[福建]2012届福建省福州是高三综合练习英语试卷

—Sorry, but we have no more than one ticket for 3-D Titanic now．
—That's OK．I'll take _____．

The children have been playing with my hat and they have knocked it out of ______．

—Shi Changxu was awarded a special state prize for his scientific research．
—He certainly _____ that honor, for he has devoted so much to the country．

Drunk driving used to occur _____, but now it is under control．

—Could we complete the task according to the schedule?
—I doubt that．The problem remains _____ we can get financial aid from the government．

Disadvantages as they have, online games never fail to _____ a large number of teenagers．

_____ economic, political and cultural differences, it is difficult for China and America to fully understand each other．

I appreciate _____ the opportunity to work in your company two years ago．

—How did you like the concert last night ?
—I enjoyed it very much, but the dancers _____ a better job．

_____ in the library regulations that any book borrowed be returned by due time, or the borrower will be fined．

Would you be kind enough to help the boy _____ Chinese is really hard to learn?

If you want to book tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games, just call 00952012．It ______ be simpler．

—What do you think of the music teacher ?
—______ she is an attractive lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with．

Last week I took the Civil Service Admission Examination, for which I _____ for nearly three months．

—My family usually holds a big party for my birthday, but I want to try a different way this year
—         .

This is my third story．When I was seventeen, I   36   a quote （引文） that went something like, " If you live each day  37   it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right．" Since then, for the past thirty-three years, I've looked  38   the mirror every morning and asked myself, "If today were the last day of my life, what would I do ?" And when there was no answer for too many days in a   39  , I know I need to change something．
About a year ago I  40   from cancer．The doctors told me it was incurable, and that I should 41   to live no longer than three to six months．They advised me to get my   42   in order, which is doctors' code （代名词） for "prepare to  43   "．Later when the doctors  44   the cells taken from my pancreas （胰腺） under a microscope, they found it turned out to be a very rare form of cancer that is   45   with surgery．I had the surgery and,   46   , I'm fine now．
This was the closest I've been to facing  47   , and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades．Death is the destination we all   48   ．No one has ever escaped it．And that is   49   it should be, because death is very likely the single   50   invention of life．It clears out the old to make   51   for the new．Your time is limited, so don't waste it living   52   life．Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out （ 盖过） your own inner   53   ．And most importantly, have the courage to 54 your heart and intuition （直觉）．They 55 already know what you truly want to become．Everything else is secondary．

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Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after years-long and highly public battle with cancer．Mourners （ 哀悼者 ） gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world．
Steve Jobs made technology fun．As tech leaders, they're really happy if they have one hit in their life．Steve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and Pixar．
Steve Jobs was a college dropout．He was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountant． They supported his early interest in electronics．He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer —now just called Apple —in 1976．They stayed at the company until 1985．That year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a debate with the chief executive．
Mr．Jobs then formed his own company, called NeXT Computer．He rejoined Apple in 1997 after it bought NeXT．He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world today．However, Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health．He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement．Steve left behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple．
President Obama said in a statement: by building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage, Steve Jobs exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity （独创性的）．By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive （有直觉力的） and fun．
The fact that he was able to redesign American business top to bottom and across is really stunning．He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the greatest of all time．Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American business．Steve Jobs was remembered as a "great visionary and leader" and a " marketing genius"．
According to the second paragraph, the author wants to show that _____．

Which of the following statements about Steve Jobs is TRUE ?

