上海市虹口区2014届高三上学期期终教学质量监控测英语试题

静安区2013-2014学年第一学期教学质量监测高三年级英语学科试卷2014.1 考生注意：1.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。

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I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 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. In a sports center. B. At a birthday party.C. At a gift shop.D. In a department store.2. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Live near his work place.C. Go to bed earlier.D. Move his alarm clock far away.3. A. The man could watch the ballet with her.B. She happened to have bought two tickets.C. She can get a ticket for the man.D. Her sister can go to watch the ballet herself.4. A. She doesn’t know anything about it.B. A good name hasn’t been found for it.C. They decided to postpone building it.D. It hasn’t been designed yet.5. A. At 5:35. B. At 5:25. C. At 4:40. D. At 5:50.6. A. Chicken is tasty. B. Roast beef is tasty.C. Not very satisfactory.D. Very satisfactory.7. A. He will continue his work on vacation.B. Papers piled while he was on vacation.C. He has too much work to do.D. He has made his vacation plans.8. A. Dr Smith usually sees patients at once.B. Dr Smith is very busy on Mondays.C. Dr Smith didn’t put the man on his schedule.D. Dr Smith is hard to see.9. A. Colleagues. B. Husband and wife.C. Employer and employee.D. Mother and son.10. A. The man should change his plan.B. The man can go camping tomorrow.C. Weather forecasts are not available.D. The man won’t have to go camping.Section BDirections: 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 a nswers 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. The poor places are getting richer. B. The rich places are getting richer.C. The poor places are getting poorer.D. Both B and C.12. A. The poor are unemployed. B. All the poor have no land.C. The poor have no houses in big cities.D. There is no hope for the poor in the village.13. A. Rural unemployment. B. Urban unemployment.C. No housing in the villages.D. No foreign aid in the villages.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. She could never overcome difficulties.B. She had problems with other children.C. She had trouble communicating with others.D. She suffered from severe learning disability.15.A. A person whose experience can inspire others,B. A person with a remarkable memory,C. A person who has a better understanding,D. A person with special education,16.A. Always listen to doctor’s advice. B. Never give up in face of difficulties.C. Always get encouragement from others.D. Never compare yourself with others.Section CDirections: 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 information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversa tion.The man’s problem Doesn’t know how to__17__ the numbers on.The woman’s suggestion First, press Shift F- __18__.Second, press __19__.Thirdly, print.Explanation Numbers don’t show up on the screen but they willbe on the printed __20__.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What does the man complain about? The quality of ____21____.What is the problem? The screen always ___22___.Where is the repair center? On the 7th Floor, ____23____.What will the company do if there is anyTo let the customer ____24____.problem concerning the quality?II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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 )Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often (25)_______(write) to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.When she left school, she first went to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began(26)_______(train)to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, (27)_______she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress.However, (28)_______she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she was trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, (29)_______ came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos (30)_______ (take) of her, (31)_______ she travels around the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.( B )On any collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job. As soon as the local people discover that you are willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes(32)_______ (pour) in; ninety percent is, of course, the more common types, but they do bring(33)_______occasional rarity. If you want the really rare stuff, you generally have to go out and find it yourself.The chief difficulty you have when you have got a newly (34)______ (catch) animal is not so much the shock it might be suffering, but the fact (35)_______being caught forces it to exist close to a creature it regards as an enemy of the (36)_______ (bad) possible sort: yourself. On many occasions an animal may take beautifully to being in a cage but (37)_______ (get) used to the idea of living with people is another matter. This is the difficulty you (38)_______only deal with bypatience and kindness. For month after month an animal may try to bite you every time you approach its cage, (39)_______you despair of ever making a favorable imp ression on it. Then, one day, sometimes without any preliminary warning, it will trot forward and take food from your hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the ears. (40)_______ such moments you feel that all the waiting in t he world was worthwhile.