1、1珠海市 2012 年 9 月高三摸底考试英语试题本试卷共 12 页, 三大题, 满分 135 分。考试用时 120 分钟。听说合考另行安排。注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用 2B 铅笔将试卷类型(A) 填涂在答题卡相应位置上。2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用
2、铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将答题卷和答题卡一并交回。、语言知识及应用（共两节，满分 45 分)第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 115 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The story happened years ago，when my daughter was still little.I was driving across the country with my daughter to 1 my husband. S
3、ince I intended to get to my destination before supper time, I drove 2 for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get 3 .I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. I parked the car and carried
4、my 4 into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged 5 wandering around. Feeling 6 about that, I asked the lady. What 7 me was: they were waiting for us!The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our 8 . She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a 9 pla
5、ce for a young lady like me. She told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that I got safely back on my way.I was very touched by their 10 . Being young, and probably naive to the potential 11 of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility
6、of something going wrong. I 12 them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and 13 our destination safely. I never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not 14 . Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you cant see their 15 it doesnt mean the
7、y arent angels.1. A. desert B. stop C. join D. save2. A. slowly B. quickly C. safely D. quietly23. A. excited B. bored C. interested D. refreshed4. A. daughter B. luggage C. license D. car5. A. lady B. man C. couple D. angel6. A. angry B. curious C. jealous D. terrible7. A. surprised B. worried C. a
8、nnoyed D. upset8. A. room B. car C. area D. park9. A. quiet B. noisy C. dangerous D. safe10. A. devotion B. honesty C. potential D. consideration11. A. stops B. dangers C. mistakes D. changes12. A. forgave B. asked C. thanked D. blamed13. A. reached B. left C. missed D. passed14. A. seen B. forgotte
9、n C. deserted D. recognized15. A. kindness B. safety C. faces D. wings第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 1625 的相应位置上。 What on earth does happiness mean? I cant give you its exact definition, but Im sure if you love and help 16. , y
10、oull get it. Ill never forget an old lady. She lives in 17. small house alone. It is said that her husband and her son 18. （die）in a road accident years ago. Her life is bitter, but she often helps others 19 . a smile. Whenever it snows, she is always the first to clean the paths. She looks after se
11、veral children living nearby. I am one of them. I often remember the stories she told us and her kind smile. Perhaps she is unlucky, but I think she is a happy person. Her life is full of 20. （laugh）and love.But Im sad to see some people getting their happiness in bad ways. They talk 21. （noisy ）in
12、cinemas and meeting rooms; they destroy trees to enjoy themselves and they laugh at others shortcomings. Perhaps they feel happy at that time, 22. they will never get true happiness because they 23. （lose）their personality already.Now I know what happiness is. 24. means kindness, love and unselfishn
13、ess. Above all, I have come to understand that 25. （bring）happiness to others is getting ourselves happiness.、阅读 (共两节, 满分 50 分)第一节 阅读理解 (共 20 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 40 分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项3涂黑。AThe writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first publis
14、hed in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitc
15、hell House is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of
16、young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as Would you really marry a woman
17、 who works? And today itd be Would you marry one who doesnt? ”The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump ”
18、 .Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the
19、Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.26. The book Gone with the Wind was _.A. first published on a newspaperB. awarded ten Academy Awards C. written in “The Dum
20、p”D. adapted from a movie27. The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.A. be very pleased withB. show great respect forC. be much taller thanD. show little interest in28. Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?A. Because she was ric
21、h enough.B. Because she was injured then.C. Because her husband didnt like it.4D. Because she wanted to write books.29. We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that _.A. her height made her marriage unhappyB. her interest in writing continued as an adultC. writing stopped her working as
22、 a reporterD. her life was full of hardship and sadness30. Which is the best title for the passage?A. A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.B. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.D. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.BWhen I was a kid, I used to spen
23、d hours listening to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky on their Sunday night radio show Loveline. I listened so often that I began to use one of their well-known phrases“good times”in my daily conversations. Scientists have a name for this phenomenon: behavioral mimicry.Youve probably experienced thi
24、s before: after spending enough time with another person, you might start to pick up on his or her behavior or speech habits. You might even start to develop your friends habits without realizing it. There is a large body of literature concerning this sort of phenomenon, and it regularly happens for
25、 everything from body postures to accents to drink patterns. For example, one study found that young adults were more likely to drink their drink directly after their same-sex drinking partners, than for the two individuals to drink at their own paces.And the effect isnt limited to real-life face-to
