[四川]2012届四川南充高中高三第十六次月考英语试卷

— Don’t be mad at me. I’m only five minutes late.
— This is the last time I’m waiting for you._______.

It's not what you do once in ____ while but what you do day in and day out that makes ____ difference.

_____ the different cultures, values and levels of economic development in China and the West, both sides should respect the diversity of their development paths.

A survey showed that _______ Chinese kungfu movies remain popular among foreign audiences, Chinese directors and actors still lack international recognition.

In writing a composition, there must not be one sentence or even one word which is brought in ______.

The Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping _______ visit the United States on Feb 13 on a three-country tour.

Lin Shuhao has followed a markedly different path to ____ of the giant Yao Ming, who was the overall first draft pick in 2002.

His increasing financial difficulties made him so ____ for a job that he would have done anything.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China and an occasion ____ all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West.

The two economic reports were delivered by our president at the board last Monday and ______was very instructive

I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She _________ be really stubborn.

The first time for everything is always the most exciting one. _____ it is your first day in a new job or going on a first date, you will always remember those “first” times.

The more ______ we take the safety standards, the further we can speed up the development of the school bus industry.

Ten Chinese people who have made great contributions to the country ______with the 2011 Touching China Award at a ceremony on Friday, February 3, 2012.

______ a man knows what is not to be done, will he succeed in doing what is to be done.

— Do you want to watch this or the news?
— _________ . It’s up to you.

Nowadays many parents want to have their kids ____ to as much art and culture as possible.

Showing ______ to a current or former teacher is a fair reward and an act of gratitude that will also make you feel better.

—I couldn’t get through to you at home last night. You must have gone out then, ________? 
— Yes, I went to the cinema.

— I’m sorry. I’ve forgotten my credit card. And I don’t have enough money for the meal.
— Don’t worry. ________.

One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.
The other family was a naturalized(加入国籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and   21    families became modestly successful,   22  their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their  23  vase-life.
For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons   24  the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan   25    Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the   26    of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(动乱) and the questions about internment camps（拘留营）, his neighbor made it clear that, if   27   , he would look after his friend’s nursery（花圃）. It was   28  each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do  29  for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.
It was not long before the Japanese   30    was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵营)  31  by barbed wire and armed guards.
A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the   32  neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the  33    before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then   34  , when the war in Europe had
  35  , the Japanese family packed up and   36   a train. They were going home.
What would they find? The family was   37  at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.
So was the balance of the bank passbook   38  to the Japanese father. And the house was  39  as clean and welcoming as the nursery.
And there on the dining room   40   was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.

A．each B．both C．all D．two

A．as B．if C．unless D．though

A．short B．perfect C．long D．important

A．took over B．dealt with C．watched out D．handed over

A．achieved B．battled C．controlled D．attacked

A．children B．members C．father D．girls

A．possibility B．necessary C．likely D．possible

A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something

A．the same B．similarly C．familiar D．the similar

A．father B．family C．neighbors D．mother

A．surrounded B．covered C．watched D．guarded

A．Swiss B．Swede C．naturalized D．Japanese

A．members B．girls C．children D．boys

A．sometime B．some day C．one time D．one day

A．completed B．ended C．started D．died

A．entered B．got C．boarded D．reached

A．met B．seen C．received D．accepted

A．referred B．devoted C．prepared D．handed

A．right B．quite C．just D．rather

A．chair B．table C．floor D．ground

A few years ago, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, where I was employed. purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer's sales representatives in the field used Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held-terminals, the economies made the purchase of Norand look interesting. Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside agriculture.
But after a few years, the emerging laptop PC technology made the hand-held units obsolete (已废弃的). Pioneer sold Norand at a loss. Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide equally among all employees, so our profit-sharing checks were lower than if Pioneer had not purchased Norand. Additionally, my Pioneer stock was lower than it had been before the purchase of Norand. I was not pleased.
The CEO of Pioneer, Tom Urban, made annual formal visits to each of the Pioneer divisions to talk about the state of the business and to listen to employees' concerns. When he walked into the meeting room for his first visit after the sale of Norand, he acknowledged the group, remove his jacket, and neatly folded it across the back of the chair. He loosened his tie, undid his collar and rolled up his sleeves.The next thing he said was the last thing I ever expected to hear a CEO say.
He said, "I made a mistake buying Norand and I am sorry. I am sorry your profit-sharing was lower because of the purchase, and I am sorry your stock was hurt by the purchase. I will continue to take risks, but I am a bit smarter now, and I will work harder for you."
A great man and leader stood before us that day. As I sat listening to him, I knew I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him and to Pioneer. I also knew I could take risks in my own job.
In the brief moment of silence before the questions started, I recall thinking that follow him into any battle.
All of the following are the results brought by Pioneer's purchase of Norand except     .

