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39.A.collect up B. care about C. clean up D. come in 40.A.equal B. similar C. superior D. opposite 41.A.painful B. valuable C. upsetting D. interesting 42.A.come up B. break out C. hold on D. get through 43.A.to B. with C. in D. by 44.A.Luckily B. Cheerfully C. Regularly D. Eventually 45.A.Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Besides 46.A.shouted B. laughed C. glanced D. jumped 47.A.convenient B. troublesome C. enjoyable D. dangerous 48.A.sadness B. displeasure C. delight D. relief 49.A.other than B. more than C. rather than D. less than 50.A.dislike B. encouragement C. threat D. suggestion 51.A.decided B. stopped C. continued D. struggled 52.A.devote B. turn C. respond D. lead 53.A.defeat B. satisfy C. respect D. challenge 54.A.proud B. comfortable C. strange D. disappointed 55.A.freedom B. life C. growth D. nature
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十二岁那年，我成为了一个园艺爱好者。不过关于搞园艺，我最初的意图并非起源于我对大自然的热爱，而是故意气气我父母。
当时，我家有个大院子，院子里矗立着一株漂亮的枫树。对于这大自然的杰作，我母亲却经常用一种质疑的眼光看着它。那些金灿灿的树叶，在她看来就是成吨的垃圾。当看到邻居们忙于修葺院落和修剪花木时，我爸爸总是说：“去打扫打扫其他的东西吧。”他老觉得那是在浪费时间。
在那个时候，(由于叛逆，我都不会遂着父母之意，)他们做的任何事，我都会对着干。如果园艺活儿让他们心烦意乱，那我就要给他们种出一个花园来！
于是，我在院子里种上了百合花种子，可惜未能吐芽。我继续种上了向日葵种子和玫瑰花。让我欣喜若狂的是，我发现玫瑰开出了第一株花。接着，一朵接一朵，玫瑰花儿次第露头了。最后，我自己也被这方小小的神奇的花圃深深打动了??
然而，我父母对我的花圃毫无兴致。我父亲因为想跨过我的花圃走到车道而费尽周章，他甚至向我咆哮喝斥。而让我母亲不快的是，我在她的花瓶里插上真正的玫瑰，但在她眼里就跟杂草无异。
我不顾父母对我摆弄花草的嫌恶，坚持经营着我小小的花圃，享受着园艺给我带来的无上的快乐。这些小小的花木真的会成为你的好伙伴：它们呼吸、它们开花、它们努力回应着你给它们的关爱。
时光荏苒，从我蓄意挑战我父母而修建我的第一座花圃至今，已经过去了很多年。现在我已经是位知名的园艺专家，不仅教授园艺艺术，还主持了一个园艺节目，这让我父母为之自豪。现在我终于可以说，确实是因为我对大自然的爱才造就我成为了一个真正的园艺工作者。
36．C. 作者坦诚爱上园艺，最初的目的和意图（intention）并非是因为热爱大自然，而只是
为了和父母对着干。D项的design，主要表示和创作有关的“设计”，也可表示创作文学作品的构思或者提纲，在引申义中，可以表示贬义词“企图或图谋”意。
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37. D. 从第三段第一句“At that age, I always did something opposite to whatever my parents did!”可知，这孩子小时候确很叛逆。她建花圃的最初目的当然也是annoy父母，使父母生气。
38. A. 这道题可以使用排除法来锁定标准答案。作者的母亲一直以来都是不喜欢园艺的。对
于这棵枫树，她自然不会喜欢。B项表“欣赏”；D项表“激动”，明显不符。C项的“惊奇”也和作者想表达的意图没有关系。
39. C. 这个选项并不难，但是如果同学们没看懂“Something else to clean up”，那选起来
就有点麻烦了。这句话句意其实没完，后面这句带现在分词的seeing the neighbor busy with gardening（看见邻居们忙于做园艺活儿）才是关键。正是因为父亲不屑于园艺，所以看见别人忙园艺的时候，才冷嘲热讽的说应该花时间去打扫一下其他的东西。
40. D 37题已经解释过了。结合37题，对照思考，考虑到作者年轻时的叛逆个性，应该可
以直接选出opposite，作者喜好和父母对着干。
41. C. 这一题的B项“贵重的”和D项“有趣的”无难度，容易排除。但学生们容易选成painful。
园艺也只是一项家务活儿而已，而作者的父母也只是对其不屑和厌烦而已，故干脆选择不为之。说道“痛苦的”，词义太过。相比而言，C项“心烦的”更适合。
42. A. come up“发芽；走上前来；出现”；break out“爆发”；hold on“继续；不挂断”；get through“度过，完成”。选A，百合花没发芽。考查动词词组的掌握。
43. B wild with joy，“欣喜若狂；洋洋得意”之意。
44. D 此题容易选成cheerfully“高高兴兴地”。仔细斟酌句子，我们看到“one by one, the
flowers bloomed their heads off.”作者从开始种植百合花的失败，到第一朵玫瑰花开花，再到花朵次第出现，最后自己都被神奇的小花圃所打动，强调的是个心态转变
的过程。而整篇文章，作者也想书写自己由最开始的叛逆行为，到真正变为对大自然和园艺艺术的热爱的一个过程。所以，cheerfully在这里显得肤浅。
45. B 简单题，however，表达不管作者的努力，父母还是无动于衷。表转折。
46. A “……because he found it was troublesome to move around my garden to the driveway.”
当父亲去往车道的路都被我的花圃遮挡，每次去取车都要大费周章的时候，谁都会暴跳如雷、大声咆哮的。Jump at表示“把握、接受(机会)；欣然接受；匆匆做出(结
论等)”的意思。
47. B 见46题解释。D项dangerous太过了。跨过花圃去车道就要人命了？呵呵。
48. B 这句话仍然是在讲作者妈妈对她种花成功的不屑和不满。从“I put in her vase my real
roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds rather than flowers”明显可以看出妈妈的这种情绪。A项sadness有点莫名其妙，明显和作者大意相去甚远。妈妈悲伤个啥？
49. C 妈妈觉得插在花瓶里真实的玫瑰，与其说是花，不如就是说是杂草。rather than是最
合适的。Other than“不同于；除了?以外”；more than和less than都是数量上的比较。
50. A. regardless of是“不管；不顾”的意思，不管父母多不喜欢，作者还是坚持我的种花
行为。看懂即可选出dislike“憎恶；不喜欢”。
51. C 作者不顾反对，坚持种花，继续享受种花乐趣。A项的decided to enjoy…“决定享受
乐趣”不好，作者其实在之前已经享受到了种花的乐趣。 52. C 在培育花木的过程中，作者因为已经对大自然、对花木有了深厚的感情。所以她用
亲切的笔触、用拟人的手法写道：“they breathe, they bloom, they respond to care and love.”，所以respond to“回应(作者的关爱)”是最适当的。devote to…“把?奉献给…”；turn to…“求助于；转向于”；lead to..“导致；通向…”
53. D 此题应该看成是对37题、40题的重现，都是对作者当年开始养花的最初目的的诠释。
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Challenge“挑战父母的耐心，对着干”。
54. A 作者在变化，作者的父母也在改变。作者在园艺上做出了一番成就，当然会让她的
父母为之骄傲。
55. D 主题重现，也和第一段首尾呼应。第一段“My early intention of gardening may not have
originated from my love for nature.”，而最后一句，作者不无感叹地说：“And now I
could say it is my affection for nature that makes me a real gardener.”。真正让作者坚持下来，变成一个真正的园林工作者的原因，是因为对大自然的热爱。
三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
A
One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift . Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September 11th ，1958，Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift , and here it is.” What an honor！I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories .I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing bad been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days I Heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before .
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home !”
“Thank God !” I heard Mum cry .
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
这篇文章是简单的叙事文，是一篇关于亲情的文章。笔触平实，情感动人。故事发生在圣诞节前后，为了拯救出生不久的患病的孩子（作者的弟弟），全家都承受了巨大的心理压力。文章用一个小孩简单的感受，通过对父母的语言描写和神态动作观察和描写，表达了亲情在这个并不富裕的家庭里的巨大感召力。孩子的康复出院，实在是给这个家庭、给作者最好的圣诞礼物。
56. what happened to the author on September 11, 1958?
A. He got a baby brother. B. He got a Christmas gift
C. He became four years old. D. He received a doll.
【解析】从第二段第一句“On September 11th ，1958，Mum gave birth to Richard.”，我们可以看出作者的弟弟诞生了。这个弟弟并非是真正的doll洋娃娃，这点同学们千万要读懂。 57.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Impossible. B. Boring C. Difficult D. Fearful
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【解析】ominous本意是“不吉利的；凶兆的”，这道题就要考查考生们的理解能力了。作者当时还是个孩子， “For several days I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying””，在他幼小而懵懂的心里，这些词是有一定的惊吓作用的。故选D。
58. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.
59. What is the passage mainly about ?
A . A sad Christmas day B. Life with a lovely baby
C. A special Christmas gift. D. Memories of a happy family
【解析】容易选成D。我相信这个家庭因为有亲情，他们内心肯定是快乐的，但是但从文章来看，这件事并不是快乐的。同理，这个圣诞节虽然过得提心吊胆、愁云密布，但最终的结果却是快乐和令人欣慰的，故不选A。
B
Top lists are lecturing people on everything from “100 places to visit” to “100 books to read ”. Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time? Now you have a list to end all lists!
Take a look at the following two examples from the list of “101 things not to do”: Swim with Dolphins（海豚）？
Swimming with dolphins is one of the world’s most profitable tourist activities. However,
every dolphin will welcome having their busy, tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming and pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).
Here’s a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they’re just opening their mouths.
Go to See the Mona Lisa?
There must be something about the mysterious(神秘的)smile. The 6 million people who visit the lady in the Louvre every year can’t all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying, standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.
If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn’t just be smiling, she’d be laughing.
So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Things NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20％ discount.
这篇文章的作者对所谓的《100个必须旅游的地方》、《100本必须要读的书》等书是持抵制和鄙视态度的。也正是因为如此，他出炉了《101件死前不要做的事》。在这些事情中，和海豚一起游泳其实是对海豚生命的伤害和威胁；去看蒙娜丽莎的微笑，也会因为人满为患而索然无趣??但说到底，他是为了自己的新书打广告。
60. According to the passage, swimming with dolphins________.
A. is the world’s most popular tourist activity B. gives fun to both tourists and
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dolphins
C. will make tourists busy and tired D. can cause danger to dolphins 【解析】从此句判断而出：“Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).” 61.What does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa?
A. It is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile. B. It is not as satisfying as expected. C. Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough. D. Queuing for hours is worthwhile. 【解析】 从这两句可看出答案：“In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.”，并且作者还开玩笑的说：如果蒙娜丽莎知道了她现在的名声和卢浮宫里游人如织的情景，她早就不是微笑，而是大笑了。 62.The list of “101 things not to do” is made most probably because its author_______. A. thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists B. believes other lists are not humorous enough
C. intends to persuade people to read more lists D. wants to provide a list different from other lists
【解析】从此句“Now you have a list to end all lists! Take a look at the following two examples from the list of “101 things not to do:”可知。虽有借踩踏其他名单而抬高自己之嫌，但是这确是他打广告的目的——售书。
63.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To advertise a book B. To introduce a website
C. To comment on popular lists D. To recommend tourist activities. 【解析】从“If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Things NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20％ discount.”可知，作者终极目的是要把读者拉到他的网站来买书，还提供八折购书。 ”
C
There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky(威士忌)at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1873, she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot ,” And she didn’t even go fishing.
Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grasses and mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange light, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold . As you settle down with just a fishing pole and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle , any frustration(烦恼) will float away as gently as the circling water. It’s just you and purple, pink, white flowers, seeking a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime’s fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.
Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day’s fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland’s mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of all British mountains, and reaching its 1343-metre top is a challenge. But it’s not just what goes up matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain’s north face,
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2012年高考真题试卷英语（重庆卷）答案解析版(2)
