2012年福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。
满分150分。
考试时间120分钟。
第一卷(选择题共115分)第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21.Printing passengers’ names and ID numbers on tickets will make _____ harder to protect theirprivate information.A.oneB.thoseC.itD. them22. _____ a large salary rise already, Sarah is thinking of buying a new apartment.A.ReceivingB.ReceivedC.To receiveD.Having received23. —What made John wild _____ joy?—Being admitted to his dream university.A.withB.byC.atD.for24.So why not, he reasoned, _____ French the same way as he learned English?A.learnB.learningC.to learnD.learned25.As is known to all, the term“Lei Feng”_____ anyone who is selfless, or anyone who is ready to helpothers in China.A.focuses onB.stands forC.results fromD.turns to26.—Connie, you look unhappy.What’s the matter?—Nick sprayed orange juice on my dress and then said it was my _____.A.dutyB.faultC.shortcomingD.question27.With the debt problem worsening, it is going to be a _____ test for EU to help Greece out of trouble.A. toughB.smoothC.distantD.private28.The world is full of wonders, _____ we open our eyes to see them.A.if onlyB.as ifC.even ifD.only if29. As teenagers, it is not until we are able to face difficulties bravely _____ we are mature enough.A.whichB.whenC.thatD.whether30. Little _____ at that time that this“boring”subject would become his favourite later on.A.he knewB.he has knownC.did he knowD.has he known31. The first decade of the 21st century ______ breathtaking, non-stop development in China.A.witnessesB.witnessedC.will witnessD.had witnessed32.—Jack failed the driving test again.—The question is we can help him avoid making the same mistake.A. howB.whyC.whatD.whom33.The 30th Olympic Games, _____ between July 27 and August 12 in 2012, will take place in London.A.schedulingB.to scheduleC.scheduledD.to have scheduled34.So far it has been suggested that special stress _____ on pre-school education.A.is laidB.be laidC.has been laidD.have been laid35.The film Jane Eyre, _____ Jane was a strong character，was adapted from the novel of the same title.A. whereB.whichC.whoD.as第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Peter Brown, aged 41, is the manager of a club from Dover Heights. This Saturday he will lead a team of 5 members in an attempt to 36 the Simpson Desert on foot in 12 days.Only one team member has ever walked through the centre of the desert without any 37 , and it took him 17 days to complete the 38 .Travelling 400km and climbing more than 1,000 sand hills, each member will pull their 39 in a cart (车) weighing over 140kg. They’ll need to walk from before sunrise until after sunset to 40 the 33km a day target.And the 41 will vary from 25 ℃in the day to 42 zero at night.Peter has led his club members on 43 challenges before but he said this was the most ambitious 44 “We did the Kokoda Trail in just over 4 days last year and the year before, 45 money for World Vision,”he said.“It’s 46 to see just how strong and how 47 focused people can be when they need to be.”“We’ve taken on something much larger than we 48 ,”he said.“We’re fit, we train hard, but we’re only training about 2 hours at a time; we’re not used to 49 12 to 15 hours a day.”Team member Geoff Robinson had never exercised 50 joining the club 9 months ago.“This is going to be huge for him.Geoff 51 run 100m when he started and he has 52 20kg ever since then.”The team is 53 for the charity (慈善机构) Save the Children, and has already collected $11,000. The team has chosen the charity because of the 54 it runs for remote Australia. “We really want to make sure we’re giving 55 meaningful back to this country.”Peter was proud.36.A.enter B.flee C.cross D.search37.A.courage B.support C.water D.food38.A.journey B.vacation C.cause petition39. A.supplies B.contents C.collections D.documents40.A.make out B.figure out C.keep up D.bring upnd B.desert C.weather D.temperature42.A. beyond B.over C.below D.above43.A.new d C. little D.similar44.A.on average B.at least C.by far D.in particular45.A.raising B.paying C.saving D.making46.A.strange B.interesting C.natural D.necessary47.A.personally B.generally C.readily D. mentally48.A.explored B.sought C. contributed D.realized49.A.pushing B.walking C.testing D.sleeping50.A.before B.after C.until D.since51.A.mustn’t B.couldn’t C.shouldn’t D.wouldn’t52.A.lost B.added C.taken D.carried53.A.waiting B.working C.applying D.paying54.A.plays B.engines C.experiments D.programs55.A.anything B. everything C.something D.nothing第三部分阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AFinally, I entered the university.Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during theschool year.Then, summer came and it was time to work harder than ever.I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a community（社区）college.This class at the community college saved me $650. It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus（校园）admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out.The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel.About two weeks later my Mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before.The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.This experience has shaped me in many important ways.The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (伦理).Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar.It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.56.Where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?A.In a restaurantB.In the tennis campsC.In a companyD.In the admissions office57.The writer took a class at a community college mainly because_____.A.she wanted to save moneyB.life there was relatively easyC.summer time was tiringD.it was required by the university58.The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that _____.A.her mother would not give her approvalB.she would fail to get credits in IsraelC.a well-paid summer job would be lostD.