2012年高考英语真题试卷（四川卷）

2012年高考英语真题试卷（四川卷）
一、单项选择
1．（2012·四川）—Excuse me. How much is the shirt
— _______.
A．Extra Large B．50 each
C．It sells well D．Altogether there are 5
2．（2012·四川）New technologies have made ____ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
A．that B．this C．one D．it
3．（2012·四川）—Goodbye, John. Come back again sometime.
—Sure. ______.
A．I did B．I do C．I shall D．I will
4．（2012·四川）At school, some students are active ______ some are shy, yet they can be good friends with one another.
A．while B．although C．so D．as
5．（2012·四川）This is not my story, nor ______ the whole story. My story plays out differently.
A．is there B．there is C．is it D．it is
6．（2012·四川）Tom took a taxi to the airport, only _____ his plane high up in the sky.
A．finding B．to find C．being found D．to have found
7．（2012·四川）The hotel is almost finished, but it _____ needs one or two weeks to get ready for guests.
A．only B．also C．even D．still
8．（2012·四川）I looked up and noticed a snake ______ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast.
A．to wind B．wind C．winding D．wound
9．（2012·四川）—Did you catch what I said
—Sorry. I ______ a text message just now.
A．had answering B．have answered C．would answer D．was answering
10．（2012·四川）If you happen to get lost in the wild, you'd better stay ______ you are and wait for help.
A．why B．where C．who D．what
11．（2012·四川）They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house ____.
A．is being rebuilt B．has been rebuilt
C．is rebuilt D．has rebuilt
12．（2012·四川）Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car_______。
A．washed B．wash C．washing D．to wash
13．（2012·四川）In our class there are 46 students, ______ half wear glasses.
A．in whom B．in them C．of whom D．of them
14．（2012·四川）This training program can give you a lift at work, ____ increase your income by 40%.
A．as well as B．so long as C．so much as D．as soon as
15．（2012·四川）He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It's just a matter of _____.
A．luck B．value C．time D．fact
16．（2012·四川）I make $2,000 a week, 60 surely won't make ______ difference to me.
A．that a big B．a that big C．big a that D．that big a
17．（2012·四川）Scientists study ____ human brains work to make computers.
A．when B．how C．that D．whether
18．（2012·四川）We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ____ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A．an; the B．不填; the C．不填; a D．the; a
19．（2012·四川）I got close enough to hear them speaking Chinese, and I said “Ni Hao ” just as I ____ do in China.
A．must B．might C．can D．should
20．（2012·四川）It's surprising that your brother ________Russian so quickly—he hasn't lived there very long.
A．picked up B．looked up C．put up D．made up
二、完形填空
21．（2012·四川）完形填空
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson's bedroom skylight（天窗）.Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder （1） he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly （2） his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to （3） ; he opened the door to the basement（地下室）, and flames （4） out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt （5） because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
But the phone didn't work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was （6） by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.
Sibson's house was three kilometers （7） the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be （8） .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson's neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm （9） his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his （10） and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the （11） . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to （12） the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson （13） and die in that fire.”
“Anyone there ” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I'm trapped!” coming from the second floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his （14） .
After one more （15） inside the house, Huggons gave up and （16） around back.
The wind parted the smoke just （17） for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He （18） the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and （19） Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still （20） when he tells the story. “ I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”
（1）A．before B．while C．since D．until
（2）A．on B．in C．through D．over
（3）A．hide B．wait C．check D．escape
（4）A．moved B．gave C．went D．exploded
（5）A．safe B．worried C．glad D．tired
（6）A．burned B．stopped C．shocked D．covered
（7）A．beside B．off C．across D．along
（8）A．limited B．false C．fruitless D．regretful
（9）A．struck B．missed C．touched D．passed
（10）A．coat B．key C．basin D．phone
（11）A．noise B．road C．smoke D．danger
（12）A．search B．enter C．leave D．damage
（13）A．call B．roll C．scream D．sigh
（14）A．breath B．attention C．ladder D．flashlight
（15）A．stay B．chance C．thought D．attempt
（16）A．climbed B．circled C．looked D．jumped
（17）A．clear B．open C．enough D．fit
（18）A．led B．put C．drove D．shone
（19）A．persuaded B．kicked C．pulled D．forced
（20）A．nervous B．surprised C．proud D．thankful
三、阅读理解
22．（2012·四川）阅读理解
On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house.
Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.
There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees.
Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple (枫树) makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees.
The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that.
The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars' (杨树) putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake.
（1）What can be learned from Paragraph 2
A．The scenes are colorful and changeable.
B．There are many windows in the wooden house.
C．The views remind us that we are in a wooden house.
D．The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color.
（2）By mentioning the names of the trees, the author aims to show that ___________ .
A．the kids like playing in trees
B．the kids are very familiar with trees
C．the kids have learned much knowledge
D．the kids find trees useful learning tools
（3）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean
A．The change of seasons is easily felt.
B．The seasons make the scenes change.
C．The weather often changes in the forest.
D．The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons.
（4）What is the main purpose of the author writing the text
A．To describe the beauty of the scene around the house.
B．To introduce her children's happy life in the forest.
C．To show that living in the forest is healthful.
D．To share the joy of living in the nature.
23．（2012·四川）阅读理解
Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2012: More than 200 B&Bs（bed & breakfast）across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don't miss it. Just collect the vouchers（活动券）in our B&B Daily printed from 01/04/2012 to 07/04/2012 and book the stays for your travel following the terms and conditions below:
The offer includes a room for the night and a breakfast the next morning.
The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, valid（有效的）during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012；￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2012—31/08/2012.
The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only.
The stay must be booked directly with the chosen B&Bs before 28/04/2012.
Each voucher can only be used by the holder to book one room for one night.
If voucher holders book either the ￡20 or ￡35 per room per night, any additional services such as lunch, evening meal or activities may require an extra charge. But these are not required in order to take up the offer. Please check directly with your chosen B&Bs to see what extra services are available.
Vouchers must be presented on arrival. If no vouchers are presented, the B&Bs may reserve（保留）the right to charge at full price for every night of stay.
Vouchers may not be used together with any other offer.
The voucher holders must pay for the stay in full at the time of booking. Additional ￡10 may be paid to confirm（确认）the booking and will be returned on arrival.
The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders' bookings for people under the age of 18.
（1）The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on ______.
A．09/01/2012 B．04/02/2012
C．01/03/2012 D．28/04/2012
（2）How much should be paid for a two-night stay in October 2012 at a chosen B&B
A．￡70 B．￡40 C．￡35 D．￡30
（3）What right do the B&Bs reserve
A．To charge extra ￡10 for bookings with no vouchers.
B．To refuse bookings for guest under the age of 18.
C．To charge at full price for stays not confirmed.
D．To request extra charges as tips.
（4）By taking up the offer, the voucher holders can choose to ______ .
A．book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs
B．have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money
C．use the B&B offer together with other offers
D．book the stays though B&B Daily
24．（2012·四川）阅读理解
I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn't think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — there's a dark period in-between where you're neither one thing nor the other. You're out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you're too ashamed to say, “Well, I'm writing a novel, but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published ,
I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.
（1）What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean
A．I was waiting for good fortune.
B．I was trying to find an admirable job.
C．I was being aimless about a suitable job.
D．I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.
（2）The author decided to write a novel ______ .
A．to finish the writing course B．to realize her own dream
C．to satisfy readers'wish D．to earn more money
（3）How did the writer feel halfway with the novel
A．Disturbed. B．Ashamed. C．Confident. D．Uncertain.
（4）What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph
A．It pays to stick to one's goal.
B．Hard work can lead to success.
C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.
D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something.
25．（2012·四川）阅读理解
In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.
Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.
MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.
MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.
“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.
Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.
（1）According to this text, edX is _______.
A．a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare
B．a free computer program by MIT and Harvard
C．a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses
D．a free program online for universities worldwide
（2）What is said about online education in the text
A．Universities have been trying online courses.
