2012汕头高考二模英语试卷

2012汕头高考二模英语试卷

2012汕头高考二模英语试卷

Ⅰ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry he ped into the cool water and flew into the water, not 1 that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(美洲鳄) was swimming toward the 2 . His mother, looking out the window in the house, saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In utter(完全的) fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as 3 as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became 4 and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator 5 him. From the dock(码头), the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war(拔河) between the two. The alligator was much 6 than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her screams, raced from his truck, took aim and 7 the alligator.

Remarkably, after weeks in hospital, the little boy 8 . His legs were 9 scarred by the attack of the animal and, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother's fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy later asked if he would show him his 10 . The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious 11 , he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn't let go.”

You and I can identify with the 12 . We have scars, too. No, not from an alligator, or anything quite so dramatic. But, the scars of a 13 past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep 14 . But, some , my friend, are because God has 15 to let go. In the midst of your struggle, he's been there holding on to you.

1. A. studying B. searching C. reminding D. realizing

2. A. shore B. forest C. water D. woods

3. A. quickly B. slightly C. loudly D. softly

4.A.frightened B. alarmed C. nervous D. unhappy

5.A. bit B. hit C. reached D. left

6.A.weaker B. stronger C. firmer D. longer

7.A.beat B. hurt C. shot D. struck

8.A. succeeded B. left C. survived D. worked

9.A. slowly B. slightly C. quickly D. extremely

10.A. injuries B. scars C. wounds D. hurts

11.A. pride B. shyness C. success D. firmness

12.A. farmer B. mother C. boy D. alligato

13.A. successful B. painful C. meaningful D. delightful

14.A. will B. power C. hope D. regret

15.A. refused B. agreed C. admitted D. had

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

语法填空：

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming(宣告) that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered, and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.

Suddenly, an old man 16 (appear) and said, "Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 17 ." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart, which was full of scars. It had places

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where pieces 18 (remove) and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right, and there were several jagged(锯齿状的) edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges(沟槽) where whole pieces were 19 (miss).

The young man laughed. "Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars."

"Yes," said the old man, "Yours looks perfect 20 I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to 21 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of 22 love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his or her heart 23 me. These are the empty gouges. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, 24 (remind) me of the love I have for those people. So now do you see 25 true beauty is?"

Ⅱ 阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节：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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A

An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe(贿赂), but is close to it.

All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices—just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed.

There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”—“soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”. A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”. Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise—telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is.

Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it.

We need it to be more sure of ourselves. It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its food value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves.

Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣). They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless might. He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and sat down. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him. The king was satisfied. This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery.

26. Which of the following activities has nothing to do with “apple-polishing”?

A. A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks.

B. An employee tells her boss how good he is at management.

C. A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers.

D. A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom.

27. What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell’s example?

A. Everybody can be an apple-polisher.

B. Cromwell was not a good apple-polisher.

C. George Fox and his party were not apple-polishers.

D. There are people who don’t like being apple-polished.

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28. Which of the following statements about flattery is true according to the author?

A. Too much flattery can carry us away.

B. Flattery is too empty to do people any good.

C. Flattery can get you nothing but excessive(过度的) pride.

D. Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people.

29. King Canute of Denmark and England took his follows to the seashore because _______.

A. he was sick of his normal life

B. he disliked being overpraised any more

C. he wanted them to realize how wise he was

D. he wanted them to see how weak he was as a king

30. The author thinks that flattery can do good to those who _______.

A. are politicians or in high offices B. lack confidence

C. are really excellent D. think highly of themselves

B

Six years ago, a Miami woman walking through the hall of an office building casually noticed two men standing together. Several minutes after her leaving, the men murdered a person working in the building. Police investigators determined that the woman was the only witness who had seen the two suspects, and could possibly describe them. In an interview with police, her memory of the men proved disappointingly unclear.

Several days later, psychologist Ronald P. Fisher was brought in to obtain a more complete account from the woman. Fisher’s interview produced a breakthrough—the woman reported a clear picture of one of the suspects. She then recalled several details about his appearances. This information gave police important leads that enabled them to arrest the suspects and close the case.

Police investigators sought the help from Fisher because of his rich knowledge in conducting the so-called cognitive (认知的) interview, a kind of memory-rebuilding process. In its original form, the cognitive interview focuses on guiding witnesses through four general recalling techniques: thinking about physical surroundings and personal feelings that existed at the time of past events, reporting everything that comes to mind about those events no matter how broken or unconnected, retelling events in a variety of time orders, beginning to end, end to beginning, forward or backward, and adopting different perspectives while recalling events.

