河北省高中英语学业水平12月考试试题.doc

2012年12月河北省普通高中学业水平考试试题
英语试题
本试卷分为四部分，第一部分的第一节和第二节、第二部分和第三部分为选择题，第一部分的第三节和第四部分为非选择题。满分100分，考试时间90分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。
2. 选择题部分：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。答在试卷上的答案无效。
3. 非选择题部分：必须使用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写，要求字体工整，笔迹清晰。务必在题号所指示的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。
4. 考试结束，务必将试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第一部分 听力 (共三节，满分20分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案填涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What are the speakers going to do?
A. To play tennis. B. To go swimming. C. To do some cleaning.
2. What does the woman think of the movie?
A. Frightening. B. Interesting. C. Boring.
3. Which university is the woman thinking of studying at?
A. An older one near the city.
B. A modern one in the city.
C. An older one far from the city.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a hospital. B. In a store. C. In a bank.
What's the weather like now?
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
听下面4段对话，每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答6至7题。
6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Environment. B. Education. C. Agriculture.
7. How much paper do Americans use a year?
A. 850 million tons. B. 86 million tons. C. 15 million tons.
听第7段材料,回答8至9题。
8. How does the man know that the woman is Spanish?
A. By her dress. B. By her hairstyle. C. By her accent.
When did the woman begin to live in Canada?
A. At the age of twenty. B. At the age of twelve. C. At the age of twenty-five.
听第8段材料,回答10至12题。
10. How long have the speakers known each other?
A. For about ten terms. B. For about seven years. C. For about ten years.
11. When did the speakers become friends?
A. Since the third grade. B. Since the fourth grade. C. Since the first grade.
12. What do the speakers plan to do?
A. Have dinner together. B. Have a class get-together. C. Go to see their classmates.
听第9段材料,回答13至15题。
13. How long will the man be staying in the hotel?
A. A week. B. Two or three nights. C. One night.
14. Why will the man stay in the hotel?
A. To find a room. B. To find a job. C. To come on business.
15. What do we know about the man?
A. He will spend most of the time in the hotel.
B. He will see Miss Winston tomorrow.
C. He doesn’t eat in the hotel.
第三节（共5小题; 每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段材料，根据所听到的内容填空，每空只填一词。此段材料读两遍。 注意: 请将本题答案写在答题卡相应位置。
听第10段材料，完成 16至20题。
Laws in England
The first is about drinking.
Neither you nor your friends may buy alcohol if you are 16 eighteen.
The second is about 17 .
It is against the law to 18 cigarettes or tobacco if you are less than 16 years of age.
The third is about crossing the road.
The traffic here moves on the 19 .
The last is about litter .
You should either take the waste material 20 or put it in a dustbin.

第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5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。
21. Teachers usually get paid once_____ month.
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
22. He made a few notes to _____ himself of what he wanted to say.
A. call B. miss C. remind D. remember
23. _____ for breaking the window, the boy cried for he hadn’t done it.
A. To be blamed B. Blamed C. Having blamed　 D. Blaming

24. Our water supply has been _____ because they’re repairing one of the main pipes.
A. cut out B. cut up C. cut away D. cut off
25. His best film, _____ won several awards, was about the life of Gandhi.
A. this B. that C. whose D. which
26. Harry's been driving all day. He _____ be tired.
A. need B. must C. should D. could
27. If I were any younger, I would do _____ I am interested in.
A. whichever B. whoever C. whomever D. whatever
28. Why not try on this overcoat? You will look great _____ it.
A. for B. in C. with D. at
29. She did much _____ in the second half of the match.
A. best B. good C. better D. well
30. What he said is well worth _____.
A. considering B. being considered C. to be considered D. to consider
31. She finds _____ boring to stay at home alone all day long.
A. them B. these C. that D. it
32. She walked home by herself, _____ she knew that it was dangerous.
A. because B. if C. although D. as
33. There's no _____ for you to come if you don't want to.
A. need B. wonder C. doubt D. possibility
34. He _____ as a captain since ten years ago.
A. is serving B. serves C. has served D. served
35. — I think you should go now.
—_____.
A. Never mind B. Go ahead C. All right D. You’re welcome
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和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。
A little boy almost considered himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a terrible illness made his leg lame (瘸的). He 36 played with his classmates; and when the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always 37 his head without a word.
One spring, the boy’s father got some saplings (树苗) 38 the neighbor and told his 39 to plant one each person. The father also 40 to buy a favorite gift for whoever grew best. The boy also wanted to get his father’s 41 . But seeing his brothers and sisters carry water actively, he lost 42 . So after watering it once or twice, he never 43 it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was 44 to find that it appeared greener and 45 than his sisters’ and brothers’. His father 46 his promise, and said that he would surely become an outstanding botanist (植物学家) when he 47 up.
From then on, the little boy slowly became 48 . One night, looking at the bright moonlight outside, he suddenly recalled what the 49 teacher once said: plants generally grow at night. Then he came to the courtyard and unexpectedly found his father 50 under his tree with a big spoon. 51 , he understood: his father had been secretly watering his small tree! He 52 to his room, tears running down out of control…
Decades passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist, 53 he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
54 is the best nutrition (营养) of life; even if it is just one spoonful of clear 55 , it can make the tree of life lively.
36. A. always B. seldom C. frequently D. sometimes
37. A. lowered B. raised C. bent D. nodded
38. A. through B. into C. of D. from
39. A. daughters B. sons C. children D. neighbours
40. A. demanded B. promised C. agreed D. wished
41. A. gift B. praise C. tool D. help
42. A. touch B. sight C. heart D. face
43. A. looked after B. looked for C. looked around D. looked into
44. A. disappointed B. excited C. worried D. surprised
45. A. stronger B. weaker C. heavier D. shorter
46. A. changed B. made C. kept D. broke
47. A. grew B. woke C. turned D. stayed
48. A. hopeless B. optimistic C. guilty D. generous
49. A. history B. physics C. chemistry D. biology
50. A. working B. resting C. sleeping D. singing
51. A. Fortunately B. Therefore C. Suddenly D. However
52. A. came B. returned C. turned D. walked
53. A. and B. or C. but D. so
54. A. Help B. Love C. Work D. Promise
55. A. sand B. soup C. soil D. water

