[福建]2012届福建省漳州市四地七校高三第四次联考英语试卷

--- Can I borrow some of your novels?
--- __________. They are at your service.

Thinking of his cousin, who was killed in the traffic accident, ____．

As far as I see, _______ is no possibility _________ he will win the tennis match this time.

____________in his school that many of his fans want to get close to him.

The wrong you have done him is terrible, ___ I think,  you should make an apology to him．

---Are you still busy?---Yes, I ____ my work, and it won’t take long.

— No wonder you caught a cold. You __________ out last night without a coat.
— I know how silly I was.

When you rewrite the paragraph, I advise you to leave out __________ is thought unnecessary or misleading.

We’ve been looking for cheap houses but haven’t found ________ we like.

—Are you still working in that company, Mary?
—No, it is ten months ____ I worked there．

Whatever he does, once he sets up a goal, he would start pursuing it without _______.

--- Did you understand what the chairman said at the meeting?
--- No, his meaning didn’t ________. Would you explain it to me?

—You all like your English teacher?
—Yeah, she devotes herself____ to teaching and it earns her a good reputation．

I don’t think a warm winter always has a negative influence on our life, _______?

Without Sir Tim, the father of the www, keeping up with the latest ____ so convenient．

Being content with yourself and optimistic about your future is not difficult. Whatever is in the past is __36__. Learn from it and move on. When you are enough __37__to do this, you will see that moving ahead is the best definition of __38__.
What can you do now? Sure it is __39__ for me to tell you to forget the past, __40__ it is a whole different __41__ to actually do it. Life is a complex set of events much of which __42__ is real, but a large amount is just your __43__ of what really happened.
Let me __44__ with an example. I know not everyone is a football fan, but I am __45__ most have watched at least __46__of a game on TV. Most games and almost all the important games are __47__ over and over on the TV screen right after the game happened.
When you watched a game, you were __48__ of the outcome, saying the player __49__ the ball. Then while watching the instant replay, you realized you were __50__ wrong. The player dropped the pass. What you were certain of never happened.
In order to __51__ on your future, you should try to minimize the effects of your past. Try to find out how much of the past that you are certain are just __52__. For example, as a teenager, you tried to build a piece of furniture in your father’s workshop. The piece of furniture looked __53__ when you finished, but it fell apart before you could __54__ it to your father. The reality was that the wood you used was faulty. It was not your building ability. So don’t think yourself to be a __55__ carpenter (木匠) and avoid building anything. Forget the past and move on.

A．on B．out C．down D．over

A．ambitious B．bitter C．sad D．desperate

A．work B．life C．death D．leisure

A．boring B．surprising C．easy D．hard

A．so B．as C．yet D．after

A．practice B．theory C．order D．pleasure

A．in all B．of course C．on time D．at last

A．mind B．plan C．fact D．view

A．explain B．deny C．admit D．prove

A．deciding B．remembering C．noticing D．guessing

A．none B．all C．part D．series

A．studied B．played C．wanted D．sold

A．doubtful B．unsure C．conscious D．certain

A．passing B．catching C．getting D．breaking

A．seldom B．slightly C．totally D．fortunately

A．keep B．concentrate C．put D．get

A．mistakes B．successes C．measures D．preparations

A．well B．good C．bad D．big

A．promise B．feed C．offer D．show

A．handsome B．hardworking C．terrible D．helpful

A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life．
Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking and cheap, some exquisite and expensive-telling them to help themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones．While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress．Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups．．．And then you began eyeing each other's cups．
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups．They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live．Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us．"
God brews the coffee, not the cups．Enjoy your coffee!
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything．"
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the rest to God．
What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

Why did the professor offer his students coffee with varieties of cups?

According to the professor, the happiest people are the ones who _____．

The best title for the passage would be _____．

There is plenty for kids and teens to do in the Syracuse area during the summer, including some great educational opportunities. Here are the top four.
Rosamond Gifford Zoo Camp
The zoo offers separate camps for kids. The camps for kindergarteners run from 9 am to 12:30 pm, and cost $115 for zoo members and $135 for non-members. Kids entering 7^th and 8^th grades will have half a day from 1 pm to 4:30 pm. The cost is $149 for members and $160 for non-members. All camps feature numerous educational activities and animal encounters. The camps run from August 14 to August 19. Registration starts from July 10 for members and July 15 for non-members.
Active Learning Services at Christian Brothers Academy
From August 1 to August 5, Christian Brothers Academy will host Active Learning Services from USA Chess. Topics of learning will include Chess Camp (age 5-15), and Video Game Creation Program (age 8-15). Chess Camp promises improved chess skills through chess instructors utilizing demo(演示) boards and historic games. Half day sessions will cost $280 for the Computer Camps. A full day of Chess costs $400, and a half day of Chess followed by a half day of Computer Camps cost $430.
Syracuse University Summer College
From July 5^th to August 12^th , Syracuse University will host pre-college programs for high school students. The Summer College will offer a wide variety of programs including architecture, engineering and computer science, public communications, and eco-fashion. The programs are taught by the teachers of Syracuse University and include hands-on activities. The costs range from $2325 to $7642.
The Sheldon Institute at SUNY Oswego
The State University of New York will hold two-week educational enrichment programs for students entering grades2-4 from July 25 to August 5. Children will have a set program featuring art, science, technology, cultural appreciation and writing. Tuition for the programs is only $320 and a downloadable application is available.
If a preschool boy and his 8^th-grade brother attend the Zoo Camps, they should pay___________.

When should a child start to attend the Zoo Camps?

What do we know about the Chess Camp from the passage?

Where can children attend the largest number of programs with low cost?

With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel industry. These days, however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn’t necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is certainly a choice.
The majority of eco-hotels fall into one of several categories: hotels and resorts that conserve ecologically important habitats; “green” hotels that reduce, recycle, minimize waste, and protect water; sustainable hotels that harvest food from gardens on the hotel property or get part of all their power from renewable energy; hotels that encourage community involvement such as guests taking part in trail clearing; and hotels that offer some form of environmental education to their guests.
As such, eco-hotels are a various group. Stylish urban hotels like the Willard Inter-Continental Washington focus on energy conservation whereas the Rosario Resort＆Spa on Orcas Island in Washington State offers a wildly popular “green” vacation package where guests can “take a hike, clear a trail”.
No matter what you call them, eco-hotel, eco-lodge, eco-resort, or green hotel, they’re part of the “greening” of the tourism industry.
Part of what drives this greening of the hotel industry is no doubt competition. Going green is yet another way to distinguish a hotel from the mass of other excellent hotels that consumers have to choose from. But for many hotels, it’s also part of their philosophy. With the concept of “going green” firmly rooted in consumers’ minds, eco-hotels have taken it to the next level, and whether or not money is the driving factor behind the greening of the hotel industry doesn’t matter so much as it’s good for the planet.
The underlined part in the first paragraph means _______.

According to the passage, which of the following can be part of the idea of eco-hotel?

From the passage, we know the Rosario Resort＆Spa is a kind of hotel that____

People who choose to stay at eco-hotels ______.

A new study done by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario （HEQCO） shows that it doesn't make much of a difference that parents reward their children with cash for their better marks.
Many parents have offered cash to their children in the hope that it would improve marks and possibly raise their children's interest in achieving higher marks．
The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Toronto （UT） and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT） to learn more about the potential for financial encouragement as motivation for improved marks, involved first and second year students receiving financial aid in 2008-2009 at the University of Toronto Scarborough．
The top students participating in the study who said they were "very concerned" about having enough money to complete their degrees were to receive $100 for getting a grade of 70 per cent for each one-semester course, plus $20 for every percentage point beyond that．It was imaginable that a student could earn as much as $700 for achieving 100 percent in a course．
Harvey Weingarten, president and CEO of HEQCO said, "In its efforts to help disadvantaged students by exploring the idea of paying them to attend school, the Toronto District School Board （TDSB） is asking the same question many other districts are asking about how to improve student participation and performance．Our study and others to date indicate that this practice has little effect if any in those situations where it has been tested．"
The authors of the study suggest that ineffective study habits may be a barrier to academic achievement and that the real problem may be more a lack of academic preparation than a lack of effort or motivation．They note that the availability of peer （同伴） advising does not appear to have helped greatly．They conclude that other potential avenues to improving performance, or other approaches of teaching, are needed at the high school and postsecondary levels．
If a student gets a grade of 85% in a course, he will get _____．

The underlined words "this practice" in Paragraph 5 refer to _____．

The real problem with student participation and performance is most probably a lack of____．

What is mainly discussed in the passage?

If women are mercilessly exploited(剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned dresses. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with necessary things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or picking her way through deep snow in high heeled shoes.
When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability(稳定耐用)? That is for you to decide.
Designers and big stores always make money_________.

To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as ___________.

New fashions in clothing are created for ___________.

By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" (Line One to Line Two, Paragraph Four),
the writer means that ___________.

短文填词
Dear Ralph,
I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you my problem _______ has troubled me for a long time. It is the_______ (关系) between my mother and me. My mother is a university professor, _______ works very hard. She is strict with me, but she is so _______ with her work that she finds little to t_______ to me. I love her and I do well in my studies, but I still feel a little a_______ of her because she loses her temper _______(容易地). I don’t know how to communicate with her. Maybe we should _______(交换) our feelings and t_______ in a right way. I wish we knew more about each other and _______ each other better. What can I do?
Best wishes!
Yours,
Tom

假设你叫李华，你将作为高三毕业生代表，根据以下要点在毕业晚会上用
注意：（1）词数120左右；（2）可适当增加细节，以使上下文连贯；（3）开头已写好，不计入总词数。
英文作一简短的告别演讲：
1、对三年高中生活的怀念；
2、对老师的感谢；
3、对母校的祝福。
My teachers and fellow students
_____________________________________________________________________________
Thank you!