◎ 2012届四川省眉山市高三英语第二次诊断性考试的第一部分试题
  • —What does the sign there say?
           I didn’t catch you.
    [     ]
    A. Please repeat.      
    B. Pardon?      
    C. What’s up?      
    D. Come on.
  • I can’t remember        exact date of his departure, but I know it is        Friday.
    [     ]
    A. the, the        
    B. an, the        
    C. the, a        
    D. an, a
  • No matter how hard your study may be, never        your hope.    
    [     ]
    A. give up        
    B. give away      
    C. give in      
    D. give out
  • —Do all of you have an English-Chinese dictionary?  
    —Not exactly. Not        of us has one.
    [     ]
    A. all        
    B. every        
    C. each      
    D. every one
  • The most polluting vehicles        from driving through the city since then.
    [     ]
    A. are banned    
    B. ban    
    C. have been banned    
    D. have banned
  • In China, nowadays it’s        to praise a person of talent by using the word “hold”.
    [     ]
    A. usual      
    B. ordinary    
    C. formal      
    D. common
  • I never expected there        a chance to be sent abroad for further education.
    [     ]
    A. to be      
    B. being        
    C. to have    
    D. having
  • She runs every morning        the weather.
    [     ]
    A.  whenever    
    B.  whatever    
    C.  however    
    D.  whichever
  • The faster your heart       , the more nervous you’ll be.
    [     ]
    A. strikes      
    B. jumps      
    C. beats      
    D. hits
◎ 2012届四川省眉山市高三英语第二次诊断性考试的第二部分试题
  • They have        the possible time and exact materials needed to complete the project.
    [     ]
    A. figured out      
    B. taken out      
    C. picked out      
    D. left out
  • Don’t play with the dog. It        be dangerous sometimes.  
    [     ]
    A. must          
    B. need        
    C. shall        
    D. can
  • On the bus I saw a girl        I thought was your daughter.
    [     ]
    A. which        
    B. as          
    C. whom        
    D. who
  • —How did you find Jacky Cheng’s The Spy Next Door?  
    —       . I can’t think too highly of it.
    [     ]
    A. In a movie rental shop          
    B. It’s hard to say
    C. Terribly awful                  
    D. Really amazing
  • They put forward a proposal at the meeting        cutting down the high housing price.
    [     ]
    A. aims at        
    B. aimed at        
    C. to aim at      
    D. aim at
  •       , I want to go travelling in Tibet.
    [     ]
    A. Whether possible            
    B. Where possible
    C. When possible              
    D. How possible
  • The song is so beautiful. Never before        such a wonderful one!
    [     ]
    A. I have heard                
    B. have I heard
    C. I heard                    
    D. did I hear
  • —What do you think of my suggestion?  
    —What suggestion? I        about something else.
    [     ]
    A. was thinking                
    B. am thinking
    C. thought                    
    D. think
  • I recognized his voice      I picked up the phone.
    [     ]
    A. for the moment              
    B. at the moment
    C. the moment                
    D. the moment when
◎ 2012届四川省眉山市高三英语第二次诊断性考试的第三部分试题
  • Having walked for long, he decided to lean        the big tree for a short break.
    [    ]
    A. against        
    B. on            
    C. under      
    D. beyond
  • Brian, as we expected, rather than the other team members,        chosen for the try-out.
    [     ]
    A. has been      
    B. have been      
    C. was        
    D. were
  • 完形填空。
         I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice. "Mom, come here! There's a lady
    here my size!"
         The mother rushed to her son, then she turned to me to   1  .
         I smiled and told her, "It's okay." Then I   2   the boy, "Hi, I'm Darryl Kramer. How are you?"
         He studied me   3  , and asked, "Are you a little mommy?"
         "Yes, I have a son," I answered.
         "   4   are you so little?" he asked in curiosity.
         "It's   5   I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any
       6  ." After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy's hand and left.
         My life as a little person is   7   with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why
    I look   8   from their parents.
         It takes only one glance to see my   9  . I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was a born dwarf (侏儒).
       10   this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
         I didn't realize how short I was   11   I started school.   12   kids picked on me, calling me names
    (嘲笑我). Then I knew, I began to   13   the first day of school each year. New students would always
    stare at me as I struggled to   14   the school bus stairs.
          But I learned to smile and accept the   15   that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I decided to
    make my uniqueness and advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I make up for in 
      16  .
         It's the children's questions that make my life   17  . I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that
    I will   18   them to accept their peers (同龄人) whatever   19   and shape they come in, and treat them
       20  .
    (     ) 1. A. scold          
    (     ) 2. A. spoke to      
    (     ) 3. A. from time to time
    (     ) 4. A. When          
    (     ) 5. A. the time      
    (     ) 6. A. bigger        
    (     ) 7. A. satisfied      
    (     ) 8. A. different        
    (     ) 9. A. shortage      
    (     )10. A. Instead of    
    (     )11.A. after          
    (     )12.A. Every          
    (     )13.A. enjoy          
    (     )14.A. climb          
    (     )15.A. matter        
    (     )16.A. strength      
    (     )17.A. strange        
    (     )18.A. advocate      
    (     )19.A. size          
    (     )20.A. gladly        
    B. acknowledge        
    B. dealt with         
    B. from beginning to end
    B. Why                
    B. the way            
    B. smaller             
    B. disappointed        
    B. similar              
    B. kindness            
    B. Owing to            
    B. until              
    B. Some                
    B. expect              
    B. step                
    B. mistake            
    B. power              
    B. special            
    B. advance            
    B. weight              
    B. differently        
    C. help            
    C. looked at       
    C. from head to toe
    C. How            
    C. the chance      
    C. stronger        
    C. filled         
    C. familiar        
    C. patience        
    C. But for        
    C. when            
    C. No              
    C. hate            
    C. get            
    C. situation      
    C. sympathy        
    C. common          
    C. encourage      
    C. width          
    C. equally        
    D. apologize        
    D. kept to          
    D. from right to left
    D. Whether          
    D. the reason        
    D. weaker            
    D. applied          
    D. short            
    D. uniqueness        
    D. In spite of      
    D. unless            
    D. Both              
    D. avoid            
    D. jump              
    D. fact              
    D. personality      
    D. convenient        
    D. educate          
    D. length            
    D. peacefully        
  • 阅读理解。
         About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down
    a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar
    (美洲豹) XKE, which was only two months old. He was watching for kids rushing out from between
    parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came
    out, but a brick sailed out and - WHUMP! - It hit the Jag's shiny black side door! SCREECH…!!!
    Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car.
    He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!"
    Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you
    a lot of money. Why did you throw it?" "Please, mister, please…I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to
    do!" begged the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" Tears were streaming
    down the boy's face as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother, mister," he said, "He rolled
    of the curb(路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can 't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the
    businessman, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too
    heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling
    lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handker
    chief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then
    watched the younger brother push him down the side - walk toward their home. It was a long walk
    back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE - a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side
    door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent(凹痕)to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone
    has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.
    1. The boy threw a brick at the businessman's car because       .
    A. the businessman drove at a high speed
    B. he envied the brand - new car very much
    C. he wanted to ask for some money
    D. he wanted to get help from the driver
    2. Which of the following is the right order of the story?
    a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh's car.
    b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.
    c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.
    d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.
    e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.
    A. b, a, e, c, d                
    B. a, c, d, b, e
    C. b, a, c, e, d                
    D. a, c, b, e, d
    3. What can we learn from the passage?
    A. Josh would accept the money from the kids
    B. The two kids were Josh's neighbors.
    C. Josh was a kind - hearted man.
    D. Josh's new car broke down easily.
    4. According to the passage, the underlined sentence means        .
    A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life
    B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous
    C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble
    D. protecting oneself from being hurt
  • 阅读理解。

         The time of year a baby is born can shape what profession they will embark on(从事) in later life,
    a new study has suggested.
         Being born in a certain month appears to indicate the statistical likelihood of what job a person wil
    l end up with, the study by the Office for National Statistics found.
         Researchers have uncovered that the month in which babies are born could also affect everything
    from intelligence to length of life.
         A child born December is more likely to become a dentist while someone whose birthday falls in
    January will tend to a debt collector, they found. A February birth appears to increase the chances
    of being an artist while March babies appear to go on to become pilots. Meanwhile, April and May
    are said to have a fairly even spread of professions, births in the summer months mean a much lower
    chance of becoming a high-earning football player, doctor or dentist.
        The study was got by researchers who analyzed the birth months of people in 19 separate occupations
    using information from the last survey, the Daily Mail reported. Although these trends may be difficult
    to explain, correlations between birth months and specific health problems have a scientific basis.
         Spring babies are at greater risk of illnesses including schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, asthma
    and autism.
         They may also be less clever than classmates born in other parts of the year.
    1. From the passage we can know if a baby is born on February. 20, it will probably become a _____.
    A. footballer      
    B. doctor        
    C. pianist      
    D. teacher
    2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
    A. Researchers can explain why babies will have different careers in the future
    B. Researchers make the conclusion just by analyzing the birth of people in 19 separate occupations
    C. Being born in a certain month will certainly determine what a baby will do in the future
    D. Being born in different months has no influence on what a baby will do in the future
    3. What does the underlined word "correlation" in Paragraph 5 mean?
    A. close connection            
    B. great influence  
    C. effective solution             
    D. reasonable conclusion  
    4. What's the purpose of this passage?
    A. To discuss a baby's birth month      
    B. To describe different professions
    C. to explain babies' some trends      
    D. To introduce a new discovery
  • 阅读理解。
         Here is some information about several famous local bakeries(面包房) in Indiana, the US. They
    serve as a social gathering place for locals.
