2012年高考英语模拟试卷第 I 卷 (共105分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. 6:45. B. 7:30. C. 7:15. D. 7:00.2. A. At the hotel. B. At the railway station.C. At the airport.D. At the cinema.3. A. Some music cassettes. B. Some school supplies.C. Something to drink.D. Something to eat.4. A. Susan gave him the last piece of pie. B. He thought the pie was delicious.C. He went out to buy an apple pie.D. He didn‘t think highly of Susan‘s pie.5. A. Moving office furniture. B. Hanging a poster.C. Painting a room.D. Reading a news bulletin.6. A. Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Delighted. D. Offended.7. A. He found her topic uninteresting. B. He hurt his eye this morning.C. The clock was a very unusual one.D. The lecture was more than one hour long.8. A. He believes dancing is enjoyable. B. He won‘t dance until he has done his work.C. He admires those who dance.D. He definitely does not like dancing.9. A. He should look for someone to talk to. B. He gives lessons in exercising.C. He talks too much.D. He should follow his own advice.10. A. She gave a lecture to the psychology class.B. She advised the man to see a psychologist.C. She persuaded the man not to take the course.D. She convinced the man to apply to graduate school.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. He did it during the class time. B. He did it on weekends.C. He copied it from friends.D. He rarely did it.12. A. At high school. B. In the freshman year of college.C. In the second year of college.D. In the senior year of college.13. A. By failing in getting his degree. B. By worrying about losing his scholarship.C. By crying in the professor‘s office.D. By having to do extra assignments.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following introduction.14. A. Fire emergencies. B. Medical situations.C. Traffic accidents.D. All types of situations.15. A. Asking them to call 911 often. B. Telling them what an emergency is.C. Telling them the cause of an emergency.D. Organizing all kinds of drills for them.16. A. The different uses of 911. B. Teaching kids how to deal with emergencies.C. The establishment of 911.D. Keeping kids away from emergencies.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conve rsation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. People all over the world were shocked Japan‘s nuclear explosion caused by the devastating earthquake.A. inB. atC. toD. on26. The agreement was made quickly as both sides were satisfied with the conditions of _____.A. anotherB. othersC. the otherD. eith er27. – Do you regret having paid so much for the trip to Maldives?– No. Since it‘s worthwhile, I‘d gladly pay ______ for it.A. twice as muchB. twice so muchC. twice as manyD. twice so many28. A little carelessness while driving ______ cost the driver his life.A. mustB. shallC. needD. may29. The family moved to Miami three years ago, and this house ______ vacant ever since.A. isB. wasC. has beenD. had been30. In the U.S., ______ a tip is thought to be polite when paying the bill.A. leaveB. having leftC. leavingD. being left31. ______ in the northwest of China, Xi‘an is seen as the birthplace of the country‘s civilization.A. LocatingB. Being locatedC. To locateD. Located32. It‘s the embarrassment of refusing to jump ______ persuades him to conquer his fear of heights.A. whichB. thatC. howD. what33. She swept the soil away and found herself standing on ______ seemed a pavement.A. whatB. whichC. whoD. that34. – Excuse me, would you lower your voice or use your mobile phone outside?– Oh, sorry… I ______.A. don‘t realizeB. hadn‘t realizedC. didn‘t realizeD. have n‘t realized35. Y ou should take control of your life ______ it is planning coursework or picking a major.A. wheneverB. whetherC. whateverD. no matter36. Believe it or not, crying is a way you can imagine ______ pressure.A. relievingB. to relieveC. relievedD. relieve37. Both John and Nick are doctors ______ the respect of patients, but Nick is more skilled in treating diseases.A. to winB. to have wonC. wonD. having won38. The traditional view is ______ where you stand in the alphabet can really affect your chances.A. whenB. whyC. whetherD. that39. Of the making of good books there is no end; neither ______ any end to their influence on man‘s lives.A. there isB. is thereC. it isD. is it40. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations ______ would bring about positive emotions.A. whichB. whereC. whyD. asSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Scientists and environmentalists have reached a growing agreement that time is running out for Planet Earth. The polar ice caps are melting. One in eight bird species are extinct. Air, water, and ground pollutants are 41 major population centers…But according to a recently 42 book, there is ―a secret plan to save the Earth.‖ This plan is being carried out by a group of ―eco barons.‖Who are ―eco barons‖ then? They are a band of visionaries (有远见的人) —some of the world‘s wealthiest businessmen —who are using their wealth, their energy, their fame, and their 43 of law and science to persuade the world to take a new 44 to save the Earth. These people, both men and women, are the modern-day heroic counterparts (同等分量的人) to the evil 19th century robber masters who 45 set the world on the path to environmental destruction.Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are among the eco businessmen. These two wise investors, who regularly exchange places a t the top of Forbes magazine‘s annual list of world billionaires, have spent some of their 46 power on different areas. Gates has long sponsored 47 fuels such as oil from algae(藻类), while in Buffet‘s case, it‘s wind power and electric cars.Douglas Tompkins, the founder of the North Face and Esprit clothing lines, has also embraced environmentalism. He was always an outdoor adventurer —he would 48 disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America — so when he burned out in the business world, Tompkins took his fortune, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and began steadily buying acre after acre of 49 virgin forest in Chile. Tompkins and his wife haveobtained more than two million acres for conservation in Chile.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I 50 asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth 51 . The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.His question 52 me of something I‘d read somewhere before: ―Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to 53 life that day,‖ I said. ―I choose to be cheerful.