高考英语试题重庆卷

高考英语试题重庆卷

‎2012年普通高校招生全国统一考试（重庆卷）‎ 英 语 试 题 英语试题卷共16页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。‎ 注意事项：‎ ‎1. 答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。‎ ‎2. 答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。‎ ‎3. 答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案写在答题卡规定的位置上。‎ ‎4. 所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。‎ ‎5. 考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。‎ 一、听力（共三节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，请先将答案划在试题卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试题卷上的答案转涂或转填到答题卡上。‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。每段对话读一遍。‎ 例：How much is the shirt?‎ A. £19. 15 B. £9. ‎15 C. £9. 18 答案是B。‎ ‎1. How old is the girl?‎ A. 7 B. ‎8 C. 10‎ ‎2. Where does the conversation most probably take place?‎ A. In a bank B. In a store C. In a library ‎ ‎3. How will the two speakers travel?‎ A. By bus. B. By car. C. By train. ‎ ‎4. What are the two speakers talking about?‎ A. Their work. B. Their manager. C. Their meeting.‎ ‎5. What is the woman’s problem?‎ A. She is thirsty. B. She is sick. C. She is tired. ‎ 第二节 （共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）‎ 请听下面4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，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。‎ 请听第6段材料，回答第6至第8题。‎ ‎6. Which TV program does the woman like best?‎ A. Sports program B. Morning news C. Talk show ‎ ‎7. How much time does the woman spend watching TV every day?‎ A. About half an hour B. About two hours C. About four hours ‎ ‎8. What is the conversation mainly about?‎ A. Types of TV programs. B. Popular TV shows C. TV watching habits 请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。‎ ‎9. Who will take the guitar lessons?‎ A. The woman B. The woman’s son C. The woman’s friend ‎10. How long has the woman played the piano?‎ A. For two years B. For three years C. For five years ‎11. How much do the Tuesday lessons cost per hour?‎ A. $ 4 B. $‎8 C. $12‎ 请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。‎ ‎12. What was the umbrella first used for?‎ ‎ A. Keeping the water off on rainy days. B. Protecting people against the sun.‎ ‎ C. Showing the power of the rich.‎ ‎13. Who were the first to use the umbrella in Europe?‎ ‎ A. The English. B. The French. C. The Greeks.‎ ‎14. What is the passage mainly about?‎ ‎ A. The invention of the umbrella. B. The history of the umbrella. C. The style of the umbrella.‎ 请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。‎ ‎15. What does the conversation most probably take place?‎ A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Saturday. ‎ ‎16. What kind of food might the woman have tonight?‎ A. Italian food. B. French food. C. Japanese food. ‎ ‎17. How many people will go for dinner?‎ A. Three. B. Six. C. Eight. ‎ 第三节（共3小题；每小题1. 5分，满分4. 5分）‎ 请听下面一段独白，用所听到的独白中的词或数填空，每空限填一个词或一个数。填入内容要写在答题卡相应的位置上。在听本段独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。本段独白读两遍。‎ 请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ Timetable of a Radio Station Time Program Radio Four ‎7:30‎ ‎ 18 ‎ Radio Three ‎7:30‎ Concert Radio Two ‎8:00‎ ‎ 19 Match Radio One ‎10:00‎ News Radio One ‎ 20 ‎ Travel 二、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）‎ 请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。‎ 例：A computer can only do _______you have instructed it to do. ‎ A. how B. after C. what D. when 答案是C. ‎ ‎21. —John, when shall we meet again, Thursday or Friday?‎ ‎—________. I’ll be off to London then. ‎ A. Either B. Neither C. Both D. None ‎22. —Kevin, you look worried. Anything wrong?‎ ‎—Well, I ________ a test and I’m waiting for the result. ‎ A. will take B. took C. had taken D. take ‎23. ________to work overtime that evening, I missed a wonderful film. ‎ A. Having been asked B. To ask C. Having asked D. To be asked ‎24. Sam has been appointed ____ manager of the engineering department to take ___ place of George. ‎ A. /, / B. the, / C. the, the D. /, the ‎25. —________ you interrupt now? Can’t you see I’m on the phone?‎ ‎—Sorry Sir, but it’s urgent. ‎ A. Can B. Should C. Must D. Would ‎26. —The Modern Art Exhibition in the City‎ ‎Museum has been cancelled. ‎ ‎—Oh, no!_________. ‎ A. It’s a pity B. It doesn’t matter C. I knew it already D. It’s not interesting at all ‎27. Food supplies in the flood-stricken area ______. We must act immediately before there’s none left. ‎ A. have run out B. are running out C. have been run out D. are being run out ‎28. We’re having a meeting in half an hour. The decision ________ at the meeting will influence the future of our company. ‎ A. to be made B. being made C. made D. having been made ‎29. Sales director is a position _________ communication ability is just as importance as sales skills.‎ A. which B. that C. when D. where ‎30. —Coach, can I continue with the training?‎ ‎—Sorry, you can’t _________ you haven’t recovered from the knee injury.‎ A. until B. before C. as D. unless ‎31. Before you quit your job, _________ how your family would feel about your decision. ‎ A. consider B. considering C. to consider D. considered ‎32. It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic _____ Zheng He sailed to East Africa.