B．About 2,000 online courses have been offered.
C．Over 100 million people have finished courses online.
D．Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.
（3）The underlined part in the text probably means “ ”.
A．Get ready for the difficulties
B．Get ready for this educational change
C．Get prepared to complete the online courses
D．Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses
（4）What can be said about MITx according to the text
A．It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.
B．It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.
C．It is a standard to recognize online learners' achievement.
D．It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.
26．（2012·四川）阅读理解
Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted（预测）in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
Increased carbon dioxide（CO2）in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
“Predicting species' reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researches of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated（低估）the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance — for both leafing and flowering — that results from temperature increases,” the study said.
The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.
Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis（光合作用）to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the world's average temperature has risen by about 0.8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979.
So far, efforts to cut emissions（排放）of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century — a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.
（1）What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1
A．Plants' reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem.
B．The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists' expectation.
C．Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
D．Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.
（2）We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that ______.
A．plants' flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing
B．there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents
C．scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D．the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change
（3）Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _______.
A．they can prove the climate change clearly
B．they are very important in the food chains
C．they play a leading role in reducing global warming
D．they are growing and flowering much faster than before
（4）What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world's temperature
A．It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979.
B．Its change will lead to weather extremes.
C．It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1990.
D．It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.
四、对话填空
27．（2012·四川）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。
—What seems to be the problem
—　 　
—How long have you been like this
—Since Saturday night.
—　 　
—Yes, I also feel lighthearted.
—Can you think of anything you ate Saturday that might have caused it
—All I can think of is the fish I had. It didn't taste quite right.
—　 　 Now I'll give you some medicine. Take it and you should be feeling better soon.
—　 　
—I also suggest that you follow a special diet.
—　 　
—You should stick to eating lighter foods.
A:What's that
B:That might be it.
C:Thank you, doctor.
D:Any other problems
E:I have a running nose.
F:Have you seen a doctor
G:I have a terrible stomachache.
五、短文改错
28．（2012·四川）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，在该行右边横线上画一个沟（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词：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。
此行缺一个词：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。
此行错一个词：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 Mom,
Mother's Day is coming. I'm sorry that I am abroad ①　 　
and can't send your flowers, so I'm writing to you. ②　 　
Mom, I know I have never expressed my thank to you ③　 　
before. But on today, at this special time, I just want to tell ④　 　
you loudly: I love you, Mom! Thank you so much by not ⑤　 　
only giving me life, but also teach me how to be a good ⑥　 　
person. Thank you for all you had done for me. Mom, though ⑦　 　
I may often say it, I do love you. Nobody can take your ⑧　 　
part in my heart. Whenever I am, I will always love you. ⑨　 　
Hope you good health and much happiness every day! ⑩　 　
Your little girl,
Jennifer
六、书面表达
29．（2012·四川）假如你是大学一年级新生李华。开学之初，你的英语老师Ms Li希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况，并征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给她写一封信。
对英语学习的认识；
自己目前的英语水平；
自己英语学习存在的主要问题；
对英语教学的两点建议。
注意：
词数100左右；
信的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Ms Li,
I'm very happy to have you as our English teacher.
Thank you!
Li Hua
答案解析部分
1．【答案】B
【知识点】情景交际及习惯表达
【解析】【分析】本题考查交际用语。句意:——打扰一下，这衬衫多少钱？——______。A:“超大号”，B:“每件50”C:“它很畅销”，D:“总共有5（件）”。根据语境，故选B。
【点评】情景交际是英语表达的方式，对考生来说，相对较易。
2．【答案】D
【知识点】it的用法
【解析】【分析】本题it的用法。句意：新技术已经使得更快地、以更低的成本生产新产品成为可能。make + it + adj. + to do为为固定句型，其中it作形式宾语，替代动词不定式to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost。
【点评】在英语中只有it可以作为形式主语或者形式宾语。本题中的it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
3．【答案】D
【知识点】情态动词的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查情态动词。根据上句“再见，约翰。（欢迎）找个时间再来。”而选D，意为：我会的，我愿意。will表“意愿”。
【点评】情态动词是英语重要语法项目，熟练掌握每个情态动词的用法，会使考生解题能力有很大提升。
4．【答案】A
【知识点】并列句
【解析】【分析】本题考查并列连词。句意：句意为：在学校，一些学生很活跃而一些却很害羞，然而他们都可能彼此成为好朋友。两个分句是两种情况的对比，这是while作为并列连词的用法。
【点评】并列句是英语中的常见结构，掌握几个并列连词的用法，是英语教学得基本要求。
