高考英语模拟试题分类汇编阅读理解

高考英语模拟试题分类汇编阅读理解

‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 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。 ‎ ‎ A 【2011·安徽六校检测】 ‎ ‎ In her sixth period today, Mrs. Cox has taught a poem by a well-known black writer in the United States. She wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it aloud. ‎ ‎ No sooner had she finished reading the poem than students' questions began pouring in. One boy said the poem was heart-breakingly sad. Another student, a girl, said she had read a book by the same writer, but she wasn't able to enjoy it as much as her mother did, and she didn't know why. A third, a keen viewer of TV theatre, recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as the title of a recent play. As she answered the questions, Mrs. Cox made sure that her students understood every line of the poem. he asked them to discuss if the poem contained any message. The discussion became so lively that no one wanted to stop when the bell rang. Some said there was no message, some said it didn't really matter, and the class ended at that. ‎ ‎ As she drove home, Mrs. Cox thought about the class she had just left. Today she could feel good about what she had accomplished as a teacher. None of her students looked bored. Every one of them seemed interested in the poem. Once they started to talk, they forget about the time. She did not have to make them learn? she only had to answer their questions and to guide the discussion. This, she thought to herself, is what teaching is all about! ‎ ‎56. Mrs.Cox was a ________ ‎ ‎ A. writer B. poet C. teacher D. poet and teacher ‎ ‎57. One of the students said_____________ ‎ ‎ A. the poem wasn't sad at all ‎ ‎ B. she wasn't able to enjoy the poem as much as her mother did ‎ ‎ C. he recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as a title of a ‎ ‎ recent play ‎ ‎ D. he understood every line of the poem ‎ ‎58. Which of the following is Wrong? ‎ ‎ A. The writer of the poem had written a book. ‎ ‎ B.A student often went to a TV theatre. ‎ ‎ C. Every student was excited when discussing the poem. ‎ ‎ D. The discussion ended before the bell rang. ‎ ‎【答案】CCD ‎ B 【2011·安徽六校检测】 ‎ ‎ Shyness May Be PartlyInherited ‎ ‎ About 92 million Americans are shy, and according to recent research about half of them inherited the trait. ‎ ‎ The studies were discussed at the American Psychological Convention. ‎ ‎ One study, by Harvard University, was of babies 21- 48 months old. It concluded that these babies had a high heart rate when shown unfamiliar people or different toys. ‎ ‎ Although shyness is not new, it has only recently become of interest to ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 researchers. The first study on the genetic connection was in 1979. ‎ ‎ According to Warren Jones of the University of Tulsa, social relations these days are more complex. "With less ritual(仪式) and more complex situations," he said, "shyness is a national concern." ‎ ‎ Not all shy people are anxious and fearful, according to another study. Evidence shows that only half of shy people are tense, worried, and fearful in social situations. ‎ ‎ Many men use shyness as an excuse for failing in social situations, according to C.R. Snyder of the University of Kansas. "This is not true of females. Perhaps, ‎ American men are pressured to be assertive(自信的) and successful. So they would rather say they're shy than admit they're incompetent." ‎ ‎ Shy people may do very well socially after the first meeting with someone. In ‎ fact, shypeople tend to be more stable. ‎ ‎ The psychologists said shyness seems to be cultural. Japan has the highest rating. China and Israel have the lowest rating. The United States rated in the middle. ‎ ‎59. The word "trait" in the first paragraph means ______ ‎ ‎ A. way B. tradition C. character D. possession ‎60. Those babies studied were ______ when they saw unfamiliar people or different ‎ ‎ toys. ‎ ‎ A. tense or fearful B. calm C. as usual D. stable ‎ ‎61. Which of the following statements is Wrong? ‎ ‎ A. Researchers began to study shyness when it was known to them. ‎ ‎ B. According to Warren Jones, shyness had something to do with social relations ‎ ‎ C. Some shy people are anxious and fearful, some not. ‎ ‎ D. Shyness can perhaps make people do very well socially. ‎ ‎62. Why would American men rather say they're shy than admit they're incompetent? ‎ ‎ Because ______. ‎ ‎ A. shyness is usually used as an excuse by them. ‎ ‎ B. shyness is a good excuse. ‎ ‎ C. females don't use shyness as an excuse. ‎ ‎ D. they are under the pressure of social situations. ‎ ‎63.We can learn from this passage that ______ ‎ ‎ A. shyness is naturally inherited ‎ ‎ B. shy people have virtues as well as shortcomings. ‎ ‎ C. females don’t use shyness as an excuse ‎ ‎ D. which country has shy people. ‎ ‎【答案】CA ADB ‎ C 【2011·安徽六校检测】 ‎ ‎ Some people take lots of exercise. Others keep strict diets. But according to ‎ recent research, the best way to live a long and happy life is simple. Get a dog. ‎ ‎ “We have known for many years that the company of a pet can increase ‎ well-being in a number of ways. ” says Dr. Bonnie Beaver, an animal behavior ‎ specialist at Texas University. ‎ ‎ “For example, the survival rates of heart attack victims with pets are much greater t 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 han those of people without pets.” ‎ ‎ According to Dr. Beaver, pet owners are less likely to need a doctor. They recover more quickly when they do get ill. They have lower blood pressure,take more exercise and are more socially active. ‎ ‎ Above all, they are happier. Seventy percent of the families Dr. Beaver surveyed said that their family environment was happier after they got a pet. And this is what Dr. Beaver and other researchers are trying to achieve. They want to find a scientific link between human happiness and a long life. ‎ ‎ There is no final answer to this question yet, but it seems to be something to do withemotional ties. People with someone or something to love live longer. “There are many forms of animal-human relationship and some are very helpful.” says Dr Beaver. It seems that the more lovely an animal is, the more it benefits our health. As the saying goes, “If you want to be loved, get a dog.” ‎ ‎ Pet ownership benefits men and women equally. Other life experiences divide the sexes. Women are more sensitive to bad marriages than their husbands because they work harder at their relationship, says Dr. Janice Glaser of Ohio State University.‎ ‎ The message seems to be that a woman is better off with a good dog than a bad husband. Yet in some ways, men are similar to dogs. They like getting dirty and making a mess. They forget birthdays. They can disappear for days. How can they be better trained? ‎ ‎64. According to the author, the companyofa pet does good to a person in the ‎ ‎ following ways except __________. ‎ ‎ A. having less chance of dying of heart attacks ‎ ‎ B. being more active in society ‎ ‎ C. having their familyliving environment improved ‎ ‎ D. being better off than others ‎ ‎65. It can be inferred from the article that _______. ‎ ‎ A. a woman may prefer to have the company of a good dog than that of a bad husband ‎ ‎ B. scientists are sure about the relationship between happiness and a long life ‎ ‎ C. all life experience has a different effect onmen and women ‎ ‎ D. women can benefit more from owning a pet than men can ‎ ‎66. In what kind of tone do you think the author write the passage? ‎ ‎ A. Realistic and serious. B. Delighted and hopeful. ‎ ‎ C. Angry and pitiful. D. Light and humorous. ‎ ‎67. Which ofthe following do you think would be the best title of the passage? ‎ ‎ A. Relation between Humans and Pets ‎ ‎ B. Four legs Good, Two Legs Bad ‎ ‎ C. Love me, love my dog. ‎ ‎ D. Pets and Family Life ‎ ‎【答案】CADB ‎ D 【2011·安徽六校检测】 ‎ ‎ My house is made out of wood,glass and stone. It is also made out of software. ‎ ‎ If you come to visit, you’ll probably be surprised when you come in someone will give you ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 an electronic PIN (个人身份号码) to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it’s dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest to you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings. ‎ ‎ Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console，a small machine that turns things on and off around you. ‎ ‎ The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console. ‎ ‎ I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I’ve put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I’ve put in today. ‎ ‎ I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself nstead, “How will I live without them?” ‎ ‎68. What does the passage mainly discuss? ‎ ‎ A. How to develop a new system. ‎ ‎ B. The function of the PIN ‎ ‎ C. A home for the future ‎ ‎ D. Easy life in the future. ‎ ‎69. What’s the purpose when the writer wrote the fourth paragraph? ‎ ‎ A. To let readers know why his ideas are new ‎ ‎ B. To explain what the functions of the PIN and the console are ‎ ‎ C. To explain the importance of the PIN and the console. ‎ ‎ D. To let readers know how special his house is. ‎ ‎70. The writer’s new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _______. ‎ ‎ A. it has your favorite music following you ‎ ‎ B. you can make a telephone call anywhere ‎ ‎ C. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice ‎ ‎ D. it has been controlled by computers ‎ ‎71. What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage? ‎ ‎ A. An IT expert B. A famous doctor ‎ ‎ C. An idealist D. An experienced teacher ‎ ‎【答案】CBDA ‎ E 【2011·安徽六校检测】 ‎ ‎ Japanese Students Suffer from Pressure ‎ ‎ Last April,15-year-old Rei Iwasaki stopped her piano and flute lessons ‎ and began to study every day of the week. Her parents paid to send her to a ‎ ‎"cram school(灌输式教学模式的学校)."She wanted very much to pass her ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 exams. ‎ ‎ In February she did pass an all-day, five-subject examination and ‎ entered the high school she hoped to enter. ‎ ‎ Thirteen-year-old Akio Yoshiwara wasn't so lucky. Unable to take the ‎ pressure of the exams, he hanged himself in February. He left a suicide note ‎ which said, "I did my best in this dear life, but it's no good." ‎ ‎ Suicides are now a common part of life among students in Japan. The ‎ cause is the incredible pressure of the "examination hell." ‎ ‎ Even a number of teachers are committing suicide each year. When ‎ some students broke windows in a school near Tokyo, the principal blamed ‎ himself and wrote the following note: "The incidents were due to the lack ‎ of appropriate measures by the principal and I apologize. I am very tired.‎ ‎ The Japanese educational system is much different from the American ‎ system. It is perhaps the most regimented(严密组织的) school system in ‎ any of the industrialized nations. ‎ ‎ Boys and girls wear uniforms and go to school six days a week --- 240 ‎ days a year compared to 180 in the U.S. Ninety- five percent graduate from ‎ high school compared to seventy-five percent in the U.S. ‎ ‎ Students don't ask questions in class but only listen respectfully to the ‎ teachers. And every few years students are tested to see which school they ‎ will enter next. There is stiff competition for the "best" schools. ‎ ‎ The result is a well-informed, disciplined student, ideal for factory ‎ and company work and excellent at learning specialized skills. But there is ‎ little fun in education, little creativity and the incredible pressure of ‎ ‎"examination hell." ‎ ‎72. It's because ______ that many Japanese students committed suicide. ‎ ‎ A. they didn't do their best in their lives. ‎ ‎ B. they were sent to a "cram school". ‎ ‎ C. of the most regimented school. ‎ ‎ D. they were unable to take the pressure of the exams. ‎ ‎73. Why did the principal kill himself? Because__________ ‎ ‎ A. He thought it was his fault that some students broke the windows. ‎ ‎ B. He was very tired. ‎ ‎ C. He couldn't stand the pressure of the "examination hell". ‎ ‎ D. He blamed himself and wrote a note. ‎ ‎74. Which of the following ideas agrees with the title of the passage. ‎ ‎ A. The Japanese students love to study under pressure. ‎ ‎ B. The Japanese students do well under pressure. ‎ ‎ C. The exams give the Japanese students much pressure. ‎ ‎ D. The exams make the Japanese students commit suicide each year. ‎ ‎75. Which of the following is Wrong? ‎ ‎ A. The American educational system is much different from the Japanese ‎ ‎ system. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B. To enter a high school, a student must pass an all-day, five-subject ‎ ‎ examination. ‎ ‎ C. The Japanese graduates from high school are much less than the ‎ ‎ American graduates. ‎ ‎ D. In Japanese education, there is little creativity as well as little fun.‎ ‎【答案】DACC ‎ 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。‎ A【2011·安徽名校联考】‎ Studying for an exam while listening to music is not smart, because background music can injure your ability to perform memory tasks, new research has found.‎ Study participants were asked to recall a list of eight consonants (辅音字母) in the order they were presented. They did this while in five different sound environments: quiet surroundings; music they liked~ music they disliked; changing state; and steady state.‎ The participants recall ability was poorest when listening to music, regardless of whether they liked or disliked it, and in changing-state conditions. The most accurate recall occurred when participants performed the task in steady-state environments, according to the study published online in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.‎ The poorer performance of the music and changing-state sounds are due to the audible (听得见的) change within those environments. This hurts the ability to recall the order of items, via retelling, within the presented list, explained lead researcher Nick Perham, a lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, in a news release from the journal's publisher.‎ ‎"Mental arithmetic (算术) also requires the ability to memorize order information in the short-term via retelling, and may be similarly affected by their performance in the presence of changing-state, background environments," he added.‎ ‎56. When performing a challenging mental task, you'd better do it ______。‎ A. in the music you like B. in the music you dislike C. in changing state D. in steady state ‎57. The reason why the participants performed poorly while listening to music is that ______.‎ A. the music was too loud B. they got lost in the music C. the changeable sound disturb the input of the information D. they couldn't focus their attention ‎58. Which of the following is in steady state?‎ A. 12345. B. 33333. C. abcde. D. a1b2c.‎ ‎59. We can learn from the text that ______.‎ A. When doing our homework, we'd better play sweet songs B. Music may affect our performance of memorizing C. Mental arithmetic means retelling the order of information D. Reading in the noisy street can strengthen our ability of concentrating ‎【答案】DCBB B【2011·安徽名校联考】‎ Nearly 600,000 Americans lost their jobs this past month, pushing the nation's unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. But not all of those fired workers are sitting at home, reading the want ads and 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ waiting for the phone to ring. Thousands are returning to school, making public colleges and universities among the few bright places in a disappointing U.S. economy.‎ For example, when many Americans have had their work hours decreased, or even lost their jobs, Sherian Huddleston in charge of the enrollment (注册) of new students at Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) is working overtime. The university's population grew by 800 students this term--an increase of 4 percent over last spring’s registration. Huddleston says seeing enrollments rise in a failing economy is not unexpected. "When people are out of jobs," she points out," they will look at 'What else can I do?" What other career can I follow?' and they will often go to school or return to school if they have not previously completed their degree."‎ Older returning students aren't the only ones increasing enrollment at Middle Tennessee State. Huddleston says she's also seeing an increase in student transfers. "Students who previously went out of state to more expensive schools, or even in state to more expensive, maybe private schools, because of the economy those students may be transferring to public schools, the state schools, to make the most of the lower cost of attending," she explains.‎ ‎60. According to the passage, many students return to school ______.‎ A. to find a new job B. to read the want ads C. to complete their degree D. to turn to their schoolmates for help ‎61. Which of the following is TRUE of Sherian Huddleston?‎ A. She is not surprised when seeing enrollments go up.‎ B. She doesn't think it a good idea to transfer to public schools.‎ C. She is puzzled by those students who return to school.‎ D. She thinks returning to school is a good way to save the falling economy.‎ ‎62. Many students are transferring to public or state schools mainly because A. public or state schools provide better education B. public or state schools offer better jobs C. they don't want to get affected by the falling economy D. they want to bring down the expense ‎63. Which can serve as the best title of the passage?‎ A. Falling American Economy B. College Enrollment Up in a Depressing Economy C. College Admit More Students Than Before D. More Students Prefer to Return School ‎【答案】C ADB C【2011·安徽名校联考】‎ In white shirt, blue pants, black cloth shoes and two pigtails, Jingqiu gives off an air of great "pure beauty" in Zhang Yimou’s new movie Under the Hawthorn Tree, which tells the story of the sad romance of Jingqiu and a handsome young man named Laosan set at the end of the "cultural revolution" (1966-- 1976).‎ Before it was released, moviegoers foresaw what this "pure beauty" could be. Director Zhang complained of how long it had taken him to find the right girl for the part of Jingqiu -- a character so innocent. She believes that simply lying on the same bed as a man will make her pregnant.‎ It was 18-year-old Zhou Dongyu who stood out from the crowd. According to Zhang, Zhou has "eyes that are clear like a fountain on a mountainside". Born to an ordinary worker's family, the Shijiazhuang girl was in her final year of high school and working hard for a place in an art 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ college.‎ ‎"If you have fair skin and clear eyes, as Jingqiu does, it is easy to look pure. Girls today wear so many jewels and make-up--that's the reason Zhang was not interested," said Du Yanlai, 17, of Chengdu.‎ While some teenagers consider such "pure" beauty illusory, others believe that it speaks of something soulful.‎ Purity is all about an innocence that shines through from within, thinks 16-year-old Tan Mengxi of Nanjing. "Being pure can be simple, not having complicated thoughts and being inexperienced. However, it doesn't mean an ignorant or native person. So, a person is pure in his or her nature if he or she is always enthusiastic and able to deal with difficult matters independently. This purity doesn't pass with time, "she said.‎ ‎64. What's the real purity according to Tan Mengxi?‎ A. Having eyes as clear as a fountain. B. Not wearing so many jewels and make-up.‎ C. Being ignorant and native. ‎ D. Being simple, enthusiastic and able to manage things alone.‎ ‎65. What does the underlined word “illusory” mean here?‎ A. unreal. B. unhealthy. C. unscientific. D. negative.‎ ‎66. What can we infer from the passage?‎ A. Zhou Dongyu, who was 18,was from an art college.‎ B. Director Zhang disliked those girls with so many accessories and make-up.‎ C. Different people have different opinions about purity.‎ D. Many young girls in China are eager to stand out.‎ ‎67. The main idea of the passage is A. Why Director Zhang selected Miss Zhou as the leading star B. How people like the movie Under the Hawthorn Tree C. What makes a pure girl D. Why Chinese girls want to be pure ‎【答案】DA BC D【2011·安徽名校联考】‎ A lamp is more than a light. Lamps allow the owner to add to the design of a room. They are very functional and sometimes the only source of light in a room. There are many types of lamps, and of course they come in many styles and colors to fit anyone's home. Lamps can be soft and inviting or bright and useful. Floor lamps are often tall, thinly shaped lamps that bring light to a large area by cupping the bottom of the bulbs and forcing light up. Table lamps tend to force the light down and out to lighten up a smaller, more private space. But, that doesn't mean that you can't find a lamp that fits your needs as well as your tastes. In fact, you can even have lamps made to order to match your desired look.‎ But, before you decide to make that decision, check out the lamps in department stores and specialty stores. While most home improvement stores offer a wide variety of floor lamps, hanging lamps, and table lamps, you can find an even larger selection in a lighting store. There you will be at a loss about all the different choices you have. There will be choices in every style imaginable. If you still can't find what you are looking for, check contents and even the Internet. Specialty stores nationwide will ship lamps and accessories (配件) to you.‎ Adding some extra light to your home may have been your early search when trying to find a lamp, but you will soon see that there is more to look for in a lamp. The design will fit your home and 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ the color should match your home. The details on the lamp or lamp shade can even be found to match your furniture, tables, or other items in your home. Finding a great lamp is a fun adventure into the world of lighting.‎ ‎68. The purpose of the passage is ______.‎ A. to tell us how to choose lamps for our home B. to inform us of the variety of lamps produced in stores C. to tell us that different lamps have different usages D. to show us the great part lamps play in our life ‎69. According to the author, ______.‎ A. all the floor lamps are tall and thin B. table lamps can help you avoid being seen C. lamps can be attractive in a way D. none of the lamps will suit you ‎70. What's the author's attitude towards having a lamp made to order?‎ A. That's just what he wants to suggest. B. He suggests seeking lamps in stores.‎ C. He thinks it a waste of money. D. He advises making lamps by oneself.‎ ‎71. What should you do if you plan to buy a floor lamp?‎ A. You should buy a floor lamp at last. B. You should match the lamp with your room.‎ C. You should find some accessories to it. D. You should think of nothing but a floor lamp.‎ ‎【答案】ACB B E【2011·安徽名校联考】‎ Recently a young fellow from Sheridan was accused of first-degree murder. The youth was 15 years old when he shot and killed a 79-year-old man while burglarizing (入室盗窃)the man's home. The victim was a well-respected and much loved Sheridan citizen.‎ The crime and punishment are tragedies. It was a tragedy that a wonderful citizen of the city was shot and killed in his bedroom in the middle of the night. It is another tragedy that the young man, now 17, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.‎ His mother had largely neglected the young man. Suffering an unhappy marriage life, his mother sent him to live with an aunt and uncle in Sheridan. The youth really had no activities other than skateboarding at the skate park. The circle of friends that the youth had was basically in 1he same boat: they had little parental love and care in their lives.‎ I wonder what would have happened to the young fellow if he had been introduced to the joys of the outdoors at an early age. Perhaps his life would have taken a different course. Many of us have learned our outdoor skills by observing our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or some other adults. Basically, the people who taught us cared for us and wanted to get us interested in their outdoor activities.‎ Parents, grandparents, relatives, and friends of the family need to do the same thing today. We need to educate our children in outdoor skills. We need to teach them by taking them fishing, hunting, hiking, birding, horseback riding, and swimming. Most of all, we need to spend time with our children and show them we care.‎ We need to give our youths some healthy outdoor alternatives to the drug and troublemaking culture that results from too little supervision and too little love. By doing so, perhaps we can avoid further tragedies.‎ ‎72. The purpose of the author in writing the article is ______.‎ A. to call for giving children outdoor experiences B. to ask to punish children if they break the laws 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C. to tell us a tragedy about a young boy D. to present that too many troubles exist in society ‎73. What is the author's attitude towards the young fellow?‎ A. Hateful. B. Unconcerned. C. Ironical. D. Sympathetic.‎ ‎74. From the text we can know the reason for the young fellow's crime is that ______.‎ A. his mother didn't have a good marriage B. his aunt and uncle treated him badly C. he enjoyed skateboarding at the skate park D. he was short of parental control and love ‎75. According to the fourth and fifth paragraph, we can know ______.‎ A. children used to do outdoor activities by themselves B. parents are always playing with children C. the boy may have avoided crime if taken care of D. parents used to ignore their children ‎【答案】ADDC ‎ 阅读下列短文，从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A【2011·巢湖一检】‎ A primary school teacher who left a class of 25 pupils in tears after she told them Santa Claus did not exist has been fired. When excited youngsters became rowdy as they talked a- bout Santa, the supply teacher said out suddenly, "It's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day."‎ The class of seven-year-olds at Blackshaw Lane Primary School, Royton, Greater Manchester burst into tears and told their parents when they arrived home. Mothers and fa- thers then complained about the incident and were sent a letter by the school saying the teacher, who only worked at the school for one day last week, has been punished.‎ The school has now said it will not hire her again.‎ One father said, "My son came home and said that his teacher had told the class that Santa doesn't exist and it’s their mum and dad that put out presents for them. Obviously, they were all talking about Christmas and being a bit rowdy. She just came straight out with it. "‎ ‎"My son was in tears and so was everyone else in the class -- especially as it was so close to Christmas. I thought it was wrong. He was crazy about it. He’s only seven-year-old and it's part of the magic of Christmas to him. "‎ ‎"We told him that she did not believe in Father Christmas because of her religion and he's fine now. "‎ ‎"The father described the incident as ' shocking' and believed it was done with malicious intent (恶意地). A lot of parents were angry and complained to the school. The teacher, who was supplied by Rochdale and Oldham Supply Agency, is still listed and will work with other schools," the agency said.‎ However, the head teacher in Angela McCormick refused to comment on the incident.‎ ‎56. Who felt the angriest about the incident?‎ A. The teacher who was fired. B. The parents whose children cried.‎ C. The pupils who were in tears. D. Santa Claus the teacher talked about.‎ ‎57. The seven-year-old children cried because of .‎ A. something about Santa Claus B. the letters by the school C. their teacher's leaving D. the presents left out by the parents ‎58. We can infer from the passage that .‎ A. the teacher was fired and couldn't continue her career in teaching 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 B. the parents complained about the discipline of the school C. the little pupils felt disappointed after hearing the news told by the teacher D. in reality, Santa Claus exists and gives out presents once a year ‎59. What’s the meaning of the underlined word "rowdy"?‎ A. surprised. B. noisy. C. discouraged. D. annoyed.‎ ‎【答案】56-59: BACB B【2011·巢湖一检】‎ Advertisement One The Michael Jackson "Michael 109" T-shirt is a great way to remember American music legend!‎ We also sell Jackson's Thriller album. Why not turn up the volume on your CD player or iPod and dance around the house in this original Michael Jackson T-shirt?‎ Michael Jackson Tee is available in sizes S-XL, in White, Red or Pink. Printed on junior cut-fitted T-shirt Limited edition, selling quickly -- Michael Jackson Tee will ship on Friday, July3. 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How much do you have to pay for a "Michael 109" T-shirt in red (Size XL) and two music skins with images of Madonna?‎ A. $39.99 B. $ 83.97 C. $ 61.98 D. $101.97‎ ‎【答案】60-62: CCD ‎ C【2011·巢湖一检】‎ We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck. At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I enjoyed having it, but I said: "Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won't last forever.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ Never set your heart on anything that won't last. "After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: "Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck. "‎ My heart sank and my mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: "Here is a chance to show Holly what you really love. She'll never forget it. "‎ The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van. In her inexperience, she had confused the brakes and the gas pedal (油门]). Holly was unhurt physically but when I reached her, she was crying and saying: "Oh, Dad, I'm sorry. I know how much you love this truck. "I held her in my arms as she cried.‎ Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened (润湿) and she said: "That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad's car and ran into a log that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me. "‎ Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night. It was a deep wound on her soul.‎ I remember how sad Holly was on the night she crashed our truck, and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thou- sand times more than any piece of property.‎ I repaired the van, but the dent (凹陷) in my truck is still there today. Every day it re- minds me of what really matters in my life.‎ ‎63. What caused the crash?‎ A. The brakes weren't working.‎ B. Holly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brakes.‎ C. Holly was drinking a soft drink while driving.‎ D. The car got a flat tire and Holly lost control.‎ ‎64. What happened to the author's friend after she ruined her dad's car?‎ A. She suffered physical pain for a long time.‎ B. She lost the courage to drive.‎ C. Her father kicked her out of the house.‎ D. Her father was violent toward her.‎ ‎65. Which of the following descriptions is true according to the passage?‎ A. When the author first learned about the crash, he regretted sending her daughter to the store.‎ B. The author allowed his daughter to use his truck because his son was too young to drive.‎ C. When the author saw the crash, he was sorry for the damage to his beloved car.‎ D. By comforting his daughter, the author showed how much more he loved her than his truck.‎ ‎66. The main idea of the story is that .‎ A. love is more important than possessions B. parents should never let a teenager drive C. there is no point blaming someone after an accident D. we should always forgive others~ mistake ‎【答案】63-66: BDDA ‎ D【2011·巢湖一检】‎ Scientists have found that human eyes are more likely to be damaged by UV rays (紫外线) while skiing in the snow-covered areas than sitting on the beach, according to a report by the UK 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ newspaper The Telegraph.‎ The researchers at Kanazawa Medical University, Japan and American company Johnson Johnson conducted the study together. They looked at the effects of light reflection on newly fallen snow on a ski trail (a rough path) in Ishikawa District, northern Japan. They compared the results with the levels of UV rays on a sand beach in southern Japan's Okinawa District.‎ They found that on the beach, eyes are exposed to a daily 260 kilojoules (千焦耳) of UV a square meter compared to 658 kilojoules in snow-covered areas.‎ The findings are supported by the Japan Meteorological Agency. According to the agen- cy, the reflection rate of UV light on beaches is often between 10 and 25 percent, compared to 80 percent in the new snow areas. The amount of light increased 4 percent with a 300-meter rise in height.‎ Most of us know that UV rays can harm the skin. That's why we wear sunscreen on our skin before we get out in the sun. But many of us may not realize that UV rays are also harmful to the eyes.‎ If your eyes are exposed to large amounts of UV radiation over a short period of time, you may experience a kind of sunburn of the eye, which is harmful. Your eyes will become red and feel a strange feeling. They may be sensitive to light. Fortunately, this is usually temporary (暂时的) and seldom causes permanent damage to the eyes.‎ Long-term exposure to UV radiation, however, can be more serious. Scientific studies and researches have shown that exposure to small amounts of UV radiation over a period of many years increases the chance of eye damage, which could lead to total blindness.‎ ‎67. You would most likely find the article in A. a doctor's diary B. a travel journal C. a medical magazine D. a physics textbook ‎68. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Too much eye exposure to UV rays may cause total blindness.‎ B. Short-time exposure of the eyes to UV rays doesn't harm them at all.‎ C. Most people know that UV rays harm the eyes as well as the skin.‎ D. The study was conducted by researchers from Japan, the USA and the UK.‎ ‎69. The underlined word "sunscreen" in Paragraph 5 most probably means ______.‎ A. sunglasses B. sunhat C. suncream D. sunburn ‎70. What will the passage most probably talk about next?‎ A. Never ski on newly fallen snow in Japan.‎ B. Go to hospital to have your eyes examined.‎ C. Wearing a hat can provide protection while skiing in new snow areas.‎ D. Take some measures to protect your eyes while skiing in new snow areas.‎ ‎【答案】67-70: CACD E【2011·巢湖一检】‎ Depression(抑郁症) is a serious problem today. Depression causes workers to be unpro- ductive, causing companies and countries to lose billions of dollars. One expert says that de- pression is like cancer because it is "widespread, costly and deadly". Depression hits one per- son in five around the world.‎ Although people have believed depression to be a problem among the rich and educated, studies show that depression is a problem among everyone. Over any six-month period, be- tween five to 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ seven percent of the world's 15opulation will be suffering from a serious depres- sion.‎ Suicide rates among people suffering from the disease in its extreme, or clinical form were 80 percent higher than in the population at large, and sufferers were four times more likely to have heart attacks. People who suffer from depression often have problems sleeping, getting up on time, and doing work unproductively.‎ Depression, which researchers agree, has its origin in the genes, brings loss of confi- dence and ability to concentrate making it impossible for employees and managers to work efficiently.‎ Depression is made more serious in China by Chinese inability to face it. Many people believe that depressed people are either weak or lazy. Besides, there is no good treatment, with few specialists available.‎ ‎"Most patients in China just don’t get help," a Chinese doctor says. "In my hospital, I have to see 30 or 40 patients in a morning, just have time to say ' Hello, how do you feel?'"‎ In Western countries, people are not afraid to admit that they have depression, but most do not tell it to their boss, because they fear that their boss would fire them.‎ ‎"In my experience, aging bosses are the most willing to admit they have it, because they feel the most Secure about themselves." an American doctor says.‎ Hopefully, in the near future, people around the world will be able to admit that they have depression so that they can get the right treatment.‎ ‎71. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. It is widely believed that everyone may suffer from depression.‎ B. Depression brings great problems to its sufferers in their life and work.‎ C. Depression is a commonly--existing problem only in rich countries.‎ D. The poorer and the less educated a person is the less he will suffer from depression.‎ ‎72. Depression becomes more serious in China because of .‎ A. the pressure of unemployment B. the lack of treatment and doctors C. their unwillingness to tell it to their bosses D. the doctor's careless work ‎73. Compared to normal people, the depressed people are likely to be .‎ A. very unconfident and often absent--minded B. easy to avoid being hit by heart attacks C. working efficiently and productively D. either weak or lazy ‎74. The underlined phrase "at large" is the closest in meaning to .‎ A. widely B. as a whole C. in a large quantity D. largely ‎75. What can we infer from the passage?‎ A. People are suffering from depression because of the shortage of specialists.‎ B. The aging bosses around the world dare to say they are depressed.‎ C. More and more patients will turn to specialists for help.‎ D. Western people are braver than Chinese people.‎ ‎【答案】71-75: BBABC 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 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A【2011·佛山一检】‎ A newly-published study has shown that loneliness can spread from one person to another, like a disease.‎ Researchers used information from the Framingham Study, which began in 1948. The Framingham Study gathers information about physical and mental health, personal behavior and diet. At first, the study involved about 5,000 people in the American state of Massachusetts. Now, more than 12,000 individuals are taking part.‎ Information from the Framingham Study showed earlier that happiness can spread from person to person. So can behaviors like littering and the ability to stop smoking.‎ University of Chicago psychologist John Cacioppo led the recent study. He and other researchers attempted to show how often people felt lonely. They found that the feeling of loneliness spread through social groups.‎ Having a social connection with a lonely person increased the chances that another individual would feel lonely. In fact, a friend of a lonely person was 52% more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. A friend of that person was 25% more likely. The researchers say this shows that a person could indirectly be affected by someone’s loneliness.‎ The effect was strongest among friends. Neighbors were the second most affected group. The effect was weaker on husbands and wives, and brothers and sisters. The researchers also found that loneliness spread more easily among women than men.‎ The New York Times newspaper reports that, on average, people experience feelings of loneliness about 48 days a year. It also found that every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about five percent, or two and a half fewer lonely days.‎ Loneliness has been linked to health problems like depression and sleeping difficulties. The researchers believe that knowing the causes of loneliness could help in reducing it.‎ The study suggests that people can take steps to stop the spread of loneliness. They can do this by helping individuals they know who may be experiencing loneliness. The result can be helpful to the whole social group.‎ ‎26. What is true about the Framingham Study?‎ A. It was only conducted in 1948.‎ B. It involves more than 12,000 participants.‎ C. It was led by John Cacioppo.‎ D. It showed that any behavior could spread.‎ ‎27. From the passage, we can learn that ________.‎ A. the habit of littering doesn’t spread B. a lonely person won’t have friends C. everyone may be affected by others’ loneliness D. lonely people don’t know the cause of their loneliness ‎28. Which statement about the spread of loneliness is true?‎ A. The spreading effect was the second strongest among friends.‎ B. No spreading effect was found on husbands and wives.‎ C. Women are more likely to be affected than men.‎ D. Brothers are more easily affected than neighbors.‎ ‎29. If you make 10 more friends in a year, the days of your feeling loneliness will be reduced by 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ ________.‎ A. 48 days B. 25 days C. 20 days D. 15 days ‎30. What is the main idea of the passage?‎ A. Actions should be taken to help lonely people.‎ B. People feel lonely for many reasons.‎ C. Ways to fight against loneliness.‎ D. Lonely people can affect others.‎ ‎【答案】26. B 27. C 28. C 29. B 30. D B【2011·佛山一检】‎ ‎“Tweenager” is the new term being used in the UK to describe kids at either 8—12 or 10—13 years old.‎ More and more companies are beginning to create products and services for tweenagers. The Disney company sells music and film to tweenagers and their parents. You can get everything from branded lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothing. It’s all about sales, which suggests that tweenagers must have more money, freedom and influence upon their parents than they’ve ever had before.‎ Most kids in the UK today get more pocket money than kids did a decade ago. Parents have more money to give their kids than previously, since parents are having fewer children. In addition, the divorce rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to, so many parents try to compensate by buying presents for their children. It’s a bad habit for both parents and kids to get into, but parents are under constant pressure from commercial marketing and the pleas of their children.‎ UK kids today are very media and computer-literate. A lot of kids have a TV, if not a computer, in their bedrooms. They have access to much more information about life and the world. They may have experienced a lot in life as well, since 24% of UK kids live in single-parent families, so people now say that “kids are getting older younger”. With such maturity at such a young age, it’s no wonder tweenagers are able to influence their parents and have more freedom than previous generations.‎ UK tweenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes. That’s changed. Now, they are much more fashion conscious and concerned about their image. Many tweenagers outgrow the bright colours and fashions of their tweenage years and go for something darker and more rebellious.‎ Surely none of the above is a good thing. The UK government is certainly concerned, and for that reason has strict laws preventing companies from explicitly marketing their products and services at children.‎ ‎31. Why are more products and services created for tweenagers?‎ A. Because children education is becoming more important.‎ B. Because children have more money to buy them.‎ C. Because it is better to study music from an early age.‎ D. Because more companies are creating products and services.‎ ‎32. Kids today can get more money partly because ________.‎ A. parents always accompany their kids B. parents have more expectation of kids C. more and more parents divorce nowadays 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. kids know how to make money ‎33. Tweenagers have more freedom due to the following facts EXCEPT that ________.‎ A. their parents can not influence them any more B. they know more information than kids before C. they become mature at a younger age D. they have a lot of experience in life ‎34. Which is true about kids in the past?‎ A. They used to have more money to spend. B. They couldn’t influence their parents.‎ C. They looked older than their age. D. They preferred to wear brighter clothes.‎ ‎35. What is the purpose of the passage?‎ A. To teach a new word “tweenager”. B. To introduce a new phenomenon.‎ C. To urge parents to care about their kids. D. To blame today’s young people.‎ ‎【答案】 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B C【2011·佛山一检】‎ When you do some minor image editing(修正) on your computer screen, you may make some mistakes, so from time to time you’d click undo(撤消).‎ There are things in life we cannot undo as easily and completely as we would with our computer files. A wrong turn, a hurtful word said to a loved one, a bad move — these we all commit as we walk our life’s journeys, no matter how careful we are in our steps. Once committed, we can no longer undo many of these mistakes, especially because unlike with our computer documents, each thing we do and say has vast impact as they involve not just us — the file that we are working on — but also others, the unopened files and computer programs in our system.‎ So I guess our life’s mistakes are not like our pencil scrawls that can be effectively corrected with an eraser, or errors on our computer works that can be undone with an undo button. But there are effective and reliable tools we can use—APOLOGY and FORGIVENESS. Simply click the APOLOGY button when you have committed a mistake that has hurt a loved one and the words “I’m Sorry” will flash on the other person’s screen. But, you have to be truly sorry and you must be prepared not to commit the same mistake again for your APOLOGY to work. Sincerity is definitely a necessary part.‎ When someone clicks the APOLOGY button and the words “I’m sorry” flash on your screen, all you have to do is click back the FORGIVENESS button. It means that you have wholeheartedly accepted the other person’s APOLOGY. But not only that. You also have to click it when someone has sent you back the message “It’s okay. Forget about it,” on your request of APOLOGY. It means that you are also forgiving yourself for your mistake; that you won’t keep feeling so bad having committed it.‎ And lastly, don’t forget to keep clicking the SAVE button. Going through the whole process of editing—of doing and undoing, of apologizing and forgiving — is useless if you fail to save the LESSON for future use. Let the saved file be a reminder of the healing process you once went through to make yourself better; for you not to forget the lesson; and for others to access and learn from.‎ ‎36. Which of the following is TRUE?‎ A. However careful we are, we still make mistakes in life.‎ B. Things we do and say can affect computer programs in our system.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C. We can undo life’s mistakes if we are careful enough.‎ D. An eraser is an effective tool for our computer works.‎ ‎37. The APOLOGY button should be clicked when ________.‎ A. one wants to make the computer work perfectly B. one’s mistakes won’t influence others any more C. one is actually saying “I’m sorry”‎ D. one won’t make the same mistake again ‎38. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?‎ ‎ A. The UNDO button.‎ B. The APOLOGY button.‎ ‎ C. The SAVE button.‎ D. The FORGIVENESS button.‎ ‎39. We need to click the SAVE button in life because ________.‎ A. we want to go through the whole process of editing B. we need to learn a lesson from the past mistakes C. we want to make the healing process faster D. we need to use the computer properly ‎40. What is the best title for the passage?‎ A. Editing Mistakes in Life B. Learning to Apologize C. Learning to Forgive D. Computer and Life ‎【答案】36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A ‎ D【2011·佛山一检】‎ Anthropologists are looking into the possibility that some European-looking Chinese in North-west China are the descendants(后裔) of a lost army from the Roman Empire.‎ Experts at the newly established Italian Studies Center at Lanzhou University in Gansu province will excavate a section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-kilometer trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, to see whether there are remains of Roman soldiers in China. They hope to prove the legend by digging the Road and discovering more evidence of China’s early contact with the Roman Empire.‎ Before Marco Polo’s travels to China in the 13th century, the only known contact between the two empires was a visit by Roman diplomats in 166 AD.‎ Chinese archeologists were therefore surprised in the 1990s to find the remains of an ancient defense structure in Liqian, a remote town in Yongchang county on the edge of a desert area, that was strikingly similar to Roman defense structures. They were even more astonished to find Western-looking people with green, deep-set eyes, long hooked noses and blond hair.‎ Though the villagers said they had never traveled outside the county, they worshipped(崇尚) bulls and their favorite game was similar to the ancient Romans’ bull-fighting dance.‎ DNA tests in 2005 confirmed some of the villagers were indeed of foreign origin, leading many experts to conclude they are descendants of an ancient Roman army headed by general Marcus Crassus.‎ In 53 BC, Crassus was defeated and killed by the Parthians, a tribe(部落) occupying what is now Iran, putting an end to Rome’s eastward expansion. But a army of 6,000 men led by Crassus’ eldest son apparently escaped and was never found again.‎ Though some experts are convinced the Roman-looking villagers in Yongchang county are the 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ descendants of the soldiers, others are not so certain.‎ A professor at Beijing Normal University believes that there were many chances for trans-national marriages because the county is on the Silk Road, and the “foreign” origin of the Yongchang villagers does not necessarily mean they are of ancient Roman origin.‎ ‎41. What does the underlined word in the second paragraph probably mean?‎ A. Dig. B. Defend. C. Repair. D. Protect.‎ ‎42. The Chinese local villagers and Romans are similar in the following aspects EXCEPT that ________.‎ A. they have similar appearance B. their defense structures are similar C. they have the same character D. they both worship bulls ‎43. The villagers in Yongchang county may not be of ancient Roman origin because ________.‎ A. the results of DNA tests may be wrong B. their ancestors might have married other foreigners C. they are of the Parthian origin D. Crassus was defeated and killed.‎ ‎44. From the passage, we know that __________.‎ A. the ancestors of the Liqian villagers are from ancient Rome B. the research on the origin of the Liqian villagers is still under way C. Romans built the ancient defense structures in Liqian D. the Liqian villagers are not of foreign origin ‎45. Where might the passage be taken from?‎ A. A science fiction. B. A book review.‎ C. A travel guide. D. A news story.‎ ‎【答案】41. A 42. C 43. B 44. B 45. D 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。‎ A【2011·三明三校联考】‎ It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club．It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand over your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want．That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs．‎ Fundraising（募集资金） is a great way to help children learn social skills．It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask him for his money．They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school．If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride（不特别费力地）, and that is a learning lesson as well．‎ Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising．Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned into the school．However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson．Dealing with more Fundraising helps improve their schools．It is the children’s school．They have to learn there and grow there．Why not let them help in making it a better place?‎ Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child．The raised money is used towards 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ things like parties, trips, or for the music club to go to see a Broadway play．The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money．Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed．‎ In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways．‎ ‎56．The underlined word “inevitable” in the first paragraph means “_______”．‎ ‎ A．unlikely B．improper C．unavoidable D．unrealistic ‎57．One of the important indications that children are grown up is that __________．‎ A．children learn to care for others ‎ B．children can deal with money ‎ C．children like to make up ‎ D．children make a date with friends of the other sex ‎ ‎58．The author thinks that fundraising _______．‎ ‎ A．adds to the family’s burden ‎ ‎ B．wastes the learning time ‎ C．builds up the children’s bodies ‎ D．helps to develop the children’s character ‎ ‎59．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?‎ ‎ CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point（次要点） C: Conclusion P1‎ P2‎ P3‎ P4‎ P5‎ C B Sp2‎ Sp1‎ P1‎ P2‎ P3‎ CP C C P1‎ P3‎ CP Sp2‎ Sp1‎ Sp4‎ Sp3‎ C D P1‎ P2‎ P3‎ P4‎ C CP A ‎ 【答案】 CBDA ‎ ‎ B【2011·三明三校联考】‎ Lipitor About Lipitor Lipitor is a prescription medicine. Along with diet and exercise, it lowers “bad” cholesterol(胆固醇) in your blood. It can also raise “good” cholesterol.‎ ‎ Lipitor can lower the risk of heart attack in patients with several common risk factors, including family history of early heart disease, high blood pressure, age and smoking.‎ Who is Lipitor for?‎ Who can take Lipitor:‎ People who cannot lower their cholesterol enough with diet and exercise.‎ Adults and children over 10.