2012学年浙江省五校联考

英语试题卷

第I卷（选择题，共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。

1. —Can I use your phone?

—______.

A. By any means B. My pleasure C. With pleasure D. Feel free

2. ______ city in Zhejiang Province, located on the river’s upper reaches, is believed to be ______ source of the dead pigs.

A. The; a B. The; the C. A; the D. A; a

3. This practice satisfies people of high moral standards psychologically and materially and ______ encourages other people’s enthusiasm.

A. on the contrary B. in the meantime C. from time to time D. all at once

4. In this section, we will briefly describe possible ways of reducing the costs and risks ______ in doing this.

A. involving B. involved C. to involve D. being involved

5. How can they learn anything ______ they spend all their spare time watching television?

A. when B. though C. while D. before

6. Johnson would have faced the music but he ______ doing things like that.

A. had stopped B. stopped C. was stopping D. has stopped

7. For most informal dinners, you should wear comfortable and ______ clothes.

A. official B. formal C. casual D. proper

8. More than 800,000 Chinese overseas students have returned in the last five years, with the annual number ______ by an average rate of 36 percent each year.

A. growing B. grown C. to grown D. having been grown

9. As President Xi Jinping put it in Moscow on Saturday, China’s development creates more ______ than threats.

A. changes B. opportunities C. positions D. shares

10. —I thought you ______ for vacation tomorrow.

—I had planned to, but I have a very important meeting to attend tomorrow.

A. will leave B. are leaving C. have left D. were leaving

11. As a result of the fog haze weather, nowadays many people are longing to live ______ the air is fresher.

A. that B. when C. where D. in which

12. I still remember ______ to the Science Museum for the first time when I was young.

A. to take B. having taken C. taking D. being taken

13. The people in the Kiss Nightclub were trying to escape from the fire but were ______ by smoke.

A. covered B. overcome C. arrested D. scared

14. The boy doesn’t like ______ when his mother compares him with the other children in the neighborhood.

A. one B. this C. that D. it

15. Women are more generous with their money and are ______ more likely to suffer from money problems.

A. otherwise B. also C. indeed D. then

16. The police investigation hasn’t ______ any new evidence, which really let the public down.

A. taken up B. made up C. came up D. turned up

17. To be ______ changing times you cannot have your body in the 21st century and your head back in the past.

A. in step with B. in front of C. together with D. apart from

18. —How old is Ms Jassica?

—Don’t ask her how old she is—she’s really ______ about it.

A. particular B. cautious C. sensitive D. anxious

19. You can make a ______ by turning off the light after you leave the house.

A. difference B. decision C. promise D. mistake

20. —How would you like your tea?

—______.

A. Very quickly?????? B. As it comes, please C. Very much???? D. I don’t like tea

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，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。

Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get involved” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his 21 out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time 22 you’d be called a jerk (混蛋) for passing by somebody 23 .

Several days later I was still 24 about the hitchhiker (搭便车的人), about how I didn’t even lift my foot 25 the accelerator (加速踏板) for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line—”I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Was that 26 these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey 27 the US without any money, just 28 on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?

The idea intrigued (激起兴趣) me.

The week I 29 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. 30 I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept 31 of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly 32 I went. I was 33 by people’s readiness to help a stranger.

In Oregon, a house painter named Mike 34 the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a 35 dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I refused, but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or 36 with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the 37 to give often gave the most.

I’m 38 to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was 39 . I was proud to live in a country where people were still willing to help. In spite of everything, you can still depend on the 40 of strangers.

21. A. thumb B. finger C. foot D. hand

22. A. that B. where C. which D. when

23. A. in danger B. in need C. in trouble D. in favor

24. A. worrying B. considering C. bringing D. thinking

25. A. off B. on C. away D. from

26. A. interesting B. possible C. necessary D. important

27. A. across B. through C. in D. over

28. A. basing B. relying C. insisting D. relating

29. A. seemed B. got C. became D. turned

30. A. But B. So C. And D. However

31. A. jobs B. supplies C. helps D. offers

32. A. nowhere B. everywhere C. anywhere D. somewhere

33. A. frightened B. annoyed C. disappointed D. amazed

34. A. noted B. saw C. felt D. sensed

35. A. simple B. rich C. delicious D. interesting

36. A. supplied B. offered C. shared D. provided

37. A. fewest B. most C. least D. best

38. A. careful B. grateful C. hopeful D. helpful

39. A. created B. reminded C. renewed D. returned

40. A. kindness B. happiness C. fairness D. brightness

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

：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，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。

A

While taking my boat down the inland waterway to Florida a few weeks ago, I decided to tie up at Georgetown, South Carolina, for the night and visit with an old friend. As we approached the Esso dock, I saw him through my binoculars(望远镜) standing there awaiting us. Tall and straight as an arrow he stood, facing a cold, biting wind—truly a picture of a sturdy(强健的) man, even though his next birthday will make him eighty-two. Yes, the man was our elder statesman, Bernard Baruch.

He loaded us into his station wagon and we were off to his famous Hobcaw Barony for dinner. We sat and talked in the great living room where many celebrities and statesmen, including Roosevelt and Churchill, have sat and taken their cues. In his eighty-second year, still a human dynamic person, Mr. Baruch talks not of the past but of present problems and the future, disapproving of and criticizing our ignorance of history, economics, and psychology. His only reference to the past was to tell me, with a wonderful sparkle in his eye, that he was only able to get eight quail (鹌鹑) out of the ten shots the day before. What is the secret of this great man’s value to the world at eighty-one? The answer is his unsatisfied desire to keep being productive.

Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather well-known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a half-dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for them. These same men can be found there day after day and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community. If material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it seemed to me, something very important was missing, else there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through Scotch and soda. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased(停止). When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man.

What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was thumbing through my Bible. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind: “In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread.”

To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest recollections(memories). In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At