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1、河南省洛阳市20112012学年度高三年级期中考试英 语 试 题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡答题卷上。（答题注意事项见答题卡），在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将答题卡和答题卷一并交回。 第卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题l.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅

2、读一遍。 1What do the mans parents want him to be?AA doctor.BA teacher.CAn engineer.2What will the weather be like in the evening?AClear.BRainy.CSnowy.3How did the man feel about the film?AHe liked it very much.BHe didnt like it at all.CHe liked the last part of it.4What will the woman do next?ATalk to

3、a police officer.BWait for the man to call back.CTell the man what happened in detail.5What are the speakers talking about?AThe making of a robot.BTheir home in the future.CHow technology has changed their lives.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听每

4、段对话或独白前你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第67题。6Whats the man doing?AGiving his mother some suggestions.BAsking permission from his mother.CTelling his mother about his school life.7What do we know about the man?AHe wont live with his parents soon.BHe wants to take some danci

5、ng lessons.CHe often helps his mother in the chicken.听第7段材料，回答第89题。8What did the speakers just do?AThey met Sandy.BThey went to a museum.CThey had a job interview.9Why doesnt the woman want Sandy to get the job in the larger company?AIts too far away.BIts not a good job.CShe wants to apply for the j

6、ob.听第8段材料，回答第1012题。10What holiday in the West does the man compare the Spring Festival with?AEaster.BChristmas.CThanks giving Day.11On which day of the first month of the lunar calendar does the festival end officially?AThe 5th.BThe 7th.CThe 15th.12Why did people use to set off firecrackers?ATo driv

7、e away the bad spirits.BTo create a festive atmosphere.CTo welcome the coming of spring.听第9段材料，回答第1316题。13What do we know about the coffee shop?AIts American-style.BIts open around the clock.CIt provides home-made bread.14What does the man want to have?ASteak.BChicken.CPotatoes.15Where are the speak

8、ers?AIn China.BIn Japan.CIn America.16What time is it now?A6:00 a.m.B12:00 a.m.C6:00 p.m.听第10段材料，回答第1720题。17What activity will the school organize on Friday morning?ASee a film.BVisit a museum.CAttend a lecture.18Why will they play games?ATo take a break.BTo get to know the others.CTo memorize new w

9、ords.19When will they go to Bath?AAt 7:00 p.m. on Friday.BAt 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.CAt 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.20Whats the arrangement on Sunday?ATheyll take a trip.BTheyll have lessons.CThey are free to do what they want.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并

10、在答题卡上将该基涂黑。21What book!Its wonderful indeed. Ive never read more exiting one.Aa; theBthe; 不填Ca; aDthe; a22 you would have to go away.AOne more word andBSay another wordCWith more words andDSay more words23I want to say I love you, but I dont know how to it.AsayBputCgetDtake24Are you going to the cou

11、ntryside for holiday? . I wonder if Ill be free then.ALets goBIts up to youCTake it easyDIt all depends25What I want to tell you is Ive made a decision that I will give up the job.AthisBthatCthoseDthese26They had no sooner arrived at the airport it was time to check in.AwhenBbeforeCthanDthough27You

12、cant imagine that a well behaved gentleman be so rude to a lady.AmightBmustCshouldDwould28He has promised me that upon my return he for me at the airport.Ais waitingBwill be waitingCwill have waitedDwaits29His girl friend wore a smile when seeing the nice dress she wanted.AsatisfiedBsatisfyingCbeing

13、 satisfiedDsatisfy30Our teacher keeps telling us that the future to the well-educated.AbelongingBbelongsCis belongingDis belonged31If the weather is fine, well go. If not, .AnoBdontCwontDnot32Since it was getting late and there were no hotels nearby, we decided to at a small inn for the night.Aput o

14、ffBput awayCput inDput up33Youre standing too near the camera. Can you move ?Aa bit farBa little fartherCa bit of fartherDmore farther34My neighbors used to give a hand in time of trouble, was very kind of them.Awho BthatCwhatDwhich35Its so cloudy. Take an umbrella please. .AOK, just in caseBWell, n

15、o needCYes, take it easyDSure, go ahead第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下在短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam 36 to begin in a few

16、 minutes. On their faces was 37 .This was their last examthen on to graduation and jobs.Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they would get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 38 and able to take 39 of the world.The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n） 40

17、task, as the professor had said they could bring either books or notes they wanted, requesting， only 41 that they did not talk to each other during the test. 42 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles appeared on the students faces as they 43 there were only five

18、questions. Three hours had passed before the professor began to 44 the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor 45 the class.He looked at the worried faces before him, and then asked: “How many complete

