12届八校第二次联考.docx

1、12届八校第二次联考鄂南高中、华师一附中、黄冈中学、黄石二中、荆州中学、襄 阳 四中、襄阳五中、孝感高中湖北省 八校2012届高三第二次联考英语试题考试时间：2012年3月30日下午15：0017：00全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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1.5分，满分7.5分） 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，并标在试题的相应位置。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。例：How much is the shirt? A.19.5. B.9.15. C.9.18.1. Where does the man want to go? A. A bank. B. A park. C. A bus stop. 2. When is Pauls birthday party? A. July 11. B. July 12. C. July 13. 3. Where is the man going to spend his Christmas? A. In his brothers. B. In his mothers. C. In his sisters.

3、4. How are the womans parents? A. Theyre ill now. B. Theyre seldom ill. C. Theyre very healthy. 5. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. A couple. C. Colleagues. 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. 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间

4、阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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6、7题。6. What does David like to do when he is online? A. To communicate with his friends. B. To look for something interesting. C. To look up some useful information. 7. What does the woman do? A. She is a worker. B. She is a researcher. C. She i

5、s a teacher. 听第7段材料，回答第8至l0题。8. Why does the woman turn to the man? A. Because she is not interested in English. B. Because she is not good at learning English. C. Because she has no time to do English exercises. 9. How does the woman usually learn English? A. By doing lots of exercises. B. By readi

6、ng English novels. C. By remembering basic knowledge. 10. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. To change her learning method. B. To spend more time on English. C. To recite each text in her textbook. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a bar. B. I

7、n a store. C. In a restaurant. 12. Who does the man buy the fruit juice for? A. His wife. B. His son. C. His daughter. 13. How much is a kilo of apples? A. 30 yuan. B. 8 yuan. C. 16 yuan. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Doctor and patient. B. Employe

8、r and employee. C. Husband and wife. 15. Whats the womans attitude towards the mans idea? A. Positive. B. Casual. C. Negative. 16. Why does the man think he should join the football team? A. Because he was a professional player. B. Because it is organized by his company. C. Because he used to play f

9、ootball very well. 17. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Insist on his diet. B. Do more exercise. C. Join the football team. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. When was Emperor Nero in power? A. Before 37 AD. B. After 68 AD. C. During the first century. 19. Around 1660，who owned most of the coffee sho

10、ps in Paris? A. Italians. B. Americans. C. Frenchmen. 20. Who invented the hand-turned ice-cream freezer? A. Francesco. B. Nancy Johnson. C. Jacob Flusell. 第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. There existed an obvious _ between the accounts of

11、 the witnesses, so a judgment was not announced in court.A. association B. authority C. conflict D. restriction22. Our milk powder is especially suitable for children under 6, as it helps a lot to build the bodys natural _.A. reservation B. defense C. variety D. heritage23. A best friend is one who

12、can always read your minds when you are at a loss for the _ words to complete your thoughts.A. temporary B. absolute C. precise D. reliable24. After six months training, the whole team is _ in form, and is expected to be able to get through to the final.A. superb B. automatic C. cautious D. enthusia

13、stic25. The family were enjoying their dinner, so I was wondering if I had arrived at a/an _ time.A. awkward B. prosperous C. flexible D. particular26. The U.S. government on Wednesday _ former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as ambassador to China, making him the first Chinese-American ever to take t

14、he post.A. accumulated B. reflected C. distinguished D. confirmed27. Miss Green often said “God helps those who help themselves”, intending to _ on us the significance of being independent.A. base B. impress C. focus D. rely28. With the situation worsening, the army threatens to _ if a general elect

15、ion is not to be held as scheduled, BBC reports.A. take up B. take over C. take on D. take apart29. The national teams unexpected 6-2 win on Friday _ a drunken celebration that lasted well into weekend.A. held up B. put forward C. set off D. tore down30. Although police could be seen everywhere, the

16、y seemed to be searching the houses almost _.A. at ease B. at random C. at risk D. at length第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。What I noticed first about my new parrot, Chico, was that he couldnt fly. His wings had been cut short and he was stuck on

17、 the 31 just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I took Chico outside. I sat him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him 32 . At first he seemed 33 . He walked back and forth on the branch looking anxious or nervous. He didnt even flap his wings in an attempt to fly. Somehow he knew he w

18、as 34 .One day Chico got especially excited . He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of 35 . Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started 36 flapping his wings for the first time ever then he lifted off the 37 like a space shuttle! I was amazed and 38

19、. Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been 39 until the moment was ripe for escape! Two days later Chico 40 . First I tried to trick him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his 41 and put it awaystill he would not come. Finally, I made him a fir

20、m promise that I would let him 42 every day the weather was nice if he did come back. 43 , he flew onto my shoulder.From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him out early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The 44 lasted for two months before suddenly Chico became 45

21、. The vet said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.I was very sad. The 46 crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what 47 is there in being a bird if you cant fly?Chico made his first bre

22、ak for 48 on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a 49 when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you dont 50 , what will be the purpose of your life?31. A. floorB. earthC. sceneD. road32. A. smarterB. healthierC. ha

23、ppierD. stronger33. A. disappointedB. determinedC. frightenedD. confused34. A. incapableB. disabled C. wrongD. stupid35. A. noiseB. progressC. energyD. consideration36. A. slowlyB. gentlyC. madly D. gracefully37. A. groundB. treeC. cageD. branch38. A. movedB. shockedC. delightedD. excited39. A. stru

24、gglingB. pacingC. flyingD. waiting 40. A. leftB. returnedC. survivedD. recovered41. A. cageB. featherC. chainD. food42. A. inB. outC. offD. alone43. A. As usuallyB. At that momentC. Once in a whileD. At the same time44. A. actionB. attemptC. routineD. effort45. A. activeB. injuredC. sadD. ill 46. A.

25、 factB. concernC. thoughtD. detail47. A. senseB. mistakeC. interestD. problem48. A. lifeB. freedomC. funD. food49. A. breakB. holidayC. chanceD. look50. A. keep yourself busyB. cheer yourself upC. let yourself downD. set yourself free第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题分2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最

26、佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFor the past two years, 8-year-old Harli Jordean from Stoke Newington, London, has been selling marbles(弹珠). His successful marble company, Marble King, sells all things marble-related from affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York so

27、litaire tables sourced, purchased and processed by the mini-CEO himself.“I like having my own company. I like being the boss,” Harli told the Mirror.With profits now in the thousands, “the worlds youngest CEO” has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand.Harli lau

28、nched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection. Yes, he literally “lost his marbles.” Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements.Harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. Within mon

29、ths, Harli had his own marble-selling website and orders started pouring in.Tina says her sons attachment to marbles started when he was just 6.“His attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the Marble King so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it,” she

30、told The Sun.“I never thought it would become so popular we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times.”The 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles.“Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. But his dr

31、eam is still to own Britains biggest marble shop and open stores around the world,” Tina told The Daily Mail.“At the moment he is annoying me by creating his own Marble King marbles so that could well be the next step for him.”51. Harlis Marble Company became popular as soon as he launched it because _.A. it was run by “the worlds youngest CEO” B. it filled the gap of on