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. changeB. repeatedlyC. dependentD. limitedE. flexibleF. properG. respect H. concepts I. explained J. freely K. figureIn giving advice, you must learn to understand the person’s level of judgment. There will be some people who come to you with unconnected knowledge, talking about, say, Vitamin B12 and other modern__41__. When they ask advice, begin at that level. Unless you start at their own level, they will not be able to understand. You must explain to them in scientific terms the effects of the food they eat, and how they need to __42__it.You have to train yourself to be very__43__. Staying at one level is no t being a free man. If we stay at a very high level all the time, that is not practical. A limitless person goes __44__from one level of thinking to another, according to his circumstances. To do this we must get rid of our unwillingness to change our way of thinking or behavior, become friends with everyone, and have the same loving feelings for everyone. Then we can give advice to all kinds of people. If there is someone or something you dislike, you are still__45__, and your ability to give advice is reduce d. For anyone, the same. A free person acts like that.You cannot stay with a sick person all the time. You must __46__ a person’s freedom as much as you can. If people really want to die, let them—it is their freedom. The point is never to become an authority__47__; remain a friend or advisor. People should not come back __48__for consultation; if they do, your advice has been incomplete—you did not know how to give the __49__advice about freedom. If they do not understand that, sick people become slaves; they are still afraid inside, and are__50__. That is no way to build a healthy world and help people become happy and free.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.You’ve now heard it so many time, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt __51__the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to __52__more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.And it’s all true. __53__the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more.For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate __54__to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic __55__last year prompted people to snap __56__their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy__57__. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to __58__not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest (脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save__59__they are working. But China is a society that has __60__esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no __61__that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭)？Because healthy savings rates are o ne of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, __62__and job growth. __63__, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running __64__deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, __65__called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change.51. A. play B. take C. make D. give52. A. concern B. process C. promote D. consume53. A. But B. Therefore C. However D. Furthermore54. A. drained B. dipped C. discounted D. dissolved55. A. issues B. crisis C. troubles D. questions56. A. cut B. put C. sh ut D. get57. A. reasons B. situations C. areas D. zones58. A. take off B. break out C. make up D. care for59. A. unless B. before C. after D. while60. A. long B. short C. good D. bad61. A. doubt B. wonder C. chance D. problem62. A. condition B. action C. innovation D. location63. A. In general B. In short C. In addition D. In a sense64. A. significant B. constant C. conscious D. stable65. A. occasionally B. consequently C. recently D. accidentallySection BDirections: 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)When people think of improving their diet, they often talk about eating more fruits and vegetables. Others want to eat more fish and less red meat, in addition to reducing the amount of food they eat. But, they can improve their diets even more with just a simple addition. American researchers have found that a diet rich in spices can help reduce the harmful effects of eating high fat meals.Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Shiela West led an investigation of the health effec ts of a spice-rich diet. Her team knew that a high-fat meal produces high levels of triglycerides（甘油三脂）, a kind of fat, in the blood. She said, “If this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased.”As part of the study, her team prepared meals on two separate days for six men between theages of 30 and 65. The men were overweight, but healthy. The researchers added about 30 milliliters of spices to each serving of the test meal, which included chicken curry, Italian herb bread and a cinnamon(肉桂树皮)biscuit. The meal for the control group was the same, but it did not include any spices.During the experiment, the researchers removed blood from the men every 30 minutes for three hours. They found that antioxidant activity(抗氧化活性) in the blood of the men who ate the spicy meal was 13 percent higher than it was for the men who did not. In addition, insulin(胰岛素) activity dropped by about 20 percent in the men who ate the spicy food.Shiela West says many scientists think that oxidative stress leads to heart disease. And what exactly is oxidative stress? Think of an apple that has been cut in half and set aside for half an hour or so. The cut side of the apple turns brown. That is a simple explanation of what happens when oxidative stress comes in contact with the inside and outside of our bodies.Professor West says, “Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease.” She adds that the level of spi ces used in the study provided the same amount of antioxidants found in 150 milliliters of red wine or about 38 grams of dark chocolate.66. What does the author advise people to do in their diets?A. Eating large amount of food.B. Eating less fruits and vegetables.C. Eating more vegetables and fish.D. Eating small amount of food with spices.67. What is the function of spices according to the passage?A. To h elp people lose weight.B. To cure chronic disease.C. To reduce the risk of heart disease.D. To cause oxidative stress.68. What happened to the men who ate the spicy meal according to the experiment?A. The antioxidant activity in their blood became increased.B. The insulin activity in their body became increased.C. The level of triglyceride in their blood was increased.D. The oxidative stress in their body was strengthened.69. What does Professor West show by citing the example of a half apple?A. The whole thing can be divided into two parts.B. It implies oxidative stress is harmful to our health.C. An apple is the only food that contains antioxidants.D. We can keep diseases away if we have an apple a day.