         Maple Lane Bakery
         At 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies,
    and bread. With 20 years' experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized in the making of pies. The
    menu includes peach pie $7.19, berry pie $7.70, apple pie $7.19 and banana pie $6.99.Feel free
    to place an order at least 24 hours in advance.
         Betty's Cakes £ Candy Shop
         At 816 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, IN. (574)269-1231, it specializes in cakes and offers cookies
    and candies. The chocolate cookies are sold at $8.99 a dozen. Betty's Cakes £ Candy Shop, started
    half a century ago, specializes in wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Buying a cake from Betty's will not
    disappoint you as they are always excellent.
         Crepes' Quality Bakery
        At 217 S. Cavin Street Ligonier, IN.( 260) 894-3024, this third generation bakery is located
    downtown Ligonier. It offers cookies and cupcakes, and specializes in rolls and bread. If you plan to
    buy cookies for the office or work area, you had better get there early as the building workers arrive
    just before 5:00 am waiting for the doors to open.
         Olympia Candy Kitchen
         At 136 N. Main Street Goshen, IN. (574)533-5040, it has been welcoming visitors for almost a
    century in its unchanged location in downtown Goshen, Indiana. Its tradition began in 1912 when Greek
    Nicholas began making his own chocolates. Today this family-owned operation offers all kinds of
    candies and boxed candies.
         If you need an order, you should call ahead of time to see if they can meet your request.
    1. Which of the following pies is the most expensive?
    A. Peach pie.      
    B. Banana pie.    
    C. Apple pie.      
    D. Berry pie.
    2. If you want to order a birthday cake, you are advised to call       .
    A. (574)533-5040              
    B. (574)269-1231  
    C. (260) 894-3024              
    D. (574) 566-2917
    3. Which of the following bakeries has the shortest history?
    A. Crepes' Quality Bakery.        
    B. Betty's Cakes £ Candy Shop.
    C. Olympia Candy Kitchen.      
    D. Maple Lane Bakery.
    4. The author wrote this passage mainly to      .
    A. tell readers some travel information
    B. persuade more people to eat pies
    C. make the bakeries better known to readers
    D. warn customers to order bakeries in advance
  • 阅读理解。
         Rooftops covered with plants - called "green roofs" - could help fight global warming, scientists
    now suggest.
         Green roofs are growing more popular in cities, with the number of green roofs increasing in the
    United States. In Germany, widely considered the leader in green roofing, some 12 percent of all flat
    roofs are green, with the German green roof industry growing 10 to 15 percent annually.
         These roofs can reduce heating and air conditioning costs, with a roughly 10 percent reduction in
    natural gas usage and a 2 percent drop in electricity use for a typical building. Moreover, green roofs
    last two to three times longer than standard roofs. They also store storm water, which could otherwise
    exacerbate (加剧)flooding. "They can also bring in birds and butterflies, help improve biodiversity(多
    样性)," Rowe said. In addition to taking in pollution and noise, the plants in green roofs naturally absorb
    carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas behind global warming. However, nobody had measured
    the potential effect of green roofs on carbon dioxide levels until now.
         Scientists at Michigan State University found that replacing traditional roofing materials with green
    roofs in an urban area the size of Detroit, with a population of about one million, would take in more
    than 55,000 tons of carbon. That is roughly similar to getting rid of a year's worth of carbon dioxide
    sent out by 10,000 mid-sized SUVs and trucks.
         The challenges green roofs now face in the United States are something about policy and costs.
    "The government should not necessarily mandate(强制执行) them, but it can provide support for them,
    just as they do in Germany and elsewhere," Rowe told LiveScience. "And green roofs are more
    expensive, but only initially. Over time, they're cheaper once you consider their benefits energy-wise.
    It takes about 11 to 14 years to break even(不赢不亏)."
    1. Which of the following is NOT true?
    A. Green roofs can take in the leading greenhouse gas behind global warming.
    B. It is easier for green roofs to break than standard roofs.
    C. A building with a green roof takes less energy to be heated.
    D. Green roofs are of higher building cost.
    2. We can learn from the passage that___.
    A. Rowe is not optimistic about the future of green roofs
    B. Germany has made it a rule to build green roofs
    C. The United States is widely considered the leader in green roofing
    D. Green roofs can provide habitats for birds and butterflies
    3. The underlined word in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.
    A. at times     
    B. at first  
    C. at present    
    D. at last
    4. Which of the following can be the best title?
    A. Standard Roofs and Green Roofs
    B. Green Roofs Are Growing More Popular
    C. Green Roofs Help Control Global Warming,
    D. Advantages of Green Roofs
  • 阅读理解。
         When I enrolled at Pepperdine University in 1974, my mother exercised her parental right to
    express her worry at my departure. I responded with typical teenage indifference and ignorance.