The underlined sentence in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to       .

Why did Tom Urban remove his jacket, loosen his tie, undo his collar and roll up his sleeves before he spoke?

What did the employees feel after Tom Urban apologized to them?

It is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond. Pluto's recent departure from the classical planet family clearly proves that size really matters.
Astronomers voted on August 24 to create the first scientific definition of the word planet, and Pluto obviously didn't make the cut. It turned out to be only a "dwarf planet" (矮行星). After weeks of heated debate, over 2,500 astronomers from 73 countries voted on the definition of a "planet" at a conference of the international Astronomical Union (IAU). According to the definition, a planet must have a clear neighborhood around its orbit. Pluto has widely been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930. Unfortunately, it has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptune's. It is all because, compared with Neptune, Pluto is very small. It is attracted by Neptune's gravity when the two planets get closer.
According to IAU, a "dwarf planet" should have an orbit around the Sun. It will not have a clear neighborhood around its orbit, and must not be a satellite. The new classification means that the science textbooks will have to be updated. The solar system is now made up of the eight "classical planets," together with a number of dwarf planets. The classical planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The debate over Pluto's status started in 1992. After an advanced telescope was sent into space, astronomers started find a belt of objects, which lies beyond Neptune. The belt contains nearly 1,000 objects, including Pluto. As they continued the exploration, scientists recently discovered at least 41 dwarf planets at the edges of the solar system. There are at least two objects of a similar size to Pluto.
It seems that even if the IAU had kept Pluto's status as a planet, the classical theory of nine planets in the solar system would have had to be changed, but the other way around. More dwarf, planets of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Scientists will probably find many more dwarf planets.
According to the passage, Pluto is          .

The sentence "It is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond" quoted in the beginning of the passage is used to           .

From the last paragraph we can infer that if IAU kept Pluto's status as a planet, the number of planets in the solar system would be        .

Which of the following statements is NOT true aceording to the passage?

The Winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol". Fox's unbelievable successful contest crashed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off the air, but its overall audience of 18.6 million was the least-watched winter Olympics telecast since Nagano's closing ceremonies in 1998, Nielsen said.
Since its opening on Friday, the Turin games have been running well below the 2002 Salt Lake City games in viewership interest. Much of that was expected, but Tuesday's rating was the first alarming sign for NBC that increased TV competition has taken a toll.
"The competition from 'Idol' is heavier than the Olympics has ever seen," said NBC Sports spokeswoman Alana Russo.
It doesn't figure to get any easier, with "Idol" and ABC's "Lost" on the air Wednesday. CBS' "Survivor" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" offer more competition on Thursday.
Even figure skating, the most popular winter Olympics sport for viewers, didn't help much on Tuesday. NBC filled about two-thirds of the hour during which it competed with "American Idol" with tape of the men's figure-skating competition.
Through five nights of Olympics coverage, NBC's average prime time rating is 12.7 ( a rating point represents 1,102, 000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 110.2 million TV homes). NBC said before the games started that it had promised its advertisers a rating of between 12 and 14. If it slips below that, NBC will have to make it up to advertisers with free commercial time.
" ‘American Idol' is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, president of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking fight where we planned to be at this point." Between NBC and its networks, about 65 percent of the nation's television homes have tuned in at least some of the games.
How many viewers watched the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night?

What did NBC do on Tuesday night to attract more viewers?

If the rating slips below 12, NBC will          .

What does the underlined word "taken a toll" mean?

