2012年金太阳百校联考英语试题

一、完形填空One day my friends and I were going to watch a movie. While we were waiting for our bus, another bus came by and an old lady of about seventy got off. She had bags full of her 1 in one hand and a walking stick in the other.After a few minutes I noticed that she seemed to be looking for something. She 2 a shopkeeper for help—but didn’t get any 3 . So I went over and asked, “What’s the matter, grandmother?” She told me she was searching for the big temple because she had heard they would 4 her in and care for her for the rest of her life.I have was 5 and asked her, “Don’t you have your sons or daughters to take care of you?” “I have no one in the world to look after me,” she replied. I walked with grandmother all the 6 to the temple.Then, she told me she used to have a happy 7 . She had two daughters and two sons but as she grew older they started to 8 her from one to the other and to see her as an unwelcome burden. 9 they told her to leave. She begged to stay—but no one wanted to hear. She begged me not to be like her 10 she raised who finally cast her out like an unnecessary toy.My heart 11 hearing grandmother’s story. How can such things happened? Why don’t people 12 that they too will grow older?Arriving at the temple, I left grandmother at the 13 place. Her last words were always on my mind. “Y ou showed such kindness to me,” she said. “God will bless you in every step of your life.” A life of kindness can be 14 by the most unexpected things. Thank you, grandmother, for your blessing and making a real 15 in my life.1. A. clothes B. foods C. possessions D. toys2. A. suggested B. approached C. acquired D. adopted3. A. money B. praise C. result D. communication4. A. take B. bring C. notice D. make5. A. joyful B. angry C. surprised D. embarrassed6. A. time B. same C. day D. way7. A. position B. ending C. family D. marriage8. A. order B. pass C. shake D. hug9. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Eventually10. A. pets B. sons C. children D. daughters11. A. cried B. beat C. failed D. opened12. A. attend B. realize C. suggest D. believe13. A. noisy B. safe C. crowded D. disappointing14. A. ignored B. continued C. changed D. inspired15. A. difference B. deal C. decision D. wish二、语法填空While I was in hospital recently I was looked after by a nurse 16 (call) Deitrich. She worked at night and took very good care of me. One night when Deitrich came in 17 (take) my blood pressure we started to talked about our family situations. Then she asked 18 I enjoyed doing most. I replied that helping others and doing charity work. Deitrich smiled 19 (sweet) and said she enjoyed doing that kind of thing, too.The day when I left hospital we hugged and she gave me 20 kiss on the cheek. In return, I gave her a smile card and ten dollars. She didn’t the money at first, 21 after I told her that the money was from my heart, she accepted 22 . She told me she would gave the money to a woman 23 was having medical problems.With the help of Deitrich, the woman called me a week 24 (late), told me what had happened, and thanked 25 . She also said that she would try to help others like after her recovery.三、阅读理解AThis story began about 10 years ago. I was coming out of a very bad marriage. For seven long years my husband spent his every moment telling me just what was wrong with me. When I finally asked for a divorce, he answered by telling me I would never find anyone to love me because I was so unattractive. This went on for about two years. One night one of my friends invited me to go out with her. We went to a nightclub and that is when I met him.Clint was playing a game with a girl. I sat in the corner watching him. I didn’t feel that I had whatever it took to get up and mix with others because of my self-esteem(自尊心) problem. Finally I got up the courage to order a drink for him. When he got it, he gave me a big smile. We spent the rest of the evening talking until I realized that it was almost morning. I thought that he was simply being nice to me because I had bought him a drink, but the very next day he called and told me that he could not stop thinking about me and he wanted to meet my kids, too.About 3 months later, my divorce was done and Clint made my boys sit down and asked them if it was all right if he asked me to marry him because he could not imagine life without the three of us any more. I was so touched when he went to my boys, the “men of the house”at the ripe old ages of 2 and 4 and asked for their approval. They said yes and we have all been together ever since. Clint gave me and my boys a second chance at a wonderful life. Not a day goes by when he doesn’t tell us that we are the best thing that ever has happened to him and that he loves us.1. The writer’s first marriage was unsuccessful because _________.A. her husband often woke her up at midnightB. her husband was dissatisfied with herC. she looked old and uglyD. she had a self-esteem problem2. When the writer asked for a divorce, her husband ________.A. told her