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When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a 36 problem and had to go to hospital for a 37 examination.It seemed a small 38 compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go 39 right from the beginning, Not having a car or 40 the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B, 41 I‟d left myself plenty of time, soon it was 42 I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the 43 direction.I 44 the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do, I look into the eyes of a 45 who was trying to get past me, 46 instead of moving on ,she stopped to ask if I was 47 , After I explained my 48 to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my 49 Sitting there waiting, I felt 50 that someone had been willing to help, 51 , hearing a horn（喇叭）nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend 52 at me to get in, She had returned to offer me a 53 to the hospital.Such unexpected 54 from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive, As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose 55 , for all things are possible.36. A. physical B. traveling C. social D. housing37. A. scientific B. final C. previous D. thorough38. A. chance B. challenge C. success D. error39. A. wrong B. easy C. fast D. ahead40. A. leaving B. visiting C. knowing D. appreciating41. A. Although B. Since C. Unless D. Once42. A. strange B. necessary C. obvious D. important43. A. same B. right C. general D. opposite44. A. looked at B. waited for C. got off D. ran into45. A. driver B. friend C. stranger D. gentleman46. A. Especially B. Surprisingly C. Probably D. Normally47. A. nervous B. excited C. OK D. dangerous48. A. idea B. motivation C. excuse D. situation49. A. appoingment B. apatrment C. direction D. station50. A. atraid B. grateful C. certain D. disappointed51. A. Thus B. Then C. Perhaps D. Surely52. A. staring B. laughing C. waving D. shouting53. A. lift B. suggestion C. bike D. guidebook54. A. results B. news C. kindness D. appearance55. A. power B. faith C. touch D. support“What‟s it like to have a gap between a gap between your teeth?” a girl asked me one day.Nobody had ever 36 before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for 37 , I realized she was no t trying to be rude. “I never think about it,” I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people 38 me and saw only gappy teeth.Later that day at home, I began to 39 my teeth again. I felt upset, I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!Of course, Mom 40 everything. She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was noting to 41 . When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important.…“Let‟s be 42 , though,” she said. “If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences.”Her 43 made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my 44 .Nowadays many people do ridi culous things to realize their dream of “perfection.” The 45 is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for 46 .So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 47 , I would truthfully answer, “You know? It‟s really cute.”36. A. faced B. guessed C. asked D. imagined37. A. an offer B. an answer C. a suggestion D. a result38. A. heard of B. thought of C. talked about D. looked at39. A. consider B. Brush C. cover D. appreciate40. A. admitted B. noticed C. controlled D. changed41. A. worry about B. put off C. give up D. wipe out42. A. friendly B. lovely C. honest D. helpful43. A. words B. jokes C. dreams D. acts44. A. ability B. decision C. goal D. identity45. A. possibility B. purpose C. truth D. choice46. A. courage B. wisdom C. kindness D. beauty47. A. once B. again C. too D. instead2012湖南高考真题AWhat makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since 1 was a kid. That may even be the reason why 1 love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.56. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was_______.A. doing shoppingB. having a debateC. reading a messageD. leaving for Wyoming57. The author's inspiration for the gift came from________.A. a photo of a flowerB. a story about a kidC. a call from the motherD. a text about Christmas58. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by________.A. the fatherB. the authorC. William BlakeD. Edgar Allan Poe59. The author made the gift by__________.A. searching for the poems onlineB. drawing the background by handC. painting the letters in three colorsD. matching the words with pictures60. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To show how to design images for gifts.B. To suggest making gifts from one's heart.C. To explain how computers help create gifts.D. To describe the gifts the author has received.How is it that siblings (兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family. The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival. The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too. One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father.Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918. But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each other‟s lives. Dr. Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings. The reason for this might be that the later children aren‟t getting the same one-on-one time with parents. But that doesn‟t mean that the younger children have problems with language development. Later-borns don‟t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”.A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially. Love-hate relationships were common among the children. Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly if they are close in age. Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third. Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters. A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.63. The underlined part “in a different family” (in Para. 1) means “_______”.A. in a different family environmentB. in a different family traditionC. in different family crisesD. in different families64. In terms of language development, later-borns ________.A. get their parents‟ individual guidanceB. learn a lot from their elder siblingsC. experience a lot of difficultiesD. pick up words more quickly65. What was found about fights among siblings?A. Siblings hated fighting and loved playing.B. Siblings in some families fought frequently.C. Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships.D. Siblings learned to get on together from fights.66. The word “feminine” (in Para. 4) means “_______”.A. having qualities of parentsB. having qualities of womenC. having defensive qualitiesD. having extraordinary qualitiesThree Boys and a DadBrad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. -This will be li ke a walk .n the park, he‟d told his wife. "I'll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.Things started well, but just after eight o'clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex-came down the stairs in their night clothes and shout ed “breakfast, daddy " When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in tune to the beat (节拍). Mike chanted "Where's my toast, where's my toast in the background. Brad realised his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy's underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.By ten o'clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossibleAt exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare center(日托所). “I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away. Can 1 bring the boys over in a few minutes?”The answer was obviously "yes" because Brad was smiling.49. When his wife left home. Brad expected to ___________.A. go out for a walk in the parkB. watch TV talk show with his childrenC. enjoy his first day off workD. read the newspaper to his children50. Which of the following did Randy do?A. Drawing on the wallB. Eating apple jam.C. Feeding the fish.D. Reading in a room.51. Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?A. Because he wanted to clean up his house.B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office.C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys.D. Because he had to take his wife back home.52. This text is developed ____________.A. by spaceB. by comparisonC. by processD. by time36-40. ADBAC 41-45. ACDCC 46-50. BCDAB 51-55. BCACB 2012湖南高考真题36-40. CBDAB 41-45. ACADC 46-47. DB2012湖南高考真题56-60. CADDB2012湖北高考真题63-66. ABDB2012陕西高考真题49-52. CBCD。
