英语试题
第一部分：听力（共两节，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转涂到答题卡上。
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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When will they discuss their plan?
A. During dinner. B. Before dinner. C. After dinner.
2. What does the man have to do now?
A. Complete the research. B. Finish typing up the paper. C. Put the materials in order.
3. Where will the girl probably go?
A. To Britain. B. To America. C. To Australia.
4. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Uncle and niece. B. Aunt and nephew. C. Cousins.
5. How many children does the woman have?
A. Two—a daughter and a son.
B. Three—two sons and a daughter.
C. Three—two daughters and a son.
第二节（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）
听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完后，各个小题给出5 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a car. B. In a park. C. In a hotel.
7. What happened to the raincoats?
A. They were lost. B. They were left at home.
C. They were left on the picnic table.
8. What does the woman suggest doing?
A. Going home. B. Going out to fetch the cards.
C. Waiting until the weather clears.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What will the woman do this Saturday?
A. Pick her mother up. B. Go around with her mother.
C. See a play with her mother.
l0. How long will the play run?
A. For 5 days. B. For a week. C. For a month.
11. When will the speakers meet?
A. This Saturday afternoon. B. This Sunday afternoon.
C. Next Saturday afternoon.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What does the man want to learn?
A. Driving. B. Training. C. Repairing.
13. Which courses will the man choose?
A. Full-time summer courses. B. Full-time winter courses.
C. Weekend courses.
14. How many hours of training will he get every week?
A. 5. B. 6. C. 10.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What’s the man’s problem?
A. He is looking for a place to study. B. He can’t walk in the rain.
C. He has some friends in his room.
16. Why can’t the man use the classroom?
A. A club is having a meeting there. B. It is closed for repairs.
C. It is too noisy there.
17. Where will the man probably go?
A. To the woman’s house. B. To the city library. C. To the reading room.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What does the speaker think of Japanese gift-giving rules?
A. Detailed and ancient. B. Out-of-date. C. Strict.
19. Who don’t exchange gifts much in social and business situation?
A. The Japanese. B. The Europeans. C. The Middle Easterners.
20. What can be inferred from the talk?
A. Color plays an important role in gift-giving.
B. Middle Easterners seldom give flowers as gifts.
C. Friends usually give no gifts to each other in the US.
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1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. I don’t know whether this is ________ part that she played in Hero, ________ very famous film in our country.
A. a; a B. the; a C. a; the D. the; the
22. A total ________ to hard work, though it can be lonely and no fun at all, will leave precious marks on our youth.
A. appointment B. instrument C. document D. commitment
23. —What a journey! We’ve arrived at last!
—________ the small prints at the bottom-right corner of the schedule, we would not have missed the train.
A. If we noticed B. Had we noticed C. If we have noticed D. Did we notice
24. Whatever the pressure, she stuck to her dream and the bright smile on her face never ________.
A. escaped B. failed C. faded D. melted
25. I’m a singer, ________ one magazine commented, is a brand new programme, ________ truly respects the audience’s preferences.
A. as; one B. which; which C. as; one that D. which; that
26. Experts said relatively high humidity, low wind, and a lack of cold fronts ________ the recent foggy weather in many cities of China.
A. subscribed to B. corresponded to C. catered to D. contributed to
27. —Roderick had an accident yesterday.
—How come ? He ________ very carefully.
A. drove B. drives C. had driven D. has driven
28. As the year progressed, Sandy became more confident that Harvard was indeed ________ he belonged.
A. what B. where C. the place D. to which
29. The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing ______ should have attracted the local government’s attention.
A. solving B. solve C. solved D. to solve
30. Though life is full of frustrations and difficulties, it ________ give us success at times if we work hard.
A. must B. can C. will D. shall
31. ______ I went to Tibet, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
A. For the first time B. At the first time C. At first D. The first time
32. ________ domestic economic problems, France will seek to push French exports, including Airbus, and welcome inward investment from China.
