    A  She is thirsty
    B  She is sick
    C She is tired  
  • 请听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. Which TV program does the women like best ?
    A.  Sports program
    B.  Morning news  
    C.  Talk  show
    2. How much time does the woman spend watching TV every day ?
    A.  About half an hour
    B.  About two hours
    C.   About four hours
    3. What is the conversation mainly about ?
    A. Types of TV programs.
    B. Popular TV shows
    C. TV watching habits
  • 请听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1.Who will take the guitar lessons?
    A. The woman
    B. The woman’s son
    C. The woman’s friend
    2. How long has the woman played the piano ?
    A. For two years
    B. For three years
    C. For five years
    3. How much do the Tuesday lessons cost per hour?
    A. $ 4
    B. $8
    C. $10
    D. $12
  • 请听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1. What was the umbrella first used for?
    A. Keeping the water off on rainy days.
    B. Protecting people against the sun.
    C. Showing the power of the rich.
    2. Who were the first to use the umbrella in Europe?
    A. the English
    B. the French
    C. The Greeks
    3.What the passage mainly about?
    A.The invention of umbrella
    B. The history of the umbrella.
    C. The style of umbrella.
  • 请听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
    1.What does the conversation most probably take place?
    A. On Monday.
    B. On Wednesday.
    C. On Saturday.
    2. What kind of food might the woman have tonight?
    A. Italian food.
    B. French food.
    C. Japanese food.
    3. How many people will go for dinner?
    A. Three.
    B. Six.
    C. Eight.
  • 请听下面一段材料,回答第1-3题。
                                            Timetable os a Radio Station
    Time Program
    Radio Four 7:30    1   
    Radio Three 7:30 Concert
    Radio Two 8:00   2    Match
    Radio One 10:00 News
    Radio One    3    Travel
  • — John,when shall we meet again, Thursday or Friday?   
    — ________. I'll be off to london then.  
    [      ]
    A. Either   
    B. Neither   
    C. Both    
    D. None
  • — Kevin, you look worried. Anything wrong? 
    — Well, I____a test and I'm waiting for the result.
    [     ]
    A. will take  
    B. took  
    C. had taken  
    D. take
  • _____to work overtime that evening, I missed a wonderful film.
    [     ]
    A. Having been asked  
    B. To ask  
    C. Having asked  
    D. To be asked
◎ 2012年高三英语普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷)的第二部分试题
  • Sam has been appointed _______ manager of the engineering department to take ____ place of George.
    [     ]
    A. /, /  
    B. the, /  
    C.  the the  
    D. /, the
  • — ____you interrupt now? Can't you see I'm on the phone? 
    — Sorry Sir, but it's urgent.
    [     ]
    A.Can  
    B. Should  
    C. Must  
    D.Would
  • — The Modern Art Exhibition in the City Museum has been cancelled. 
    — Oh,no!______. 
    [     ]
    A. It's a pity    
    B. It doesn't matter  
    C. I knew it already  
    D. It's not interesting at all
  • Food supplies in the flood-stricken area______.We must act immediately before there's left.
    [     ]
    A. have run out  
    B. are running out
    C. have been run out  
    D. are being run out
  • We're having a meeting in half an hour. The decision ______at the meeting will influence the future of our company.
    [     ]
    A. to be made  
    B. being made
    C. made      
    D. having been made
  • Sales director is a position ______ communication ability is just as important as sales .
    [      ]
    A. which  
    B. that
    C. when    
    D. where
  • — Coach,can I continue with the training?
    — Sorry, you can't ______you haven't recovered from the knee injury.
    [     ]
    A. unitil  
    B. before
    C. to consider  
    D. unless
  • Before you quit your job, ______how your family would feel about your decision.
    [     ]
    A. consider  
    B. considering
    C. to consider
    D. considered
  • It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic ______Zheng sailed to East Africa .
    [     ]
    A. when  
    B. that
    C. after    
    D. since
◎ 2012年高三英语普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷)的第三部分试题
  • The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor______ it a thought.
    [     ]
    A. does he even given  
    B. he even gives
    C. will he even give        
    D. he will even given
  • Evidence has been found through years of study______ children's early sleeping problem likely to
    continue when they grow up.
    [     ]
    A. why  
    B. how
    C. whether
    D. that
  • — Look, here comes your dream girl. Invite her to dance.
    — ______What if she refuses me?
    [     ]
    A. I don't know  
    B. Why me?
    C. With pleasure  
    D. So what?
  • 完形填空。
         I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early  1   of gardening may not have originated from my
    love for nature. It was to   2   my parents.
         At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with   3   at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish her, "something else to 
      4    !"Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father ever thought it a waste of time.
         At that age, I always did something   5   to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they
    found   6  ,I would plant a garden!
        I planted some lily (百合花) seeds in the yard. But they failed to  7  . I continued to sunflower seeds
    and roses, Wild   8   joy, I found the first rose bloom(开花).One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads
    off.  9  , I was touched by this land of wonder.
          10  , my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even   11   at me because found it was
       12   to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother's  13  , I put her vase my real roses
    which, in her eyes, were simply weeds   14   flowers.