‎ Who should NOT take Lipitor?‎ Women who are pregnant, or may become pregnant, Lipitor may harm your unborn baby.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Women who are breast-feeding. Lipitor can pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby.‎ People with liver problems.‎ Possible side effects of Lipitor Serious side effects in a small number of people:‎ Muscle problems that can lead to kidney problems, including kidney failure.‎ Liver problems. Your doctor may do blood tests to check your liver before you start Lipitor and while you are taking it.‎ Call your doctor right away if you have:‎ Unexplained muscle pain or weakness, especially you have a fever or feel very fired.‎ Swelling of the face, lips, tongues and/or throat that may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing.‎ Stomach pain.‎ Some common side effects of Lipitor are: ‎ Muscle pain.‎ Upset stomach.‎ Changes in some blood test.‎ How to take Lipitor Do:‎ ‎☆ Take Lipitor as prescribed by your doctor.‎ ‎☆ Try to eat heart-healthy foods while taking Lipitor.‎ ‎☆ Take Lipitor at any time of day, with or without food.‎ ‎☆ If you miss a dose(一剂), take it as soon as you remember. But if it has been more than 12 hours since you missed a dose, wait. Take the next dose at your next time.‎ Don’t: ‎ Do not change or stop your dose before talking to your doctor.‎ Do not start new medicine before talking to your doctor.‎ ‎60. What is the major function of Lipitor?‎ ‎ A. To help to cure liver problems.‎ ‎ B. To control blood pressure.‎ ‎ C. To help to deal with muscle problems.‎ ‎ D. To lower “bad” cholesterol.‎ ‎61. According to the passage, taking Lipitor is beneficial to _________.‎ ‎ A. breast-feeding women ‎ B. children suffering from stomach ‎ C. adults having heart trouble ‎ D. teenagers with muscle problems ‎62. If it has been over 12 hours since you missed a dose, what should you do?‎ ‎ A. Reduce the amount of your next dose.‎ ‎ B. Eat more when taking your next dose.‎ ‎ C. Have a dose as soon as you remember missing it.‎ ‎ D. Just take the next dose at your regular time.‎ ‎63. Which of the following is the common side effect of taking Lipitor?‎ ‎ A. Throat swelling.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B. Upset stomach.‎ ‎ C. Kidney failure.‎ ‎ D. Muscle weakness.‎ ‎【答案】 DCDB C【2011·三明三校联考】‎ ‎“Any time! Any where! Decades ago there was no such thing” – “Communication”.‎ Then, September 7th 1987, the global system for mobile communication or GSM was born. And international agreements that laid out the standards, regulations and practices gave rise to a global mobile phone industry.‎ To be honest, the world’s first mobiles were not so attractive and the range of effectiveness wasn’t very good. But they became a must-have among those wealthy people who could afford that. However, by advantage of GSM which has many different elements to it, we can all enjoy the ability to go around the world in 217 countries, land in that country and know that a phone would work.‎ There are other cell phone systems using different technology in the world. The majority of the United States and parts of South America have been using something called CDMA which is very rare in Europe. In some Asian countries like China, GSM and CDMA both exist at the same time. But the GSM Association claims 85% of the global mobile phone market. They estimated there are now about 2.5 billion different users who make more than 7 trillion minutes of calls everyday, and that’s not all.‎ ‎20 years later, the mobile phone is so much more than just a phone. You can use it to send text messages, take pictures, show video, even surf the internet.‎ ‎“The phone itself is involved from just being a communication tool, to be a tool for round-the-clock connectivity, you can not live without it even in a minute.” Mobile consultant Nick Lane also points out with so many customized styles and features, your mobile phone will become a symbol of you. ‎ Where will the global mobile phone industry be in another 20 years? Certainly, there will be more connections than better coverage. As for where else technology will take us, one can only imagine.‎ ‎64. According the passage, we can know that GSM is ____________.‎ A. a global-used mobile phone B. a global mobile phone industry ‎ C. a global mobile phone association D. a global mobile communication system ‎65. From this passage, we can infer that ____________.‎ A. as soon as the first mobiles appeared, they became popular and many people have one B. with a GSM mobile phone, you can make a phone call in most parts of the USA C. there are only two cell phone systems in the whole world: GSM and CDMA D. most of the mobile phone users in the world now are using the GSM mobile phone ‎66. By pointing out “your mobile phone will become a symbol of you”, what does Nick Lane want to tell us about the mobile phone in the future?‎ A. You can have a mobile phone with the unique look and functions as you like.‎ B. Others can find us without any difficulties if we carry our mobile phone.‎ C. The mobile phone can be used as a permit when you enter some places.‎ D. The mobile phone we carry can show others how wealthy we are.‎ ‎67. What does the writer feel about the GSM development in the following 20 years?‎ A. Satisfied.　　 B. Worried.　　 C. Confident.　　 D. Confused.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎【答案】 DDAC ‎ D【2011·三明三校联考】‎ Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．‎ Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper.The Beldon Post:‎ FIRE AT SEABREEZE Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years.‎ ‎ The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：‎ ‎ ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bed side light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．‎ What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．‎ ‎ Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?‎ ‎68.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?‎ A. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．‎ B.Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．‎ C.A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．‎ D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．‎ ‎69.Which of the following are probably facts? ‎ a.The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．‎ b.A cigarette started the fire．‎ c.An old lamp started the fire．‎ d.The fire broke out at night．‎ e.There has never been a fire in Canfield．‎ A.b and c B. a and d C. c and e D.a and c ‎70.The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _____________． ‎ A.hotels in Beldon often catch fire B.hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire ‎ C. this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel ‎ D. Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe ‎71.The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______． ‎ A.the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel B.the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place C.such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D.the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things ‎【答案】 ABCD ‎ E【2011·三明三校联考】‎ ‎ In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. Now this is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters who have never been close by during of the birth a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.‎ ‎　　Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we send them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally (晚期的）in patients— even when those patients are their parents. This deprives（剥夺）the dying patient of family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.‎ ‎　　Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed about 500 terminally in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential（潜在的）outcome.‎ ‎　　It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communication in order to truly understand their needs, fears and fantasies（幻想）. Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their great need to be informed, to be kept up - to - date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the coming of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance before death. ‎ ‎72. The elders of today's Americans _______ .‎ ‎　　A. are often absent when a family member is born or dying ‎　　B. are unfamiliar with birth and death ‎　　C. usually see the birth or death of a family member ‎　　D. have often experienced the fear of death as part of life ‎73. Children in America are deprived of the chance to________.‎ ‎　　A. visit a patient at hospital　　　　 B. visit their family members ‎　　C. learn how to face death　　　　　 D. look after the patients ‎74. The need of a dying patient for people to accompany（陪伴）him shows________.‎ ‎　　A. his wish for communication with other people ‎　　B. his fear of death ‎　　C. his unwillingness to die D. he feels very upset about his condition ‎75. It may be concluded from the passage that________.‎ ‎　　A. dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition ‎　　B. dying patients are afraid of being told of the coming of death ‎　　C. most patients are unable to accept death until it can’t be avoided ‎　　D. most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need ‎【答案】 CCAA 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。‎ A【2011·厦门期末质检】‎ A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 professor．Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life． ‎ Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking and cheap, some exquisite and expensive-telling them to help themselves to the coffee．‎ When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones．While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress．Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups．．．And then you began eyeing each other's cups．‎ Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups．They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live．Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us．"‎ God brews the coffee, not the cups．Enjoy your coffee!‎ ‎"The happiest people don't have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything．"‎ Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the rest to God．‎ ‎56．What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?‎ ‎ A．the ordinary-looking cup B．the nice-looking cup ‎ C．the coffee of good quality D．the coffee of poor quality ‎57．Why did the professor offer his students coffee with varieties of cups?‎ ‎ A．To give his students many more choices．‎ ‎ B．To teach his students how to enjoy coffee．‎ ‎ C．To show the students his collection of cups． ‎ ‎ D．To tell his students the right attitude to life ‎58．According to the professor, the happiest people are the ones who _____．‎ ‎ A．get the best type of coffee cups B．make the best of what they have ‎ C．have a wide range of coffee cups D．care about social status and wealth ‎59．The best title for the passage would be _____．‎ ‎ A．God's Coffee B．The Pressure of Life ‎ C．The Happiest People D．Professor's Coffee Cups ‎【答案】BDBA B【2011·厦门期末质检】‎ A new study done by the Higher Education Quality ‎ Council of Ontario （HEQCO） shows that it doesn't make much ‎ of a difference that parents reward their children with cash for ‎ their better marks.‎ Many parents have offered cash to their children in the hope that it would improve marks and possibly raise their children's interest in achieving higher marks．‎ The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Toronto （UT） and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT） to learn more about the potential for financial encouragement as motivation for improved marks, involved first and second year students receiving financial aid in 2008-2009 at the University of Toronto Scarborough．‎ The top students participating in the study who said they were "very concerned" about having 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ enough money to complete their degrees were to receive $100 for getting a grade of 70 per cent for each one-semester course, plus $20 for every percentage point beyond that．It was imaginable that a student could earn as much as $700 for achieving 100 percent in a course．‎ Harvey Weingarten, president and CEO of HEQCO said, "In its efforts to help disadvantaged students by exploring the idea of paying them to attend school, the Toronto District School Board （TDSB） is asking the same question many other districts are asking about how to improve student participation and performance．Our study and others to date indicate that this practice has little effect if any in those situations where it has been tested．"‎ The authors of the study suggest that ineffective study habits may be a barrier to academic achievement and that the real problem may be more a lack of academic preparation than a lack of effort or motivation．They note that the availability of peer （同伴） advising does not appear to have helped greatly．They conclude that other potential avenues to improving performance, or other approaches of teaching, are needed at the high school and postsecondary levels．‎ ‎60．If a student gets a grade of 85% in a course, he will get _____．‎ ‎ A．$100 B．$300 C．$400 D．$700‎ ‎61．The underlined words "this practice" in Paragraph 5 refer to _____．‎ ‎ A．improving student participation ‎ B．seeking help from different districts ‎ C．paying disadvantaged students to attend school ‎ D．testing student performance in the same district ‎62．The real problem with student participation and performance is most probably a lack of____．‎ ‎ A．peer advising B．effort or motivation ‎ C．teaching methods D．academic preparation ‎63．The word "avenues" underlined in the last paragraph most probably means _____‎ ‎ A．streets in a town or city B．wide straight roads ‎ C．ways of achieving something D．broad paths between treess ‎64．What is mainly discussed in the passage?‎ ‎ A．Many parents have offered cash to their children．‎ ‎ B．Many first and second year students receive financial aid．‎ ‎ C．Ineffective study habits lead to poor academic achievement．‎ ‎ D．Rewarding students with cash for good grades has little effect ‎【答案】CCDCD C【2011·厦门期末质检】‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎65．How many vacancies are available according to this ad?‎ ‎ A．2． B．4． C．6． D．8．‎ ‎66．The duty of the engineers to be employed is _____．‎ ‎ A．selling current digital compression equipment ‎ B．producing equipment for TV and data broadcasting ‎ C．providing SNG Up-link Operations service delivery ‎ D．managing SIS Live for Mobile Satellite Communication ‎67．If you want to apply for the vacancies, you are required to _____．‎ ‎ A．have some related work experience ‎ B．have a BTEC in Electronic Engineering ‎ C．hold a clean C 1category license for 2 years ‎ D．live beyond 45 minutes of the appointed base ‎【答案】DCA D【2011·厦门期末质检】‎ There used to be four common life phases （阶段） : childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age．Now, there are at least six: childhood, adolescence, odyssey, adulthood, active retirement and 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ old age．Of the new ones, the least understood is odyssey, the decade of wandering that frequently occurs between adolescence and adulthood．‎ They see that people in this age bracket are delaying marriage．They're delaying having children．They're delaying permanent employment．People who were born before 1964 tend to define adulthood by certain achievements ?moving away from home, becoming financially independent, getting married and starting a family．‎ In 1960, roughly 70 percent of 30-year-olds had achieved these things．By 2000, fewer than 40 percent of 30-year-olds had done the same．‎ Yet with a little imagination it's possible even for baby boomers （生育高峰期的人） to understand what it's like to be in the middle of the odyssey years．It's possible to see that this period is a sensible response to modern conditions．‎ Two of the American best social scientists have been trying to understand this new life period．Through their work, you．can see uncertainty that now characterizes this stage．Young people grow up in tightly structured childhoods, Robert Wuthnow of Princeton observes, but then graduate into a world of uncertainty．Old success recipes don't apply, new systems have not been established and everything seems to give way to a less permanent version of itself．Dating gives way to Facebook and hooking up．Newspaper reading gives way to blogging．For example, in 1970, 49 percent of adults in their 20s read a daily paper; now it's at 21 percent．‎ The job market is changeable．Graduating seniors don't find corporations offering them jobs that will guide them all the way to retirement．Instead they find a vast menu of information economy options, few of which they have heard of or prepared for．‎ ‎68．Which is the correct order of the following life phases?‎ ‎ a．childhood b．adolescence c．adulthood d．old age ‎ ‎ e．odyssey f．active retirement ‎ A．a-b-c-d-e-f B．a-b-e-c-f-d C．a-b-e-d-f-c D．a-b-c-e-d-f ‎69．By 2000, most of the 30-year-olds ______．‎ ‎ A．were financially dependent ‎ B．got well-prepared for the employment ‎ C．got married early and started their family ‎ D．preferred blog writing to newspaper reading ‎70．We can learn from Paragraph 5 that young people ?‎ ‎ A．favor the world full of changes B．grew up in unstable childhoods ‎ C．feel uneasy about the present situation D．may refer to the experience of their seniors ‎71．The passage is probably followed by a paragraph about the ?‎ ‎ A．concerns about active retirement phase ‎ B．reasons for the birth of the odyssey phase ‎ C．influences of the odyssey phase on the society ‎ D．situations of active retirement in other countries ‎【答案】BDCC E【2011·厦门期末质检】‎ Four previously plentiful species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States, researchers reported Monday in a study confirming that the agriculturally important bees are being affected worldwide．‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 They documented a 96 percent fall in the numbers of the four species, and said their geographic range had shrunk by as much as 87 percent．"We provide strong evidence that multiple Bombus species have experienced sharp population declines at the national level," the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, calling the findings "alarming"．‎ ‎"These are one of the most important pollinators （传粉者） of native plants," Sydney Cameron of the University of Illinois, Urbana, who led the study, said in a telephone interview．‎ In recent years, experts have documented a disappearance of bumblebees in what is widely called habitat （栖息地） loss, blamed on many factors including parasites, fungi, stress, pesticides and viruses．But most studies have focused on honeybees．‎ Bumblebees are also important pollinators, Cameron said, but are far less studied． Bumblebees pollinate tomatoes, blueberries and cranberries, she noted．They land on a flower and they have this behavior called buzz pollination that enables them to cause pollen （花粉） to fly off the flower．This is the way to pollinate tomatoes, Cameron said - although smaller bees can have the same effect if enough gather on a single flower．‎ Cameron's team did a three-year study of 382 sites in 40 states and also looked at more than 73,000 museum records．"We show that the four species have dropped by up to 96 percent and that their surveyed geographic ranges have shrunk by 23 percent to 87 percent," they wrote．‎ While no crops are in immediate danger, the results show that experts need to pay attention, Cameron said．Pollinators such as bees and bats often have specific tongue lengths and pollination behaviors that have changed along with the species of plants they pollinate．‎ Bumblebees can fly in colder weather than other species, and are key to pollinating native species in very cold areas, Cameron said．‎ ‎"This is a wake-up call that bumblebee species are dropping not only in Europe, not only in Asia, but also in North America．" she said．‎ ‎72．Bumblebee is an insect _____．‎ ‎ A．which feeds on tomatoes B．which is as big as a honeybee ‎ C．whose tongue is as long as a bat's D．which promotes the growth of tomatoes ‎73．Why do bumblebees gradually disappear?‎ ‎ A．People are killing them． B．Scientists have ignored them．‎ ‎ C．Honey bees have replaced bumblebees． D．Bumblebees' habitat is being destroyed．‎ ‎74．Which of the following plants is native to America?‎ ‎ A．Tomatoes and pears． B．Cranberries and oranges．‎ ‎ C．Blueberries and grapes． D．Tomatoes and blueberries．‎ ‎75．It can be concluded from the passage that _____．‎ ‎ A．more attention will be paid to bumblebee study in America ‎ B．bumblebees will not be affected by the plants they pollinate ‎ C．great loss has been found in crops with bumblebees dying out ‎ D．more bumblebees will soon be found pollinating plants across America ‎【答案】DDDA 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。‎ A【2011·福州期末质检】‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Some years ago I took on a task in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I wanted to do was to show that everybody has the capacity to be self sufficient and all we have to do is to activate（激励）them. I asked the country to pick up a group of people who were on public welfare, people from different racial groups and different family groups. I would then see them as a group for three hours every Friday. I also asked for a little petty cash to work with, as I needed it.‎ The first thing I said after I shook hands with everybody was, “I’d like to know what your dreams are.” Everyone looked at me as if I were kind of fool.‎ One woman said to me, “I don’t know what you can do with dreams. The rats are eating up my kids.”‎ ‎“Oh,” I said, “That’s terrible. No, of course, you are very much involved with the rats and your kids. How can that be helped?”‎ ‎“Well, I could use a new screen door because there are holes in my screen door.” I asked, “Is there anybody around here who know how to fix a screen door?”‎ There was a man in the group and he said, “A long time ago I used to do things like that but now I have a terribly bad back, but I’ll try.”‎ I told him I had some money if he would go to the store and but some screening and go and fix the lady’s screen door. “Do you think you can do that?”‎ ‎“Yes, I’ll try.”‎ The next week, when the group was seated. I said to the woman, “Well, is your screen door fixed?”‎ ‎“Oh, yes.” she said.‎ ‎“Then we can start dreaming, can’t we?” she sort of smiled at me.‎ I said to the man who did the work, “How do you feel?”‎ He said, “Well, you know, it’s very funny thing. I’m beginning to feel a lot better.”‎ That helped the group to begin to dream. These seemingly small successes allowed the group to see that dreams were not insane. These small steps began to get people to see and feel that something really could happen.‎ Everyone found something. The man who put in the screen door became a handyman. In 12 weeks, I had all those people off public welfare. I’ve not only done that once, I’ve done that in many times.‎ ‎56．What’s the opinion the author had when he took on the work?‎ ‎ A．People need to be activated by others to make a living.‎ ‎ B．Everyone should not have depended on public welfare.‎ ‎ C．Everyone has the ability to live on without getting public welfare.‎ ‎ D．The county should gather people from different racial groups together.‎ ‎57．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?‎ ‎ A．The author did the work at his own expense.‎ ‎ B．The people the author worked with were very wealthy.‎ ‎ C．The author usually met the people four times a month.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ D．The people the author worked with had no dreams at all.‎ ‎58．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ ‎ A．The rats are so big that they eat the children.‎ ‎ B．The rats are crazy ad have the children as food.‎ ‎ C．The rats are giving the kids and the mother much trouble.‎ ‎ D．The kids are too weak and even are nearly eaten by the rats.‎ ‎59．What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?‎ ‎ A．Anything in the would is difficult.‎ ‎ B．Small success can be parts of your dream.‎ ‎ C．I have had those people off public welfare.‎ ‎ D．Your dream comes before it becomes a reality.‎ ‎【答案】CCCD B【2011·福州期末质检】‎ Well, more and more companies are beginning to create ‎ products and services for tweenagers. The Disney company ‎ sells the Hannah Montans television show, music, film and ‎ merchandise to tweenagers and their parents. You can get ‎ everything from branded lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothing. The High School Musical series of films is also intended for a tweenage audience. So, it’s all about sales, which tells us twccnagers must have more money, freedom and influence upon their parcnts than they’ve ever had before.‎ UK tweenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes and fashion accessories. That’s changed. Now, they are much more fashion conscious and concerned about their image. In a world of television programmes that promise overnight success and fame at a young age (for example, the shows Britain’s Got Talent and American Idol), some people think it’s extremely important to look fashionable. ‎ So what does tweenage fashion look like? Well, it’s quite horrible really, but then I’m a bit too old to appreciate it, I suppose. It’s lots of brightly coloured materials, particularly pink, and usually plain, not patterned. There are plenty of bows, necklaces and bracelets, too. It’s all very cute, if that’s your taste.‎ Surely none of the above is a good thing, is it? Can it really be healthy for us to encourage kids to be like adults at such a young age? Are we stealing childhoods in return for a bit of profit? Well, the UK government is certainly concerned, and for that reason has strict laws preventing companies from explicitly marketing their products and services at children.‎ Even the rest of UK society is concerned. Now that people are aware of the problem, there is a ‎ popular backlash against the exploitation of children by commercial marketing.‎ ‎60．The passage is mainly about .‎ ‎ A．British tweenagers who are coneemed about fashions ‎ B．UK companies targeting products at children ‎ C．a social problem conceming tweenagers in the UK ‎ D．products that attract young people in England ‎61．From the passage, we can see that tweenagers are most probably .‎ ‎ A．children aged between 10 and 12‎ ‎ B．young people who are their twenties 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ C．adults who are studying in high schools ‎ D．teenagers who are richer and look fashionable ‎62．It can be inferred from the passage that the tweenagers nowadays .‎ ‎ A．are content with their life and are carefree ‎ B．often get their parents to buy things for them ‎ C．never worry about spending money on their clothes ‎ D．are losing their childhood to get a bit of profit ‎63．The author of the passage .‎ ‎ A．is obviously in favor of tweenage fahsion ‎ B．is fond of brightly colored materials that are to his taste ‎ C．opposes marketing products and services at children ‎ D．thinks it impossible to make profits by selling things to kids ‎【答案】C ABC C【2011·福州期末质检】‎ ‎ ‎ Post Login Register Support Sourcing assistant needed Posted On: Sunday, 28 March, 2010, 17:27‎ Expires On: Monday, 27 September, 2010, 17:237‎ Indian company’s Shanghai office is now looking for a local Chinese girl, who can speak fluent English, and has at least one year experience in trading business. Healthcare working experience would be an advantage.‎ Main responsibilities are: sourcing for new suppliers, factory visiting, negotiating and orders following up…‎ Interested candidates can email me you expected salary, resume and current photo to: sarah @ gate. com, Miss Sarah Wang for more details. Thanks.‎ Senior Interior Designer Posted On: Sunday, 10 January, 2010, 11:50‎ Expires On: Wednesday, 09 June, 2010, 11:50‎ Reply to: linette, killbourn @ rhdesign. Com. Cn ‎ KHK Design is seeking a Senior Interior Designer for our corporate projects. Your primary role is to work closely with our American and European clients to deliver the intemational design solution they require. You must have an ability to work with 8individual managers to negotiate space needs and requirements, and communicate your designs to your design support team. Indepth knowledge of interesting and innovative（创新的）materials is required. Travel throughout China may be required.‎ Customer Service Assistant Posted On: Monday, 01 February, 2010, 15:25‎ Expires On: Tuesday, 31 August, 2010, 15:25‎ Reply to: chinasemeste: @ gmail. Com Compensation（报酬）: RMB 8-10K Type of job: Full-time Contract: One year contract or longer Job Catcgory: Customer Service 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Requirements:‎ ‎—B.A, or B.S. degree; foreigners only:‎ ‎—I year’s working experience desired, preferably in customer service or hospitality industry ‎—Responsible, pleasant personality and self-motivated.‎ ‎—Customer-oriented with good communication and interpersonal skills ‎—Good command of both spoken and written English; Putonghua is an advantage but not a must ‎ Work Load: 5-day-work; national holidays Monthly Salary: Around RMB 8-10 K Female English Tutor Needed ‎ Posted On: Tuesday, 05 January, 2010, 03:38‎ Explres On: Friday, 01 October, 2010, 03:28‎ Reply to: zsj123@ 163. com A girl is looking for an oral English tutor Loeation: close to Metro Line Six Time: twice a week , in the evening and weekend, 1.5 hrs at a time Rate: 200/h Student: 10 years old Requirements: From America: female; experienced ‎ ‎64．We can know from the first two ads that .‎ ‎ A．RHK Design deals with business from European countries ‎ B．to be a souring assistant, you need to be very persuasive ‎ C．to work for RHK Design, you need to be very experienced in trading ‎ D．a girl from Beijing is very likely to be employed by the Indian Company ‎65．If you are an American woman looking for a part-time job, you can contact .‎ ‎ A．sarah@ gste. com ‎ B．linette. killboum@ rhkdesign. com. cn ‎ C．zsj123@ 163. com ‎ D．chieasemester@ gmail. com ‎66．For one who doesn’t mind traveling a lot, which of the positions above can be considered?‎ ‎ A．Senior Interior Designed.‎ ‎ B．Female English Tutor.‎ ‎ C．Sourcing assistant.‎ ‎ D．Customer Services Assitant.‎ ‎67．Which of the following statements about the third position is TRUE?‎ ‎ A．Nationalities are not required for the position.‎ ‎ B．There’s a requirement of maximum service period.‎ ‎ C．The deadline for application is July the 31st.‎ ‎ D．Communication skills are requested a must.‎ ‎【答案】BC AD D【2011·福州期末质检】‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ Richard Cantillon (1680s-May 1734) was an lrish economist and author of Essay on the Nature of Trade in General, a book considered by Willian Stanley Jevons to be the “cradle of political economy”. Although little information exists on Cantillon’s life, it is known that be became a successful banker and merchant at an early age. His success was largely gained from the political and business connections he was largely gained from the politican and business connections he was able to acquire through his family and through an early employer, James Brydges. During the late 1710s and early 1720s, Cantillon took a chance, and helped finance John Law’s Mississippi Company, from which he acquired great wealth. His success. However, came at a cost to his debtors（债务人）,who attempted to get him involed in criminal activities, and even murder plots until his death 1734.‎ ‎ The Essay remains Cantillon’s only surviving contribution to economies. It was written around 1730 and circulated widely in manuseript form, but was not published until 1755. despite having much influence on the early development of the physiocrat （重农主义者）and classical schools of though, the Essay was largely forgotten until its rediscovery by Jevons in the late 19th century. Cantillon was influenced by his experiences as a banker, and especially by the speculative bubble （投机泡沫）of John Law’s Mississippi Company. He was also heavily influenced by previous economists, especially William Petty.‎ ‎ The Essay is considered the first complete essay on economies, with a great many contributions to the science. These contributions include: his cause and effect methodology（方法论）, monetary (relating to the money in a country) theories and the development of spatial（与空间有关的）economics. Canutillo’s Essay had significant influence on the early development of political economy, including the works of David Hume, Adam Smith and Anne Turgot.‎ ‎68．Which of the following about Cantillon is TRUE cording to the first paragraph?‎ ‎ A．He knew little about business though a successful banker.‎ ‎ B．He owed all his success to his family and an early employer.‎ ‎ C．John Law’s Mississippi a Company brought him a great deal of money.‎ ‎ D．His debtors tried to copy him by participating in some criminal activities.‎ ‎69．Cantillon’s Essay .‎ ‎ A．was not much recognized until the late 19th century ‎ B．was highly thought of by the economists around 1730‎ ‎ C．had great influence on the economist, William Petty ‎ D．helped Jevons to make some discoveries in science ‎70．What does the underlined word “manuscript” in paragraph 2 mean?‎ ‎ A．story-telling ‎ B．written by hand ‎ C．reciation ‎ ‎ D．by sork of mouth ‎71．What can be the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A．Cantillon and his life.‎ ‎ B．Cantillon and his business.‎ ‎ C．Cantillon and his Essay.‎ ‎ D．Cantillon and his contribution. ‎ ‎【答案】CAB C E【2011·福州期末质检】‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Google on Tuesday said it reached a settlement in a group action ‎ suit（诉讼）against the search giant over privacy breakings related ‎ to its Buzz socials networking program.‎ In the settlement, Google agreed to pay $ 8.5 million into a fund （基金）for privacy education the company made clear that the agreement did not include cash payments to users.‎ Buzz, started last February as an application within Gmail, in some cases exposed the lists of persons touched and other data of users to other Gmail users.‎ How did the company warn users that they were included in the settlement? By Gmail of course.‎ ‎“Google rarely inform Gmail users via email, but this time we let you know that we’ve reached a settlement regarding Google Buzz,” the firm said in messages sent to its U. S. users. Some analysts think the company has 170 million Gmail users worldwide.‎ ‎“The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users’ concems,” Google wrote.‎ Google said that everyone in the United States who uses Gmail was included in the settlement unless they decide to take no party before December 6, 2010. On January 31, 2011 the U. S. distriet Court for the Northem District of California in San Jose will hold a fairness hearing on the settlement.‎ Google is under increasing pressure from federal regulators (监管者) for privacy problem involving Buzz and its Street View mapping service. Last week, the FTC closed its looking into Google’s collection of Wi – Fi data with Street View mapping cars, saying the company had made sufficient promises to get rid of data it collected and strengthen its privacy training among employees.‎ ‎72．“the search giant” in the first paragraph refers to .‎ ‎ A．Buzz B．Gmail C．Google D．Street View ‎73．We can know from the passage that Buzz .‎ ‎ A．is a program for people to share their secrets ‎ B．is aimed to expose the data of users ‎ C．is a new social network developed by Google ‎ D．can be used by all Internet users ‎74．What will Google do to protect its users’ privacy?‎ ‎ A．Further educate its staff. B．Pay cash to its users.‎ ‎ C．Hold a fairness hearing. D．Stop collecting its users’ data.‎ ‎75．According to the passage, .‎ ‎ A．Google was accused of cheating its users.‎ ‎ B．Google users are all affected by the settlement ‎ C．Google often sent a message to its users throughout the world ‎ D．Googles’ Street View mapping service is questioned by federal regulators ‎【答案】CCAD 阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）‎ 第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，共30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。‎ A【2011·抚顺六校联考】‎ Nearly everyone is shy in some ways. If shyness is making you uncomfortable, it may be time for 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ a few lessons in self-confidence. You can build your confidence by following some suggestions from doctors and psychologists.‎ Make a decision not to hold back in conversations. What you have to say is just as important as what other people say. And don’t turn down party invitations just because of your shyness.‎ Prepare yourself for being with others in groups. Make a list of the good qualities you have. Then make a list of ideas, experiences, and skills you would like to share with other people. Think about what you would like to say in advance. Then say it.‎ If you start feeling self-conscious in a group, take a deep breath and focus your attention on other people. Remember, you are not alone. Other people are concerned about the impression they are making, too.‎ No one ever gets over being shy completely, but most people do learn to live with their shyness. Even entertainers admit that they often feel shy. They work at fighting their shy feelings so that they can face the cameras and the public. Just making the effort to control shyness can have many rewards. But perhaps the best reason to fight shyness is to give other people a chance to know more about you.‎ ‎56．What is the source of the suggestions for fighting shyness?‎ ‎ A．The author of the article. B．Shy men and women.‎ ‎ C．doctors and psychologists D．Popular entertainers.‎ ‎57．Which of these can you conclude from reading the article?‎ ‎ A．Shy people never have any fun. ‎ B．Entertainers choose their work to fight shyness.‎ ‎ C．The attempt to overcome shyness is always successful.‎ ‎ D．The attempt to overcome shyness is always worthwhile.‎ ‎58．The main purpose of the article is to .‎ ‎ A．explain how shyness developed B．recommend ways of dealing with shyness ‎ C．persuade readers that shyness is natural D．prove that shyness can overcome ‎59．Where would this article probably appear?‎ ‎ A．In a popular magazine. B．On the front page of a newspaper.‎ ‎ C．In a science textbook. D．In an encyclopedia.(百科全书)‎ ‎【答案】CDBA B【2011·抚顺六校联考】‎ Loving France Landing in France, a sacred feeling suddenly arises which attracts you to know more about this country. ‎ France, about hexagonal (六边形) in shape, has a boundary on the east with Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and is bounded on the southeast by Monaco and the Mediterranean Sea; on the south are Spain and Andorra, with the Bay of Biscay on the west and the English Channel on the north as natural borders. ‎ A series of massive mountain ranges includes the Alps, which separate France and Italy, and the Jura Mountains that delineate (画出轮廓) the Franco-Swiss border. The Rhine River, at the northeast corner of France forms the Franco-German boundary. The Pyrenees Mountains, extending along the Franco-Spanish frontier from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay, forms the other mountain boundary of France. ‎ ‎　　The plains region is a projection of the great plain of Europe. The outstanding features of the ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 plains are the river valleys. Among all the rivers, totaling more than 200 with numerous tributaries which are almost all commercially navigable, the Rhine River is the largest in terms of discharge volume. ‎ ‎　　The capital and largest city in France is Paris, which attracts many visitors every year. Marseilles is a chief port and Lyon is an industrial center famous for its textiles. Other major cities include Toulouse, an industrial and trade center; Nice, a resort(胜地); Strasbourg, a Rhine River port and industrial and commercial center; Bordeaux, a seaport and most famous for its wine. ‎ French perfume（香水）, champagne（香槟酒）, and bridges in Paris… want to know more? Then next time we will return to Paris, and you will learn more about her. ‎ ‎60．How many mountain ranges are mentioned in the passage?‎ A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5‎ ‎61．The underlined word “discharge” means ______.‎ ‎ A. storage B. electric power production C. the release of water D. the money made ‎62．Which is not TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Spain is to the south of France B. Mountains are the outstanding features of the plains.‎ C. Both Marseilles and Bordeaux are ports.‎ D. Both Paris and Nice attract many tourists ‎ ‎63. Which city is flourishing both in its industry and commerce?‎ A. Marseilles B. Lyon C. Toulouse D. Alps ‎【答案】BCBC C【2011·抚顺六校联考】‎ Hillary（希拉里） Rodham Clinton arrived at the White House after serving as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve year. On many occasions, Hillary Clinton has spoken about the need to find the right balance in our lives. For her, the elements of that balance are family, work, and public service. ‎ Hillary Diane Rodham was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. An excellent student. Hillary also enjoyed sports and was always interested in politics. Graduating from Wellesley College with high honors, she entered Yale Law School, where she developed her special concern for protecting the best interests of children and their families. It was there that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student. ‎ In 1973, Hillary became a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund. In 1975 Hillary left Washington and followed her heart to Arkansas, marrying Bill Clinton. The couple taught together in the University of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.‎ As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary continued to work tirelessly for the benefit of children and families. She introduced a program training parents to work with their preschool children. Because of her efforts, Hillary was named Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.‎ Hillary Rodham Clinton brings her own special talents, experience, style and interests to the role of First Lady of the US. She played a leading part in national Health Care Reform.‎ Hilary Clinton was elected to the US Senate (参议院) in 2000, becoming the first Lady elected to public office and the first female senator to represent New York. In 2006, Senator Clinton won re-election to the Senate, and in 2007 she began her historic campaign for President. In 2008, she campaigned for the election of Barrack Obama and Joe Biden, and in November, she was chosen 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ by President elect Obama as Secretary of State.‎ ‎64．What do we know from the first paragraph?‎ ‎ A．Hillary Rodham Clinton never finds it hard to balance herself in life.‎ ‎ B．Family, work and public service are all important to Hillary Clinton.‎ ‎ C．The experience as First Lady of Arkansas led her to the White House.‎ ‎ D．Before entering the White House, Hillary had worked for the First Lady. ‎ ‎65．Why did Hillary leave the Children’s Defense Fund?‎ ‎ A．Because she wanted to marry Bill Clinton who was in Arkansas.‎ ‎ B．Because she married Bill Clinton and had to move to Arkansas.‎ ‎ C．Because she found she fell in love with Arkansas.‎ ‎ D．Because she was offered a better job in the University of Arkansas.‎ ‎66．Where did Bill Clinton get his high education?‎ ‎ A．At Wellesley College.‎ ‎ B．At the Children’s Defense Fund.‎ ‎ C．At the University of Arkansas.‎ ‎ D．At Yale Law School.‎ ‎67．Which is the right order of the following events?‎ ‎ a. Hillary was elected to the United States Senate. ‎ ‎ b. Hillary was chosen as Secretary of State.‎ ‎ c. Hillary served as the First Lady.‎ ‎ d. Hillary supported Obama in his presidential election.‎ ‎ e. Hillary began her campaign for President.‎ A．c, a, e, d, b B．c, e, d, b, a C．a, e, c, b, d D．b, e, c, d, a ‎【答案】BADA D【2011·抚顺六校联考】‎ New York Helmsley Hotel New York City, NY KAYAK members are specially offered the New York Helmsmen Hotel, a world – class hotel located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, within walking distance of Times Square, Grand Central Station and the United Nations, as well as the Theatre District and Rockefeller Center.‎ Gaylord Palms Orlando, FL Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center offers excitement to KAYAK members with world – class restaurants, dynamic on – site recreation, and breathtakingly beautiful gardens under glass. The Gaylord offers great room and food service close to the world’s most trilling places – Disney, Sea World, and Universal.‎ Affinia Chicago Chicago, IL Steps from the Magnificent Mile, the Affinia Chicago is best known for its perfect location at the Windy City’s center of shopping, entertainment, culture and business. Known for its fast pace, famous museums, amazing buildings, and action – packed sporting events, Chicago offers something for every KAYAK member.‎ The Liaison Capitol Hill, An Affinia Hotel 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Washington DC KAYAK members seeking the typical DC experience are offered the Liaison Capitol Hill. Having a great location on Capitol Hill, The Liaison Capitol Hill is the closest hotel to the U. S. Captiol. The Smithsonian, Union Station and dozens of the country’s most visited museums and monuments are within walking distance.‎ ‎68．What do these hotels have in common?‎ ‎ A．They are all near shopping center.‎ ‎ B．They are all favorably located.‎ ‎ C．They all have world – class restaurants.‎ ‎ D．They all attract people with their low prices.‎ ‎69．Which might be the best place for parents with kids to spend their holiday?‎ ‎ A．Orlando, FL B．Chicago, IL ‎ C．Washington DC D．New York City, NY ‎70．If you are interested in museums, which may be your best hotels to stay in?‎ ‎ A．New York Helmsely Hotel and Affinia Chicago.‎ ‎ B．The Liaison Capitol Hill and Gaylord Palms.‎ ‎ C．The Liaison Capitol Hill and Affinia Chicago ‎ D．Gaylord Palms and New York Helmsley Hotel.‎ ‎【答案】BAC 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【2011·惠州三调】‎ Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.‎ Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda eats only one particular type of bamboo. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season. ‎ Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life. ‎ ‎26. We can infer from the text that humans and animals .‎ ‎ A. depend on one sense in choosing food B. are not satisfied with their food ‎ ‎ C. choose food in similar ways D. eat entirely different food ‎27. Which of the following eats only one type of food?‎ ‎ A. The white butterfly. B. The small bird. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ C. The bear. D. The fox. ‎ ‎28. Certain animals change their choice of food when ________.‎ ‎ A. the season changes B. the food color changes ‎ C. they move to different places D. they are attracted by different smells ‎29. We can learn from the last paragraph that _________. ‎ ‎ A. food is chosen for a good reason ‎ B. French and British food is good ‎ C. some people have few choices of food ‎ D. some people care little about healthy diet ‎ ‎30. Which of the following statements is true?‎ A. Animals often use senses to eat their food.‎ B. Most animals have a more varied diet.‎ C. All animals spend their lives eating one type of food.‎ D. The diet of birds and fox will be the same depending on the season.‎ ‎-【答案】26-30 CAADB ‎ B【2011·惠州三调】‎ Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with its facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems. ‎ ‎ One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.‎ ‎ After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.‎ ‎ Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.‎ ‎31. The underlined word “condition” in the 1st paragraph probably means __________.‎ A. grade B. status C. health D. disease ‎32. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ___________________.‎ the 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel. B. The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip.‎ C. Philip was really different in school. D. Philip was older and more sensitive.‎ ‎33. The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them _______________.‎ play around on that beautiful spring day. B. put some symbol of “new life” into it.‎ try to pull it apart in the middle. D. go out and discover themselves.‎ ‎34. After Philip explained his new life, _____________________.‎ the class thought he was clever. B. The class fell silent.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C. He began to study in the class. D. He felt dying.‎ ‎35. We learn from the passage that ___________________________.‎ the teacher used to have classes outdoors B. The Philip’s new life wish was empty ‎ C. Philip was healthy as a whole.‎ D. Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end ‎【答案】31-35 DABBD C【2011·惠州三调】‎ Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water — drink recycled sewage or die.‎ ‎ With the drought continuing, the country is set to be forced to use purified waste water for drinking, even though there is great opposition to the measure. Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier. "I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water," said Peter Beattie. "These are difficult decisions, but you either drink water or you die. There's no choice. It's liquid gold; it's a matter of life and death." Beattie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.‎ ‎ Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel. But Australians have never liked the idea. To try to change the way Australians think, Prime Minister John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have backed Queensland's move. "I am very strongly in favor of recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely," Howard said. Turnbull added that Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water. "All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall," he said.‎ ‎36. Water is recycled in the following countries EXCEPT ___________.‎ ‎ A. Australia B. U.S. C. Israel D. Britain ‎37. Which of the following is true?‎ ‎ A. Queensland is the biggest state of Australia.‎ B. The drought is getting more and more serious in Australia.‎ ‎ C. People in the U.S. like to drink recycled water.‎ ‎ D. Australians prefer to die rather than drink purified sewage.‎ ‎38. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 is similar to the meaning of _____________.‎ ‎ A. pure B. recycled C. drinking D. waste ‎39. What can be inferred from the passage?‎ ‎ A. All Australians oppose to the using of recycled water.‎ ‎ B. Prime Minister first put forward the idea of recycling water.‎ ‎ C. Australians probably have to drink recycled water in the near future.‎ D. Australia has experienced worse drought before in history.‎ ‎40. What may be the best title of the passage?‎ ‎ A. Sewage Water: it’s Life or Death B. Australians Oppose Sewage Water ‎ C. Recycling Water in Queensland D. Premier Calling for Purified Water ‎【答案】36-40 ABBCA D【2011·惠州三调】‎ We hear a lot about ten pregnancies and abortions. The word “abortion” brings varied images but the word “pregnancy” paints a baby. Everyone knows what a baby is but the difficult question is,‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ when is a baby a baby?‎ In the first months of pregnancy, called the first trimester, vital organs are being formed. Three months after fertilization, the egg has already divided and is securely attached to the mother. Two weeks later, a simple brain, spine, nervous system and the beginning of some major organs are formed. By week seven, the face and other organs are forming and the heart starts to pump blood. A week later, the face is recognizable, and all the major internal organs are developed in their simple forms. The tongue is formed and fingers are distinct. It moves a lot but many women may not even know they are pregnant. By week twelve, all the internal organs are formed and most are working. Tiny little fingernails and toenails are growing and the baby can curl his toes, make a fist, frown, purse his lips, open and close his mouth, suck, swallow and urinate. Most abortion occurs during this stage of pregnancy. ‎ In the second three months, the second trimester, eyebrows, eyelashes and hair are growing. The heart can be heard with a special device. Arms and legs are well developed. The baby is very active and can respond to noises outside the womb. By the end of this trimester, the limbs are well-developed and the baby tries them out regularly. He can also cough and hiccup. Some abortion are still performed at this stage of pregnancy.‎ In the final stretch before birth, the third trimester, the baby can already feel and respond very much like a full term baby. Born now, it can survive with special care. In some cases, abortions are still performed at this stage. In fact, in certain countries, partial birth aborted is practiced in which the baby is aborted prior to birth. ‎ Killing a baby outside a mother’s womb, newborn or older, healthy or sickly, is a crime called infanticide. Thus arises the question of when does a baby’s life begin? When is abortion the scraping away of unwanted cells and when is it the snuffing out the flame of life? Is there a magical point somewhere in which a mass of cells becomes a rightful individual? Does birthing somehow mysteriously and instantly confer personhood to a fetus? Moreover, on whose definition and authority does a baby receive the right to complete its quest for life outside the womb? Truly, these are heart questions that each must answer. ‎ ‎41. The word “pregnancy” .‎ is a painting of a baby. B. brings to mind the image of a baby.‎ C. is a famous painting of a baby. D. is the art of drawing a baby.