‎ A. when B. that C. after D. since ‎33. The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor _________ it a thought. ‎ A. does he even given B. he even gives C. will he even give D. he will even given ‎34. Evidence has been found through years of study ________ children’s early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up. ‎ A. why B. how C. whether D. that ‎35. —Look, here comes your dream girl. Invite her to dance. ‎ ‎—_________ What if she refuses me?‎ A. I don’t know B. Why me? C. With pleasure D. So what?‎ 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）‎ 请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。‎ I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early 36 of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to 37 my parents. ‎ At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with 38 at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to 39 !” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste of time. ‎ At that age, I always did something 40 to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found 41 , I would plant a garden!‎ I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard. But they failed to 42 . I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild 43 joy, I found the first rose bloom（开花）. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. 44 , I was touched by this land of wonder.‎ ‎__45 , my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even 46 at me because he found it was 47 to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s 48 , I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds 49 flowers. ‎ Regardless of their 50 , I kept on planting my garden and 51 to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they 52 to care and love. ‎ It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to 53 my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very 54 . And now I could say it is my affection for 55 that makes me a real gardener. ‎ ‎36. A. memory B. dream C. intention D. design ‎37. A. please B. change C. help D. annoy ‎38. A. doubt B. appreciation C. surprise D. excitement ‎39. A. collect up B. care about C. clean up D. come in ‎40. A. equal B. similar C. superior D. opposite ‎41. A. painful B. valuable C. upsetting D. interesting ‎42. A. come up B. break out C. hold on D. get through ‎43. A. to B. with C. in D. by ‎44. A. Luckily B. Cheerfully C. Regularly D. Eventually ‎45. A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Besides ‎46. A. shouted B. laughed C. glanced D. jumped ‎47. A. convenient B. troublesome C. enjoyed D. dangerous ‎48. A. sadness B. displeasure C. delight D. relief ‎49. A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. less than ‎50. A. dislike B. encouragement C. threat D. suggestion ‎51. A. decided B. stopped C. continued D. struggled ‎52. A. devote B. turn C. respond D. lead ‎53. A. defeat B. satisfy C. respect D. challenge ‎54. A. proud B. comfortable C. strange D. disappointed ‎55. A. freedom B. life C. growth D. nature 三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）‎ 请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。‎ A One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装).‎ On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!‎ One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dan whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and ”dying”, which sounded ominous. ‎ Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before.‎ The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”‎ ‎“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.‎ From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!‎ ‎56. What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?‎ A. He got a baby brother. B. He got a Christmas gift.‎ C. He became four years old. D. He received a doll.‎ ‎57. What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?‎ A. Impossible. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Fearful.‎ ‎58. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?‎ A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.‎ ‎59. What is the passage mainly about?‎ A. A sad Christmas day. B. Life with a lovely baby.‎ C.A special Christmas gift. D. Memories of a happy family.‎ B Top lists are lecturing people on everything from “100 places to visit” to “100 books to read”. Aren’t you just tired of being told what to do with your time?‎ Now you have a list to end all lists!‎ Take a look at the following two examples from the list of “101 things not to do”:‎ Swim with Dolphins (海豚)?‎ Swimming with dolphins is one of the world’s most profitable tourist activities. However, not every dolphin will welcome having their busy, tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming and pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers (螺旋桨).‎ Here’s a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they’re just opening their mouths.‎ Go to see the Mona Lisa?