2012湖北省届高三联考英语试题(2)

2012湖北省届高三联考英语试题

　　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

　　I'd been thinking of it so long; it seemed like the only thing to do-to show my baby, who had eyes as green as water and whose name means the sea, the ocean.

　　"Babies are supposed to instinctually know who they daddy is," Gerald, Dooriya's daddy, said, holding Dooriya before him."But she don't recognize nothing."

　　Everybody had something to say about raising my baby, but none of them actually did any raising.Taking Dooriya to see the ocean had become the only thing that kept me from feeling like my life was an everlasting losing race, this vision of what could be for my little girl.When I told Momma about my plans to visit the lighthouse(灯塔)at Cape Hatteras, she just spun her broken record.

　　"That baby'11 never understand a thing of what she's seeing."

　　"My baby book says I should treat her just like any other child.It's good to show her beautiful things even if she don't know what she's seeing.It helps her brain develop.How's her brain gonna develop if all she ever sees is the walls inside this crummy house?"

　　"That child's brain ain't never gonna develop.We love her, but it's not like she's ever gonna not be a Mongoloid(先天愚型患者)."

　　I had read a half-dozen books about Down Syndrome that said stimulation(刺激)might improve a child's chances of developing to her fullest potential.And what's more stimulating than a trip to see the ocean?

　　Guidebooks described the area as the land of beginnings, which I liked the sound of.But before I could map out a plan, I woke up one night when Dooriya hiccupped (打嗝).Then she just stopped breathing.The ER doctor gave me a pamphlet on SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and said, children with Down Syndrome are much more likely to be affected by this sort of thing.

　　I didn't remember much about driving to Cape Hatteras, especially taking Dooriya from the hospital.But up on that lighthouse, with its broad spiral running up and around it like a black and white barber's pole, I saw my life twist into the air.

　　As I climbed the winding stairs, I counted the steps, 268 in all, stopping on 77, Dooriya's very number of days on this planet.At the top, I held Dooriya up to the Atlantic, its cold air raising the thin soft hair on her head.With her eyes closed and her arms spread out, it looked like she was bathing in the warmth of the sun.

　　51.From Gerald's words "But she don't recognize nothing." we know ____.

　　A.The baby was probably born with the eye problem

　　B.The father thought the baby was abnormal

　　C.The baby could recognize nothing except her father

　　D.The father made up an excuse not to care for the baby

　　52.Did anybody else besides her mother actually take the responsibility to raise the baby?

　　A.The father. B.The grandma.

　　C.Nobody. D.The doctor.

　　53.The reason why the mother wanted to take her baby to see the ocean is that ____.

　　A.She believed seeing the ocean could help cure her baby's disease

　　B.She wanted her baby to enjoy her remaining time

　　C.She believed the ocean was the land of beginnings

　　D.She wanted her baby to enjoy nature

　　54.Which of the following is true according to the text?

　　A.The doctor eventually saved the life of the baby.

　　B.The baby was disabled by her careless mother.

　　C.The baby enjoyed the sunshine while seeing the ocean.

　　D.The disease SIDS took away the life of the baby.

　　B

　　Steve Jobs made technology fun.The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancer.Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world.

　　Tim Bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said "If you actually look at a tech leader, they're really happy if they have one hit in their life.Steve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and Pixar."

　　Steve Jobs was a college dropout.He was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountant.They supported his early interest in electronics.

　　He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer—now just called Apple—in nineteen seventy-six.They stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-five.That year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute(分歧)with the chief executive.

　　Mr.Jobs then formed his own company, called NeXT Computer.He rejoined Apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought NeXT.He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world today.

　　Steve Wozniak, speaking on CNN, remembered his longtime friend as a "great visionary and leader'' and a "marketing genius(天才)".

　　President Obama said in a statement: "By building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity.By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun."

　　David Carroll is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City.He says Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American business.

　　"The fact that he was able to redesign American commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning(令人惊奇的).He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the great[s] of all time." David Carroll said.

　　Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health.He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement.Apple's new chief, Tim Cook, will also have to deal with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer from Amazon.com.It costs less than half as much as an iPad but also does less.

　　55.Why did people all over the world mourn Steve Jobs?

　　A.He was very courageous in the face of cancer.

　　B.He became very rich though dropping out college.

　　C.He released a new iPhone version before death.

　　D.He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable.

　　56.Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a "marketing genius"?

　　A.After Apple, he founded NeXT Computer.

　　B.He made Apple very valuable once again in the world.

　　C.He developed a series of Apple products.

