甘肃省兰州市2012届高三诊断考试英 语 试 题YCY注意事项：1本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。2本试卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟3答题全部在答题纸上完成，试卷上答题无效第一卷（选择题）第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）第一节语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。1neither Aweigh Bceiling Cbargain Dheight2occur Aocean Bopposite Cofficial Doffer3frequent Apresident Bfresh Cfever Dsilence4roses Ahouses Bbuses Chorses Dgases5bench Aschool Bmachine Cmarch Dcharacter第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。6Failure is the mother of success; no one can always be _ failure or _ successAa; a B/;a Ca;/ Dthe; the7According to the agreement, all payments _ be made in cashAmay Bshall Cneed Dcan8Compared with male graduates, a（n） _ small number of female graduates can get employed when they go job - huntingAcasually Broughly Cgradually Drelatively9They had _ the office building, which then left an open space to build a street gardenApulled down Btaken down Cturned down Dpoured down10Nowadays more and more people are advised to arrange for insurance _ that they or their family members need medical careAin order Bin need Cin case Din hope11Did you scold the boy for his mistakes?Yes, but_itAId rather not do BId not better doCId better not to have done DId rather not have done12The discovery of the new evidence led to _ Athe thief having caught Bcatch the thiefCthe thief being caught Dthe thief to be caught13I didnt find the way to the station_ I had told you about it in detailAHow come? BNo wonder CNo problem DWho cares?14We shouldnt complain about being poor many families are much _ than we areAworse off Bbadly off Cwell off Dbetter off 15The first painting he gave me wasnt good and _ Aneither was the second one Bneither the second one wasCthe second one was neither Dthe second one neither was16Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56, _ will forever be the treasure of AppleAof whom the spirit Bspirit of which Cspirit of whom Dof which me spirit17I never have any doubt _ you will winWait and seeAwhether Bif Cthat Dwhat18The professor considers _ no good _ without understandingAit; to read Bit; reading Cthat; to read Dthis; reading19They are all _ little children that you are not able to look after _ many of themAso; so Bsuch; so Csuch; such Dso; such20What a golden opportunity you missed! It means youll have to wait for another ten yearsBut I_to Beijing on business!Atravel Bwould travel Cwas traveling Dhave第三节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleepA few dogs started barking at itThe elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safetyThat didnt stop the elephantIt destroyed a dozen 21 and 22 several peopleThe villagers were 23 and angryThen someone 24 calling Parbati, the elephant princess Parbati Baruas father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant 25 He taught Parbati to ride an elephant 26 she could even walkHe also taught her the 27 of the elephant, round-uphow to catch wild elephantsParbati hasnt always lived in the jungleAfter a happy childhood 28 with her father, she was sent to a 29 school in the cityBut Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her 30 New life in the city is too dullCatching elephants is an adventure and the 31 lasts for days after the 32 she saysBut Parbati doesnt catch elephants just for funMy work, she says, is to rescue man from the 33 and to keep the elephants safe from man And this is exactly what Parbati 34 for many yearsIncreasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, 35 hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land 36 is now fighting backWhenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to 37 the animals back to the jungle before they can kill themThe work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotionA good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly 38 elephant 39 they grow to lo