( B )Which tablet computer should YOU be buying: They are this year's must have... and there's a style to suit everyone？Best for young childrenLeapPad Explorer 2, £68Aimed at chil drenbetween three and nine (thougha nine-year-old might find it alittle simple), it comes in pinkor blue and with five built-ineducation games (you can buy Best for teenagersiPad 4th generation, £399-£659The iPad is still themarket leader, and for goodreason. If the teenager inyour house enjoys playingcomputer games, the latestoffering from Apple is themore). Besides, the LeapPad does not allow access to the internet —so it is impossible for your child to stumble across anything inappropriate.Pros: The education games are well-designed, the built-in video camera is a fun way to play at being a film director.Cons:Some of the games are shockingly expensive. And the power adaptor is not included. one to choose.Pros: No other tablet can compete with the near one million ‘apps’ (the name Apple created for specially-designed downloadable programs) available for the iPad. Simple to use, even for those who usually struggle with technology.Cons: Considerably more expensive than most competitors.Best for working parentsMicrosoft Surface, £399-£559Tablets are brilliantfor leisure — but what ifyou want to do a bit ofwork? No tablet can yet compete with a full-size laptop computer, but this is the only tablet that allows you to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (they are all pre-installed and included in the price) and you can buy a pretty lovely mini- keyboard for typing letters and emails, which also doubles up as the cover.Pros:The Surface is good for watching movies — a bonus when stuck in the airport on a business trip — and surfing the internet.Con: The keyboard is an expensive add-on —costing up to £109. It might be cheaper to buy a laptop (though a tablet is much smaller and lighter).Best for bookwormsAmazon Kindle Paperwhite, £109Nearly all tablets let you download books. It's a great way to take a mountainous pile of hardbacks on holiday without stuffing your suitcase.But most tablets have ashiny screen —which can bevery distracting when you'retrying to read. The Paperwhiteis different: its matt screen and crisp black lettering imitate the look of words on paper brilliantly. And yet you can still read the words in the dark.Pros:Easy on the eye, excellent battery life, 180,000 free books (if you subscribe to the Amazon Prime customer loyalty service) plus hundreds of thousands more to buy.Cons:No TV, films, games, internet or camera.70. The underlined phrase ‘stumble across’ most probably means ‘___________’.A. meet withB. quarrel withC. compare withD. compete with71. Which of the following about Surface is NOT TRUE?A. The keyboard will add to the cost.B. The keyboard can serve as a cover.C. You have to pay extra to install Microsoft Word.D. You can watch movies or surf the Internet with it.72. If you are a game lover, which tablet is least likely to be your choice?A. LeapPad Explorer 2.B. iPad 4th generation.C. Microsoft Surface.D. Amazon Kindle Paper73. If you want to add something to your prepared PPT for a presentation at a meeting, whichtablet is most helpful?A. LeapPad Explorer 2.B. iPad 4th generation.C. Microsoft Surface.D. Amazon Kindle Paper.(C )We are not who we think we are.The Am erican self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth.The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research initiative led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood tha n on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom fifth of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top fifth. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest quintile are still stuck at the bottom, having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.It is noted that even in Britain-a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the three studies were released, most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than did their parents.One of the studies indicates, in fact, that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force. This is much less true for African-Americans.The picture that emerges from all the quintiles, correlations and percentages is of a nation in which, overall, "the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one", as one of the studies notes.The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900. However, this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally. The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.Even more troubling is that our notion of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data. Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder, but there is "stickiness at the ends" —four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor, and four out often who are born rich will stay rich.74. What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?A. Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top.B. Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches.C. The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality.D. The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites.75. It can be inferred from the undertone of the writer that America, as a classless society, should________.A. perfect its self-image as a land of opportunityB. have a higher level of upward mobility than BritainC. enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employmentD. encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation76. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The US is a land where brains, energy and ambition are what counts.B. Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains.C. Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered.D. Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder.77. What might be the best title for this passage?A. Social Upward Mobility.B. Incredible Income Gains.C. Inequality in Wealth.D. America Not Land o f Opportunity.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.It is 2035. You have a job, a family and you are about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing progress in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You are not even middle-aged!As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A li st of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical progress, vaccination shots(防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain the vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot,” you order. Your car drives i tself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. (Notes: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. What changes the color of your shirt?79. The shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal by__________.80. What do the strawberries the children eat serve as?81. In the future, when you look through the pages in the e-newspapers, ___________.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.这份工作这么难, 没几个人能胜任。

虹口区2016-2017学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试高三英语试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.Wedding in the United StatesWeddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain tops with guests (21) _____ (seat) on the rocks and even barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, (22) _____ _____ _____ or how they are performed，include certain traditional customs.Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes (23) _____ (exciting) moment of all.The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party is walking through the aisle of the church as the Wedding March (24) _____ (play). The bride carrying a bouquet (花束) enters last with her father who will “give her away”. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar (圣坛), the bride and groom exchange vows. (25) _____ is traditional to use the words “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”. (26) _____ (follow) the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.(27) _____ the ceremony there is often a party called a “reception”, which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlywed.The car in (28) _____ the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamer and shaving cream. The words “Just Married” are pa inted on the trunk or back window to tell people (29) _____ they are married. Now comes the last step of the wedding ceremony. As a tradition, the bride and the groom (30) _____ run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking (鸣喇叭) and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Why Aren’t Women Happier?Why aren’t women happier these daysThat’s the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, __31__ last month. The research showed that over the past 35 years women’s happiness has declined, both __32__ to the past and relative to men even though the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades by most __33__ measures.The research, by University of Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and made __34__ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be widespread among women across a variety of demographic(人口统计的) groups. The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single parents and married par ents, “__35__ doubt on the hypothesis (假设) that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family __36__ are at the root of the happiness declines among women,” they wrote.One theory for the decline in happiness is that expectations for workplace and general advancement were raised too high by the women’s movement and women might feel __37__ for not “having it all,” as a Los Angeles Times columnist recently put it.The researchers acknowledge that’s a __38__:“If the women’s movement raised women’s expectations faster than society was able to meet them,” the paper says, “they would be more likely to experience __39__ in their lives.” But they add things could change for the better: “As women’s expectations move into adjustment with their expe riences, this decline in happiness may reverse.”Readers, why do you think women are unhappier than in the past Do you think that if expectations for “having it all” were __40__ to “move into adjustment with experiences,” women might be happierIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.A Cashless SocietyThere is nothing worse than feeling around in your pocket trying to find some small change to pay for a newspaper or a coffee. So it’s good to know that new __41__ is making cash -- banknotes and coins -- a thing of the past, turning us into a cashless society.Today, many of us already use credit and debit cards for __42__ transactions (交易) so there’s no need to carry around huge amounts of money. And now it’s __43__ to make contactless payments using tap-and-go cards which are regular bankcards but with a built-in chip. The card reader __44__ a radio signal and, when you bring the card close to the reader, the chip picks up the signal to make the payment.