1、2012届湖南省衡阳市八中高三第一次月考（英语） 其他 Marley is a businessman. His business is freezing people. He works for a company in California called Trans Time. Trans Time freezes people after they die. Why does Trans Time freeze people Doctors today can cure many diseases, but they cannot cure all diseases. People st
2、ill get sick and die. Maybe in the future doctors will have medicine for all diseases. Some people think so. They want Trans Time to freeze their bodies after they die. Maybe 100 or 200, or 300 years later, Trans Time doctors will bring the people back to life. The doctors will cure their diseases,
3、and the people will be alive and healthy again. People often ask the scientists at the Trans Time, “How will Trans Time bring dead people back to life ” They say, “We can freeze a healthy animal and bring it back to life. We think that someday it will be possible with human.” When they say “someday”
4、, they mean years from now maybe 100 or 200 years. How can Trans Time keep people frozen for 200 years After a person dies, workers at Trans Time cool the body with ice and chemicals. When the body is very cold, workers put the body into a capsule (密封舱 ). They fill the capsule with liquid nitrogen (
5、液氮 ). The temperature in it is 196 degrees centigrade below zero. Every two weeks workers add more liquid nitrogen. The liquid nitrogen keeps the bodies frozen. Trans Time charges $21,000 to freeze a body and $59,000 to keep a body frozen. Thats $80,000 all together. It is a lot of money. But some p
6、eople think that $80,000 is a fair price. Its a fair price for a chance to live again, isnt it 【小题 1】 What kind of people does Trans Time serve (No more than 2 words) 【小题 2】 How much should one pay together, if he wants his body to be cooled and kept by Trans Time (No more than 2 words) 【小 题 3】 Why
7、do people want to be frozen (No more than 9 words) 【小题 4】 What is the main idea of Paragraph 3 (No more than 6 words) 答案： 【小题 1】 The dead. / Dead people. （ 2分） 【小题 1】 $ 80,000. （ 2分） 【小题 1】 Because they want to be alive and healthy again. （ 3分） 【小题 1】 How Trans Time preserves a body. / How to preser
8、ve a body. / The steps of preserving a body. A proverb is a short, well-known saying that conveys 【小题 1】 _ common truth or belief. Marty proverbs give advice about how to live. For example, my daughter is very short. She would like to be 【小题 2】 _. But I tell her that good things come in small packag
9、es. Some valuable things are very small, like diamonds and other jewels. But I also tell my children that all 【小题 3】_ glitters is not gold. Dont be fooled by appearances. 【小题 4】 _ may look valuable, but may not really be valuable. Sometimes I tell my children to cooperate to solve a problem. After a
10、ll, two heads are better than 【小题 5】 _. Two people working together can get better results. But another proverb says too many cooks spoil the broth (汤 ). 【小题 6】 _ too many people try to do something, then the job will not be done well. Finally, I always like the proverb: You can catch more flies wit
11、h honey than 【小题 7】_ vinegar. Honey is sweet while vinegar is not. In other words, you can win people to your side more easily with gentle persuasion 【小题 8】 _ by hostile actions. 答案： 【小题 1】 a 【小题 1】 taller 【小题 1】 that 【小题 1】 Something 【小题 1】 one 【小题 1】 If 【小题 1】 with 【小题 1】 than 单项选择 * The clean-up
12、operation at the bullet train crash site in east Chinas Zhejiang province has been completed. Meantime, trains have resumed services on the railway _ the accident occurred. A which B that C where D the place where 答案： C I wonder why Jack always gets good marks when he does only _ the others. A half
13、as much as B as much as half C half as many as D as many as half 答案： A You wont surf the internet before you finish your homework, _ you A do B dont C will D wont 答案： C There they met two Indian monks who were Buddhist masters and _ as educators without salary. A were working B worked C have work D
14、had worked 答案： A Europeans made _ clear that they did not want to take the Roma as neighbors. A so B very C it D that 答案： C Clearly, development aid together with food _ the long-term solution to the problem of poverty. A are B is C has D have 答案： B There are now many museums showing _ life was like
15、 back then. A whose B which C what D how 答案： C By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I _ for Shanghai. A am leaving B should have left C will leave D will have already left 答案： D Thunderstorms have struck northern China, _ heavy rain and _ traffic chaos. A brought, caused B bringing, causing C ha
16、ving brought, having caused D to bring, to cause 答案： B The toddler who miraculously _ a fall from her 10th-floor home in Hangzhou, east China, _ recovering quickly. A is survived, is B are survived, are C survived, is D being survived, are 答案： C Many newspaper printed the governors statement _ would
17、 resign his position. A that he B was that he C in which he D and it 答案： A When I try to understand _ that prevents so many Americans from being happy as one might expect, it seemed to me that there are two causes. A why it does B what it does C what it is D why it is 答案： C Most parents encourage th
18、eir children to take an active part in social events, _ those events do not interfere with their studies. A concerning B until C unless D provided 答案： D The time is not far away _ modern communications will become widespread in Chinas vast countryside. A when B as C until D before 答案： A There is muc
19、h _ can be done about the accidents _ from carelessness. A which, arose B that, arising C which, arisen D that, arise 答案： B 完型填空 I grew up poor-living in the housing projects (住房 ) with six brothers, three sisters, a varying assortment (各式各样东西的混合 ) of foster kids (养子 ), my father, and a wonderful mo
20、ther, Scarlette Hunley. We had little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 36 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 37 a dream. My dream was 38 . By the time I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, and hit anything that move
21、d on the baseball field. I was also 39 : My high school coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me how to believe in myself. He 40 me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念 ). One particular incident with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever. It was the summer
22、 between my junior and senior years, and a friend 41 me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocketcash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a 42 for my mother. The prospect of a summer job was attractive and interesting
23、, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity. Then I realized I would have to 43 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldnt be playing. When I told Coach Jarvis, he was 44 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work， ” he said.