that she would never find one who loved her as he didB. felt pleased and agreed at onceC. accused her of always making mistakesD. said that she was unattractive and not worth loving3. When the writer first met Clint, she felt that ________.A. she would find true love in ClintB. she should have listened to her friend and met Clint earlierC. Clint could not be really interested in herD. Clint was sure to love her kids4. The writer was particularly moved by Clint because ________.A. he loved the kids and asked for their approval of the marriageB. he said that he could not imagine life without her and the kidsC. he believed that at 2 and 4, the two kids were the “men of the house”D. he talked with her until the next morning in the nightclub5. The writer’s marriage to Clint is important to her mainly because ________.A. it gave her and her sons a second chance to live a happy lifeB. every day Clint would tell her the writer that he loved herC. it helped her to recover her self-respectD. it made her kids happy, which was all she cared aboutBOne of the most popular activities enjoyed by Americans is spending time in forests and walking along paths through the country. This activity, called hiking, has led to the creation of the paths throughout the United States. Some of these paths, or trails, are short. Others are many hundreds of kilometers.One of the longest is the Appalachian Trail (阿巴拉契亚山道). The Appalachian Trail is more than 3,400 kilometers long. It starts in the northeastern state of Maine(缅因州) and ends in the southeastern state of Georgia(佐治亚州). The trail goes through fourteen states. They are Maine, New Hampshire, V ermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Y ork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia.The path takes walkers through the Appalachian Mountains. They stretch(v.延伸) from the Canadian Province of Quebec to the southern American state of Alabama. The Appalachian Mountains are among the oldest on Earth. They first began forming about 1,000 million years ago. During the millions of years since then, the mountains were changed by the forces of water and wind. Ice also changed the mountains, making many of them smaller and digging valleys and lakes among them. Many different kinds of trees grow along the trail. And many different kinds of animals live in the forests along the trail.Walkers on the Appalachian Trail pass through some of the great valleys of the mountains. They can look down into these beautiful valleys and see farms and forests stretching across the land for many kilometers. Farmland in the valleys is rich and productive. And some of the great events in American history took place in the valleys. For example, one of the greatest battles of the American Civil War was fought in the Shenandoah V alley in Virginia.Creating the trail was a difficult job that involved the work of many thousands of people. But there were no public celebrations or events to observe its opening. Knowledge of the trail grew slowly to the people there. Today, it’s one of the most famous trails in the world.6. The Appalachian Trail _______ .A. is more than 4,300 kilometers longB. starts in the northern state of MaineC. goes through more than fourteen statesD. ends in the southeastern state of Georgia7. The Appalachian Trail does NOT go through ________.A. MarylandB. V irginiaC. WashingtonD. New Y ork8. According to the passage, the Appalachian Trail ________.A. are all in the USAB. were changed by natural forces like water, wind and iceC. are the oldest mountains in the worldD. were formed 500 million years ago9. What is mainly described in the Paragraph 4?A. The Appalachian Mountains have some great valleysB. Farms and rivers stretch across the valleys for many kilometersC. Lakes in the Appalachian Mountains are one of the most beautiful sightsD. One of the American wars of Independence was fought in the Shenandoah V alley.10. When the Appalachian Trail was being created, the people there ________.A. had a poor knowledge of itB. were going to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate its openingC. suffered a lot, some of whom even lost their livesD. decided to make it the longest in the worldCLearning disabilities cause disorder in the ways people understand or use language. They can affect the ability to listen or think, or to speak, or to read, or to write or do mathematics.A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulty in developing these skills. Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information. They say children with learning disabilities are not foolish or lazy. Their brains just process information differently from other people. Researchers say that one in five people in America has some kind of learning disabilities. Almost three million children in America receive some kinds of help in school for a learning disability.How can you tell if someone has a learning disability? Experts look for a difference between how well a child does in school and the level of ability of the child. But there is no sign of a disorder. A few signs of a learning disability include not connecting letters with their sounds or not understanding what is read. A personwith a learning disability may not be able to understand a funny story. They may not follow directions. They may not read numbers correctly or know how to start a task. Different people have different kinds of learning disabilities. They may have difficulty understanding what people are saying. Still, some may not be able to express ideas in writing.These different kinds of learning disabilities are known by different names. For example, a person who has difficulty reading may have dyslexia. Someone who cannot do mathematics may have a disorder called dyscalculia(计算困难).Experts say learning disabilities cannot be cured. But people who have them can be helped. Teachers and parents can help young people with learning disabilities to learn successfully.11. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Cost of learning disabilities.B. How to cure learning disabilitiesC. Causes of learning disabilitiesD. general introduction to learning disabilities12. It is believed that ______ the main cause of learning disabilities.A. different brains areB. mother languageC. being lazy isD. the different ways the brain works with information13. According to the passage, people with learning disabilities may have no trouble______.A. understanding a funny storyB. following directionsC. dressing themselvesD. reading numbers correctly14. The underlined word “dyslexia” in the 4th paragraph probably means “_______”.A. difficulty in seeingB. reading problemsC. trouble in listeningD. brain disorder15. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Children with learning disabilities are not intelligent or do not want to work.B. Different people have different kinds of learning disabilities.C. Y oung people with learning disabilities can be helped to learn successfully.D. It is impossible to cure learning disabilities at present.DA sweet tooth isn’t necessarily bad for your health—at least not when it comes to chocolate, says a new study. Researchers studying more than 33,000 Swedish women found that the more chocolate they are, the lower their risk of strokes(中风). The results add to a growing body of evidence linking cocoa consumption to heart health, but they aren’t a free pass to have too much chocolate.“Findings from this study cannot prove that it’s chocolate that lowers the risk of strokes,”research leader Susanna Larsson from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm told Reuters Health in an e-mail. While she believes chocolate has benefits, she also warned that eating too much could be counterproductive. “Chocolate should be eaten properly as it is high in calories, fat, and sugar,” she said. “As dark chocolate contains more cocoa and less sugar than milk chocolate, dark chocolate would be better.”Larsson and her colleagues, whose findings appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology(心脏病学)，included reports of how much chocolate women ate in 1997. The woman ranged in age from 49 to 83 years. Over the next decade, there were 1,549 strokes, and the more chocolate they ate, the lower their risk. Among those with the highest weekly chocolate intake—more than 45 grams—there were 2.5 strokes per 1,000 women per year. That figure was 7,8 per 1,000 among women who ate the least(less than 8,9 grams per week).Scientists infer that substances known as flavonoids(黄酮类物质), in particular so-called flavanols(黄烷醇), may be responsible for chocolate’s effects on health. According to Larsson, flavonoids have been shown to cut high blood pressure, a factor for a stroke, and improve other blood factors linked to heart health. Whether this theory is true remains to be proven by further studies, however.Nearly 800,000 American suffer strokes every year, with about a sixth of them dying of it and many moreleft disabled. For those at high risk, American doctors recommend blood pressure medicine, quitting smoking, exercising more and eating a healthier diet—but so far chocolate isn’t on the list.16. We can learn from the first paragraph that_______.A. having sugar is good for your healthB. eating chocolate is bad for your heart healthC. it is nice for teenagers to eat too much chocolateD. chocolate can be good for heart health17. The underlined word “counterproductive” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_______”.A. significantB. wonderfulC. excitingD. harmful18. The scientists guess that containing ________ is the reason why chocolate is good for health.A. flavanolsB. fatC. caloriesD. sugar19. According to the passage, which is NOT included in America doctors’ suggestions against strokes?A. Eating healthily.B. Eating chocolate.C. Taking exercise.D. Giving up smoking.20. The passage mainly tells readers _________.A. how to avoid various diseasesB. chocolate lovers have fewer strokesC. Americans like eating chocolateD. the positive and the negative effects。