2012全国高考英语真题与答案解析打包下载(5)

2012全国高考英语真题与答案解析打包下载

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；毎小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答題卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

What brings a nation together? Of the four choices —

shared values, language, history, and religion, it’s shared values.

In our latest poll (民意调査), seven out of 16 countries chose

values as the greatest factor (因索）bringing a nation together,

and six preferred language. Both choices scored high in the poll,

suggesting that our values and how we express them are closely

linked Still, history was not forgotten in some countries,

particularly in Mexico and Russia. Even Canada and the United

States chose national histories as the second-most important

factor uniting their people. The biggest surprise? Not one

country picked religion as its top choice.

2012全国高考英语真题与答案解析打包下载

46. According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?

A. Language. B. Values. C. History. D. Religion.

47.In which country did language score the lowest in their national pride?

A. Canada. B. Mexico. C. France. D. America.

48.According to the charts, shared values and language were considered equally important in .

A. Australia B. Brazil C. China D. India

B

Three Boys and a Dad

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”

Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（节拍）. Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a