2012年杭州市二模英语试题及答案.doc

2012年杭州市高考二模 英语

1. ———Is there anything particular for your weekend?       ----_________.   
  A. Not at all, thank you.            B. What about the musical?    
  C. I'm not particular about food.    D. Oh, I'll just stay at home.
2.  The pianist missed a ____ when playing the piano on the stage in the Grand Theater last night.
  A. line             B. chance               C. step                D. beat
3.  Jim knows little about computer, so his wife thinks he can't ____ the development of times.
  A. keep pace with   B. take advantage of    C. throw light on      D. put enthusiasm into
4.  Kids shouldn't offer ____ information like home addresses and phone numbers to strangers.
  A. general       B. fundamental             C. specific               D. available
5.  My father ____ a bus to his office until the workers have had his car fixed next week.
  A. has taken         B. is taking                C. took               D. takes
6.  In the document. it says that all goods____ be shipped over before the due day.
  A. shall             B. can                 C. may                  D. will
7.  With her energy ___ the research on AIDS, Mrs. Mason cannot spare much time with her family.
  A. fixing on        B. fixed on          C. to fix on           D. having fixed on
8. —How soon will the employees in your factory get a rise? —Their pay increases gradually and ____ every few years.  A. steadily   B. sharply   C. frequently    D. vastly
9. Do you think the reason ____ you gave for your absence is valid?   
  A. as          B. what         C. that          D. why
10.____ the issues that arose over the talk last week,  both sides announced their better coopera¬tion in the future.    
A. To settle       B. Having settled        C. Settling        D. Settled
11. I'm not sure of the exact number, but____ speaking, I would say there are 1000 guests or so.
  A. honestly            B. strictly             C. properly             D. roughly
12. Asked about the cause of the gas leaks, the president of the company claimed that it was still be¬ing ______ by a group of experts.   
A. investigated  B. explored   C. distinguished  D. founded
13. What is concerning us greatly is ____ the workers held up in that area yesterday will be set free.
   A. that              B. what            C. when          D. which
14. —____?   ——I can' t promise anything, but I' 11 do my best.
   A. Does this bus go to the airport                B. Can I reach the airport by 9:00
   C. Excuse me, but how can I get to the airport    D. Shall I take you to the airport
15. —Hurry up! Your aunt should arrive at the station at any moment.—But the kids left the house in such a terrible ____ that I have to tidy it up.    
A. issue  B. catastrophe   C. shape   D. mess
16.  Mr. Hill' s car alarm is always ____ in the middle of the night, which disturbs his neighbor' s sleep greatly.
A. breaking off           B. falling off           C. going off         D. taking off
17. So long as you win the match to be held next week we' 11 be delighted ______ it happens.
   A. however          B. whatever               C. wherever               D. whenever
18.  ____ his research paper, Professor Reagan experienced various hardships and loneliness on the Antarctic exploration for nearly half a year.
   A. Accomplishing       B. To accomplish       C. Accomplished       D. Having accomplished
19.  Last week, Peter ____ in the national football match but for his knee injury.
   A. had played             B. would play         C. played         D. would have played
20.  In my opinion, wine improves ____age, and it is the same with friendship.
   A. at                B. with                C. for              D. in
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   Steve Kimball started a career in March as a school - bus driver for First Student Norwich. 
The morning of April 8 seemed   21   , Kimball recalled, except that he didn’t quite feel right. Noah got in the bus and noticed immediately that the driver didn’t   22 well; he wasn’t talking and joking   23     the two of them are used to doing every morning.
Throughout the brief ride to __24   more riders , Noah kept asking Kimball, "Steve, are you all right?".
   Kimball said the boy' s persistence was getting him annoyed. So Noah    25  sent a quick text message to his parents   26   the driver was definitely sick but  27  he was OK. His father __28  the bus company immediately. Soon the ambulance came over and drove Kimball to the nea¬rest___29  .
   "The doctor said I suffered a severe heart attack," Kimball said Thursday, __30 __recovering at his Norwich home. Kimball said. "God worked a miracle ___31___ Noah. He saved my life, plain and simple. "
   Kimball wasn't the only one___32    . On Tuesday , First Student held a ceremony at Noah ' s school ___33  him for his "heroic leadership. " Company officials _ 34   him with a plaque ( g($) and a $50 prize.
   "You are being __35   for your quick thinking and showing great care and __36    for your driver, and because of you, he will be just fine," the plaque ___37   .
Noah doesn't care for the sudden __38  . He had to be coaxed (哄劝) by Kimball to attend Tuesday' s ceremony. "I just did what was the right ____39   to do," he said.
   But Noah wasn't shy when asked whether he was     40  Steve's return to work.
“Oh, yeah!” he said.
21. A. strange     B. normal          C. noisy        D. busy
22. A. perform     B. behave          C. serve        D. look
23. A. as if       B. in case         C. the way      D. now that
24. A. pick up     B. drop off        C. pull up      D. carry out
25. A. calmly      B. quietly         C. faithfully   D. sincerely
26. A. when        B. as              C. which        D. that
27. A. admitted    B. declared        C. insisted     D. indicated
28. A. called      B. reminded        C. responded    D. visited
29. A. school      B. neighborhood    C. hospital     D. bus-stop
30. A. still       B. even            C. soon         D. thus
31. A. by          B. for             C. in           D. without
32. A. admirable   B. desperate       C. hopeful      D. thankful
33. A. in terms of B. in honor of     C. in memory of D. in favor of
34. A. provided    B. sent            C. supplied     D. presented
35. A. recognized  B. involved        C. approved     D. remembered
36. A. guidance    B. concern         C. curiosity    D. determination
37. A. agrees      B. applauds        C. reads        D. writes
38. A. celebration B. shock           C. instruction  D. excitement
39. A. attitude    B. thing           C. person       D. time
40. A. looking up to B. setting along C. living up to D. looking forward to
第二部分： 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：阅读下列短按文，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
   I was fifteen months old, a happy carefree kid until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it. Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched the eyeball together where it was cut, leaving a big ugly scar in the middle of my eye. The attempt failed, but my mama, in all of her wisdom, found a doctor who knew that if the eye were removed en¬tirely, my face would grow up badly twisted, so my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me. And as I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways controlled me.
   I walked with my face looking at the floor so people would not see the ugly me. Sometimes peo¬ple, even strangers, asked me embarrassing questions or made hurtful remarks. When the kids played games, I was always the " monster. " I grew up imagining that people looked at me in an unusual way, as if my appearance were my fault. I always felt like I was a freak.
   Yet Mama would say to me, at every turn, "Hold your head up high and face the world. ' It be¬came a litany that I relied on. She had started when I was young. She would hold me in her arms and stroke my hair and say, "If you hold your head up high. it will be okay, and people will see your beautiful soul. " She continued this message whenever I wanted to hide. Those words have meant dif¬ferent things to me over the years. As a little child, I thought Mama meant, "Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking. " As an adolescent, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they liked me. My mama’ s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them recognize the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes even if they couldn't see it on the surface.
   In high school I was successful both academically and socially. I was even elected class presi¬dent, but on the inside I still felt like a freak. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mama and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, "Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside. "
   When I met the man who became my partner for life, we looked each other straight in the eye and he told me I was beautiful inside and out. He meant it. My mama' s love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt. I had faced adversity, en¬countered my problems head on, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep compas¬sion for others.
   "Hold your head up high," has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its invitation. The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation.