A. Considered B. Provided C. Given D. Supposed
33. ________, I believe, and you will find Tom is very outgoing.
A. Having a talk with the student B. Given a talk with the student
C. One talk with the student D. If you have a talk with the student
34. —We all had a lot of fun at the barbecue yesterday. Pity you weren’t there.
—I really should have gone with you, but I ________ on some remaining problems.
A. was working B. would work C. worked D. had worked
35. —Why not invite Jane to our party?
—__________! She is a wet blanket.
A. No problem B. No way C. No doubt D. No wonder
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Five years ago, I raveled to Cairo, Egypt. At 1 a.m. the taxi dropped me off across the street from Hardee’s, a fast-food restaurant. In the __36__ January air, two street children came to me with cries for food.
As a world traveler, I was used to __37__. But seldom had I been so moved by the __38__ of such a plea(恳求). I asked them to wait __39__ I went inside to buy them food. Since I was traveling on a(n) __40__ budget and was even skipping meals on occasion, I understood what hunger meant to the children. But mostly, they reminded me how __41__ I really was.
At the counter I ordered two hamburgers for the boys. Then, as the hamburgers were being cooked, I __42__ my remaining stinginess(小气) and bought them one of Hardee’s delicious, big chocolate chip cookies.
As they took the __43__, they showed me with 30 seconds of nonstop blessings, __44__ that Allah(真主) would always bless me. After they finished, I reached into the bag and pulled out the cookie, __45__ it for them to take. Both boys fell silent, and tears __46__ up in their eyes as they insisted this was __47__. They __48__ the cookie six times. On my seventh __49__, after a long silent pause, they held out their hands and took the cookie.
I had seen many __50__ in Egypt—the Pyramids, the Aswan High Dam and the Temples of Karnak. But it was this scene outside Hardee’s that left me truly __51__, for here I found people who, in extreme poverty, taught me, a “rich man” from the West, a(n) __52__ I’ve long remembered. The __53__ that night are now in the past, but there are moments when I’m brought back to that empty street and to the __54__ faces of two boys. Five years later, I still ask God’s blessings for those two Egyptian boys. While they had nothing __55__ to give, they gave me something greater: an awareness of my spiritual poverty and a desire for a softer heart.
36. A. hot B. warm C. cold D. cool
37. A. beggars B. travelers C. passengers D. tourists
38. A. wisdom B. sincerity C. truth D. greed
39. A. before B. until C. after D. while
40. A. ample B. big C. loose D. tight
41. A. rich B. poor C. lonely D. mean
42. A. accepted B. praised C. overcame D. gained
43. A. cookie B. donation C. hamburgers D. money
44. A. praying B. showing C. saying D. wondering
45. A. offering B. reaching C. extending D. touching
46. A. rolled B. moved C. welled D. dried
47. A. too little B. too good C. too bad D. too much
48. A. received B. resisted C. refused D. accepted
49. A. request B. thought C. effort D. attempt
50. A. wonders B. places C. scenes D. spots
51. A. excited B. impressed C. attracted D. moved
52. A. reason B. proverb C. lesson D. experience
53. A. occasions B. affairs C. events D. memories
54. A. poor B. pretty C. curious D. honest
55. A. material B. mental C. physical D. spiritual
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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For almost two years, Alex Darrow saved the money he earned from his dishwashing job at a pizza place and stored the cash he had received for Christmas and his birthday.
Many 16-year-olds would be saving for a new car, but Darrow was saving to launch a website that aims to raise money for needy children around the world－and create the world’s largest photo mosaic(镶嵌图案)at the same time.
Only after the Placer High School senior laid the foundation for the site, PicturedTheWorld, did he tell his parents.
“I didn’t want to tell my parents if it was going to fail,” said Darrow, who also kept the site a secret from his friends. “They are definitely proud of me.”