URBANA, ILL. (AP)--Mike dropped out of college to support his pregnant(怀孕的) girlfriend and now works as a manager of a trucking company, Lynn graduated with honors from Harvard University and was hired as a lawyer with a top law firm in a major city. What do these two people have in common? Ten years ago they were both high school valedictorians (致告别辞者).
A University of Illinois study follows the lives of 81 valedictorians and salutatorians (致词的学生代表) who graduated a decade ago from public and private high schools in the state.
Tales of Success and Failure
The study found tales of success and failure. The research on 46 women and 35 men found that some were doctors and scientists, one was a drug addict, another was a waitress with emotional problems.
"There is a popular idea about people who do well in school doing well in life," said Terry Denny, professor of education. Denny conducted the study with Karen Arnold, a former graduate student of Denny' s who is now a professor at Boston College. Denny and Arnold contacted the 81 students before graduation, and then followed up with interviews nearly every other year. They also sent them questionnaires in the mail.
Varied Careers
One-third of the students are lawyers, or have a doctorate. Nineteen are in business and 15 are engineers or computer scientists. Others include a farmer, a stock broker, and an aerobics instructor.
Arnold says many of the students have only average positions in the work world and that "most are not headed for greatness in their careers." Denny, however, says that it is too early to make such predictions. "Who expects someone to be on the Supreme Court at the age of 28 or to be the discoverer of an important scientific invention right after college?" he said. "These students are just getting started in life. They are just beginning to find out what life is all about."
What can we conclude from Paragraph 1?

According to the article Denny is probably older than Arnold because      .

What is probably the best title for the article?

Who probably wrote this article?

I have nothing to say about whether or not "A Day Without Immigrants" had a positive or negative effect on the question of how the federal government should deal with the huge population of undocumented illegal immigrants in this country. I'll leave that question to others.
Regardless of how you feel about the event, one conclusion is obvious. Using the theme of" A Day Without" as a way to focus national attention on a particular subject is a great idea, and could serve as a method for increasing public awareness about other issues that affect daily life in America. Here are my top three examples:
"A Day Without Speeding." How hard could this be? If all drivers would strictly obey every posted speed limit on highways, downtown, on neighborhood streets, and in parking lots for one 24-hour cycle, the benefits would be huge.
"A Day Without Losing Your Temper." A higher degree of difficulty here, and I know that from personal experience. When something goes wrong at home or on the job, there may be brief satisfaction in yelling or kicking the furniture, but erupting with anger usually doesn't do anything to solve the problem, and in many cases it makes the situation more unpleasant.
"A Day Without Having All The Answers." I would like to get a break from hearing anyone speak the phrase, "Here's what you're doing wrong." Right now the US is jampacked with citizens who believe they can point out the cause of every single problem in existence and then solve it on the spot. I believe they need to be quiet sometimes and use their ears instead of their voices.
I wonder how would average Americans react to such a collective pause? Would it be a day of angry protests, or joyful celebrations?
The first paragraph suggests           .

"The event" in the second paragraph is related to          .

According to the writer, losing one's temper is           .

The writer suggest a day without having all the answers because         .

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余选项。
—He is very good, isn’t he?
—   1  
—I said the singer was great.
—   2  
—Have you seen him here before?
—   3  I think he probably writes the music and words because I’ve never heard any of the songs before.
—It’s not fair.
—   4  
—People with musical ability like that have to stand around here to make a living.
—Perhaps he enjoys it or makes more money than you think.
—   5  

E. Be quiet, listen to him.
F. Yes and interesting to watch.
G. Oh, yes. He’s always at exactly the same place on Saturdays when I come into town.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划一个（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误）；则按下列情况改正：
此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Dear Editor,
I’m a senior high school student, named Li Hua. Now many students
have iPods and think it’s a fashion to use it. Using an iPod , we can listen
to music, downloading a lot of learning materials and read them on the
screen. Apparently, it is helpful to our study, specially to our English listening.
Some students, however, take their iPods to the classroom and listen to
music with earphones, which make the teacher and other students greatly
annoyed. What’s worse, some of them even waste the precious time in class
playing video games.
In my opinion, as students, we shall make good use of iPod to
help achieve academic successes. Classroom is a place for students to
study, and therefore concentration awfully needed for us to learn  
our lessons. Furthermore, the school should make a rule to guide the
students to use iPods in a proper way.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

假设你是王平，李华是你的同窗好友，请根据下列要点，用英文给李华写一篇毕业留言。
要点：
1. 简要表述李华在你心目中的印象；
2. 用一至两个相关的事例进行具体描述；
3. 对李华表示美好的祝愿。
注意：1. 内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数120左右；
2. 不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
Li Hua,
It’s time to say goodbye. ________________________________________________________
Yours,
Wang Ping