__45__money this way or spending on “plastic” -- an informal name for a credit card -- can put you at risk of fraud (诈骗). Criminals try to steal cards, or the information on them, to make __46__ online or in shops, which, as a result, adds too much difficulty to the police’s detective work. __47__, contactless payment is capped -- in the UK the limit is £30. And, if someone does go on a crazy spending with your card, your bank coversyou against the loss. Also, the __48__ of chip and PIN technology has even been helping businesses by cutting the time people spend at the cashier’s in shops and has led to a(n) __49__ in fraud.But, if get ting your bankcard out seems like too much trouble, there’s now a __50__ using wearable technology -- something you can wear that include computer and electronic technologies. Kenneth Cukier, economist and technology expert, says “this is __51__ for people who don’t want to take their card out of their wallet, or use their phone, or use their watch. People are going to be making more purchases more of the time -- __52__ for small-valued goods.”And, although our mobile phones are another way of making payments, BBC reporter Kate Russell says that when this is __53__ you can use the fingo-pay (指纹支付) system which “reads the unique maps of veins under the surface of your finger.” The trick is remembering which finger you __54__ with in the bank -- that’s when g ood old-fashioned cash might save the day! What do you __55__ to use when you buy something41. A. experiment B. evidence C. technology D. analysis42. A. financial B. equal C. economical D. moderate43. A. definite B. possible C. formal D. legal44. A. work out B. makes out C. gives out D. sends out45. A. Refunding B. Depositing C. Paying D. Withdrawing46. A. bargains B. purchases C. preparations D. troubles47. A. Similarly B. Meanwhile C. Furthermore D. However48. A. introduction B. contact C. cooperation D. extension49. A. rise B. drop C. change D. increase50. A. question B. reason C. concept D. solution51. A. reserved B. provided C. intended D. chosen52. A. particularly B. specially C. simply D. purposefully53. A. inexact B. unnecessary C. impractical D. inconvenient54. A. cancelled B. registered C. tested D. restricted55. A. attempt B. demand C. prefer D. aimSection BDirections: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)You are checking your emails when you start daydreaming about where to go on your summer holiday. This reminds you to compare the cost of local gyms. Then you suddenly decide to look up some place for your birthday party.You may think you are browsing the Internet in a slightly absent-minded manner. You are, in fact, “wilfing”. Ac cording to a survey for a financial website, almost seven in ten Internet users admit to the newly named habit. The study of 2400 people carried outby YouGov found that more than a quarter of Internet users wilf ---- a rough acronym of What Was I Looking For---- for two days every month.Pete Cohen, GMTV’s resident life coach and motivator, said, “Stopping yourself wilfing takes a mixture of planning and willpower. These days there are all manners of website attracting our attention. Internet users need to set themselves a specific surfing goal and a time limit to keep on track.”Shopping in the online activity is most likely to make users wilf. Men are more likely to admit to being wilfers than women. A third of the men questioned said the habit had damaged their relationship with a partner. The good news is that wilfing is a habit people tend to grow out of. Internet users aged 55 or over were three times less likely to wilf than those aged under 25.Jason LIoyed, from ,said, “The Internet was designed to make it easier for people to access the information they need quickly and conveniently. Although people log on with a purpose, they are now being offered so much choice and online distractions that many forget what they are there for, and spend hours a imlessly wilfing instead. It’s important that people do not allow unnecessary online distractions to get in the way when surfing in the Internet, as it can affect productivity in the workplace and relationship at home.”Are you a wilfer, lost in the Internet?56. The underlined word “acronym” in Para. 2 most probably means ______.A. a phenomenon that makes people daydreamB. a summary of the book “What Was I Looking For”C. an expression meaning taking people’s attention awayD. a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase57. What is an efficient way to stop wilfing according to the passage?A. Stopping taking a mixture of planning and willpower to keep on track.B. Trying to focus on different subjects at the same time.C. Trying to set a surfing goal and a time limit.D. Logging on the Internet all the time.58. It can be concluded from paragraph 4 that ______.A. men are less likely to be wilfing than womenB. wilfing damages the relationship between partnersC. as you grow older, you’ll become more and more wilfingD. one third of Internet users will be wilfers lost on the Internet59. What can be called “wilfing” according to the passage?A. You spend hours aimlessly surfing the Internet every day.B. You suddenly decide to look up some information about clothes.C. You are accessing the information you need quickly and conveniently.D. You are browsing some of your emails which haven’t been checked for months.(B)Shanghai Disneyland: Attractions and TipsWelcome to a never-before-seen world of wonder where you can arouse the magical dream within your heart. This is Shanghai Disneyland, a fun experience filled with creativity, adventure and thrills for Guests of all ages! Set your sights on Enchanted Storybook Castle -- the largest Disney castle on the planet -- and then get ready to explore as you discover 6 unique and unforgettable lands: Mickey Avenue, Gardens of Imagination, Fantasyland, Adventure Isle, Treasure Cove and Tomorrowland.Opening HoursJun -- Sept Monday -- Thursday: 09:00 -- 21:00 Friday -- Sunday: 08:00 -- 22:00Oct -- Dec Sunday -- Friday: 10:00 -- 19:00 Saturday: 09:00 -- 20:00Ticket BookingVisitors can book tickets on the official website or mobile app of the park or by calling 400-180-0000 / 86-21-. They can also follow the official Wechat account ShangHaiDisneyResort to book a ticket. Of course, tickets can be bought at the entrance, but there may be a long queue. Visitors need