5．【答案】C
【知识点】倒装句；it的用法
【解析】【分析】本题考查部分倒装。句意：这并不是我的故事，它也不是故事的全部。我的故事的结局不同。nor位于句首引起部分倒装，再根据句意，可知选代词it。故答案选C。
【点评】否定意义的词放在句首，句子用部分倒装语序，这是高中毕业生必须掌握的语言点。
6．【答案】B
【知识点】动词不定式
【解析】【分析】本题考查不定式作结果状语。句意：汤姆乘的士赶到机场，竟然发现他要乘坐的飞机已经飞入高空了。only to do“竟然......”表示意想不到的结果。故选B。
【点评】不定式做状语时表示意料之外的结果。only to do“竟然......”，结合句意，可知本题是一种意料之外的结果。掌握了此用法，本题很易得出答案。
7．【答案】D
【知识点】副词的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查副词用法。句意：这个旅馆差不多竣工了，但仍还要一两周才可以接待客人。根据句意选still“仍然，还”。
【点评】副词修饰谓语动词，正确掌握副词的含义，考生很容易得出答案。
8．【答案】C
【知识点】分词；非谓语动词
【解析】【分析】本题考查现在分词作宾语补足语。句意：我抬头,注意到一条蛇正在蜿蜒前行去抓自己的早餐。wind与snake之间为主动关系且此动作正在进行，用现在分词，此处作宾语补足语，故选C。
【点评】区分notice sb doing sth“注意到某人正在做某事”和notice sb do sth“注意到某人做某事”，掌握不定式作宾补和现在分词作宾补。
9．【答案】D
【知识点】过去进行时
【解析】【分析】本题考查动词时态。句意：——你听懂我所说的了吗？——对不起。我刚刚在回短信。根据句意及时间状语just now可知，回短信的动作正好是发生在问话人说话的那一时间点，即表示过去某一时间点正在发生的动作，即过去进行时，故选D。
【点评】正确理解事件发生的时间，是本题的解题关键。
10．【答案】B
【知识点】地点状语从句
【解析】【分析】本题考查地点状语从句。句意：你最好呆在你现在所在的地方，等待帮助。where此处引导地点状语，故选B。
【点评】状语从句指句子用作状语时，起副词作用的句子。stay是不及物动词，因此where引导的句子是状语从句，where在状语从句中作地点状语。此题考生易错看成宾语从句。
11．【答案】A
【知识点】动词的语态；现在进行时
【解析】【分析】本题考查动词的时态和语态。句意：他们此时与父母住在一起，因为他们自己的房子正在重建。根据句意可知，应使用现在进行时，而且house与动词rebuilt之间为被动关系，故使用现在进行时态的被动语态。
【点评】动词是英语学习的灵魂，掌握动词的时态和语态是英语学习最基础的部分。
12．【答案】A
【知识点】分词
【解析】【分析】考查非谓语动词。句意：在驱车进城之前,你必须将你的车洗了。car与wash之间在逻辑上构成被动关系，与使役动词get构成短语：get sth. done。过去分词此处作宾语补足语，故选A。
【点评】get, make, let, have是使役动词，意为“使，让”，make/let/have sb do sth；get sb to do sth“让某人做某事”；get/have sth done“让某事被别人做”。
13．【答案】C
【知识点】“介词关系代词（which/whom)”引导定语从句的用法
【解析】【分析】考查定语从句。句意：我们班有46名学生，其中有一半戴眼镜。这是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词为 46 students，先行词与of在定语从句后作half的定语，”，故用 whom 引导。表示“……中”用of，选C。
【点评】定语从句是高中英语的最重要知识点之一，准确掌握定语从句的用法，以及注意事项，是解决定语从句问题的关键。
14．【答案】A
【知识点】固定短语
【解析】【分析】本题考查as构成的短语用法区别。句意：这个培训计划除了可以提高你的收入40%之外,还能够让你在工作方面得到提升。A.as well as“除…之外（还有）,和”；B.so long as“只要”；Cso much as“与…一样多”（不用于肯定句）；D.as soon as“一…就”。根据句意选A。
【点评】本题考查as构成的短语，熟记每个短语的释义，根据句意，即可得出答案。
15．【答案】C
【知识点】名词辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查名词辨析。句意句意：他迟早会明白的你的努力的，这只是一个时间的问题。根据句意选C。
【点评】了解每个选项的含义是做好此类题型的关键，对于这类题，从句意着手，就能找到答案。
16．【答案】D
【知识点】冠词；形容词；副词
【解析】【分析】本题考查形容词、副词、冠词用法。句意：我一个星期挣2,000 美元,60美元肯定不会对我有那么大的影响。that此处是副词，表示“那么”修饰形容词形容词big,其用法为：that + adj. （+ a/ an + n.），相当于so及how的用法，即that(so/ how) big a difference 故选D。
【点评】掌握that作副词是的用法，此题就会迎刃而解。
17．【答案】B
【知识点】宾语从句的连接词
【解析】【分析】本题考查宾语从句。句意：科学家为了制造计算机研究人脑如何工作.。“____ human brains work”在句中作宾语，是一个宾语从句，分析宾语从句的结构，可知此从句缺少状语，故填关系副词，修饰work，根据句意可知how合题意。
【点评】掌握宾语从句的特点，以及关系代词和关系副词的作用，是本题解题的关键。
18．【答案】D
【知识点】定冠词；不定冠词
【解析】【分析】本题考查冠词。句意：据说我们生活在“信息时代”,一个充满新发现和富有变化的时代。第一空Information Age是普通名词构成的专有名词，前加定冠词the，构成the Information Age；第二空后的time，此处作“时代”结，是一个可数名词，a time“一个......的时代”.，用不定冠词，此处作the Information Age的同位语。故选D。
【点评】冠词是高考的重要知识点，准确熟练掌握冠词的用法，是解题的关键。
19．【答案】B
【知识点】情态动词的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查情态动词。句意：我离他们足够的近以致听见他们在说汉语，并且我说“你好”，如同我在中国可能说的那样。此题考查情态动词表推测，might“可能”，用于肯定句中。故选B。
【点评】本题考查情态动词的辨析，情态动词表推测，是高考的一个重要知识点，表示“可能”，may/might用于肯定句，can/could用于否定句和疑问句，这是许多考生容易混肴之处。
20．【答案】A
【知识点】动词短语的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查动词词组辨析。句意：你的哥哥学俄语如此之快令人吃惊。——他没有在那里住很久。
A项，pick up “捡起、（尤指偶然地、无意地、不费劲地）得到、学会、爬起、恢复健康、 （用车）接某人”；
B项，look up “向上看、拜访（某人）、查找”；
C项，put up “举起、张贴、建造、悬挂、提供食宿”；
D项，make up “组成、弥补、编造、化妆”。
结合语境，只有A项符合句意，“picked up Russian” 意为“学会了俄语”。故正确答案为A。
【点评】本题是相近动词短语辨析，考生只有牢固掌握各个短语的含义，才能正确区分。
21．【答案】（1）A；（2）D；（3）C；（4）D；（5）A；（6）B；（7）B；（8）C；（9）A；（10）D；（11）A；（12）B；（13）C；（14）A；（15）D；（16）B；（17）C；（18）D；（19）C；（20）D
【知识点】人生百味类；记叙文
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，叙述了一场雷雨引着了Sibson的房屋，大火中Sibson如何自救，以及他的邻居Huggons如何不顾，救他危险脱离险境的义举。
（1）句意：在Sibson还不知道发生什么事情的时候，便被一声雷鸣震醒。此处before引导时间状语从句，表示“还来不及......就......”，故选A。
（2）句意：暴风雨直袭他的两层木屋。暴风雨应该是从房屋上方袭来，故用over，选D。
（3）根据下文“he opened the door to the basement ”他打开通向地下室的门，可推知Sibson冲下楼梯是为了查看到底发生了什么事情。check“检查、核查”合语境。
（4）句意：他打开地下室的门，火焰从里面喷发出来。explode out与break out“爆发”，同义，故选D。
（5）根据文中“because the room had a separate outdoor stairway”，因为这个房间有一个通向屋外的独立的楼梯木屋，可知他当时感觉应该是安全的，故A合语境。
（6）句意：当他正想通过那个楼梯出去的时候，却被一堵火墙给阻拦。故用B。
（7）根据上文中的“three kilometres”以及下文中的“so well hidden by trees”可知，他的房子应该是离开主干道有3公里。故用介词off。
（8）句意：Sibson的房子离主干道有3公里远且被树遮蔽得严严实实，因此呼救是没有结果的，故选C.fruitless“没有结果的。无果实的，不成功的”合语境.。
（9）句意：突然他听到了像烟雾警报器之类的声音。strike one's ears固定短语“传进某人的耳朵；突然听到”，选A。
（10）根据下文“Huggons dialed 911 ”1可知，他是带上了他的电话。故选D。
（11）句意：Huggons朝着他所听到的声音方向而去。故选A。
（12）警察应该是警告Huggons不要进入Sibson的房子。故选B.enter。
（13）句意：Huggons说他决不会听着Sibson的拼命叫喊而见死不救。scream“尖叫”合语境。
（14）句意：Huggons进入房子，但由于烟雾很大，他很快不得不跑回来喘口气。catch one's breath固定短语“喘口气”，故选A。
（15）句意：在又一次打算进入房子的尝试之后，Huggons最后还是放弃了，绕着圈子回来了。attempt“尝试”。
（16）由于烟雾很大，Huggons应该是摸索着绕着从房子里面出来的，故选B。
（17）当风将烟雾吹得足够的分散，以致他能够看到Sibson。part此处是动词“将…分开”，C.enough合语境。
（18）句意：他用电筒往丛林中照。shine the flashlight固定短语“用电筒照”。故选D。
（19）Huggons将梯子搭在房子上，将Sibson从二楼拽下来。此时二楼房子就要倒了。pull“拉、拽”与费劲儿往外拽的场景吻合，故选C。
（20）根据下文“Then I heard the most beau tiful sound in my life. It was Huggons”我听到了我生命中最美丽的声音，是Huggons。”可知，他对Huggons心存感激。故选D。
【点评】这是一篇记叙文，设空涉及到名词、动词、形容词、介词、连词以及固定短语，要求学生掌握相近词的正确意思，与此同时，更加注重考查学生的上下文联系的逻辑分析能力，是综合性较强的题型，对学生来说，难度相对较大。
22．【答案】（1）A
（2）C
（3）A
（4）D
【知识点】推理判断题；词义猜测题；观点态度题；人生百味类；记叙文
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者与家人身处大自然中的切身体会，使作者感受到环境的优美和生活的惬意。
（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段“Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.”每面窗户都会有一幅风景，森林和湖泊与一小时之前所见到的都不同。可知，作者所处的环境是变幻多彩的。故选A。
（2）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Our kids have learned the names of the trees…As they tell all…white pines are the best climbing trees.”可知孩子们已经了解了周围环境包括树在内的很多知识。故选C。
（3）考查句义猜测。 划线部分的字面意思为：季节就在门外变化着。根据第六段对周围大自然的变化的描述可知，作者身处此地，能够很容易地感觉到季节的变换。故选A。