         Regardless of their  15  , I kept on planting my garden and    16   to enjoy the pleasure gardening.
    Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom,they  17   to care and love.
      It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to  18  my parent .Today I become
    known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents
    feel very  19  . And now I could say it is my affection for  20   that makes me a real gardener.
    (     )1. A. memory      
    (     )2. A. please      
    (     )3. A. doubt      
    (     )4. A. collect up  
    (     )5. A. equal      
    (     )6. A. painful    
    (     )7. A. come up    
    (     )8. A. to          
    (     )9. A. Luckily    
    (     )10. A. Inetead    
    (     )11. A. should    
    (     )12. A. convenient
    (     )13. A. sadness    
    (     )14. A. other than
    (     )15. A. dislike    
    (     )16. A. decided    
    (     )17. A. devote    
    (     )18. A. defeat    
    (     )19. A. proud      
    (     )20. A. freedom    
    B. dream        
    B. change      
    B. appreciation
    B. care about  
    B. similar      
    B. valuable    
    B. break out    
    B. with        
    B. Cheerfully  
    B. However      
    B. laughed      
    B. troublesome  
    B. displeasure  
    B. more than    
    B. encouragement
    B. stopped      
    B. turn        
    B. satisfy      
    B. comfortable  
    B. life        
    C. intention  
    C. help        
    C. surprise    
    C. clean up    
    C. superior    
    C. upsetting  
    C. hold on    
    C. in          
    C. Regularly  
    C. Therefore  
    C. glanced    
    C. enjoyed    
    C. delight    
    C. rather than
    C. threat      
    C. continued  
    C. respond    
    C. respect    
    C. strange    
    C. growth      
    D. design          
    D. annoy            
    D.  excitement      
    D. come in          
    D. opposite        
    D. interesting      
    D. get through      
    D. by              
    D. Eventually      
    D. Besides          
    D. jumped          
    D. dangerous        
    D. relief          
    D. less than        
    D. suggestion      
    D. struggled        
    D. challenge        
    D. lead            
    D. disappointed    
    D. nature          
  • 阅读理解。
         One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap
    (包装).
         On September 11,1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital,
    she put him in my lap, saying," I promised you a gift, and here it is ." What an honor! I turned four a
    month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night.
    I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!
        One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mun  wept and told
    me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I head mum and
    Dad whispering such words as "hopeless","pitiful",and "dying", which sounded ominous.
       Christmas was coming, don't expect any presents this year "Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the
    living room. I'd never seen him cry before.
      The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom
    I heard him say." what? he's all right?" he hung up and shouted upstairs." The hospital said we can bring
    Richard home! "
        "thank god!" I heard Mum cry.
         From the upstairs window. I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My
    socks still hung there flat. But I knew they was not empty: they were filled with love!
    1. what happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?
    A.  He got a baby brother
    B.  He got a C hristmas  gift
    C.  He became four yesrs old
    D.  He received a doll
    2. What does the underlined word"ominous"in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
    A. Impossible.
    B. Boring
    C. Difficult
    D. Fearful
    3. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
    A. Excitement.
    B. Happiness.
    C. Sadness.
    D. Disappointment.
    4.What is the passage mainly about ?
    A.  A sad Christmas  day  
    B.  Life with a lovely baby
    C. A special Christmas gift.
    D. Memories of a happy family
  • 阅读理解。
         Top lists are lecturing people on everything from"100 books to read ".
         Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time?
         Now you have a list to end all lists!
         Take a look at the following two examples from the list of "101 things not to do":
         Swim with Dolphins (海豚)?
         Swimming with dolphins is one of the world's most profitable tourist activities. However, every
    dolphin will welcome having their busy ,tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming pushing around them
    in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get
    caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).
         Here's a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they're just opening mouths.
         Here's a little secret. Dolphins look like smilingat you, but actually ther're just opening their mouths.
         Go to See the Mona Lisa?
        There must be something about the mysterious (神秘的) smile. The 6 million people who visit the lady
    in the Louvre every year can't all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying, standing in front of
    you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact,it is hard for you to see the
    painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many
    tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.
         If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn't just be smiling, she'd laughing.
    So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Tings NOT to
    Do Before You Die
    .
    Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20% discount.
    1. According to the passage,swimming with dolphins________.
    A. is the world's most popular tourist activity
    B. gives fun to both tourists and dolphins
    C. will make tourists busy and tired
    D. can cause danger to dolphins
    2.what does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa?
    A. Tt is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile.
    B. It is not as satisfying as expected.
    C. Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough.
    D. Queuing for hours is worthwhile.
    3.The list of "101 things not to do"is made most probably because its author_______.
    A.thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists
    B.believes other lists are not humorous enough
    C.intends to persuade people to read more lists
    D.wants to provide a list different from other lists
    43.What is the main purpose of the passage? 
    A.To advertise a book
    B.To introduce a website 
    C.To comment on popular lists
    D.To recommend tourist activities.
  • 阅读理解。
         There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky
    (威士忌)at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle  in 1873 she
    wrote in her diary, "I never saw a lovelier  spot ," And she didn't even go fishing.
         Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grasses and mountains
    changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange light ,the rivers,
    teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold . As you settle down with just a fishing pole and a basket
    on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy castle , any frustration (烦恼) will float away as gently as
    the circling water. It's just you and purple , pink ,white flowers, seeking a perfect harmony . If you are a
    new comer to fishing, learning the basics form a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime's fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art
         Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day's fishing. Set aganist a wild
    mountain and hidden behind woodland , the beautiful  Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a
    perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland's mountains . Ben Nevis is the highest of all British mountains , and reaching its 1342-metre top is a challenge . But it's not just what goes up that matters; what comes
    down is unique . More than 900 metres high, on the mountain's north face,lies an all-important source of
    pure water. Its name comes form the Gaelic language "usqueb"or "water of life"; And it is the single most
    important ingredient(原料) in Scotland's best know drink:whisky.
    1.The story of Queen Victoria is to show that _____.
    A. the Queen is rich in tour experience
    B. the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland
    C. tasting whisky is better than going fishing
    D. 1873 is a special year for the Queen
    2. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?
    A. By giving descriptions.
    B. By following time order.
    C. By analyzing causes.
    D. By making comparisons.
    3. What is Ben Nevis special for?
    A. The Inverlochy Castle Hotel.
    B. The beauty of its surroundings.
    C. The water from the mountain.
    D. The challenge up to its top.
    4.Waht is the main purpose of the passage?
    A.To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists.
    B.To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.
    C.To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland.
    D To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland
  • 阅读理解。
         To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely strory the Christians (基督教徒) have ever
    cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil (邪恶的). So when Columbus brought the
    tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to the
    obvious conclusion.Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of
    Europeans.
         What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was thought to have
    come from Hell (地狱).What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a
    dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits. Though the tomato and the mandrake were quite different
    except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population considered them one and the same,
    too terrible to touch.
         Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of  the Western people
    continued to drag their feet
    . In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most
    interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father's house had been the "introduction this wonderful new
    fruit--or is it a vegetable?" As late as the twentieth century some writers still classed tomatoes with
    mandrakes as an "evil fruit".
         But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American namd Robert
    Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820,people journeyed for hundreds of
    miles to watch him drop dead." What are you afraid of?" he shouted. "I'll show you fools these things are
    good to eat!" Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he survived and, according to a local
    story, set up a tomato-canning factory.
    1. The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ______.
    A.  it made Christive evil
    B.  it was the apple of Eden
    C.  it came from a forbidden land
    D.  it was religiously unacceptable
    2. What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3 ?
    A.  The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down
    B.  There was little progress in the study of the tomato
    C.  The tomato was still refused in most western countries
    D.  Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato
    3. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato Publicly ?
    A. To make himself a hero
    B. To remove people's fear of the tomato
    C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato
    D.  To persuade people to buy products from his factory
    4. What is the main purpose of the passage ?
    A. To challenge people's fixed concepts of the tomato
    B. To give an explanation to people's dislike of the  tomato
    C.  To present the change of people's attitudes to the tomato
    D.  To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence
  • 阅读理解。
         In his 1930 essay "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren ", John Keynes, a famous economist, wrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs ,which are independent of what other have ,
    and relative needs ,which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought that although relative needs may indeed be  insatiable (无止境的) ,this is not true of absolute needs.
        Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for
    superiority .He was greatly mistaken ,however ,in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable
    demands 
        Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all
    goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for
    example ,the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a
    special meal that stands out from other meals.
         There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. For example ,Porsche, a famous
    car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the market. Priced at
    over $120,000,it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004 the producer
    introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. People who
    really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.
         By placing the desire to be superior to other at the heart of his description of insatiable demands,
    Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.
    1. According to the passage, John Keynes Believed that_______.
    A. desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs
    B. absolute needs come from our sense of superiority
    C. relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands
    D. absolute needs are stronger than relative needs
    2.What do we know about the couble in Paragraph 3?
    A. They want to show their superiority
    B. They find specialty important to meals
    C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied.
    D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality. 
    3. What does the underlined word "escalation" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
    A. Understanding.
    B. Increase
    C. Difference
    D. Study
    4.The author of the passage that ______.
    A. absolute needs have no limits
    B. demands for quality are not insatiable
    C. human desires influence ideas of quality
    D. relative needs decide most of our spending
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    Dear Grandpa,
    How are you those days? I have been missing you very     
    much after I went to college a year ago. Whenever I think of     
    the old days, I feel very happily. I still remember when I          
    was child, you always held me in your arms and told me stories    
    till I fall asleep. We often went to the fields to enjoy the pleasant    
    view there. You told me the name of different plants and their     
    characteristics. Gradually, I became interesting in biology        
    and chose to learn biology when I entered into the college. Now   
    my friend Ann, together with me, are going to do field study      
    and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since  
    we'll do the study in our hometown, I hope to see you by then.
                                                  Yours,
                                                  Daisy

    1. _____
    2. _____
    3. _____
    4. _____
    5. _____
    6. _____
    7. _____
    8. _____
    9. _____
    10. _____


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    你将拿出什么物品进行交换
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    注意:
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