‖―Let me give you an example,‖ I continued, 54 all sixty students in the class. ―In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I 55 the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn‘t 56 . So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and 57 down the road to the college.‖―As soon as I got there I called AAA（汽车协会）and asked them to 58 for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary in the office asked me what has happened. ‗This is my lucky day,‘ I replied, 59 .‖―‗But y our car breaks down‘, she was 60 . ‗What do you mean?‘‖―‗I live17 miles from here.‘ I replied. ‗My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn‘t. Instead, it broke down in the 61 place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I‘m still able to teach my class, and I‘ve been able to apply for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was 62 to break down today, it couldn‘t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.‘‖―The secretary‘s eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I smiled back and headed for class.‖ So ended my story.I scanned the sixty faces in my 63 class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn‘t the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a student‘s 64 that I was cheerful.50. A. seriously B. cheerfully C. curiously D. coldly51. A. destroyed B. broken C. decayed D. removed52. A. reminded B. warned C. informed D. mentioned53. A. change B. insure C. start D. sacrifice54. A. addressing B. talking C. attracting D. speaking55. A. entered B. followed C. exited D. took56. A. make away B. turn over C. turn back D. run away57. A. moved B. marched C. struggled D. turned58. A. require B. apply C. demand D. arrange59. A. inquiring B. shouting C. smiling D. disappointing60. A. expected B. shocked C. frightened D. puzzled.61. A. perfect B. terrible C. empty D. business62. A. determined B. meant C. arranged D. wished63. A. economics B. drive C. fashion D. community64. A. recognition B. judgment C. observation D. absenceSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, ―Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.‖ To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, ―That new yellow sweater looks great on you.‖―Oh, Tom, you noticed,‖ she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, ―Evelyn‘s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.‖ We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that‘s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with saddest expression.―What‘s the matter?‖ I asked her.―Tom,‖ she said in a voice filled with distress, ―do you know something I don‘t?‖―What do you mean?‖―Well… that checkup I had several weeks ago… our doctor… did he tell you something about me? Tom, you‘ve been so good to me… am I dying?‖It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.―No, honey,‖ I said, wrapping her in my arms. ―Y ou‘re not dying; I‘m just starting to live.‖65. In the first paragraph, ―No ifs, ands or buts‖ probably mean ________.A. unnecessarilyB. unconditionallyC. impossiblyD. unexpectedly66. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ________.A. aloneB. with his familyC. with EvelynD. with his children67. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ________.A. she looked lovely in her new clothesB. she was seriously illC. he was determined to be a good husbandD. he had made a lot of money in Wall Street68. By saying ―I‘m just starting to live,‖ Tom means that ________.A. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife beforeB. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to changeC. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of lifeD. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband(B)(Note: Y ou may read the questions first.)T sunami warning system is testedIf he, the founder of the Hawaiian V olcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S.tsunami warning system after Friday‘s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge(大浪，汹涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.● W ASHINGTON— So many people surged to the West Coast and AlaskaTsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday,unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impactin the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.McClatchy Washington Bureau — Mar 11 06:09 p.m.●CHICAGO—A tsunami warning has been issued for the central andnorthern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.Chicago Tribune（论坛报）— Mar 11 06:07 a.m.● HONOLULU — A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（疏散）by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (汽笛) began sounding at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.Reuters via Y ahoo! News — Mar 11 01:22 a.m.● L OMPOC —T sunami warning ‘a wake-up call’A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal communities andcampgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday servedas a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after thedanger passed.The Lompoc Record — Mar 11 11:29 p.m.●WELLINGTON —The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued awarning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands —Hawaii, China‘s Taiwan,the Philippines and Indonesia etc.New Straits Times — Mar 11 07:48 a.m.—Reproduced by Y ahoo Greenwich Meantime69. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for ________.A. OhioB. CaliforniaC. OregonD. Alaska70. According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by ________.A. New Straits TimesB. Reuters via Y ahoo! NewsC. McClatchy Washington BureauD. Chicago Tribune71. In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii?A. LOMPOC.B. WELLINGTON.C. HONOLULU.D. W ASHINGTON.(C)Retirement is frightening. It is a new, uncertain journey —at a time when peace in life is treasured. Personal financial security is a powerful motivator to keep control of the business. The inability to ―let go‖ is even more difficult for those who founded their businesses at a time of unemployment or family poverty.For many who build successful enterprises, their business is their identity. It is said of one woman business owner, still in control in her 90s, that ―work is her oxygen.‖ Some entrepreneurs （企业家）started their businesses at least in part to prove themselves to former bosses who had rejected or doubted them. We find that they cling to theircreations more strongly than most.For these reasons and others, too many business founders refuse to retire. They insist that only they are capable of running the business. Jealousy or insecurities relating to declining power generate interpersonal conflicts that spoil succession (接替；继位) planning or even the performance of potential successors.If an executive has not quite achieved what he had hoped, he often wants the opportunity to stay in the game. Rather than a graceful transition, the succession process can become a war. The parties to such a combat, however, should remember Winston Churchill‘s warning to the House of Commons: ―If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.