（4）考查写作意图。根据全文内容可知，作者讲述的是与家人共享大自然中的快乐生活。故选D。
【点评】本文是一篇记叙文，文章内容对考生来说，较易读懂，题型涉及细节理解、推理判断、句义猜测和写作意图。其中句义猜测题和写作意图题要求学生进一步的理解文章内容，体会作者的写作意图和感受，从而总结概括问题的答案，属于较难的题目。
23．【答案】（1）D
（2）B
（3）B
（4）A
【知识点】细节理解题；时文广告类；说明文
【解析】【分析】这是一篇应用文，介绍了英国的B&Bs旅行食宿优惠活动，着重强调了了此次活动的具体操作注意事项。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, valid（有效的）during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012；￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2012—31/08/2012.”可知，四到十月活动券有效。故选D。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“￡20 per room, valid（有效的）during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012”可知，在十月住两天晚上需￡20x2=￡40，故选B。
（3）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders' bookings for people under the age of 18”可知该活动券，对18岁以下的人无效，故选B。
（4）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only”可知活动券只提供双人间，故选A。
【点评】本文是对活动的介绍，题型涉及的都是细节理解题，问题设置相对简单，答案也比较直接，对考生来说，容易拿分。
24．【答案】（1）C
（2）B
（3）D
（4）A
【知识点】推理判断题；细节理解题；人生百味类；记叙文
【解析】【分析】这是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了自己的工作经历，作为一个有着英语文学学位的毕业生，做过记者、版权助理，后又投身写作，最终取得了成功。告诉人们：在人生的道路上只要我们坚持下去，我们就能有回报。
（1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“Over the next six years,I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn't think I was any good, then finance,...”说明作者一直都在无目的的流浪，不知道该具体做什么样的工作。故选C。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel.”说明写作是作者一直以来的梦想，故选B。
（3）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.”说明他对自己作品没把握。故选D。
（4）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract(合同)of the publisher—to be a published writer—is unbelievably rewarding.”说明作者认为只要坚持，我们的努力是一定会有回报的，故选A。
【点评】本文记述了作者的工作经历，对考生来说内人内容很易读懂。题型涉及细节理解和推理判断题，在读懂内容的基础上，较易拿分。
25．【答案】（1）C
（2）A
（3）B
（4）C
【知识点】推理判断题；细节理解题；新闻报道类
【解析】【分析】本文一篇新闻报道，介绍了了哈弗大学和曼彻斯特技术研究所合作向全球免费提供网上课程的事情。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.”以及及第二段中的“a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX”可知edX是哈弗大学和曼彻斯特技术研究所共同打造的一个网上免费授课的平台。故选C。
（2）考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段“Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online”可知像斯坦福、耶鲁、卡耐基梅隆等一些大学已经试验在网上进行教学，故选A。
（3）考查词义猜测。此句的字面意思为“系好安全带”。本文是为这些大学在网上开设免费课程这一教育的变革做好准备。故B项合题意。
（4）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses”可知，MITx是证明修完课程的证书。故选C。
【点评】本文是新闻报道，考查学生捕捉、理解信息的能力。设有细节理解和词义猜测两个题型，词义猜测题考查了学生深层次理解文章主旨的能力。
26．【答案】（1）B
（2）C
（3）B
（4）D
【知识点】科普类
【解析】【分析】本文是科普类说明文，介绍了了全球变暖会让植物提前生长开花，进而影响整个食物链及生态系统。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted”可知，作者是要告诉人们：植物开花的增速超出了科学家的预期。故选B。
（2）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“It found that some experiments had underestimated（低估）the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times”可推知，对于植物所设计的实验应该有所改进，故选C。
（3）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“They said plans had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services”可知，植物对气候变化的反应，对整个食物链和生态系统至关重要。故选B。
（4）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“…has risen by about 0.8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979”可知A、C项错误；根据最后一段叙述可知，如果本世纪地球变暖超过2℃，便会出现极端天气，表明：这个世纪地球温度的上升需要控制在2℃的范围之内。故选D。
【点评】本文是一篇科普类说明文，设两个细节理解题和两个推理判断题。内容是人们熟知的与全球变暖相关的问题，读起来难度较小。
27．【答案】G；D；B；C；A
【知识点】情景交际及习惯表达；七选五
【解析】【分析】这是一段医生与患者之间的对话。
（1）根据上文“有什么问题？”以及下文谈到吃鱼，可知患者胃部不舒服，故答案为G。
（2）根据下文的“Yes”可知，此句是一般疑问句，再根据后文“I also feel lighthearted”可知医生询问患者是否还有其它疾病，答案为D。
（3）根据上文“It didn't taste quite right”及下文“I'll give you some medicine”可知医生找到了病因，答案为B。
（4）在医生开处方及叮嘱之后，患者应表达感谢之意，故选C。
（5）根据上文“I also suggest that you follow a special diet.”我也建议你要有个特殊的饮食；及下文“You should stick to eating lighter foods”你应该坚持吃更清淡点的食物,可知患者询问医生自己的饮食需要注意的问题，答案为A。
【点评】本题属于日常交际考查，对考生来说，浅显易懂，比较容易。只要注意日常会话，很易得分。
28．【答案】正确；your改为you；thank改为thanks；去掉on；by改为for；teach改为teaching；had改为have；may后加not；Whenever改为Wherever；Hope改为Wish
【知识点】短文改错
【解析】【分析】②考查代词的使用。动词send后面跟双宾语，即send sb. sth.结构，指人的间接宾语应用人称代词的宾格。
③考查名词的数。“表达感谢”应为：express one's thanks。thank作名词解时，以复数形式出现；
④考查介词的使用。today，tomorrow,yesterday等表时间的词之前不用介词，故去掉on；
⑤考查固定搭配。thank sb. for…固定短语“因......而感谢”。
⑥考查非谓语动词。not only......but also...... 固定短语“不但......而且......”连接两个并列结构，因此此空与giving形式一致，所以teach改为teaching；
⑦考查动词得时态。本文属于现在的时态，所以过去完成时应改为现在完成时；
⑧考查前后逻辑。句意为：妈妈，虽然我可能没有经常说，但我确实很爱你。因此在may后加not,才符合语境；
⑨考查状语从句。句意：无论我在哪里，我总是爱你的。由此可知该让步状语从句应由wherever引导；
⑩考查动词的辨析。动词hope后不能跟双宾语，而wish可以，即wish sb. sth表示“祝愿某人某事”。
【点评】改错涉及短文多个语言点，是综合性较强的题型，本题错误涉及到了动词、名词、介词、非谓语动词、连词、状语从句、相近词的辨析以及固定短语的用法等八个语法项目，这就要求考生有扎实的基本功，做此类题才能得心应手。
29．【答案】One Possible Version:
Dear Ms Li,
I am very happy to have you as our English teacher.
As the world is becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window.
My English is just OK and the two main problems in my study are that I feel it difficult to learn words by heart, and that I often feel nervous when speaking English. I really hope that you can give me good advice on how to memorize new words. Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practice speaking. I believe we can make much progress in English with your help.
Thank you!
Li Hua
【知识点】提纲作文；文字式应用文
【解析】【分析】这是一封英文信件，属于提纲类作文，写作要点已经给出，内容包括（1）对英语学习的认识；（2）自己目前的英语水平；（3）自己英语学习存在的主要问题；（4）对英语教学的两点建议。要求考生围绕这几个要点合理地进行联想与发挥，运用适当的词句使文章衔接自然、层次分明、要点全面。写作内容贴近学生生活实际，总体难度不高。
【点评】本文运用状语从句、表语从句、宾语从句以及非谓语动词，将写作内容很好地展示出来，较好地展示了作为高中毕业生的写作能力。其中不乏一些亮点，例如（1） As the world is becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window.此句运用了时间状语从句、并列句和动名词短语作主语；（2）I really hope that you can give me good advice on how to memorize new words.此句将宾语从句、疑问词+不定式作介宾以及介词短语作定语很好地结合起来；（3）Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practice speaking.此句充分展示了非谓语动词的功能。
1 / 12012年高考英语真题试卷（四川卷）
一、单项选择
1．（2012·四川）—Excuse me. How much is the shirt
— _______.