19、d all five questions?” 46 a hand was raised.“How many answered four?” Still no hands.“Three? Two?” The students 47 restlessly(不安地) in their seats.“One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.” But the class remained 48 .The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just

20、 want you to 50 you that, even although you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 51 you dont know. These questions you couldnt answer are relatively common in everyday 52 .” Then smiling, he 53 , “You will all pass this course, but remembereven though you a

21、re now college graduates, your education has just 54 .”The years have 55 the name of the professor, but not the lesson he taught. 36AowingBdueCexactDup37AfrightBanxietyCpuzzleDconfidence38AreadyBhopefulCdiscouragedDsad39AholdBcontrolCchargeDplace40AinterestingBnecessaryCeasyDunusual41AorderingBshari

22、ngCaskingDrequesting42ANervouslyBJoyfullyCQuicklyDCuriously43AnotedBknewCrecognizedDheard44AcheckBhand inCcollectDgive out45AgaveBfacedCtookDfinished46ANotBOnceCOnlyDEven47AtalkedBmovedCfeltDwent48ApuzzledBcalmCsilentDafraid49AwonderedBenjoyedChatedDexpected50Aput onBlook onCdepend uponDimpress upon

23、51AexamBsubjectCquestionDcollege52AlifeBhabitCpracticeDcomunication53AaddedBorderedCtalkedDdemanded54AbegunBcompletedCfailedDsucceeded55AforgotBrememberedCstrengthenedDweakened第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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。AChristine and Elena grew

24、 up in the same suburb of Sydney and first met at kindergarten. They took to each other immediately and became inseparable friends throughout their school lives. Elenas parents had emigrated from Greece to Australia, and her grandparents still lived on the small Greek island of Santorini, When she w

25、as 16, Elena visited her grandparents for the first time. On returning to Australia, she talked endlessly about her grandmothers next-door neighbor. Mara. When Christine expressed puzzlement at Elenas obsession(着魔) with people next door, Elena admitted that Maria had a handsome son called Nicos. She

26、 showed Christine a photo of him, standing next to his prize possession, a motorbike. Elena and Nicos exchanged emails for a while, but suddenly Nicos stopped writing. While not heartbroken, Elena was nevertheless hurt. A year later, when Christine announced that she too was going to visit Greece, E

27、lena begged her to visit Santorini and say hello to Maria and Nicos. Christine agreed to do so.When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in September, she quickly realized that she hadnt brought enough warm clothes. Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a

28、nice coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called

29、Elena. Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had come to Athens from Santorini to look after the shop for a friend.Sadly, the story has

30、 a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident. “I wanted to tell Elena,” said Maria. “But I didnt know how. Now that I have met you, I know that its time to tell her.”56Elena went to Greece in order to visit .Aher parentsBChristineCNicos.Dher grandparents57Why did Nicos stop writi

31、ng to Elena?AHe had moved away.BHis mother forbade him to do so.CHe h ad died in an accident.DThey had lost touch with each other.58What can be inferred from the fact that Christine and Maria had a talk in the shop?AThey two had planned the talk before.BThey met each other accidentally.CThey were bu

32、siness partners.DThey recognized each other.BPeople playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, a new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didnt get any smarterResearcher

33、s recruited（招募） participants from views of the BBCs science show Bang Goes the TheoryMore than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills, for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a weekThey were

34、compared to more than 2,700 people who didnt play any brain games, but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Internet and answering general knowledge questions. All participants were given an “IQ test” before and after the experimentResearchers said the people who did the brain training didnt d

35、o any better on the test after six weeks than people who had simply been on the InternetOn some sections of the test, the people who surfed the Net scored higher than those who played the games.The study was published online by the journey Nature. “If you are playing these games because theyre fun,

36、thats absolutely fine,” said Adrian Owen, assistant director at Britains Medical Research Council, the studys lead author“But if youre expecting these games to improve your IQ, our data suggests this isnt the case”59Whats the purpose of online brain games according to the designers?ATo take part in

37、the study.BTo draw public attention to computer.CTo provide free service to teenagers.DTo improve players IQ.60How many people were inveolved in the study made by the researchers?AAbout 60.BOnly 2700.C8600 or so.DAround 11,300.61Whats the result of the study about online games?AThose who didnt play

38、online games felt disappointed.BThose who played online games proved smarter.COnline games dont improve the players skills at all.DOnline games will be more popular than before.62The best title for the passage may probably be .ADont Play Games Any MoreBNew Study of IQCBrain Games Dont Raise IQDBrain

39、 Games and Super MarioCKids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of allA new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages j

40、ust by looking at the speakers faceThey dont need to hear wordSometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose this abilityBabies from bilingual(双语的) homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until theyre at least 8 months oldResearcher

41、s in Canada studied 36 babies from English-speaking familiesTwelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months oldEach baby sat on his or her mothers lap and watched video clips(电影片断) of a woman talkingThe woman was fluent in both English and FrenchIn some clips,

42、 she read from a storybook in EnglishIn other clips, she read in FrenchIn all of the videos there was no soundAfter watching clip after clip of the woman reading in just one language, the babies eventually started to look away, apparently because they were boredThe researchers then showed the babies

43、 a new silent clip of the woman reading a story in the other languageAt that point, the 4-month-olds and 6-month-olds started looking at the screen againThe 8-month-old,by contrast, paid no attentionThat suggests that a babys ability to distinguish between languages get lost before 8 months of ageIn

44、formation which can be seen about speech may play a more important role in language learning than previously expected, says researcher psychologist WhitneyIts not yet clear, she adds, which part of the speakers face babies are looking at for cluesNext, scientists want to see whether babies can match

45、 faces with the voices of foreign-language speakersIf babies can do this, the scientists would then like to know if this ability also declines toward the end of the first year of life63What is mainly discussed in the passage ?ALanguage teachingBLanguage learningCBabies and language learningDParents

46、and language teaching64What do the underlined word in the second paragraph refer to ?ATwo or moreBForeign.Cdifficult.DAt least one.65We can know from the passage that .Aall the babies in the study are of the same ageBthe babies could hear the womans voice while watching the videosCthe stories the wo

47、man read were written in either French or GermanDits still unknown how babies could tell the difference between languages66Why did the 8-month-old pay no attention when the language was changed ?AThey had lost the ability to distinguish different languagesBThey were too tired to open their eyes and

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55、8We learn from the ads that in Bayfield Shopping Centre .Aparking is freeBdrinks are freeCtherere the latest moviesDtickets are very expensive69Which ad may be the most attractive to parents?AHalf-price Movie Tickets.BTen Percent Off.CSix Hours Free Parking.DBuy One, Get One Free.70What kind of pers

56、on would probably go to Daniels Menswear?AJohn and his father who are going to a party.BDavid who likes reading travel guides.CJackson who finds the cost of parking going up.DLily who wants to meet her mother at he airport.第二节（共5 小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。As with everyt

57、hing in life, there is a right way to sleep in a manner that is productive in dream recall. Relaxation and good sleeping habits are necessary. There is sleep debt that occurs when you regularly do not get enough sleep. If so, youll sleep too deep to remember your dreams, so follow regular habits. Be

58、fore you leap into bed, review these steps: 71 This can be done with nothing more than peace and quiet. If you choose, use your favorite relaxation tapes, or just some peaceful music. 72 As you start to sleep, pay attention to the main theme. This will give you a clue as to what your dream may end u

59、p being based on. Also, by keeping your mind on what you what to dream about is a good way to dream about one particular issue.Give yourself a suggestion to remember your dream. 73 In order to do so, giving yourself a suggestion is simple. Just keep in mind, and randomly bring to a surface a little

60、thought like “I will remember my dream.”Plan on waking up slowly and peacefully. 74 Regardless of what anyone may have told you, it is a fact that adult human beings NEED a minimum of eight hours sleep in order to be fully rested. Not getting enough sleep is the number one reason for not remembering

61、 your dreams!75 Eat a well-balanced diet. Poor nutrition is also an extremely common cause for failure to recall dreams.A. Try to wake up naturally.B. Relax yourself completely.C. Your health is very important.D. Solve your issues before going to sleep.E. You must want to remember your dreams.F. Man

62、y people cant remember their dreams.G. Pay attention to the main issues on your mind.第卷注意：将答案写在答题卷上，写在本试卷上无效。第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误。每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在下面加上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的

63、词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。It was Sunday and without homework, I got up late. After finishing the breakfast, I began to surf the Internet. About one and a half hour later, when Mom noticed that I still playing computer games, she was very annoyed that she scolded me, she said I shou

64、ldnt be so addicted to the Internet and ignored my study as the college entrance tests were drawing nearer. I said that this was necessary to have a rest to refresh myself. Mom left angry. It was at that moment when I realized I was wrong. I said sorry, and promised I wouldnt do that again. Mom hope

65、d that I wouldnt cost too much time on the Internet any more.第二节：书面表达（满分25分）假定你是育才国际学校的学生李华。英国学生Tony作为交换生，在中国留学，住在你家。请你给其母亲Mrs. Wilson写封信介绍Tony的情况，内容包括：1刚入学和现在学习情况。2和同学、老师相处情况。3愿意为他提供更多帮助。注意：1词数100左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Mrs. Wilson,Im Li Hua, your kid Tonys classmate from Yucai International School. Best wishes!Yours,Li Hua