‎ There must be something about the mysterious (神秘的) smiles. The 6 million people who visit the lady in the Louvre every year can’t all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying, standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many visitors can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.‎ If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn’t just be smiling, she’d be laughing.‎ So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Things NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20% discount.‎ ‎60. According to the passage, Swimming with dolphins _______.‎ A. is the world’s most popular tourist activity B. gives fun to both tourists and dolphins C. will make tourists busy and tired D. can cause danger to dolphins ‎61. What does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa?‎ A. It is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile. B. It is not as satisfying as expected.‎ C. Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough. D. Queuing for hours is worthwhile.‎ ‎62. The list of “101 things not to do” is made most probably because its author _______.‎ A. thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists B. believes other lists are not humorous enough C. intends to persuade people to read more lists ‎ D. wants to provide a list different from other lists ‎63. What is the main purpose of the passage?‎ A. To advertise a book. B. To introduce a website.‎ C. To comment on popular lists. D. To recommend tourist activities.‎ C There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky (威士忌) at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1873 she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot.” And she didn’t even go fishing.‎ Scottish is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grasses and mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange light, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold. As you settle down with just a fishing pole and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle, any frustration (烦恼) will float away as gently as the circling water. It’s just you and purple, pink, white flowers, seeking a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with the lifetime’s fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.‎ Scotland‎ offers interesting places where you can rest after a long day’s fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland’s mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of all British mountains, and reaching its 1343-metre top is a challenge. But it’s not just what goes up that matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain’s north face, lies an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes from the Gaelic language “usquebaugh” or “water of life”; and it is the single most important ingredient (原料) in Scotland’s best known drink: whisky.‎ ‎64. The story of Queen Victoria is to show that _________.‎ A. the Queen is rich in tour experience B. the Castle is a good place to go in ‎Scotland C. tasting whisky is better than going fishing D.1873 is a special year for the Queen ‎65. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?‎ A. By giving descriptions. B. By following time order.‎ C. By analyzing causes. D. By making comparisons.‎ ‎66. What is Ben Nevis special for?‎ A. The Inverlochy Castle Hotel. B. The beauty of its surroundings.‎ C. The water from the mountain. D. The challenge up to its top.‎ ‎67. What is the main purpose of the passage?‎ A. To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists. B. To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.‎ C. To explore geographical characteristics of ‎Scotland D. To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland.‎ D To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians (基督教徒）have ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil (邪恶的. So when Columbus brought the tomato back from South American, a land mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of European.‎ What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was thought to have come from Hell (地狱). What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits. Though the tomato and the mandrake were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population considered them one and the same, too terrible to touch.‎ Cautious European long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the Western people continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father’s house had been the “introduction of this wonderful new fruit—or is it a vegetable?” As late as the twentieth century some writers still classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an “evil fruit”.‎ But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American named Robert Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820, people journeyed for hundreds of miles to watch him drop dead. “What are you afraid of?” he shouted. “I'll show you fools that these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he survived and, according to a local story, set up a tomato-canning factory. ‎ ‎68. The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ______.