A．Extra Large B．50 each
C．It sells well D．Altogether there are 5
【答案】B
【知识点】情景交际及习惯表达
【解析】【分析】本题考查交际用语。句意:——打扰一下，这衬衫多少钱？——______。A:“超大号”，B:“每件50”C:“它很畅销”，D:“总共有5（件）”。根据语境，故选B。
【点评】情景交际是英语表达的方式，对考生来说，相对较易。
2．（2012·四川）New technologies have made ____ possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
A．that B．this C．one D．it
【答案】D
【知识点】it的用法
【解析】【分析】本题it的用法。句意：新技术已经使得更快地、以更低的成本生产新产品成为可能。make + it + adj. + to do为为固定句型，其中it作形式宾语，替代动词不定式to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost。
【点评】在英语中只有it可以作为形式主语或者形式宾语。本题中的it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
3．（2012·四川）—Goodbye, John. Come back again sometime.
—Sure. ______.
A．I did B．I do C．I shall D．I will
【答案】D
【知识点】情态动词的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查情态动词。根据上句“再见，约翰。（欢迎）找个时间再来。”而选D，意为：我会的，我愿意。will表“意愿”。
【点评】情态动词是英语重要语法项目，熟练掌握每个情态动词的用法，会使考生解题能力有很大提升。
4．（2012·四川）At school, some students are active ______ some are shy, yet they can be good friends with one another.
A．while B．although C．so D．as
【答案】A
【知识点】并列句
【解析】【分析】本题考查并列连词。句意：句意为：在学校，一些学生很活跃而一些却很害羞，然而他们都可能彼此成为好朋友。两个分句是两种情况的对比，这是while作为并列连词的用法。
【点评】并列句是英语中的常见结构，掌握几个并列连词的用法，是英语教学得基本要求。
5．（2012·四川）This is not my story, nor ______ the whole story. My story plays out differently.
A．is there B．there is C．is it D．it is
【答案】C
【知识点】倒装句；it的用法
【解析】【分析】本题考查部分倒装。句意：这并不是我的故事，它也不是故事的全部。我的故事的结局不同。nor位于句首引起部分倒装，再根据句意，可知选代词it。故答案选C。
【点评】否定意义的词放在句首，句子用部分倒装语序，这是高中毕业生必须掌握的语言点。
6．（2012·四川）Tom took a taxi to the airport, only _____ his plane high up in the sky.
A．finding B．to find C．being found D．to have found
【答案】B
【知识点】动词不定式
【解析】【分析】本题考查不定式作结果状语。句意：汤姆乘的士赶到机场，竟然发现他要乘坐的飞机已经飞入高空了。only to do“竟然......”表示意想不到的结果。故选B。
【点评】不定式做状语时表示意料之外的结果。only to do“竟然......”，结合句意，可知本题是一种意料之外的结果。掌握了此用法，本题很易得出答案。
7．（2012·四川）The hotel is almost finished, but it _____ needs one or two weeks to get ready for guests.
A．only B．also C．even D．still
【答案】D
【知识点】副词的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查副词用法。句意：这个旅馆差不多竣工了，但仍还要一两周才可以接待客人。根据句意选still“仍然，还”。
【点评】副词修饰谓语动词，正确掌握副词的含义，考生很容易得出答案。
8．（2012·四川）I looked up and noticed a snake ______ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast.
A．to wind B．wind C．winding D．wound
【答案】C
【知识点】分词；非谓语动词
【解析】【分析】本题考查现在分词作宾语补足语。句意：我抬头,注意到一条蛇正在蜿蜒前行去抓自己的早餐。wind与snake之间为主动关系且此动作正在进行，用现在分词，此处作宾语补足语，故选C。
【点评】区分notice sb doing sth“注意到某人正在做某事”和notice sb do sth“注意到某人做某事”，掌握不定式作宾补和现在分词作宾补。
9．（2012·四川）—Did you catch what I said
—Sorry. I ______ a text message just now.
A．had answering B．have answered C．would answer D．was answering
【答案】D
【知识点】过去进行时
【解析】【分析】本题考查动词时态。句意：——你听懂我所说的了吗？——对不起。我刚刚在回短信。根据句意及时间状语just now可知，回短信的动作正好是发生在问话人说话的那一时间点，即表示过去某一时间点正在发生的动作，即过去进行时，故选D。
【点评】正确理解事件发生的时间，是本题的解题关键。
10．（2012·四川）If you happen to get lost in the wild, you'd better stay ______ you are and wait for help.
A．why B．where C．who D．what
【答案】B
【知识点】地点状语从句
【解析】【分析】本题考查地点状语从句。句意：你最好呆在你现在所在的地方，等待帮助。where此处引导地点状语，故选B。
【点评】状语从句指句子用作状语时，起副词作用的句子。stay是不及物动词，因此where引导的句子是状语从句，where在状语从句中作地点状语。此题考生易错看成宾语从句。
11．（2012·四川）They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house ____.
A．is being rebuilt B．has been rebuilt
C．is rebuilt D．has rebuilt
【答案】A
【知识点】动词的语态；现在进行时
【解析】【分析】本题考查动词的时态和语态。句意：他们此时与父母住在一起，因为他们自己的房子正在重建。根据句意可知，应使用现在进行时，而且house与动词rebuilt之间为被动关系，故使用现在进行时态的被动语态。
【点评】动词是英语学习的灵魂，掌握动词的时态和语态是英语学习最基础的部分。
12．（2012·四川）Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car_______。
A．washed B．wash C．washing D．to wash
【答案】A
【知识点】分词
【解析】【分析】考查非谓语动词。句意：在驱车进城之前,你必须将你的车洗了。car与wash之间在逻辑上构成被动关系，与使役动词get构成短语：get sth. done。过去分词此处作宾语补足语，故选A。
【点评】get, make, let, have是使役动词，意为“使，让”，make/let/have sb do sth；get sb to do sth“让某人做某事”；get/have sth done“让某事被别人做”。
13．（2012·四川）In our class there are 46 students, ______ half wear glasses.
A．in whom B．in them C．of whom D．of them
【答案】C
【知识点】“介词关系代词（which/whom)”引导定语从句的用法
【解析】【分析】考查定语从句。句意：我们班有46名学生，其中有一半戴眼镜。这是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词为 46 students，先行词与of在定语从句后作half的定语，”，故用 whom 引导。表示“……中”用of，选C。
【点评】定语从句是高中英语的最重要知识点之一，准确掌握定语从句的用法，以及注意事项，是解决定语从句问题的关键。
14．（2012·四川）This training program can give you a lift at work, ____ increase your income by 40%.
A．as well as B．so long as C．so much as D．as soon as
【答案】A
【知识点】固定短语
【解析】【分析】本题考查as构成的短语用法区别。句意：这个培训计划除了可以提高你的收入40%之外,还能够让你在工作方面得到提升。A.as well as“除…之外（还有）,和”；B.so long as“只要”；Cso much as“与…一样多”（不用于肯定句）；D.as soon as“一…就”。根据句意选A。
【点评】本题考查as构成的短语，熟记每个短语的释义，根据句意，即可得出答案。
15．（2012·四川）He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It's just a matter of _____.
A．luck B．value C．time D．fact
【答案】C
【知识点】名词辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查名词辨析。句意句意：他迟早会明白的你的努力的，这只是一个时间的问题。根据句意选C。
【点评】了解每个选项的含义是做好此类题型的关键，对于这类题，从句意着手，就能找到答案。
16．（2012·四川）I make $2,000 a week, 60 surely won't make ______ difference to me.