Usually, an interviewer begins the cognitive approach by encouraging the witness to take an active role in recalling information rather than giving answers only to someone else’s questions. The witness first describes what happened in his or her own words, with no interviewer interruptions. The interviewer then goes further with specific techniques, such as having the witness tell the details of what happened from different perspectives.

Experiments with police detectives trained in this demanding interview method find that they get nearly 50% more information from witnesses than before training, while error rates remain about the same.

31. What is the purpose of writing this passage?

A. To give an account of a murder case in an office.

B. To explain why Fisher was invited to a police interview.

C. To describe how cognitive method helps the woman to recall.

D. To give the readers an idea of cognitive interview.

32. The cognitive interview helped the woman to recall more by ________.

A. strengthening her memory

B. giving her encouragement

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C. rebuilding her memory

D. giving her more time

33. It can be inferred from the passage that in a cognitive interview, the interviewer mainly plays a ______role.

A. directing B. questioning C. passive D. secondary

34. What is the key point of the cognitive interview?

A. The interviewer should interrupt the witness from time to time.

B. The witness is encouraged to take an active role in recalling information.

C. The interview should take place outside the police station.

D. The witness should recall details at the scene of the event.

35. Police trained in the cognitve interview method can ________.

A. get more information from the witness than before

B. decrease the error rate

C. solve the cases more quickly

D. use the method more skillfully than the psycholologists

C

It’s 10 pm. You may not know where your child is, but the chip does.

The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once doctors arrive, the chip will also be able to tell them which drugs are not suitable for little Johnny or Janie. At the hospital, the chip will tell doctors his or her complete medical history. And of course, when you arrive to pick up your child, settling the hospital bill with your health insurance policy will be a simple matter of waving your own chip—the one embedded in your hand.

To some, this may sound unbelievable. But the technology for such chips is no longer the stuff of science fiction. And it may soon offer many other benefits besides locating lost children or elderly patients. It could be used as credit cards and people won't have to carry wallets anymore.

On the other hand, some are already wondering what this sort of technology may do to the sense of personal privacy and liberty.

“Any technology of this kind could result in abuse of personal privacy,” says Lee Tien, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “If a kid can be tracked, do you want other people to be able to track your kid? It's a double-edged sword.”

Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. in Palm Beach, Florida, says it has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission (apply to ..for 向..申请) to begin testing its device in humans. About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip can be encoded (编码) with bits of information and embedded in humans under a layer of skin. When scanned by a nearby reader, the embedded chip gives the data.

Most embedded chip designs are so-called passive chips, which give information only when scanned by a nearby reader. But active chips—such as the proposed Digital Angel of the future—will give out information all the time. And that means designers will have to develop some sort of power source that can provide a continuous source of energy, yet be small enough to be embedded with the chips.

In addition to technical problems, many suspect that all sorts of legal and privacy issues would have to be cleared as well.

36. By using the example in the first two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that .

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A. chips are usually used to locate lost children

B. chips are more convenient than credit cards

C. chips will soon be useful in many aspects of daily lives

D. chips will bring out the issue of abuse of personal privacy

37. What is the attitude of Lee Tien towards the chips?

A. Negative. B. Indifferent.

C. Arbitrary(随意的). D. Cautious.

38. One of the features of the device considered by Applied Digital Solutions is .

A. duration(持续时间) B. capacity

C. safety D. purpose

39. Which of the following statements about Digital Angel is NOT true?

A. Digital Angel will include at least a chip and a power source.

B. Digital Angel will soon be produced and replace passive chips.

C. Digital Angel will be embedded in humans under a layer of skin.

D. Digital Angel will give information without being scanned by a reader.

40. It is indicated in the passage that chip producers have to consider the following issues EXCEPT .

A. financial problems

B. technical problems

C. legal problems

D. privacy problems

D

The quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a more peaceful and loving self. The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what life is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be. Without patience, life is extremely frustrating. You are easily annoyed, bothered, and irritated. Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your life. It’s essential for inner peace. Becoming more patient involves opening your heart to the present moment, even if you don’t like it. If you are stuck in a traffic jam, late for an appointment, being patient would mean keeping yourself from building a mental snowball before your thinking get out of hand and gently reminding yourself to relax. It might also be a good time to breathe as well as an opportunity to remind yourself that, in the bigger scheme of things, being late is “small stuff”.

Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced with deliberate practice. An effective way that I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods—periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience. Life itself becomes a classroom, and the curriculum is patience. You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience over time. What you’ll discover is truly amazing. Your intention to be patient, especially if you know it’s only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Patience is one of those special qualities where success feeds on itself. Once you reach little milestone(里程碑)—five minutes of successful patience—you’ll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person.

Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You’ll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn’t “life or death” but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with. Without patience, the same scenario can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure.

41. In the first paragraph, the expression “building a mental snowball” can be best replaced by __.

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A. imagining a big snowball B. awaiting a result calmly

C. taking a deep breath D. losing your patience

42. The main idea of the first paragraph is that .

A. it takes a long time to cultivate patience

B. patience is very important for us

C. patience is essential for inner peace

D. being late is “small stuff”

43. It’s implied in the second paragraph that .

A. the quality of patience is very hard to cultivate

B. patience should become a school course

C. you’ll get more than expected from practicing patience

D. the quality of patience will lead you to success

44. People without patience will treat the challenge as .

A. a minor thing

B. a matter of life or death

C. the small stuff

D. a great chance

45. The purpose of this passage is to .

A. persuade people to be more patient

B. tell how to practice patience

C. list the advantages of patience

D. state the importance of patience

Ⅲ 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

假如你是高三级某班班长，最近你要组织一次郊游，有关本次活动的信息如下：

游览地点： 凤凰山（Fenghuang Mountain）

郊游原因： 高三学生忙于准备高考，学习压力大，应劳逸结合。

郊游目的： （1） 亲近大自然，欣赏美景，呼吸新鲜空气，享受阳光；

（2） 放松自己，释放压力，提高学习效率。

出发时间： 本星期天上午8：00

集中地点： 学校门口

【写作内容】

请你根据上面表格提供的信息，向同学们介绍组织这次郊游的原因和目的等情况, 动员全班同学参与这次活动。

【写作要求】

1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

2. 文章的开头和结尾已为你写好（所给句子不计入5个句子中）。

We have decided to go for an outing this weekend____

So I hope all the students can take part in this activity.

第二节读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)

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阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Halloween(万圣节) is a holiday widely celebrated with different names in many countries. It has now lost its religious connections and is celebrated largely as a children’s day in the United States.

In recent years, on this day, children come to the door to have friends and neighbors admire their costumes and guess who they are behind the false faces and receive treats of candy, fruit or cookies. They say, “Trick or Treat”, meaning, “I will play a trick on you if you will not give me a treat.”

More recently, this practice has even developed into a significant international activity. Instead of candy, the children collect money for UNICEF (联合国国际儿童紧急救援基金). This special collection of money by children for needy children throughout the world is known as “UNICEF Trick or Treat”. Begun only recently, it results in several million dollars each year contributed to UNICEF. The collection box is orange, reminiscent（引人联想的）of the pumpkin.

[写作内容]

1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词就“帮助贫困儿童” 这个主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

1） 你读完这篇文章后的感受；

2） 你会怎样帮助贫困的儿童；

3） 谈谈你对帮助贫困儿童的建议。

[写作要求]

1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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参考答案

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16. appeared 17.mine 18. had been removed 19.missing 20.but 21.whom 22.the 23.to

24.reminding 25.what26—30DADBB31-35DCABA36-40CDBBA41-45DBCBA46-50CDABE

基础写作

范文一：

We have decided to go for an outing to Fenghuang Mountain this weekend. As we all know, we Senior 3 students are so busy in preparing for the coming College Entrance Examination that we are faced with so great pressure and have little time to do something else to relax ourselves. In order to keep a balance between work and relaxation/ leisure, we think it's a good idea for us to make use of this weekend to go to a nearby place to get close to nature , to breathe the fresh air and enjoy the sunshine. By doing that, not only can we enjoy the beautiful scenery but also we can relax ourselves. Meanwhile, we can educe/release/ease/get rid of our pressure and make our study more efficient. Those who want to take part in the outing are expected to meet at the school gate at 8:00 this Sunday morning.

I hope all the students can take part in this activity.

范文二

We have decided to go for an outing to Fenghuang Mountain this weekend. As we all know, we Grade 12 students are too busy in preparing for the coming College Entrance Examination to have time to have fun，so we all have much study pressure. In order to get rid of the pressure, relax ourselves, and keep a balance between work and relaxation, we are going to have an outing to Fenghuang Mountain to get close to nature , to breathe the fresh air and enjoy the sunshine. Through this activity, we can enjoy the beautiful scenery and also we can study much better after having a good rest. Those who are wiling to take part in the outing remember to gather at the school gate at 8:00 this Sunday morning.

