[吉林]2012届吉林省白山市友好学校高三年级12月联考英语试卷

It is really _____ useful dictionary and _____ dictionary every one of us needs．

Life is harder for Senior Three students throughout China．Hardly _____ endless exercises or tests．

--- Mum, have you seen my mobile phone?
---______ you bought last week? I’m afraid I haven’t seen _____．

--- I paid him 300 yuan for the sneakers．
--- Oh, he charged you too much．You _____ them with half the money．

He won’t want to eat it unless he’s really hungry, in ______ case he’ll eat almost anything．

．--- Your car is in the way．Could you move it a little, please?
--- ______ ．

______ makes this small restaurant different is that it offers three free cups of beer to its customers every Sunday morning．

On rainy days, accidents ______ happen sometimes on steep roads．

--- I was walking along the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down．
--- You can never be ______ in the street．

I want to buy that kind of cloth because I ______ the cloth ______ well．

．---Where did you get to know her?
--- It was on the farm ______ we worked．

-- What’s your plan for this winter vacation?
-- I’ll take an express train to Dalian for my holiday ______ school ends．

The young man invited the lady to dance with him, but she ______ his invitation．

Generally speaking, prices of daily goods ______ through the Internet are lower than store prices．

Now in China some young people ______ important positions in the government．

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born．I loved this bird; I would    36  him for hours．He would    37   effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the   38  and float there beautifully．Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move   39   into the grasses．We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language   40   “pink-colored feet”; meksikatsi and I became very good friends．
The bird had a very particular significance to me   41   I desperately wanted to be able to fly too．I felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where    42   was impossible．And most of the things that I    43    about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other people．
When I was ten years old, something unexpected   44  my life suddenly．I found myself become an  45  child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a   46  position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but   47  two cultures．
A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what   48  people have called that bird for thousands of years．Meksikatsi, he said, was really “duck”．I was very  49  with English．I could not understand it．First of all, the bird did not look like “duck”, and when it made a    50   , it did not sound like “duck”, I was even more   51   when I found out that the meaning of the verb “to duck” came from the bird．
As I   52  to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of    53   , but I never forgot that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning．I   54   that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different    55   , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world．

A．keep B．watch C．follow D．search

A．jump B．dive C．circle D．wander

A．nest B．hill C．water D．road

A．quickly B．naturally C．freely D．quietly

A．means B．reads C．shows D．states

A．though B．because C．while D．until

A．communication B．imagination C．belief D．flight

A．dreamed B．worried C．knew D．argued

A．improved B．enriched C．changed D．ruined

A．educated B．adopted C．outgoing D．independent

A．weak B．comfortable C．terrible D．central

A．between B．against C．without D．beyond

A．most B．few C．their D．my

A．desperate B．bored C．uncomfortable D．disappointed

A．noise B．call C．decision D．choice

A．ashamed B．confused C．embarrassed D．frightened

A．tried B．came C．determined D．expected

A．evidence B．distinction C．profit D．sense

A．identified B．confirmed C．realized D．predicted

A．concepts B．regulations C．messages D．evaluations

When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a self-employed writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not．He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a used typewriter and settled down to work．
After a year or so, however, Alex began to doubt himself．He found it was difficult to earn his living by selling what he wrote．But Alex determined to put his dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure．This is the shadowland（虚幻世界）of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there．
One day Alex got a call, "We need an assistant, and we’re paying $ 6,000 a year．” $ 6,000 was real money in 1960．It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more．Besides, he could write in his spare time．As the dollars were dancing in Alex’s head, something cleared his senses．He had dreamed of being a writer? Full time．"Thanks, but no," Alex said firmly and swiftly, "I’m going to stick it out and write．"
After Alex got off the phone, he pulled out everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents．Alex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself," There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far．I’m not sure I ever felt so low．"
Finally his work was published in 1970．Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever experienced．The shadows had turned into focus of attention．
Then one day, Alex found a box filled with things he had owned years before．Inside was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents．Suddenly he pictured himself working in that cold storage room．It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland．
Why did Alex give up his job?

What did Alex express when he answered the call?

What kind of person is Alex?

Which of the following can summarize the passage best?

October 15th is Global Handwashing Day．Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap．
Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so-called critical moments．These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food．
Global Handwashing Day is the idea of the Public-private Partnership for handwashing with soap．The goal, they say, is to create a culture of handwashing with soap．The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs．They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap．Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails．Then, wash well under running water．Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth．
The Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing．Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs．And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the chances that people will wash again．
It also says that washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine．It could help reduce cases of diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year, by almost half．
What does the author intend to tell us in the passage?

Which of the following is the right way to wash hands?
a．Washing hands well．        b．Covering hands with soap．   c．Drying hands．
d．Rubbing hands with soap．e．Wetting hands．

．Which fact can NOT explain why soap is important?