‎ ‎42. Which of the following is true within the first months of pregnancy? .‎ A. All the vital organs are formed.‎ B. The egg becomes fertilized. ‎ C. The egg becomes securely attached to the womb.‎ D. The egg has become more than one egg.‎ ‎43. The first trimester of pregnancy represents .‎ A. the final preparation for the birth of the baby.‎ B. the most important stage for developing al the vital organs. ‎ C. the determining of whether the baby will be a boy girl. ‎ D. the addition of details and refinement to the baby.‎ ‎44. The second trimester of pregnancy represents .‎ the final preparation for the birth of the baby.‎ the most important stage for developing all the vital organs. ‎ the determining of whether the baby will be a boy or a girl.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 the addition of details and refinement to the baby.‎ ‎45. The third trimester of pregnancy represents .‎ the final preparation for the birth of the baby. ‎ the most important stage for developing all the vital organs.‎ the determining of whether the baby will be a boy or girl.‎ the addition of details and refinement to the baby.‎ ‎【答案】41-45 BCBDA 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，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。‎ A 【2011·揭阳期末考】‎ ‎ As a professor at a large American university, there is a phrase that I often hear from students: “I’m only a 1,050.” The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Schoolastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice, or even if they have a chance to get a higher education at all. The SAT score, whether it is 800, 1,100 or 1,550, has become the focus at his time of their life.‎ It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who perform poorly in the exam are left feeling that it is all over.The low test score, they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good college. And without a degree from a prestigious university, they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.‎ According to a study done in the 1990s, the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student’s future performance in most cases. Interestingly, it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators--like a student’s academic proficiency(学业水平).They will never be able to test things like confidence, efforts and willpower, and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities. This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process. The SAT is an excellent test in many ways, and the score is still a useful means of testing students. However, it should be only one of the many methods used.‎ ‎26. The purpose of the SAT is to test students’ _________.‎ A. strong will ‎ B. academic ability ‎ C. full potentialities ‎ ‎ D. confidence in school work ‎27. Students’ self-respect is influenced by their_______.‎ A. scores in the SAT ‎ B. achievements in mathematics C. job opportunities ‎ D. money spent on education ‎28. “ A prestigious university” in para.2 is most probably _______. ‎ A. a famous school ‎ B. a technical school C. a traditional school ‎ D. an expensive school 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎29. The passage is mainly about_______________.‎ A. how to prepare for the SAT B. stress caused by the SAT C. American higher education D. the SAT and its effects ‎30. What is the writer’s attitude towards the SAT?‎ A. Subjective ‎ B. Objective ‎ C. Critical ‎ D. Approving ‎ ‎【答案】26-30 BAADB B【2011·揭阳期末考】‎ It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened. ‎ ‎ Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter .If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles（结巴）his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human. ‎ ‎ As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being imperfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely. ‎ ‎31. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______ .‎ ‎ A. be smarter than you ‎ B. notice your mistakes ‎ C. do better than you ‎ D. know what you are talking about ‎32. You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ___________.‎ ‎ A. your attention is on the content ‎ ‎ B. you don’t fully understand the speech ‎ C. you know what the speaker plans to say ‎ D. you find the way of speech-making more important ‎33. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A. giving a speech is like giving a performance ‎ B. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad ‎ C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made ‎ D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be ‎34. What would be the best title of the passage? ‎ ‎ A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker ‎ B. How to Make a Perfect Speech ‎ C. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech ‎ D. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech ‎35. Which of the following statements is true? ‎ ‎ A. If you are careful enough, you can make a perfect speech.‎ ‎ B. Speech-making is a kind of performance.‎ ‎ C. Listeners are not judges and they pay more attention to the message.‎ ‎ D. Martin Luther King is not a good speaker.‎ ‎【答案】31-35 BABCC C【2011·揭阳期末考】‎ On May 8, last Thursday morning, the Olympic flame was lit on the top of Mount Qomolangma! It was a historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games.‎ Tibetan female climber Cering Wangmo reached the summit with a special extreme-altitude Olympic torch. This event is what China has promised to the world as the high point of the torch relay, the longest and most challenging of all time.‎ Five torchbearers(火炬手) finished the highest relay ever—three of the climbers are Tibetan athletes.‎ Team members said “Beijing welcomes you!” in Chinese, English and Tibetan, as they stood at the summit celebrating, with the event broadcast on national television.‎ ‎“I finally fulfilled the last dream of my husband,” said Gyigyi with tears in her eyes. She was the first torchbearer. Her husband lost his life in an attempt to climb all 14 mountains in China more than 8,000 meters three years ago.‎ ‎“We are on top of the world! One world, one dream,” shouted Nima Cering, at the top of his voice. He said that although he had climbed the peak（峰顶）several times, this was the most significant ascent(登高). “As a Tibetan and a Chinese I pray for the success of Beijing 2008,” he added.‎ The special torch is different from the one currently touring the Chinese mainland, after an around-the-world relay. Officials organizing the trek up the peak had earlier set an April 26 target to begin the ascent, but high winds and heavy snow had delayed the mission.‎ The Xinhua News Agency said that the Qomolangma leg of the torch relay represents the Olympic motto, “higher, faster and stronger,” in practice and will promote unity among all 56 ethnic groups in China.‎ ‎36. It was a historic moment because ______.‎ ‎ A. some Tibetan torchbearers took part in it ‎ B. it was lit three months before the Olympic Games were held ‎ C. it was the first time that the Olympic torch had been lit on the top of Mount Qomolangma ‎ D. it was the longest attempt in history ‎37. Which is RIGHT according to the whole passage?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A. All the five torchbearers are men.‎ B. Only the five torchbearers reached the summit. ‎ C. Team members said “Beijing welcomes you!” in their native language.‎ D. At least two of the five torchbearers are females.‎ ‎38. What does the word “leg” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?‎ A. One part of a journey or race.‎ B. One of the long parts that connect the feet to the rest of the body.‎ C. The leg of an animal, especially the top part, cooked and eaten.‎ D. The part of a pair of trousers that covers the leg.‎ ‎39. What would be the best title for the text?‎ A. One world, one dream B. Torch relay reaches its highest point C. Qomolangma, the highest summit in the world D. A special torch ‎ ‎40. Where can you read about this passage?‎ A. In the English textbook. ‎ B. In the newspaper.‎ C. In the science report. ‎ D. On the street wall.‎ ‎【答案】36-40.CDABB D【2011·揭阳期末考】‎ The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem(生态系统). Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest- and-savanna(大草原) surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat.‎ It is the elephant’s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and underbushes, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas . In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.‎ Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well. ‎ What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem. ‎ ‎41. What is the passage mainly about? ‎ A. Disappearance of African elephants. ‎ B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants. ‎ C. The effect of African elephants' search for food. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. The eating habit of African elephants. ‎ ‎42. What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean? ‎ A. Fixing the time. ‎ B. Worsening the state. ‎ C. Improving the quality. ‎ D. Deciding the conditions. ‎ ‎43. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage? ‎ A. They result from the destruction of rain forests. ‎ B. They provide food mainly for African elephants. ‎ C. They are home to many endangered animals. ‎ D. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds. ‎ ‎44. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?‎ A. The African elephant is the largest animal on earth.‎ B. African elephants have 300 pounds of plants every day.‎ C. The African elephant is in a way the builder of the environment like all the other land animals.‎ D. If the African elephant disappears, the whole ecosystem won’t be affected.‎ ‎45. The passage is developed mainly by . ‎ A. showing the effect and then explaining the causes ‎ B. pointing out similarities and differences ‎ C. describing the changes in space order ‎ D. giving examples ‎ ‎【答案】41-45 CDDBA ‎ 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。‎ A【2011·汕头质检】‎ ‎“Any time! Any where! Decades ago there was no such thing” – “Communication”.‎ Then, September 7th 1987, the global system for mobile communication or GSM was born. And international agreements that laid out the standards, regulations and practices gave rise to a global mobile phone industry.‎ To be honest, the world’s first mobiles were not so attractive and the range of effectiveness wasn’t very good. But they became a must-have among those wealthy people who could afford that. However, by advantage of GSM which has many different elements to it, we can all enjoy the ability to go around the world in 217 countries, land in that country and know that a phone would work.‎ There are other cell phone systems using different technology in the world. The majority of the United States and parts of South America have been using something called CDMA which is very rare in Europe. In some Asian countries like China, GSM and CDMA both exist at the same time. But the GSM Association claims 85% of the global mobile phone market. They estimated there are now about 2.5 billion different users who make more than 7 trillion minutes of calls everyday, and that’s not all.‎ ‎20 years later, the mobile phone is so much more than just a phone. You can use it to send text messages, take pictures, show video, even surf the internet.‎ ‎“The phone itself is involved from just being a communication tool, to be a tool for ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 round-the-clock connectivity, you can not live without it even in a minute.” Mobile consultant Nick Lane also points out with so many customized styles and features, your mobile phone will become a symbol of you. ‎ Where will the global mobile phone industry be in another 20 years? Certainly, there will be more connections than better coverage. As for where else technology will take us, one can only imagine.‎ ‎26. According the passage, we can know that GSM is ____________.‎ A. a global-used mobile phone B. a global mobile phone industry ‎ C. a global mobile phone association D. a global mobile communication system ‎27. It's most difficult to find a CDMA mobile phone in ____________.‎ A. the United States B. South America C. Europe D. China ‎28. From this passage, we can infer that ____________.‎ A. as soon as the first mobiles appeared, they became popular and many people have one B. with a GSM mobile phone, you can make a phone call in most parts of the USA C. there are only two cell phone systems in the whole world: GSM and CDMA D. most of the mobile phone users in the world now are using the GSM mobile phone ‎29. By pointing out “your mobile phone will become a symbol of you”, what does Nick Lane want to tell us about the mobile phone in the future?‎ A. You can have a mobile phone with the unique look and functions as you like.‎ B. Others can find us without any difficulties if we carry our mobile phone.‎ C. The mobile phone can be used as a permit when you enter some places.‎ D. The mobile phone we carry can show others how wealthy we are.‎ ‎30. What does the writer feel about the GSM development in the following 20 years?‎ A. Satisfied.　　 B. Worried.　　 C. Confident.　　 D. Confused.‎ ‎【答案】26. D 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C B【2011·汕头质检】‎ Would you like to be a king or queen? To have people waiting on you hand and foot? Many Americans experience this royal treatment every day. How? By being customers. The American idea of customer service is to make each customer the center of attention. Need proof? Just listen to the commercials. Most of them sound like the McDonald’s ad: “We do it all for you.” Actually, not all stores in America roll out the red carpet for their customers. But wherever you go, good customer service means making customers feel special. ‎ People going shopping in America can expect to be treated with respect from the very beginning. Most places don’t have a “furniture street” or a “computer road” which allow you to compare prices easily. Instead, people often “let their fingers do the walking” through the store hot lines. From the first “hello”, customers receive a satisfying response to their questions. This initial contact can help them decide where to shop. ‎ When customers get to the store, they are treated as honored guests. Customers don’t usually find store clerks sitting around watching TV or playing cards. Instead, the clerks greet them warmly and offer to help them find what they want. In most stores, the clear signs that label each department make shopping a breeze. Customers usually don’t have to ask how much items cost, since prices are clearly marked. And unless they’re at a flea market or a yard sale, they don’t bother trying to bargain. ‎ When customers are ready to check out, they find the nearest and shortest checkout lane. But as Murphy’s Law would have it, whichever lane they get in, all the other lanes will move faster. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Good stores open new checkout lanes when the lanes get too long. Some even offer express lanes for customers with 10 items or less. After they pay for their purchases, customers receive a smile and a warm “thank you” from the clerk. Many stores even allow customers to take their shopping carts out to the parking lot. That way, they don’t have to carry heavy bags out to the car. ‎ ‎31. By quoting (引用) the McDonald’s ad: “We do it all for you”, the author intends to_______.‎ A. suggest that customers believe what commercials say deeply B. show readers the American idea on good customer service C. express all the stores pay much attention to the customers D. persuade readers to choose the stores with ads correctly ‎32. In the USA, what may you do at first if you want to do some shopping?‎ A. To visit a professional street with lots of similar stores.‎ B. To compare prices in many shops in the same street.‎ C. To make phone calls and get better shopping choices.‎ D. To receive other customers’ answers to the questions.‎ ‎33. The underlined words “a breeze” in Para.3 most probably means _________.‎ A. an easy job　　 B. a trouble　　 C. a funny thing　　 D. a boring task ‎34. Which of the followings shows American stores offer convenience to customers in this passage?‎ A. The store clerks don’t usually sit around watching TV or playing cards.‎ B. Some stores offer price bargain to the customers like a yard sale.‎ C. The clerks give customers a smile and a warm “thank you” after paying.‎ D. Some stores open new checkout lanes when the lanes are crowded.‎ ‎35. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?‎ A. Customer Service in America B. Excellent Stores in America C. Shopping Rules in America D. Being King or Queen in America ‎【答案】31. B 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. A C【2011·汕头质检】‎ When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our community.‎ When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.‎ The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant care and growth. He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them so that each successive tree generation would grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them and weed out(淘汰) the weaker trees early on. He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured.‎ So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.‎ Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big and robust since they have deep roots now. However, the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years.‎ It seems that adversity(逆境) and suffering benefit these trees in ways comfort and ease never could. I stood there deep in thought.‎ Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But I think that it’s time to change my prayer(祷词) because now I know my children are going to encounter hardship.‎ ‎36. According to Dr. Gibbs’ theories, trees will become weaker if they _________.‎ A. are lack of care　　　　　B. are watered C. are weeded out　　　　　D. are beaten ‎37. According to Para.3 and Para.4, we can infer that Dr. Gibbs’ motto(座右铭) may be .‎ A. “Seeing is believing” B. “Put everything in proper use”‎ C. “Practice makes perfect” D. “No pain, no gain”‎ ‎38. The underlined word robust in Para.5 most probably means _________.‎ A. strong　　 B. strange　　 C. deep　　 D. old ‎39. Which of the following may be the author’s best prayer for his two sons now?‎ A. I wish them strong wings, with which they can fly higher and touch the sky.‎ B. I wish them nice fortune so that they can meet people like Dr. Gibbs in the future.‎ C. I wish them deep roots into the earth since the rains fall and the winds blow often.‎ D. I wish them great shades under the tree since the sunlight is always sharp and bitter.‎ ‎40. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?‎ A. A Nice Doctor B. The Deep Roots C. Adversity and Suffering D. My Childhood Memory ‎【答案】36. B 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B D【2011·汕头质检】‎ A Charlotte, N.C., man was charged with first-degree murder of a 79-year-old woman whom police said he scared to death. In an attempt to evade policemen after a bank robbery, the Associated Press reports that 20-year-old Larry Whitfield broke into the home of Mary Parnell. Police say he didn’t touch Parnell but that she died after suffering a heart attack that was caused by terror. Can the guy be held responsible for the woman’s death? Prosecutors(公诉人) said that he can under the state’s murder rule, which allows someone to be charged with murder if he or she causes another person’s death while committing or fleeing from a severe crime like robbery—even if he or she doesn’t kill someone on purpose.‎ But, medically speaking, can someone actually be frightened to death? We asked Martin Samuels, chairman of the neurology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.‎ Absolutely, no question about it.‎ The body has a natural protective method called the fight-or-flight response(战或逃反应), which was originally described by Walter Cannon，the chairman of Harvard University’s physiology department from 1906 to 1942. If, in the wild, an animal is faced with a life-threatening situation, the autonomic nervous system responds by increasing heart rate, increasing blood flow to the muscles, and slowing digestion, among other things. All of this increases the chances of succeeding in a fight or running away from an aggressive beast. This process certainly would be of help to primitive humans. However, in the modern world there is obvious decline of the fight-or-flight response.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 The autonomic nervous system uses the chemical messenger to send signals to various parts of the body to activate the fight-or-flight response. This chemical is toxic in large amounts; it damages the organs such as the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. It is believed that almost all sudden deaths are caused by damage to the heart. There is almost no other organ that would fail so fast as to cause sudden death. Kidney failure, liver failure, those things don’t kill you suddenly.‎ By the way, any strong positive or negative emotions such as happiness or sadness can cause the same result. There are people who have died in intercourse or in religious passion. There was a case of a golfer who hit a hole in one, turned to his partner and said, “I can die now”, and then he dropped dead. For about seven days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon there was an increase of sudden cardiac death among New Yorkers.‎ ‎41. Why the Charlotte, N.C., man was charged?‎ A. Because he threatened the policemen to kill an old woman.‎ B. Because he caused an old woman’s terror and she died.‎ C. Because he beat an old woman and caused her heart attack D. Because he murdered an old woman while robbing a bank.‎ ‎42. What is Martin Samuels’ attitude to the possibility of being frightened to death?‎ A. Approval. B. Disapproval. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent.‎ ‎43. Which of the following about the fight-or-flight response is true?‎ A. The fight-or-flight response was raised and proved by Martin A. Samuels.‎ B. It is a natural protective method that can’t be found in all creatures but humans.‎ C. The ancient humans had a superior fight-or-flight response than modern ones.‎ D. The fight-or-flight response is beneficial to both our actions and organs.‎ ‎44. What activity can we infer is less likely to damage the organs?‎ A. Winning a big lottery. B. Missing a dead family.‎ C. Watching a horror movie. D. Listening to a sweet song.‎ ‎45. The purpose of the passage is_________.‎ A. to explain why people will die of a heart attack B. to offer some advice on protecting us from heart failure C. to compare different kinds of feelings to cause a death D. to show strong emotions can cause a sudden death ‎【答案】 41. B 42. A 43. C 44. D 45. D 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 ‎【2011·广州三调】Heading off to college this year? Here are some fashion tips from our experts you should keep in mind:‎ Dress to impress: Stylist and business consultant Daniela Smith says, “Girls should keep in mind that your college professors will often be the bridge that connects you to your future career and your classmates will become your professional network. You don’t need to dress like you’re going to the office, but you should display an ability to properly present yourself with appropriate maturity and confidence, and look put together.”‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Logo mania (品牌狂热症): Wearing the logos of brands aimed at younger customers physically identifies you as part of that age group, so consider the targeted age group of the stores you shop at. It’s tempting to load up on logos, especially well-known logos that signify high-end brands. But consider this: college is a time of self-discovery, a chance to develop your own personal style. Instead of wearing logos head to toe, “walking advertisement”-style, why not express who you really are?‎ Wear real pants! The combination of leggings and baggy shirts is all too common on college campuses. Smith points out that leggings, yoga pants, and sweatpants are entirely unacceptable in public unless you’re exercising. Although leggings worn as pants are a common trend among high school and college girls, they are not an appropriate choice for daywear. As a young woman, your style choice should begin to reflect your maturity level. So, get rid of leggings and wear real pants!‎ Keep the cute factor to a minimum: Stay away from sweaters and T-shirts with smiling animals, cartoon characters, or Hello Kitty on them. Sure, kittens might be cute, but they’re not doing you any favors in the style department. Dressing too cutesy can take years off your look, and not necessarily in a good way!‎ ‎26. The second paragraph indicates the importance of .‎ A. impressing professors B. getting on well with classmates C. creating a professional image D. dressing appropriately ‎27. The author believes that college girls should .‎ A. choose a logo that suits their age B. try to load up on well-known logos C. use logos to show who they are D. find their identity by trying different logos ‎28. The author recommends wearing real pants because _.‎ A. leggings and baggy shirts are too common B. yoga pants and sweatpants are not as comfortable C. real pants can present you with appropriate maturity 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. people like real pants better than the other pants ‎29. What’s the writer’s attitude towards sweaters with animals on them?‎ A. They make people look lovely.‎ B. They are very fashionable these days. C. They will show you’re an animal lover.‎ D. They are not suitable for college-aged students.‎ ‎30. In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?‎ A. Business Week. B. Parents. C. In style. D. Travel & Leisure.‎ ‎【答案】26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. C B ‎【2011·广州三调】A 33-year-old financial analyst in California recently quit his job to devote himself to an unpaid job teaching math on the Internet, and his lessons are reaching almost 100,000 people a month. Salman Khan’s voice is heard every day on the net --- by tens of thousands of students around the world who are hungry for help learning math. He has posted 1,200 lessons on YouTube ... lessons that appear on an electronic blackboard, which range from basic addition to advanced mathematics for science and finance. And they are free.‎ Khan lives in Silicon Valley, with his wife, a doctor, and their new baby. He got the idea for his “Khan Academy” four years ago, when he taught a young cousin how to convert kilograms to grams. With Khan’s help, the cousin got good at math, and Khan began a new career.‎ Now, Khan records his lessons himself, but he never goes on camera. “It feels like my voice in their head. You’re looking at it and it feels like someone’s over your shoulder talking in your ear, as opposed to someone at the blackboard, which is distant from you,” he said.‎ When Springfield High School in Palo Alto, California invited Khan to speak in person --- he immediately connected to the students there.‎ The idea of short lessons that can be played over and over again attracted high school senior Bridget Meaney. She says she had trouble with math in the seventh grade. “I think the teachers are good, but they can’t teach at a speed that’s perfect for everyone,” s he said. “I like the idea of learning something in class but then going back and pressing pause or rewind and actually getting a deeper understanding of it.”‎ Originally, Khan kept his lessons short because of YouTube restrictions. Now, he thinks short is better. “Education researchers now tell me that 10 minutes is how long someone can have a high level of concentration. And anything beyond that and you r brain switches off,” he said.‎ For Khan, teaching math, science, and finance is just the beginning. He sa ys he’s ready to expand his YouTube site to include other subjects as well.‎ ‎3 1. What gave Khan the idea of teaching math online?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A. His success in helping his cousin learn math.‎ B. His discovery that many students found learning math difficult. C. A suggestion made to him at a local high school.‎ D. His interest in Internet teaching.‎ ‎32. Why does Khan never go on camera?‎ A. He’s too shy to show his face on camera.‎ B. It’s restricted by YouTube for education videos. C. He wants to keep distance from the viewers.‎ D. He wants to create a more relaxed learning atmosphere.‎ ‎33. From the passage, we know that _ _ .‎ A. Khan travels to many schools to promote his lessons B. Khan plans to include more subjects in the future C. Khan gives live math lessons every day for free D. Khan set up the Khan Academy with his wife ‎34. Why does Bridget Meaney like Khan’s lessons?‎ A. Khan teaches seventh grade math better than her teacher.‎ B. The lessons can be watched repeatedly until fully understood. C. She can perfectly follow the pace of Khan’s teaching.‎ D. She cannot concentrate when learning in class.‎ ‎35. What does Khan mean by “short is better” in the 6th paragraph?‎ A. Keeping the lessons short can ensure better concentration. B. YouTube recommends short lessons for its site.‎ C. Short lessons encourage students to return to the website. D. Students enjoy short mathematics lessons more.‎ ‎【答案】 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. A C ‎【2011·广州三调】A different sort of generation gap is developing in the workplace. Someone --- specifically the father-daughter team of Larry and Meagan Johnson --- has figured out that on some American job sites, five generations are working side by side.‎ In their new book about generations in the workplace the pair argue that while such an age difference adds a lot of texture and a variety of life experiences, it can also bring tensions and 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ conflicts.‎ The Johnsons are human-resource trainers and public speakers. Dad Larry is a former health-care executive; daughter Meagan is a onetime high-level sales manager.‎ Here are the oldest and youngest of the five generations they identify:‎ They call the oldest group Traditionals, born before 1945. They were heavily influenced by the lessons of the Great Depression and World War Two. They respect authority, set a high tandard of workmanship, and communicate easily and confidently. But they’re also stubbornly independent. They want their opinions heard.‎ At the other extreme are what the Johnsons call Linksters, born after 1995 into today’s more complicated, multi-media world. They live and breathe technology and are often social activists.‎ You won’t find many 15-year olds in the offices of large companies, except as volunteers, of course, but quite old and quite young workers do come together in sales environments like bike shops and ice-cream stores.‎ The Johnsons, Larry and Meagan, represent a generation gap themselves in their work with jobsite issues. The Johnsons’ point is that as the average lifespan continues to rise and retirement dates get delayed because of the tight economy, people of different generations are working side by side, more often bringing with them very different ideas about company loyalty and work values.‎ The five generations are heavily influenced by quite different events, social trends, and the cultural phenomena of their times. Their experiences shape their behavior and make it difficult, sometimes, for managers to achieve a strong and efficient workplace.‎ Larry and Meagan Johnson discuss all this in greater detail in a new book, “Generations, Inc.: From Boomers to Linksters --- Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work,” published by Amacom Press, which is available in all good bookstore from this Friday.‎ ‎36. The type of generation gap in paragraph 1 refers to the difference in beliefs .‎ A. between managers and workers B. among family members C. among employees D. between older and newer companies ‎37. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Traditionals?‎ A. They’ve learned much from war and economic disaster. B. They’re difficult to work with as they are stubborn.‎ C. They respect their boss and hope to be respected.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. They’re independent workers with great confidence.‎ ‎38. According to the passage, the Linksters are usually .‎ A. found working in the offices of large companies B. influenced by media and technology C. enthusiastic multi-media activists D. ice-cream sellers ‎39. According to the passage, modern workforces are more diverse because .‎ A. people want to increase their average lifespan B. many young people are entering the workforce C. employees with different values can benefit their companies D. retirement dates are being delayed for economic reasons ‎40. What’s the main purpose of the passage?‎ A. To promote a new book by Larry and Meagan Johnson. B. To describe the five different workplace generations.‎ C. To introduce the Johnsons’ research about diverse workforces. D. To identify a major problem in modern workforces.‎ ‎【答案】36. C 37. B 38. B 39. D 40. A ‎ D ‎【2011·广州三调】The drug store was closing for the night and Alfred Higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.‎ ‎“Empty your pockets please, Alfred,” Sam Carr demanded in a firm voice.‎ Alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew he’d been caught. From his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of toothpaste.‎ ‎“I’m disappointed in you, Alfred!” said the little gray-haired man.‎ ‎“Sorry, sir. Please forgive me. It’s the first time I’ve ever done such a thing,” Alfred lied, hoping to gain the old man’s sympathy.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Mr Carr’s brow furrowed as he reached for the phone, “Do you take me for a fool? Let’s see what the police have to say. But first I’ll call your mother and let her know her son is heading to jail.”‎ ‎“Do whatever you want,” Alfred shot back, trying to sound big. But deep down he felt like a child. He imagined his mother rushing in, eyes burning with anger, maybe in tears. Yet he wanted her to come quickly before Mr. Carr called the police.‎ Mr. Carr was surprised when Mrs Higgins finally arrived. She was very calm, quiet and friendly. “Is Alfred in trouble?” she asked.‎ ‎“He’s been stealing from the store,” the old man coolly replied.‎ Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Mr. Carr’s arm with great gentleness as if she knew just how he felt. She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble. “What do you want to do, Mr. Carr?”‎ The woman’s calm and gentle manner disarmed the once-angry store-owner. “I was going to get a cop. But I don’t want to be cruel. Tell your son not to come back here again, and I’ll let it go.” Then he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’s hand.‎ Mrs. Higgins thanked the old man for his kindness, then mother and son left. They walked along the street in silence. When they arrived home his mother simply said, “Go to bed, you fool.” In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. He felt no shame, only pride in his mother’s actions. “She was smooth!” he thought. He went to the kitchen to tell her how great she was, but was shocked by what he saw.‎ His mother’s face looked frightened, broken. Not the cool, bright face he saw earlier. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. There were tears in her eyes.‎ This picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth ending. He saw all the troubles he brought her and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.‎ ‎41. Which of the following is true according to the passage?‎ A. It was the first time Alfred had stolen anything. B. Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear.‎ C. Mr. Carr set a trap to catch Alfred stealing.‎ D. Mr. Carr had planned to forgive Alfred from the beginning.‎ ‎42. What does the underlined word “disarmed” probably mean?‎ A. annoyed B. made less angry C. convinced D. got over 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎43. What was the mother’s attitude toward Alfred?‎ A. She felt disappointed with him. B. She was very strict with him.‎ C. She was supportive of him. D. She was afraid of him.‎ ‎44. What impressed Alfred most about his mother at the drugstore was _.‎ A. how angry she was B. that she didn’t cry C. that she was able to save him D. how effectively she handled Mr. Carr ‎45. From the last paragraph, we know that Alfred .‎ A. was no longer a youth B. felt proud of his mother C. wanted his mother to be happy felt guilty and regretful for his deed ‎【答案】 41. B 42. B 43. A 44. D 45. D ‎ 阅读理解 （共20 小题，每小题2分，满分40分）‎ 第一节：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。‎ A【2011·海口六校三联】‎ ‎ Members of the working class have blue-collar jobs. They are construction workers, truck drivers, mechanics, steel workers, electricians, and the like. What makes this class differ from the lower class is, first, longer periods of employment -- and therefore, more fixed incomes —and, second, employment in skilled or semiskilled (半熟练的 ) occupations, not unskilled ones. Although unemployment hits all levels of the American economy, including those of skilled and semi-skilled workers, it is most common at the bottom of the class structure and increasingly less common at each level upward. They consider themselves to be respectable and hard working and they look down upon members of the "lower" class, whom they often consider to be lazy, dishonest, and too ready to exploit public assistance. ‎ ‎ Most people in the working class have at least high school education. Many have some experience of college ( especially community college), though few are college graduates. Unionization has helped the working class, but a rapidly changing economy and frequent periods of high unemployment make it difficult for most of its members to be able to increase their savings greatly. Purchasing a house for people in this class is extremely difficult, although a certain percentage may receive houses from their parents. (Home-owning rises with social class. )‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A greater number of the members of the working class take relatively little satisfaction in their jobs, because much of their work is ordinary and boring. As a result, many seek their main satisfaction in recreational ( 娱乐的) activities. Many members of this class would like to earn enough money to leave their jobs and start their own businesses, though few make it. Many place their expectations on their children, hoping that they at least will rise in the ladder of success, American style.‎ ‎56. Which of the following is true about the working class.?‎ A. They are often employed as skilled and semi-skilled workers.‎ B. They are often offered jobs with high incomes.‎ C. They are often considered lazy and dishonest.‎ D. They are often exploited by the public.‎ ‎57. The underlined word “hit” (paragraph 1 ) roughly means .‎ A. strike with a blow B. have bad effects on C. break up D.beat ‎58. Most people in the working class .‎ A. have difficulty increasing their savings greatly B. have at least some experience of college C. receive houses from their parents D. buy houses by themselves ‎59. Many members from the working class are not satisfied with their jobs because .‎ A. they could not rise in the ladder of success B. they are not interested in their jobs C. they could not earn much money D. they are not their own bosses ‎【答案】ABAB ‎ B【2011·海口六校三联】‎ ‎ How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time ? Far too many.‎ ‎ This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal (排演) and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments.‎ ‎ We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life.‎ ‎ In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day.‎ ‎ How often do we say to ourselves, "I'll take up horse-riding (or golf, or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position," only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position.‎ ‎ When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal (反常的) mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know.‎ ‎ Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure. He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains.‎ ‎60. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that .‎ A. we always try to find some time to write a book ‎ B. we always make plans but seldom fulfil them 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C. we always enjoy many of life's best moments D. we always do what we really want to do ‎61. The underlined phrase "turn his back on" (paragraph 6) most probably means .‎ A. leave for B. return to C. give up D. rely on ‎62. The man ( paragraph 6) left his first job partly because he was .‎ A. in an abnormal mental state B. under too much pressure C. not well paid D. not respected ‎63. What is probably the best title for the passage?‎ A. Provide Homes For Our Family B. Take Up Horse-riding C. Value This Very Day D. Stay Alive ‎【答案】B CBC C【2011·海口六校三联】‎ ‎ He's an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street ; he'll fix them for you right away.”‎ ‎ But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手艺人). “No,” I replied, “the other fellow can't do it well.”‎ ‎ “The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait” -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) you might as well just throw away the pair.‎ ‎ My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”‎ ‎ I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.‎ ‎ “See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work. ”‎ ‎ When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.‎ ‎ These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.‎ ‎64. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler.'?‎ A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools. B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.‎ C. He was proud of his skills. D. He was a native Parisian.‎ ‎65. The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” ( paragraph 7 ) implies that ‎ A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him ‎ B. it was difficult to communicate with this man C. the man was very strange D. the man was too old ‎66. According to the author, many people work just to .‎ A. realize their abilities B. gain happiness C. make money D. gain respect 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎67. This story wants to tell us that .‎ A. craftsmen make a lot of money B. whatever you do, do it well C. craftsmen need self-respect D. people are born equal ‎【答案】 CA CB D【2011·海口六校三联】‎ Western teens share their top tunes Have you ever wondered what kind of music kids across the Pacific Ocean are listening to? Are they crazy about Britney Spears? Do they love the Backstreet Boys? Or do they dance to Eminem?‎ ‎ Well, nearly 6,000 teens have taken part in a Teens & Music study, conducted by USA Weekend Magazine last autumn. And the results show what type of music is hot and what is not. ‎ ‎ It comes as no surprise that hip-hop (街舞音乐) and rap (说唱乐) are the most popular types of music among American teenagers. They began in the mid-1970s, with young black kids in New York, taking music onto the streets. Hip-hop and rap are well-known for the breakdancing (霹雳舞) that goes with them.‎ ‎ The word "rap" comes from a 1960s slang (俚语) word for conversation. It is a rapid, slangy rhyme (韵律) that is spoken rather than sung.‎ ‎ Eminem is among the most popular rappers ever to hit the US. His first album "The Marshall Mathers LP" topped the American music chart (排行榜) in May 2000. Although about a third of teens in the US showed their support for him, almost as many said that his music was so offensive that they couldn't listen to it.‎ ‎ Compared with Eminem, actor-rapper Will Smith is more of a star for the kids. He was awarded the Wannabe Award, on April 12 at Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards. It is an award given to a celebrity whom kids most want to be.‎ ‎ Pop music, such as Brittney Spears and the Backstreet Boys has always suited the tastes of the general public. It continues to enjoy support among teens and is second most popular after rap.‎ ‎ Third is rock — music with exciting dance beats (节拍) and simple lyrics that speak loudly of social problems. The melodies (旋律) are led by electric guitars. Rock became popular in the US in the early 1950s. American singer Elvis Presley and British group the Beatles became world-famous rock artists.‎ ‎ The study also showed that jazz is least loved by American teens. It developed in the latter part of the 19th century from a mixture of African work songs and hymns (赞美诗). Jazz tends to be the type of music that people enjoy more as they get older.‎ ‎68.Which of the following developed the earliest, according to the text? ‎ A. Hip-hop and rap. B. Breakingdance. C. Rock. D. Jazz.‎ ‎69.What does the word “offensive” in Paragraph 5 mean?‎ A. Loud. B. Quick. C. Unpleasant. D. Slangy.‎ ‎70.The main purpose of this story is to tell the readers _____.‎ A. about a study conducted among US teens B. what types of music are popular among US teens C. that both American and Chinese teens love music 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. that kids love different types of music because of the stars ‎【答案】DCB 阅读理解（共两节。第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）‎ 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。‎ A【2011·杭州一检】‎ The drug store was closing for the night. Young Alfred Higgins, the stop-assistant, was ready to go home. Mr. Carr, the boss, stared at him and said: “Hold on, Alfred. Maybe you’d be good enough to take the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go.” Alfred’s face got red. After a little hesitation, he took out what he had stolen. Mr. Carr said, “Maybe I should call you mother and let her know I’m going to have to put you in prison.”‎ Alfred thought his mother would come rushing in, eyes burning with anger. But, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smile. “Hello, I’m Alfred’s mother. Is he in trouble?” she said. Mr. Carr was surprised, too. He had expected Alfred’s mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for a mercy for her son. But no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel guilty…. Soon Mr. Carr was shaking his head in agreement with what she was saying. “Of course”, he said, “I don’t want to be cruel. You are right. Sometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long time to get sense into their heads.” And he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’s hand. ‎ Back home, without even looking at Alfred, she said, "You are a bad luck. It is one thing after another, always has been. Why do you stand there so stupidly? Co to bed." In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. There was no shame in him, just pride in his mother's strength.. He felt he must tell her how great she was. As he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea. He was shocked by what he saw. His mother's face was a frightened, broken one. It was not the same cool, bright face he saw earlier in the drug store. As she lifted the tea cup, her hand shook. And some of the tea splashed on the table. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. He watched his mother without making a sound. The picture of his mother made him want to cry. 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Each letter was cast (浇铸) in metal and could be moved around to different parts of the press depending on which words were needed on a particular page. This use of movable type was one of the most important developments in modem history. Previously, most books had been created by copying out text by hand. It had taken many hours to create a single book. With the Gutenberg press, pages could be created in a matter of seconds, and many copies of books could be created in a few hours. ‎ Gutenberg's printing press was not so much an invention, however, as an adaptation of gradually-developing technologies. Printing pictures on paper, using carved and inked wooden blocks, had been a well- known artistic technique in China and Japan since the eighth century. European artists were making block prints by the end of the 14th century. Another contribution to Gutenberg’s new system also originated in the East: paper. The Chinese invented paper made from rags. Muslim countries were making this inexpensive paper by 800, and it was introduced into Europe in about 1000. At the begin rung, an unpopular alterative to writing sheets made from the skins of animals, rag paper was ideal for the new European printing presses, as it absorbed the oily ink required for the metal type. ‎ Printing soon became an important industry in a rapidly growing world. In 1476, Willian Caxton of London printed and distributed a number of popular stories. By 1500, nearly 35,000 books were in print worldwide. The American colonies gained their first printing press in 1638 when Stephen Burke and Matthew Daye set up shops in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ‎ The printing press did not change significantly for a long time. In the 19 th century, however, iron replaced wood in the press’s framework, and paper became available in continuous rolls rather that more Expensive single sheets. Steam engines increased the speed at which the presses ran. The introduction of linotype (整行铸排机) machines meant that printing plates could be created more rapidly. In the late 1900s, the introduction of high – speed offset presses and the integration of computer technology sharply cut the amount of time it took to turn ideas into books.‎ ‎49．Which of the following belongs to the 19th century improvement in the printing press?‎ ‎ A．oily printer’s ink B．paper on rolls 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ C．high – speed printer D．rag paper ‎50．The movable – type printing press was in use about before significantly improved.‎ ‎ A．4 centuries B．6 centuries C．8 centuries D．10 centuries ‎51．The development of the movable – type printing press .‎ ‎ A．depended on the previous discoveries B．occurred over a period of three years ‎ C．had very little influence on the world D．prevented the publishing of important books ‎52．We can conclude from the text that .‎ ‎ A．the movable – type press came from Muslim countries ‎ B．the first printed books cost a great deal of money ‎ C．the printing press made books more widely available ‎ D．the movable type press was used to print photographs ‎【答案】BAAC D【2011·杭州一检】‎ The past 20 years have produced great advances in technology and communications．As a result, people throughout the world have become ever more connected．The growing link between the nations and people of the world of is called globalization．It is a trend that has changed ways of life around the world.‎ Perhaps the biggest change in this process is the effect of globalization on commerce．In an effort to build a global economy, most nations of the world have embraced free trade．Free trade removes certain limits imposed(强加)on global commerce to make it easier for nations to exchange goods with one another．A further aim of this process is to aid poor nations and thus reduce poverty．Globalization has indeed increased trade throughout the world, but experts disagree about its effect on the poor.‎ The debate about recent trends in global commerce is complex．Those who support free trade in the global market point out that competition lowers prices．Its critics argue that, without controls, such a sys-tem often harms poor nations．To some extent, both are correct．For example, Jamaica, a country which imported milk from the United States and the imported milk was cheaper than local milk, more poor people could drink milk and improve their nutrition．At the same time, the cheaper milk put local dairy fanners out of business．Perhaps this program caused as much harm as good.‎ ‎ Those who support free trade in the global market do so for a number of reasons．Studies show that when a poor nation begins Uading on the global level, it gains certain benefits．Its economy grows rapidly．Multinational companies set up factories, which provide jobs for people．Supporters claim that these factors reduce poverty and lessen the gap between the richest and poorest nations．They believe that the global zing trend benefits the poor.‎ Critics of unrestricted free trade question these conclusions．Although they agree that the global market can offer growth and jobs to poor nations, they doubt that it reduces poverty．In fact, they cite studies that show that poverty has increased as a result of the global market．In addition, the gap between rich and poor nations is growing.‎ Regardless of which side they are on, most experts believe that globalization has great potential to aid the poor．Both sides need to find a way to make it work.‎ ‎53．The growing link between the nations and people of the world is called ‎ A．diversity B．commerce C．communication D．globalization 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎54．We can know that both sides of the debate agree that free trade ‎ A．results in the rich countries' economic collapse ‎ B．widens the gap between the rich and poor ‎ C．makes it easier for nations to exchange goods ‎ D．has little potential to aid the poor countries ‎55．The author mentions Jamaica as an example to ‎ A．support an argument B．draw a conclusion ‎ C．introduce a topic D．describe a scene ‎56．A person who calls for increased rules in the globalization of economy is most likely to be .‎ ‎ A．a supporter of free trade in the global market ‎ B．a critic of free trade in the global market ‎ C．the head of a large imitational company ‎ D．