第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
(共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle (水坑) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn’t possibly imagine how this had happened. It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out, especially Jack, he would never hear the end of it. When the girls found out, especially Martha and Jackie, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived.
He prayed this prayer, “Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I’m dead meat!” He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water. Susie lost her balance in front of the teacher and dumped (倒) the bowl of water in the boy’s lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, “Thank you, Lord!”
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule (嘲笑), the boy was the object of sympathy (同情). The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. Martha even gave him her own candy. The sympathy was wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been turned to someone else—Susie. She tried to help, but they told her to get out.
When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”
56. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means _______.
A. the boys would never play with him
B. the boys would treat him as usual
C. he would hardly hear any praise from the boys
D. he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly
57. After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of _______.
A. disappointment B. relief C. anxiety D. anger
58. What did the other kids do after the incident?
A. They offered him dry clothes. B. They laughed at the boy rudely.
C. They helped the boy do the cleaning. D. They urged the boy to get out angrily.
59. Why did Susie dump water in the boy’s lap?
A. The boy asked her to do so. B. She just did it by accident.
C. The teacher told her to do so. D. She knew the boy’s trouble.
60. Besides Susie, _______ also knows what had really happened to the boy.
A. Martha B. Jack C. the teacher D. the boys
B
The possibility that pleasant smells might reduce pain has recently been suggested by new research. In a scientific study, doctors asked 20 men and 20 women to keep their hands in very hot water for as long as possible while breathing in different smells.
As people believe that strong smells can affect the senses, volunteers were asked not to eat or drink for eight hours before the experiment began. During the experiment, volunteers were asked to take in pleasant smells such as vanilla (香草), and unpleasant smells such as durians (榴莲). The volunteers kept their hands in the water until it became too hot for them. When they could not bear the pain any more, they took their hands out of the water.
Scientists are interested in whether the senses or smell is related to pain and whether men and women have the same senses. Now, the study has proved that for women, pleasant smells reduce pain. For men, there is no change.
Dr Finkelstein has been studying smells since 1999. He says that scientists already have data from 40 volunteers. He adds that this year, scientists will test another 60 volunteers and will be in a better position to explain the results.
One explanation is that women’s sense of smell developed long ago, and is linked to recognizing the smell of babies. Scientists used to believe that mothers recognized their children by sight only. Now, they have started to believe that the sense of smell also helps, but why pleasant smells do not reduce pain in men is a question still to be answered by scientists.
61. Before the experiment, volunteers ______.
A. are gathered and take a training B. cannot eat or drink for several hours
C. must wash their hands carefully D. will be interviewed by Dr Finkelstein
62. If both men and women are asked to keep their hands in hot water while taking in some pleasant smells, ______.
A. women may stand the pain of the hot water longer
B. men may keep their hands in the hot water longer
C. they will probably take their hands out at the same time
D. we are not quite sure who will take their hands out earlier
63. From the passage we learn that _________.
A. the reason why women are sensitive to smells is clear
B. the experiment for the sense of smell has come to an end
C. unpleasant smells affect men’s senses more than women’s
D. scientists have not totally explained the result of the study
64. Now scientists believe that _______.
A. mothers recognize their children only by sight
B. men’s sense of smell developed a long time ago
C. strong smells have a great influence on people’s senses
D. smells are helpful for mothers to spot their children
65. The writer wrote the passage in order to ________.
A. supply some entertainment to us B. show women’s sharper senses than men’s
C. inform the readers of some knowledge D. call for volunteers for the experiment
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
C
Do you have a hard time saying“no”to others? Do you say “yes” when you really mean no? 66 Many people end up saying “yes” to something they don’t really want to do for several reasons.
Start to give yourself and others more trust. It is extremely unlikely for people to no longer want to be around you just because you have said no a few times. 67
1. “I’m sorry, I just don’t have the time at the moment.”
If you are too busy,then let the other person know. After all, your own work and family comes first. 68
2. “I don’t think I’m the best person to help you out. Why don’t you try …”
If you think you can’t be of any help, then simply say so. Maybe you know someone else who would be better suited for the task. 69 This is a good one to use at work.
3. “I’d love to，but…”
70 Saying that you would love to do something shows that you like the other person’s idea but you just can’t do it.
A. You’re not alone.
B. Tell people to go to that person for help instead.
C. It all depends on how you say “no”.
D. Force that person to take up the task.
E. This is usually a gentle way of saying“no”to someone.
F. It is important to know when to say “no” to other people.
G. The other person will understand, especially if they also have a busy job and a family of their own.

第四部分 写作 (共两节, 满分15分)
第一节 完成句子（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，使句子语义通顺，语法正确。
71. The students will b