41.  As a result of the terrible accident, the writer ____.
A. became deaf and blind          B. had her eye moved away 
C. had some hearing loss           D. had her eye hurt
42.  The writer walked with her head down because ______.
A. she couldn't see clearly           B. she was used to walking that way
C. she was a shy person             D. she wanted to cover up her shame
43.  By saying "Hold your head up high and face the world" .her mother meant to ________.
A. encourage her in her daily life        B. warn her of the inconvenience
C. blame her for lack of confidence      D. praise her for her great courage
44.  The underlined sentence "Each of my children has felt its invitation. " in the last paragraph means___.     A. all of the writer' s children grew up with an inviting prospect
B. Mama's inspirational words had deep effects on the writer' s children
C. each of the writer's children received their grandma' s invitation
D. the writer" s children had no choice but to accept the invitation
45.  Which of the following is conveyed in this passage?
A. Failure is the mother of success.        B. One' s mind works faster in danger.
C. Two hands make the work light.        D. Never give up whenever in trouble.

                                      B

     On May 4,1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party in North Slob in County Wexford, Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, then later realized it was impossible to confirm in refer¬ence books. He then thought that a book supplying answers to such questions could be popular.
   The first 197 - page edition of the "Guinness Book of Records" was bound on Aug. 27,1955 , and went on to the top of the British best - seller list by Christmas. Over 400 million copies have been sold since the first edition. The most recent one to hit the shelves is the "Guinness World Re¬cords 2011. " Here is list of some interesting Guinness records that will surely amaze you.

Fastest  100 - meter  hurdles  wearing swim fins The fastest 100 - meter hurdles wearing swim fins by a female is 22. 35 seconds. It was achieved by Maren Zonker of Germany in Germany, on Sept. 13, 2008.Tightest frying pan roll The tightest circumference of a 30 centimeter aluminum frying pan, rolled with bare hands in 30 seconds is 17.46 centimeters, set by Scott Murphy at the NXB Team Training Center on July 30, 2007.
Longest distance on a unicycle in 24 hours Sam Wakeling covered 453. 6 kilometers (281. 85 miles) on a unicycle in a 24 -hour period in Wales, United Kingdom, from Sept. 29-30,2007.
Largest collection of ' Do Not Disturb' hotel Signs Jean Vemetti of Switzerland has collected 8,888 different 'Do Not Disturb' hotel signs from 189 countries across the world since 1985.
Longest fingernails, both hands Lee Redmond, who had not cut her nails since 1979 and had them carefully manicured to reach a total length of 8. 65 meters, lost them when they broke off in a car accident in February, 2011.

 Largest chalk pavement art The largest chalk pavement art measures 8,361. 31 me¬ters (90,000 feet) and was created by 5, 678 children from schools in Alameda, Ca¬lif.,for the Kids' Chalk Art Project between May 27 and June 7,2008.
Oldest table tennis player, female The ol¬dest table tennis player is Dorothy Low. Low was 97 years old when she represented Aus¬tralia at the XIV World Veterans Table Tennis Championships in Brazil, on May 25,2008.
Largest gathering of Santas The largest gathering of Santa Clauses was achieved by 13,000 participants in the Guildhall Square in Derry City, Northern Ireland, U. K. , on Dec. 9,2007.
Smallest all - terrain armored vehicle
Measuring less than 1 meter wide, the PAVI Badger is the smallest all - terrain armored vehicle. It is powerful enough to break down doors but small enough to fit in a lift.
Greatest distance cycled in 24 hours
The greatest distance cycled solo and unpaced in 24 hours is 890. 2 km and was achieved by Marko Baloh of Slovenia at Slovenia, on Sept. 6-7,2008.

 Most T - shirts worn at once The record for the most T — shirts worn at once is 227 and was achieved by Van Dijck in an attempt organized by Unizo in Brecht,Belgium, on A-pri!24,2008.
Largest display of Star Wars clone troop¬ers The world ' s largest display of LEGO Star Wars clone troopers built with interloc¬king plastic bricks was composed of 35,310 models and was built by LEGO in Slough,U. K. ,on June 27,2008.
Largest collection of clocks The largest collection of clocks belongs to Jack Schoff of the U. S. ,who has amassed 1,094 different clocks as of June 17,2008.

 Most eggs crushed with head in one mi¬nute Ashrita Furman crushed 80 eggs with his head in one minute at Jamaica, New York City, on Dec. 10,2008.
Largest hamburger commercially availa¬ble
The largest commercially available ham¬burger is 74. 75 kilograms and is available for $399 on the menu at Grill & Bar in Southgate, Mich. ,as of Aug. 29,2008.
Most people dancing MJ's 'Thriller The Guinness World record of most people danc¬ing Michael Jackson' s  "Thriller"   is   13, 597.
Deepest cycling underwater The deepest cycling underwater is 66.5 mete