‖Fortunately, many business owners manage to face succession planning —courageously, openly, and early. And because entrepreneurial succession is perhaps the most critical issue for family-business continuity, we‘re keenly interested in the makeup and background of those who do.Our conclusion: It‘s all a matter of outlook or attitude. Business owners who can plan succession and wh o can let go don‘t come necessarily from larger or smaller businesses. They don‘t come from businesses that are more or less fragile or that require more or less hands-on involvement. They don‘t necessarily even have more or less qualified successors to whom they can turn over their creations. They just have a different outlook or attitude toward the subject. For them, the glass is half full, not half empty.72. The underlined expression ―let go‖ means ________.A. to dismiss the successorB. to close the businessC. to explore another fieldD. to pass the business to the successor73. What makes some of the business owners willing to retire?A. Their family background.B. The scale of their business.C. Their attitude towards retirement.D. The ability of their successor.74. According to the passage, people with the sound attitude to retirement think that ________.A. old people are certain to restB. retirement means new opportunities and new lifeC. as business owners, they are most important to the businessD. their business was bought as part of management75. The author‘s purpose of writing this passage is ________.A. to make clear the widespread beliefs held by those who cannot conclude succession planningB. to offer some practical tips to those who are not able to cope with fear of retirementC. to urge society and the individual to take retirement more seriouslyD. to illustrate the different attitudes toward retirement in different situationsSection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one Pwith signals76.By the 1950s many Americ an families owned television sets. During television‘s first 20 years, deaf people missed most of the fun. They could not hear what was being said and had to guess. Deaf people who watched television likedsports and action shows, but they were disappointed with other programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn‘t follow the plot. Even the most skilled lip -readers could only ca tch part of the talking. This frustrated many deaf people.77. In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcom Norwood thought that deaf people could enjoy television programs, too. He wanted to develop captions for the programs. Norwood worked for the federal government‘s Media Services and Captioned Films Division at the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped.78.screen. Too many people were against the idea. Norwood realized he had to develop another way of captioning-onethat would not bother hearing people.79.In October of 1971, Norwood‘s office signed a contract with WGBH -TV , a public television station in Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to make a captioned television program for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a special convention. The type of captions made by WGBH could be seen on any television. No special equipment was needed. These were called ―open captions‖.80. Later, a new machine was invented. This device was made to send signals on a special part of the television picture. The signals could be captions. If a family had another kind of machine in their home or in their TV set, then the captions (or signals) would appear on their television screen. Without the machine, no captions would be seen. That special machine is called a decoder. It receives the signals transmitted from the television station. Captions that require a decoder are called ―closed captions‖.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in fewest possible words .In the house where I grew up, it was our custom to leave the front door on the latch at night. I don‘t know if that was a local term or if it is universal; ―on the latch‖ meant the door was closed but not locked. None of us carried keys; the last one in for the evening would close up, and that was it.Those days are over. In rural areas as well as in cities, doors do not stay unlocked, even for part of an evening.It is not uncommon, in most pleasant homes, to see on the windows small notices announcing that the building is closely monitored by this security force or that guard company.The lock is the new symbol of America. Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company featured not charts showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child‘s bicycle with the now -usual padlock attached to it.The ad pointed out that, yes, it is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods, but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our way of life? Who is going to make the payment for the transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock?For some reason we are satisfied when we think we are well-protected; it does not occur to us to ask ourselves: Why has this happened? Why are we having to defend ourselves against our neighbors and fellow citizens, and when, exactly, did this start to take over our lives?With all this ―security‖, we are perhaps the most insecure nation in the history of civilized man. What better word to describe the way in which we have been forced to live? What sadder reflection on all that we have become in this new and puzzling time?We trust no one. Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their station wagon key chains. We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we have all outsmarted ourselves. We may have locked the evils out, but we have also locked ourselves in.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)81. In the author‘s childhood, people were used to ________.82. What can be commonly seen on the windows of most pleasant homes?83. According to the author, what is the new environment of American life now?84. In the author‘s mind, they feel that they are seemingly ________, but actually ________.第II卷（共45分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.1. 我是在一家二手书店里买的这本英汉词典。
