1、 英语试卷 第 1 页 （ 共 14 页 ） 英语试卷 第 2 页 （ 共 14 页 ） 绝密启用前 2012普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（ 湖南卷 ） 英语 本试题卷共 12页， 85题。全卷满分 150分。考试用时 120分钟 。 Part Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (22.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are sev
2、eral questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question. You will hear each conversation TWICE. Example: When will the magazine probably arrive? A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday. The answer is B. Conversa
3、tion 1 1. When does the woman finish work? A. At 6:00. B. At 7:00. C. At 8:00. 2. What is the man going to do tonight? A. See his parents. B. Watch a new movie. C. Go for an appointment. Conversation 2 3. Where does the man play tennis? A. At the university. B. At the club. C. At the community cente
4、r. 4. How often does the woman swim? A. Once a week. B. Three times a week. C. Five times a week. Conversation 3 5. What is the man doing? A. Getting dressed. B. Having an interview. C. Celebrating a birthday. 6. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Parent and child. B. Hus
5、band and wife. C. Customer and saleswoman. Conversation 4 7. Why did the man come back late? A. He went to the bar. B. He met his teacher. C. He played basketball. 8. What did the woman do this morning? A. She took a physics test. B. She had a meeting. C. She held a party. 9. What will the woman pro
6、bably do after the conversation? A. See her friends. B. Go to the school. C. Prepare dinner. Conversation 5 10. Where did the woman grow up? A. In Switzerland. B. In the UK. C. In France. 11. Which of the following does the woman like best about Weybridge? A. Its scenery. B. Its people. C. Its facil
7、ities. 12. What does the man do? A. A teacher. B. A host. C. A tour guide. Conversation 6 13. Why is the woman upset? A. The man didn?t apologize. B. The man didn?t turn up. C. The man didn?t call. 14. Who is the man speaking to? A. A waitress. B. A professor. C. A doctor. 15. When will the two spea
8、kers see each other? A. On Tuesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday. Section B (7.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. You will he
9、ar the short passage TWICE. -在-此-卷-上-答-题-无-效- 姓名_ 准考证号_提示：配详细答案解析，请到 搜索并免费下载！ School Library Locations and resources 1 st floor: 80,000 books 2 nd floor: 16 kinds of newspapers and magazines Rules Books for lending can be kept for a 17 by full-time students. 18 books, newspapers and magazines can ne
10、ver be taken out. Opening time All day long All year round except Christmas Day and 19 Access By 20 Part Language Knowledge (45 marks) Section A (15 marks) Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the s
11、entence. Example: The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket the desert. A. covering B. covered C. cover D, to cover The answer is A. 21. We?ve had a good start, but next, more work needs to achieve the final success. A. being done B. do C. to be done D. to do 22. Don?t worry. The hard work
12、that you do now later in life. A. will be repaid B. was being repaid C. has been repaid D. was repaid 23. Time, correctly, is money in the bank. A. to use B. used C. using D. use 24. Bicycling is good exercise; , it does not pollute the air. A. nevertheless B. besides C. otherwise D. therefore 25. C
13、lose the door of fear behind you, and you the door of faith open before you. A. saw B. have seen C. will see D. are seeing 26. Everyone in the village is very friendly. It doesn?t matter you have lived there for a short or a long time. A. why B. how C. whether D. when 27. “The moment soon,” he thoug
14、ht to himself, waiting nervously. A. came B. has tome C. was coming D. is coming 28. I always felt I would pass the exam, I never thought I would get an A. A. While B. Once C. If D. Until 29. Sorry, I am too busy now. If I time, I would certainly go for an outing with you. A. have had B. had had C.
15、have D. had 30. It was not until I came here I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather. A. who B. that C. where D. before 31. The lecture, at 7:00 pm laze night, was followed by an observation of the moon with telescopes. A. starting B. being started C. to start D
16、. to be started 32. hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat. A. However B. Whatever C. Whichever D. Whenever 33. I remember you were a talented pianist at college. Can you play the piano for me? Sorry, I the piano for years. A. don?t play B. wasn?t playin
17、g C. haven?t played D. hadn?t played 34. Care of the soul is a gradual process even the small details of life should be considered. A. what B. in what C. which D. in which 35. All the scientific evidence that increasing use of chemicals in farming damaging our health. A. show; are B. shows; are C. s
18、how; is D. shows; is Section B (18 marks) Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. “What?s it like to have a gap between your teeth?” a girl asked me one day. Nobod
19、y had ever 36 before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for 37 , 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. “I never think about it,” I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people 38 me and saw only gappy teeth
20、. Later that day at home, I began to 39 my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have! Of course, Mom 40 everything. She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to con
21、vince me that there was nothing to 41 . When I refused to listen, she told me I 英语试卷 第 5 页 （ 共 14 页 ） 英语试卷 第 6 页 （ 共 14 页 ） could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. “Let?s be 42 , though,” she said. “If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the sa
22、me. There is beauty in differences.” Her 43 made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my 44 . Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize thei
23、r dream of “perfection.” The 45 is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for 46 . So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 47 , I would truthfully answer. “You know? It?s really cute.” 36. A. faced B. guessed C. asked D. imagined 37. A. an offer B. an answer C. a suggestion D. a result 38. A heard of B. thought of C. talked