A．that a big B．a that big C．big a that D．that big a
【答案】D
【知识点】冠词；形容词；副词
【解析】【分析】本题考查形容词、副词、冠词用法。句意：我一个星期挣2,000 美元,60美元肯定不会对我有那么大的影响。that此处是副词，表示“那么”修饰形容词形容词big,其用法为：that + adj. （+ a/ an + n.），相当于so及how的用法，即that(so/ how) big a difference 故选D。
【点评】掌握that作副词是的用法，此题就会迎刃而解。
17．（2012·四川）Scientists study ____ human brains work to make computers.
A．when B．how C．that D．whether
【答案】B
【知识点】宾语从句的连接词
【解析】【分析】本题考查宾语从句。句意：科学家为了制造计算机研究人脑如何工作.。“____ human brains work”在句中作宾语，是一个宾语从句，分析宾语从句的结构，可知此从句缺少状语，故填关系副词，修饰work，根据句意可知how合题意。
【点评】掌握宾语从句的特点，以及关系代词和关系副词的作用，是本题解题的关键。
18．（2012·四川）We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ____ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A．an; the B．不填; the C．不填; a D．the; a
【答案】D
【知识点】定冠词；不定冠词
【解析】【分析】本题考查冠词。句意：据说我们生活在“信息时代”,一个充满新发现和富有变化的时代。第一空Information Age是普通名词构成的专有名词，前加定冠词the，构成the Information Age；第二空后的time，此处作“时代”结，是一个可数名词，a time“一个......的时代”.，用不定冠词，此处作the Information Age的同位语。故选D。
【点评】冠词是高考的重要知识点，准确熟练掌握冠词的用法，是解题的关键。
19．（2012·四川）I got close enough to hear them speaking Chinese, and I said “Ni Hao ” just as I ____ do in China.
A．must B．might C．can D．should
【答案】B
【知识点】情态动词的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查情态动词。句意：我离他们足够的近以致听见他们在说汉语，并且我说“你好”，如同我在中国可能说的那样。此题考查情态动词表推测，might“可能”，用于肯定句中。故选B。
【点评】本题考查情态动词的辨析，情态动词表推测，是高考的一个重要知识点，表示“可能”，may/might用于肯定句，can/could用于否定句和疑问句，这是许多考生容易混肴之处。
20．（2012·四川）It's surprising that your brother ________Russian so quickly—he hasn't lived there very long.
A．picked up B．looked up C．put up D．made up
【答案】A
【知识点】动词短语的辨析
【解析】【分析】本题考查动词词组辨析。句意：你的哥哥学俄语如此之快令人吃惊。——他没有在那里住很久。
A项，pick up “捡起、（尤指偶然地、无意地、不费劲地）得到、学会、爬起、恢复健康、 （用车）接某人”；
B项，look up “向上看、拜访（某人）、查找”；
C项，put up “举起、张贴、建造、悬挂、提供食宿”；
D项，make up “组成、弥补、编造、化妆”。
结合语境，只有A项符合句意，“picked up Russian” 意为“学会了俄语”。故正确答案为A。
【点评】本题是相近动词短语辨析，考生只有牢固掌握各个短语的含义，才能正确区分。
二、完形填空
21．（2012·四川）完形填空
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson's bedroom skylight（天窗）.Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder （1） he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly （2） his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to （3） ; he opened the door to the basement（地下室）, and flames （4） out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt （5） because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
But the phone didn't work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was （6） by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.
Sibson's house was three kilometers （7） the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be （8） .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson's neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm （9） his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his （10） and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the （11） . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to （12） the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson （13） and die in that fire.”
“Anyone there ” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I'm trapped!” coming from the second floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his （14） .
After one more （15） inside the house, Huggons gave up and （16） around back.
The wind parted the smoke just （17） for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He （18） the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and （19） Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still （20） when he tells the story. “ I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”
（1）A．before B．while C．since D．until
（2）A．on B．in C．through D．over
（3）A．hide B．wait C．check D．escape
（4）A．moved B．gave C．went D．exploded
（5）A．safe B．worried C．glad D．tired
（6）A．burned B．stopped C．shocked D．covered
（7）A．beside B．off C．across D．along
（8）A．limited B．false C．fruitless D．regretful
（9）A．struck B．missed C．touched D．passed
（10）A．coat B．key C．basin D．phone
（11）A．noise B．road C．smoke D．danger
（12）A．search B．enter C．leave D．damage
（13）A．call B．roll C．scream D．sigh
（14）A．breath B．attention C．ladder D．flashlight
（15）A．stay B．chance C．thought D．attempt
（16）A．climbed B．circled C．looked D．jumped
（17）A．clear B．open C．enough D．fit
（18）A．led B．put C．drove D．shone
（19）A．persuaded B．kicked C．pulled D．forced
（20）A．nervous B．surprised C．proud D．thankful
【答案】（1）A；（2）D；（3）C；（4）D；（5）A；（6）B；（7）B；（8）C；（9）A；（10）D；（11）A；（12）B；（13）C；（14）A；（15）D；（16）B；（17）C；（18）D；（19）C；（20）D
【知识点】人生百味类；记叙文
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，叙述了一场雷雨引着了Sibson的房屋，大火中Sibson如何自救，以及他的邻居Huggons如何不顾，救他危险脱离险境的义举。
（1）句意：在Sibson还不知道发生什么事情的时候，便被一声雷鸣震醒。此处before引导时间状语从句，表示“还来不及......就......”，故选A。
（2）句意：暴风雨直袭他的两层木屋。暴风雨应该是从房屋上方袭来，故用over，选D。
（3）根据下文“he opened the door to the basement ”他打开通向地下室的门，可推知Sibson冲下楼梯是为了查看到底发生了什么事情。check“检查、核查”合语境。
（4）句意：他打开地下室的门，火焰从里面喷发出来。explode out与break out“爆发”，同义，故选D。
（5）根据文中“because the room had a separate outdoor stairway”，因为这个房间有一个通向屋外的独立的楼梯木屋，可知他当时感觉应该是安全的，故A合语境。
（6）句意：当他正想通过那个楼梯出去的时候，却被一堵火墙给阻拦。故用B。
（7）根据上文中的“three kilometres”以及下文中的“so well hidden by trees”可知，他的房子应该是离开主干道有3公里。故用介词off。
（8）句意：Sibson的房子离主干道有3公里远且被树遮蔽得严严实实，因此呼救是没有结果的，故选C.fruitless“没有结果的。无果实的，不成功的”合语境.。
（9）句意：突然他听到了像烟雾警报器之类的声音。strike one's ears固定短语“传进某人的耳朵；突然听到”，选A。
（10）根据下文“Huggons dialed 911 ”1可知，他是带上了他的电话。故选D。
（11）句意：Huggons朝着他所听到的声音方向而去。故选A。
（12）警察应该是警告Huggons不要进入Sibson的房子。故选B.enter。
（13）句意：Huggons说他决不会听着Sibson的拼命叫喊而见死不救。scream“尖叫”合语境。
（14）句意：Huggons进入房子，但由于烟雾很大，他很快不得不跑回来喘口气。catch one's breath固定短语“喘口气”，故选A。
（15）句意：在又一次打算进入房子的尝试之后，Huggons最后还是放弃了，绕着圈子回来了。attempt“尝试”。
（16）由于烟雾很大，Huggons应该是摸索着绕着从房子里面出来的，故选B。
（17）当风将烟雾吹得足够的分散，以致他能够看到Sibson。part此处是动词“将…分开”，C.enough合语境。
（18）句意：他用电筒往丛林中照。shine the flashlight固定短语“用电筒照”。故选D。
（19）Huggons将梯子搭在房子上，将Sibson从二楼拽下来。此时二楼房子就要倒了。pull“拉、拽”与费劲儿往外拽的场景吻合，故选C。
（20）根据下文“Then I heard the most beau tiful sound in my life. It was Huggons”我听到了我生命中最美丽的声音，是Huggons。”可知，他对Huggons心存感激。故选D。
【点评】这是一篇记叙文，设空涉及到名词、动词、形容词、介词、连词以及固定短语，要求学生掌握相近词的正确意思，与此同时，更加注重考查学生的上下文联系的逻辑分析能力，是综合性较强的题型，对学生来说，难度相对较大。
三、阅读理解
22．（2012·四川）阅读理解
On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house.
Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.
There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees.
Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple (枫树) makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees.
The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that.
The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars' (杨树) putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake.
（1）What can be learned from Paragraph 2
A．The scenes are colorful and changeable.
B．There are many windows in the wooden house.
C．The views remind us that we are in a wooden house.
D．The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color.
（2）By mentioning the names of the trees, the author aims to show that ___________ .
A．the kids like playing in trees
B．the kids are very familiar with trees
C．the kids have learned much knowledge
D．the kids find trees useful learning tools
（3）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean
A．The change of seasons is easily felt.
B．The seasons make the scenes change.
C．The weather often changes in the forest.
D．The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons.
（4）What is the main purpose of the author writing the text
A．To describe the beauty of the scene around the house.
B．To introduce her children's happy life in the forest.
C．To show that living in the forest is healthful.
D．To share the joy of living in the nature.
【答案】（1）A
（2）C
（3）A
（4）D
【知识点】推理判断题；词义猜测题；观点态度题；人生百味类；记叙文
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者与家人身处大自然中的切身体会，使作者感受到环境的优美和生活的惬意。
（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段“Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.”每面窗户都会有一幅风景，森林和湖泊与一小时之前所见到的都不同。可知，作者所处的环境是变幻多彩的。故选A。
（2）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Our kids have learned the names of the trees…As they tell all…white pines are the best climbing trees.”可知孩子们已经了解了周围环境包括树在内的很多知识。故选C。
（3）考查句义猜测。 划线部分的字面意思为：季节就在门外变化着。根据第六段对周围大自然的变化的描述可知，作者身处此地，能够很容易地感觉到季节的变换。故选A。
（4）考查写作意图。根据全文内容可知，作者讲述的是与家人共享大自然中的快乐生活。故选D。
【点评】本文是一篇记叙文，文章内容对考生来说，较易读懂，题型涉及细节理解、推理判断、句义猜测和写作意图。其中句义猜测题和写作意图题要求学生进一步的理解文章内容，体会作者的写作意图和感受，从而总结概括问题的答案，属于较难的题目。
23．（2012·四川）阅读理解
Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2012: More than 200 B&Bs（bed & breakfast）across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don't miss it. Just collect the vouchers（活动券）in our B&B Daily printed from 01/04/2012 to 07/04/2012 and book the stays for your travel following the terms and conditions below:
The offer includes a room for the night and a breakfast the next morning.
The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, valid（有效的）during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012；￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2012—31/08/2012.
The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only.
The stay must be booked directly with the chosen B&Bs before 28/04/2012.
Each voucher can only be used by the holder to book one room for one night.
If voucher holders book either the ￡20 or ￡35 per room per night, any additional services such as lunch, evening meal or activities may require an extra charge. But these are not required in order to take up the offer. Please check directly with your chosen B&Bs to see what extra services are available.
Vouchers must be presented on arrival. If no vouchers are presented, the B&Bs may reserve（保留）the right to charge at full price for every night of stay.
Vouchers may not be used together with any other offer.
The voucher holders must pay for the stay in full at the time of booking. Additional ￡10 may be paid to confirm（确认）the booking and will be returned on arrival.
The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders' bookings for people under the age of 18.
（1）The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on ______.
A．09/01/2012 B．04/02/2012
C．01/03/2012 D．28/04/2012
（2）How much should be paid for a two-night stay in October 2012 at a chosen B&B
A．￡70 B．￡40 C．￡35 D．￡30
（3）What right do the B&Bs reserve
A．To charge extra ￡10 for bookings with no vouchers.
B．To refuse bookings for guest under the age of 18.
C．To charge at full price for stays not confirmed.
D．To request extra charges as tips.
（4）By taking up the offer, the voucher holders can choose to ______ .
A．book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs
B．have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money
C．use the B&B offer together with other offers
D．book the stays though B&B Daily
【答案】（1）D
（2）B
（3）B
（4）A
【知识点】细节理解题；时文广告类；说明文
【解析】【分析】这是一篇应用文，介绍了英国的B&Bs旅行食宿优惠活动，着重强调了了此次活动的具体操作注意事项。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, valid（有效的）during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012；￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2012—31/08/2012.”可知，四到十月活动券有效。故选D。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“￡20 per room, valid（有效的）during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012”可知，在十月住两天晚上需￡20x2=￡40，故选B。
（3）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders' bookings for people under the age of 18”可知该活动券，对18岁以下的人无效，故选B。
（4）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only”可知活动券只提供双人间，故选A。
【点评】本文是对活动的介绍，题型涉及的都是细节理解题，问题设置相对简单，答案也比较直接，对考生来说，容易拿分。
24．（2012·四川）阅读理解
I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn't think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — there's a dark period in-between where you're neither one thing nor the other. You're out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you're too ashamed to say, “Well, I'm writing a novel, but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published ,
I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.
（1）What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean
A．I was waiting for good fortune.
B．I was trying to find an admirable job.
C．I was being aimless about a suitable job.
D．I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.
（2）The author decided to write a novel ______ .
A．to finish the writing course B．to realize her own dream
C．to satisfy readers'wish D．to earn more money
（3）How did the writer feel halfway with the novel
A．Disturbed. B．Ashamed. C．Confident. D．Uncertain.
（4）What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph
A．It pays to stick to one's goal.
B．Hard work can lead to success.
C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.
D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something.
【答案】（1）C
（2）B
（3）D
（4）A
【知识点】推理判断题；细节理解题；人生百味类；记叙文
【解析】【分析】这是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了自己的工作经历，作为一个有着英语文学学位的毕业生，做过记者、版权助理，后又投身写作，最终取得了成功。告诉人们：在人生的道路上只要我们坚持下去，我们就能有回报。
（1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“Over the next six years,I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn't think I was any good, then finance,...”说明作者一直都在无目的的流浪，不知道该具体做什么样的工作。故选C。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel.”说明写作是作者一直以来的梦想，故选B。
（3）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.”说明他对自己作品没把握。故选D。
（4）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract(合同)of the publisher—to be a published writer—is unbelievably rewarding.”说明作者认为只要坚持，我们的努力是一定会有回报的，故选A。
【点评】本文记述了作者的工作经历，对考生来说内人内容很易读懂。题型涉及细节理解和推理判断题，在读懂内容的基础上，较易拿分。
25．（2012·四川）阅读理解
In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.
Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.
MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.
MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.
“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.
Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.
（1）According to this text, edX is _______.
A．a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare
B．a free computer program by MIT and Harvard
C．a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses
D．a free program online for universities worldwide
（2）What is said about online education in the text
A．Universities have been trying online courses.
B．About 2,000 online courses have been offered.
C．Over 100 million people have finished courses online.
D．Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.
（3）The underlined part in the text probably means “ ”.
A．Get ready for the difficulties
B．Get ready for this educational change
C．Get prepared to complete the online courses
D．Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses
（4）What can be said about MITx according to the text
A．It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.
B．It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.
C．It is a standard to recognize online learners' achievement.
D．It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.
【答案】（1）C
（2）A
（3）B
（4）C
【知识点】推理判断题；细节理解题；新闻报道类
【解析】【分析】本文一篇新闻报道，介绍了了哈弗大学和曼彻斯特技术研究所合作向全球免费提供网上课程的事情。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.”以及及第二段中的“a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX”可知edX是哈弗大学和曼彻斯特技术研究所共同打造的一个网上免费授课的平台。故选C。
（2）考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段“Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online”可知像斯坦福、耶鲁、卡耐基梅隆等一些大学已经试验在网上进行教学，故选A。
（3）考查词义猜测。此句的字面意思为“系好安全带”。本文是为这些大学在网上开设免费课程这一教育的变革做好准备。故B项合题意。
（4）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses”可知，MITx是证明修完课程的证书。故选C。
【点评】本文是新闻报道，考查学生捕捉、理解信息的能力。设有细节理解和词义猜测两个题型，词义猜测题考查了学生深层次理解文章主旨的能力。
26．（2012·四川）阅读理解
Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted（预测）in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
Increased carbon dioxide（CO2）in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
“Predicting species' reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researches of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated（低估）the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance — for both leafing and flowering — that results from temperature increases,” the study said.