24、 “Your 45 days are limited. You cant afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 46 to me. “How much are you going to make at this job,
25、son ” He demanded. “3.5 dollars an hour.” I replied. “Well,” he asked, “Is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream ” That question, the plainness of it, laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I dedicated myself to sports that summer and with the year I was h
26、ired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 47 a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1998 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dreams. 【小题1】 A happy B polite C shy D honest A live B afford C make D need A athletics B music C business D money A right B
27、 popular C lucky D confident A persuaded B taught C brought D asked A sent B advised C gave D recommended A ticket B car C house D job A give in B give up C give away D give off A disappointed B mad C frightened D shameful A living B playing C working D learning A sadness B regret C hopelessness D d
28、isappointment A paid B got C offered D presented 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 阅读理解 In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes
29、 are different, because their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways. Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary f
30、or ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boys. And they generally（通常 ） see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages. What makes men and women better at one thing or another The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connect
31、ed by nerve（神） tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic creation and the expression for emotions（情感 ). In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, its the area used for
32、mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a mans brain are connected by a smaller nerves than the two sides of a womans brain are. 【小题 1】 Which of the following is best to outline（概括） the article A Research on the Brain B
33、Differences between Men and Women C Peoples Different Brains D Who Are Better, Boys or Girls 【小题 2】 _ men and women think differently. A Sex makes B The different brains make C The different experiences make D The influences of society make 【小题 3】 According to the article, girls are generally better
34、 than boys at _ in your school. A Mathematics B Physics C English D Chemistry 【小题 4】 Which of the following is true A The left side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls. B The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys. C Men are better than wome
35、n in all things. D The area in girls used for language skills develops better. 【小题 5】 In men and women the number of nerves connecting the halves of brain _. A is the same B is different C is zero D cant be found out 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B The US government has started a we
36、bsite, Admongo, to help children think critically about the advertising aimed at them. It claims to provide visitors with an “aducation” through games and other entertainment. A cartoon man dressed in old time pilot clothing greets visitors to Admongo. Call me Haiz, he says upon arrival in a rocket
37、ship that opens up with a crazy world inside it. Spacey dance music plays in the background as Haiz tells visitors that they need to learn about advertising. Its inventors say eight to twelve years old is the age kids develop their critical thinking abilities. Kids that age are also a big market for
38、 advertisers. The idea behind Admongo is to teach children three things: To identify the advertiser. To know what the advertiser is really saying. And to know what the advertisement is trying to get the child to do. Children learn these things through a video game. They create their own game charact
39、er. They can choose different skin colors, hair styles, eye and mouth shapes. Then they begin a trip through ad-land, where there are ads on buses and billboards. The players have to find all the marketing in the neighborhood before they can move on to the next level. The Admongo game takes players
40、inside a home, to the advertising studio and everywhere else ads can be found. It is a complete exploration of the world of marketing. One such area is food marketing. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it is a big business. The FTC estimates that food, drink and fast-food restaurants spent mor
41、e than one and a half billion dollars on advertising to young people in 2009. The FTC says children are important for three reasons. They buy products. They influence parents and caregivers to buy. And they are the future adult buyers of the products. A recent study says most advertising aimed at ch
42、ildren is for foods of the lowest nutritional value. First Lady Michelle Obama has said she would like to see advertisers marketing healthy foods for children. 【小题 1】 What is the best title of the text A A website aimed at childrens food B The cartoon guide named “Haiz” C An “aducation” website for
43、children D A popular online video game 【小题 2】 Why did the government start the website A To advertise the video game for children. B To help children know about advertising. C To attract the biggest market of buyers. D To sell the products of its company. 【小题 3】 What can players do in the website ga
44、me A Play video games during the trip. B Travel to a supermarket. C Eat in a fast-food restaurant. D Choose appearance for their character. 【小题 4】 Children are important for advertising because they are _. A important for the society B the most potential buyers C easily influenced by ads D easily af
45、fected by poor products 【小题 5】 According to Michelle Obama, lots of foods advertised for children are _. A of low quality B yummy C of high nutrition D healthy 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way
46、 it can evoke （唤起） an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with. Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother sp
47、eaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms us
48、ed, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions（认识） of the limited English speaker. I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact
