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1、广东省中山市侨中2012届高三第二次模拟考试英语本试卷共10页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a 1 man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he loo
2、ked very 2 indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to 3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and 4 : “Goood dayyy to youuuuuu. toooooo!” Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a
3、 normal 5 word out of him. As no one knew how he made his living he lived quite 6 , always wearing the same old second-hand suit they often had no _7_for him and sometimes even made fun of him.William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that William had received
4、a role in a very important 8 in the nations capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great 9 . And to everyones surprise, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good 10 , and with a clear and
5、pleasant voice. From that day on, William gave up 11 at all hours. Now he sang only during his stage appearances. People wouldnt have thought him 12 if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large 13 , with a hand-carved message on it. The message said, “Practice every second,
6、 for you never know when your 14 will come.” Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the 15 had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper. 1. A. tall B. sensitive C. handsome D. strange 2. A. common B. concerned C. wealthy D. confident 3. A. appear B. practi
7、ceC. communicateD. debate 4. A. whisper B. respond C. repeat D. tease 5. A. advised B. printed C. written D. spoken 6. A. simply B. naturally C. calmlyD. fortunately 7. A. mercy B. respectC. trustD. money 8. A. concert B. documentary C. opera D. film 9. A. experienceB. benefit C. discoveryD. success
8、10. A. movementsB. manners C. efforts D. signs11. A. pretendingB. recording C. singing D. wandering12. A. mad B. skillful C. artificialD. desperate13. A. knife B. stone C. medal D. diamond14. A. solution B. inspirationC. performanceD. chance15. A. neighbor B. visitor C. director D. Teacher第二节语法填空 (共
9、10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。 When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him, _16_made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. _17_(lose)his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kil
10、l it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare _18_life. Please let me go, it cried, and one day I will repay you for your _19_(kind). The idea of so small a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much _20_he laughed aloud. He thought, “How could this little mou
11、se help me?” _21_, he lifted his paws and let it go. But the mouses chance came after all. A few days later, when the lion was wandering in the forest, he _22_ (catch) in a trap. The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, _23_he tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon. Just then
12、 the little mouse passed _24_, and saw the sad lion. It went up to him and soon gnawed away(啃断) the ropes. “Was I right?” asked the little mouse. This lion _25_ (nod) his head and thanked the little mouse.II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A One man
13、tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town.“Do you fix flat
14、s?” he inquired of the attendant.“Yes,” came the answer.“How much do you charge?” he asked. With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?” This is what has been called a “Hobsons choice”. A Hobsons choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever is offered
15、or go without. According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth-century entrepreneur (企业家) Thomas Hobson. There was no choice by the customer it was strictly Hobsons choice. But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference. We may not always believe it. We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a