The concept is this: A person visits www.ptwonline. org and donates at least $5, then uploads a picture for the mosaic. The income will be contributed to charitable groups such as 88bikes, Doctors Without Borders and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
The goal is to have more than 112,896 photos submitted so that the PictureTheWorld mosaic would become the world’s largest, beating the current record holder in Birmingham, England.
So far, Darrow said 35 people have uploaded pictures. If the record is broken, Darrow’s project would raise at least $560,000.
Darrow, who named himself executive director of the site, said he will not take a salary. He said he’s spent $1,400 of his own money on the project.
Josh Wagner said he was struck by the creativity of Darrow’s project when the teen first contacted him for help with the website’s finances.
Wagner is executive director and founder of Cultural Media Services, a nonprofit organization that provides help for other organizations seeking tax-exempt status(免税地位).
“I think there is a lot of possibility,” Wagner said. “For someone of Alex’s age to start something so creative, he has great potential and he’s already starting to realize that.”
Darrow can’t explain what fueled his enthusiasm for helping others. He said PictureTheWorld is close to his heart because it can make a difference to needy children.
“Kids don’t deserve to suffer from diseases and illnesses,” Darrow said. “I want to make their lives easier in any way I can. I guess I just wish more people of my age would do this type of thing. ”
56. According to the passage, Darrow ________.
A. has collected $1,400 for poor children B. donates $5 to www.ptwonline. org each day
C. works part-time at Cultural Media Services D. created PictureTheWorld by himself
57. What can we learn about the website PictureTheWorld?
A. It was founded by a college student. B. It raises money for charities.
C. It has collected 112,896 photos. D. It is based in Birmingham, England.
58. Which of the following can be used to describe Darrow?
A. Humorous. B. Open-minded. C. Adventurous. D. Kind-hearted.
59. The most suitable title for the passage would be “________”.
A. Teen acts to aid needy, one photo at a time
B. 16-year-olds raise money for needy children
C. Teen creates an effective way to raise money
D. PictureTheWorld mosaic: Largest in the world
B
The EVENT
February 20, 2012
The Ohio State University
Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom
The Ohio State University is proud to lead the celebration of John Glenn’s legacy(遗留的东西) on the 50th anniversary of his historic flight aboard Friendship 7. The celebration dinner will directly benefit faculty(全体教员), students, and programs related to science and technology research and policy at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and the College of Engineering at the Ohio State University. Through this celebration, we will honor John Glenn and his legacy of leadership, citizenship, and public service.
Doors open for main ballroom: 6:30 p.m. Dinner/Program: 7 p.m.
Speaker: Captain Mark Kelly(Commander of space shuttle Endeavour’s final mission)
Reserve your seat by February 15, as seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased by contacting [email protected] or online by using the button below.
Purchase tickets online>>
For questions, please contact the Ohio State University Alumni Association at (800) 762-5646.
Corporate and Individual Partnership Opportunities
The Ohio State University respectfully requests a partnership with you that will celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s Friendship 7 flight. Opportunities include:
$500,000 sponsorship
● Private dinner for two-four guests with Senator John and Annie Glenn at Page Hall
● 10 tickets to the VIP reception, including photographs with both Senator and Annie Glenn and keynote speaker
● Priority seating for all events during the weeklong 50th Anniversary Celebration
● Endowed scholarship named for you/your company benefiting those studying science and technology research and policy
● Table for 10 at the gala event on Monday, February 20, 2012
● Signage at all events and recognition on all printed materials
$100,000 sponsorship
● Reserved seating for all events during the weeklong 50th Anniversary Celebration
● Endowed scholarship named for you/your company benefiting those studying science and technology research and policy