$1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time59.The passage is mainly about how the writer _____.A.made money on the college campusB.managed to make full use of her vacationC.was forced to support herself by her motherD.was shaped by working part-time through collegeBThe James Dyson Award winners for 2011 have been announced, and the grand prize winner is a machine.Edward Linacre of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne has tapped the Namib beetle（纳米比甲虫）—a desert creature that survives in the extremely dry conditions on Earth—to create an irrigation system that can pull liquid straight out of dry desert air.Airdrop, as the system is known, borrows a trick from the Namib beetle, which can live in areas that receive just half an inch of rain per year by harvesting early morning fogs from the air that gathers on its back during the early morning hours.Its skin helps to collect water drops passing in the wind, which then become liquid water.Airdrop mimics this idea, in a larger amount, though. The self-powering machine pumps water into a network of underground pipes, where it cools enough for water to condensate (凝结).From there the water is delivered to the roots of nearby plants.Linacre’s math shows that about 11.5 milliliters can beharvested from every cubic meter of air, and further development could raise that number even higher.Such a system as Airdrop could provide regular water to plants being grown in the world’s driest areas.And because it is low cost and self-powered, the $14,000 award from Dyson (Linacre’s university also gets an additional $14,000) should help speed that along.60. What does Airdrop have in common with the Namib beetle?A.It has a useful irrigation system.B.It looks exactly the same as the beetle.C.It pulls water drops out of dry desert air.D.It works only in the early summer morning.61. It can be learnt that ______.A.Airdrop cannot work without a trained operatorB.Edward Linacre designed a robot named AirdropC.Airdrop works much better during harvest seasonsD.Airdrop is based on the research of the Namib beetle’s trick62. The underlined word“mimics”(in Paragraph 3) most probably means ______.A.ignoresB.refusesC.copiesD.recommends63.We can infer from the passage that ______.A.Linacre will share the prize of $14,000 with his universityB.farmers in the dry areas will benefit little from this inventionC.Airdrop will be further improved and become more effectiveD.all kinds of costs of Airdrop will become higher and higherCLangston Hughes is usually thought of as a poet.But he also wrote novels, plays, short stories, essays, autobiographies, newspaper columns（栏目）, children’s books, and the words to operas. He also translated into English the works of foreign poets.From his childhood, Langston Hughes developed a love of reading books, which grew into a desire to write.He wanted to reproduce the powerful effect other writers had made upon him. Among the early influences on his writing were poets Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg and Paul Lawrence Dunbar.One day, the poet Vachel Lindsay ate in a hotel where Hughes was working.Hughes put some poems he had written next to Lindsay’s dinner plate.Lindsay gave a poetry reading later that night.He read some of Hughes’s poetry, too.Newspapers across the country wrote about Lindsay’s poetry reading.Hughes became known as a new black poet.A year later, Hughes returned to New York.Through the years he lived in many places, but always came back to New York’s Harlem area.Harlem was the center of black life in New York City. Hughes’s creativity was influenced by his life in Harlem.Langston Hughes returned to New York during a period called the Harlem Renaissance.It took place during the nineteen-twenties and thirties.The Harlem Renaissance was a period of great artistic creativity among black people.For the first time, black artistic style was being widely recognized. Hughes became friends with other great black writers of the time, such as Claude McKay, Countee Cullen and Zora Neal Hurston.They hoped that great art could change the racist ideas in America about African Americans.Hughes was considered one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance.He was the first poet to use the rhythms（韵律）of black music.He often wrote about the everyday experiences of black working people.And he helped bring the movement of jazz and the sound of black speech into poetry.Langston Hughes experimented with his writing.Other Harlem Renaissance writers wrote traditional poems like those of English classic poets, such as William Shakespeare.Hughes broke free with his writing and helped change literature forever.64.What can we learn about Hughes’s childhood?A.He had an influence on some writers.B.He had an ambition of being a writer.C.He translated a lot of foreign poems.D.He wrote poems with powerful effect.65.Hughes became known as a new poet after______.A.he had some of his poems published in newspapersB.he invited the famous poet Vachel Lindsay to dinnerC.his poems were presented in Lindsay’s poetry readingD.he wrote for newspaper columns while working in a hotel66.According to the passage , what was the result of the Harlem Renaissance?A.Black people had the right to go in for art.B.Black artistic style was widely acknowledged.C.Black art changed the racist ideas in America.D.Black writers became friends with white writers.ngston Hughes was most famous for______.A.helping bring the black jazz to the worldB.creating and leading the Harlem Renaissancebining black music and speech in his poetryD.writing traditional poems like English classic poetsDThe Calgary Public Library has some great resources (资源) to beat boredom and keep your children busy over the summer, whether at home or on the road.During the school year children are busy with homework and required reading, so summer is a great time for them to relax and read what they choose. Not only is reading a pleasurable way to pass the time, it will also help children keep their skills up over the summer, so they are prepared to go back to school in the fall.If you are taking a trip this summer, why not let the kids help out with the planning? Borrow a children’s atlas (地图集) to choose your way together and check out some books about your destination before departure. The All about Provinces and Territories series (系列) is full of interesting facts about each Canadian Province.Going camping? How about taking along some scary, or not so scary, stories to tell around the campfire? Alvin Schwarz’s collections of Scary Tales to Tell in the Dark are sure to make your spine tingle and your teeth chatter. For something a little less horrible, try Velcome: a Very Scary Book, by Kevin O’Malley, which includes such horrors as a plate of mixed vegetables!For long car rides, check out Car Games: 100 Games to Avoid “Are we there Yet?”It’s full of fun games and activities like cow football and Dude, where’s my orange car? —games that are sure to keep youngsters occupied on long journeys.Remember to lead by example and pack a book in your own beach bag. If children see you reading, they will understand that books are an important and valuable part of summer and they will begin to copy your habits!are always happy to help find that perfectsummer read, so stop by your nearestbranch, call us at 260-2600, or visit ourwebsite at today.68.What can we infer from the second paragraph of the passage?A.Summer is the only time for children to relax themselves.B.Children have little time to read at school what they choose.C.Children usually get bored of reading during the school year.D.Required reading prepares children to go back to school in the fall.69.If you want your children to have a good knowledge of Canada before a trip, you had better referto______.A.All about Provinces and TerritoriesB.Scary Tales to Tell in the DarkC.Terror at Turtle MountainD.Central Rockies Wildflowers70.The underlined part “make your spine tingle and your teeth chatter”(in Paragraph 4) most probablymeans______.A.interest you and impress youB.excite you and frighten youC.embarrass you and annoy youD.discourage you and disgust you71.What would be the best title for this passage?A.Children’s Reading Habits at homeB.Children’s Summer Camp in the countryC.Children’s Summer Reading Booklist at schoolD.Children’s Summer Reading from the LibraryEA food additive is any substance (物质) that is added to food.Many people are put off by the idea of “chemicals in food”. The truth is that all food is made up of chemicals.Natural substances like milk, as well as man-made ones like drinks on sale in the market, can be described by chemical formulas (分子式). Some chemical substances are indeed harmful, but a person who refused to consume any chemicals would find nothing to eat.The things we eat can be divided into natural and man-made substances.Some people feel that only natural foods are healthy and that all man-made ingredients (原料) are to be avoided.But many natural chemicals, found in plants and animals, are harmful when eaten, and some laboratory made substances increase the nutritional value of food Other chemicals have natural and man-made forms that are exactly alike: vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a test tube or from an orange Like “chemical”, “man-made”doesn’t necessarily mean “not fit to eat”.Food additives are used for many reasons.We add sugar and salt and other things to foods we prepare at home to make them taste better.Food producers have developed a range of additives that stabilize, thicken, harden, keep dry, keep wet, keep firm, or improve the appearance of their products. Additives can make food more convenient or nutritious, give it a longer shelf life, and make it more attractive to the consumer, thus increasing the sales and profits of the producers.Food additives are presently the centre of a storm of serious argument.Food producers have been known to use additives that have not been proved safe; some substances in common use have been proved unsafe and have been taken off the market.Many people feel there’s a risk of eating food to which anything has been added.But food additives are now regulated by the FDA of the federal government, and new additives are subjected to strict testing before they can be placed on the market.For most people, the chances of developing serious side effects from the long-term use of presently approved food additives are very slim.72.From the passage we can learn that______.A.all foods consist of chemical substancesB.it is right to reject chemicals in foodC.food additives are harmful to our healthD.natural foods are much safer than man-made ones73.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.Foods with more additives have higher nutritional value.B.To ensure food safety, the FDA will ban food additives.C.Foods free of additives can keep a much longer shelf life.D.Food additives can improve the quality of foods in many ways.74.We can infer from the regulation to the food additives by the FDA that______.A.new additives will be approved more easily than beforeB.food producers won’t be allowed to use new food additivesC.food with common-used additives will be taken off the marketD.food additives will be used in a safer and more scientific way75.According to the writer, the food additive is ______.A.worryingB.acceptableC.poisonousD.avoidable第二卷(非选择题共35分)注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。