an exporter specialized in making dairy products ‎【答案】DCAB E【2011·杭州一检】‎ As the human brain evolved, humans were able to laugh before they could speak, according to a new study. But here’s the punch line: Laughter and joy are not unique to humans, the study says. Ancestral forms of play and laughter existed in other animals long before humans began laughing.‎ ‎“Human laughter has its roots in our animation past,” said Jaak Panksepp, a professor of psychobiology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Panksepp has studied rats and found that when they “play,” they often chirp (唧唧叫) – an early – stage form of laughter, according to the scientist. In an article to be published tomorrow in the journal Science, he makes the argument that animal laughter is the basis for human joy.‎ In studying laughter, scientists have focused mostly on related issues – humor, personality, health benefits, social theory – rather than laughter itself. New research, however, shows that “circuits” (电路) for laughter exist in very ancient regions of the human brain. As humans have included language into play, we may have developed new connections to joyous parts of our brains that evolved before the cerebral cortex, the outer layer associated with thought and memory.‎ There is plenty of evidence that many other mammals make play sounds, which are like human laughter. Indeed, animals are capable of many emotional feelings, just like humans, some scientists say. "The recognition by neuroscientists that the brain systems for pain, pleasure, and fear are the same in humans and other mammals underline our similarity to other species and is extremely important," said Tecumseh Fitch, a psychology lecturer at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. In a 2003 study Panksepp and Bowling Green State University neurobiologist Jeff Burgdorf showed that if rats are tickled (呵痒) in a playful way, they readily chirp. Rats that were tickled developed a relationship with the researchers and became rapidly conditioned to seek tickles. Understanding the chirping of the rats may help scientists better understand human laughter.‎ Robert Provine, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, agrees there is an evolutionary continuity of laughter. "Its origin is in tickling play," he says. Provine has studied 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ chimpanzees and found a link between their laughter - like noises and human laughter. "Laughter is actually the sound of play, with the original’ pant – pant’ - the heavy breathing of physical play - becoming the human ‘ha - ha,’” Provine said. By studying the shift from the panting of chimps to the human ha - ha, he discovered that breath control is the key to the appearance of both human laughter and speech.‎ ‎57．The above text is mainly about .‎ A．human laughter has its origin in ancient animal play sounds B．brain regions for mem00 evolved earlier than those for laughter C．human laughter was once rooted in people's happiness D．humans actually develop from ancient animals ‎58．The 2003 study about rats being tickled are mentioned in paragraph 4 in order to show that .‎ A．rats are such smart aromas that they can laugh like humans B．animals have emotional feelings as human beings do C．animals' emotional feelings are now widely recognized D．tickling animals can help animals develop the ability of laughter ‎59．According to the text, what is the most special about Jaak Panksepp's research?‎ A．It focuses on animals' influence on human laughter.‎ B．People's personalities are involved in the research.‎ C．The research studies human brain as well.‎ D．The research deals with laughter itself.‎ ‎60．We can infer from the above text that A．Tecumseh Fitch and Robert Provine disagree with each other on laughter ‎ B．rats’ chirping and chimp’s panting are basically the smae ‎ C．most animals are able to laugh but need to be trained first ‎ D．human beings have now fully understood animals’ behaviors ‎【答案】ABDB 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。‎ A【2011·焦作期末调研】‎ The German shepherd runs off and noses around in the grass of Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau. “OK, Oakley,” the dog’s handler orders, “Find it!” ‎ Oakley sniffs (嗅) until he comes to a bush, then stops, sits, and looks up at his handler. She bends to see what he has found: the waste of an endangered African wild dog. “Good dog!” she praises. The handler pulls a tennis ball from her pocket. Oakley jumps for his reward.‎ ‎“He doesn’t actually want the waste,” says Aimee Hurt, a founding member of the U.S.-based group Working Dogs for Conservation. Hurt is in Kenya to train both Oakley and his handler. “He finds it so he can play with his ball. We’re the ones who want the waste.”‎ Detection dogs are sometimes taught to locate actual animals. Black-footed ferrets (雪貂) have been studied with their help. But more often the dogs learn to locate the waste of creatures such as 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ bears, wolves and mountain lions.‎ What the dogs find provides scientists with data about a species. Scientists can use the DNA collected from animal waste to identify individuals, sex, and population sizes — all without ever seeing the animal itself. “It can take years to gather this kind of information if you have to trap animals,” Hurt explains.‎ Waste analysis might make a huge difference when wild species are accused of attacking domestic livestock (家畜). Hurt says, “A good detection dog will find the waste so we can see what the animal is actually eating.” This may help reduce problems between people and wildlife.‎ ‎56. The underlined word “She” in Paragraph 2 refers to “_____”.‎ A. the German shepherd ‎ B. an African wild dog C. Aimee Hurt ‎ D. the handler ‎57. Oakley is interested in finding the waste because _____.‎ A. he wants to study endangered animals B. he can get a tennis ball to play with C. he wants to eat it ‎ D. he wants to play with it ‎58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. Trapping animals is not difficult.‎ B. People are making efforts to protect the environment.‎ C. Detection dogs attack domestic livestock frequently.‎ D. Collecting animal waste is a good way to gather information.‎ ‎59. What is the main idea of the passage?‎ A. Detection dogs can help scientists study wildlife.‎ B. Detection dogs can defend wildlife.‎ C. Detection dogs can help the police catch the criminals.‎ D. Detection dogs can help local people defend domestic livestock.‎ ‎【答案】DBDA B【2011·焦作期末调研】‎ The Adventure Guides Program New Member Information for the Adventure Guides Program ( for children aged 4—12)‎ What Is the Adventure Guides Program All about?‎ The objectives of the program are:‎ ‎● Fostering companionship and setting foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child ‎● Increased understanding of one another ‎● Expanded awareness of spirit, mind and body ‎● Great memories ‎● Fun!!!‎ Parent and Child Will Be Joining…‎ The nationwide affilicated(隶属的) program sponsored by local YMCA’s and part of the National Council of YMCA’s 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A smaller group of families called a “circle”‎ What Is the Time Commitment?‎ ‎● Program runs from October to May (ending with the Memorial Day Parade)‎ ‎● One “circle” activity per month ( one circle decides on fees and dates)‎ ‎ Additional all participant activities (scheduled by Wilton Family Y) —additional fees and registration required.‎ Outing Dates: To Be Announced What Do I Do Now?‎ ‎● Registration is on-going. Registration forms are available online under “Registration”.‎ ‎● You will be notified by the Wilton Family Y of which “circle” you and your child are in and who your “circle” leader is.‎ ‎● You will be notified by your “circle” leader as to when your first parent/child “circle” meeting will take place.‎ Fees:‎ Participant: Full Child or Family member $110.00 / Program member $200.00‎ Sibling: Full child or Family member $75.00 / Program member $150.00‎ Adult: Family member FREE / Program member $125.00‎ Wilton Family Y Contact Information:‎ Geoff Malyszka Teen Director 762-8384 ext.224‎ E-mail: gmalyszka@wiltonymca. org Kim Murphy Early Childhood Ed. Director762-8384 ext.214‎ E-mail: kmurphy@wiltonymca. org ‎60. Which of the following is true about “circle”?‎ ‎ A. You and your children will make up a “circle”.‎ ‎ B. A “circle” activity will be held once a month. ‎ ‎ C. You have the right of choosing your “circle” leader.‎ ‎ D. You are free to choose to become a member of a “circle”. ‎ ‎61. What information can you get from the passage？‎ ‎ A. There is no extra fees for additional all participant activities.‎ ‎ B. The program will be held only in October and May ‎ C. You can register just by making a call to 762-8384 ext. 224.‎ ‎ D. It has not been decided yet when you will go out.‎ ‎62. The passage is mainly written for _____.‎ ‎ A. parents and their children ‎ B. adventurous travelers ‎ C. international students ‎ D. children with bad memories ‎【答案】BDA C【2011·焦作期末调研】‎ What’s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? ‎ It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular festival in the UK. It began in 1970 and the first festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of ￡1 — the ticket included free milk from the farm. ‎ Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength — in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying ￡112 each for a ticket to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Performers ‎ included superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.‎ Although many summer festivals are run on a profit —making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities.‎ Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money to fight global poverty (贫穷). In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously (同时) in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight (强调) international poverty and debt.‎ ‎63. What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength”?‎ A. The festival has achieved growing success.‎ B. Great efforts have been made to hold the festival.‎ C. The festival has brought in a large amount of money.‎ D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.‎ ‎64. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ A. The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.‎ B. Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price.‎ C. Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families.‎ D. In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free.‎ ‎65. We can learn from the last paragraph that _____.‎ A. the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts B. the Live 8 concerts are held every year in London C. London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals ‎ D. some superstars are concerned about global poverty ‎66. What is the best title for the passage?‎ A. How to have a good time B. Charity events around the world ‎ C. The Glastonbury Festival D. Superstars’ performances in charity events ‎【答案】 ABDC ‎ D【2011·焦作期末调研】‎ Attempt a guess at the following question: In the English-speaking world, which country has the least affordable homes? You are wrong if you guessed the US, even with the housing bubble (气泡) and main sadness. Nor is it the UK, where prices have risen because demand is far from supply. According to a recent survey of 227 cities around the globe, you must go south of the equator (赤道) to Australia to find the priciest homes.‎ The report measured a city’s housing market along the following guidelines. An “affordable” home required three times or less of the average family’s income to purchase. At four times 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ earnings, a home fell into the “unaffordable” category. And a “seriously unaffordable” home needed five times a family’s income. In Australia, homes in the least affordable city cost just about 9.5 times the average income. Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne were only a little under this figure.‎ Australian officials offered little comment, apart from a general statement on the dismal findings. These prices make the possibility that many Australians will one day own a home largely unbelievable. Land rationing (配给制) and excessive development charges have raised prices, and the problem will only be solved through urgent action by the Rudd government.‎ Some American cities were also included on the least affordable list, four of which were in California. America is still involved in a mortgage（抵押）crisis, though, affecting the affordability of homes. Yet a number of US cities garnered “affordable” status, namely Dallas and Kansas. Australia had no cities listed in the top fifty places with affordable homes.‎ The survey suggests that you can find affordable homes in most places, just not if you’re Australian and choose to live down under.‎ ‎67. To buy an affordable house, you should pay _____.‎ ‎ A. 3 times or less of the average family’s income B. 4 times or less of the average family’s income ‎ C. 5 times or less of the average family’s income ‎ D. 9.5 times or less of the average family’s income ‎ ‎68. What caused the prices of houses to increase in Australia?‎ ‎ A. The rising family’s income.‎ ‎ B. The demand over supply.‎ ‎ C. The excessive development charges.‎ ‎ D. The decrease of land.‎ ‎69. The underlined word “dismal” in Paragraph 3 may mean _____.‎ ‎ A. cheerful B. satisfactory C. difficult D. gloomy ‎ ‎70. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?‎ A. Affordable Houses B. A House is a Dream First ‎ C. Housing Bubble D. Homes Too Expensive ‎ ‎【答案】 ACDD ‎ 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。‎ A【2011·许昌期末】‎ Obama still smokes in secret US President Barack Obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette smokers, but he still smokes every now and then in secret.‎ Obama, who has publicly struggled to quit smoking, said he still hasn’t completely kicked the habit even after signing a law this week that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry.‎ ‎“As a former smoker I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No,” Obama said at a news conference.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎“I don’t do it in front of my kids, I don’t do it in front of my family. I would say that I am 95 percent cured, but there are times where I mess up,” he said.‎ The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.‎ At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said he was among the nearly 90 percent of smokers who took up the habit before their 18th birthday.‎ ‎“Once you go down this path it’s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law we signed is so important because what we don’t want is kids going down that path in the first place,” he said at the news conference.‎ Nearly 20 percent of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.‎ ‎56. According to the passage, Obama _________.‎ A. has no plan to give up smoking B. still smokes as usual C. no longer smokes D. hasn’t completely given up smoking ‎57. What does the underlined sentence mean in the third paragraph?‎ A. Have I dropped from the wagon? B. Have I stopped smoking completely?‎ C. Do I still smoke sometimes? D. Do I still smoke as much as before?‎ ‎58. Which of the following is Not TRUE?‎ A. Nearly 90 percent of the population of America smoke.‎ B. Nearly 90 percent of the smokers of America began to smoke before they turned 18.‎ C. Nearly one-fifth of Americans smoke.‎ D. Smoking kills about 440,000 people a year in the USA.‎ ‎59. The new law first looks at _________ health.‎ A. adults’ B. middle-aged people’s C. women’s D. children’s ‎【答案】DCAD B【2011·许昌期末】‎ Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way. ‎ Life is like a game and maybe you can award（奖励）points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reasons, tell yourself, “well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.‎ What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.‎ It really does not have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “give up” be a part of your vocabulary.‎ ‎60. By saying “To err is human”, the author means that _________.‎ A. human beings should try to avoid making mistakes 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 B. no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes C. mistakes and failures make up our life D. human beings make mistakes easily.‎ ‎61. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?‎ A. Try to reach 50 points. B. Never stop trying in your life. ‎ C. Award yourself for your success. D. Don’t be afraid of missing your points ‎ ‎62. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through _______.‎ A. examples B. numbers C. experiments D. stories ‎63. The underlined word “despondent” in the last paragraph means ________. ‎ A. frightened B. disappointed C. surprised D. excited ‎ ‎【答案】BCAB C【2011·许昌期末】‎ Horror gripped(紧握)the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing(子弹等在空中掠过的声音)over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant(陆军中尉), if he might go out into the“No Man’s Land”between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.‎ ‎“You can go,”said the lieutenant,“but I don’t think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away.”The lieutenant’s words didn’t matter, and the soldier went anyway.‎ Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoisted(扯起)him onto his shoulder, and brought him back to their company’s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend.“I told you it wouldn’t be worth it,”he said.“Your friend is dead, and you are mortally wounded.”‎ ‎“It was worth it, though, sir,”the soldier said.‎ ‎“How do you mean‘worth it?’”responded the lieutenant.“Your friend is dead!”‎ ‎“Yes sir,”the private answered.“But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say,‘Jim, I knew you’d come.’”‎ Many a time in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life.‎ ‎64. What’s the lieutenant’s attitude towards the soldier’s saving his friend?‎ A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Neutral. D. Supportive.‎ ‎65. The underlined word“Miraculously”can be replaced by .‎ A. Happily B. Excitedly C. Surprisingly D. Disappointedly ‎66. According to the soldier, why did he say“It was worth it.”?‎ A. Because the soldier saved his friend in time.‎ B. Because the soldier successfully brought his friend back.‎ C. Because what he did will bring him great honor and make him get promoted in his ‎ later life.‎ D. Because his friend was still alive when he reached him and he didn’t make his friend ‎ disappointed.‎ ‎【答案】ACD D【2011·许昌期末】‎ A child-like robot. Wakamaru, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan and combining 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ the roles of nurse, companion and security guard, will soon be in the market to look after the growing number of old people with no one to look after them.‎ Cameras fixed under the“eyebrows”of the robot enable it to“see”as it moves around in a house. The images can be sent to the latest mobile phones, which can show the pictures. Wakamaru speaks with either the voice of a boy or a girl. It is also designed to provide companionship, saying hello to its“papa”when he comes home. Based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words, it is the first household robot which is able to hold simple conversations. It can not only speak, but also understand answers and react accordingly. It will ask“Are you all right?”if its owner doesn’t move for some time. If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, send images and work as a speakerphone. It can recognize up to 10 faces and be set to tell forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep.‎ However, like most robots, it cannot climb stairs. Mitsubishi developed Wakamaru from robots which have already been made to go around nuclear power facilities.“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decided that this could work as a business. We want to offer it as a product that helps society,”said the project chief. The developers plan to sell the robot from April this year at between5,000 and 6,000 pounds.‎ The life expectancy(寿命)of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the world. At the same time, large families are being replaced by nuclear families. This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents. Therefore, the technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan.‎ ‎67. The passage is written with the purpose to .‎ A. introduce a new robot B. solve the ageing problem C. tell people the rapid development of technology D. tell people how to use the robot ‎68. It can be inferred from the passage that .‎ A. the robot can dial proper number for help B. the robot is likely to have a promising market C. the robot enables the Japanese to live longer D. many elderly Japanese are anxious about their future ‎69. The underlined part“nuclear families”in the last paragraph probably means“ ”.‎ A. families with nuclear power facilities ‎ B. small families without a parent C. families with children and old people ‎ D. families with parents and their children only ‎70. What is the best title for the passage?‎ A. The Latest Development of Robot B. Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society C. Large Market of the New Robot D. Japan-made Robot Helps the Old ‎【答案】 ABDD ‎ 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。‎ A【2011·济南质检】‎ Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is no different. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I’m sorry to say that the men in the family – my dad, my 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ younger brother and myself – rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over.‎ Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it’s not yet time to eat.‎ First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances, I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren’t wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university.‎ But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose.‎ Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights – visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in. ‎ ‎56. The purpose of the text is to ________.‎ A. tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day ‎ B. tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day C. introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day D. introduce the American Thanksgiving Day ‎57. On Thanksgiving Day the author’s family do the following except ________.‎ A. watching a movie B. making visits C. having a big meal D. watching football ‎58. Why does the author’s mind usually “go blank” when saying a prayer of thanks?‎ A. He is too thankful to say a word.‎ B. His mind is on the food before him.‎ C. He feels too excited to speak.‎ D. He is shy to speak in public.‎ ‎59. The underlined phrase “dig in” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”.‎ A. chat with others B. make a hole C. mix things up D. start eating ‎60. What can we conclude from the text?‎ A. On Thanksgiving Day, men do nothing but eat. ‎ B. The author is a middle school student.‎ C. The author’s family is not rich, but it’s a loving one.‎ D. Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday of December.‎ ‎【答案】56—60 BABDC B【2011·济南质检】‎ In many cultures white is often associated with something positive. A white-collar job, for instance, is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.‎ White has a clean and pure image. That is why doctors, dentists, and nurses usually wear white uniforms. Babies are dressed in white at baptisms（洗礼）and brides wear white wedding gowns at weddings. White in these cases is the ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 symbol of innocence or purity. ‎ Sometimes white is used in expressions that are not good. “Whitewash” is one such expression. At first, “whitewash” meant to paint over something with white paint to make it look better. However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures.‎ A “white elephant” is another example of white used in a negative way. In ancient Thailand, a white elephant was regarded as a sacred animal, but it was very expensive to keep. The kings of those days presented a white elephant to the people they wanted to ruin. Once they received this holy, royal animal as a gift, they were not allowed to sell or kill it. Today, a “white elephant” means something that is big, useless, and unwanted. In America, when people want to get rid of their furniture or clothes, they often have a “white elephant sale”.‎ ‎61. The text is mainly about________.‎ ‎ A. the meanings of white in English culture ‎ B. the history of some English idioms ‎ ‎ C. some interesting customs in English culture ‎ D. some useful English words and expressions ‎62. Which expression has an historical background ?‎ ‎ A. White-wash. B. White-collar.‎ C. White elephant. D. White elephant sale.‎ ‎63. In which statement does “white” have a negative meaning?‎ A. A boy is dressed in white at baptisms. ‎ B. A bride wears a white wedding gown.‎ C. A man whitewashes his crime. ‎ D. A girl finds a white collar job.‎ ‎64. From the text we can learn that _______.‎ ‎ A. a white-elephant sale is useful to the poor ‎ B. the white color is important in our daily life ‎ ‎ C. a white-collar job used to be easy to get ‎ D. expressions with white have different meanings ‎65. The author develops the text mainly by ______.‎ A. analyzing its cause and effect ‎ B. providing typical examples C. comparing different ideas D. following the time order ‎【答案】61—65 ACCDB C【2011·济南质检】‎ Findings from a new study were presented at a recent meeting of the American Psychosomatic(身心的) Society. Researchers in the United States studied 100,000 women during an eight-year period, beginning in 1994. All of the women were fifty or older. The study was part of the Women’s Health Initiative organized by the National Institutes of Health. ‎ The women were asked questions measuring their beliefs or ideas about the future. The researchers attempted to identify each woman’s personality eight years after gathering the information. ‎ The study found that hopeful individuals were 14% less likely than other women to have died from any cause. The hopeful women were also 30% less likely to have died from heart disease ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 after the eight years. ‎ Hilary Tindle from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania was the lead author of the report. She said the study confirmed earlier research that linked optimistic feelings to longer life. ‎ The researchers also gathered information about people’s education, financial earnings, physical activity and use of alcohol or cigarettes. Independent of those things, the findings still showed that optimists had less of a chance of dying during the eight-year period. ‎ Some women who answered the questions were found to be hostile (怀敌意的), or highly untrusting of others. These women were 16% more likely to die than the others. They also were 23% more likely to die of cancer. ‎ The study also found women who were not optimistic were more likely to smoke and have high blood pressure or diabetes. They were also more likely not to exercise. ‎ Tindle says the study did not confirm whether optimism leads to healthier choices, or if it actually affects a person’s physical health. She also says the study does not prove that negative (消极的) emotions or distrust lead to bad health effects and shorter life. Yet there does appear to be a link that calls for more research. ‎ ‎66. In which part of a newspaper can you read the above passage?‎ ‎ A. Nation B. Opinion ‎ ‎ C. Science D. Business ‎67. Researchers carry out the study to ________.‎ A. decide who is more likely to enjoy a happier life B. find out the link between personality and health C. gather information for the National Institutes of Health D. compare each woman’s personality changes ‎68. What can be inferred from the text?‎ A. Negative emotions cause a shorter life indeed.‎ B. There may be some link between personality and health. ‎ C. It’s uncertain whether optimism affects one’s health.‎ D. The more optimistic you are, the longer life you may enjoy. ‎ ‎69. Who is more likely to die of cancer according to the text?‎ A. A woman who always doubts what others say. ‎ B. A woman who doesn’t exercise.‎ C. A woman with high blood pressure.‎ D. A woman with poor physical health.‎ ‎70. What’s Hilary Tindle’s opinion of the study?‎ A. Unfair. B. Useless. C. Necessary. D. Reliable.‎ ‎【答案】66—70 CBDAC D【2011·济南质检】‎ ‎ The US government has started a website, Admongo, to help children think critically about the advertising aimed at them. It claims to provide visitors with an “aducation” through games and other entertainment.‎ ‎ A cartoon man dressed in old time pilot clothing greets visitors to Admongo. "Call me Haiz", he says upon arrival in a rocket ship that opens up with a crazy world inside it. Spacey dance music plays in the background as Haiz tells visitors that they need to learn about advertising.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ Its inventors say eight to twelve years old is the age kids develop their critical thinking abilities. Kids that age are also a big market for advertisers.‎ ‎ The idea behind Admongo is to teach children three things: To identify the advertiser. To know what the advertiser is really saying. And to know what the advertisement is trying to get the child to do.‎ ‎ Children learn these things through a video game. They create their own game character. They can choose different skin colors, hair styles, eye and mouth shapes. Then they begin a trip through ad-land, where there are ads on buses and billboards. The players have to find all the marketing in the neighborhood before they can move on to the next level.‎ ‎ The Admongo game takes players inside a home, to the advertising studio and everywhere else ads can be found. It is a complete exploration of the world of marketing. ‎ ‎ One such area is food marketing. The Federal Trade Commission(FTC) says it is a big business. The FTC estimates that food, drink and fast-food restaurants spent more than one and a half billion dollars on advertising to young people in 2009.‎ ‎ The FTC says children are important for three reasons. They buy products. They influence parents and caregivers to buy. And they are the future adult buyers of the products.‎ ‎ A recent study says most advertising aimed at children is for foods of the lowest nutritional value. First Lady Michelle Obama has said she would like to see advertisers marketing healthy foods for children.‎ ‎71.What is the best title of the text?‎ ‎ A. The guide of Admongo ‎ ‎ B. An aducation website for children ‎ C. A popular online video game ‎ D. A website aimed at children ‎72. Why did the government start the website?‎ ‎ A. To attract the biggest market of buyers.‎ ‎ B. To sell the products of its company.‎ ‎ C. To help children know about advertising.‎ ‎ D. To advertise the video game for children.‎ ‎73. What can players do in the website game?‎ ‎ A. Choose hair styles for their character.‎ ‎ B. Travel to a supermarket.‎ ‎ C. Eat in a fast-food restaurant.‎ ‎ D. Play video games during the trip.‎ ‎74. Children are important for advertising because they are .‎ ‎ A. important for the society ‎ ‎ B. the most potential buyers ‎ C. easily influenced by ads ‎ D. easily affected by poor products ‎75. According to Michelle Obama, lots of food advertised for children are ________.‎ ‎ A. healthy B. of high nutrition ‎ C. yummy D. of low quality ‎【答案】71—75 BCABD 阅读理解 （共20小题；每题2分，满分40分）‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A【2011·济宁质检】‎ Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle near Ancona, Italy, in 1870. As a little girl, she was a dull student, unable to grasp and remember what her teacher taught her. At the age of 10, she suddenly changed. Besides her heightened interest in religion, she felt she had a long way to go.‎ Maria began topping her class, and her parents felt that she should become a teacher. But she was determined to become an engineer. At the age of 14, she attended a technical school for boys. After a year she took up biology and decided to study medicine. In spite of a strong opposition from her father, she went ahead with medicine.‎ Maria became the first Italian woman to receive a medical degree after she graduated from the University of Rome in 1896. After getting her degree, she joined the university’s psychiatric(精神病的)clinic. As a part of her duty, she had to visit the city’s mental asylum, where disabled children were housed with the mad. She watched the children shouting, stretching their hands out, with an urge to reach out or to touch something. Maria felt they needed a normal and friendlier environment and a contact with the world. She worked out ways by which she could help the disabled children. Dr. Bacelli opened an experimental state school for disabled children with Dr. Maria as its head. Maria spent long hours, almost 12 hours of the day with children, observing them and finding out what could really help them. After two years of hard work, her students took the normal state school examination. And, her children proved that they were not hopeless cases. In fact, many did almost as well as other normal children.‎ ‎56. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about Maria in the first paragraph?‎ ‎ A Why she suddenly changed. B How she changed.‎ C When and where she was born D Her academic performance before 10.‎ ‎57. What can you learn about Maria from the 2nd paragraph?‎ ‎ A She was still dull. B She never changed her mind.‎ C She was quite independent –minded. D She finally became an engineer.‎ ‎58. Maria graduated from the University of Rome at the age of _______.‎ ‎ A 14 B 26 C 24 D 23‎ ‎59. Which of the following is true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A Maria was the first woman in the world to receive a medical degree.‎ B Before 1896, disabled children were treated properly by the society.‎ C Dr. Bacelli and Maria shared the same ideas about disabled children.‎ D Maria Montessori’s students all became normal children after two years.‎ ‎60. From this passage we can draw the conclusion that ______.‎ ‎ A Maria finally obeyed her parents and became a teacher.‎ B If you never change your mind, your dream will come true.‎ C Maria’s parents never forgave her for not taking their advice.‎ D Maria Montessori was one of the greatest educators of her time.‎ ‎【答案】56—60 ACBCD ‎ ‎ B【2011·济宁质检】‎ Vinegar is a very familiar household product, which has long played an extremely important part in cooking all over the world. But what exactly is vinegar and what are its uses besides cooking?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ People in different places make vinegar out of their local products. In Japan rice is used to make vinegar, which is a necessary ingredient in making some traditional Japanese dishes. In Korea, they use another native crop, persimmons; in the U.S, apples; and in the Philippines, sugar cane. It is clear that there is a variety of vinegars worldwide.‎ Regarding the process of making vinegar, it is made by allowing air to react with alcohol of some type. This means that the process always begins with a raw material, such as grapes, rice, or hops, that has been changed into alcohol. Vinegar can be produced either by a slow or fast process. The former, allowing it to age naturally, can take weeks or months, or even in an extreme case, as long as 100 years, as in expensive Italian balsamic vinegars. The latter process can take as little as 20 hours. This is made possible by adding air and bacteria to the source liquid.‎ The uses of vinegar are as expensive as its source materials. Before refrigerators became common, vinegar was vitally important in preserving food in the form of pickles. Vinegar has also long been important in cleaning and for medical purposes. It has been commonly used to polish surfaces and reduce the pain of insect bites. Clearly, vinegar was an important discovery for ancient civilizations which remains useful even today.‎ ‎61. Which of the following gives the correct information about what vinegar is made from?‎ A ‎ ‎ B country raw material Japan rice Korea apples U.S.A sugar cane Philippines persimmons country raw material Japan persimmons Korea sugar cane U.S.A apples Philippines rice C D country raw material Japan sugar cane Korea rice U.S.A persimmons Philippines apples country raw material Japan rice Korea persimmons U.S.A apples Philippines sugar cane ‎62. Which of the following correctly shows the process of making vinegar?‎ ‎ a. allowing air to react with the source liquid.‎ ‎ b. a raw material is chosen.‎ ‎ c. a kind of alcohol is produced.‎ ‎ d. vinegar is produced. ‎ ‎ A a→b→c→d B b→c→a→d C d→b→c→a D c→a→b→d ‎63. Why are Italian balsamic vinegars so expensive?‎ ‎ A Because they are made out of first-class raw materials.‎ B Because special bacteria are added to the source liquid.‎ C Because it takes many many years to produce them.‎ D Because they can be used for medical purposes.‎ ‎64. Which of the following has the greatest influence on the speed of making vinegar?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A Equipment B Raw materials C Temperature D Air and bacteria.‎ ‎65. How many ways of using vinegar are mentioned in the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A 5 B 6 C 3 D 2‎ ‎【答案】61—65 DBCDA ‎ ‎ C【2011·济宁质检】‎ Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother’s womb and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over and puts its legs under its body. From this position it considers the world for the first time. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces it to the reality of life. She lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she positions herself directly over her baby. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She swings her long leg outward and kicks her baby, so that it is sent rolling over heels.‎ ‎ When it doesn’t get up, the violent process is repeated over and over again. The struggle to rise is very important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again to stimulate its efforts. Finally, the tiny giraffe stands for the first time on its shaking legs.‎ Then the mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing. She kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with the group, where there is safety. Lions, hyenas, leopards, and wild hunting dogs all enjoy young giraffes, and they’d get it too, if the mother didn’t teach her baby to get up quickly.‎ Irving Stone, author of novelized biographies of such great men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin, understood this very well. When asked if he had found a thread that runs through the lives of all these outstanding people, he said, “They are beaten over the head, knocked down, misunderstood, looked down upon, and for years they get nowhere. But every time they’re knocked down they stand up. You cannot destroy these people. And at the end of their lives they’ve accomplished some modest part of what they set out to do. ”‎ ‎66. The underlined words “tall order” in the first paragraph most probably means ______.‎ ‎ A hard job B top command C high level D big event ‎67. The mother giraffe seems to be very _____ to her baby.‎ ‎ A kind B gentle C cruel D polite ‎68. Why does the mother giraffe kick her baby off its feet again after it stands up?‎ ‎ A Because she finds her legs shaking.‎ B Because she wants it to remember how it got up.‎ C Because she sees wild hunting dogs approaching.‎ D Because she finds it’s not staying with the group.‎ ‎69. What does the underlined word “this” in the 4th paragraph refer to?‎ ‎ A The art of writing novelized biographies of great men.‎ B A thread that runs through the lives of all these outstanding people.‎ C The fact that you cannot destroy these great people.‎ D The fact that young giraffes have to suffer in order to survive.‎ ‎70. The writer of this passage seems to suggest that _____,‎ ‎ A life is not easy both for animals and for human being.‎ B there is no love between mother giraffe and their babies.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C all outstanding people have suffered a lot to succeed.‎ D everyone can accomplish what they set out to do.‎ ‎【答案】66—70 ACBDA ‎ ‎ ‎ D【2011·济宁质检】‎ Maths Connect Another quality publication from Maths House Education Services ‎ Dear Parents,‎ Maths Connect is a set of 4 mathematics magazines which comes with a free games CD. These magazines have been published by Maths House Educational Services which has been inspiring countless students for over 15 years. The contents of the four books which make up the set are as follows.‎ Book 1: Maths and Thinking Stories This book aims to show you that Maths is all around you and is not simply a subject you take in school. Join us on an adventure where Maths will get you out of sticky situations.‎ Book 2 : Know Your School Work The problem sums in this book will help you to assess how well you have learnt Maths in school.‎ ‎ ‎ Book 3 : Challenging Activities Packed with interesting and challenging puzzles, it is a book your whole family will love!‎ Book 4 : A Taste of the Maths Olympiad This book consists of three papers. The problems are challenging and will require the use of various strategies. You will get a taste of the type of questions commonly tested in an examination. You will also be able to learn many strategies which you may find useful even for your regular school work. Solutions and answers are provided.‎ For more enquiries, call 6486421 or log on to www. Mathsconnect. com To Order:‎ Bulk (批量)Order through the school using your Edusave Account; Mail Order using the order form below.‎ Maths Connect price quantity amount Primary1﹠2‎ ‎＄13‎ Primary 3﹠4‎ ‎＄13‎ Primary 5﹠6‎ ‎＄13‎ For individual orders,we will deliver the magazine to your local address.‎ Do not mail cash.‎ Major credit cards accepted.‎ Make cheques payable to Maths Connect.‎ Come down to our office to pay by cash.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Name School Home address Connect number ‎71. Brain game lovers will enjoy _______ most.‎ ‎ A Book 1 B Book 2 C Book 3 D Book 4‎ ‎72. If you want to do well in the coming maths exam, which book would you choose?‎ ‎ A Challenging Activities B Know Your School Work C Maths and Thinking Stories D A Taste of the Maths Olympiad ‎73. If you want to buy a set of the books for yourself, which of the following is a proper way of doing it?‎ A Using your Edusave Account ‎ B Using whatever credit card you possess.‎ C Giving your information in detail. ‎ D Posting the order form together with the money.‎ ‎74. Comparably speaking, _______ is more serious than ______.‎ A Book 2 ; Book 1 B Book 2 ; Book 4 ‎ C Book 3 ; Book 4 D Book 1 ; Book 3‎ ‎75. Which of the following is true according to the ad?‎ A The CD going with the books costs extra money.‎ B You may get more information by calling 6486421.‎ C Maths Connect is meant for high school students.‎ D You have to go to the company’s office to get your books.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎【答案】71—75 CDCAB 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ A【2011·镇江期末调研】‎ Schools of robotic fish could be sent into the Thames to produce a 3D pollution map of the river. ‎ ‎　　Researchers at the University of Essex in Colchester are working on the robotic fish as part of a ￡2.5million EU-funded project to find new ways of monitoring water waste.‎ ‎　　Each fish will be about 50cm long, 15cm high and 12cm wide. They will be packed with pollution sensors（传感器）that can electronically "smell" harmful chemicals in the water.‎ ‎　　Scientists have developed “swarm（群）intelligence techniques” which allow the fish to work as a team without humans.‎ ‎　　The robotic fish will communicate with each other using wi-fi as they seek out areas of 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ pollution. They work out where they are with inbuilt GPS systems and artificial intelligence software will enable them to move without the need for a human operator: they will only warn staff if areas of pollution are found.‎ ‎　　A fish that finds pollution sends the data of the location to others.‎ ‎　　“Each school will contain five fish, and they will constantly monitor for pollutants,” said Dr. Dongbing Gu, who is leading the research. ‎ ‎　　“When they find something, they will send a message to the rest of the school, who will then gather in the area to take readings.”‎ ‎　　The fish move their bodies up and down like waves—driven by motors—and use fins and a tail to change direction. It is hoped they will travel at speeds of up to half a metre per second.‎ ‎　　Working models could be available within 18 months. Different sensors will be fitted to hunt for different pollutants（污染物）. The data could be used to build a “real time” 3D map of areas of pollution in the water, allowing operators to determine the best way to clean up the area.‎ ‎　　The fish will initially be used in ports to monitor leaks from large ships, but Dr Gu said the same system could be used in the Thames. Researchers hope the robotic fish will be able to spend up to 24 hours in the water before needing to be recharged.‎ ‎56. The purpose of the robotic fish project is to __________. ‎ A. find out whether inbuilt GPS systems are useful B. find new ways to monitor water waste ‎ C. prove that robotic fish can be sent into the Thames D. test the speed of the robotic fish ‎57. Robotic fish can find harmful pollutants by using __________.‎ ‎ A. GPS systems B. a 3D pollution map C. pollution sensors D. fins and a tail ‎ ‎58. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?‎ A. The robotic fish have been used in ports as well as in the Thames.‎ B. It takes 24 hours for robotic fish to be recharged.‎ C. The robotic fish can work as a team without humans.‎ D. The robotic fish can not change direction in water.‎ ‎59. The passage mainly tells us about __________.‎ A. the robotic fish to smell out pollutants B. a ￡2.5 million EU-funded project C. researchers working on robotic fish D. a 3D pollution map of the Thames ‎ ‎【答案】BCCA B【2011·镇江期末调研】‎ Celebrate Christmas with Google’s holiday doodle By Alicia Pflaumer / December 23, 2010‎ Google launched an interactive holiday doodle（涂鸦）today with 17 pictures of scenes that represent holiday celebrations from around the world. ‎ Original Google logo 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎17 interactive pictures of scenes around the world These pictures of scenes are divided into six groups (from the left to the right). The specific contents of each group are illustrated as follows:‎ Group 1‎ St. Basil’s Cathedral, Acropolis and Buch de Noel.‎ Group 2‎ Mt. Fuji, the Great Wall of China, pierogi and Indian dance styles.‎ Group 3‎ the Sydney harbor, the Sahara Desert, Oud and Chili Pepper.‎ Group 4‎ Venice gondolas and Nepal.‎ Group 5‎ Chilean vineyards and African kanga.‎ Group 6‎ Up on the housetop and the Moroccan Henna lamp.‎ Google rolled out their holiday greeting doodle Thursday morning. Seventeen different interactive images replace the letters of the original Google logo.‎ At first, you’ll see pictures of scenes around the world.‎ Mouse over each picture and it enlarges. Click on the first image and you’re taken to a Google search on St. Basil’s Cathedral in Russia, and as you make your way through the digital postcards, you will travel to the Great Wall of China, the Sahara Desert, Venice gondolas, and end with “Up on the housetop,”—a famous Santa song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864. ‎ Look carefully, and you may notice that the groups roughly form the word “Google.” You may also notice that the order of the colors matches the letters in the original logo: blue, red, yellow, blue, green, red.‎ The creator is designer Michael Lopez, who has been working on this year’s holiday doodle since July. Along with a team of four other artists, this design took about 250 hours. ‎ He told the Wall Street Journal, “We want to end the year with a bang.” Well, he has done it.‎ The doodle originally was meant to be displayed in installments（分期交付）but the folks at Google decided that it would be best to put it up all at once. It will stay up through Christmas.‎ It’s been a creative year for Google doodles. We’ve seen birthdays, holidays and interactive videogames doodles. We’ll look forward to seeing what they have for us in 2011.‎ What was your favorite Google doodle of 2010?‎ Happy Holidays. ‎ ‎60. What will happen if you click on the first picture of Google’s Christmas doodle?‎ A. You will see the original Google doodle at once.‎ B. It will introduce you to the picture of the Great Wall in China.‎ C. The picture of the St. Basil’s Cathedral will become larger.‎ ‎ D. You will get a list of websites about the St. Basil’s Cathedral.‎ ‎61. What is the color of the fifth group of pictures?‎ ‎ A. Yellow. B. Green. C. Blue. D. Red. ‎ ‎62. We can learn from the passage that __________.‎ A. the entire Christmas doodle went online at the same time ‎ ‎ B. it took four artists 250 hours to create Google’s latest Christmas doodle ‎ C. the Christmas doodle was launched on the morning of Dec. 25, 2010‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. people didn’t celebrate Christmas Day until Benjamin Hanby wrote “Up on the housetop”‎ ‎63. From Mr. Lopez’s words, we can know that Google wants to end 2010 __________.‎ ‎ A. by taking over the Internet world B. in a successful way ‎ ‎ C. by defeating other companies completely D. with great effort and much time ‎【答案】DBAB C C【2011·镇江期末调研】‎ MEXICO CITY—The 16th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP16) was held in Cancun, a tourist city on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, from Nov 29 to Dec 10, 2010 to continue to search solutions to the climate problem.‎ The parties have met annually since 1995 in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to evaluate progress in dealing with climate change. The Cancun was another important conference to move forward the “Bali Road Map” negotiations after the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last year, which failed to reach a legally binding treaty（有约束力的条约）for the years beyond 2012.‎ Four UN climate talks had been held since Copenhagen conference, three in German city Bonn and one in China’s Tianjin, with some progress having been made in climate payments and forest protection.‎ The first round of United Nations climate change talks in Bonn lasted from April 9 to 12, with different countries agreeing to hold two more meetings in 2010. The talks were delayed due to differences between developing and developed countries on how to deal with the final results of the Copenhagen conference.‎ The second round of talks was held from May 31 to June 11 with “imbalance” becoming the key word. The disagreement could not cover some progress made during the past 12 days, even it was just a little. The progress was made in adding more details of how a system can work in practice, including climate funds and transfer of clean technologies.‎ The third round of UN climate talks held from Aug 2 to 6. Representatives discussed a draft text and advanced slowly on emission（排放）cuts promises and other issues.‎ The fourth round of talks was held in China’s Tianjin, as the parties have made some progress in climate payments and forest protection, each side “is very close” to agreeing with each other to build a climate fund.‎ Before the COP 16, experts said that optimism would remain for significant progress in negotiations on the “Bali Map Road,” though an international community would agree it might be difficult to achieve a legally binding agreement.‎ The conference gathered the participants from governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations and research institutions from 180 countries. It is the penultimate opportunity for parties to reach a legally-binding treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）which will be no longer valid in 2012. ‎ ‎64. According to the passage, the second round of talks lasting from May 31 to June 11 ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎__________.‎ A. was a total failure B. got limited progress C. reached a legally binding treaty D. was the most successful round of talks ‎65. Which of the following may be the result of the fourth round of talks held in Tianjin?‎ ‎ A. Different sides set up a climate fund.‎ ‎ B. Different countries signed a legally binding treaty.‎ ‎ C. Different countries agreed to hold two more meetings in 2010.‎ D. Different sides seem very likely to agree to set up a climate fund.‎ ‎66. What does the underlined word “penultimate” in the last paragraph mean?‎ A. The second. B. The last. C. The last but one. D. The last but two.‎ ‎67. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.‎ A. it might be difficult for the UN to reach an agreement on certain issues B. the Copenhagen conference aiming to reach a treaty reached its goal C. the Cancun conference was held to reduce cultural differences between countries D. sixteen rounds of UN climate talks have been held since last year ‎【答案】BDCA D【2011·镇江期末调研】‎ Over the past summer, many young Chinese students reportedly downloaded and watched online courses given by top universities from the US and UK. Many people welcome this as a new form of acquiring knowledge, while some see this as an opportunity to learn from these top-ranked universities without paying the high fee.