2014年上海高考英语试卷
考生注意：
1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。
2．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1-12页）和第II卷（第13页），
全卷共13页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上
一律不得分。
3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，井将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。
第I卷（共103分）
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. A policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress.
2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried.
3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency.
C. In a bank.
D. In a driving school.
4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station.
5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane.
C. Get some stationery.
D. Clean the backyard.
6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes.
C. Protect herself from being hurt.
D. Bargain with the shop assistant.
7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course.
C. Help him revise his report.
D. Get her computer repaired.
8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic.
9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year.
B. She has already told the man about her plan.
C. She isn't planning to leave her university.
D. She recently visited a different university.
10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayor's speech.
C. It made the mayor's view clearer.
D. It carried the mayor's speech accurately.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. 70. B. 20. C. 25. D. 75.
12. A. The houses there can't be sold. B. It is a place for work and holiday.
C. The cabins and facilities are shared.
D. It is run by the residents themselves.
13. A. A skiing resort. B. A special community.
C. A splendid mountain.
D. A successful businesswoman.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.
14. A. Those who often sent text messages. B. Those who suffered from heart disease.
C. Those who did no physical exercise.
D. Those who were unmarried.
15. A. They responded more slowly than usual. B. They sent more messages.
C. They typed 10 percent faster on average.
D. They edited more passages.
16. A. Why chemical therapy works.
B. Why marriage helps fight cancer.
C. How unmarried people survive cancer.
D. How cancer is detected after marriage.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
My stay in New York
After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, (25) ______ I might have a better chance to find a good job. (26) ______ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in
a local caféas a waiter. I believed that (27) ______ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already (28) ______ (exhaust) shoulders. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success.
As I had studied literature at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had said that (29) ______ ______ ______ I wanted to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps, (30) ______ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently,
I had difficulty (31) ______ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration. I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned (32) ______ I realise that a quiet town life was the best for me.
(B)
The giant vending machine（自动售货机）is a new village shop Villagers have long been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies. However, help is now nearer at hand in the form of the country's first automatic push-button shop. Now residents in the Derbyshire village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week.
Peter Fox, who is (33) ______ electrical engineer, spent two and a half years working
on the project. The machine (34) ______ (equip) with security cameras and alarms, and looks like a mini shop with a brick front, a grey roof and a display window.
Mr. Fox said he hoped his invention, (35) ______ is set to be installed in other villages
in the area over the coming months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities.
He said: "I had this idea a few years ago but I couldn't find a manufacturer who could deliver what I wanted, so I did it by (36) ______. The result is what amounts to a huge outdoor vending machine. Yet I think the term automatic shop is far (37) ______ (appropriate)."
In recent years, the commercial pressure from supermarket chains (38) ______ (force) village shops across the country to close. In 2010, it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed, (39) ______ (urge) the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or set-up new community stores.
Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their own volunteer-run shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution (40) ______ those villages without
a local shop.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only
to carefully plan menus for meals or read food _41_ at the supermarket. Since you really _42_ yourself to a healthier lifestyle, a little help would come in handy, wouldn't it? This is where a "choice architect" can help _43_ some of the burden of doing it all yourself. Choice architects are people who organize the contexts in which customers make decisions. For example, the person who decides the layout of your local supermarket-including which shelf the peanut butter goes on, and how the oranges are piled up—is a choice architect.
Governments don't have to _44_ healthier lifestyles through laws for example, smoking bans. Rather, if given an environment created by a choice architect-one that encourages us to choose what is best-we will do the right things. In other words, there will be designs that gently push customers toward making healthier choices, without removing freedom of choice. This idea combines freedom to choose with _45_ hints from choice architects, who aim to help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.
The British and Swedish governments have introduced a so-called "traffic light system" to _46_ foods as healthy or unhealthy. This means that customers can see at a glance how much fat, sugar, and salt each product contains _47_ by looking at the lights on the package. A green light _48_ that the amounts of the three nutrients are healthy; yellow indicates that the customer should be _49_; and red means that the food is high in at least one of the three nutrients and should be eaten in _50_. The customer is given important health information, but is still free to decide what to choose.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about films we've just watched or books we've just finished reading, but plain and simple _51_.
Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we _52_ do with it? We gossip. About others' behaviour and private lives, such as who's doing what with whom, who's in and who's out-and why; how to deal with difficult _53_ situations involving children, lovers, and colleagues.
So why are we keen on gossiping? Are we just natural _54_，of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid facing up to the really important issues of life? It's not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is one of these really _55_ issues.
Dunbar _56_ the traditional view that language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly hunting activities more effectively, or even to promote the exchange of poetic stories about their origins and the supernatural. Instead he suggests that language evolved among women. We don't spend two-thirds of our time gossiping just because we can talk, argues Dunbar— _57_, he goes on to say, language evolved specifically to allow us to gossip.
Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studying the _58_ of the higher primates（灵长类动物）like monkeys. By means of grooming--cleaning the fur by brushing it, monkeys form groups with other individuals on whom they can rely for support in the event of some kind of conflict within the group or _59_ from outside it.
As we human beings evolve from a particular branch of the primate family, Dunbar _60_ that at one time in our history we did much the same. Grouping together made sense because the bigger the group, the greater the _61_ it provided; on the other hand, the bigger the group, the greater the stresses of living close to others. Grooming helped to _62_ the pressure and calm everybody down.
But as the groups got bigger and bigger, the amount of time spent in grooming activities also had to be _63_ to maintain its effectiveness. Clearly, a more _64_ kind of grooming was needed, and thus language evolved as a kind of vocal（有声的）grooming which allowed humans to develop relationship with ever-larger groups by exchanging information over a wider network of individuals than would be possible by one-to-one _65_ contact.
51. A. claim B. description C. gossip D. language
52. A. occasionally B. habitually C. independently D. originally
53. A. social B. political C. historical D. cultural
54. A. admirers B. masters C. users D. wasters
55. A. vital B. sensitive C. ideal D. difficult
56. A. confirms B. rejects C. outlines D. broadens
57. A. for instance B. in addition C. on the contrary D. as a result
58. A. motivation B. appearance C. emotion D. behaviour
59. A. attack B. contact C. inspection D. assistance
60. A. recalls B. denies C. concludes D. confesses
61. A. prospect B. responsibility C. leadership D. protection
62. A. measure B. show C. maintain D. ease
63. A. saved B. extended C. consumed D. gained
64. A. common B. efficient C. scientific D. thoughtful
65. A. indirect B. daily C. physical D. secret
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A).
Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother
Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways?
Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not
call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to
chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why?
Dishonesty often helps them survive.
Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals.
For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt
in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.
Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.
Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.
Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.
Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.
As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you
can't trust her, either.
66. A plover protects its young from a predator by___________.
A. getting closer to its young
B. driving away the adult predator
C. leaving its young in another nest
D. pretending to be injured
67. By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means_______.
A. chimps are ready to attack others
B. chimps are sometimes dishonest
C. chimps are jealous of the winners
D. chimps can be selfish too
68. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.
B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.
C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.
D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.
69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Do animals lie?
B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?
C. How do animals learn to lie?
D. How does honesty help animals survive?
（B）
Let's say you want to hit
the gym more regularly this
year. How do you make that
happen? Consider putting
the habit loop to use.
Here's how it works:
A habit is a 3-step process.
First, there's a cue,
something that tells your
brain to operate
automatically. Then
there's a routine. And
finally, a reward, which
helps your brain learn to
desire the behavior. It's
what you can use to
create-or break-habits of
your own.
Here's how to apply it:
Choose a cue, like leaving
your running shoes by the
door, then pick. a
reward-say, a piece of
chocolate when you get home
from the gym. That way, the
cue and the reward become
interconnected. Finally,
when you see the shoes, your brain will start longing for the reward, which will make it easier to work out day after day. The best part? In a couple of weeks, you won't need the chocolate at all. Your brain will come to see the workout itself as the reward. Which is the whole point, right?
70. Which of the foll owing best fits in the box with a “?” in THE HABIT LOOP?
A. Pick a new cue.
B. Form a new habit.
C. Choose a new reward.
D. Design a new resolution.
71. According to THE HABIT LOOP, you can stick to your plan most effectively by______.
A. changing the routine
B. trying it for a week
C. adjusting your goal
D. writing it down
72. What's the purpose of putting the habit loop to use?
A. To test out different kinds of cues.
B. To do something as a habit even without rewards.
C. To work out the best New Year's resolution.
D. To motivate yourself with satisfactory rewards.
73. "This year when I see the Harry Potter poster, I will read 30 pages of an English novel or an English newspaper in order to watch TV for half an hour." What is the cue in this resolution?