● Table for 10 at the gala event on Monday, February 20, 2012
● 10 tickets to the VIP reception
● Signage at all events and recognition on all printed materials
$50,000 Level Sponsorship
● Table for 10 at the gala event on Monday, February 20, 2012
● 10 tickets to the VIP reception
● Signage at all events and recognition on all printed materials
Contacts
Geoffrey Chatas
Senior Vice President
Office of Business and Finance
Chief Financial Officer
the Ohio State University
(614)292-9232
60. According to the passage, the Ohio State University holds the celebration to .
A. benefit its students and related programs B. seek as much sponsorship as possible
C. win more popularity for itself D. honor John Glenn and his legacy
61. If a corporation intends to have priority seating during the celebration, it has to sponsor .
A. $500,000 B. $10,000 C. $100,000 D. $50,000
62. Which of the following about the celebration is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. The time and place. B. The ways of purchasing tickets
C. The price of tickets. D. The opportunities for sponsorship.
C
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity(长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent(相当的) relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows(寡妇) and widowers(鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even if the chances are against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s(配偶) death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the chances favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological(生理的) mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The final social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: “People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”
63. Linda Waite’s studies support the idea that .
A. the married are happier than the unmarried
B. older men should quit smoking to stay healthy
C. marriage can help make up for ill health
D. unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life
64. What do the underlined words “flip side” in the second paragraph mean?
A. the consequence of a broken marriage
B. the emotional problems arising from marriage
C. the responsibility of taking care of one’s family members
D. the disadvantages of being married
65. What can we learn about social networks from Christakis’s 30-year study?
A. They help develop people’s community spirit.
B. They provide timely support for those in need.
C. They help relieve people of their life’s burdens.
D. They have effects similar to those of a marriage.
66. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. To stay healthy, people are advised to build up social networks.
B. Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.
C. We should share our social networks with each other.
D. It’s important that we develop a social network when young.
D
New York City Council passed the ban on smoking in its parks and on its beaches on the principle that a nonsmoker shouldn’t have to breathe in even a tiny amount of secondhand smoke, whether in a bar or a Central Park meadow. But while there is a strong public-health case for banning smoking indoors, the case for banning it outdoors is much weaker—particularly when it runs the risk of a strong negative reaction that could weaken the basic goals of the antismoking movement.
True, there is evidence that being near someone smoking, even outdoors, can result in significant secondhand smoke exposure. Researchers at Stanford found that levels of tobacco smoke within three feet of a smoker outside are comparable to inside levels. But no evidence indicates that the duration(持续时间) of outdoor exposure—in places where people can move freely about—is long enough to cause great health damage.
But that hasn’t stopped many opponents(反对者) of smoking. Mentioning new research, they have argued that even brief exposure to tobacco smoke can cause severe health effects like heart disease and lung cancer. For example, last year the surgeon general’s office claimed that “even brief exposure to secondhand smoke can cause heart disease,” and that “breathing in even the smallest amount of tobacco smoke can also damage your DNA, which can lead to cancer.”
However, the surgeon general’s statement confuses the temporary negative effects of secondhand smoke on the circulatory(循环的) system, which have been shown to occur with short-term exposure, with heart disease, a process that requires repeated exposure and continual damage . It also confuses one-time DNA damage, which occurs with any carcinogenic(致癌的) exposure, with cancer risk, which likewise generally requires repeated exposure.
Moreover, bans like New York’s may actually increase exposure by creating smoke-filled areas near park entrances that cannot be avoided.
To make matters worse, in trying to convince people that even brief exposure to secondhand smoke is a potentially deadly danger, smoking opponents risk losing scientific basis. The antismoking movement has always fought with science on its side, but New York’s ban on outdoor smoking seems to fulfill (满足) its opponents’ charge that the movement is being driven instead by an unthinking hatred of tobacco smoke. That, in turn, could have a bad influence on the 21 states that still allow smoking in bars and restaurants.
From a public health perspective, a ban on outdoor smoking is pointless. Instead, antismoking organizations should focus on extending workplace protections, already enjoyed by millions of New Yorkers, to the 100 million Americans still denied the right to work without having to breathe in secondhand smoke.