‎ By talking to some Chinese friends who enjoyed those online courses, I find that what they like about those courses is largely the free, interactive and humorous atmosphere in American university classes. Some Chinese professors, especially young ones, have already taken steps to reform course structure, provide more class discussion and adopt various evaluations rather than one final examination to determine students’ grades.‎ However, the Chinese tradition of staying serious in the classroom remains the same. In some cases, the teacher just reads out the text directly from the textbook for the whole class period.‎ I cannot agree more with those who attend these free online courses. Online courses offered by western universities will probably change the tradition of how the Chinese students learn things.‎ However, these free courses cannot offer everything taught by those Western universities. Young Chinese can learn the methods and subjects, but there will always be a gap between watching it online and experiencing it in person.‎ From my experience studying in the US, the most valuable lessons I have learned were not in class. My best source of learning was the motivation and encouragement from my classmates and friends—questioning and arguing about theories and ideas. Or it was through my professor’s help during the one-on-one office hours.‎ The most important experiences cannot be copied by watching a course through the computer screen.‎ A latest report from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University suggests it isn’t necessarily the online method that helps students learn more. In fact, it is the qualitative（质量的）values that matter—the learning environment, the interactive atmosphere, and the instruction and motivation from professors and classmates. These values are immeasurable and 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ they are lost in translation with those digital courses.‎ Online courses are only a new method of learning and consumption; the missing ingredient (要素)from these online courses—the qualitative values of learning—still lie within the university itself.‎ ‎68. The author finds that online courses offered by western universities are popular among Chinese students mainly because of __________. ‎ ‎ A. their qualitative values of evaluation B. the personal experiences ‎ ‎ C. the good reputation of the universities D. the good atmosphere of learning ‎69. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?‎ ‎ A. Qualitative values of learning are well reflected in the online courses.‎ ‎ B. A latest report from Columbia University shows that traditional classroom teaching plays no role in helping students.‎ ‎ C. The author disagrees with the idea that online courses will benefit the Chinese students.‎ ‎ D. Western universities often adopt diverse and flexible teaching methods.‎ ‎70. What will be the best title of the passage?‎ ‎ A. Online courses offer a lesson in western teaching methods. ‎ ‎ B. Online courses brings an end to traditional courses in China. ‎ ‎ C. Online courses are a short cut to experience life in foreign countries.‎ ‎ D. Online courses provide an opportunity for western students to learn about China.‎ ‎【答案】DDA 阅读下列短文，从每题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A【2011·吉安期末质评】‎ Our boat floated on between walls of forest. It was too thick for us to get a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must be passing through chains of hills from time to time. Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed: although the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us from going ashore. In any case, what would we have gained by landing? The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance slowly, cutting one's way with knives the whole way. So we stayed in the boat, hoping that when we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.‎ As for water, there was a choice. We could drink the muddy river water, or die of thirst. We drank the water. Men who have just escaped from what appeared to be certain death lost all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water. In fact, none of us suffered from any illness as a result.‎ One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us. We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time: we might not be so lucky as to escape in a stolen boat again.‎ What they could see on the boat was only .‎ A. high walls B. chains of hills C. heavy woods D. vast land They couldn't land because .‎ A. the mud on the shore was too soft B. they could not find anyone C. they could not find the mark on the map D. the forest was too thick to go through 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 From the passage, we can learn that .‎ A. they were in an uninhabited area B. they were on a journey home happily C. the country was a civilized society D. the country was a tropical jungle coutry The best title for this passage might he______‎ A. I he Problem of Landing B. Escape in the Jungle C. An Entirely New Experience D. Exploration of a River ‎【答案】CADB B【2011·吉安期末质评】‎ If you travel to a new exhibition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants. Take bladderworts, a kind of such plant, for example. They appear so small and grow in a quiet pond. "But these are the fastest known killers of the plant kingdom, able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!"‎ Once the trap door closes on the victim, the enzymes (酶）similar to those in the human stomach slowly digest the insert. When dinner is over, the plant opens the trap door and is ready to trap again.‎ Meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn't offer much food nutrition. In such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of years. North America has more such plants than any other continents.‎ Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers full of nectar (花蜜).‎ Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can escape, and the digestive enzymes can get to work. A tiny insect can be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days.‎ Some of these pitchers are large enough to hold 7.5 liters. Meat-eating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn't a good place to get a drink.‎ From Paragraph 1，we learn that bladderworts can_ .‎ A. kill an insect in a second B. digest a fly in a few hours C. be found floating on a quiet lake D. capture an insect in 1/50 of a second If the trap door of a meat-eating plant is closed, the plant is A. fooling insects into taking a sip B. producing nectar C. tempting insects to come close D. enjoying a dinner Meat-eating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they .‎ A. can get nutrition from animals B. don't need much food nutrition C. can make the most of such conditions D. have developed digestive enzymes What can be captured by meat-eating plants for food?‎ A. A child. B. A dog. C. A little bird. D. A little fish.‎ ‎【答案】DDAC C【2011·吉安期末质评】‎ You know Australia is a big country, but you may not know how easy it is to get around. The untouched beaches that go for miles and deserts that touch the horizon are just there, waiting to be reached and explored. The following are the different ways you can explore our vast country.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Getting around Australia Air Flying is the best way to cover large distances in a short time. You can spend more time on the Australia's can't-miss landscapes and relaxing lifestyle. Moreover, competition among airlines makes great flying fees available for you.‎ Drive Australia has a vast network of well-maintained roads and some of the most beautiful touring routes in the world. You have no difficulty finding car rental companies at major airports, central city locations, suburbs and attractions.‎ Bus Bus travel in Australia is comfortable , easy and economical. Buses generally have air conditioning, reading lights, adjustable seats and videos. Services are frequent, affordable and efficient. ‎ Rail Train travel is the cheapest and gives you an insight into Australia's size and variety, all from the comfort of your carriage. Scheduled services are a great way to get quickly between our cities and regional centers.‎ Ferry (轮渡）‎ The Spirit of Tasmania runs a passenger and vehicle ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania nightly. Extra sen ices are running during summer rush hours. Sea-link ferries connect South Australia and Kangaroo Island several times a day. Ferries connect suburbs in our capital cities.‎ Walk With easy-on-the-feet pedestrian.(行人)streets, walking is a great way to get around our cities.‎ Besides all the above, you can also experience some of the longest: tracks and trails in the world in central Australia——impressive journeys of a thousand kilometers or more that can take several weeks to complete.‎ The underlined word "untouched" in Paragraph 1 means .‎ A. secure B. special C. natural D. artificial Which of the following is true about travelling in Australia?‎ You can easily rent a car to explore its beautiful touring routes.‎ More travellers make the flying fees among airlines higher than before.‎ Taking a bus tour is the most comfortable, economical and efficient way.‎ Train services can offer you more comfort than any other means of transport,‎ Ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania usually runs •‎ A. several times a day B. only at night hours C. between different cities D. only during rush hours From the passage, we know that .‎ travelling in central Australia is time-consuming central Australia has the world's shortest railway line pedestrian walking is a great way to travel between cities you have no choice but to walk over 1,000 kilometers in central Australia ‎【答案】CA BA D【2011·吉安期末质评】‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 BUKHANNON, West Virginia~~Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two—mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident.‎ Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates on the rescuers' progress.‎ The miners were trapped at about .6:30 and many families weren't informed of the accident until about 10 a.m.~~more than three hours after it happened. "It's very upsetting, but you've got to be patient, I guess," said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.‎ The trapped miners were about 260 fee underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine's entrance, said Roger Nicholson, a lawyer from International Coal Group.‎ At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m. Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.‎ He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for 30 to 35 years. The miners were equipped with al>out one hour of breathable oxygen each. The company has not released the names of the miners.‎ The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that. "We don't want to be electrifying anything if it's in an atmospfiere with hurnahle gases," Kips said.‎ The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. High levels of carbon monoxide ( 一氧化物) were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have weakened since then, authorities said.‎ According to the passage, we ran infer that .‎ communication with the trapped miners was cut off the rescue started as soon as the accident happened the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about______per hour.‎ A. 1,000 feet B. 1,200 feet C. 2,400 feet D. 4,800 feet ‎70.Where ran the passage he seen?‎ ‎ A. Iii a magazine. B. In a science hook. C. On an advertisement. D. In a newspaper.‎ ‎71.Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped? (E: entrance P: position where the miners were trapped)‎ ‎(图见68小题A选项下面)‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎【答案】ABDA E【2011·吉安期末质评】‎ You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on tbe other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. Are you still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!‎ Communieating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.‎ Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others' pity or respect.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the knife of a negative person is put in you, you have the heavy feeling that, all in all, brings you down.‎ Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but this is to lower you to that same negative level and they won't feel ashamed of themselves about that.‎ Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of others at the start of the day can be attached to you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.‎ ‎72。The purpose of Paragraph 1 is to .‎ A. make a comparison B. introduce a topic C. offer an instructive story D. tell a true story ‎73.How can negative people have effect on us?‎ A. By influencing our emotion. B. By telling us the nature of life.‎ C. By changing our way of thinking. D. By comparing their attitude to life with ours.‎ ‎74.Some negative people base their happiness on —.‎ A. their pity for other people B. their respect for others '‎ C. building up a positive attitude D. making other people unhappy ‎75.According to the passage, to reduce negative people's influence on us, we are advised .‎ A.to change negative people's attitude to life B.to show our dissatisfaction to negative people C.to make negative people feel as hamed of themselves D.to communicate with negative people as little as possible ‎ .【答案】 BADD 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。‎ A【2011·九江七校联考】‎ As a music teacher for twenty-seven years, I have always known that music touches the soul. It can break through all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the means for each child to find their light.‎ A few years ago, I was blessed with the opportunity to teach pre-school students one afternoon a week. One of my most memorable students was Vanessa. She was five years old , had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We mostly sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit. It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students clapped two times while singing the repeating phrase, “Oh, yes！” Vanessa liked to put her hands together with mine and clap with me. We performed that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together. She never said or sang a word.‎ One day late in the school year, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, looked at me in the eye, clapped her tiny hands two times and said the words “Oh, yes!” I opened my mouth and could not speak. Through music, we had made a connection.‎ Several years later, I came across Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ say hello. She waved back with a big smile on her face and then clapped her hands two times, mimicking the song we had performed in our music class. This precious little girl, through her connection with music, left an impression on me that will last forever.‎ Every child has the ability to learn and grow. It is up to us educators to discover the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s light.‎ ‎56. The author thinks music__________.‎ ‎ A. can make children calm down B. can connect heart to heart ‎ C. is difficult for pre-school students D. is a good means to find a job ‎57. According to the second paragraph, Vanessa_________.‎ ‎ A. got used to singing songs B. was too shy to speak ‎ C. was the youngest in the class D. enjoyed the author’s class ‎58. When Vanessa spoke the words “Oh, yes!”, the author felt________.‎ ‎ A. surprised B. happy C. frightened D. satisfied ‎59. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?‎ ‎ A. The author has been in touch with Vanessa for several years.‎ ‎ B. Vanessa became as healthy as other children.‎ ‎ C. The song made a deep impression on Vanessa.‎ ‎ D. Being a good educator became Vanessa’s dream.‎ ‎【答案】BDAC B【2011·九江七校联考】‎ ‎ The United States: Fliers may want to have their tickets in hand before catching their planes, but the airline companies are doing everything they can to bring forward cost-saving ticketless flight---no paper needed, just a ticket number and a photo ID (带照片的身份证). Anyone who buys a Northwest E-ticket through the airline's computer service by June 16 will get an award . Next time you fly, you can buy another ticket for a friend for $ 99, going anywhere in the US or Canada through Feb. 12, 2000, along with the lowest ticket prices.. Some airlines offer extra frequent flier miles for the ticketless crowd. And there are rising punishments for paper lovers. American, Northwest, United, and last week, US Airways have raised the cost for lost ticket replacement to $ 70 from either $ 60 or $ 50. The airlines insist that the increase in price is not meant to push travelers toward E-tickets but only covers the increasing cost of replacing and tracking a missing ticket.‎ ‎60. Why is the new ticketless flight introduced?‎ ‎ A. It is cheaper for air travelers.‎ ‎ B. It helps reduce the cost for airlines.‎ ‎ C. It can use computer to plan air traveling.‎ ‎ D. It helps prevent fliers from losing their tickets.‎ ‎ 61. To encourage people to take ticketless flights, the airlines ‎ A. sell their tickets for $ 99 from June to February the following year ‎ B. let travelers go to both the US and Canada with the same tickets ‎ C. allow each traveler to have an extra $ 99 ticket for a friend of theirs ‎ D. offer ticketless travelers free miles to fly in the US ‎ 62. Who are the paper lovers mentioned in the text?‎ ‎ A. People who like to have paper airplane tickets.‎ ‎ B. People who love paper products of various kinds.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ C. People who travel with paper on a plane.‎ ‎ D. People who have lost their ticket and buy a second one.‎ ‎63. The airline companies say that they have raised the lost-ticket replacement price in order to ‎ A. attract travelers to take ticketless flights ‎ B. punish those who insist on using paper tickets ‎ C. do better than other airline companies ‎ D. pay for the work to deal with lost tickets ‎【答案】BCAD C【2011·九江七校联考】‎ ‎ Astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine(尿), sweat and water got from air. They said "cheers," clicked drinking bags and toasted NASA workers on the ground.‎ The urine recycling system is needed for astronaut stations on the moon and Mars. It also will save NASA money because it won’t have to ship up as much water to the station by space shuttles or cargo rockets. Besides, it’s important as the space station is about to expand from three people living on board to six.‎ The recycling system had been brought up to the space station last November by space shuttles Endeavour, but it couldn’t be used until samples were tested back on earth. So when it came time to actually drink up, NASA made a big deal of it. The three-man crew stood holding their drinks and congratulated engineers in two NASA centers that worked on the system.‎ ‎“This is something that had been the stuff of science fiction,” American astronaut Michael Barratt said before taking a small mouthful. “The taste is worth trying.”‎ The new system takes the combined urine of the crew from the toilet, moves it to a big tank, where the water is boiled off, and the vapor is collected. The rest of the urine is thrown away. Then the water vapor is mixed with water from air, and then it goes through filters (过滤器). When six crew members are aboard it can make about six gallons from urine in about six hours.‎ ‎ “Some people may find the idea of drinking recycled urine distasteful, but it is also done on earth, but with a lot longer time between urine and the tap,” said Marybeth Edeen, the space station’s national lab manager.‎ The technology NASA developed for this system has already been used for quick water purification after the 2004 Asian tsunami.‎ ‎64. According to the text, the recycling system is important because ___________.‎ ‎ A. it makes traveling to the moon for the average person possible ‎ B. with it NASA won’t need to ship any water up the space station ‎ C. it can help meet the need for more water after the crew is expanded ‎ D. it protects the environment in space by reducing the amount of waste ‎65. What’s the RIGHT time order of the following events?‎ ‎ a. The samples of the recycled water were tested on earth.‎ ‎ b. Astronauts celebrated the space first of making water from urine ‎ c. The recycling system was brought up to the space station.‎ ‎ d. The technology for the system was used to quickly purify water.‎ ‎ A. a, d, c, b B. a, c, b, d C. d, a, c, b D. d, c, a, b ‎66. From Para. 5 we can know _________.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A. the theory behind the recycling system B. the effect of the recycling system ‎ C. the process of recycling urine D. an opinion on recycling urine ‎67. What did Edeen say about recycled urine and the recycling system?‎ ‎ A. The taste of recycled urine is not as good as that of common water.‎ ‎ B. The recycling system has made a science fiction story come true.‎ ‎ C. The idea of drinking recycled urine makes astronauts feel unpleasant.‎ ‎ D. It takes a longer time on earth to make water from urine than in space.‎ ‎68. What is the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A. The Research of NASA Has Made Great Progress.‎ ‎ B. New Technology Is Used in the Space Station.‎ ‎ C. Drink up: Space Station Recycles Urine to Water.‎ ‎ D. Good News: Water Recycled from Urine Tastes Good ‎【答案】CD CDC D【2011·九江七校联考】‎ The Rolls Royce logo consisting of the two Rs clearly stands for Rolls and Royce, the two founders of this car manufacturing company. In 1884 Frederick Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business. He made his first car, a “Royce”, in his Manchester factory in 1904. He was introduced to Charles Stewart Rolls in a Manchester hotel on May 4 that year, and the pair agreed a deal where Royce would manufacture cars, to be sold by Rolls. A clause was added to the contract, saying the cars would be called “Rolls Royce”.‎ ‎ The current Toyota logo consists of three ovals: the two perpendicular(成直角的)ovals represent a relationship of trust between the customer and Toyota. These ovals combine to symbolize the letter “T” for Toyota. The space in the background implies a global expansion of Toyota’s technology and unlimited potential for the future.‎ The Hyundai Motor Company(HMC) is a South Korean company manufacturing automobiles. Their automobiles are available in many countries around the globe. In 2003 it was South Korea’s largest car maker and the world’s seventh largest car maker. The Hyundai logo appears to be an H (symbolizing Hyundai). The oval shape indicates the company’s global expansion and the ‘H’ is symbolic of two people (especially the company and customer) shaking hands.‎ The Mercedes-Benz logo represents one of the most famous brands in the world. The Benz logo is a three-pointed star that represents its domination of the land, the sea, and the air. The famous three-pointed star was designed by Gottlieb Daimler to show the ability of his motors for land, air and sea usage. It was first seen on a Daimler in 1909, and was combined with the Benz laurel wreath in 1926 to symbolize the union of the two firms. Mercedes-Benz is one of the world’s oldest automobile manufacturers.‎ ‎69. According to the text,___________.‎ ‎ A. Rolls Royce was founded in 1884.‎ ‎ B. Toyota is having difficulty expanding its technology ‎ C. Hyundai has the same long history as Mercedes-Benz ‎ D. Mercedes-Benz originally produced motors ‎70. Which company’s logo stands for both the maker and the seller?‎ A. Rolls Royce’s B. Toyota’s C. Hyundai’s D. Mercedes-Benz’s ‎71. The underlined word ‘domination’ is closest in meaning to_____.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A. essence B. contribution C. control D. divide ‎【答案】DA C E【2011·九江七校联考】‎ Is it ever a good idea for a teenager to have a credit card?‎ My kids watch closely as I swipe the card through the register. They’ve seen me do it hundreds, thousands of times. Cool. They are itching to swipe it through the machine themselves. When we walk out of the store with our groceries or pet food, or whatever, it’s almost as though money has not changed hands, painless, easy.‎ So it shouldn’t be shocking to discover that teenagers are becoming card carrying consumers in their own right. The question is, should they?‎ ‎ While some argue it’s best to teach kids how to use a credit card while still living under the family roof, not everyone agrees. Dave Ramsey, financial expert says getting a credit card for your teenager is actually, “an excellent way to teach him or her to be financially irresponsible.”‎ Now parents are required to co-sign on credit cards for children under 21. “If their name is on the credit card, then the parent may say, ‘Hey, my name is on this. Don’t get me into trouble, ’ ” says Mary Beth Pinto, a marketing professor. “When parents were the co-obligors(共同借贷人)，the children caused less debt. If the parents are the co-obligors, the tendency is that the parents were explaining how to use the cards.” Still, Pinto believes parents should start the process much earlier. “Yes, there has to be teaching going on and it has to start when they’re younger. You’re not going to get rid of credit cards. They are here to stay. You have to have them. You can’t fight progress,” Pinto said.‎ Ramsey, however, disagrees. “Throwing teens into a pool of (credit) sharks is a sure way to guarantee a life-time of heartache,” he said. “You can make online purchases and rent a car with a credit card. Of course, you must have money in your bank account before you can make a purchase with a credit card. But paying for things with money is what you are supposed to do. ”‎ ‎72. The author mentioned her experience in Para 2 mainly to______.‎ ‎ A. prove the convenience of using credit cards ‎ B. tell what impression credit cards leave on kids ‎ C. give advice on using credit cards wisely ‎ D. explain the pleasure credit cards bring to customers ‎73. The underlined word in Para 2 can be replaced by __________.‎ ‎ A. eager B. afraid C. embarrassed D. thankful ‎74. What’s Ramsey’s attitude towards teens’ using credit cards?‎ ‎ A. He feels it is worth a try B. He is very supportive ‎ C. He is strongly against it D. He considers it as a pleasant experience ‎75. Pinto will most likely agree that __________.‎ ‎ A. parents should let teens own their credit cards earlier ‎ B. you shouldn’t be in control of credit cards ‎ C. it is never good for anyone to get a credit card ‎ D. learning to use credit cards is practical ‎【答案】 BACD 阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 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。‎ A【2011·南昌调研】‎ ‎ At first, the earth’s surface layer (层 ) was made up of huge blocks of hard, solid rocks.There slowly, the rocks broke up into smaller and smaller pieces. Finally stones, pebble(卵石) and grains of sand were formed. Many sorts of plants and animals lived and died on the surface of the earth. Their remain mixed up with the stones, pebbles and formed soil. The outmost layer of the earth is soil.‎ ‎ There are many ways in which large pieces of rock break into smaller ones. Wind, water, heat and cold help to break up rocks. When winds blow grains of sand against a large rock for a long time, the softer layer of the rock are slowly worn away. These leave holes and crack(裂缝) in the rock, which become bigger and finally the rock breaks up into smaller pieces.‎ ‎ The moving water of streams and rivers also help to break up rocks. As the water moves along, it carries with it small pieces of rock. These rub the larger ones, Thus, the larger rocks are worn down to smaller pieces. ‎ ‎ The heat of the sun also help to breaking up rocks. When the sun shines, the rocks become very hot. If these rocks are suddenly cooled, they may crack. Ice also plays a part in making soil. Water in the cracks can turn into ice in cold weather. As this happens, it becomes bigger and cracks become wider, and finally break into smaller pieces.‎ ‎56．According to the passage, soil__‎ ‎ A．forms very slowly B．is a mixture of stones, pebbles and sand ‎ C．makes up the layers of the earth D．is becoming smaller and smaller ‎57．Which of the following speeds up the break of rocks most? ‎ ‎ A．Hot weather． B．Cold water．‎ ‎ C．Sharp changes in temperature． D．More dead plants in the cracks．‎ ‎58．Which of the following is NOT true?'‎ ‎ A．The remains of many plants of animals formed' soil．‎ ‎ B．If a large rock never moves, it will never break up．‎ ‎ C．Even if a large rock never moves, it．will break up．‎ ‎ D．Ice in the cracks helps to break up rocks,‎ ‎59．The best tide for this passage should be ___ .‎ ‎ A．Soil from Rocks B．Ways to Break up Rocks ‎ C．Soil on die Earth D．Soil, Outmost Layer of the Earth ‎【答案】 ACBA B【2011·南昌调研】‎ We can make mistakes at any age . Some mistakes we make are about money . But most mistakes are about people . “ Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen ?” “ When I got that great job , did Jim really feel good about it , as a friend ? Or did he envy my luck ?” When we look back , doubts like these can make us feel bad . ‎ But when we look back , it’s too late .‎ Why do we go wrong about our friends—or our enemies ? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning . And if we don’t really listen we miss the feeling behind the words . Suppose someone tells you , “ You’re a lucky dog ,” and that’s being friendly . But “ lucky dog ”? There’s a bit of envy in those words . Maybe he doesn’t see it himself . But bringing in the “dog ” bit puts you down a little , what he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve your luck .‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for ” is another noise that says one thing and means another . It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole . But is he ? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn’t important . It’s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven’t got a date for Saturday night .‎ How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words ? One way is to take a good look at the person talking . Do his words fit the way he looks ? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice ? His posture ? The look in his eyes ? Stop and think . The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake .‎ ‎60．When the writer recalls some of the things that happened between bias and his friends, he _____．‎ ‎ A．feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him ‎ B．feels he might not have understood! his friends true feelings ‎ C．thinks it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend ‎ D．is sorry that his friends let him down ‎61．When the writer talks about someone saying " You're a lucky dog!" ,he is saying that _____．‎ ‎ A．the speaker is just friendly ‎ B．this sentence suggests the same as " You're a lucky gay!"‎ ‎ C．the word "dog" should not be used to apply to people ‎ D．sometimes the words show that die speaker is a bit envious ‎62．This passage tries to tell you how to _____．‎ ‎ A．avoid mistakes about money and friends ‎ B．get an idea of friendly people ‎ C．avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you ‎ D．keep people friendly without trusting them ‎63．The writer suggests that _____ be trusted．‎ ‎ A．everybody B．nobody C．all the people D．not all the people ‎【答案】B DCD C【2011·南昌调研】‎ My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, California. “Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course.” These young scientists are part of City “My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, Cailding Educational Program(CBEP), a particular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more.‎ The children don’t just plan any city. They map and analyze(分析) the housing, energy, and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100 years. With the aid of an architect who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations. “Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ freedom,” says the teacher who developed this program. “They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. In fact, as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected ‘official’ and ‘planning group’ make all the design decisions for the model city, and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser.”‎ CBEP is a set of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving: observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the children’s own standards. ‎ ‎64．The Program is designed to ．‎ ‎ A．direct kids to build solar collectors ‎ B．train young scientists for city planning ‎ C．develop children's problem - solving abilities ‎ D．train kids to be future architects ‎65．An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom to ______．‎ ‎ A．find out kids' creative ideas B．discuss with the teacher ‎ C．give children lectures D．help kids with their program ‎66．Who is the designer of the program?‎ ‎ A．An official． B．An architect． ‎ ‎ C, A teacher． D．A scientist ‎ ‎67．The children feel free in the program because they _____‎ ‎ A．can design future buildings themselves ‎ ‎ B．have new ideas and rich imagination ‎ C．are given enough time to design models ‎ ‎ D．need not worry about making mistakes ‎【答案】CDCD D【2011·南昌调研】‎ Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20，offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing．‎ Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef, will cook using “honest high—street products” and avoid expensive or “fancy” ingredients(材料).‎ The prime minister is trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment last year when he sat down to an 18-course banquet at a Japanese summit to discuss world food shortages．‎ Obama，President Nicolas Sarkozy of France，Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and other leaders will be served by apprentices(学徒)from Fifteen，the London restaurant Oliver founded to help train young people in poverty in order to make a living by mastering a skill.‎ Brown wants the dinner to reflect the emphasis of the London summit，which he hopes will lead to an agreement to lift the world out of depression．“To be invited to cook for such an important group of people，who are trying to solve some of the world’s major problems, is really a privilege,”said Oliver，“I’m hoping the menu I'm working on will show British food and produce is some of the best in the world，but also show we have pioneered a high-quality apprentice scheme at Fifteen London that is giving young people a skill to be proud of．”‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 The chef has not yet finalized the menu，but is expected to draw inspiration from his latest book, Jamie's Ministry of Food，which has budget recipes for beef and ale stew(啤酒炖菜)and “impressive” chocolate fudge cake.‎ ‎68．The underlined word "recession" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “_____”．‎ ‎ A．business B．opposition C．discussion D．depression ‎69．What can we learn about Oliver from the text?‎ ‎ A．He is a well - known American cook．‎ ‎ B．He is invited to attend the G20 summit．‎ ‎ C．He has founded die Fifteen London．‎ ‎ D．He is one of the apprentices serving leaders of the G20．‎ ‎70．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?‎ ‎ A．Oliver is honored to be invited to cook for the G20 leaders．‎ ‎ B．Altogether three presidents are mentioned in the text．‎ ‎ C．President Barack Obama offers, the cut - price menu．‎ ‎ D．The menu for the G20 dinner banquet has been decided．‎ ‎71．What is die Fifteen London?‎ ‎ A．An apartment in London． ‎ ‎ B．A luxurious restaurant in London．‎ ‎ C．A restaurant as．well as a training center． ‎ ‎ D．A famous avenue．‎ ‎【答案】DCAC E【2011·南昌调研】‎ People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email . Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this . ‎ The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students , all strangers to each other , to solve a problem . They had to discuss this question : If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster , who should they be ? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers . Dr. Johnson said , “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face . When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other , this limited the personal side of the conversation.” ‎ Generally the information was not extremely personal . It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live . But some students discussed their love stories , and personal childhood experiences .‎ Dr. Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves . And when they do this , they become more open , especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself . This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However , this style of talking is not entirely new . “In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate . Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely .”‎ Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing , especially when they start work in a company . “If you don’t know about it , you could find yourself saying more 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ about yourself than you wanted to .”‎ ‎72．The subject discussed in this passage is .‎ ‎ A．how people open up when emailing B．how people do research studies ‎ ‎ C．how to communicate at work D．how to discuss and solve a problem ‎ ‎73．The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that .‎ ‎ A．they didn’t talk about very personal things ‎ ‎ B．they couldn’t see each other ‎ ‎ C．the cameras on the computers were turned on ‎ ‎ D．they had to discuss a question ‎ ‎74．What do the underlined words (in para. 4) refer to ?‎ ‎ A．The telegraph B．The computer C．Emailing . D．Face-to-face talk .‎ ‎75．In the writer’s opinion , one should .‎ ‎ A．focus on oneself when emailing B．talk more freely in email than usual ‎ ‎ C．discuss any subject that one wants to D．consider how one uses email at work ‎ ‎【答案】ABCD 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ A.【2011·锦州期末】‎ ‎“Hey, Jenna, do you think we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two?” I asked my friend. It was clear that she was wondering where I had come up with such a question. Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister. We hung out together. We gave each other advice.‎ ‎“Of course, we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two.” Jenna announced loudly.‎ The next year, in the fourth grade, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldn’t pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.‎ The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, we had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy. I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible!‎ I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me an awesome Christmas card she had made for me. I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.‎ ‎“Wow, ” I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. “Thanks.”‎ ‎“Okay…well…I have to go,” she said softly.‎ ‎“Okay. See you later then…” and I closed the door.‎ ‎“Who was that at the door?” my mum asked.‎ The card started off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad we’re friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight won’t stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we’re eight-two.”‎ I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldn’t believe I had forgotten what she said that day in her back yard. I couldn’t believe I had been so selfish in trying to get even and making my friends feel sorry for me that I had forgotten about real friendship.‎ ‎56. How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?‎ A. They would be close friends again.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 B. They would not speak to each other.‎ C. They would lose touch with each other.‎ D. They would go on fighting with each other.‎ The underlined sentence “I was bossy” in the fourth paragraph means “_________”.‎ A. I looked like a boss B. I acted as a boss C. I was fond of giving orders D. I was fond of fighting Which of the following is the right time order according to the passage?‎ a. Jamie became our friend.‎ b. I felt lonely and unhappy.‎ c. Jenna, Jamie and I fought a lot.‎ d. Jenna brought me a Christmas card.‎ e. I was sorry for what I did to her.‎ f. Jenna and I promised to be lifelong friends.‎ A. f a b c e d B. a c f b d e C. a b c f e d D. f a c b d e ‎ The author was delighted when she read the card from Jenna because _________.‎ A. what Jenna wrote was funny ‎ B. Jenna would be her friend again C. she was happy about the coming Christmas D. she was happy to receive a Christmas card ‎ ‎【答案】 56—59ACDB B.【2011·锦州期末】‎ ‎1. The Video Camera Pen Item 78431; $129.95‎ Available for Immediate Shipment Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484‎ ‎ This is the pen that has a built-in video camera, capturing videos or still images with a click of its button. Ideal for use while secured in a pocket, it can capture up to five hours of video and up to 20,000 images. Its battery provides up to two hours of power before requiring a recharge.‎ ‎2. The Wristwatch Camcorder Item 78098; $149.95 ‎ Available for 3-day shipment Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484‎ ‎ This is the men’s watch with an unnoticeable camcorder, so you’ll always have a camera ready to capture a chance famous person or a pet’s ridiculous actions. The camera is located at the two-o’clock position,‎ ‎ yet the watch’s hands never make it covered. The camera’s rechargeable battery provides up to two hours of use from a four-hour charge.‎ ‎3. The only 55 Inch Widescreen Personal Movie Theater Item 77918; $249.95‎ Available for Immediate Shipment Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484‎ ‎ This is the only personal media viewer that provides a private viewing experience just like watching a widescreen 55 inch television from 10 meters 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ away. It connects to a video iPod, iPhone, portable DVD player. Includes two AA batteries that provide up to six hours of continuous operation and iPod cable.‎ ‎4. The Digital Phone Album Watch Item 77281; $99.95‎ Available for Immediate Shipment Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484‎ ‎ This is the watch that vividly displays 120 of your favorite digital photographs. You can download digital photographs to the watch. The watch can be viewed in the Photo Album mode(time and photo view) or digital mode (time and date view). A six-hour charge provides up to 10 days of use.‎ ‎60. What’s the purpose of this passage?‎ ‎ A. To compare some creative inventions. B. To advertise some unique goods.‎ ‎ C. To teach how to operate the items. D. To show how fashionable the items are.‎ ‎61. What do Item 78431 and Item 78098 have in common according to this passage?‎ ‎ A. They both sell well. B. They are both cheap.‎ ‎ C. They both have unusual appearances. D. They both can take photos.‎ ‎62. If you’re a movie fan, you probably show strong interest in ________.‎ ‎ A. The Video Camera Pen ‎ B. The Wristwatch Camcorder ‎ ‎ C. The only 55 Inch Widescreen Personal Movie Theater ‎ D. The Digital Phone Album Watch ‎63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. In fact, Item 78098 cannot tell time.‎ ‎ B. Item 77918 works as a DVD player.‎ ‎ C. In a way, Item 77281 is user-friendly.‎ ‎ D. All the items include rechargeable batteries.‎ ‎【答案】60—63 BDCC C.【2011·锦州期末】‎ Jack lay, quiet and unmoving, for thirty minutes while a stranger repeatedly stabbed(刺) him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour steadily out of his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo. His friend Tony had recently gotten a tattoo, and Jack was so impressed by it that he decided to get one too. Peer pressure, media influence, and personal expression are some of the common reasons for wearing tattoos today.‎ ‎ The desire to be accepted by one’s friends or peers can have a great influence on what a person does. Sometimes, wearing a tattoo can be a sign that you belong to a certain group. Gangs often use special clothes and tattoos to identify their particular group. Some of these groups wear only brand-name clothes. Others wear tattoos. When a person’s friends are all doing something, that person is more likely to do the same thing.‎ ‎ The media is another big influence behind the popularity of tattoos in North America. A wide variety of media images show tattoos—people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars, famous sports heroes with tattoos in magazines, fashion models wearing designer clothes that show their bodies tattooed with detailed and colorful patterns. These media images link tattoos to ideas of wealth, success, and status. As a result, many people decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ Many people decide to wear tattoos in order to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings－in other words, to show their individuality(个性). A musician in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered animals on their shoulders. A tattoo can be a public sign to show what is important in a person’s life.‎ ‎ As you can see, there are many reasons why young North Americans get tattoos. A tattoo can be part of a group’s uniform, a sign of fashion, or an expression of individuality. The decision to get a tattoo is most often a result of the influence of friends or media or the desire to express oneself. For Jack, it was a mixture of all three.‎ ‎64. Jack has got tattoos in order to ________.‎ ‎ A. show his great bravery B. gain a special experience ‎ C. make himself more healthy D. be different from others ‎65. According to the passage, media images are linked to ________.‎ ‎ A. traditional lifestyle B. social position C. cultural background D. public interest ‎66. We can infer from the passage that ________.‎ ‎ A. some people get tattoos out of pressure B. tattoo is related to religious belief ‎ C. getting tattoos costs a lot of money D. most people with tattoos are artists ‎【答案】64—66 DBA ‎ ‎ D.【2011·锦州期末】‎ Do you know what really troubles me? For some reason, words with silent letters have always bothered me. For example, consider these words: know, design, island, school, wrist, naughty, and salmon. All of these words have at least one letter that is not typically pronounced, and these words are just a very small part of words with silent letters in them.‎ ‎ Some words are even worse, consider this word: colonel. Not only are some letters not pronounced, but letters that are not even there are pronounced.‎ ‎ Even foreign languages, especially French, are guilty of this needless complexity and confusion. I know there must be some main historical reasons why the words are spelled and pronounced the way they are, but that does not mean bad traditions must continue to survive. Especially if they are no longer logical.‎ ‎ Unfortunately, there is very little that anyone can do for it, because there’s no group of people who can change or have the right to change the English language for everyone. However, the only thing we can do is make changes in the way we talk and write in hopes that it catches on. For example, I pronounce the letter “l” in salmon on purpose to make people annoyed and to sound more different or complicated. I even pronounce colonel the correct or French way.‎ ‎ I can only hope these two minor changes to the English language make sense to you, and you will help to keep up these minor changes forever in your everyday life.‎ ‎67. We can learn from the passage ________.‎ ‎ A. colonel is pronounced ‎ B. salmon is pronounced ‎ ‎ C. all the words with silent letters come from French ‎ D. linguists will solve the problem of dumb letters ‎68. Which of the following is the main reason for silent letters?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A. French language. B. Historical reasons. C. Some linguists D. Bad traditions.‎ ‎69. The underlined phrase “catches on” probably means “________”.‎ ‎ A. becomes popular B. gets across C. follows the fashions D. doesn’t fall behind ‎70. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?‎ ‎ A. Troubles in everyday life B. Traps in English words ‎ C. Words with silent letters D. Necessary changes of languages ‎【答案】67—70 BBAC 阅读理解（共20小题；满分40分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A【2011·临沂抽检】‎ I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they are saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “I’m so sorry”, when someone is in pain.‎ ‎ One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.‎ ‎ I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchief, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.‎ ‎ This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.‎ ‎56. What does the author value most in the communication with each other?‎ ‎ A Deep understanding B Saying ‘I’m so sorry’.‎ C Attention from heart D Doing nothing ‎57. The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because ________‎ ‎ A she didn’t get enough respect from others.‎ B she was discouraged by being often interrupted.‎ C people often told her their own opinions.‎ D people couldn’t understand her sad situation.‎ ‎58. I f you hand a handkerchief to someone crying, you may ________.‎ ‎ A hurt his feeling.‎ B make him embarrassed.‎ C encourage him to continue to cry.‎ D stop him from letting out his sorrow.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎59. It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating, _________.‎ ‎ A listening is a perfect way to respond to others.‎ B people keep silent because they don’t know the answer .‎ C keeping silent means being too shy to speak.‎ D It is easy to form the habit of listening silently.‎ ‎60. Which of the following might be the author’s opinion about communication?‎ ‎ A Keep silent B Just listen C Be careful D Tell your own story ‎ ‎【答案】56---60 CBDAB ‎ B【2011·临沂抽检】‎ A public high school in the rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single- sex classes for math, science, and social studies.‎ The aim is to help teenagers keep their work by keeping males and females apart. Rebecca Brown chooses the students for what Boonsboro High School calls the Academy. “What we really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve here, so that they’re prepared for college,” she said. They need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities.‎ Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. “The novels they’re reading now, are very manly novels. They’re novels that deal with the arrogance(傲慢) of man and the pride of man.” One of those books, for example, is “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush.‎ On this day, the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they’re drawing pictures that relate to the story. Vincent said, “The main character, Buck, gets abducted(绑架) and they sent him off to the Yukon in a train. So I’m drawing part of the story where he’s in the train. It gets you to visualize the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what’s going on in the story, the important events of the story. ” “Instead of just doing work sheets about it, this is a lot more fun,” Logan added happily.‎ Morgan Van likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. “To me, it almost seems like it’s hindering (妨碍)your chances at developing yourself because you’re more focused on “Oh, I wish they’d shut up. Oh, what do they think of me?” instead of focusing on what’s the homework or what’s going on in this class, what’s the lessons.”‎ ‎61. What is the purpose of the text?‎ ‎ A To introduce B To persuade C To instruct D To educate ‎62. In Rebecca Brown’s opinion, __________‎ ‎ A any students in Boonsboro High School can take part in the program.‎ B students in he program are expected to get well prepared for college.‎ C students can all achieve their highest levels in the program.‎ D students don’t have to join in the activities.‎ ‎63. The underlined word “visualize” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.‎ ‎ A pay a visit to B form a picture of C take a look at D have a gift for ‎64. What can we conclude from the text?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A Michael Bair considers it unsuitable for boys to read the book “The Call of The Wild”.‎ B Jack London is a main character in the book “The Call of The Wild”.‎ C Vincent thinks that his drawings can help understand the novel better.‎ D Morgan Van Fleet thinks the program does no good to her.‎ ‎65. The text is probably taken from __________.‎ ‎ A a school’s introduction B a teacher’s dairy ‎ C a headmaster’s speech D a news report ‎【答案】61---65 ABBCD C【2011·临沂抽检】‎ Celebrities(名人)have become a powerful influence on some people because of their social position and their economic situation.‎ ‎ First some people admire and imitate stars because they allow themselves to be influenced by the media. Television, radio, and magazines invade the lives of audience with variety of shows, information, and publications about stars and their lives. For instance, Britney Spears has become the target of paparazzi(狗仔队). In May, Britney appeared at the front page of the most popular magazines revealing that she married her best friend in Vegas, Nevada. Media also invade stars’ lives because reporters know they get high profits from readers who buy and follow their favorite artists’ news.‎ ‎ Second some mad audiences imitate their celebrities for their lack of confidence. Some people who are shy and lack personality may find that imitating others will cause a good impression. For instance, my cousin Jenny, who lacks a social life because of her introverted(内向的) personality, believes that acting and dressing like Jennifer Lopez will make her popular in high school.