    "Mom , I'm only an hour away. What's the bit deal?" "You just wait until you have one of your own,"
    she cried ."Then you'll know what I'm feeling." It has been a little more than a month since my daughter
    Devin moved into her dorm at Occidental college, and life as I know it has come to an end. Or that's
    what it feels like. Mom, you were right.
         The nest's empty loneliness is almost unbearable. Why does it hurt so bad? Science has an answer:
    We are social mammals who experience deep attachment to our fellow friends and family, an evolutionary
    throwback to our Paleolithic(旧石器时代的)hunter-gatherer days of living in small bands. Bonding
    unified the group, aiding survival in harsh climates and against unforgiving enemies. Attachment between
    parents and offspring assured that there is no one better equipped to look after the future survival of
    your genes than yourself.
         The empty-nest syndrome is real, but there is good news for this and all forms of loss and grief.
    According to Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, we are not very good at forecasting our unhappiness. Most of us think that we would be miserable for a very long time. Gilbert calls this the durability bias,
    an emotional misunderstanding.
         The durability bias and the failure to recognize the power of our emotional immune systems lead us
    to overestimate how depressed we will feel and for how long, and to underestimate how quickly we
    will get rid of it and feel better.
         For me, taking the long view helps. How long? Deep time. Evolutionary time, in which 6,895 days
    represent a mere 0.000000005% of the 3.5 billion year history of life on Earth.
         Each of us parents makes one small contribution to the evolutionary importance of life's continuity
    from one generation to the next without a single gap, an unbroken link over the eons(永久).
    1. What message does the author want to express by telling us her experience in the first paragraph?
    A. The empty-nest syndrome is really hard for old parents to bear.
    B. All people should learn to love their parents no matter how old they are.
    C. A person will not understand his parents ? love until he has his own child.
    D. The love parents give to children is selfless and should be respected.
    2. According to Daniel Gilbert, the empty-nest syndrome is         .
    A. caused by our emotional misunderstanding
    B. not a real problem but in our imagination
    C. the result of overestimating our happiness
    D. from our emotional immune systems
    3. The author gets herself out of the empty-nest syndrome by holding a positive idea that        .
    A. she can go to see her daughter regularly when she misses her
    B. her daughter will one day come back to her after graduation
    C. her daughter will understand her when she has her own children
    D. the departure from her daughter is much shorter than the history of life on Earth
    4. What kind of role do parents play in the human history, according to the last paragraph?
    A. They cultivate talents for the development of history.
    B. They help keep the life's continuity without a broken link.
    C. They accelerate the evolutionary pace of the human beings.
    D. They point a right way for the next generation to develop themselves
  •      根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项选项中有两项多余选项。
    How come Thomas is always so full of energy?
       1  
    What does it mean?
      2   And he just has a total of 4 hours of sleep each day.
    Where did he get that strange idea?
    He read from a book by a famous expert which said it was the best way for human beings.   3  
    How many hours do you sleep a day?
      4   I once tried to follow Thomas' example, but it didn't work for me.
    If I sleep during the day,   5  
    Not everybody is Thomas, I think.
    A. I can be energetic.
    B. And he believed it!
    C. He has a strange but highly effective way of sleeping.
    D. I can't believe how he does so.
    E. I need at least six hours .
    F. I can never wake up.
    G. He takes a short sleep for an hour every six hours.
  • 短文改错。
         此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右
    边的横线上画一个勾;如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:
    此行多一个词:把多余的词作斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
    此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号,在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
    此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
    注意:原行没有错的不要改。
         Nearly a week passed after the girl was able to explain
    what happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the
    coast in a small boat and were caught in a storm. Towards
    evening, the boat struck a rock but the girl jumped into the
    sea. Then she swam to the shore after spend the whole night
    in the water. During that time she covered the distance of eight
    miles. Early in next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew
    she was near the shore. In arriving at the shore, she struggled
    towards the light she had seen. That was that she remembered.
    When she woke up a day later, she found her in hospital.
    1.              
    2.              
    3.              
    4.              
    5.              
    6.              
    7.              
    8.              
    9.              
    10.              
  • 写作。
         近来部分学生抄袭作业的现象较为普遍。假如你是高三学生李华,请你针对此不良现象,根据以下提示,用英语给校长写信反映此情况。
    1.抄袭作业的主要原因
    2.你给该部分同学的建议
    3. 你对学校的建议
    4.  你对此现象的看法
    注意:1.  词数:100 左右。
                2.  信的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数:
        
    Dear Headmaster,
           I’m Li Hua in Senior Three. I’ m writing to tell you something bad among us students._______________________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________     
          I’m looking forward to your reply.
                                                                                                                                 Yours sincerely,
                                                                                                                                              Li Hua