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绵阳市高中2012级第一次诊断性考试

英 语

本试题卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），第I卷1至8页，第II卷9至10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。考生作答时，须将答案答在答题卡上，在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共90分）

注意事项：

1．必须使用2B铅笔在答题卡上将所选答案对应的标号涂黑。

2．第I卷共两部分，共计90分。

第一部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节 单项填空

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

1. —Darling, make a careful budget for our son at university.

—_______, he wasn’t born yesterday.

A. Come on B. Look out C. That’s settled D. That’s great

2. The Great Wall leaves visitors a puzzle _______ early Chinese people managed to build it without modern tools.

A. why B. when C. where D. how

3. I bought my wife the dress for a lot of money, but hardly _______ her wear it.

A. I see B. do I see C. see I D. I do see

4. Lessons, when _______ in fun ways, will certainly inspire the students’ interest.

A. organizing B. to be organized C. to organize D. organized

5. He is a typical couch potato _______ his wife likes to go outdoors.

A. since B. while C. when D. as

6. Recently I met him for the project, but I don’t know if he _______ his mind.

A. changed B. had changed C. has changed D.would change

7. —I don’t think the medicine has magic power for my trouble.

—Anyhow, you’d better try — it _______ help some way.

A. must B. should C. may D. shall

8. We expect you to become someone _______ we’ll feel very proud in the future.

A. of whom B. for whom C. who D. that

9. Mr. Clark didn’t explain very clearly. In fact, _______ students really understood.

A. quite a few B. quite a little C. just a few D. just a little

10. My teacher used to give me helpful advice. Now I do regret _______ it.

A. not taking B. not to take C. not take D. not taken

第二节 完形填空

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and??11??asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t??12??people to look at me and think I was not like??13??. I must have been a terrible danger on the??14??. Coming across me??15??through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their??16??.

One evening, I??17??the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, ??18??as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been??19??to a lamppost. This was just one of the??20??things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless??21??wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to??22??if the bus had arrived. Generally in this situation, because I hated??23??I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would??24??a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to??25??my pride and ask someone at the stop for help. But on this particular evening no one??26??me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had??27??decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I??28??I did. But because I had given up stopping them for??29??of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there??30??for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

11. A. started B. risked C. hated D. liked

12. A. understand B. bear C. blame D. forgive

13. A. it B. him C. me D. them

14. A. campus B. ground C. roads D. floor

15. A. wandering B. running C. rolling D. cycling

16. A. vehicles B. phones C. companions D. brakes

17. A. got off B. got on C. got through D. got up

18. A. so B. and C. or D. but

19. A. apologizing B. explaining C. complaining D. reporting

20. A. cool B. stupid C. clever D. unforgettable

21. A. visitors B. guests C. drivers D. passengers

22. A. count B. discover C. guess D. calculate

23. A. admitting B. showing C. hiding D. remembering

24. A. catch B. move C. cheat D. stop

25. A. swallow B. trade C. express D. recover

26. A. invited B. joined C. bothered D. reminded

27. A. rapidly B. cautiously C. directly D. suddenly

28. A. thought B. planned C. prepared D. demanded

29. A. fun B. joy C. fear D. hope

30. A. again B. alone C. aloud D. around

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，共50分）

第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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2分，共40分）

A

It was such an extremely freezing day that I decided to get a cup of hot drinking first after work. As my colleague, Ricky, and I were making our way to a coffee shop, I noticed an old gentleman rather poorly dressed sitting on a bench nearby. Obviously he was frozen, seemingly one of the homeless or someone like that.

We joined the line and waited to be served. Ricky handed the server a twenty-dollar bill, ordered three cups of hot coffee, and gestured the sever to give one to the old gentleman outside on the bench as a favour. The server looked at Ricky, a little perplexed, without full comprehension of the request. Afterwards, there was a wonderful exchange between the server and the old man in need of some attention. I only wish I had taken a photo of the smiles on the both faces.

As I was thinking about this event later on, I wondered to myself why Ricky didn’t perform this act of kindness himself. I suspect that deep down in his heart he was hoping that this act of kindness might inspire others to do something for this older man as well. Absolutely beautiful!

There are many ways of thinking when we met someone as the old man in need of kindness and attention. Perhaps he needs a little helping hand and thank God for my colleague who inspired the others to goodness as well. Oh, by the way, the last words Ricky told the server was, “There go I, but for the Grace of God.”

31. What was the author’s impression of the old gentleman?

A. He was a greedy man. B. He took on a sign of poor manners.

C. He was in poor health. D. He needed some kind of human care.

32. The underlined word “perplexed” in the 1st paragraph probably means “________”.

A. annoyed B. confused C. embarrassed D. determined

33. Why didn’t Ricky give the favour to the old gentleman himself?

A. He didn’t know the old gentleman.

B. He was too shy to speak to strangers.

C. He tried to influence others to be kind.

D. He feared the old man would refuse his help.

34. What the author really thinks absolutely beautiful is that ________.

A. an act of kindness could go widespread

B. a cup of coffee could warm the old man

C. the server was very kind to customers

D. Ricky had created good impressions

B

Dear Parent,

I have experience with parents who are over protective, always wanting to know every step that their child makes no matter where they are.

I know a parent who drove her kid almost mad with how protective she was. The parent would not let her child do anything without her. She would always want to be with her child no matter what he was doing. If the child wanted to stay the night at a friend’s house, she would say no. And now her child gets more annoyed with his parent than anything else. It is tough having an over-protective parent.

But being a protective parent can be a good thing. Wanting to know where your kids are is just an instinct, something that comes by nature. But it becomes over protective when someone’s parent is calling him or her 20 times a day just to see what he or she is doing. Parents like this aren’t really like parents. They are more like prison guards with their child being the prisoner.

Having a prison guard for a child is a torture. The only thing the child can do is sit at home. Parents like this won’t let their children do anything. They sometimes allow them to go out with friends. But they have to be with them on dates and will not even let them out of their sight. With parents like this, it makes the kids feel like they have to escape just to have their own life outside of their parents.

Wanting to protect a child is just something that comes with the job of being a parent, but being so protective to the point that you would put a tracking chip(芯片) in your child is horrible.

Sincerely,

Over-protected child

35. In the first two paragraphs, the author tries to _______.

A. tell parents to stop their practices of over control

B. make parents see if it is good to over control kids

C. tell his/her personal stories of being overprotected

D. show parents what it is like to be overprotected

36. If a parent keeps track of the child by calling one or two times, it can be seen as _______.

A. overprotective B. considerate

C. unconcerned D. unreasonable

37. When a child has a torture from parental overprotection, he or she probably _______.

A. mentally and physically suffers B. drops out of school

C. academically and morally fails D. ends up in prison

38. What’s the main message for parents in this letter?

A. Being overprotective is good for their children.

B. Children should not be allowed to go out on their own.

C. Children don’t want to be watched all the time.

D. Parents should leave their children completely alone.

C

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