The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.
Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis（光合作用）to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the world's average temperature has risen by about 0.8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979.
So far, efforts to cut emissions（排放）of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century — a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.
（1）What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1
A．Plants' reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem.
B．The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists' expectation.
C．Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
D．Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.
（2）We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that ______.
A．plants' flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing
B．there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents
C．scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D．the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change
（3）Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _______.
A．they can prove the climate change clearly
B．they are very important in the food chains
C．they play a leading role in reducing global warming
D．they are growing and flowering much faster than before
（4）What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world's temperature
A．It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979.
B．Its change will lead to weather extremes.
C．It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1990.
D．It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.
【答案】（1）B
（2）C
（3）B
（4）D
【知识点】科普类
【解析】【分析】本文是科普类说明文，介绍了了全球变暖会让植物提前生长开花，进而影响整个食物链及生态系统。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted”可知，作者是要告诉人们：植物开花的增速超出了科学家的预期。故选B。
（2）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“It found that some experiments had underestimated（低估）the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times”可推知，对于植物所设计的实验应该有所改进，故选C。
（3）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“They said plans had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services”可知，植物对气候变化的反应，对整个食物链和生态系统至关重要。故选B。
（4）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“…has risen by about 0.8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979”可知A、C项错误；根据最后一段叙述可知，如果本世纪地球变暖超过2℃，便会出现极端天气，表明：这个世纪地球温度的上升需要控制在2℃的范围之内。故选D。
【点评】本文是一篇科普类说明文，设两个细节理解题和两个推理判断题。内容是人们熟知的与全球变暖相关的问题，读起来难度较小。
四、对话填空
27．（2012·四川）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。
—What seems to be the problem
—　 　
—How long have you been like this
—Since Saturday night.
—　 　
—Yes, I also feel lighthearted.
—Can you think of anything you ate Saturday that might have caused it
—All I can think of is the fish I had. It didn't taste quite right.
—　 　 Now I'll give you some medicine. Take it and you should be feeling better soon.
—　 　
—I also suggest that you follow a special diet.
—　 　
—You should stick to eating lighter foods.
A:What's that
B:That might be it.
C:Thank you, doctor.
D:Any other problems
E:I have a running nose.
F:Have you seen a doctor
G:I have a terrible stomachache.
【答案】G；D；B；C；A
【知识点】情景交际及习惯表达；七选五
【解析】【分析】这是一段医生与患者之间的对话。
（1）根据上文“有什么问题？”以及下文谈到吃鱼，可知患者胃部不舒服，故答案为G。
（2）根据下文的“Yes”可知，此句是一般疑问句，再根据后文“I also feel lighthearted”可知医生询问患者是否还有其它疾病，答案为D。
（3）根据上文“It didn't taste quite right”及下文“I'll give you some medicine”可知医生找到了病因，答案为B。
（4）在医生开处方及叮嘱之后，患者应表达感谢之意，故选C。
（5）根据上文“I also suggest that you follow a special diet.”我也建议你要有个特殊的饮食；及下文“You should stick to eating lighter foods”你应该坚持吃更清淡点的食物,可知患者询问医生自己的饮食需要注意的问题，答案为A。
【点评】本题属于日常交际考查，对考生来说，浅显易懂，比较容易。只要注意日常会话，很易得分。
五、短文改错
28．（2012·四川）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，在该行右边横线上画一个沟（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词：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。
此行缺一个词：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。
此行错一个词：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 Mom,
Mother's Day is coming. I'm sorry that I am abroad ①　 　
and can't send your flowers, so I'm writing to you. ②　 　
Mom, I know I have never expressed my thank to you ③　 　
before. But on today, at this special time, I just want to tell ④　 　
you loudly: I love you, Mom! Thank you so much by not ⑤　 　
only giving me life, but also teach me how to be a good ⑥　 　
person. Thank you for all you had done for me. Mom, though ⑦　 　
I may often say it, I do love you. Nobody can take your ⑧　 　
part in my heart. Whenever I am, I will always love you. ⑨　 　
Hope you good health and much happiness every day! ⑩　 　
Your little girl,
Jennifer
【答案】正确；your改为you；thank改为thanks；去掉on；by改为for；teach改为teaching；had改为have；may后加not；Whenever改为Wherever；Hope改为Wish
【知识点】短文改错
【解析】【分析】②考查代词的使用。动词send后面跟双宾语，即send sb. sth.结构，指人的间接宾语应用人称代词的宾格。
③考查名词的数。“表达感谢”应为：express one's thanks。thank作名词解时，以复数形式出现；
④考查介词的使用。today，tomorrow,yesterday等表时间的词之前不用介词，故去掉on；
⑤考查固定搭配。thank sb. for…固定短语“因......而感谢”。
⑥考查非谓语动词。not only......but also...... 固定短语“不但......而且......”连接两个并列结构，因此此空与giving形式一致，所以teach改为teaching；
⑦考查动词得时态。本文属于现在的时态，所以过去完成时应改为现在完成时；
⑧考查前后逻辑。句意为：妈妈，虽然我可能没有经常说，但我确实很爱你。因此在may后加not,才符合语境；
⑨考查状语从句。句意：无论我在哪里，我总是爱你的。由此可知该让步状语从句应由wherever引导；
⑩考查动词的辨析。动词hope后不能跟双宾语，而wish可以，即wish sb. sth表示“祝愿某人某事”。
【点评】改错涉及短文多个语言点，是综合性较强的题型，本题错误涉及到了动词、名词、介词、非谓语动词、连词、状语从句、相近词的辨析以及固定短语的用法等八个语法项目，这就要求考生有扎实的基本功，做此类题才能得心应手。
六、书面表达
29．（2012·四川）假如你是大学一年级新生李华。开学之初，你的英语老师Ms Li希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况，并征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给她写一封信。
对英语学习的认识；
自己目前的英语水平；
自己英语学习存在的主要问题；
对英语教学的两点建议。
注意：
词数100左右；
信的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Ms Li,
I'm very happy to have you as our English teacher.
Thank you!
Li Hua
【答案】One Possible Version:
Dear Ms Li,
I am very happy to have you as our English teacher.
As the world is becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window.
My English is just OK and the two main problems in my study are that I feel it difficult to learn words by heart, and that I often feel nervous when speaking English. I really hope that you can give me good advice on how to memorize new words. Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practice speaking. I believe we can make much progress in English with your help.
Thank you!
Li Hua
【知识点】提纲作文；文字式应用文
【解析】【分析】这是一封英文信件，属于提纲类作文，写作要点已经给出，内容包括（1）对英语学习的认识；（2）自己目前的英语水平；（3）自己英语学习存在的主要问题；（4）对英语教学的两点建议。要求考生围绕这几个要点合理地进行联想与发挥，运用适当的词句使文章衔接自然、层次分明、要点全面。写作内容贴近学生生活实际，总体难度不高。
【点评】本文运用状语从句、表语从句、宾语从句以及非谓语动词，将写作内容很好地展示出来，较好地展示了作为高中毕业生的写作能力。其中不乏一些亮点，例如（1） As the world is becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important, so mastering English means we can see the world through a new window.此句运用了时间状语从句、并列句和动名词短语作主语；（2）I really hope that you can give me good advice on how to memorize new words.此句将宾语从句、疑问词+不定式作介宾以及介词短语作定语很好地结合起来；（3）Another suggestion is to give us more chances to practice speaking.此句充分展示了非谓语动词的功能。
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