A. The Harry Potter poster.
B. Reading 30 pages of an English novel.
C. An English newspaper.
D. Watching TV for half an hour.
(C)
If you could be anybody in the world, who would it be? Your neighbour or a super star?
A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual virtual reality（虚拟现实）device. Rikke Wahl, an actress, model and artist, was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab, a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona. She swapped with her partner, an actor, using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man. "As I looked down, I saw my whole body as a man, dressed in my partner's pants," she said. "That's the picture I remember best."
The set-up is relatively simple. Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top. The video from each camera is sent to the other person, so what you see is the exact view of your partner. If she moves her arm, you see it. If you move your arm, she sees it.
To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it, participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly, so that the other can follow along. Eventually, this kind of slow synchronised（同步的）movement becomes comfortable, and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body. Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better. Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias （偏见）that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them. Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test, which measures the strength of people's associations between, for instance, black people and adjectives such as good, bad, athletic or awkward. Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses, before taking the test again. This time, the participants' bias scores were lower. The idea is that once you've "put yourself in another's shoes" you're less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.
The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result. "At the end
of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms," says Arthur Pointeau, a programmer with the project. "It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience. I would really, really recommend it to everyone."
74. The word "swapping" (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to_________.
A. building
B. exchanging
C. controlling
D. transplanting
75. We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that____________.
A. our feelings are related to our bodily experience
B. we can learn to take control of other people's bodies
C. participants will live more passionately after the experiment
D. The Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes
76. In the Implicit Association Test, before the participants used virtual reality glasses
to control a dark skinned digital character, __________.
A. they fought strongly against racism
B. they scored lower on the test for racism
C. they changed their behaviour dramatically
D. they were more biased against those unlike them
77. It can be concluded from the passage that_________.
A. technology helps people realize their dreams
B. our biases could be eliminated through experiments
C. virtual reality helps promote understanding among people
D. our points of view about others need changing constantly
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
More and more corporations are taking an interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR is made up of three broad layers. The most basic is traditional corporate charity work. Companies typically spend about 1% of pre-tax profits on worthy projects. But many feel that simply writing cheques to charities is no longer enough. In some companies, shareholders want to know that their money is being put to good use, and employees want to be actively involved in good works.
Money alone is not the answer when companies come under attack for their behavior. Hence the second layer of CSR, which is a branch of risk management. Starting in the 1980s, with environmental disasters such as the explosion at Bhopal and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, industry after industry has suffered blows to its reputation.
So, companies often responded by trying to manage the risks. They talk to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and to governments, create codes of conduct（行为准则) and devote themselves to more transparency（透明）in their operations. Increasingly, too. they, along with their competitors, set common rules to spread risks.
All this is largely defensive, but there are also opportunities for those that get ahead of the game. The emphasis on opportunity is the third layer of CSR: the idea that it can help to create value. If approached in a strategic way, CSR could become part of a company's competitive advantage. That is just the sort of thing chief executives like to hear. The idea of "doing well by doing good" has become popular.
Nevertheless, the business of trying to be good is bringing difficult questions to executives. Can you measure CSR performance? Should you be cooperating with NGOs and you’re your competitors? Is there any really competitive advantage to be had from a green strategy? Corporate social responsibility is now seen as a mainstream. Big companies want to tell the world about their good citizenship with their devotion to social responsibilities. Done badly, CSR is often just window-dressing and can be positively harmful. Done well, though, it is not some separate activity that companies do on the side, a corner of corporate life
reserved for virtue（美德）：it is just good business.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)