I hope all the students can take part in this activity.

读写任务

From the passage we know that in recent years in the United States, Holloween has developed into a significant international activity. Children collect money for needy children throughout the world for UNICEF.

1） 你读完这篇文章后的感受；

After reading the passage, I can't help beginning to think more about how to help the needy children. I feel very happy that Halloween has developed into a significant international activity to collect money for the poor children around the world. In this way I am sure more and more poor children, especially those in Africa and Asia, will be helped by the people and they will live a better and better life.

2） 你会怎样帮助贫困的儿童；

As for me , I will try my best to help the poor children in our country or in the other poor foreign countries. I will donate my pocket money to the poor children around me. I will give my used books and clothes to them. Also I will try my best to persuade more people around me to help the needy children.

3） 谈谈你对帮助贫困儿童的建议。In my view, to help poor children, we need everyone to take action. First of all, charities should collect money for the needy children. Besides, enterprises and inpiduals should do what they can to provide support. What's more, the United Nations should do its best to help the poor countries to develop their economy so that there are fewer and fewer poor children.

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比较深圳二模读写任务写作

第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

概述一：The speech by Li Ming, （who is) a candidate for the chairman of the Students' Union, explains why he is fit for the position and what he is going to do if successfully elected.

概述二： Li Ming made this speech to run for the position of the chairman of the Students' Union. In the speech he shows he is fit for the position and he is going to organize some activities if successfully elected.

（1）你是否赞成李明当选学生会主席并说明理由；

Personally, I think Li Ming is the best choice, so I'll vote for such an active and kind-hearted person to be the chairman of the Students' Union. He states in his speech that he is always eager to help others. Besides, he has ever been a monitor for three years, so he has the ability and experience to serve the students. Above all, his three years' working experience as a monitor proves that he possesses outstanding leadership and management skills.

（2）你是否赞成他提出的加强课外活动的建议，为什么？

From his speech, I think highly of his suggestion about enriching after-class activities. Colorful after-class activities will free students' mind from study pressure. And such activities can provide students with chances to enrich their experience. Thus colorful after-class activities will benefit students both mentally and physically.

（3）谈谈你最喜欢的课外活动及其对你的影响。

My favorite after-class activity is swimming. Each time I get tired with study, after school I'll go swimming. Swimming makes me totally relaxed. After swimming half an hour or one hour and a half, I usually become energetic. Sometimes I can feel as if I was recharged with energy, so I can go on with my study. I think colorful after-class activities can benefit students, so it is a better choice to select Li Ming.

状元红：

In the speech to vote for the president of Students' Union. Li Ming said he was fit for the president of Students' Union. He promised to enrich students’ after-school activities if he won the election.

（1）你是否赞成李明当选学生会主席并说明理由；I will vote for Li Ming because of his confidence. His experience of being monitor for three years in his class makes me vote for him. But the most important reason is that he promised he would enrich students' after-class activities.

（2）你是否赞成他提出的加强课外活动的建议，为什么？ I think the suggestion of enriching students' after-class activities is very good. On the one hand, we students will be very tired because of a whole day's hard work. If we don't have some relaxing activities, we'll be more and more tired, which will do harm to our mental and physical health. On the other hand, activities can strengthen our body, and prevent us from being ill.

（3）谈谈你最喜欢的课外活动及其对你的影响。My favorite activity is playing basketball. When I'm unhappy or upset, I'll play basketball with my friends. After half an hour's playing, all the bad things will go away. What's more, I become stronger and stronger because of playing basketball. I think it's a really good activity and I love it very much.

写博文：

In the speech, Li Ming said he has experience and ability to be chairman of the Students’ Union. And he will enrich after-class activities if he becomes chairman. He hopes that students can vote for him.

I totally agree that Li Ming should be the chairman of the Students’ Union. From his speech, I knew he is a warm-heart and active person. Besides, he has enough ability to serve us. What is more, he has a plan to enrich our after-class activities.

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About after-class activities, I think that it is a good way to relax us students. As we all known, senior three students have a lot of stress because of College Entrance Examination. If we can’t deal with them well, we are likely to fail to pass the examination. So enriching after-class activities is very necessary for us Senior Three students. Therefore, I totally agree to enrich after-class activities.

As for me, I still remember my own experience. As a senior student, I usually feel upset. But since Senior Two I have learned to play basketball. I feel more comfortable. It is certain that this activity helps me to reduce my stress. So I can study in a more pleasant way. Thus, I think that after-class activities do good to our study.

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