According to the last paragraph, diarrhea is a disease that ________．

Beijing—（13, July） China sent up a new data relay satellite（数据中继卫星）, Tianlian I-02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in South-western Sichuan province．The new satellite will promote the country’s satellite communication network for space docking（对接）．
The satellite was launched on a Long-March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 p．m．, sources at the centre told Xinhua News Agency．The satellite separated from the rocket 26 minutes after its launch and was then successfully delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit （地球同步转移轨道）．
Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite is the country’s second data relay satellite．The first, Tianlian I-01, was launched on April 25．2008．
The two satellites will form a network to improve communications between China’s spacecraft and bases on Earth, according to the centre．They will also be used to help the nation’s first space docking, scheduled for the second half of this year．
As planned, China will launch space module Tiangong-I, which was designed as a platform that will dock with an unmanned spaceship, Shenzhou, for the county’s first space-docking mission this year．
Two more Shenzhou spaceships will dock with Tiangong-I next year, and one will be manned by two or three astronauts, according to China Manned Space Engineering Office, which was the main user of the Tianlian I series data relay satellites．
“The new satellite can cover a greater area to track and command the country’s space vehicles in low-Earth orbits, such as manned spacecraft and remote sensing satellites, from a higher position in outer space．Only three satellites of this kind are needed to form a global communication network, and China has two now．” Pang Zhihao, a researcher and deputy editor-in-chief of Space International, said．
The satellite could also equip astronauts with real-time communications, which will benefit the country’s future manned space flights, he said．
What is the main purpose to send up Tianlian I-02 ?

From the passage we know           ．

Which of the following is TRUE according to the news report?

The best title of the passage could be___________．

So much to do, so little time．So much information, so little time to read．In this age there is more information than ever before．There is not enough time to read everything we want to read．However, you can take in and understand more information in shorter time through speed-reading．This article will not make you read 3,000 words per minute, but it will show you how to increase your speed greatly．You will also learn the basic techniques of speed reading, along with the dos and don’ts of speed-reading．
When you first learned to read, you would say the word out loud and sound it out．Then you might whisper the word because people can become annoyed when you read aloud．The stage you are now at is saying the word in your head．Most people tend to read this way．Saying the word in your head will cut your reading speed tremendously （极大的）．
How do you calculate your reading speed? The speed is measured by how many words per minute you can read．Get some reading material, preferably a book．Find out how many words are on the page．Time yourself one minute．Start your timer and start reading．When the timer sounds, stop at once．If you counted 500 words on the page and you read half of the page, then you are probably reading at 250 words per minute．
The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing it．Don’t say the word in your mind, just look at it and recognize its appearance．Later you will recognize groups of four words or more to increase your speed．This is the first and most important step in speed-reading．
The next step is technique．As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique．You should first be sitting up straight with your book on a horizontal （水平的） surface, such as a table or desk．Next, should be able to see the entire page．This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words．Lastly, you should be focused．It’s hard to read with a lot of noise．Find a quiet place to read．This will help your understanding of the text．You need something to guide your eyes while reading．Then right, you should use your hand．Remember when you were little, you would read using your finger．That is a great technique, only now you’re using your hand to underline each line．Move your finger smoothly across page．No need to go rush, start out slow．Keep your eyes focused on words as you recognize them while using your hand as a guide．This will increase your speed．
The third step is practice．Practice makes perfect．Set time intervals．Read using different techniques,
but make sure you understand what you’re reading．
Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

The underlined sentence “you should be focused” in the fifth paragraph means that ______．

To speed up your reading, you should_________．

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
When you are hungry, what will you respond ? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that？   1  But it never lets you know，because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars．So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow．When mind loses its freedom to grow，creativity sets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next？”, or “Why can’t I think？”
  2  Why reading but not watching TV？It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life，we have to take help from reading．
When you read a book，of course you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you．  3   Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times，the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things，which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity．4  Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．
So, friends, do give food to your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading． 5  Go and get a book!

E．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading．
F．Reading can help you make more friends, too．
G．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary．

短文改错（满分10分）
下面短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
On Saturday afternoon, Li Hua and Wang Ping, members from “ Green Eyes”, was having an environmental protection activity near the riverside when they catch sight of a bird on the ground．
They picked it out and found it wounded．Thinking it might die without timely help, they took it to home．They made a nest for it but fed it with rice and water．Under their treatment and care, the lucky birds got recovered soon．When time came for them fly the bird back to nature, they felt a bit pity but very delighting．
I think it’s worthwhile for him to do such a thing．Here I call on the public to show respect for nature．Only by changing the way we treat the environment can we get along good with it．

书面表达（满分20分）
目前，许多学校对学生采取封闭式管理，学生对此看法不一。请根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇短文，谈谈自己的看法。

注意：1 词数100---120左右；
2 短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Nowadays a lot of schools keep their students in school all day long．___________________