78. Both _________ in some companies find it no longer enough to simply donate money to charities.
79. Give one example of the defensive measures of risk management according to the passage.
80. With the emphasis on opportunity, the third layer of CSR is meant to_________.
81. According to the passage, "good business" (paragraph 6) means that corporations ________ while making profits.
第II卷（共47分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 我习惯睡前听点轻音乐。(accustomed)
2. 将来过怎样的生活取决于你自己。(be up to)
3．没有什么比获准参加太空旅行项目更令人兴奋的了。(than)
4．家长嘱咐孩子别在河边嬉戏，以免遭遇不测。(for fear)
5．虽然现代社会物资丰富，给予消费者更多的选择，但也使不少人变成购物狂。(turn)
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
学校英语报正在酝酿改版，拟从现有的三个栏目（健康、娱乐、文化）中去除一个，并从三个备选栏目（时尚、职业规划、读者反馈）中挑选一个纳入该报。假设你是该校学生程飞，给校报编辑写一封电子邮件，表达你的观点。邮件须包括以下内容：
1．你建议去除的栏目及去除的理由；
2．你建议增加的栏目及增加的理由。
上海英语参考答案
第I卷
第一大题第1至第10小题，每题1分；第11至第16小题，每题2分：第17至第24小题，每题1分。共30分。
1. A
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.B
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.C 10.B
11.C 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.B
17. conference 18. daylight 19. moving 20. overcrowded
21. implications and conclusions 22. reasoning 23. Figures 24. keep questioning 第二大题每小题1分。共26分。
25. where 26. To earn 27. as soon as / as long as 28. exhausted 29. if 30. what 31. adapting 32. did 33. an 34. is equipped 35. which
36. myself 37. more appropriate 38. has forced 39. urging 40. to
41. G 42. C 43.1 44. F 45. E 46. B 47. K 48. J 49. A 50. H
第三大题第51至65小题，每题1分；第“至”小题，每题2分；第78至81小题，每题2分。共47分。
51. C 52. B 53. A 54. D 55. A 56. B 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. C
61. D 62. D 63. B 64. B 65. C 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. A 70. C
71.D 72.B 73.A 74.B 75.A 76.D 77.C
78. shareholders and employees
79. Companies talk to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and to governments. / Companies create codes of conduct. / Companies devote themselves to more transparency in their operations. / Companies set common rules with their competitors to spread risks.
80. create value
81. take social responsibilities
第II卷
I．翻译共22分。
1. I'm accustomed to listening to some light music before sleep.
2. It's up to you what kind of life you will lead in the future.
3. There is nothing more exciting than being allowed to take part in the space travel program.
4. Parents ask their kids not to play by the river for fear that something terrible might happen.
5. While modern society, rich in material resources, has given consumers more choices, it also turns many of them into crazy shoppers.
II．写作共25分。
2016年上海市高考英语试卷 I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1．（1分）A．It is satisfactory． B．It is luxurious． C．It is old﹣fashioned． D．It is disappointing． 2．（1分）A．On August 5th． B．On August 6th． C．On August 7th． D．On August 8th． 3．（1分）A．A waiter． B．A butcher． C．A porter． D．A farmer． 4．（1分）A．In a theatre． B．In a library． C．In a booking office． D．In a furniture store． 5．（1分）A．She expected to a better show． B．She could hardly find her seat． C．She wasn't interested in the show． D．She didn't get a favourable seat． 6．（1分）A．The woman often eats out for breakfast．
2014年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试 上海英语试卷 考生注意： 1.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。 2.本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（笫1-12页）和第Ⅱ卷（第13页）， 全卷共13页。所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。 3.答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上， 在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。 第I卷（共103分） I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress. 2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried. 3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency. C. In a bank. D. In a driving school. 4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station. 5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane. C. Get some stationery. D. Clean the backyard. 6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes. C. Protect herself from being hurt. D. Bargain with the shop assistant. 7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course. C. Help him revise his report. D. Gel her computer repaired. 8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic. 9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year. B. She has already told the man about her plan. C. She isn’t planning to leave her university. D. She recently visited a different university. 10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayor’s speech. C. It made the mayor’s view clearer. D. It earned the mayor’s sp eech accurately. Section B
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标I) 英语 第一部分听力（略） 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分） 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world. Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th. Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served. Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: https://www.doczj.com/doc/381452943.html,. 21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge? A. School students. B. Cambridge locals. C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists. 22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held? A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th. C. On April 21st. D.On March 15th. 23. What type of writing is this text? A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review. C. An announcement. D. An official report. B Passenger pigeons(旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described 1
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2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷） 英语试卷 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试用时120分钟。考试结束，将答题卡和答题卷一并交回。 考生注意： 1．本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 2．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号、校验码，并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准 考证号和效验码。 3．第Ⅰ卷（1—16小题，25—80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。考试应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。 注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。答案需要更改 时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。答案不能涂写在试卷 上，涂写在试卷上一律不给分。第Ⅰ卷中的第17—24小题，第 81—84小题和第Ⅱ卷的试题，其答案用钢笔或水笔写在答题纸 上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上一律不给分。 第Ⅰ卷（共105分） L listening comprehension Section A Directions In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a
question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1．A．A shop assistant. B．A dentist C．An cloarician D．A bank clerk. 2．A．The exam score. B．The world news. C．A soccer match. D．A basketball team. 3．A．At a post office B．At a flower shop C．At a department store. D．At a bus station 4．A．5 hours B．7 hours C．9 hours D．10 hours 5．A．Tim’s not seriously injured B．Tim will get to the hospital quickly. C．The woman’s heard all about Tim’s illness. D．The woman doesn’t know how Tim is now. 6．A．She isn’t the mood to travel. B．France is too far for family holiday. C．Family holiday no longer interests her D．She has had too many holidays this year.
