黄冈中学
2012届高三年级九月摸底考试
英 语 试 题
本试卷共四部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1．5分，满分7．5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What subject are the two speakers talking about?
A．The advantages of city life． B．The advantages of country life．
C．City life and country life．
2．On which day will the man probably see Professor Kent? A．Next Tuesday． B．Next Wednesday． 3．What does the man ask the woman to do?
A．Pack their clothes．
B．Call a taxi． B．George?s wife．
4．Who was injured? A．George．
C．Next Thursday． C．Lock the suitcase． C．George?s father-in-law．
5．Why is Mary worried? A．Because John will get angry．
B．Because John has been working hard． C．Because the roof needs repairing．
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。 6．Where are the two speakers? A．In a shop． B．In a hospital． C．In a library． 7．When shall the woman come back to the man? A．When she feels worse．
B．She doesn?t need to come back． C．The day after tomorrow．
听第7段材料, 回答第8至11题。 8．Where is the woman going? A．To the cafeteria．
B．To her dorm room．
C．To the library．
9．How does the woman feel about her classes? A．She likes the reading, but not the labs．
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B．The experiments take a lot of time．
C．It is hard to finish the reading and writing assignment．
10．What do we know about the man?
A．He has a lot of essay exams．
B．He is busier this semester than last semester．
C．He spends most of his time in labs this semester． 11．What can we learn from the conversation? A．The woman doesn?t like movies at all． B．The woman might go if it was a funny movie． C．The man likes murder mystery movies． 听第8段材料, 回答第12至14题。 12．Where does the conversation take place? A．At a hotel．
B．At a baker?s． C．At a food store．
13．Why does the man come to the woman?
A．Because his wife has caught a cold． B．Because his wife?s birthday is coming．
C．Because his wife believes the cake is bitter． 14．What do we know about the man?
A．He insists on a 50% discount． B．He likes eating cakes very much． C．He will get a cake with light flavor．
听第9段材料, 回答第15至17题。 15．What is the man?s office number? A．64649966．
16．What does the man book?
B．64642266．
C．63325646．
A．Three bottles of red wine． B．A table in the general restaurant． C．A private room without KTV． 17．When will the man get to the restaurant? A．About 7:30 p．m．on Monday．
B．About 7:00 p．m．on Saturday．
C．About 7:30 p．m．on Saturday． 听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18．What did farmers do in old times on Halloween? A．They dressed up as witches．
B．They lighted big fires in the fields．
C．They walked around the fields and sing old songs．
C．A dressing-up party．
19．What do the children enjoy most on Halloween? A．A Hide and Seek game． B．A Trick or Treat game． 20．What can we learn about Halloween?
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A．It?s now a holiday for parties．
B．It?s a festival to celebrate a harvest． C．It?s an occasion to remember the dead．
第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黒
21．To their disappointment, Dr Wang gave a speech about the economy without even a passing_____ to the problem of unemployment． A．connection B．appointment C．reference D．exploration
22．I have battled with my whether I should keep the extra money given to me or return it to the
seller．
A．consciousness
B．identification
C．awareness D．conscience
23．Despite the fact that all three teams ________ different approaches to the problem, they were all
immediate successes．
A．adopted B．attained C．adapted D．attached
24．After hours of searching, their patience was _________ and they found what they were looking for． A．calculated B．confirmed C．rewarded D．evaluated
25．The local government has been accused of not responding _________ to the needs of the homeless in
the flood-stricken area． A．constantly C．gradually
B．appropriately D．entirely
26．The shy girl felt ______ when she made some mistakes in her performance． A．bored B．amused C．curious D．awkward
27．The written record of our conversation doesn?t ______ what was actually said．There are a lot of
mistakes． A．correspond with B．relate to C．compare with D．communicate with 28．Sometimes parents? control of young kids will be thought to be such an invisible rope with which to tie
them tightly that they tried to cut it． A．thoroughly B．desperately C．visually D．extremely 29．Authorities face a task to persuade typhoon survivors to abandon their flood-stricken villages and relocate（重新安置）to lower and safer lands． A．sacred B．tough C．contemporary D．conventional
30．It?s certainly hard work．But, ________, a man who wishes to have a career has to make a great many
sacrifices．
A．on the contrary C．on the other hand
B．as a result D．in addition
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Stephen Glenn is a famous scientist who has made several medical breakthroughs．When 31 why he was so much more 32 than the average person, he replied that it all came from an experience 33 his mom…At 2, he was trying to 34 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he 35 his hold on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling （洒） its contents all over the kitchen floor! When his mom came in, instead of shouting at him or __36 him a lesson, she said, “Robert, what a great mess you?ve made! I?ve 37 seen such a sea of milk．Well, now that the 38 has been done, would you please get down and 39 in the milk for a while 40 we clean it up?”So happily he did．After that, his mom said, “Robert, whenever you make such a mess like this, you?ll have to clean it up and restore
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everything to its proper 41 ．So which do you prefer, a sponge, towel or mop?” He 42 the sponge and together they cleaned up the milk．His mom then said, “Robert, you?ve just had a 43 experiment about how to carry a big milk bottle __44 with two tiny hands．Now go to the sink to fill the bottle with 45 and see if you can discover a way to carry it safely．” Instantly Robert learned that he could 46 it if he grasped the bottle at the 47_ near the lip with both hands．
48 wonderful a lesson! The famous scientist then remarked it was then and there that he came to know that 49_ were just opportunities for learning something new, which is what scientific experiments are all about．
Wouldn?t it be great if all parents could 50_ the way Robert?s mom did to him? 31．A．puzzled B．explained C．asked D．wondered 32．A．creative 33．A．beyond 34．A．deliver 35．A．dismissed 36．A．teaching 37．A．sometimes 38．A．experiment 39．A．drink 40．A．after 41．A．situation 42．A．chose 43．A．useless 44．A．effectively 45．A．milk 46．A．complete 47．A．bottom 48．A．How 49．A．tests 50．A．react
B．diligent B．with B．remove B．tightened B．punishing B．always B．damage B．gather B．when B．model B．used B．funny B．heavily B．water B．try B．cover B．Too B．mistakes B．keep
C．cautious C．about C．ring C．caught C．directing C．rarely C．work C．swim C．before C．order C．liked C．valid C．strongly C．sand C．make C．outside C．Very C．exercises C．show
D．aggressive D．from D．make D．lost D．taking D．mostly D．favor D．play D．once D．size D．saw D．failed D．luckily D．stones D．get D．top D．What
D．achievements D．look
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, \of the saddest time of your life．\know have to leave．\
As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn't the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．
A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my
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