1、2012届安徽省芜湖一中高三第六次模拟考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * Guess what Tom has failed in the exam _ second time. How come He is _ second to none in English in our class. A a; a B the; a C a; / D the; the 答案： C Since you cant find a better way out for the time being, why not follow his advice Oh, _. A thats all right.
2、B I might as well C thats right. D I dont care 答案： C - Are we going sightseeing next week - No. The plan _ at the second meeting. A had cancelled B was cancelled C has been cancelled D would cancel 答案： B I have little doubt about his competence; _, he is well-qualified for the job. A although B beca
3、use C moreover D yet 答案： C We will _ all the natural resources if we continue consuming them like that. A run out B wipe out C drop out D hold out 答案： B The village has developed a lot _ we learned farming two years ago. A when B which C that D where 答案： D The kitchen is often the busiest room in a
4、household, so its important to make sure it _ well. A smoothes B functions C pays D measures 答案： B _ label to each of the trees, with detailed introduction of their features, and visitors will know more about them and how to protect them. A To attach B Attach C Attached D Having attached 答案： B Some
5、young people these days just _ go out of their homes to contact the real world A mustnt B wont C mightnt D shouldnt 答案： B 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 答案： C -Thank you very much for giving me a hand when
6、I was in trouble. -Dont mention it. I only did what anyone else _ in my place. A must do B might do C would have done D can have done 答案： C Come on, Maria! You can also enjoy_ you have been dreaming of, if you dont lose heart. A as a convenient life as B as convenient a life as C as a life convenien
7、t as D convenient as a life as 答案： B So far, about 40 houses have fallen down under the weight of the snow, with 22 people _. A reported injured B reported injuring C reporting injured D reporting injuring 答案： A Ive just seen no more than one copy of Gone with the Wind in the bookshop opposite. Tom,
8、 go and buy _ back. A one B any C it D some 答案： C At the end of an hours play, the _ lay definitely with the home team. A profit B favor C benefit D advantage 答案： D 完型填空 Jeans father was a farm plane pilot in the little farming community in Northern California where she was raised, and _36_Jean was
9、totallyattracted by airplanes and flying. In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was a _37_, demanding teacher with high standards and a low _38_ for excuses. She refused to treat her students like _39_, instead expecting them to behave like the _
10、40_ adults they would have to be to succeed in the real world after graduation. Jean was _41_ of her at first but grew to respect her firmness and fairness gradually. One day Mrs. Slaton gave the class a written _42_. What do you think youll be doing 10 years from now ” Jeans dream was to be a pilot
11、 like her father, but as the years went by, she had been beaten down by the _43_ and negative words she got whenever she talked about her career, so she unwillingly gave it up and wrote something else. Mrs. Slaton collected the papers and nothing more was said. Two weekslater, the teacher handed bac
12、k the assignments, _44_ the students to face it down on the desk, and asked this question: If you had enough finances and unlimited _45_, what would you do Please write it on the _46_ of your previous assignment paper.” When the students stopped writing, the teacher asked, How many of you wrote the
13、same thing on _47_ sides of the paper Not one hand went up. The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. The teacher leaned forward _48_ her desk and said, I have a little secret for you all. You do have _49_ abilities and talents. You do have access to the finest schools,
14、and you can arrange plenty of finances if you want something _50_ enough. This is it! When you leave school, _51_ you dont go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have _52_ you want if you want it enough.” What her teacher said touched Jean so much! In the following years, she tried h
15、er best to realize her dream of becoming a pilot. Although it didnt happen _53_, she finally became one of the first three female pilot trainees ever _54_ by United Airlines. Today, Jean Harper is a Boeing 737 captain. It was the power of one well-placed _55_ word that gave that uncertain young girl
16、 the strength and faith to pursue her dream. 【小题1】 A so B therefore C besides D otherwise A hard-working B kind C strict D lazy A interest B tolerance C courage D help A children B boys C girls D students A responsible B notable C knowledgeable D capable A bored B frustrated C tired D scared A homew
17、ork B assignment C paper D lecture A approving B inspiring C indifferent D discouraging A requiring B suggesting C demanding D hoping A work B chances C money D problems A title B back C right D front A same B different C neither D both A in B on C over D under A limited B unlimited C countable D re
18、asonable A hardly B badly C impossibly D likely A if B unless C whether D until A that B what C which D when A overnight B some day C the other day D fortnight A realized B received C accepted D accomplished A encouraged B sensitive C meaning D positive 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】
19、 A 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 B 【小题 12】 D 【小题 13】 C 【小题 14】 B 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 A 【小题 17】 B 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 C 【小题 20】 D 阅读理解 Sometimes, something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advantage on the job. Though he is only l8 years old and blind, Suleyman
20、 Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians and programmers at InteliData Technologies Corp., a large software company with several offices across the United States. After our company united with another one last October, two different computer networks were driving us crazy, recalls Douglas Bra
21、un, the InteliData president. We couldnt even send e-mail to each other.” In three weeks Mr Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the two networks. None of the companys 350 other employees could have done the job in three months, says Mr. Braun. Suleyman can see into the heart of the compu
22、ter.” Mr. Gokyigfis gift, as Mr. Braun calls it, is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of a machine. The computer permits me to reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do, says Mr. Gokyigit The young programmer is at home with hardware as well, thanks partly to a high
23、ly developed sense of touch. Mitzi Nowakowski, an office manager at InteliData, remembers how he easily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move last year. Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pins and wires much faster than most other people with sigh
24、t, he says. Much of the student programmers speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at the computer. When typing, he listens carefully to the synthesizer （合成器） . His long, thin fingers fly over the keyboard. Nothing seems to shake his attention, says Mrs. Nowakowski, his boss. Mr. G