上海英语试卷 考生注意： 1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。 2．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1-12页）和第II卷（第13页）， 全卷共13页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上 一律不得分。 3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，井将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上， 在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。 第I卷（共103分） I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. A policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress. 2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried. 3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency. C. In a bank. D. In a driving school. 4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station. 5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane. C. Get some stationery. D. Clean the backyard. 6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes. C. Protect herself from being hurt. D. Bargain with the shop assistant. 7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course. C. Help him revise his report. D. Get her computer repaired. 8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic. 9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year. B. She has already told the man about her plan. C. She isn't planning to leave her university. D. She recently visited a different university. 10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayor's speech. C. It made the mayor's view clearer. D. It carried the mayor's speech accurately. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. 70. B. 20. C. 25. D. 75. 12. A. The houses there can't be sold. B. It is a place for work and holiday. C. The cabins and facilities are shared. D. It is run by the residents themselves. 13. A. A skiing resort. B. A special community. C. A splendid mountain. D. A successful businesswoman. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14. A. Those who often sent text messages. B. Those who suffered from heart disease. C. Those who did no physical exercise. D. Those who were unmarried.
2014年上海高考英语新题型专题练习五 （附答案） 2014年高考英语语法填空练习Part-5 Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. (A) On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat 25 (pull) out to sea. Two 2-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a footbal l. Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella 26 (tie) to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for 27 and the boat was out of control. Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves. Everything went quiet in my head, Tim recalls. I was trying 28 (figure) out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.
2014年高考英语试题及答案全国卷2
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试新课标II卷 英语 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。 注意事项： 1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 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涂黑． A Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport. He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them
2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 上海英语试卷 考生注意： 1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。 2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1-12页）和第II卷（第13页），全 卷共13页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。 3. 答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上， 在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。 第I卷(共103分) I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. Impatient. B. Confused. C. Pleased. D. Regretful. 2. A. At a bus stop. B. At a laundry. C. At the dentist’s. D. At the chemist’s. 3. A. An actor. B. A salesman. C. A translator. D. A writer. 4. A. He lost his classmate’s homework. B. He can’t help the woman with her math. C. He broke the woman’s calculator. D. He doesn’t know where the “on” button is. 5. A. The woman should go to another counter. B. The woman gives the man so many choices. C. The man dislikes the sandwiches offered there. D. The man is having trouble deciding what to eat. 6. A. Sh e has no idea where to find the man’s exam result. B. She isn’t allowed to tell students their grades. C. Dr. White hasn’t finished grading the papers. D. Dr. White doesn’t want to be contacted while he’s away. 7. A. Move to a neat dormitory. B. Find a person to share their apartment. C. Clean the room with the roommate. D. Write an article about their roommate. 8. A. Bob won’t take her advice. B. Bob doesn’t want to go abroad. C. She doesn’t think Bob should study overseas. D. She hasn’t talked to Bob since he went abroad. 9. A. The snack bar isn’t usually so empty. B. Dessert is served in the snack bar.