26、-face activities. Another study found that the same you-drink-then-I-drink pattern held even when watching a movie! In other words, people were more likely to take a drink of their drinks in a theater after watching the actors on the screen enjoy a drink. At least I dont feel so strange anymore, hav
27、ing picked up on Adam Carollas “good times”.New research published today in the journal PLOS ONE indicates that the same sort of behavioral mimicry is responsible for social eating, at least among university-age women of normal weight. Thats right: the young women were more likely to adjust their ea
28、ting according to the eating pace of their same-sex dining companion.As with most experiments, these results raise a whole new set of questions. Still, the finding that behavioral mimicry may at least partly account for eating behavior is important, and has real effects on health. The researchers no
29、te that “as long as people dont fully recognize such important influences on intake, it will be difficult to make healthy food choices and keep a healthy diet, especially when people are exposed to the eating behavior of others”.531. The author takes his own example of using “good times” to _.A. exp
30、ress his love for radio showsB. prove the popularity of the showC. show the influence of the hosts wordsD. introduce the topic of the passage32. The underlined word “mimicry” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.A. copyingB. adjustingC. recognitionD. observation33. Which of the following is NOT
31、 an example of behavioral mimicry?A. A boy eats his popcorn after watching the actor eat.B. A boy buys a Nike shirt when he finds his desk-mate has one.C. A girl unconsciously sits straight just as others do.D. A girl takes on the Yorkshire accent after a months stay.34. It can be inferred from the
32、last paragraph that _.A. behavioral mimicry is beneficial to our healthB. behavioral mimicry decides our eating behaviorC. there are doubts on the research resultsD. there are people always exposed to bad eating habits35. What is probably the authors purpose of writing this passage?A. To draw reader
33、s attention to popular radio shows.B. To introduce behavioral mimicry and its influence.C. To appeal to readers not to fall into others habits.D. To advocate healthy food choices among readers.CAs a senior, my future is always on my mind. To be exact, thoughts of the future have kept me up countless
34、 nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort. Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanfords graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.It wasnt always like that, though
35、. It started when I became a junior, when college came into view. Its the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid o
36、f: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. 6His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well. This doesnt mean that students shouldnt attend college, but rather that they shouldnt worry so much. Y
37、oull get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit more winding（蜿蜒的）than youd like.Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: dont panic.One particular part of his speech stayed with me.
38、Steve Jobs quoted（引用）the saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much youve learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still u
39、neducated.Steve Jobss level of success is attainable, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like its my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life, Ill be proud of what I have done and hope
40、to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.36. The author felt worried when _.A. he had to take tests at schoolB. he thought about his futureC. he had lots of sleepless nightsD. he searched for words of wisdom37. It is suggested in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that _.A. Steve Jobs didnt attend collegeB. S
41、teve Jobs failed because of his decisionC. the author is a college studentD. the author cares much about his future38. What did the author gain from Jobss speech?A. Courage to drop out of school.B. Confidence in defeating Jobs.C. Interest in computer industry.D. Bravery to face uncertainties.39. Wha
42、t did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?A. Have the desire to learn more.B. Be content with what they know.C. Stay calm in the face of hardships.D. Be modest so as to learn more.40. The passage is mainly about _.A. the wisdom drawn from a speechB. the most impressive quote in lif
43、e7C. a memorable meeting with JobsD. an experience of a speechDEveryone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge(报复)of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book
44、. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematic
45、s society. For two years she has maintained As in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local
46、television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight As in his regular classes, plus bonus points for As in two college-level courses.How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains arent the only answer. “Top grades dont always go to the brightest
47、students, ” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students.“Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的)abilities counts for more. Much more.”In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ som
48、etimes dont do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. Hard work isnt the whole story, either.“Its not how long you sit there with the books open, ” said one of the many-A students we interviewed.“Its what you do while youre s
49、itting.”Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.41. The underlined word “nerds” can probably be_ .A. dull bookworms lacking sports and social skillsB. successful top students popular with their peersC.