　　D.He was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time.

　　57.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?

　　A.Jobs was a typical example of American spirit of creation.

　　B.Jobs enriched the American spirit of science and freedom.

　　C.Jobs eventually realized his American dream.

　　D.American people are good at inventing things.

　　58.Which of the following is true according to the text?

　　A.Jobs's parents discouraged him from working on electronics

　　B.Jobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 years.

　　C.Jobs started his career in his family garage.

　　D.Run unsuccessfully, Apple was sold to NeXT Computer.

　　C

　　We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song.Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes.Me? I love to do that when I drive! 1 turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm.Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.

　　Yes, that is true, I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light I get weird(古怪的))looks from some people and others laugh.Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!

　　The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical.I know many people do not want to look foolish.So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!

　　No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect.I don't care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal (节俭的), how rich, and so on...No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?

　　Life is so short...You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity(呆板)? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:

　　"Dance as though no one is watching you,

　　Love as though you have never been hurt before,

　　Sing as though no one can hear you,

　　Live as though heaven is on earth."

　　When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the.world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others.However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.

　　So don't lose the child that still lives within you.The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow.Or watch something that makes you laugh.Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails (使痛苦) you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your stomach hurts.Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn't want to feel good?

　　59.According to the text, what does the writer usually do?

　　A.He repeats the words of songs. B.He sings songs on his way to work.

　　C.He dances in his own home. D.He shares music with other drivers.

　　60.What does the writer think of the people who look very serious?

　　A.They are honest. B.They are educated.

　　C.They are perfect. D.They are silly.

　　61.The writer quotes Souza to show that____.

　　A.life is a beautiful journey B.life is full of rigidity

　　C.life is to be treasured D.life is a great recipe

　　62.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

　　A.The Innocence of Being a Child B.The Importance of Being Silly

　　C.No One Is Perfect D.Life Is Short

　　D

　　Nearly 28% of college Students plan to seek employment using Linkedin, up from 5% last year, according to a survey out today from employee recognition provider i Love Rewards and career-services network Experience.Slightly more than 7% plan to use Facebook, up from 5%.

　　No longer do students just wait for visiting campus recruiters to learn about job possibilities.Instead they're using digital tools to find their dream jobs, says I Love Rewards CEO Razor Suleman.Companies need to know their online image, then update anything that is outdated, inaccurate or not inleractive(互动的).

　　'The recruited have now become the recruiters," Suleman says."They are now going out and finding the companies they want to apply for."

　　Students learn about employers by viewing their websites, reading Facehook and Twitter updates and perusing(精读)Linkedln profiles.Another information source: Comments by past and current employees on job-oriented websites.

　　A strong digital presence is one way for employers to stand out as the search for the best and brightest gets competitive.

　　Slightly more than four in 10 employers say they will use "different" recruiting tactics(策略)to reach Generation Y, according to a survey by job-search site Monster.com to be released today.Of those respondents, almost 60% say social-networking sites are popular tools to reach Gen Y candidates.

　　"Our reason for using social media is because that's where we think the candidates are," he says.

　　The company posts updates and videos on topics such as job opportunities and the benefits of being an employee.It also created a mobile-friendly site for those who want to apply via smart phone.

　　"Younger people want to attach to you in a different way than the past," Lavery says."They want to interact with you.They want to learn about you."

　　The updated recruitment techniques take effort, but they work, he says.

　　In 2010, UPS used those tactics to recruit 955 employees.The year before, it hired 29 employees through those means.

　　"It's a time investment(投资)that you have to be willing to do," he says."You can't just have a page up there and not have content.In social media, you have to have a give and a take, or people won't be a part of your community."

　　63.In order to find their dream jobs, more American graduates like to use ____.

　　A.newspapers B.magazines C.the Internet D.radios

　　64.Why do many companies use social-networking sites to recruit graduates?

　　A.Because they have no other way to get in touch with graduates.

　　B.Because graduates tend to learn about employers through social media.

　　C.Because companies want to post advertisements for their products.

　　D.Because companies like to post videos and updates about their products.

　　65.The underlined word "recruit" in Paragraph 11 probably means ____.

　　A.fire B.attract C.contact D.employ

　　66.From what Lavery says, we can conclude that ____.

　　A.it is very easy for a company to hire graduates through social media

　　B.a company has to make great efforts to find the best graduates

　　C.a company doesn’t have to update the information about it

　　D.graduates are afraid to communicate with the boss of the company

　　E

　　Squirrels often communicate with whistles, chirps and chucks, which sound like the word “chuck”.Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that many birds make.Now scientists have translated some of their squirrel-speak.

　　Hare, a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg, and his team managed to record squirrels' alarm calls.The researchers studied the sounds and then played them back to 60 wild squirrels, which the scientists approached individually with a video recorder to capture(抓拍)their reponses.Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became.Alert(警惕的).Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves.

　　"In effect then, whistles that mix with chucks say 'there's an enemy of average threat that's here', and whistles without chucks say 'there's an enemy of seemingly average threat around here somewhere', while pure chirps say, 'I'm hiding here because there's an immediate danger.' " Hare told.Discovery News.

　　Hare and some other researchers believe such sounds arc part of an advanced language that develops just as all other communication systems.

　　Although squirrels risk their lives when they call out to warn others of threats, other squirrels might admire this behaviour, thus increasingly the caller’s social status, like humans who look up to heroes. Hare added that other animals, such as birds, probably understand at least some squirrel language, since they also may benefit from the alarm calls.

　　In fact, another Canadian study found that deep-voiced, black-capped chickadees have their own language too.According to certain research, there are a lot of tidings in chickadees' calls, such as directing fellows' activities, keeping in contact between mates, and raising alarms.

　　While chickadees and other birds are often welcomed into gardens by homeowners, squirrels are frequently viewed as pests(害兽). Hare wishes a greater understanding of the complex social lives and communication systems of squirrels will provide “hope that humans will gain a greater appreciation and stop doing harm to these animals”.

　　67.The text mainly talks about .

　　A.the study on the language of squirrels

　　B.the comparison between squirrels and chickadees

　　C.the calling for the protection of squirrels

　　D.the ways for squirrels to escape from their enemies

　　68.If a squirrel is in a very dangerous situation, it would probably make ____.

　　A.whistles with chucks B.pure chirps

　　C.whistles without chucks D.repeated chucks

　　69.The underlined word “tidings” in pardgmph 6 probably means ____.

　　A.difficulties B.poises C.messages D.languages

　　70.What can be learned from this text?

　　A.Squirrels communicate with cach other as humans do.

　　B.Some squirrels understand the recorded alarm calls.

　　C.Other animals also well understand the language of squirrels.

　　D.Birds such as chickadees don’t have their own language.

　　第四部分：书面表达(共两节，满分40分)

　　第一节：完成句子(共10小题，每小题 1.5分，满分15分)

　　阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

　　71.I'm afraid I can't attend your birthday party at 5 P.M.next Monday.I ______(已乘飞机) to London long before then.(fly)

　　72.The technology is reported ____ (应用到)architecture in other countries for a long time, but it was not introduced into China until two years ago.(apply)

　　73.He escaped _________(丧生) in the explosion because he had not gone to work.(kill)

　　74.So _______(天气好) that all of us want to go on an outing. (day)

　　75.It was only when the accident took place ____ (他才意识到) the importance of careful driving.(realize)

　　76.Jenny has been criticized by the teacher for using the cellphone in class. I would rather you __________(没借) it to her. (lend)

　　77.One more step backward, ____ (你会掉进) the pool.(fall)

　　78.English, as well as all other subjects, ___ (很重要).So we must learn it well to be more competent.(importance)

　　79.I am proud of what I did.But I was just helping to do _______(他本该做的).(do)

　　80.Last week, only two people came to look at the house, _______(两个都不想) to buy it. (want)

　　第二节：短文写作(共一题，满分25分)

　　假设你叫李明，下面是你的一位外国笔友Kristie给你写的电子邮件，询问有关小悦悦事件的情况。

　　Dear Li Ming,

　　I learned from a news flash that a two-year-old baby girl was ignored by more than a dozen passers-by after being run over twice in a south China town.I'm very shocked.I used to think the Chinese were hardworking and kindhearted, and they really were when I was on a visit in China two years ago.So I doubt whether it was true news.Can you tell me what you learned about this incident?

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Kristie

　　请你给她回一封邮件，要点如下：

　　1.社会陷入自责和反思;

　　2.某些路人的冷漠或另有原因，可最终还是有一名拾荒婆婆挺身而出;

　　3.单个事件不能代表中国，助人为乐一直是中国传统美德。

　　注意：

　　1.不能照抄原信件语句;

　　2.可自由发挥添加细节;

　　3.词数120左右;

　　4.回信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

　　参考词汇：伦理道德- ethical and moral (adj.); 美德- virtue (n.)

　　Dear Kristie,

　　I was in very low spririts .