toshow passports or ID cards to book tickets andenter.Five Things You S houldn’t MissTRON Lightcycle Power RunPirates of the Caribbean Battle for theSunken Treasure“Mickey’s Storybook Express” ParadeEnchanted Storybook CastleBroadway-style show The Lion KingSpecial RecommendationThe cartoon characters Judy and Nick in Zootopia, the animated movie whose box office hit $1 billion globally in 2016, will be added to Disney’s signature “Mickey’s Storybook Express” Parade, said Robert Ige r, the president and CEO of Walt Disney.Things to RememberOnly well-packaged food and water are allowed.Selfie sticks, large tripods, folding chairs, and large luggage are banned.Visitors above 16 should not be dressed in cartoon, movie and comic costumes.Disney Fastpass tickets for free can save you from waiting in a long queue.Comfortable sneakers are strongly recommended for a long walk during the day.Animals are not allowed to enter as well, excluding guide dogs.60. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. Enchanted Storybook Castle is a must-see sightB. Broadway-style show The Lion King is a 3D movieC. “Mickey’s Storybook Express” Parade earns $1 billion in 2016D. Pirates of the Caribbean Battle for the Sunken Treasure is an animated movie61. What day is supposed to be the busiest day according to the passage?A. Thursday.B. Friday.C. Saturday.D. Sunday.62. It can be concluded from the last part of the passage that ______.A. blind people are not allowed to visit the landsB. visitors can only eat and drink at certain placesC. cartoon costumes and uncomfortable sneakers are bannedD. Disney Fastpass tickets can help visitors enter the lands fast(C)A group of college students is hoping to place a satellite powered only by water into an orbit (轨道) around the moon.The students are from Cornell University inthe state of New York. They are taking part ina competition called the Cube Quest Challenge.It is a program of NASA, the American spaceagency. The Cornell team is called the CisLunarExplorers. The word cislunar means “betweenthe e arth and the moon.”The challenge is simple: to design, buildand deliver “flight-qualified, smallsatellites.”NASA officials say the satellitesmust be able to perform “advanced operationsnear and beyond the moon.”Ten teams are taking part in the competition. But the CisLunar Explorer satellites are different. They are the only ones using water to power their spacecraft.The idea for a water-powered vehicle came from Mason Peck, who works at Cornell University. He once worked as NASA’s chief technologist. He has always wanted to use something other than rockets to push spacecraft beyond earth. “A lot of the mass we send into orbit these days is in the form of rockets -- the only way we get anything into space,” he said, in a Cornell press release. “But what if we could use what’s already there If we could do that, if we could re-fuel spacecraft while they’re already in space...”The spacecraft is shaped like the English letter L. It measures about 30 centimeters in length, and the two pieces are connected. Water is stored in the lower part of the satellite. The sun will separate the water into two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. When one combines hydrogen and oxygen with a spark (火花), an explosion results. This provides a forward movement, known as thrust.The CisLunar Explorer team has an unusual way to guide its spacecraft. The idea is to copy how old-time sailors used the moon, sun and stars to fix their position on the oceans. The satellite is equipped with cameras. The cameras will take pictures of the sun, the earthand the moon and compare their positions and their sizes. Based on where the sun, moon and earth are at any given time, the CisLunar Explorers will do the mathematics to find their position.The competition is being held in four parts. The Cornell team has been among the top three competitors during parts one and two. The winners of the third stage will be announced in about a month. The final three winners will be announced in early 2017. They will get to ride on NASA’s space launch system in early 2018.63. The essential part of the competition “the Cube Quest Challenge” is ______.A. to launch a satellite to take a watery flight to the moonB. to design, build and deliver a small and flight-qualified satelliteC. to place a satellite powered only by water into an orbit around the moonD. to make the satellite perform advanced operations near and beyond the moon64. What does Mason Peck want to do at Cornell University according to the passageA. To stop using rockets for the sake of safety.B. To use something already in space as power.C. To try using water in space to push spacecraft.D. To design a water-powered vehicle to push spacecraft.65. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. there is a lot of rubbish of rockets and satellites in the orbit these daysB. a water-powered satellite will soon be sent into the orbit around the moonC. the explosion of the combination of hydrogen and oxygen provides powerD. the team members of the CisLunar Explorers are the students of Mason Peck66. What would be the best title of the passage?A. A Spacecraft Powered by WaterB. A Water-Powered Flight to the MoonC. A Competition for Water-Powered SatelliteD. A Design of Water-Powered Space JourneySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.The Good of GardeningDo you have a hobby that helps you relax and unwind For some people, there is no better way to relieve pressure than spending time in the garden. This small private area of green space can be their place of calm.