25、okyigit is the only company employee who is available 24 hours a day. We consider him our top problem solver. says Mr. Braun. 【小题 1】 According to Mr. Braun, Suleyman _. A can work wonders on computer B is the best technician in the world C has done a hard job in three months D has united InteliData
26、Technologies Corp. with another computer company 【小题 2】 The underlined part is at home with hardware ( paragraph 4 ） means _. A is good at dealing with computer hardware B is fond of computer hardware C works with computer hardware at home D feels comfortable when working with computer hardware 【小题
27、3】 Suleyman was quick while at the computer mostly because of _. A his blindness B his attention on the synthesizer C his long, thin fingers D his ability not to be interrupted 【小题 4】 What does the text mainly tell us A Computer technicians are more likely to be gifted. B Ones disadvantages may prov
28、e to be advantages. C The disabled can also play an important role in society. D Top computer scientists have unusual abilities to form ideas of computers. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B Filmmakers Michele dive into an eerie (怪诞的 ) world. The usually colorful corals are a ghostly white. Mos
29、t of the fish, crabs, and other animals have disappeared. The reef is sick and dying. Coral reefs are often called “the rainforests of the sea” because of their abundance of life forms. A great diversity of animals finds food and shelter in every crack and crevice. Todays reefs are about 10,000 year
30、s old. Found in sunny, shallow water in warm seas all over the world, reefs are made up of the hard shells of millions of corals. As corals live and die, they create a giant, rocky honeycomb. Only a thin top layer is living coral. A reef grows only about as fast as your fingernailsthree -quarters of
31、 an inch a year. But coral reefs are huge, and in time a healthy reef can be thousands of miles long. Millions of people around the world rely on reef fish and other animals for food. And reefs provide protection from storms at sea. Without thousands of miles of reefs surrounding coastal areas, many
32、 beaches and even whole islands could be destroyed by the pounding of powerful ocean waves. “Lets say a grazing animal like the parrot fish is overfished,” Michele explains. “Without them, the kind of algae (海藻 ) that the fish feed on could grow like weeds and take over the reef. The competition for
33、 space and sunlight could then starve the coral.” Nearly 27 percent of the worlds coral reefs have been lost or damaged. But there is hope. Many reefs around the worldincluding the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the reefs off the Florida Keys in the United Statesare now protected areas where sc
34、ientists study how to keep reefs healthy. They determine how many and which kinds of fish can be taken for food without hurting the reefs delicate balance. There is hope, too, that people will learn to be good partners to the reefs. “We want our film to inspire people to help coral reefs,” says Mich
35、ele. “For me, even though I may not go back to the South Pacific, just knowing the reefs are there and thriving brings a sense of contentment (满足 ) to my spirit.” 【小题 1】 What is the main purpose of the author in writing the passage A To describe what coral reefs are. B To tell people to protect cora
36、l reefs. C To introduce a film to people. D To ask people to visit coral reefs. 【小题 2】 From the passage we can infer that . A coral reefs grow very fast B there are few huge coral reefs C coral reefs appear mostly in deep water D it takes a long time to make a coral reef 【小题 3】 By mentioning the par
37、rot fish, Michel wants to tell us . A coral reefs need sunlight to survive B the biggest enemies of reefs are weeds C the parrot fish feed on a kind of algae D it is easy to destroy coral reefs 【小题 4】 What is the authors attitude towards the protection of reefs A Optimistic B Disappointed. C Uncerta
38、in. D Pessimistic (悲观的 ). 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states. They wanted to buy lottery tickets. The tickets cost only $0.9 each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million. That was the second largest
39、lottery jackpot(积累奖金 )in history. More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing. Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80. The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million. But that little chance certainly didnt affect ticket sales. In the last fe
40、w days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second. Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action. Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people. It allows them to dream about wealth theyll probably
41、 never have. But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized (合法化的 )gambling. Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets. There are also many addicts who take the game seriously. They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets.
42、 Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit. Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just al
43、lows states to legalize vice(恶习 ), under the name of social progress. No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans. 【小题 1】 The main idea of the passage is that _. A lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who b
44、uys them B playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market C a lot of people buy lottery tickets, but lotteries cause disagreement D lotteries are just legalized vice 【小题 2】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A Politicians like lotteries because they dont have to pa
45、y extra tax. B The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress. C Some critics dont like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them. D People love the lottery because it is a stock market. 【小题 3】 In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sol
46、d tickets totaling_. A $1.62 million B $90 million C $9.6 million D $87 million 【小题 4】 People who are addicted to playing lotteries should _. A join a club B kick the habit C win the Pennsylvania D save every cent 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 B Global emissions（排放） of carbon dioxide from fo
47、ssil fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record in 2010. Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released on Sunday by the Global Carbon Project. Scientists said the increase was almost certainly the largest absolute jump in any year since the Industrial Revolution. The
48、 increase solidified a trend of ever-rising emissions that will make it difficult, if not impossible, to stop severe climate change in coming decades. The burning of coal represented more than half of the growth in emissions, the analysis found. In the United States, emissions dropped by a remarkable 7 percent in the year of 2009, but rose by over 4 percent in 2010, the new analysis shows. “Each year, emissions go up, and theres anot