2014年上海英语高考听力原文 I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. W: What can I do for you, sir? M: I want to report a theft. My briefcase was stolen. Q: Who is most probably the woman? 2. W: You will take care, won’t you? The roads are very very icy. M: I will drive very slowly. I promise. Q: How does the woman feel? 3. M: Morning, I have a reservation. The name is Blake Smith. W: OK. We’ve got a nice car ready. I’ll need to see your driver’s license and your credit card. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 4. W: CCTV is reporting an enormous flood now! Look at those people on the roof. M: I hope it doesn’t cause much damage. Q: What are the two speakers talking about? 5. W: Would you help me clean the backyard today? M: Sure. I am picking Jane up from the railway station at 3, but I will help you as soon as I get back. Q: What will the man do first? 6. W: The vase is amazing! But it’s a bit more than I want to spend. M: Maybe you can get a better price.It can’t hurt to ask. Q: What does the man suggest the women do? 7. W: My computer’s broken down. Could I use yours to write a chemistry paper? M: Sorry, I am in the middle of revising my report. You know, the computer lab is still open. Q: What does the man imply the women should do? 8. W: I’ve declined their offer to exhibi t some of my paintings in this gallery. M: Are you kidding? Any art student I know would die to have an exhibition here. Q: How does the man feel on hearing the woman’s decision? 9. M: You are not planning to transfer to a different university next year, are you? W: If I were, you’d be the firstto know. Q: What does the woman imply? 10. M: Did you read the editorial in the newspaper about the mayor’s speech? M: I sure did. But I think they twisted the meaning of what he said. Q: What does the man say of the editorial? Section B Directions: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江） 英语试题 选择题部分（共80分） 第一部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 1. ---I am going to Spain fort a holiday soon. --- ______. A. It’s my pleasure B. Never mind C. Leave it alone D. Good for you 2. The paper is due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night. A. a; the B. the; 不填 C. a; a D. 不填；the 3.An average of just 18.75cm of rain fell last year, making ______ the driest year since California became a state in 1850. A. each B. it C. this D. one 4.Joe is proud and ______, never admitting he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame. A. strict B. sympathetic C. stubborn D. sensitive 5.I don’t become a serious climber until the fifth grade, ______ I went up to rescue a kite that was stuck in the branches of a tree. A. when B. where C. which D. why 6.We most prefer to say yes to the ______ of someone we know and like. A. attempts B. requests C. doubts D. promises https://www.doczj.com/doc/381452943.html,st week a tennis ball hit me on the head, but I tried to _______ the pain, believing that it would go away sooner or later. A. share B. realize C. ignore D. cause 8.“Every time you eat a sweet, drink green tea.” This is _____ my mother used to tell me. A. what B. how C. that D. whether 9.No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _____ when the unexpected will happen. A. prove B. imply C. demand D. predict 10.While staying in the village, James unselfishly shared whatever he had with the villagers without asking for anything ______ . A. in return B. in common C. in turn D. in place 11.Sofia looked around at all the faces: she had the impression that she _____ most of the guests
1999年 一些学生认为学英语很重要；一些学生则认为不必学英语；我认为……（观点、理由） 2000年 1。我最难忘的一课 2。具体说明为何难忘 3。感想 2001年 请你谈谈轿车大量进入家庭后，对家庭、环境和经济可能产生的影响。 2002年 你们让我骑好吗？ 简述图片内容，结合生活实际，就图片的主题谈谈自己的感想。 2003年 你的好友因家境一般买不起名牌而闷闷不乐。给他写信，谈谈你的看法和建议。 收信人：徐海青 寄信人：黄平 写信日期：2003年六月八日 2004年 老师要求你负责班级墙报（wall-newspaper)工作并征求你的意见。在日记中表述你的决定并谈谈想法。 2005年 古人云：“天生我材必有用”（There must be a use for my talent）。 通过描述你生活中一件事，说明人各有所长，无论才能大小都能成为有用的人。 2006年 下表提供了你所心仪的南、北两所大学的招生信息。通过比较作出选择，并结合个人情况说明理由。
南方大学北方大学 学费8000元/年5000元/年 招生人数20人10人 优惠政策无加20分 2007年 以“礼物”为主题写一篇作文。该文章必须包括以下内容： 1、你送礼物的对象及所送的礼物； 2、该礼物对他（她）可能产生的影响或带来的变化。 2008年 你班将组队参加学校组织的集体舞比赛（group dancing cooipetition)，班长希望大家积极参加。对此谈谈你的看法。你的文章必须包括以下内容： ·你是否会参加比赛 ·你做出该决定的具体理由 2009年 某海外学校举办英语夏令营，开设了如下课程：园艺（gardening），烹饪（cooking）,防身术（self- defence），护理（nursing）。假如你是王跃华（不可以用自己的真实姓名），写一封申请信，报名参加其中一门课程的学习。信的内容必须包括： 1、你感兴趣的课程 2、你期望从这门课程中学到什么 3、为什么想学这些内容 2010年 下图是小学新生的课堂一脚，对照你当时的上课情况，作出比较并谈谈你的感受。你的作文必须包括： ●描述图片里学生上课的场景 ●比较你同时期的上课情况 ●简单谈谈你的感受 2011年 假如你是启明中学（Ming Qi Middle School）的李明，想申请一个扶贫项目，帮助贫困地区的儿童。根据以下启事，写一封申请信（信中不能提到真实姓名和学校）。