1、 绝密 启用 2012 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（四川卷） 英 语 录入： Love my dog 第 卷（选择题 共 100 分） 第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节 语法和词汇知识（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 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。 1. Excuse me. How much is the shirt? _. A. Extra Large B. 50 each C. It sells well D. Altogether there are 5 2. New techn
2、ologies have made _ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost. A. that B. this C. one D. it 3. Goodbye, John. Come back again sometime. Sure. _. A. I did B. I do C. I shall D. I will 4. At school, some students are active _ some are shy, yet they can be good friends with one anoth
3、er. A. while B. although C. so D. as 5. This is not my story, nor _ the whole story. My story plays out differently. A. is there B. there is C. is it D. it is 6. Tom took a taxi to the airport, only _ his plane high up in the sky. A. finding B. to find C. being found D. to have found 7. The hotel is
4、 almost finished, but it _ needs one or two weeks to get ready for guests. A. only B. also C. even D. still 8. I looked up and noticed a snake _ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast. A. to wind B. wind C. winding D. wound 9. Did you catch what I said? Sorry. I _ a text message just now. A. had
5、 answering B. have answered C. would answer D. was answering 10. If you happen to get lost in the wild, youd better stay _ you are and wait for help. A. why B. where C. who D. what 11. They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house _. A. is being rebuilt B. has been rebuil
6、t C. is rebuilt D. has rebuilt 12. Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car _. A. washed B. wash C. washing D. to wash 13. In our class there are 46 students, _ half wear glasses. A. in whom B. in them C. of whom D. of them 14. This training program can give you a lift at work,
7、 _ increase your income by 40%. A. as well as B. so long as C. so much as D. as soon as 15. He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. Its just a matter of _. A. luck B. value C. time D. fact 16. I make $2,000 a week, 60 surely wont make _ difference to me. A. that a big B. a that big
8、C. big a that D. that big a 17. Scientists study _ human brains work to make computers. A. when B. how C. that D. whether 18. We are said to be living in _ Information Age, _ time of new discoveries and great changes. A. an; the B. 不填 ; the C. 不填 ; a D. the; a 19. I got close enough to hear them spe
9、aking Chinese, and I said “Ni Hao ” just as I _ do in China. A. must B. might C. can D. should 20. Its surprising that your brother _ Russian so quickly he hasnt lived there very long. A. picked up B. looked up C. put up D. made up 第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短 文后各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和
10、 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。 Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibsons bedroom skylight（天窗） .Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder _21_ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly _22_ his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Sibson rushed down t
11、he stairs barefoot to 23 ; he opened the door to the basement（地下室） , and flames 24 out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt 25 because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains. But the phone didnt work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he wa
12、s 26 by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住） . Sibsons house was three kilometers 27 the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be 28 . Up a hill nearby lived Sibsons neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm 29 hi
13、s ears. He jumped out of bed, took his 30 and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the 31 . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke. Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to 32 the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson 33 and die in th
14、at fire.” “Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! Im trapped!” coming from the second floor balcony（阳台） . He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his 34 . After one more 35 inside the house, Huggons gave up and 36 around back. The wind parted the smoke just 37 for hi
15、m to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He 38 the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and 39 Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off. Sibson is still 40 when he tells the story. “ I was alone that night,” he says.
16、“Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.” 21. A. before B. while C. since D. until 22. A. on B. in C. through D. over 23. A. hide B. wait C. check D. escape 24. A. moved B. gave C. went D. exploded 25. A. safe B. worried C. glad D. tired 26. A. burned B. stopped C. shocked
17、D. covered 27. A. beside B. off C. across D. along 28. A. limited B. false C. fruitless D. regretful 29. A. struck B. missed C. touched D. passed 30. A. coat B. key C. basin D. phone 31. A. noise B. road C. smoke D. danger 32. A. search B. enter C. leave D. damage 33. A. call B. roll C. scream D. si
18、gh 34. A. breath B. attention C. ladder D. flashlight 35. A. stay B. chance C. thought D. attempt 36. A. climbed B. circled C. looked D. jumped 37. A. clear B. open C. enough D. fit 38. A. led B. put C. drove D. shone 39. A. persuaded B. kicked C. pulled D. forced 40. A. nervous B. surprised C. prou
19、d D. thankful 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分） 第一节 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。（共 20 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 40 分） A On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a
20、long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house. Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are. There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, b
21、uild earth houses and climb trees. Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple（枫树） makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees. The air is clean and fr
22、esh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that. The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of
23、 yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars（杨树） putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over th
24、e lake. 41. What can be learned from Paragraph 2? A. The scenes are colorful and changeable. B. There are many windows in the wooden house. C. The views remind us that we are in a wooden house. D. The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color. 42. By mentioning the names of the trees, t
25、he author aims to show that _ . A. the kids like playing in trees B. the kids are very familiar with trees C. the kids have learned much knowledge D. the kids find trees useful learning tools 43. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. The change of seasons is easily felt. B
26、. The seasons make the scenes change. C. The weather often changes in the forest. D. The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons. 44. What is the main purpose of the author writing the text? A. To describe the beauty of the scene around the house. B. To introduce her childrens happy life i
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37、 Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words. It takes confidence to make a new start theres a dark period in-between where youre neither one thing nor the other. Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do, and youre too ashamed to say, “Wel
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43、k to ones goal. B. Hard work can lead to success. C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something. D In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（ MIT） said that they have joined forces to offer free online cour
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