安徽省高考自主命题2012仿真卷(三)第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）21. It was terribly windy last night and there was _ 18-degree drop in _ temperature. A. a;/ B. /;/ C. an;/ D. an; the22. -Would you lend me $ 100 9 I need it to buy myself an MP3 player. -_. A. What a pity B. Thats right C. Nothing doing D. That depends23. _ that everyone present approves of the plan, it will come into effect from the new year on. A. For B. Now C. Since D. Despite24. In a time of social reform, peoples state of mind tends to keep _ with the rapid changes of society. A. step B. progress C. pace D. touch25. My train arrives in Chicago at eight oclock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there _ by then. A. would leave B. will have left C. has left D. had left26. Im sorry. I cant see you immediately; but if youd like to take a seat, Ill be with you _. A. for a moment B. in a moment C. for the moment D. at the moment27. The violin player was certainly loud. But I wasnt bothered by his loudness _ by his lack of talent. A. than B. more than C. as D. so much as28. Susan ought to stop work; she has a headache because she _ too long. A. has been writing B. had written C. is writing D. wrote29. The researcher could hardly find enough evidence _ his arguments in favour of the new theory. A. to be based on B. to base on C. which to base on D. on which to base30. Jack was halfway back to the village where his mother lived _ Mary caught up with him. A. when B. while C. until D. though31. _ the weather changing so rapidly, we couldnt go on with the experiment. A. Since B. Because C. As D. With32. After working all day, he was so tired that he was in no _ to go to the evening with us. A. mood B. emotion C. sense D. taste33. If you dont like to go skating, you _ as well stay at home. A. should B. may C. can D. would34. It is obvious that the strength of a country is directly ensured by the efficiency of education, and _ this in turn relies upon the efforts of educators of all kinds. A. which B. how C. that D. why35. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when _ alone. A. seen B. is seen C. to be seen D. having been seen第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 From the war room to the hoard room, negotiations (谈判) are a part of everyday life. Successful negotiations demand a clear _36_ of ones opponent (对手). But what _37_ should one take to achieve such an understanding in everyday negotiations? Psychologist Adam Galinsky and colleagues William Maddux, Debra Gilin, and Judith White asked a _38_ question and found that success in negotiations _39_ on focusing on the head and not the _40_. In other words, it is better to understand the perspective of negotiation opponents _41_ sympathize with them. Perspective-taking, according to the study published in the April 2008 issue of Psychological Science, _42_ understanding and anticipating (预期) an opponents interests, thoughts, and _43_ behaviors, whereas empathy (同情) focuses mostly on sympathy and compassion for another. Perspective takers are able to step outside the limits of their own immediate, biased (偏见的) frames of preference, wrote the authors. Empathy, _44_, leads individuals to violate norms of equity and equality and to provide preferential treatments. The researchers _45_ a total of three studies designed to assess the relationship between successful negotiations and perspective-taking and empathy tendencies. In two of them, the participants negotiated the sale of a gas station _46_ a deal based solely on price was impossible: the sellers _47_ price was higher than the buyers limit. However, both parties basic interests were compatible (相容的), and so creative deals were possible. In the first study, those _48_ who scored highly on the perspective-taking part of a personality test were more likely to successfully _49_ a deal. In contrast, higher scores on empathy led the two parties to be _50_ at reaching a creative deal. In the second study involving the same gas station negotiation, participants were _51_ into three groups: the perspective-taking group, who were told to imagine _52_ the other person was thinking; the empathy group, who were told to imagine what the other person was _53_; and a control group. The psychologists discovered that perspect