‎ Finally several fans of stars imitate them because of peer(同龄人) pressure. Since my niece’s girl friends formed an Antonio Banderas’ fan club, she had also joined the group. Although she was a huge fan of his, now she collects more of Banderas’ possessions. In fact, when I asked Arianna, my niece, why she was part of Banderas’ fan club, she replied with a doubtful tone that she did not wish to be rejected by the other teens.‎ In conclusion, it is true that celebrities play spectacular roles in their performances in Hollywood, which entertains many people all over the world; however, modern celebrities influence the audience to the point where their fans admire and try to imitate their lives.‎ ‎66. What does the passage mainly tell us?‎ ‎ A Why people are influenced by celebrities.‎ B The harmful influence of celebrities.‎ C What kind of people are influenced by celebrities.‎ D How to avoid the influence of celebrities.‎ ‎67. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that _________‎ ‎ A media are on the side of stars.‎ B stars know how to take advantage of media.‎ C media can give wrong information about stars.‎ D media invade stars’ lives for their own good.‎ ‎68. Jenny acts and dresses like Jennifer Lopez because __________‎ ‎ A she admires Jennifer Lopez’s personality.‎ B she wants to become famous too.‎ C she wants to change her own personality.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D she lacks self-confidence.‎ ‎69. Arianna joined the Antonio Banderas’ club to __________.‎ ‎ A seek encouragement from the star B be accepted by other teens C become a real fan of the star D learn more about the star ‎70. The author of the passage probably believes that __________.‎ ‎ A it’s easy foe people to resist the influence of celebrities B all young people are easily influenced by celebrities C it’s no good for people to imitate celebrities blindly D people can improve their personality by imitating their favorite stars ‎【答案】66---70 ADDBC D【2011·临沂抽检】‎ What if it isn’t a dog- eat-dog world? What if caring for a dog or for a mom with Alzheimer’s (老年痴呆症) makes you stronger and allows you to live longer?‎ ‎ Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley are challenging our long- held belief that humans are born to be selfish.‎ ‎ Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was misunderstood by his male followers, the researchers say. Rather than “every man for himself”, Darwin believed that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our educational, selfless and sympathetic characteristics.‎ ‎ Why has it taken so long for Darwin’s central revelation(揭示) to be properly understood? “We’ve had too many men in social science,” Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner told me in an interview. “Female scientists acknowledge that caring for people is part of human nature according to the research, which shows the human ability to care exists in our brains and nerve systems. ”‎ ‎ In my book Passages in Caregiving, I urge women who take the whole responsibility for taking care of an elderly parent or a sick relative to build a Circle of Care. Reach out to your brothers and sisters, friends, neighbors and community volunteers to help you care, because no one can perform this overwhelming role alone. You will be as shocked as I to learn how the most selfless caregivers are rewarded with longer life.‎ ‎ Sympathy is not a woman’s word. In fact, it makes all of us stronger under stress and more highly respected by our peers. For so long we have repeated the false saying “Nice guys finish last.” But the 40 richest Americans committed to doing good by donating half their fortunes are no spring chickens. So here is my new explanation: Nice guys die last. ‎ ‎71. The first paragraph serves to __________.‎ A give the background of the topic B blame the world for selfishness C bring out the topic of the passage D urge people to care for dog ‎72. In passages in Caregiving, women are advised to _________.‎ A help as many people as possible B take good care of themselves C learn how to live a longer life D share the responsibility of caring with others ‎73. The underlined words in the last paragraph refer to __________.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A rich people B poor people C young people D aged people ‎74. Why does the author mention the 40 richest Americans’ commitment in this passage?‎ A To argue against offering sympathy.‎ B To use it as an example to support his opinion.‎ C To show their generosity to society.‎ D To call on people to learn from them.‎ ‎75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?‎ A Measures must be taken to improve the world B Darwin’s theory of evolution is out of date now C Selflessness could be the secret to longer life D Males and females have different opinions about selflessness ‎【答案】 71---75 CDDBC 阅读理解(第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)‎ 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。‎ A【2011·宁波八校联考】‎ BEIJING—Seven prestigious universities in China announced Sunday that they would begin using the same independent exam —besides the national one — to test students hoping to gain entrance to them in 2011.‎ The seven are Peking University, Beihang University, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University, Fudan University, Xiamen University and Hong Kong University. ‎ Students who want to gain entrance to any of the seven universities will only have to sit one independent exam, according to the joint announcement.‎ ‎"This will help lighten the students' load, otherwise they must take several exams for different universities," said the announcement.‎ Passing the exam could result in more than one interview chance, giving the students more opportunities to choose their favorite universities.‎ China's college entrance exam system is undergoing reform as universities aim to select students based on independent criteria rather than just using the results of the national exam.‎ In 2003, Peking University and another 21 universities were allowed to pilot (试用) the reform by using their own criteria to independently select five percent of their students. Now nearly 80 universities across the country have the right to select talented students based on their own exams.‎ Education experts regard universities selecting students according to independent examinations as conducive (有助的) to better understanding where the students' talents lie.‎ Although this may be the case, it has also created problems as students may sit many different exams as they often apply for a number of universities.‎ To relieve students from such pressures, the national education outline (2010--2020) released in July this year encourages high-level universities to group together to use the same exams.‎ ‎41. What's the purpose of students sitting one independent exam to gain entrance to the seven universities?‎ A. It can reduce students' load to take several exams.‎ B. The universities will have the same standard to test students.‎ C. There will be less trouble marking students' test papers.‎ D. It can avoid fierce competition among these universities.‎ ‎42. If students pass the independent exam, they will ______.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A. take the national exam. ‎ B. have one or more interview chances.‎ C. be admitted to one of the universities.‎ D. be trained to be adapted to universities life and studies.‎ ‎43. What is the advantage of universities selecting students according to independent examinations?‎ A. Students needn't take the national exam. ‎ B. Students' education cost can be lowered.‎ C. Students abilities and talents can be better found.‎ D. It can encourage middle schools to recommend more qualified students.‎ ‎【答案】ABC B【2011·宁波八校联考】‎ There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly. 　　For some people, simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own goals of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one’s goals at too low a level of achievement. 　　A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success: “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park, or riding the subway downtown,” The counselor added, “You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like, and to which you have given your best effort.” 44. In the first paragraph, the author implies that ________ are essential in achieving success . A. ability and goals B. goals and determination 　 C. ability and environment D. goals and environment 45. Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because _______. A. their life is miserable ‎ B. they do not live in peace 　 C. their goals are too low 　 D. they are not rich enough by their own standards 46. The last paragraph implies that ______. 　 A. we should have high goals 　 B. success means achieving great goals 　 C. success means taking a walk in the park ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎　 D. success means trying one’s best at what one really likes 47. This passage mainly talks about _______. 　 A. the definition of success B. how to achieve success 　 C. how to set goals D. the importance of goals ‎【答案】CDDA C【2011·宁波八校联考】 ‎ Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.‎ I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.‎ My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land and loved to work in the garden among her flowers and vegetables. The place was rustic（乡村的）, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.‎ In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk. She loved to tell how my playpen（婴儿圈栏）sat in the kitchen next to the radio and there was one song I particularly loved called "Ivory Tower". ‎ As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.‎ Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me.‎ My heart skipped a beat. "Moon River" was playing on the radio. I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.‎ Then the radio announcer of this oldie station came on. "Here's one we haven't heard in a while," and an unfamiliar song began. I began to cry harder as I heard the words sung over the airwaves. "Come down, come down from your Ivory Tower...."‎ ‎48. The writer didn’t like staying on the farm for the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.‎ A. it was too cold and quiet ‎ B. she could only sing one song on the small farm C. there was nothing more that could make her excited D. The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat ‎49. From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.‎ A. passed away four years ago B. left the small farm with Lord C. left for Lord to live her own way D. preferred to be with Lord The underlined word “reminisced” in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.‎ A. recalled B. comforted C. whispered D. reminded ‎51. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?‎ A. The writer was able to sing before she could speak.‎ B. The writer preferred to live a busy life in the city.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C. The writer was still quite familiar with the song "Ivory Tower".‎ D. The writer treasured all her childhood memories in the small farmhouse.‎ ‎52. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? ‎ A. Cherish life B. My happy childhood ‎ C. Our small farmhouse D. Mom’s music ‎【答案】BAACD D【2011·宁波八校联考】‎ For many managers,“team building” means two days spent doing roleplaying exercises in a conference hotel far from head office. But perhaps a more effective way to build teams is simply by playing real team sports, such as soccer, cricket or softball.‎ David Clark, a project manager at Atisreal UK, is one of the organizers of the company's two soccer teams. He says the main point is fitness but it also has another advantage, “It gives the guys a chance to meet and relax with their peers (同等地位的人) from other departments. It builds cross company relationships.”‎ Louise Aston, a human resources director, takes a similar view, pointing out that as well as bringing disparate divisions together, sport cuts through hierarchies (等级制度), “Not only does it promote health, it can knock leadership on the head. The person who's best at soccer could well be a person who works in the warehouse (库房). Then his confidence will be built.”‎ Another reason why companies would like to promote team sports is that they are relatively cheap. Peter Mills, chief health officer at Vielife, says, “The contributions a company might make towards running a sports team—paying its league fees, for example—are pretty small compared to other expenditure（支出）in the field of wellbeing.”‎ However, he warns, there is a potential downside. Sports are, by their nature, competitive and not everyone is good at them, “There are people who can be a bit self conscious and you need to ensure you don't ignore them. So you might use introductory days that only beginners go to.” “The emphasis was on sports such as soccer and netball, but by way of recognition that not everyone likes sweaty exercise, there was also chess,” he added.‎ ‎53. How many advantages of team sports are mentioned in the passage?‎ A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.‎ ‎54. The underlined part “bringing disparate divisions together” might refer to _______.‎ A. building cross company relationships B. cutting through hierarchies C. promoting health D. bringing fun to the employees ‎55. The disadvantage of team sports is that ______.‎ A. people who like sports are too competitive B. someone bad at sports might not feel at home when playing sports C. self conscious people are not competitive D. chess is not included in team sports ‎56. The writer wants to ________ in the passage.‎ A. introduce the meaning of “team building”‎ B. explain why team sports is a new way of “team building”‎ C. talk about the characteristics of team sports D. stress different people have different characters 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎【答案】CABB E【2011·宁波八校联考】‎ Drunken driving — sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder — has become a national epidemic (流行病). Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years. A drunken driver is usually referred to as one with 0.10-blood alcohol content or roughly three beer glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken killing has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially concerning young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.‎ ‎ Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20 years old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21. ‎ ‎ Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop “responsible attitudes” about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink. ‎ ‎ Though new laws have led to increased arrests and tests in many areas already, to a marked decline in accidents, some states are also punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was “obviously drunk” and later drove off the road, killing a 9-year-old boy. ‎ ‎ As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the “noble experiment”. They forgot that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption（腐败) and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution. ‎ ‎57. What can be inferred from the fact of the traffic accidents in New Jersey? ‎ A. many drivers were not of legal age. B. young drivers were often bad drivers. C. Drivers should not be allowed to drink. ‎ D. the legal drinking age should be raised.‎ ‎58. The underlined word “lenient” in the first paragraph means “_________”. ‎ A. serious B. cruel C. merciful D. determined ‎ ‎59. In America, public opinion about drunken driving has changed because __________. ‎ A. judges are giving more severe sentences ‎ B. new laws are introduced in some states ‎ C. the news media have highlighted the problem ‎ D. drivers are more conscious of their image ‎60. Why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve？‎ A. Because alcohol is easily obtained.‎ B. Because drinking is linked to organized crime.‎ C. Because legal prohibition has already failed.‎ D. Because making laws alone is not sufficient.‎ ‎【答案】DCCD 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,‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。‎ A【2011·宁波期末】‎ I used to believe in the American dream that meant a job, credit, success．I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us separately chasing the same thing．‎ One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart．I found myself homeless and alone．I had my truck and $56．I searched the countryside for some place I could rent for the cheapest possible amount．I came upon a deserted cottage in a small remote valley．I hadn't been alone for 25 years．I was scared, but I hoped the hard work would distract and heal me．‎ I found the owner and rented the place for $50 a month．The locals knew nothing about me．But slowly they started teaching me the art of being a neighbor．They dropped off blankets, tools and canned deer meat and began sticking around to chat．They would ask if I wanted to meet cousin Albie or go fishing．They started to teach me a belief in a different American dream, not the one of individual achievement but of neighborliness．Men would stop by with wild berries, ice cream, truck parts to see if I needed some．The women on that mountain worked harder than any I'd ever met．They taught me how to store food in the stream and keep it cold and safe．I learned to keep enough for an extra plate for company． ‎ What I had believed in, all those things I thought were necessary for a civilized life, were non-existent in this place．Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors．‎ After four years in that valley, I moved back into town．I saw a lot of people were having a really hard time, losing their jobs and homes．With the help of a real estate broker （房地产经纪人） I chatted up at the grocery store, I managed to rent a big enough house to take in a handful of people．It's four of us now, but over time I've had nine come in and move on to other places from here．We'd all be in shelters if we hadn't banded together．‎ The American dream I believe in now is a shared one．It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about how we can all get by together．‎ ‎41. Before a series of unhappy events happened, the writer ____.‎ ‎ A. had a well-paid job B. worked hard for his American dream ‎ C. worked hard and liked to share D. felt hopeless about his American dream ‎42. What does the underlined sentence "I learned to．．．" in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?‎ ‎ A. The writer learned to run a company.‎ ‎ B. The writer learned to share with others.‎ ‎ C. The writer learned to keep enough plates.‎ ‎ D. The writer learned to save money for his company.‎ ‎43. Why did the writer rent a big house?‎ ‎ A. To make some money. B. To show off his wealth.‎ ‎ C. To share with those people in need. D. To make friends with his neighbors.‎ ‎44. The writer mainly tells us about ____．‎ ‎ A. his unhappy experiences B. the friendly people in the valley ‎ C. the change of his living conditions D. his new idea of the American dream ‎【答案】41-44 BBCD B【2011·宁波期末】‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Part I: ‎ If you are hunting a chance to improve yourself in English, TOP ENGLISH CITY will be a smart choice．We are members of "the International Language Workshop" and enjoy both of the good honor in English teaching and high quality of our teaching team．We provide affordable, excellent English training programs for those who want to improve both their English knowledge and their language skills．‎ In TOP ENGLISH CITY, you will be a top English-speaker among your competitors and enjoy the advantage that your competitors have not．You will be proud of being a member of TOP ENGLISH CITY．‎ Courses designed:‎ Basic Studies：Sat．8:00-10:00 a.m.‎ Intermediate（中级）Spoken English: Sun．8:00-10:00 a.m.‎ Standard Spoken English: Sat．8:00-10:00 a.m.‎ Basic Business English: Sun．8:00-10:00 a.m.‎ Intermediate Business English: Sun．7:00-9:00 p.m.‎ TOEFL Super Studies… Sun．7:30-9:30 p.m.‎ Children's Weekend: Sat．&．Sun．8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.‎ For more information, please contact:‎ Room 807 American Plaza Tianhexi Rd, 510150 Guangzhou     Tel: 86668888-8807 Part II : ENGLISH SALON     A place for you to practise your English, to exchange your English learning experiences, to know more about the culture of English-speaking countries, to make more friends who can speak very good English．‎ You will have free talks, famous English films and songs appreciation, English lectures and games; all are for you to improve yourself in English in the special, full-of-fun Salon． How to Join:‎ We are a group with membership system, so if you want to join our group, please make an application to the Tianhe Office of Top English City, filling in the applying forms．You will be given a salon ID card, and becomes our member．‎ The Qualifications（条件）:‎ You must be fluent in English-speaking or / and an English lover．Those who are now learning English in the Top English City will be advantageous．‎ For more information, please contact:     Mr. Jiu Chan     at: 47129198 English Salon, your best friend! Join Right Now!‎ ‎45. Which of the following can be the best title for Part I?‎ ‎ A. Top English, your smart choice!  B. If you want to learn English, we can teach you!‎ C. Top English, the best English!        D. We have what you want!‎ ‎46. Which of the following courses can be learned by the same person________?‎ ‎ A. Basic Studies and Standard Spoken English．‎ ‎ B. Intermediate Spoken English and Basic Business English． C. Standard Spoken English and TOEFL Super Studies． D. Intermediate Business English and TOEFL Super Studies．‎ ‎47. If you want to join the English Salon, you should at least ________．     ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎    A. be a university graduate ‎ ‎ B. be a student learning English in the Top English City C. make more friends and know more about the culture of the English ‎    D. be an English lover or can speak English well ‎ ‎【答案】45-47 ACD ‎ C【2011·宁波期末】‎ Imagine, one day，getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back home to Beijing and having dinner there．‎ ‎ Sounds unusual，doesn't it? But it's not that unrealistic，with the development of China’s high-speed railway system．And that’s not all．China has an even greater high-speed railway plan — to connect the country with Southeast Asia，and eventually Eastern Europe．‎ ‎ China is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years，eventually reaching London and Singapore．‎ ‎ China has proposed three such projects．The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via Vietnam and Malaysia．Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan，and possibly to Germany．The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe．‎ If China’s plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from London to Beijing in under two days．‎ ‎ The new system would still follow China’s high-speed railway standard．And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour.‎ ‎ China’s bullet train（高速客车），the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou，already has the World’s fastest average speed．It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours．‎ ‎ Of course，there are some technical challenges to overcome．There are so many issues that need to be settled，such as safety，rail gauge（轨距），maintenance of railway tracks．So，it’s important to pay attention to every detail．‎ ‎ But the key issue is really money．China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic railway expansion．‎ ‎ China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investment．Resources from those countries could stream into China to sustain development．‎ ‎ It’ll be a win-win project． For other countries，the railway network will definitely create 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ more opportunities for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countries．‎ ‎ For China，such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources，but would also help develop China’s far west．We foresee that in the coming decades，millions of people will migrate to the western regions，where the land is empty and resources unused．With high-speed trains，people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for all．And they’ll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries．‎ ‎48. China’s new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because ________.‎ ‎ A. China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions ‎ B. China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways ‎ C. China will develop its railway system and communication with other countries ‎ D. The foreign countries involved will develop their business and tourism ‎49. According to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is ________.‎ ‎ A. technical issues B. safety of the system ‎ C. financial problems D. maintenance of railway tracks ‎50. Which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude towards China’s high-speed railway plan?‎ ‎ A. Critical． B. Reserved． C. Doubtful． D. Positive．‎ ‎51. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A. New Railway Standards. B. Big Railway Dreams.‎ ‎ C. High-speed Bullet Trains. D. International Railway Network ‎【答案】 48-- 51 BCDB ‎ ‎ ‎ D【2011·宁波期末】‎ The new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nation’s largest cities, can ever graduate. The studies clearly show that the dropout rate isn’t dropping. And, in particular, the dropout rate isn’t dropping for poor and minority students.‎ Amazingly, though so many regret the rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plans--or any plans--to teach students motivation(动机). Most schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that schooling will be completely necessary. Schools expect youth and children to act as though schooling is important, but they never teach them to believe that.‎ ‎    Years ago, families ensured that the offspring recognized the value of schooling. But in many modern families, the children may fail to recognize the importance of school life just because these families may actually tell their children that school is not important. Since many families are not motivating their children to be interested students, youth professionals, like teachers may need to provide this training. Otherwise, it is likely the dropout rate will continue not to drop, but only worsen.‎ ‎    Here are some strategies to convince even the most apathetic (无动于衷的) students that they must stay in school.‎ ‎    Ask students if they will ever need to work: The world has changed. 100 years ago, factory work was the booming job, and it required no education. Today, factories are increasingly automated. Most computer-related jobs require education and at least a high school diploma.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎    Ask students which century they will be prepared for: In 1900, the most common jobs were farm laborer and domestic servant—education not needed. Now, the most common jobs are office and sales staff—education and diploma usually needed. An amazing 6 out of 10 people today work in a store or office.‎ Ask students to devise a way that the employee could be replaced. For example, the coming trend in fast food is to use computers rather than people to run the restaurant. A prototype is apparently already being tested. The students should discover that most jobs that lack education and diploma requirements may be ripe for automation.‎ ‎52. What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph1?‎ ‎ A. Few students can afford to go to school in large cities.‎ ‎ B. A large number of the 9th graders can graduate now.‎ ‎ C. There are still quite a few 9th graders leaving school early.‎ ‎ D. Most schools in large cities have fewer and fewer students.‎ ‎53. Without the help of youth professionals,_____.‎ ‎ A. more and more families will gradually recognize the value of school.‎ ‎ B. it is likely that the dropout rate in schools won’t continue to drop.‎ ‎ C. some parents will be more convinced of their children’s future.‎ ‎ D. the schools will make proper plans to solve the problems with dropout.‎ ‎54. The author takes factory work for example mainly to ______.‎ ‎ A. tell us that many jobs requires certain education in the past ‎ B. show that there are more factory work and employment in modern society ‎ C. show that employment in the computer field grows at a high rate ‎ D. emphasize that modern jobs require education and schools are necessary ‎ ‎55. It can be inferred that______.‎ ‎ A. both schools and families should answer for the high dropout rate ‎ B. many new jobs don’t need children’s high school diploma ‎ C. working in a store doesn’t require a high school diploma ‎ D. most schools are ready to help students recognize the importance of study ‎56. If students play the “Replace Me” game, the result would be “______”.‎ A. They will know that they can ‘always’ do without a diploma B. More of them will drop out early to go to work C. They will discover that lack of education is a disadvantage in choosing jobs D. They will become better at using computers to hunt for a job ‎【答案】52—56CBDAC E【2011·宁波期末】‎ If you’re training for a marathon , a proper plan for water intake （摄入） is important．Of course, there’s the risk of dehydration （脱水）．But athletes now know they can also get into trouble by drinking too much．Too much water intake can lower levels of sodium （钠） in the blood ．The death of a 28-year-old woman following the Boston Marathon caught the attention of many runners and led to new research.‎ Experts advise long distance runners to replace the liquids they sweat out．Their goal is to try to keep someone from not getting dehydrated by more than 2 percent of their body weight.‎ One technique for deciding how much water you need is to get the exact numbers. Runners have 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ to weigh themselves before and after a run to determine how much water they’ve lost．If their weight drops by more than 2 percent, they have not drunk enough water.‎ Hyponatremia occurs when runners drink so much water that blood salt levels drop off．A study published last year tested 488 runners who completed the Boston Marathon and found 13 percent of them had dangerously low blood salt levels．The first sign that runners may notice is slightly swelling in the hands．They can’t get their rings off, and then they might feel sick．They may not remember where they are．In fact, most runners get enough salt to get back to normal levels by eating just one meal after a run．Contrary to the old advice that runners should drink as much as they can to prevent dehydration , the new research has shown that the body is a remarkable machine that actually tells you via thirst when you need water .‎ ‎57. The author of this passage is primarily concerned with        .‎ A. the signs and treatment for dehydration ‎ B. the long distance runners who need help ‎ C. how to manage water intake during a marathon ‎ D. a 28-year-old woman who died after a Boston Marathon ‎ ‎58. Why do runners have to weigh themselves before and after a run ?‎ A. They can improve their performance in a run.‎ B. They can learn how much salt there is in the blood.‎ C. They can know the quantity of water they’ve lost during a run.‎ D. They can decide what kind of water they should take during a run.‎ ‎59. What conclusion can we draw from the passage ?‎ A. Taking much salt during a run can avoid swelling in the body.‎ B. Either too much or too little of water intake is harmful.‎ C. A rich meal is helpful to our performance in a run.‎ D. We should take enough salt during a run.‎ ‎60. According the passage, which of the following statements is correct ?‎ A. Too much water intake→blood sodium levels falls→dehydration.‎ B. Too much water intake→blood salt levels falls→hyponatremia .‎ C. No water intake→blood sodium levels rise→hyponatremia .‎ D. No water intake →blood salt levels falls→hyponatrenmia .‎ ‎【答案】 57—60 CCBB ‎ 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【2011·日照期末】‎ We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline more than women's, according to the results of a worldwide survey.‎ General differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel at recalling information from their brain's files. Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed.‎ Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors, "so they're the ones that may not have shown such cognitive decline," said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.‎ Scientists surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time, e.g. "object usually colored gray", and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing. The first two were tasks at which men are usually good; the latter are typically dominated by women. Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average. And though performance declined with age for both genders, women showed obviously less decline than men overall.‎ ‎56. The underlined word in the second paragraph means________.‎ A. natural B. great C. obvious D. absolute ‎57. According to the passage, which of the following can Not be typed into the same category?‎ A. cloud B. sheep C. trees D. goose ‎58. Which of the following statements is true according the article?‎ A. Men do better than women when it comes to learning English.‎ B. Women stand out at remembering people’s names.‎ C. Women do well in dealing mathematic problems.‎ D. Men excel at typing as many words as possible in the given time.‎ ‎59. One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that ________.‎ A. women live longer than men B. people surveyed are all old ‎ C. the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline D. people taking part in this test came from all over the world ‎60. The author aims to tell us that _________.‎ A. women’s minds perform better than men’s B. men’s minds decline more with age C. everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older ‎ D. a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently ‎【答案】56-60ACBCB B【2011·日照期末】‎ Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some form ---- football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.‎ ‎ Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.‎ ‎ Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.‎ ‎ If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are,‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.‎ ‎ The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.‎ ‎ A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.‎ ‎61. What movements are popular among people in winter in the passage?‎ A. Soccer and golf. B. Skiing and skating.‎ C. Cycling and hockey. D. Mountaineering.‎ ‎62. The underlined word “passion” (Para. 2) could best be replaced by ________.‎ A. strong emotion B. depression C. feeling D. astonishment ‎63. Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because ________.‎ A. it has man-made rules B. it is too dangerous for climbers C. it can’t bring people joy and leisure D. it is free for climbers to use their own methods ‎64. A mountain climber must be strong both mentally and physically because _______.‎ A. there are no regular man-made rules for him to follow B. there is no teamwork and he has to depend on himself C. his component is not one or several people but the powerful nature D. mountaineering requires the skills practiced year after year ‎65. We know from the passage that _______.‎ A. mountaineering has no appeal to people B. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers C. it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps ‎ D. a mountain climber would pass his best by the age of thirty ‎【答案】61-65BADCC ‎ C【2011·日照期末】‎ For most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall. Soon, that will change. Electronic commerce is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices. There will, however, be a cost: protecting the consumer from fraud will be harder. Many governments therefore want to extend highstreet regulations to the electronic world. But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation.‎ ‎　　Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs, or their rights to refund when goods are faulty. But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence in their country is on the screen. Other countries have regulators, but the rules of consumer protection differ, as does enforcement. Even where a clear right to compensation exists, the online catalogue customer in Tokyo, say, can hardly go to New York to extract a refund for a dud purchase.‎ ‎　　One answer is for governments to cooperate more: to recognize each other’s rules. But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules. And plenty of countries have rules too 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ fanciful for sober states to accept. There is, however, an alternative. Let the electronic businesses do the “regulation” themselves. They do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so.‎ ‎　　In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset. Governments, too, may compete to be trusted. For instance, customers ordering medicines online may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead.‎ Consumers will need to use their judgment. But precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than consumers of the normal sort---and the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain noisily when a company lets them down. In this way, at least, the advent of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more.‎ ‎66. According to the author, what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?‎ ‎ A. Self – regulation by the business. B. Strict consumer protection laws.‎ ‎ C. Close international cooperation. D. Government protection.‎ ‎67. In case an electronic shopper bought faulty goods from a foreign country, what could he do?‎ ‎ A. Refuse to pay for the purchase. B. Go to the seller and ask for a refund.‎ ‎ C. Appeal to consumer protection law. D. Complain about it on the Internet.‎ ‎68. In the author’s view, businesses would place a high emphasis on honest dealing because in the electronic world .‎ ‎ A. international cooperation would be much more frequent ‎ B. consumers could easily seek government protection ‎ C. a good reputation is a great advantage in competition ‎ D. it would be easy for consumers to complain ‎69. We can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the FDA in the United States is _________ .‎ ‎ A. very quick B. very cautious C. very slow D. rather careless ‎70. If a customer buys something that does not meet his expectation, what is the advantage of dealing through electronic commerce over the present normal one?‎ ‎ A. It will be easier for him to return the goods he is not satisfied with.‎ ‎ B. It will be easier for him to attain the refund from the seller.‎ C. It will be easier for him to get his complaints heard by other consumers.‎ D. It will be easier for him to complain about this to the government.‎ ‎【答案】66-70ADCBC D【2011·日照期末】‎ ‎ People want action on noise, a recent public meeting in Brisbane showed. Some want technical improvements such as quieter air conditioners or better sound barriers around major roads. Others want tougher laws to restrict noise from building sites or to require owners to take responsibility for barking dogs. But the highest priority was a noise complaints system that works.‎ Brisbane City Council receives more complaints about noise than all other problems put together. So it conducted a survey and found that about half its residents are upset by noise in one form or another –traffic, mowers, pool pumps, air conditioners or loud parties. This inspired the Council to bring together more than 100 citizens one evening to talk through a range of options. ‎ ‎ The meeting found the present regulatory system bizarre. Depending on the problem,‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ responsibility for noise can lie with the Council, the Environment Protection Authority, one of three government departments or even the police. So complainants often feel they are getting the run-round. When the people at the forum were asked to vote for changes, the strongest response was for a 24-hour noise hotline to be the first port of call for all complaints.‎ ‎ The forum also favored regulatory measures, such as tougher minimum standards for noise in appliances like air conditioners. This even makes economic sense, as noise is a waste of energy and money. Other measures the meeting supported were wider buffer (缓冲) zones around noisy activities and controls to keep heavy traffic away from residential areas.‎ ‎ But there are obvious conflicts. Many people like to have a bar within walking distance if they feel like a drink, but they don’t want a noisy pub keeping them awake when they want an early night. Most people want to live near a major road providing good access to other parts of the city, but they don't’ want the problem of road noise.‎ ‎ I was most interested by the proposals aimed at behavioral change. There was strong support for measures to reduce traffic: better public transport, cycleways and footpaths, even charges for road use. Many people optimistically thought industry awards for better equipment would stimulate the production of quieter appliances. It was even suggested that noise from building sites could be alleviated (减轻) if Brisbane adopted daylight saving, thus shifting the working day and providing longer, quieter evenings.‎ ‎71. According to the recent public meeting in Brisbane, what was the first step to take in order to reduce noise pollution?‎ ‎ A. Produce quieter air conditioners.‎ ‎ B. Provide better sound barriers around major roads.‎ ‎ C. Establish a noise complaints system.‎ ‎ D. Make stricter laws to require owners to take responsibility for barking dogs.‎ ‎72. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.‎ ‎ A. the Brisbane residents were satisfied with the present noise regulatory system ‎ B. many people in Brisbane preferred to live near a pub to which they have easy access ‎ C. nearly all the inhabitants in Brisbane were bothered by noise in one form or another ‎ D. noise pollution is the most serious among pollution complaints in Brisbane ‎73. Brisbane City Council brought together citizens to talk through solutions to the noise problem mainly due to .‎ ‎ A. the result of the survey carried out by itself ‎ B. a noise complaints system that works ‎ C. people asking for tougher laws on noise ‎ D. requirements of an effective noise complaints system ‎74. What does the word “run-round” (Para. 3) mean?‎ ‎ A. Unfair treatment. ‎ B. Quick response.‎ ‎ C. Delaying action in response to a request. ‎ ‎ D. Full attention.‎ ‎75. How could noise from building sites be alleviated if Brisbane adopted daylight saving? ‎ ‎ A. If daylight saving was adopted, the daytime would be prolonged and the night would become quieter.‎ ‎ B. If daylight saving was adopted, the working hours during the daytime would be shortened ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 while the night would be extended and thus quieter.‎ ‎ C. If daylight saving was adopted, the night would be shortened and thus quieter.‎ D. If daylight saving was adopted, both the daytime and the night would be shortened and the ‎ noise would be reduced.‎ ‎【答案】71-75CDACB 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30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。‎ A【2011·山西考前训练】-‎ Hello, Shanghai!‎ Shanghai is hosting the 2010 World Expo with the theme: “Better City, Better Life.” The Expo is a window to the world. Haibao, the mascot, will guide you around the Expo Park.‎ The World Has Come to You. Join the Trip to the Pavilions!‎ Pavilions What’s inside?‎ China Pavilion Coloring the Future Red ‎ The first stop is the China Pavilion. As the largest national pavilion, it has three floors. There are three parts. Footprint in the East on the top floor shows the changes in Chinese cities. Journey of Wisdom on the second floor shows the China’s four great inventions. Blossoming（绽放的）City on the ground floor shows what future cities will look like. The China Pavilion is painted in seven different red colors. It makes the pavilion look red at different times of day.‎ UK Pavilion Life Begins Here ‎ You will see a “World Bank” of seeds: There are 60,000 seeds in the UK Pavilion. They are from seed banks in the UK and Kunming in China. Of you can’t go to Shanghai, you can find out all about the UK Pavilion at its website online at: htth://ukshanghaiexpo. com/ home. php.‎ Norway Pavilion A Green Pavilion ‎ Norway is the best country for living in the world. At the Shanghai World Expo, you’ll find out what it means to be “powered by nature”. When the sun shines, the roof collects solar energy. The Norway Pavilion uses this energy for electricity. You can also learn about how green energy like the sun, wind and wave power is used to make air cleaner in cities.‎ Visit Expo from Your Home ‎ Don’t have enough time or money to visit the World Expo in Shanghai? Check the official website Expo Online, at www. Expo 2010. cn. It has two main parts. One is a site tour. The other is Expo Carnival（嘉年华）. You will feel like you’re enjoying the real Expo Park. Why not check it out?‎ ‎56．Which part of the China Pavilion should people go to if they are interested in the four great inventions?‎ ‎ A．The ground floor. B．The second floor.‎ ‎ C．The third floor. D．The top floor.‎ ‎57．What is the typical feature of the UK Pavilion?‎ ‎ A．People can see it on line.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B．It is the largest national pavilion.‎ ‎ C．People can see 60,000 seeds here.‎ ‎ D．All the seeds are from the UK.‎ ‎58．Which of the following can best explain the meaning of “a green pavilion”?‎ ‎ A．A pavilion using green energy. B．A pavilion painted in green.‎ ‎ C．A pavilion with more sunshine. D．A pavilion with cleaner air.‎ ‎【答案】BCA B【2011·山西考前训练】-‎ International travel is no longer the only right of the rich. Over the next several decades, hundreds of millions of new entrants（加入者）to the middle class will want not only the things-but also the experiences-that money can buy.‎ Indian call-center employers, Russian engineers, Chinese middle managers, and Brazilian salespeople are already searching the web for information on trips. They want to see Paris from the Eiffel Tower, relax in the Maldives, and play blackjack in Las Vegas. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, international tourist visits are expected to double soon, from roughly 800 million in 2008 to 1.6 billion by 2020. However, only so many people can visit a particular building or beach in a given year. Where will all the other tourists go? This skyrocketing demand for travel will lead to a “scarcity of place” and to three probable market responses:‎ First, most tourism-related prices, such as hotel room rates in popular cities, will continue to escalate as demand outstrips supply. Second, people’s waiting to visit certain places will become commonplace. Finally, surprising prices and decade4-long waiting lists will cause the creation and expansion of tourist attractions in both developed and developing countries.‎ ‎59．What is mainly talked about in passage?‎ ‎ A．Wealthy people’s wish for travel.‎ ‎ B．Middle class people in different counties.‎ ‎ C．Problems of international travel in the future.‎ ‎ D．The way to search the web for travel information.‎ ‎60．We know from the passage that Brazilian salespeople .‎ ‎ A．are rich people B．belong to middle class ‎ C．like travel most D．use the Internet often ‎61．The underlined word “scarcity” probably means .‎ ‎ A．growth B．supply C．popularity D．shortage ‎62．It can be inferred that in the future .‎ ‎ A．people will develop more tourist attractions ‎ B．more people will travel by rocket ‎ C．the number of the tourists will reduce ‎ D．hotel room rates will rise everywhere ‎【答案】CBDA C【2011·山西考前训练】-‎ There’s a widespread perception（观念）in the United States that a university degree is the key to success. But a growing number of educators now say there are other possibilities, especially for students who might not succeed at the university level.‎ This is not a traditional classroom. At the apprentice （学徒）program run by the Plumbers and ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Steamfitters Union in the state of Maryland, Travis Strawderman and other students make money while they learn. “It’s completely changed my life around,” he said. “I’ve been able to pay off all my debts. I can say I’m actually responsible enough to have my own family.”‎ Strawderman’s five-year program teaches him technical skills free of charge. He says he considered university, but it didn’t interest him. Economics Professor Robert Lerman says Strawderman is not alone. “A lot of people are bored in high school,” Lerman stated. “They leave high school because they are bored. They want to do something besides sitting in a classroom.” Lerman says the education system in the United States is too focused on pushing students to attend university. “What we’re doing now is we’re saying unless you learn in this way you don’t really have the chance for a rewarding career,” he said.‎ But Chad Aldeman, an analyst, says studies show the longer students stay in school the better chance they have at having a high paying and stable career. “If you only are a high school graduate your wages are going to drop over you Lifetime-as opposed to a college degree,” he said. “The college is really an insurance policy against unemployment and against low wages”.‎ ‎63．Where does Travis Strawdeman learn?‎ ‎ A．In a university. B．In a traditional classroom.‎ ‎ C．At an apprentice program. D．In a high school.‎ ‎64．What can we infer from the passage?‎ ‎ A．Robert and Chad have different opinions.‎ ‎ B．Professor Lerman teaches Travis technical skills.‎ ‎ C．Travis will have a high paying and stable career.‎ ‎ D．Travis liked high school and studied well.‎ ‎65．Which might be the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A．New education programmes ‎ B．A University degree, key to success or not ‎ C．Problems in high school ‎ D．An insurance policy against low wages ‎【答案】CAB D【2011·山西考前训练】‎ Most kinds of rose plants come from Asia. But roses are also native to other areas including northwest Africa, Europe and the United States. In 1986, Congress chose the rose as American’s national flower. Technically, Congress and President Ronald Reagan declared it the “national floral emblem（国花）.” Whatever the name, the decision did not smell sweet to supporters of other ‎ popular flowers.‎ Some people say roses are difficult to grow. But you have a good chance of success if you start with a few suggestions from experts. You should plant your roses where they can get sunshine for about six hours on bright days. You can buy roses from a garden center or by mail order. You can buy potted roses, also known as container roses, or bare-root plants. Each kind has its fans.‎ Some gardeners say potted roses are easier to plant. They say the roots develop better. But Jeffrey Dinslage, an expert, points out that bare-root roses come without soil. So they weigh less to transport.‎ Another expert advises getting bare-root roses as close to planting time as you can.. If they arrive before you are ready to plant them, make sure the packing material is moist. Keep the plants in a 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ cool, dark place. The resting plants have no leaves but still need water. When growing roses, the soil should feel moist deep down. Watering should be done in the morning. ‎ But do not water too much. People often ask Jeffrey Dinslage about unhealthy discoloration on rose leaves. He says the spots are usually caused by too much water. After heavy rains or too much watering, he advises pulling away mulch, the substance used to protect the roots, to improve the quality of the soil, temporarily from around the roots. This will help dry the soil.‎ ‎66．From the first paragraph, we know that in the United States .‎ ‎ A．all the people like roses ‎ B．there are a lot of national flowers ‎ C．some roses don' t smell sweet ‎ D．there are some other popular flowers ‎67．How many kinds of roses can you buy according to the passage?‎ ‎ A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Six．‎ ‎68．Why does Jeffrey Dinslage suggest planting bare – root roses? ‎ ‎ A．They are easier to plant.‎ ‎ B．Their roots develop better.‎ ‎ C．They are cheap to transport.‎ ‎ D．Their leaves need no water.‎ ‎69．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “moist”?‎ ‎ A．Slightly wet. B．Pretty dry.‎ ‎ C．Too hard. D．Lightly soft.‎ ‎70．According to Jeffrey Dinslage, people should to avoid the sports on rose leaves.‎ ‎ A．not water roses in the morning B．protect the roots of roses ‎ C．improve the quality of the soil D．not water roses very much ‎【答案】DBCAD 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。‎ A【2011·太原调研】I Seeking Climbing Friends Ad No. 181607‎ Posted Jun. 10,2010 by Localee, Beijing ‎ I’m looking for climbing friends. Boys or girls, Chinese or foreigners, high or low level both are OK. I know some good places in downtown, some of which are for beginners. If you have experience, we can go mountain climbing. I’m a beginner, and I’m a girl. I do it just for fun.‎ Email me, pin, kicn@gmail.com.‎ Seeking Business Partner Ad No. 181612‎ Posted Jun. 10,2010 by Johnson, Shanghai A friend of mine owns a factory in Zhejiang Province. He has been in the business for around twenty years. He wants to explore more overseas markets. However, he does not speak English. He is looking for business partners who can speak English well.‎ For more information, email me, woaiwenxu@gmail.com.