‎ A. it made Christians evil B. it was the apple of ‎Eden C. it came from a forbidden land D. it was religiously unacceptable ‎69. What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3?‎ A. The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down B. There was little progress in the study of the tomato C. The tomato was still refused in most western countries D. Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato ‎70. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly?‎ A. To make himself a hero B. To remove people’s fear of the tomato C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato D. To persuade people to buy products from his factory ‎71. What is the main purpose of the passage?‎ A. To challenge people’s fixed concepts of the tomato B. To give an explanation to people’s dislike of the tomato C. To present the change of people’s attitudes to the tomato D. To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence E In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”, John Keynes, a economist,‎ ‎ wrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs, which are independent of what others have, and relative needs, which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought that although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) this is not true of absolute needs.‎ Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demand for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.‎ There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demands for quality. For example, Porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sports car on the market. Priced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.‎ By placing the desire to be superior to others at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits. ‎ ‎72. According to the passage, John Keynes believed that________.‎ A. desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs B. absolute needs come from our sense of superiority C. relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands D. absolute needs are stronger than relative needs ‎73. What do we know about the couple in Paragraph 3?‎ A. They want to show their superiority. B. They find specialty important to meals.‎ C. Their demands for food are not easily satisfied. ‎ D. Their choice of dinner is related to ideas of quality.‎ ‎74. What does the underlined word “escalation” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?‎ A. Understanding. B. Increase. C. Difference. D. Study.‎ ‎75. The author of the passage argues that ________.‎ A. absolute needs have no limits B. demands for quality are not insatiable C. human desires influence ideas of quality D. relative needs decide most of our spending 四、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）‎ 以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正；‎ 此行多一个词，把多余的词用斜线（）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。‎ 此行缺一个词，在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。‎ 此行错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。‎ 注意：请在答题卡上作答。‎ Dear Grandpa, ‎ How are you those days? I have been missing you very 76. _________‎ much after I went to college a year ago. Whenever I think of 77. _________‎ the old days, I feel very happily. I still remember when I 78. _________‎ was child, you always held me in your arms and told me stories 79. _________‎ till I fall asleep. We often went to the fields to enjoy the pleasant 80. _________‎ view there. You told me the name of different plants and their 81. _________‎ characteristics. Gradually, I became interesting in biology 82. _________‎ and chose to learn biology when I entered into the college. Now 83. ________‎ my friend Ann, together with me, are going to do field study 84. ________‎ and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since 85. ________‎ we’ll do the study in our hometown, I hope to see you by then. ‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ ‎ Daisy 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 某国际网站提供个人闲置物品交换服务。现在，你打算通过该网站将自己的一件闲置物品与他人交换（exchange）。请你用英文在该网站上发帖，发布物品交换信息。内容应包括：‎ ‎• 你将拿出什么物品进行交换 ‎• 具体介绍该物品 ‎• 你希望换回什么物品 ‎• 请愿意交换的朋友给你留言 注意：‎ ‎（1）词数100左右；‎ ‎（2）格式不限；‎ ‎（3）文中不得使用考生真实姓名和学校名称。‎ ‎2012年高考英语试题重庆卷 参考答案 一、听力 ‎1. A. 2. C. 3.B. 4. A. 5. C. 6. C. 7. B. 8. C. 9. A ‎ ‎10. A. 11. B. 12. B. 13. C. 14. B. 15. C. 16. B. 17. A. ‎ ‎18. Discussion / discussion 19. Football / football 20. 10:30 / Ten-thirty / ten-thirty 二、英语知识运用 第一节 单项填空 ‎21. B. 22. B. 23. A. 24. D. 25. C. 26. A. 27. B. 28. A. 29. D. 30. C. ‎ ‎31. A. 32. B. 33. C. 34. D. 35. A 第二节 完形填空 ‎36. C. 37. D. 38. A. 39. C. 40. D. 41. C. 42. A. 43. B. 44. D. 45. B. ‎ ‎46. A. 47. B. 48. B. 49. C. 50. A. 51. C. 52. C. 53. D. 54. A. 55. D 三、阅读理解 ‎56. A. 57. D. 58. C. 59. C. 60. D. 61. B. 62. D. 63. A. 64. B. 65. A. ‎ ‎66. C. 67. B. 68. D. 69. C. 70. A. 71. C. 72. C. 73. D. 74. B. 75. A. ‎ 四、写作 第一节 短文改错 ‎76. those 改为 these ‎77. after 改为since ‎ ‎78. happily 改为 happy ‎79. child 前加 a ‎ ‎80. fall 改为 fell ‎ ‎81. name 改为 names ‎82. interesting 改为 interesting ‎ ‎83. into 去掉 ‎84. are 改为 is ‎ ‎85. use改为used 第二节 书面表达