67. By mentioning the surgeon general’s statement, the author intends to explain .
A. why smoking outdoors should be banned
B. that the argument of outdoor-smoking-ban supporters is not solid.
C. that outdoor exposure causes great health damage
D. how the outdoor smoking ban in fact increases smoking exposure
68. New York’s ban might cause more people to .
A. be convinced of the dangers of smoking
B. realize the nature of the antismoking movement
C. regard antismoking activities as driven by prejudice
D. feel hatred toward tobacco smokers
69. It is suggested that the efforts of antismoking organizations should be directed to .
A. ensuring most Americans work in smoke-free environment
B. further expanding the coverage of outdoor smoking ban
C. achieving great victory against outdoor smoking
D. guiding the public to realize the dangers of secondhand smoke
70. The author’s attitude toward the New York’s ban on smoking outdoors can be best described as .
A. enthusiastic B. objective C. critical D. puzzled
第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
Movie fans know that their action hero Superman does not really fly. And, in the movie Superman Returns, another visual trick is played on viewers. The man they see flying is not real. He is what is called a virtual actor. The first step in creating this digital actor is to have a real person stand in a room called a light stage. A computer then captures the outlines and shapes of his face and records how they throw off light. Paul Debevec is with the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California.
“We can light them with very specially computer-controlled illumination and take photos of them from seven different viewpoints with high resolution(分辨率) digital still cameras.”
Mr. Debevec is part of a team working to create computerized images of people, objects and environments that look and act real. The light stage permits actors to be turned into digital versions of themselves much like the blue creatures in the movie Avatar. The real world could soon be using a similar technology. Computer experts at the Institute are developing a 3-D video teleconferencing system. It would send a video image of a person into a meeting room. That image would be able to work with the people in the room, who would see it in 3-D without special eyeglasses.
“The person who is being transmitted to a remote location can actually look around at the people in the room and everybody in that room knows who they’re looking at. And that’s such a fundamental part of human communication.” Paul Debevec says.
He believes the business world will begin to use 3-D video teleconferencing in the next five years.
The Institute is using its light stage and Interactive 3-D Display technology to record video witness statements of Holocaust(大屠杀) survivors for the Shoah Foundation.
The Foundation is also at the University of Southern California. The 3-D images will be shown on special screens in classrooms or museums and will be set up to answer questions about the Holocaust from students and visitors.
“It could be about faith. It could be about love. It could be about beliefs. It could be about identity.”
Kim Simon is managing director of the Shoah Foundation.
“It’s also a medium with which young people today are particularly comfortable. And, the amount of information that comes through seeing a person’s face and hearing their voice at the same time is multiplied.”
A demonstration of an interaction between a Holocaust survivor and students may be possible in a year.
In 10 years, we may be able to play 3-D video games without special glasses.
3-D Goes From Movies To (71)______ World |
Application of 3-D in
film- making |
A real person is asked to stand in a room called a light stage. |
A (72)______ and several digital still cameras are used to capture the outlines and shapes of his face and record the way the light is (73)______. |
A digital image or a virtual actor is finally (74)______. |
3-D technology in
future teleconferencing system |
Much more information can be (79)______ through voice as well as (80)______ expressions. |
The 3-D image can make eye (76)______ with people around, which is (77)______ to human communication. |
3-D technology to record testimonies of Holocaust(78)______
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A video image of a person will be sent to a (75)______ location, like a meeting room. |
The 3-D images will be able to answer various questions raised by students and visitors. |
Application of 3-D in video games |
3-D video games without special glasses may be developed in ten years. |
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
由中国新闻出版研究院组织实施的第十次国民阅读调查项目近期在京公布了结果。下图是部分调查数据：
请根据以下提示，用英语写一篇短文，向学校英文报“Book Clubs”专栏投稿。短文应包括以下内容：
1. 对图表进行简单的描述；
2. 分析学生阅读量低的主要原因（至少两点）；
3. 对如何提高学生阅读量发表你的看法和建议（至少两点）。
注意：
1. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
2. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
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第五部分：书面表达
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