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Look for Chinese Musicians Ad No. 179395‎ Posted May 31,2010 by Sam & Chiller, Guangzhou We are looking for suitable musicians, (guitarist or pianist) to join our band. Male and female are both welcome. Good pay with time flexibility. Candidates will be chosen purely on performance. This is a good opportunity for Chinese musicians to show their skills on the Big Stage.‎ Email: Sam 2010@ hotmail.com ‎56．Who will you contact if you need someone to go sightseeing with you in Beijing?‎ ‎ A．Chiller. B．Johnson. C．Localee. D．Sam.‎ ‎57．According to the text, the musician for the band should .‎ ‎ A．have a band and work in Tianjin ‎ B．play both the guitar and the piano well ‎ C．be a male player with much free time ‎ D．give excellent music performances ‎58．Which of the following will most probably be chosen as a partner by Johnson?‎ ‎ A．A market manager with a good knowledge of English.‎ ‎ B．A factory owner with a successful business in Beijing.‎ ‎ C．An estate agent working hard in overseas markets.‎ ‎ D．An experienced businessman knowing little English.‎ ‎【答案】CDA B【2011·太原调研】I Almost a year after Michael Jackson’s death, the spirit of King of Pop appears to live on a 4 – year – old Chinese boy, who is fast becoming internationally popular.‎ Wang Yiming, who is known as Xiao Bao, has already been making waves across the world with his dance moves.‎ A favorite of Chinese media, Xiao Bao draws curious crowds whenever he breaks into a dance routine, which his mother says happens almost every time he hears music. “When he was young, we just started playing music to him and he started moving round like this,” his mother said. “When he was just a couple of months old, we would let him listen to music and he would immediately stop crying and calm down,” she told Reuters Television.‎ Xiao Bao was born prematurely (早产), and doctors suggested moving his body to music would do good to him, but his parents were surprised by how quickly and interestedly he took to the rhythm.‎ Dancing since he was two years old, he has now mastered the moonwalk and other Jackson moves, such as Beat It, Billie Jean and Dangerous.‎ Before long, his passion turned into an obsession (着迷) – the family spends up to 20, 000 yuan a month on dance training with a professional and outfits including tailor – made suits, hats and shirts.‎ Xiao Bao is serious about his dancing career and says he will not mind becoming famous one day. But his parents say that no matter how talented their son is, his schooling will be their first choice.‎ ‎59．What Xiao Bao’s mother said suggested that .‎ ‎ A．she didn’t expect her son to take up music 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B．Xiao Bao had a strong love for music ‎ C．she taught him music when Xiao Bao was young ‎ D．she was very sad at the beginning ‎60．How did Xiao Bao’s parents feel when they saw his reaction to music?‎ ‎ A．Amazed. B．Happy. C．Angry. D．Anxious.‎ ‎61．We can learn from the passage that .‎ ‎ A．his parents taught him the moonwalk ‎ ‎ B．he began to perform on stage at two ‎ C．moonwalk moves were first done by Jackson ‎ D．his parents found him hard to please ‎62．The underlined word “outfits” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to .‎ ‎ A．clothes B．shoes C．bags D．tools ‎【答案】BACA C【2011·太原调研】I ‎ A seventeen – years – old boy from the northeastern state of Massachusetts has won the top prize in the Intel Science Talent Search. The competition is the oldest program in the Uriited States that honors the science projects of high school students, The Intel Science Talent Search is 63 years old this year.‎ The winners receive a new computer and money for a college education. This year l, 652 students from 46 states entered projects for the competition. Their research involved nearly every area of science, including chemistry, medicine, physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science and social science.‎ Forty students were invited to Washington, D. C. for the final judging. A group of well - known scientists judged them on their research abilities, critical thinking skills and creativity. The judges also questioned the students about scientific problems before deciding on the winners.‎ The top winner is Herbert Mason Hedberg of North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The second place winner is Boris Alexeev of Athens, Georgia and the third place winner is Ryna Karnik of Aloha, Oregon. Herbert received 100, 000 dollars for his college education. He developed a faster, more effective method to tell if a person has cancer. He explored a way to separate telemetries, an enzyme（酶）found in most cancer cells. His findings have helped advance research into ways of stopping cancer cells from growing. Herbert said he started the project after watching his grandmother struggle against cancer, He plans to be a doctor and continue doing medical research .‎ Andrew Yeager of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was chairman of the judges for the Intel Science Talent Search this year. He said the competition was an excellent way to discover future leaders in science and technology. Past competition winners have gone on to receive many of the world's highest honors for science and mathematics.‎ ‎63．Herbert's way is more effective because .‎ ‎ A．it can kill cancer cells faster ‎ B．it helps to free humans from cancer ‎ C．it can stop cancer cells from growing ‎ D．it can tell faster if a person is a cancer sufferer ‎64．We can learn from the passage that .‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A．the final judging of the competition took place in the state of Massachusetts ‎ ‎ B．less than three percent of the competitors entered the final part of the competition ‎ C．critical thinking and creativity are more important than .research abilities ‎ D．the scientists judging this year's competition all work for Intel Corporation ‎65．What would be the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A．Intel Science Talent Search ‎ B．How to Discover Future Scientists ‎ C．Intel Science Talent Search Winners ‎ D．A Very Famoiis Competition ‎【答案】DBC D【2011·太原调研】I Searching the Internet may help middle— aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, US researchers said.‎ ‎ Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied people doing web searches by recording their brain activity,‎ ‎"What we saw was people who had Internet experience used more of their brain during the search, " Dr, Gary Small, a UCLA expert on aging, said, "This suggests that just searching on the Internet may train the brain and that it may keep it active and healthy." ‎ ‎"This is the first time anyone has simulated(模拟) an Internet search cask while scanning the brain," Small said. His team studied 24 normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76. ‎ Half were experienced at searching the Internet and the other half had no web experience. However, the two groups were similar in age, gender and education. ‎ ‎ Both groups were asked to do Internet searches and book reading tasks while their brain activity was monitored.‎ ‎ "We found that in the book reading task, the visual cortex－the part. of the brain that controls reading and language - was activated, " Small said, “In doing the Internet search task, there was much greater activity, but only in the Internet – savvy（了解）group."‎ He said it appears that people who are familiar with the Internet cap engage in a much deeper level of brain activity, Activities that keep the brain engaged can preserve brain health and thinking ability. Small thinks learning to do Internet searches may be one of those activities.‎ ‎66．Researchers when volunteers were doing web searches.‎ ‎ A．studied the Internet B．activated the brain ‎ C．monitored the brain activity D．recorded their memories ‎67．The two volunteer groups were .‎ ‎ A．of the same age B．similar in education ‎ C．good at the computer D．book lovers ‎68．According to the passage, we can learn that .‎ ‎ A．searching the web keeps the brain more engaged ‎ B．reading books keeps the brain more engaged ‎ C．watching TV keeps the brain more engaged ‎ D．chatting online keeps the brain more engaged ‎69．Which of the following is TRUE?‎ A．When you read, the whole brain will be activated.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 B．Dr. Gary Small is a UCLA expert on brain health.‎ C．People who read books may have a better memory.‎ D．Internet searches can preserve brain health and thinking ability.‎ ‎70．What can we conclude from the last paragraph?‎ A．Web searching is good for the brain.‎ B．Web searching damages the brain.‎ C．Activities are good for the brain.‎ D．Activities damage the brain.‎ ‎【答案】CBADA 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。‎ A【2011·潍坊抽检】‎ ‎ I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention，and especially if it’s given from the heart．When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but receive them．Just take them 39 ．Listen to what they’re saying．Care about it．Most times caring about it is even more important than 40 it．‎ One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story，people often interrupted to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her．Subtly，her pain became a story about themselves． Eventually she stopped talking to most people．We connect through listening．When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand．we move the focus of attention to ourselves．But when we listen，they know we care．‎ I have ever learned to respond to someone crying by just listening．In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of t heir experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them. ‎ ‎ This simple thing has not been that easy to learn．It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young at school．I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer．A loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words．‎ ‎56．What does the author valued most in the communication with each other?‎ ‎ A．Deep understanding. B．Saying “I’m sorry.”‎ ‎ C．Attention from heart. D．Doing nothing.‎ ‎57．The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because .‎ ‎ A．she didn’t get enough respect from others ‎ B．she was discouraged by being often interrupted ‎ C．people often told her their own opinions ‎ D．people couldn’t understand her sad situation ‎58．If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying, you may .‎ ‎ A．hurt his feelings B．make him embarrassed ‎ C．encourage him to continue to cry D．stop him from letting out his sorrow ‎59．It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating, .‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ A．listening is a perfect way to respond to others ‎ B．people keep silent because they don’t know the answer ‎ C．keeping silent means being too shy to speak ‎ D．it is easy to form the habit of listening silently ‎60．Which of the following might be the author’s opinion about communication?‎ ‎ A．Keep silent. B．Just listen.‎ ‎ C．Be careful. D．Tell your own story.‎ ‎【答案】CBDAB B【2011·潍坊抽检】‎ ‎ A public high school in the rural town of Boonsbro, Maryland, offers a special program. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math, science, English and social studies.‎ ‎ The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. Rebecca Brown chooses the students for what Boonsboro High School calls the Academy. "What we really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve here, so that they're prepared for college." She said. They need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities.‎ ‎ Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. "The novels they're reading now, are very manly novels. They’re novels that deal with the arrogance(傲慢) of m an and the pride of man.” One of those books, for example, is "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada's Klondike Gold Rush.‎ ‎ On this day, the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they are drawing pictures that relate to the story. Vincent said, "The main character, Buck, he gets abducted(绑架) and they send him off to the Yukon in a train. So I'm drawing part of the story where he's in the train. It gets you to visualize the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what's going on in the story, the important events of the story." "Instead of just doing work sheets about it, this is a lot more fun." Logan added happily.‎ ‎ Morgan Van Fleet is a senior at Boonsboro High. She liked being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. "To me, it almost seems like it's hindering(妨碍) your chances at developing yourself because you're more focused on 'Oh, I wish they'd shut up. Oh, what do they think of me?' instead of focusing on what's the homework or what's going on in this class, what's the lesson."‎ ‎61．What is the purpose of the text?‎ ‎ A．To introduce. B．To persuade.‎ ‎ C．To instruct. D．To educate.‎ ‎62．In Rebecca Brown’s opinion, .‎ ‎ A．any student in Boonsboro High School can take part in the program ‎ B．students in the program are expected to get well prepared for college ‎ C．students can all achieve their highest levels in the program ‎ D．students don’t have to join in the activities ‎63．The underlined word “visualize” in Paragraph 4 probably means .‎ ‎ A．pay a visit to B．form a picture of C．take a look at D．have a gift for 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎64．What can we conclude from the text?‎ ‎ A．Michael Bair considers it unsuitable for boys to read the book “The Call of the Wild”.‎ ‎ B．Jack London is a main character in the book “The Call of the Wild”.‎ ‎ C．Vincent thinks that his drawings can help understand the novel better.‎ ‎ D．Morgan Van Fleet thinks the program does no good to her.‎ ‎65．The text is probably taken from .‎ ‎ A．a school’s introduction B．a teacher’s diary ‎ C．a headmaster’s speech D．a news report ‎【答案】ABBCD C 【2011·潍坊抽检】‎ ‎ Celebrties(名人) have become a powerful influence on some people because of their social position and their economic situation.‎ ‎ First, some people admire and imitate stars because they allow themselves to be influenced by the media. Television, radio, and magazines invade(侵扰) the lives of spectators with a variety of shows, information, and publications about starts and their lives. For instance, Britney Spears has become the target of paparazzi.(狗仔队) In May, Britney appeared at the front page of the most popular magazines revealing that she married her best friend in Vegas, Nevada. Media also invade stars’ lives because reporters know they get high profits from readers who buy and follow their favorite artists’ news.‎ ‎ Second, some fanatic audiences imitate their celebrities because they lack of confidence. Some people who are shy and lack personality may find that imitating others will cause a good impression. For example, my cousin Jenny, who lacks a social life because of her introverted(内向的) personality, believes t hat acting and dressing like Jennifer Lopez will make her popular in high school.‎ ‎ Finally, several fans of stars imitate them because of peer(同龄人) pressure. Since my niece's girl friends formed an Antonio Banderas' fan club, she had also joined the group. Although she wasn't a huge fan of his, now she collects most of Banderas' possessions. In fact, when I asked Arianna, my niece, why she was part of Banderas' fan club, she replied with a doubtful tone that she did not wish to be rejected in by the other teens. ‎ ‎ In conclusion, it is true that celebrities play spectacular roles in their performances in Hollywood , which entertains myriad of people all over the world; however, modern celebrities influence audiences to the point that their fans admire and try to imitate artists' lives.‎ ‎66．What does the passage mainly tell us?‎ ‎ A．Why people are influenced by celebrities.‎ ‎ B．The harmful influence of celebrities.‎ ‎ C．What kind of people are influenced by celebrities.‎ ‎ D．How to avoid the influence of celebrities.‎ ‎67．We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .‎ ‎ A．media are on the side of stars ‎ B．stars know how to take advantage of media ‎ C．media can give wrong information about stars ‎ D．media invade stars’ lives for their own good ‎ ‎68．Jenny acts and dresses like Jennifer Lopez because .‎ ‎ A．she admires Jennifer Lopez’s personality 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B．she wants to become famous too ‎ C．she wants to change her own personality ‎ D．she lacks self-confidence ‎69．Arianna joined the Antonio Banderas’ fan club to .‎ ‎ A．seek encouragement from the star B．be accepted by other teens ‎ C．become a real fan of the star D．learn more about the star ‎70．The author of the passage probably believes that .‎ ‎ A．it’s easy for people to resist the influence of celebrities ‎ B．all young people are easily influenced by celebrities ‎ C．it’s no good for people to imitate celebrities blindly ‎ D．people can improve their personality by imitating their favorite stars ‎【答案】ADDBC D【2011·潍坊抽检】‎ ‎ what if it isn’t a dog-eat-dog world? What if caring for a dog or for a mom with Alzheimer’s(老年痴呆症) makes you stronger and allows you to live longer?‎ ‎ Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley are challenging our long-held belief that humans are born to be selfish.‎ ‎ Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was misunderstood by his male followers, the researchers say. Rather than “every man for himself,” darwin believed that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our educational, selfless and sympathetic characteristics.‎ ‎ Why has it taken so long for Darwin’s central revelation(揭示) to be properly understood? “We’ve had too many men in social science,” Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner told me in an intervies. “Female scientists acknowledge that caring for people is part of human nature according to the research, which shows the human ability to care exists in our brains and nerve systems.”‎ ‎ In my book Passages in Caregiving, I urge women who take the whole responsibility for taking care of an elderly parent or a sick relative to build a Circle of Care. Reach out to your brothers and sisters, friends, neighbors and community volunteers to help you care, because no one can perform this overwhelming role alone. You will be as shocked as I to learn how the most selfless caregivers are rewarded with longer life.‎ ‎ Sysmpathy is not a woman’s word. In fact it makes all of us stronger under stress and more highly respected by our peers. For so long we have repeated the false saying “Nice guys finish last.” But the 40 richest Americans committed to doing good by donating half their fortunes are no spring chickens. So here is my new explanation: Nice guys die last.‎ ‎71．The first paragraph serves to .‎ ‎ A．give the background of the topic ‎ ‎ B．blame the world for selfishness ‎ C．bring out the topic of the passage ‎ ‎ D．urge people to care for a dog ‎72．In Passages in Caregiving, women are advised to .‎ ‎ A．help as many people as possible 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B．take good care of themselves ‎ C．learn how to live a longer life ‎ D．share the responsibility of caring with others ‎73．The underlined words “no spring chickens” in the last paragraph refer to .‎ ‎ A．rich people B．poor people ‎ C．young people D．aged people ‎74．Why does the author mention the 40 richest Americans’ commitment in this passage?‎ ‎ A．To argue against offering sympathy.‎ ‎ B．To use it as an example to support his opinion.‎ ‎ C．To show their generosity to society.‎ ‎ D．To call on people to learn from them.‎ ‎75．Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?‎ ‎ A．Measures must be taken to improve the world ‎ B．Darwin’s theory of evolution is out of date now ‎ C．Selflessness could be the secret to longer life ‎ D．Males and females have different opinions about selflessness ‎【答案】CDDBC 阅读理解(第一节20小题。第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)‎ 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。‎ A 【2011·温州十校期末联考】‎ The Pillow ‎ At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.‎ We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen. ‎ On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”‎ The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding. ‎ When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.‎ That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.‎ As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”‎ ‎“A pillow,” he replied.‎ ‎“What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.‎ ‎“Oh…that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.‎ Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?” ‎ We know exactly what he means. ‎ ‎41. The writer’s first volunteer project was ______. ‎ A. working on a poor trailer B. helping a poor family ‎ C. donating beds and bedding D. dealing with a housing problem ‎42. On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because ______. ‎ ‎ A. the family lived in a trailer B. he expected to get some toys ‎ ‎ C. he didn’t know what a bed was D. the boys had no bed to sleep in ‎ ‎43. From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen ______ before. ‎ A. a trailer B. a truck C. a pillow D. a house ‎ ‎44. By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that ______. ‎ A. what they want to get may be unnecessary ‎ B. they should not waste money on small things ‎ C. they should do more volunteer work for the poor ‎ D. what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow ‎ ‎【答案】41-44BDCA B【2011·温州十校期末联考】‎ Obama still smokes in secret ‎ US President Barack Obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette makers, but he still smokes every now and then in secret. ‎ ‎ Obama, who has publicly struggled to quit smoking, said he still hasn't completely kicked the habit even after signing a law this week that will likely set tough new rules for the tobacco industry.‎ ‎ “As a former smoker I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No,” Obama said at a news conference.‎ ‎ "I don't do it in front of my kids, I don't do it in front of my family. I would say that I am 95 percent cured, but there are times where I mess up,” he said. ‎ ‎ The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.‎ ‎ At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90 percent of smokers who took up the habit before their 18th birthday. ‎ ‎ "Once you go down this path it's something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law we signed is so important because what we don't want is kids going down that path in the first place, " he said at the news conference.‎ ‎ Nearly 20 percent of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases. ‎ ‎45. According to the passage, Obama __________.‎ A. was cured of a disease B. had an accident C. made Americans’ life difficult D. signed a law this week ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎46. What does the underlined sentence mean in the third paragraph?‎ A. Have I dropped from the wagon? B. Have I stopped smoking completely?‎ C. Do I still smoke sometimes? D. Do I still smoke as much as before?‎ ‎47. Which of the follow is NOT TRUE?‎ A. Nearly 90 percent of the population of America smoke.‎ B. Nearly 90 percent of the smokers of America began to smoke before they turned 18. ‎ C. Nearly 1/5 of Americans smoke.‎ D. Smoking kills about 440,000 people a year in the USA.‎ ‎48. The new law first looks at __________ health. ‎ A. adults' B. middle-aged people's C. women's D. children's ‎【答案】45-48 DCAD C【2011·温州十校期末联考】‎ With alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills(泄露) on people, nature, and the environment.‎ ‎ Millions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dismiss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil. Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea.‎ ‎ Of all of today’s environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious. Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material. In the end, it breaks down naturally. There are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short term.‎ ‎ Nature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill we demand that governments act immediately with as much hi-tech knowledge as possible. In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tones of oil into the ocean. If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened. ‎ ‎ Governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage. Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run!‎ ‎ We should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil. Governments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power(太阳能), electricity, hydrogen, and so on. Much of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coal.‎ ‎ If the world’s millions of cars were 10% more efficient(高效的) — and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient — we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year. If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too.‎ ‎49. What is the passage mainly talking about?‎ A. Oil spills pollution. B. What oil pollution is.‎ C. Oil tanker accidents. D. How to reduce oil pollution.‎ ‎50. How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?‎ A. By giving a description. B. By making an argument. ‎ C. By giving an example. D. By drawing a diagram.‎ ‎51. What does the underlined word “risk” in Paragraph 5 refer to?‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A. Transportation depending more on oil. ‎ B. Poisonous oil breaking down naturally.‎ C. Oil spilling into the sea. ‎ D. Oil filling up cars.‎ ‎52. Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?‎ A. We should build safer oil tankers in the near future.‎ B. We should develop new technologies to cut oil use.‎ C. Tankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlines.‎ D. Countries should build more oil pipelines under the sea.‎ ‎【答案】49-52 ACCB D【2011·温州十校期末联考】‎ ‎ Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;‎ ‎ 1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?‎ ‎ There are isolating（使孤立）jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.‎ ‎2) How do you handle change?‎ Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.‎ ‎3) Do you enjoy working with computers？‎ ‎ I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.‎ ‎4) What type of work environment do you enjoy？‎ ‎ This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.‎ ‎5) How do you like to get paid?‎ ‎ Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.‎ ‎ Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.‎ ‎53. What is unnecessary in your job hunting? ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A. Assessing your skills B. Going to different areas C. Matching your skills with a position D. taking your personality into consideration ‎54. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Isolating jobs usually drive people mad. ‎ ‎ B. Interactive jobs make people shy easily.‎ ‎ C. Extreme people tend to work with others.‎ ‎ D. Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.‎ ‎55. What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart?‎ A. Design. B. Changes. C. Cooperation. D. Hobbies.‎ ‎56. What is the best title for this passage?‎ A. Lifestyles and Job Pay B. Jobs and Environment ‎ C. Job Skills and Abilities D. Personalities and Jobs ‎【答案】53-56 BDCD E【2011·温州十校期末联考】‎ There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language——all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.‎ By contrast (对照) , the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have, and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.‎ In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow. Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt to change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge. Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all. ‎ These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.‎ ‎57. In the author’s eye, one who views personal growth as a process would ____.‎ A. succeed in climbing up the social ladder B. grow up from his own achievements 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C. face difficulties and take up challenges D. aim high and reach his goal each time ‎58. Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing?‎ A. Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges.‎ B. Jane won the first prize in the speech competition.‎ C. Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris.‎ D. Father’s salary rose from 5, 000 to 7,000.‎ ‎59. For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following except___.‎ A. being curious about more changes B. being quick in self-adaptation C. having an open mind to new experiences D. staying away from failures and challenges ‎60. The best title for this passage should be _____.‎ A. Facing New Challenges B. Growth—Product or Process C. Two Basic Ways of Growth D. Overcoming Internal Fears ‎【答案】57-60 CADC ‎ 第二节：【2011·温州十校期末联考】Vince, Jason, Rosa, Danny和Donna各自打算参加学校的一个俱乐部。阅读第61~65题中的个人情况说明和A到F六个俱乐部介绍，选出特合各人个性特征的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。‎ ‎71. As a freshman in university, Vince enjoys a lot of spare time. But unlike some of his classmates who waste the time on sleep and computer games, he has big plans for himself. He will use the first year to travel around to broaden his horizon.‎ ‎72. Having traveled a lot, Jason realized the need to keep the beautiful scenery forever in his mind. So he saved money and bought a camera. Now all he needs is the skill to catch the breathtaking moment.‎ ‎73. Smart and adorable, Rosa is a popular singer in her university. Besides, like an English-majored student, she speaks fluent and beautiful English. It always comes to her mind why not put singing and English together, it will be a perfect way to learn and entertain.‎ ‎74. Everyone has a dream, so does Danny. He dreamed of becoming a diplomat since childhood. So he likes to read the books concerning politics, economy and foreign affairs. His classmates thus gave him the nickname "Mr. Know Everything".‎ ‎75. Donna spent her childhood mostly in her father's study, where she did a lot of readings about Chinese classical literatures. Now as a college student, she thinks she should make full use of her free time to read as many literary books as possible.‎ ‎ ‎ A Siyuan Club ‎ It was founded in September, 2007. Our club aims at bringing students into traditional Chinese culture and classical literature. We have had some outings for visiting cultural relics and watched art movies related to Eastern and Western ancient cultures. All these activities can build a good link between Chinese and Western cultures.‎ B View Forum ‎ This club aims to explore students' global view in politics and enable students to think logically and critically by looking at and discussing current events. There are 12 members and 4 meetings have been held on the discussion of several different topics. Students are encouraged to focus on the happenings in the world and build their own opinions.‎ C D 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Mathematics Club ‎ It is an academically-oriented club organized by students who are interested in mathematics, who are strong or even weak at mathematics. It is like an extended stage to continuously study mathematics outside the classroom. There are about 45 club members arranging regular team work, collecting updated exercises for extra practice, organizing lecture notes for revision and recruiting new members.‎ Photographic Club ‎ It was established by a group of shutterbugs with the purpose of promoting an interest in photography. Students can learn how to take and edit photos using professional software and have the opportunities to exhibit their works. Also the members are required to take pictures in all the university affairs.‎ E Youth Club ‎ It was founded in October, 2006. It aims at making students' spare time more colorful. Our club mainly organizes trips for both individuals and organizations and all our activities are based on investigation in order to give good service to students.‎ F Harmony Club ‎ Established in November 2007, this club is to teach traditional English song; and deliver English culture and music. One reason why it is so popular is that it often invites famous musicians to give coaching lessons here. You are welcome to join it.‎ ‎【答案】EDFBA 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) ‎ 请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ‎ A【2011·徐州一检】‎ Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for literature. ‎ The 74-year-old man has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays. He is the first South American winner of the prize since 1982 when it went to Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In the previous six years, the academy awarded the 10 million kronor (£938,000) prize to five Europeans and one Turk, sparking criticism that it was too Euro-centric. ‎ The Swedish Academy's Peter said Vargas Llosa was "an excellent gifted story-teller". He added that the writer was in New York and was told by telephone that he had won the prize'. "I will try to survive the Nobel Prize," he joked during a news conference later on Thursday. "It was a total surprise." But he said the honor would not affect his craft. ‎ Born in the town of Arequipa, Vargas Llosa took Spanish nationality in 1993—three years after an unsuccessful bid for the Peruvian presidency. The author has won some of the Western world's most famous literary medals including the Cervantes Prize in 1995—the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. ‎ The writer's international breakthrough came with the 1960s novel The Time of The Hero. The book was considered controversial in his homeland and 1,000 copies were burnt publicly by officers from the academy. ‎ His best-known works include Conversation In The Cathedral, The War of the End of the World and The Feast of the Goat. Several books were made into movies including the 1990 Hollywood film Tune in Tomorrow, based on his novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" which starred Barbara Hershey, Peter Falk and Keanu Reeves. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 The author once had a great friendship with Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but their relationship turned into worse after Vargas Llosa hit Garcia Marquez at a theatre in Mexico City in 1976, leaving him with a black eye. Relations appeared to thaw(融合)in 2007, however, when Vargas Llosa provided the foreword to the 40th anniversary edition of Garcia Marquez's classic work. ‎ ‎56. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? ‎ A. Only one of South American writers won the Nobel Prize in history. ‎ B. The news that Vargas Llosa got Nobel Prize was sent to him by mail.‎ C. The Spanish-speaking world’s most famous literary honor is Cervantes Prize.‎ D. The Swedish Academy has awarded 10 million kronor prize to Europeans since 2006.‎ ‎57. Who performed in the film Tune in Tomorrow?‎ ‎ A. Peter Falk and Keanu Reeves B. Garcia Marquez and Barbara Hershey ‎ ‎ C. Keanu Reeves and Garcia Marquez D. Peter Falk and Vargas Llosa ‎ ‎58. What's the right order of the events related to Vargas Llosa? ‎ ‎ a. He wrote the foreword for Garcia Marquez. b. He hurt his friend in a fight. ‎ ‎ c. He wrote the novel The Time of The Hero. d. He took Spanish nationality. ‎ e. One novel came into a Hollywood film. ‎ A. c-b-d-e-a B. c-b-e-d-a C. d-b-c-a-e D. d-c-b-a-e ‎ ‎【答案】56—58 CAB ‎ B【2011·徐州一检】‎ McDonald's Corp, founded in 1940 with a restaurant opened by Dick and Mac McDonald, which was bothered by criticism of its fatty foods, says it will remove Supersize French fries and soft drinks by the end of the year, to please health-minded customers. ‎ McDonald's Supersize option, which includes a 7-ounce fries carton and 42-ounce fountain soda, has also been targeted by critics as contributing to a growing obesity crisis in the United States where more than half the population is considered obese.‎ From a neighborhood restaurant established in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955 to today, more than 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries worldwide, McDonald's is the largest quick service restaurant organization in the world, selling primarily variations on meals consisting of hamburgers, carbonated drinks besides French fries. As the first international fast food company, McDonald's has become a focal point in public debate about rising obesity rates and consumer responsibility. ‎ Most standalone McDonald's restaurants offer both counter and drive-through service, with indoor and sometimes outdoor seating. The larger McDonald's grows, the more sensitive it becomes to negative customer understanding. According to this, McDonald's has tried to cater to varying cultural requirements, such as by customizing its menu to each country. The company, which began offering Supersize portions widely in 1994, said it is making the menu changes to "support a balanced lifestyle" approach that is in keeping with other recent moves to promote healthier behavior. These include a planned national launch of a Happy Meal for adults called Go Active! In the past year, it has introduced several health-oriented foods, such as entree-sized salads and healthy alternatives in children's Happy Meal, including milk and fruit. ‎ A new documentary film, called Super Size Me illustrates the negative effects of 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ over-consumption of McDonald's food. The film has been released, but a McDonald's spokeswoman said that the menu changes are not related to any impact of the film on public awareness. ‎ McDonald's recognized that to be successful, it would have to be flexible and adapt to social changes. The company has been reducing complexity of its menu, part of a broader push to improve operations and service in its more than 13,000 US restaurants. Analysts said the change will allow McDonald's to continue its emphasis on foods with higher-quality elements and more money-earned, such as entrée-sized salads and all-white-meat Chicken McNuggets. ‎ ‎59. McDonald’s will remove Supersize French fries and soft drinks because _______.‎ ‎ A. the first international fast food company says they are too big in size ‎ B. the health-minded customers complain they don’t taste delicious ‎ ‎ C. a new documentary film shows the negative effects of McDonald’s Supersize ‎ D. the company wants to gain some consumers who pay attention to their health ‎ ‎60. In order to support a balanced life style, which measure has the company NOT taken?‎ ‎ A. Changing the menu. B. Offering some drink for free.‎ ‎ C. Supplying milk and fruit D. Planning to launch a Happy Meal for adults. ‎ ‎61. What might be the author's attitude towards McDonald's new measures? ‎ A. Negative. B. Doubtful. C. Objective. D. Critical. ‎ ‎62. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word "obese" in paragraph 2? ‎ A. Skinny. B. Overweight. C. Slim. D. Attractive. ‎ ‎【答案】59—62 DBCB C【2011·徐州一检】‎ Madame Tussauds—London Welcome to Madame Tussauds—a 125-year-old museum loved by visitors for its life-like waxworks of famous folk from the past and present, plus interactive exhibits. The following are three ticket options we'd like to recommend to you. ‎ Option 1: All Inclusive Open Dated Ticket ‎ Why not treat your friends and family to our All Inclusive Tickets? Ticket is valid (有效的) for one visit with all of the following fantastic features: ‎ ‎● Validfor one year from date of purchase—perfect for a gift! ‎ ‎● Priority Access admission in true celebrity style ‎● Your very own hand made of wax(蜡).‎ With your ticket you can enjoy the heroic new experience in three floors of multisensory fun featuring a mix of interactive themed areas, realistic wax figures and an ALL NEW Marvel Super Heroes 4D film adventure.‎ Online ticket purchase Adult ￡42.5.0‎ Child: ￡38.50‎ Option 2: Late Saver 50% off If you book online in advance and arrive at Madame Tussauds later in the day, your tickets can cost as little as £14.00. That's 50% off the standard on-the-day price!‎ The last admission into Madame Tussauds is 5:30 p.m in off-peak periods and 6 p.m in peak periods. This gives you loads of time to fully enjoy the attraction.‎ This ticket is available for online purchase only. Tickets are subject to availability at all times and ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 only a limited amount are available each day, so be quick!‎ Online ticket purchase Adult ￡14.00‎ Child: ￡14.00‎ Option 3: Top 3 London Attractions ‎ Combine your visit to Madame Tussauds with a flight on the World famous London Eye and SEA LIFE London Aquarium, and save 25% on your adult and child tickets, or 33% on your family ticket when you book your tickets at least the day in advance!‎ Online advanced price Online on the day price Adult ‎£47.50‎ ‎£54.00‎ Child ‎£34.50‎ ‎£39.00‎ Save ‎25%‎ ‎15%‎ Family ‎£146.00‎ ‎£164.00‎ Save ‎33%‎ ‎25%‎ Please note: Child ages are 4—15. Under 4s are free. A family ticket consists of 2 adults and 2 children, or 1 adult and 3 children.‎ Please note: Your combined ticket only gives priority admission to Madame Tussauds and Sea Life London Aquarium—all others are general queue flights.‎ For more ticket options, please visit our website at : www.madame-tussauds.com ‎ ‎63. If you buy an All Inclusive Open Dated Ticket, you can use it anytime within _________.‎ A. one year B. half a year C. four months D. two months ‎ ‎64. With an All Inclusive ticket, you can do all of the following EXCEPT that_______. ‎ A. you will have priority access to Madame Tussauds ‎ B. you will have a chance of having your hand :made in wax ‎ C. you can visit Madame Tussauds as many times as you like ‎ D. you can see a 4D film in the cinema of Madame Tussauds ‎ ‎65. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson want to join in the Top 3 Attractions trip with their children, one is 15 and the other 3. How much should they pay if they book the tickets in advance online? ‎ A. £ 129.5. B. £ 146. C. £ 164. D. £ 97.82. ‎ ‎66. If you book a ticket for Top 3 London Attractions, _________.‎ A. you can always enjoy a price 33% off ‎ B. a. visit to the World famous London Eye will be free ‎ C. you will be given priority to enter at least three attractions ‎ D. Madame Tussauds will be included in priority admission ‎ ‎【答案】63 — 66 ACAD D【2011·徐州一检】‎ What was the origin of the oil which now drives our motorcars and aircraft? Scientists are confident about the formation of coal, but they do not seem so sure when asked about oil. They think that the oil under the surface of the earth originated in the distant past, and was formed from living things in the sea. Countless billions of small sea creatures and plants lived and sank to the seabed. They were covered with huge deposits of mud and by process of chemistry, pressure and temperature were changed through long ages into what we know as oil. For these creatures to become oil, it was necessary that they should be imprisoned between layers of rock for a great length of time. The statement that oil originated in the sea is confirmed by a glance at a map showing the chief oilfields of the world. Very few of them are far distant from the oceans of today.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ In some places gas' and oil come up to the surface of the sea from its bed. The rocks in which oil is found are of the marine origin too. They are rocks which were laid down by the action of water on the' bed of the ocean. Almost always the remains of shells, and other proofs of sea life are found close to the oil. A very common sedimentary rock is called shale, which is a soft rock and was obviously formed by being deposited on the seabed. And when there is shale, there is likely to be oil. ‎ There is a lot of luck in drilling for oil The drill may just miss the oil although it is near; on the other hand, it may strike oil at a fairly high level When the drill goes down, it brings up soil. The soil from various depths are examined for. Traces of oil. If they are disappointed at one place, the drillers go to another. Great sums of money have been spent, for example, in the deserts of Egypt, in looking for oil. Sometimes little is found. When we buy a few gallons of petrol for our cars, we pay not only the cost of the petrol, but also part of the cost of the search that is always going on. ‎ There are four main areas of the world where deposits of oil appear. The first is that of the Middle East. Another is the area between North and South America, and a third, between Asia and Australia. The fourth area is the part near the North Pole. When there is no more oil in the present oilfields to bring up, it is possible that this cold region may become the scene of busy oil activity. ‎ ‎67. Which of the following pictures shows a description in the passage?‎ ‎68. According to the passage, oil was formed from ______ by process of chemistry, pressure and temperature. ‎ A. sea creatures and rock B. mud, rocks and shales ‎ C. living things and mud D. sea creatures and plants ‎69. From the passage, we can infer that __________.‎ A. the North Pole is the largest oil field in the world ‎ B. the Middle East has the finest oil in the main oil areas C. people haven't opened any oilfield in the North Pole ‎ D. only in oceans can we find oil ‎ ‎70. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? ‎ A. How to explore and drill for the Oil B. The Oil in Oceans ‎ C. The Origin and Distribution of the Oil D. The Elements of the Oil ‎【答案】67— 70 ADCC 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 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。‎ A【2011·烟台期末调研】‎ If cars had wings，they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2011.The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011.‎ ‎“It’s the next‘wow’vehicle，”said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh.“Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don’t fly.”‎ The car plane has wings that unfold for flying—a process the company says takes one minute—and fold back up for driving.A runway is still required to take off and land.‎ The Transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both.The company has been working with FAA to meet aircraft regulations, and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet vehicle safety regulations.‎ The company is aiming to sell the Transition to private pilots as a more convenient and cheaper way to fly.They say it saves you the trouble from trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports: You drive the car to the airport and then you’re good to go.When you land, you fold up the wings and hit the road.There are no expensive parking fees because you don’t have to store it at an airport—you park it in the garage at home.‎ The car-plane is designed to fly primarily under 10,000 feet.It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, including fuel and passengers.Terrafugia says the Transition reduces the potential for an accident by allowing pilots to drive under bad weather instead of flying into marginal(临界)conditions.‎ The Transition’s price tag: $194,000, But there may be additional charges for options like a radio, transponder or GPS.Another option is a full-plane parachute.‎ ‎“If you get into a very awful situation, it is the necessary safety option,”Gersh said.‎ So far,the company has more than 70 orders with deposits.“We’re working very closely with them, but there are still some remaining steps,”Brown said.‎ ‎56.We can learn from the first paragraph that .‎ A.car-planes will be popular in 2011‎ B.people might drive a car-plane in 2011‎ C.both Transition and Ferrari can take off and land D.Richard Gersh is the vice president of Massachusetts ‎57.lt takes the car-plane one minute to .‎ A.fold and unfold its wings B.unfold wings for flying C.land in the airport D.meet flying safety regulations ‎58.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?‎ A.The car-plane needs a runway to take off and land.‎ B.To mcet aircraft regulations, the company has been working with FAA.‎ C.The car-plane may fly as high as normal planes.‎ D.People can park the car-plane in the garage at their home.‎ ‎59.The underlined word“it”in the last but one paragraph refers to .‎ A.the radio B.the transponder C.the GPS D.the full-plane parachute 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎60.What’s the best title for the passage?‎ A.Cars With Wings May Be Just Around The Corner.‎ B.Which to Choose: A Ferraris or a Car Plane?‎ C.A more Convenient and Cheaper Way to Fly.‎ D.Cars With Wings Can Fly as Fast as Planes.‎ ‎【答案】56—60BBCDA B【2011·烟台期末调研】‎ Jeffrey P.Bezos, the founder, president and chairman of the board of Amazon com., was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.His mother’s ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25,000 acre farm at Cotulla.Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm.‎ Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age.He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents’garage into a laboratory for his science projects.‎ After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeff Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends.He rose quickly, becoming a senior Vice President, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.‎ In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300 percent a year He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities.‎ Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage.The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches.It started as an on-line bookstore but soon diversified(多样化)to all kinds of products.His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs(企业家).He was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999.In 2008, he was selected by U.S.News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders.Bezos’Amazon has become the“Earth’s biggest anything store”.Amazon com is now called“one of the smartest strategies in business history”.‎ Today, Jeff Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity (慈善) activities.“Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company,”he has said.‎ ‎61.In his childhood, Bezos .‎ A.had to work with parents on their farm all day long B.showed great interest in science C.didn’t get along well with his brothers and sisters D.wanted to become a businessman ‎62.Jeffrey changed the course of business history because he .‎ A.rose quickly, looking forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street B.observed the Internet usage was increasing by 2300% a year C.founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later D.was the first to speak of Internet commerce ‎63.Bezos named his company Amazon with the aim of .‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 A.opening numberless branches all over the world B.living a quiet life along the Amazon River C.earning endless money and being wealthy D.wishing his company to run smoothly and endlessly ‎64.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?‎ A.How hard Bezos studied physics in Princeton University.‎ B.“Amazon.com”only sold books in the beginning.‎ C.Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity.‎ D.The reason why Jeffery Bezos decided to found Amazon com.‎ ‎65.It can be inferred from the passage that .‎ A.it was Bezos’s grandfather on the farm who helped him a lot B.Bezos invented E-commerce to win the world fame overnight C.Bezos is aiming at being“Earth’s biggest bookstore”‎ D.Bezos had a sharp business mind and a kind heart ‎【答案】61—65BCDAD ‎ C【2011·烟台期末调研】‎ Paul, the oracle octopus (神算章鱼), was given a replica (复制品) of the World Cup as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in predicting the results of matches.‎ The two-year-old octopus with possible supernatural powers turned into a worldwide celebrity for accurately predicting the German team’s five World Cup wins as well as their two defeats.Paul also tipped Spain to beat Netherlands in the final.‎ ‎“We have had a lot of offers for Paul but he will definitely be staying with us and returning to his usual job-making children smile,”Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig in Oberhausen said after presenting Pual with the World Cup replica.‎ There’s no rational(合理的)reasons why Paul always got it right.Bettors around the world made small fortunes based on Paul’s guess, said Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill in London.“I’ve seen a lot of things in my lifetime but this is the first time I’ve ever seen people making their picks based on what an octopus tells them.We had people coming in saying they didn’t know how to place a bet but heard about this German octopus and wanted to bet with him.It’s funny.But he kept getting it right.”said Sharpe.‎ Sharpe said that anyone who had placed a 10-pound accumulator bet(累计下注)on Paul’s prediction from the start of the World Cup would have won 3,000 pounds($4,500)by the end of the tournament.‎ Paul’s home at Sea Life aquarium(水族馆)in Oberhausen has been crowded with visitors and media from across Europe.Many networks broadcast his predicting live.Many networks broadcast his picks live.Hundreds were on hand to watch the World Cup replica lowered into his tank on Monday, 12 July, 2010.‎ ‎66.Paul was rewarded a replica of the Word Cup because he .‎ A.will celebrate his birthday soon B.predicted the results of matches accurately C.helped beat Netherlands in the final D.helped many fans earn much money 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎67.If a fan had placed a 200-pound accumulator bet on Paul’s prediction, he would have won during the tournament.‎ A.$30,000 B.$45,000 C.$60,000 D.