The underlined word "stunning" in the last paragraph probably means ______．

This passage is mainly about _____．

Quit while you're ahead
I am one of those people who are terrible at saying no．I take on too many projects at once, and spend too much of my time doing things I'd rather not be doing．I get work done, but it's not always the best I can do, or the best way I could spend my time．
That's why my newest goal, both as a professional and a person, is to be a quitter．
Being a quitter isn't being someone who gives up, who doesn't see important things through to the end．I aspire （渴望） to be the opposite of that．The quitter I want to be is someone who gets out when there's no value in what he's doing, or when that value comes at the expense of something more important．
A friend of mine once told me, "I knew I was an adult when I could stop reading a book, even after getting 500 pages into it．" Strange though it sounds, we all tend to do this．We get involved in something, realize we don't want to be a part of it, but keep on going．We say "Well, I've already invested so much time in this, I might as well stick it out．"
I propose the opposite: quit as often as possible, regardless of project status or time invested．If you're reading a book, and don't like it, stop reading．Cut your losses, realize that the smartest thing to do is to stop before your losses grow even more, and quit．Instead of reading an entire book you hate, read half of a bad one and half of a good one．Isn't that a better use of your time?
Step back for a second．Let's learn how to say "no" at the beginning, or in the middle, and free up more of our time to do the things we'd like to be doing, and the things actually worth doing． Saying no is hard, and admitting a mistaken yes is even harder．If we do both, we'll start to make sure that we're spending our time creating value, rather than increasing our losses．Let's be quitters together．
The author wants to be a quitter, because he _____．

In what circumstances does the author suggest quitting is a good idea?

If you stop reading a book you hate, the author might think that ______．

The message the author tries to convey is to ______．

The World’s Most Impressive subways

 
Which of the following gives the passengers the best visual enjoyment?

According to the passage, the only subway that can bring more financial gains is ______．

We can learn from the passage that Shanghai Metro ______．

The purpose of the passage is to _____．

For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub．Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news．
As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved．Many of them have become historic sites．The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called " Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem" , which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England．
However, British pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and parts of society．On a cold night, the pub's landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire．There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drinks available at an affordable price．
That's how things used to be．Things are beginning to change．It is said that the credit crunch （信贷紧缩） is causing 39 British pubs in a week to go out of business．People do not have enough spare money to spend on beer．Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs．
This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 11 p．m．．Previously, with 11 p．m．as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly．The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as "binge drinking" , and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities．
In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market．British pubs now offer something for everyone．A lot of pubs used to be "Working Men's Clubs" , meaning that women could not usually enter．Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems．Perhaps things are changing for the better after all．
British people have the habit of gathering in the pubs to _____．

The British pubs are allowed to stay open after 11p．m．to ______．

We can learn from the last paragraph that the author _____．

The passage mainly tells us ______．

The day after news broke of a possible revolution in physics ——particles （粒子） moving faster than light ?a scientist leading the European experiment that made the discovery calmly explained it to a standing-room- only crowd at CERN．
The physicist, Dario Auterio, did not try to explain what the results might mean for the laws of physics, let alone the broader world．After an hour of technical talk, he simply said, "Therefore, we present to you today this difference, this unusualness．"
But what unusualness it may be．From 2009 through 2011, the massive OPERA detector （探测器）buried in a mountain in Gran Sasso, Italy, recorded subatomic particles called neutrinos （ 中微子） arriving faster than light can move in an empty space．The neutrinos generated at CERN are hardly detectably early．If confirmed, the finding would throw more than a century of physics into disorder．
"If it's correct, it's phenomenal．" said Rob Plunkett, a scientist at Fermilab, the Department of Energy physics laboratory in Illinois．"We'd be looking at a whole new set of rules" for how the universe works．Those rules would bend, or possibly break, Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity, published in 1905．Basical at the time, the theory tied together space and time, matter and energy, and set a hard limit for the speed of light, later measured to be about 186, 000 miles per second．
No experiment in 106 years had broken that speed limit．Physicists expect strict study to follow, which OPERA and CERN scientists welcomed．
Fermilab operates a similar experiment, called MINOS, that shoots neutrinos from Illinois to an underground detector in Minnesota．In 2007, MINOS discovered a just detectable amount of faster than-light neutrinos, but the permissible difference of error was too big to "mention" , Plunkett said．
Fermilab scientists will reanalyze their data, which will take six to eight months．In 2013, the MINOS detector, now offline, will restart after an upgrade．It could then offer confirmation of the results．
Why are the European scientists not sure about the results of the experiment?

The underlined word " phenomenal" in the fourth paragraph has the closest meaning to          .

The best title for the passage may be _____．

What may be discussed in the paragraphs to follow?

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