发布时间 : 星期五 文章湖北省武汉市武昌区2012届高三5月调研考试英语试题更新完毕开始阅读d8212ffcfab069dc50220150
41. A. accident 42. A. road 43. A. bed
B. operation B. scene
C. injury D. consequence D. hospital D. trouble D. improve D. thank D. burned out D. comment D. death D. cheerful D. claim
C. home C. time C. walk C. call
B. hope B. recover B. visit
44. A. survive
45. A. forgive 46. A. broke down 47. A. view
B. passed away C. gave in
B. idea B. will
C. wish C. funeral C. brave C. fail
48. A. situation 49. A. helping
B. innocent B. pretend
50. A. fear
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题分2分，满分40分）
A
Lie in bed, by an open window, and listen…
“No air conditioning? How can you sleep?” a friend asks, horrified. I tell her my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and reduce our electric bill. On this first night of our cost-cutting plan, it’s only 85 degrees. We’re going to suffer, but the three kids complain anyway.
They have grown up in 72-degree comfort, protected from the world outside.
“It’s too hot to sleep,” my 13-year-old daughter complains. “I’m about to die from this heat,” her brother complains down the hall. “Just try it tonight,” I tell them. In truth I’m too tired to turn for long. My face is sweaty, but I lie quietly listening to the cricket choirs outside that remind me of childhood.
The neighbor’s dog howls. Probably a passing squirrel. It’s been years since I took the time to really listen to the night.
I think about grandma, who lived to 92 and still helped with my mom’s gardening until just a few weeks before she died. And then, I’m back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood. I move my pillow to the foot of grandma’s bed and turn my face toward the open window. I turn the pillow, hunting for the cooler side.
Grandma saw me turn over and over. “If you just watch for the breeze(清风),” she said, “you’ll cool off and fall asleep.” I stare at the filmy white curtain, willing it to move. Lying still, waiting, I suddenly notice the life outside the window. The bug chorus. Neighbors, porch(门廊)-sitting late, speak in unclear words that calm me.
“Mom, did you hear that?” my seven-year-old son cries, “I think it was an owl(猫头鹰)family.” “Probably,” I tell him, “just keep listening…”
Without the working air conditioner, the house is peaceful, and the natural night noises seem close enough to touch. I hope I’m awake tonight when the first breeze comes in.
51. On the first night of the writer’s cost-cutting plan, her children ______. A. live a comfortable life as usual
B. begin to be unhappy D. are about to die from the heat
C. are protected from the world outside
52. The author talks about her grandmother and her childhood to show that ______. A. people used to live a hard life
B. people at that time were hardworking D. she has learned a great deal from her grandma
C. it’s OK for people to live a simple life 53. In the writer’s eyes, her children are ______. A. free from parents’ protection
B. full of dissatisfaction with life D. lacking in real test of hardships in life
C. dependable because of parents’ love
54. Which of the following titles best suits the passage? A. Waiting for the Breeze.
B. An Interesting Experience.
C. Life at Present and Life in the Past. D. Different Times, Different Children
B
We were driving on the right road when, all of a sudden, a black car pulled out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stepped on his brake, skidded(打滑), and missed the black car’s back end by just inches! The driver of the black car, who almost caused a major accident, turned his head angrily and started shouting bad words at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean, my taxi driver was friendly. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to hospital!” And the following is what my taxi driver told me, which I now call “the law of the Garbage Truck”.
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump(倾卸)it. And if you let them, they dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish him well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier.”
So this is “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. I started thinking: How often do I let “Garbage Trucks” run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets? It was then that I said, “I’m not going to do it any more.”
I began to see “Garbage Trucks”. I see the load they’re carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my taxi driver, I don’t make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, and move on.
Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. What about you? The mark of a successful person is how quickly he can get back his focus on what’s important.
55. Who acted like a garbage truck in the accident described in the first two paragraphs? A. The author.
B. The taxi driver. D. Both drivers.
C. The driver of the black car.
56. The reason why the taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy is that ______. A. the black car was full of garbage
B. the taxi driver didn’t want his mood ruined
C. the driver of the black car didn’t cause any damage to the taxi
D. the driver of the black car was angry and the taxi driver felt a little frightened 57. The underlined part “the load” in Paragraph 5 refers to _____. A. bad mood
B. excitement
C. new products
D. waste materials
58. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Always be kind and hardworking.
B. Ignore unpleasantness and stick to your tasks.
C. Try to be good leaders as well as good parents. D. Do things quickly so as to be ready for the next.
C
NBA commissioner David Stern was in Orlando on Thursday night, getting ready for Sunday’s All-Star Game. Of course, all he could talk about was the only player anyone wants to talk about these days: New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
Hours before Lin took the court against the Heat, a few hundred miles South down I-95 in Miami, Stern told reporters that Lin’s instant popularity hasn’t ever been matched in sports history, not even by Sunday’s biggest names, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant.
The Associated Press had the details.
“I haven’t done a calculation, but it’s fair to say that no player has created the interest and the craze in this short period of time, in any sport, that I’m aware of like Jeremy Lin has,” Stern said Thursday.
Lin, an undrafted(未选秀的)guard from Harvard, has become the NBA’s biggest story since coming off the Knicks’ bench earlier this month to lead them to nine wins in 11 games heading into their matchup with Miami on Thursday night.
With Lin’s popularity in Asia as the league’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, and with the religious community because of his strong Christian faith, Stern says he’s “never quite seen anything like” the attention on Lin.
“It’s fascinating,” Stern said after the All-Star Jam Session opening ceremonies.
The top five videos on NBA.com since Feb. 4, when Lin joined the circulation, are all Lin or Knicks related. Lin went from 190,000 followers on Sina, China’s version of Twitter, on Feb. 2 to more than 1 million as of Feb. 16.
Indeed, Lin’s popularity is so out of this world that the NBA made a late list switch to ensure his participation in the Rising Stars Challenge on All-Star Saturday, a game that includes the NBA’s best rookies(新秀球员)and sophomores. Lin is in such high demand that all of the game’s other participants will meet with the media following a team practice on Friday while Lin will have his own, separate press conference later in the night.
This is Jeremy’s world, folks. We’re all just living in it. Even David Stern and the rest of the league’s All-Stars, at least for the moment.
59. The following statements about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity are true EXCEPT that ______. A. Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks to win all the recent games this month B. David Stern said Lin was the only instant popular player in NBA’s history C. Lin has become the NBA’s greatest story though he was an undrafted guard D. no player has created the interest and the enthusiasm in such a short period of time 60. Why did Jeremy Lin have so many followers in Asia on Sina, China’s version of Twitter? A. Because Jeremy Lin was born in Taiwan with strong Christian faith. B. Maybe because he is the first player born in America but has Chinese descent. C. Because Sina has a large group of surfing people, maybe more than 10 million. D. Because the top five videos on NBA. com since Feb. 4 are all Lin or Knicks related. 61. The underlined phrase “out of this world” in Paragraph 9 may probably be replaced by ______. A. impossible B. important C. exceptional D. excellent 62. What can we learn from the above passage about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity? A..Knowledge starts with practice. B. Failure is the mother of success. C. Every dog has its day.
D. No pains, no gains.
D
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