$90,000‎ ‎68.The underlined word“tipped”in the 2nd paragraph probably means .‎ A.ordered B.announced C.predicted D.helped ‎69.From what Sharpe said we can learn that .‎ A.it’s amazing for Paul to make more exact prediction than people B.octopus like Paul may all have the ability to predict exactly C.it’s common for people to believe in sea life for prediction D.we’d better not bet with animals when we have trouble making our picks ‎70.We can learn from this passage that .‎ A.Paul used to be children’s favourite sea life B.it’s useless to bet with the oracle octopus C.Paul was born with the ability to predict World Cup results D.Germany will never be beaten if Paul stays with them ‎【答案】 66—70BDCAA D【2011·烟台期末调研】‎ Will Nanfang University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen announce a new beginning for China’s higher education reform? It’s too early to answer.But its presence is challenging the Ministry of Education.Even without the approval of the ministry it seems that the school is determined to move forward and enroll(招收)50 students, so-called child prodigies(奇才), to begin classes on March l, 2011.On graduating in 2015, these students will receive a diploma unauthorized by the Ministry of Education-unlike the students of their age from the state-run universities.‎ The school is committed to modeling itself on Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but if the government will not approve the school, the situation could cause a lot of trouble for those 50 students if they want to do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions.Other schools could turn their applications down for their unauthorized diplomas.‎ The difficulties, however, have not frightened students and their parents away.On Dec.18, 2010 more than 1,000 students and their parents visited Nanfang University of Science and Technology for interviews.‎ Private investment marks the school out from other higher learning institutions in the nation.Not a penny comes from the government. So the government will have no voice in how the school will be run.‎ The Ministry of Education has published a comprehensive plan for education reform and development between 2011 and 2020.The goal is to mdke China’s higher education internationally competitive.To accomplish this goal, the government should have the courage to let the educators who have big ideas try them out.The ministry should have applauded the independence the school in Shenzhen has shown and encouraged more to do likewise.‎ Education reform in China has reached a new and crucial stage.Nanfang University of Science and Technology has a long way to go to prove itself competitive rather than a diploma mill.‎ ‎71.What will makes those 50 students different from others?‎ A.They are all child prodigies.‎ B.They will study much longer time.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 C.They are willing to challenge the Ministry of Education.‎ D.They will receive an unauthorized diploma.‎ ‎72.Over 1,000 students and parents visited the school because .‎ A.they believe that the school will have a bright future B.they believe the government is sure to approve the school C.the school models itself on Hong Kong University successfully D.they will never do graduate studies at other higher learning institutions ‎73.The trouble the students in the school may have is that .‎ A.the government will have no voice in the school B.they won’t receive any diploma when graduating from the school C.other schools are unlikely to accept their diploma from the school D.they will not learn how to be competitive ‎74.What does the author think of Nanfang University of Science and Technology?‎ A.It is another kind of diploma mill.‎ B.It’s impossible for the school to be competitive.‎ C.It will never get the approval from the Ministry of Education.‎ D.Its independence from the government may benefit the education reform.‎ ‎75.What is the best title of the passage?‎ A.University of New Style. B.China’s Education Reform.‎ C.Modeling Hong Kong University. D.Authorized or Not?‎ ‎【答案】71—75DACDA 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A【2011·盐城一调】‎ How do you do? Pleased to meet you. If you are a visitor to our country, I expect by now you have realized why we call it Great Britain: our long and glorious history; the unspoiled beauty of our landscape; the rich variety of our weather, not to mention our great achievements in cricket and football. ‎ As for me, I’m so many feet and inches tall, and weigh so many pounds and ounces. My petrol comes in gallons and my milk in pints — from a milkman. I pay for them, in pounds and sterling. ‎ The following are some specific aspects of us British:‎ Complaining In order to be British, or at any rate to pass unnoticed in British society, the visitor must learn not to make a fuss. The true Brit cannot stand it. It is equal to drawing attention to you. If the receptionist ignores you, or the hairdresser blows smoke in your face, if the soup is cold or the taxi driver overcharges — say nothing. Who knows what disappointments, what secret sadness their lives might contain? So don’t complain. You can always write to the local newspaper when you get home.‎ Politeness To be popular, and to make good impression on his British hosts, the foreign visitor needs to learn how to apologize, in the street, on the bus, at the hairdresser’s, in the bedroom, going out and coming in. Sorry is one of the most important words in the vocabulary of any true Brit, and a word which should be always on the lips of any foreigner moving among us. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Fish and Chips ‎— or rather, “fish’n’chips” — is another essential experience for the visitor. Britain is an island and eating fish reminds us of our practical and spiritual dependence on the sea. The chips symbolize our people: no two chips are the same, but we are united because we are all cut from the same bag of potatoes, all deep-fried in the same oil.‎ This supper should be eaten almost immediately, with the fingers, walking along the street, preferably in the dark. DO NOT take the fish’n’chips home, empty them onto a plate and eat them with a knife and fork. This is not the British way.‎ Mind Your Own Business A respect for privacy is one of the most highly valued social virtues in Britain, and those who offend against it are branded “Nosey Parkers”. Householders in foreign lands may sit outside their front doors, shelling peas and chatting to the world at large, or else hang from their balconies calling down to passers-by in the street. Such behavior makes the British deeply uneasy. ‎ ‎56. According to the passage, people normally associate Britain with .‎ ‎ A. the changeable weather B. the destroyed natural environment C. poor performance in cricket and football D. brief but splendid history ‎57. We know from the passage that the British .‎ ‎ A. usually don’t mind being noticed ‎ B. are tired of eating fish’n’chips C. hate hanging from their balconies calling down to passers-by D. can only write to the local newspaper to complain ‎58. Which of the following statements is true?‎ ‎ A. It’s typical of the British to sit outside their front doors.‎ B. The British are seldom seen saying anything angrily in public.‎ C. The British eat their food with their fingers after emptying it on the plate.‎ D. When the British have their toes stepped on, they will demand an immediate “sorry”.‎ ‎【答案】56—58 ACB B【2011·盐城一调】‎ When a couple decides to marry, they naturally inform both sets of parents and stepparents before having a party planned or telling all their friends. The days are long gone of the man going trembling to the girl’s father and saying, “Sir, may I have the honor of having the hand of your daughter in marriage?” However, a wise couple always discusses their plans for marriage with their respective families, and a young man often suggests a “financial talk” with his future father-in-law before the latter is faced with the embarrassment of asking for one. Even if a young woman has supported herself and lives away from home, her parents have the right to know how her fiancé proposes to handle the long-range financing of their family and home. The fiancé should state his income, his savings, and his future expectations, without overstating any of them.‎ Engagement parties are given by the parents of the bride-to-be or by a relative of the bride acting for her parents, usually just before the newspaper announcement of the engagement. If the bride-to-be and her fiancé live in a city other than her parents, it is better for her parents to go to the city than her to go home to them for the engagement party. She and her fiancé will, after all, be partied in her parents’ hometown during the wedding festivities. However, if the family home is not far away, it is proper for the engaged couple to travel there for the announcement party. The young man’s family should be invited, too. If the bride’s parents are no longer living, then a 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ relative or a close friend can give the party. It is usually a simple cocktail’s party, champagne served for toasts to the engaged couple.‎ If the party is very large, the engaged couple and the girl’s parents might form a receiving line — but they do not have to. The bride-to-be usually wears her engagement ring officially for the first time on this occasion. If she has a gift for the groom-to-be, she gives it to him right before or after the engagement party.‎ For Americans, the traditional engagement ring is a diamond solitaire (单粒宝石). However, today anything goes — a ring with many colored stones, a ring with a large semi-precious stone, an heirloom (传家宝) ring reset in a modern design, or even a stone in the bride’s family, simply reset in a Tiffany setting. The wedding ring will be of the same metal as the engagement ring. Some girls prefer no engagement ring but choose a wedding band that is decorated with stones instead. No one has to have an engagement ring. A girl may want her fiancé to give her a pearl necklace instead, or a jeweled watch. Jeweled rings can be given as gifts on many occasions during the married lives — such as wedding anniversaries, the birth of a child, or an important job promotion. ‎ ‎59. According to the first paragraph, young men .‎ A. must tell all their friends before planning a party B. used to feel afraid of going to meet their girl friends’ parents C. must promise that their family could support them D. must guarantee they live away from home already ‎60. The underlined word “one” in the first paragraph most probably means .‎ ‎ A. a marriage B. a plan C. a financial talk D. an embarrassment ‎61. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? ‎ A. The bride-to-be and her fiancé will have to wait in line with both of their parents.‎ B. If the boy’s parents are dead, a relative or a close friend gives a party on their behalf.‎ C. The engagement party is usually given before the newspaper announcement.‎ D. It’s no longer necessary to give a diamond solitaire as the engagement ring.‎ ‎62. We can infer from the last paragraph that .w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m ‎ A. a young man can give his wife a jeweled watch on the birthday of their child ‎ B. the heirloom must be reset in a modern design C. the engagement ring and the wedding ring are different D. some girls don’t mind what they are given for the engagement ‎【答案】59—62 BCAD C【2011·盐城一调】‎ On 17 March 2003, Robin Cook, Leader of the House of Commons and former Foreign Secretary, resigned from the Cabinet in protest against the coming war in Iraq. His resignation speech inspired the first long applause in the history of the House and marked the end of the ministerial career of one of Labor’s most brilliant politicians.‎ For the previous two years, Robin Cook kept a diary, a personal record of the life of Labor’s second term, a diary that forms the center of the narrative (叙述). The Point of Departure is Robin Cook’s plain account of this extraordinary period in our political history, the most important political publication of the decade. Though surprised by his abrupt dismissal as Foreign Secretary, he became determined to bring about some changes in Parliamentary democracy (议会民主) that 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ he believed was essential if Parliament was to move into the 21st century. As Tony Blair told him, “This is the job for you.”‎ Drawing on first-hand experiences in the Commons and the Cabinet, of encounters in conferences, and late night conversations, we follow his gathering disillusionment (醒悟) as the political compass of the government changes to directions which he believes to be completely mistaken: from its failure about Lords reform and its unwillingness to provide leadership for social change, to a foreign policy which has led us away from our responsibility in Europe, into closer relationship with the most right-wing government in American history, and participation in Bush’s war on Iraq.‎ This is the story of a government in power and the tensions between those who govern. But above all it is a story of a politician who truly wanted to bring democracy closer to the people, but who saw a government increasingly separated from the values of himself and his party, and who developed a growing belief that on Iraq, its position was morally, diplomatically(外交上) and politically wrong. ‎ Robin Cook first entered Parliament as MP for Edinburgh Central in 1974. He held a number of senior positions in Opposition — Shadow Foreign Secretary, Shadow Health and Social Services Secretary — before becoming Foreign Secretary in 1997. In 2001 he was appointed Leader of the House of Commons, a position from which he resigned in March 2003 in protest against the coming war in Iraq. ‎ ‎63. Robin Cook resigned from his post because he .‎ ‎ A. couldn’t accept the government’s decision to join in the coming war in Iraq ‎ B. wanted to have more time to keep his diary ‎ C. was not allowed to make any changes to Parliamentary democracy ‎ D. was not satisfied with the job Tony Blair gave him ‎64. Which of the following is true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Cook held several senior positions in Edinburgh Central. ‎ ‎ B. Cook believed the British government shouldn’t distance itself from the American government.‎ C. Cook was serving as Leader of the House of Commons when he resigned. ‎ D. Cook was completely mistaken about the government’s directions.‎ ‎65. After reading this passage, we can know that .‎ A. the British government could have prevented the war on Iraq from happening B. Robin Cook could have played a more important role in British politics had he not resigned C. the relations between the government in power and the people were tense D. Robin Cook believed that the Parliamentary democracy had been too close to the people ‎66. The Point of Departure might be the name of a .‎ A. journal B. newspaper C. magazine D. book ‎ ‎【答案】63—66 ACBD ‎ D【2011·盐城一调】‎ Walking around the corner and into the hall at three in the morning, lost in thought and dragging a mop bucket, I raised my eyes to the front counter in indifference. A man, looking to be in his mid 40’s, stood in a pink dress. A wide-edged hat stuck out over his massive frame resembling an umbrella that was a little too shabby and worn-out, making him look like a woman. The shock at seeing such a strong proud man in a cheap disgusting dress broke my heart, as well as frightened ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 me. ‎ ‎  Dropping my mop on the floor in surprise and picking up my face that had temporarily fallen off, I confidently walked over to the desk. ‎ ‎  “I’m sorry,” I began to say but was confused on whether sir or madam was appropriate. “Can I help you?” ‎ ‎  “I need a room,” he said in a gruff (粗哑的) powerful voice. ‎ ‎  “Sure thing,” I said bringing up the registry. “Can I get your last name?” ‎ ‎  “Hurgan,” he said briefly. ‎ ‎  “And your first name?” ‎ ‎  “Amanda.” ‎ ‎  Suddenly I had to direct all of my concentration on holding back a smile. A ten second pause of silence passed while I tried to stay calm. ‎ ‎  “Okay,” I said getting back to the job, “can I get your phone number, Amanda?” ‎ All of the information was acquired and stored and Amanda received her room key for the night. All was well as I returned to the neglected mop bucket. Suddenly a low throaty cough drew me out of my temporary mental disorder. Looking over at the desk where Amanda stood touching her thick biceps (二头肌) I once again dropped the mop in shock. ‎ ‎  “I’m sorry about that,” I said coming around to the desk. Amanda stared with unease twisting her sleeve with her right index finger. ‎ ‎  “I have a cat,” she said in a low voice. ‎ ‎  “I’m sorry you what?” I asked leaning in closer. She drew back a bit as if I was some kind of threat. ‎ ‎  “I have a cat.” ‎ ‎  Looking up into her tall frame, I replied, “That’s fine. We just need to add an extra $10 fee.” She handed me her credit card once again. I swiped it, returned it, and grabbed the printing receipt. ‎ ‎  “You just need to sign here,” I said handing over the pen. She hesitantly grabbed it from my hand and signed. As she began to return it, my hand came a bit too close to connecting with hers. Scared and possibly a little disgusted she dropped the pen, causing it to bounce off the counter and onto the floor. ‎ ‎  “Sorry,” she said, looking down. “I have to go get my cat.” ‎ ‎  While Amanda was getting her cat, an unpleasant thought was circling around my head. Here I was just doing my job and this, this WO-MAN was acting as if I was the monster! He was wearing a pink dress! And I was the monster? Was he even still a man? The sliding doors opened and in came Amanda passing the front desk without even giving me a polite nod. ‎ ‎67. The story most probably happened at a ________.‎ ‎ A. pub B. hotel C. hospital D. shop ‎68. We can conclude that the author’s attitude towards the man is _______.‎ ‎ A. objective B. indifferent C. critical D. considerate ‎ ‎69. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?‎ A. The author was on the edge of smiling when he heard the man’s first name.‎ B. When the man checked in, he tipped the author $10.‎ C. After signing, the man grasped the author’s hand and thanked him.‎ D. The man gave the author a friendly nod while going toward his room.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎70. What might be the best title of this passage?‎ ‎ A. A disgusting cat B. A considerate waiter ‎ C. A fierce monster D. A strange-looking WO-MAN ‎【答案】67—70 BCAD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项 ‎ A【2011·豫南九校四联】‎ Meeting people from another culture can be difficult . From the beginning , people may send the wrong signal (信号) . Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship .‎ Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree . For example , business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust . Even with people at work , it is necessary to spend a lot of time in “small talk”, usually over a glass of tea , before they do any job . In many European countries—like the UK or France –people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.‎ ‎ Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand . I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion ; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just-stared at me and smiled .After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.‎ ‎ Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly ,English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact. this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.‎ ‎ People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment（多元文化环境）will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.‎ ‎56．In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to .‎ ‎ A．develop closer relations B．share the same culture ‎ C．get to know each other D．keep each other company ‎57．The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that .‎ ‎ A．the English prefer to make long speeches ‎ B．too many words are of no use ‎ C．people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature ‎ D．even talk and silence can be culturally different ‎58．According to the text ,how can people from different cultures understand each other ‎ better?‎ ‎ A．By sharing different ways of life. B．By accepting different habits.‎ ‎ C．By recognizing different values. D．By speaking each other’s languages.‎ ‎59．What would be the best title for the text?‎ ‎ A．Multicultural Environment. B．Cross-Cultural Differences. ‎ C．How to Understand Each Other. D．How to Build Up a Relationship.‎ ‎【答案】56—59 ADCB ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 B【2011·豫南九校四联】‎ One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. Fear – producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play.‎ Each of us had a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes . “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment（蚕食）?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.‎ Without having a nature experience, kids can turn out just fine ,but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive（认知的）skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters（培养）leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child, The three – year – old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.‎ Kids are not to blame. They are over – protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite（仪式）of passage.‎ Everyone from developers to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that cement（增强）love, respect and need for the landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.‎ ‎60．According to Paragraph 2,the writer thinks that_____.‎ ‎ A．we are the last generation to experience nature.‎ ‎ B．the author of Last Child in the Woods don’t defend parks against encroachment C．without having a nature experience, kids are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives ‎ D．children should grow up to be protectors of nature ‎61．According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will .‎ ‎ A．keep a high sense of wonder ‎ B．be over – protected by their parents ‎ C．be less healthy both physically and mentally ‎ D．change wild places and creatures for the better ‎62．According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is .‎ ‎ A．the fault on the part of their parents ‎ B．the natural experience in their growing up ‎ C．the result of their own carelessness in play ‎ D．the effect of their repetitive stress from computers ‎63．In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to .‎ ‎ A．blame children for getting lost in computer games ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ B．encourage children to protect parks from encroachment ‎ C．show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature ‎ D．inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around ‎【答案】60—63 DCBC C【2011·豫南九校四联】‎ Terraforming (Earth-forming) other planets, also known as planetary engineering (行星工程), seems like a task still centuries away for mankind to accomplish. However, it is a vigorous topic that attracts both popular and scientific interest. Why should the possibility of terraforming other planets be studied when it may be centuries before we know enough to even decide if it’s a good idea?‎ Mankind is getting more and more hard facts about other planets. The atmosphere of Venus has been explored; robots have surveyed the surface of Mars; Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn have been studied by spacecraft. Speculations have been answered; new questions have been raised, and enough hard data is right now becoming available to allow us to make the first attempt of planetary engineering.‎ In the past, people with excellent ideas about terraforming have kept them to themselves, or buried them in a desk drawer because they did not realize that anyone else was interested. But now, a wide circle of people has begun to do this kind of work. For instance, NASA funded a project on transforming Mars.‎ There are several strong reasons which demand that the possibilities of terraforming be studied carefully. First, it’s an exciting idea of a possible future for human beings. Such thinking has a valuable role in providing options for our future directions. Secondly, the techniques of terraforming will also help contemporary technologies in weather and climate control. Thirdly, such study may assist us in detecting any possible existence of extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI, The Search for Extraterrsstial Intelligence, 地外文明搜索) and alien (异己的) civilizations on other planets.‎ Though the mission is far beyond our reach at the moment, we should at least keep our options open. Through debate and study on this subject, the possibility of rebuilding other planets to make them suitable homes for people may come true some day in the future.‎ ‎64.According to the context, what’s the meaning of the word “speculation” in paragraph 2?‎ A. The act of discussing something with a group of people.‎ B. The act of studying and researching.‎ C. The act of guessing without knowing all the facts about something.‎ D. The acting of writing letters to a certain organization.‎ ‎65. Why did people keep the idea of terraforming to themselves in the past?‎ A. They thought no one else would show interest in the idea.‎ B. They gradually came to find the idea crazy.‎ C. They thought the idea would never come true.‎ D. They had few resources for further study on this topic.‎ ‎66. Which is NOT the reason to support the study of terraforming?‎ A. Even if we don’t succeed in terraforming, such study may help us to better understand technologies such as climate and weather control.‎ B. Such study may explore a new direction of development for human beings.‎ C. Such study may enable us to find the lives on other planets.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 D. As the resources on Earth are being drained, it’s very urgent to study how to migrate (迁移) to other planets.‎ ‎67. What’s the main idea of the article?‎ A. It’s highly possible that terraforming other planets will come true so we should increase investing in this program.‎ B. Even if the idea of terraforming other planets may take centuries to realize, we have many reasons to support such studies.‎ ‎ C. Terraforming other planets is the best option for human being’s future.‎ D. More and more people are taking planetary engineering as their occupation. ‎ ‎【答案】64—67 CADB D【2011·豫南九校四联】‎ I credit my typing skills to so many hours of chatting online. Unfortunately, as my typing speed increased on the Internet, all grammatical rules went out of the window. You see, instant messengers have their own shorthand language and grammar isn’t important, of which even a newbie(新手) is aware. They can leave out articles, subjects, pronouns, etc. They can misspell or “re-spell” almost any word. They often ask “A/S/L” when they first chat. Abbreviations and capitalizations are particularly important, English-speaking instant messengers also refuse to .burden themselves with punctuation and capitalization.‎ After I came back China, I discovered not one but two instant messaging crazes. The first, which brought back memories of my previous addiction to the computer, was QQ. I can see evidence that the Chinese have the same kind of separate instant messaging language, even when they chat in English. My first word in this language, for example, was “ft”. This abbreviation for “faint” is used whenever there is a need to express surprise. I also discovered that the Chinese use the same kind of abbreviation for a laugh. And there is an extraordinary number of smileys and icons available to express every emotion and reaction, from the traditional “sleepy” and “doubtful” smileys to the “vomit” and “army soldier’ smileys. There’s even a SARS smiley.‎ After QQ, there is another, perhaps more widespread, messaging trend. You guessed it－cell phone text messaging I now understand how useful text messaging is and why it is so common. I admit that I have been guilty of sending text messages while walking outside or sitting on the subway. Who hasn’t? No matter where I go, I see people on their cell phones, messaging. In fact, it’s rare to see someone actually talking on their phone!‎ So it looks as if there’s no escape from the instant messaging crazes, no matter where in the world I go. And that’s plainly not going to change. In the end, though, I can’t complain: instant messaging is quick, it’s cheap, it’s easy and it’s extreme fun too. And after all, everybody’s doing it.‎ ‎68. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Grammar and correct spelling are very important while chatting online.‎ ‎ B. There are enough smileys and icons to express yourselves while chatting online.‎ ‎ C. The writer is skilled at typing and once was addicted to online games.‎ ‎ D. It is impolite to leave out some unimportant words or letters while chatting online.‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎69. The writer believes that instant messaging is .‎ ‎ A. full of fun but time-consuming B. widespread but unnecessary ‎ ‎ C. quick but difficult to do D. common, useful and cheap ‎70. Which might be the main idea of the passage?‎ ‎ A. Who can escape QQ and cell phone text messaging B. Why is instant messaging so popular?‎ ‎ C. Chatting online is good for your typing skills ‎ D. chatting on QQ is natural for people ‎【答案】68—70BDA 阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分） 第一节•.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。‎ A【2011·金华十校期末】‎ My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’ t drive a car hut thought that I could probably guard a train，and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T. S. Eliot had worked in a hank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I' d he a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a capable man in a crisis(危机）• Obviously I’d he overqualified hut I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income, and travel privileges—those being particuIarly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.‎ The next day I sat down , with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have clone all right because after about half an hour’ s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological (心理学的）test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed，after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one lhat lasted a minute and a half.‎ I can remember the questions now ： ‘‘Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?，，‘‘And the one before that?’，I can’ t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, showed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “ You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position. ’‎ Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 Actually, such jobs一being a postman is another one I still desire—demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.‎ ‎41.The writer applied for the job mainly because .‎ he wanted to work in the centre of London he could no longer afford to live without one he was not interested in any other available job he had received some suitable training ‎42.The writer thought he was overqualified for the job be^^ .‎ A. he had published many popular poems B. he often traveled underground C. he could deal with difficult situations D. he had worked in a company ‎43.The length of his interview meant that .‎ A. he was not going to be offered the job B. he had not done well in the intelligence test C. he did not like the interviewer at all D. he had little work experience to talk about ‎44.What's the writer' s opinion of the psychologist?‎ A. He was very aggressive B. He was very humorous.‎ C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.‎ ‎【答案】41-44 BCAD B【2011·金华十校期末】‎ ‎• Putting Movies on Mobiles Movies in the theater get their recognition at awards ceremonies such as the Oscars. But how about movies for phones? They are getting their turn at MoFilm—the first mobile film festival.‎ The first MoFilm competition，received 250 entries from more than 100 countries. Entries were limited to films that were five minutes or less in length 一 ideal for viewing and sharing on mobile phones. An independent jury then selected a shortlist of five film-makers. The winner was chosen from the shortlist by an audience voting using their phones. • New Platforms The awards highlight the increasing impact that mobile phones are making in the entertainment industry. Many grassroots filmmakers start out with short films. They are thwarted by the lack of opportunities to screen their work. Therefore, mobile phones are increasingly being seen as a new platform for these short works.‎ It is a good place for anyone who wants to express themselves and find a way to have that expression seen by a wide audience. Just think about how many people have mobile phones in the world ！‎ ‎• New Technology Advances MoFilm is pioneering content for mobile and online services that is a world away from Hollywood. The majority of films made for mobiles are now short in length , taking into account the screen size. However this could be overcome as technology advances.‎ In the near future, longer films are likely to be seen on the mobile phone. And there are mobile ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 companies creating phones where users can watch movies at higher quality.‎ Wherever you see movies，one thing is certain ： the qualify of work，the simple ability at story telling, and the thing that inspires someone to tell a story can really come from anywhere.‎ ‎45.At the first MoFilm, .‎ movies in the theater got their recognition more than 100 countries took part in the competition ideal films were five minutes or less in length the winner was chosen by experts’ voting ‎46.The underlined word thwarted means “ ‎ A. discouraged B. encouraged C. D. surprised ‎47.Nowadays the majority of films made for mobiles are short in length because of .‎ A. online services B. the mobile phone C. technology advances D. the screen size ‎48.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?‎ The large number of mobile phone users may contribute to the popularity of MoFilm.‎ Audience are not likely to watch longer films on mobile phones in the near future.‎ Some mobile companies are on the way to producing mobile films of higher quality.‎ Grassroots filmmakers can surely achieve their career success starting from MoFilm.‎ ‎【答案】45-48 BADA C【2011·金华十校期末】‎ Books are not Nadia Konyk's thing. Her mother brings them home from the library，but Nadia rarely shows interest. Instead, like so many other teenagers, Nadia，15，is addicted to the Internet. She regularly spends at least six hours a day in front of the computer, spending most of her time reading and commenting on stories written by other users. Her mother, Deborah Konyk , would prefer that Nadia read books for a change.‎ As teenagers' scores on reading tests have declined, some argue that the hours spent surfing the Internet are the enemy of reading一destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books. Critics have warned that electronic media would destroy reading.‎ Others say the Internet has created a new kind ol leading. The Web inspires a teenager like NacIia, who might otherwise spend most of her spare time watching television, to read and write. What is different now, some experts say , is that spending time on the Weh engages viewers with text.‎ Web supporters believe that strong readers on the Web may eventually surpass (超过）those who rely on books. Heading five Web sites, experts say, can be more enriching than reading one book. “It takes a long time to read a 400-page book” said Spiro. “In a tenth of the time,”，he said, the Internet allows a reader to “cover a lot more of the topic from different points of view. ”‎ Some experts say that reading itself should be redefined. Interpreting videos or pictures, they say, may be as important a skill as analyzing a novel or a poem. “Kids are using sound and images so they have a world of ideas to put together," said Donna Alvermann , a professor of education at the University of Georgia. ‘‘Books aren’t out of the picture, but they’ re only one way of experiencing information in the world today. ”‎ Next year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) , which gives ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 reading, math and science tests to 15-year-old students in more than 50 countries, will add an electronic reading software. The United States says it will not participate because an additional test would overburden schools.‎ ‎49.Why are books not the thing of Nadia Konyk ?‎ She does reading mainly through electronic media.‎ Her mother doesn' t provide her with enough books.‎ She has become addicted to playing games on the web.‎ Like many youngsters, she has lost interest in reading.‎ ‎50.How many hours does Nadia spend in front of the computer in a week? A. Exactly forty-two hours B. Usually fifty hours C. More than forty hours D. At most thirty-six hours ‎51.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?‎ Searching for information on the web engages viewers without text.‎ Explaining videos is a technique more important than analyzing a novel.‎ Children using sound and images may lose their interest in movies.‎ People reading well online may surpass those who rely on books.‎ ‎52.The US refuses to participate in the tests given by OECD because .‎ the teachers and students considered it useless such a test would give schools more extra work they thought reading was the only way to get information none of them showed interest in such an additional test ‎【答案】49-52 ACDB d【2011·金华十校期末】‎ As I was thinking about language learning the other day, the image of baking bread came into my mind. I compared some of the exercises and drills that we put ourselves through in order to learn a language to the various ingredients(原料）that go into baking a loaf of fresh bread.‎ Real language learning takes place in human relationships. No one sits down and eats a cup of flour, even if he is hungry and in a hurry. You don' t become bilingual(双语的）by learning lists of vocabulary. You don' t become a speaker of a language by memorizing grammatical rules. You become bilingual by entering a community that uses that other language as its basic means of communication.‎ I am not suggesting that we can make bread without ingredients. Flour is necessary, as are yeast (酵母），salt, water and other ingredients. Vocabulary is part of any language and will have to he learned. Grammatical rules exist in every language and cannot be ignored. But merely combining the appropriate ingredients in the recommended proportions does not result in bread. At best, you only end up with a ball of dough (面团）.‎ In order to get bread , you have to apply heat to the dough. And in language learning, that heat comes from the community. Anyone who has learned a second language has experienced that heat. It creeps up your nedk when you ask the babysitter, “Have you already been eaten?，，when you 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ meant to say，‘‘Have you already eaten?” When you try to say something quite innocent and the whole room bursts into laughter, you are experiencing the heat that turns raw dough into good bread.‎ Remember the old saying, “If you can’ t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". This is where language learning often breaks down because we find the heat uncomfortable and we stop the baking process. In other words, we can' t stand the heat, so we get out of the kitchen.‎ However, the language learner who stays in the kitchen—in the heat—until the combined ingredients are thoroughly transformed will enjoy the richness of a quality loaf of bread. He is glad that he did not "get out of the kitchen” at the important moment when the oven seemed too hot. The devoted language learner knows that becoming bilingual cannot be achieved without the heat ！‎ ‎53.The passage is mainly about .‎ how to bake bread with various ingredients how to become bilingual by communicating with others what an important role “heat” plays in learning a language what a high quality of bread you may achieve in the kitchen ‎54.You can become a speaker of a language by .‎ bearing millions of words and expressions in your mind using the language to communicate with those around you mastering a large vocabulary and grammatical rules saying something innocent to be laughed at by others ‎55.The author gave the underlined example to show that .‎ you are sure to make some mistakes when you enter a community you should combine the ingredients in the recommended proportions you may experience "heat" from the community in language learning being bilingual calls for your courage, confidence and perseverance ‎56.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the necessity of baking bread and learning language?‎ A. Excellent Skills. B. Various ingredients.‎ C. Appropriate proportions. D. Uncomfortable heat.‎ ‎【答案】53-56 CBCA E【2011·金华十校期末】‎ A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth.‎ Until now, it has been widely accepted that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any related previous experience ( what psychologists call fluid intelligence) is born and cannot be taught(though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing).‎ But in the new study, researchers describe a method for improving this skill, along with experiments to prove it works.‎ The key, researchers found , was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it. This type of memory is 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ closely related to fluid intelligence, so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence.‎ First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests. Then they trained each in a complicated (复杂的）memory task—the child ' s card game, in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard. During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time.‎ The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively. To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills, the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training.‎ The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were striking. Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater. Moreover, the longer they trained, the higher their scores were. All performers ，from the weakest to the strongest, showed great improvement.‎ ‎“ Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training. ” said Dr Jaeggi，a co-author of the paper. “ No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops，” he added， ‘‘ and the experiment' s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains. ”‎ ‎57.The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was .‎ A. memorizing telephone numbers B. improving working memory C. training in concentration D. recalling a card ‎58.The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence EXCEPT .‎ A. ignoring irrelevant items： B monitoring ongoing performance C. managing two tasks at the same time D. using previous experience ‎59.When the experiment was conducted, the researchers .‎ trained the four groups for the same period of time only made comparisons between the four groups compared the four groups with control groups trained the four groups together ‎60.By writing the article, the writer intends to .‎ inform the readers of a new study call on people to be trained to increase intelligence prove one' s born brainpower can be improved tell people the improved intelligence will last forever ‎【答案】57-60 BDCA A【2011·合肥一检】‎ A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald ’ s on one cold winter evening. It seemed that they didn' t come to the right place with the young families and young couples eating that night.‎ The little old man walked right up to the cash register, placed his order with no hesitation and then 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ paid for their meal. The couple took a table near the back wall and started taking food off the tray. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. Then he carefully counted out the French fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip at the drink and then set the cup down between them.‎ As the man began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the crowd began to get restless. You could tell what they were thinking, “That poor old couple. All they can afford is one meal for the two of them. ”‎ As the man began to eat his French fries, one young man stood and came over to the old couple ’ s table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple to eat. The old man replied that they were just fine. They were used to sharing everything.‎ As the little old man finished eating and was wiping his face neatly with a napkin，the young man could stand it no longer. Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food.‎ After being politely refused again，he finally asked a question of the little old lady，" Ma ’ am, why aren' t you eating? You said that you share everything. What is it that you are waiting for?"‎ She answered, "The teeth.,’‎ According to the 1st paragraph, the old couple .‎ enjoyed the scene outside the McDonald' s didn, t look suitable for the surroundings loved being with young families and couples liked the food in McDonald' s The little old man cut the plain hamburger in half because .‎ he couldn' t finish eating it with one bite he was very careful with his food he ordered more than he could consume he wanted to share it with his wife The young man who offered to buy the old couple food was .‎ A. impolite B. stubborn C. sympathetic D. doubtful From the old lady' s answer, we know that .‎ A. she was not interested in the food B. the couple suffered a terrible toothache C. the couple did share everything D. she gave an irrelevant answer ‎【答案】 BDCC ‎ B【2011·合肥一检】‎ It is commonly believed among many Chinese that Westerners who take “Yes’，and “No” by their facial expressions are more straightforward than Chinese. Normally Westerners don * t have to adopt Chinese ways like sweeping the floor or constantly checking the clock to indicate to a guest that it’ s time to leave. They don’ t have to hesitate in saying “No” when they are not able to, or don’ t want to, offer help to a friend in need. There is no embarrassment attached to this behavior. But it is too simple to conclude that Westerners are more direct speakers than the Chinese.‎ There are many occasions when the way Westerners express themselves makes Chinese look more straightforward and honest. When I was a fresh international student，the director of our program once asked students in an e-mail what we thought about a young professor. I simply said ’ “She seems to know a lot but doesn* t know how to teach. ” And the director replied with “Thank you 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎ for being honest. ”‎ Only years later when I better understood the new culture，I realized why I had gone too far. If that question were asked now，the reply would have three paragraphs devoted to the qualities of the professor before the last line came out — ” There are some gaps in her teaching method. ” Still tough, but at least it wouldn't be considered rude.‎ Indeed, the reserved social norms and the deeply - rooted “face issue" make honest speaking risky in China ； Americans have their own ways of being polite. This results partly from political correctness. It also results from several generations of people who have been told they have done well even when they have failed. It may not be unfair to suggest that many Americans are oversensitive and obsessed with a perfect self image.‎ So，the next time you hear about indirect Chinese，it would be worth challenging the source and pointing out that the cultural comparisons are much more complex. But maybe you should do it in a roundabout way，to be polite.‎ The passage mainly aims to •‎ tell us something about culture distinctions remind us of the conflicts between cultures ask us to take positive attitudes to Chinese cultures keep us informed of the various communications According to the passage, the young professor lacked .‎ confidence in her job teaching experience interaction with her students m D. responsibility for her students The underlined words “obsessed with" (para.4) probably means .‎ A. satisfied with B. proud of C. addicted to D. stuck in It can be inferred from the passage that .‎ the writer has a good knowledge of American culture Americans are much more straightforward than Chinese the new professor was very angry with the writer' s comments different culture backgrounds make cultures comparison complicated ‎【答案】ABCD ‎（缺一篇带图片的）‎ D【2011·合肥一检】‎ The Japanese economy is at a standstill，Japan ’ s government has said, as concerns about the strong yen(曰元）continue to grow. The recovery in the economy was “pausing"，the Cabinet Office said in a monthly statement.‎ It is the most negative that the government has been about the economy in nearly two years. The rising yen and a slowdown in global demand for Japanese exports were blamed for the setback.‎ In recent months, the government has insisted that the economy is “picking up". But it said it now expected the economy to Femain weak for some time, with “weakening" exports a chief concern. It said shipments to Asia in particular were becoming weaker, further hitting exporters that are already suffering from the strong yen.‎ The yen remains near a 15 - year high against the US dollar, despite the financial interfer-ence ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 ‎( 干预）in the currency markets last month for the first time in six years.‎ Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan(菅直人）has also passed a $ 63 billion stimulus(剌激）package in an effort to protect exporters who have seen the poor exchange rate eat into their prof-its. At the close of markets in Tokyo，the yen was trading at 81.44 yen to the dollar, just off the high of 81.27 yen.‎ ‎"If the economy turns out as expected, we may end up describing the current situation as a soft patch，” one of die government officials said ’ “ But if it comes under further downward pressure, it could end up slipping into recession (衰退）.”‎ ‎68.The Japanese government think the current bad economy situation is partly due to .‎ A. the decline of the strong yen B. the unsatisfactory exports ‎ C. the government' s mistaken policy D. the decline in the quality of goods ‎69.In recent months, the government has a(n) attitude towards the economy situation.‎ A. shocking B. negative C. optimistic D. aggressive ‎70.From the passage we know the government has taken measures mainly to .‎ A. protect the foreign markets B. protect profits of its hitting exporters C. monitor the yen exchange rate D. stimulate domestic demands ‎71.The passage could probably be found in .‎ A. government white paper B. a science fiction C. a travel journal D. a newspaper report ‎【答案】BCBA E【2011·合肥一检】‎ The amount of carbon taken in by growing plants increased from 1982 through 1999 as temperatures rose and the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased. But a new study in Friday ’ s edition of the journal Science found a drought - related decline in such plant growth from 2000 to 2009，even though temperatures continued to climb.‎ As drought caused by warming reduces the land ’ s ability to take in carbon，the result could be more carbon dioxide left in the atmosphere，and thus more warming，Zhao Maosheng from the University of Montana explained in a telephone interview.‎ ‎“This is a pretty serious warning that warmer temperatures are not going to endlessly improve plant growth ’” co - author Steven Running，also from the University of Montana ’ said in a statement. “ We see this as a bit of a surprise，and potentially significant on a policy level because previous interpretations suggested global warming might actually help plant growth around the world, “ he said.‎ Instead, he and Zhao found a small but measurable decline of about 1%，compared to a 6% increase in the past decade.‎ Their study，based on the data collected by NASA satellites，found that north areas continued to increase plant growth，thanks to warmer temperatures and a longer growing season.‎ Someone commented, "This past decade’ s net decline in earthly productivity suggests that a complex relationship between temperature, rainfall, cloudiness, and carbon dioxide, probably in combination with other factors such as nutrients (营养）and land management，will determine ‎ 第 169 页 共 169 页 ‎2012届高考英语模拟试题分类汇编-阅读理解 future patterns and trends in productivity.，，‎ ‎72.From the first paragraph, we can learn in the recent decade or so.‎ the emission(排放)of carbon hasn’ t been reduced draught has been causing loss of soil and water carbon dioxide levels have been rising the rise of temperature doesn' t promote the plant growth ‎73.Zhao Maosheng really worried that .‎ more and more land will be abandoned the climate becomes warmer and warmer the emission of carbon dioxide increases draught further reduces the number of the plants ‎74.Steven Running made his statement to .‎ confirm Zhao' s views on the influence of temperature rise urge the government to take necessary measures warn the people to strengthen the plant protection support Zhao* s views on lhe plant production ‎75. We can infer from the passage that .‎ global warming will determine the future productivity various factors play a key role jointly on future productivity earthly productivity actually increased in the past decade temperature rise has had no effect on future producticity patterns ‎【答案】DBAB 第 169 页 共 169 页