__67__. A survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society, found that 82% of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier. It also found that 70% of them, given the choice, would prefer to spend their working day in the garden with just 9% opting for an office.For those with green fingers, the pleasure of gardening comes from getting out in the fresh air, in all weathers and communing with nature -- even if there are a few too many worms! It can also be seen as a sort of digital-detox -- time away from technology. __68__.Dr Christopher Lowry, a neuroscientist at the University of Colorado, injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what affection this would have on them. __69__. When we dig in soil we absorb this bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin, so Dr Lowry concluded that since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, it’s likely we would be, too.__70__. There’s evidence that recovering alcoholics who have been given the opportunity to plant, grow, and even sell their produce, have managed to stop their addictive habits. Scot Stephenson, for example, got dismissed from school and started a vocational qualification in gardening. He says, “I got my NVQ level 2 which is my first qualification and enjoyed it ever since.”Whatever the reason, there are many therapeutic benefits to getting your hands dirty, doing some physical hard work and then watching your garden grow. Does this sound like your idea of fun?IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Are You Ready for Your Exam?So, it’s the exam time again -- have you done the necessary work to get good marks Sleeping with the textbook under the pillow (枕头) in the hope that knowledge will be magically absorbed into your brain as you sleep doesn’t work. The best strategy is to space your practice out, rather than cram(死记硬背) it all together. It means hit the books early!In an article in the British newspaper The Guardian, Tom Stafford, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK, advises: “If you organi ze five hours of study into one hour a day, you’ll remember more than if you study for five hours on one day.”Don’t rely on memory alone -- get pen and paper and start working. Students who can test themselves in advance will be better at getting back material from their memory and learn that material in the long run. John Dunlosky, Professor of Psychology at Kent State University in the US, suggests that “you start by reading a textbook using your favourite highlighter (荧光笔) and favourite colours, but then you go back and make flashcards ofall the critical concepts and instead of just rereading those, you basically try to test yourselves on them.”Good revision should give you confidence, but if you are still anxious, there’s no harm in indulging (放任) in a personal routine. In Japan, it seems to be a tradition for students to eat Katsudon before a test. This is a warm bowl of rice topped with egg and a deep-fried pork cutlet. The name of the dish reminds people of the word ‘katsu’, meaning ‘winning’.For some students in South Korea, the key to success is not washing their hair before sitting an exam because they believe they could wash all the knowledge out of their head. And in different parts of the world there are always those who swear by their ‘lucky underwear’.The bottom line is that you need to study, sleep well on the eve of the test, eat a nutritious meal, drink plenty of water and believe that your efforts will pay off. Good luck in your exam!第II 卷（共40分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1、干嘛不去看场电影放松一下自己（Why ）2、全市所有的公园都应对市民免费开放。

2014-2015学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Last Sunday, they arrived at the farm _____ they had never paid a visit before.A. thatB. whichC. to whichD. for which22. —Do you know our town at all?—No, this ________ the first time I _________ here.A. was; has comeB. is; comeC. is; had comeD. is; have come23. Every minute is made full _______ of _______ our lessons well.A. to use; studyB. use; studying C use; to study D. used; studying24. Many questions ______ at the meeting, but he answered none.A. came upB. raisedC. were risenD. asked25. Our English teacher requested that the homework _______ tomorrow morning.A. would be handed inB. be handed inC. hand inD. must be handed in26. People ______ at the meeting would have a discussion on pollution.A. were presentB. took part inC. join inD. present.27．—Does your wife like tea?—Well, she doesn‟t really ______ tea. She likes coffee better.A. care forB. careC. care aboutD. care of28. Mr. Black___Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane____on Sunday?A. leaves; takes offB. is leaving; takes offC. is leaving; is taking offD. leaves; is taking off29.That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never ____ to the enemies until death.A. gave upB. gave outC. gave inD. gave away30. All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he _____badly wounded and that he____at once.A. should be; be operated onB. were; must be operated onC. be; was operated onD. was; be operated on31. ________ miss the early train, he got up very early.A. So as not toB. Not so as toC. In order not toD. In order not that32. After _______ college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.A. graduating fromB. graduated fromC. graduatingD. graduated33. The writer asked me __________ a diary could make me happy.A. if I thoughtB. that whether I thoughtC. if I thinkD. whether did I think34. —Why not join us in the game?—___________.A. No, you do the sameB. OK, I‟m comingC. Oh, that‟s all rightD. Sure, please do35. ______ from his expression, he is regretful about his mistakes.A. Being judgedB. JudgedC. To judgeD. Judging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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

上海市虹口区2014 届高三第三次模拟考试英语试题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—10页）和第n卷（第10页），全卷共10 页。

第I 卷第1-16 小题、第41-77 小题采用多项选择题形式，答题必须涂写在答题纸相应位置，写在试卷上无效。

第I 卷第17-40 小题、第78-81 小题的答案和第II 卷的答案必须写在答题纸相应位置，写在试卷上无效。

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 ComprehensionSection ADirections ：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. At a car shop.C. At a gas station.2. A. