广东省惠州市2012届高三第三次调研考试

英 语 试 题

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分135分，考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改夜。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卷和答题卡一并收回。

I 语言知识及运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells．Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 1 and have made up their minds to 2 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run 3 through the narrow High Street．

“They not only make it 4 to sleep at night, but they are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical 5 ,” said John Norris, one of the protesters．

“If we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don't they b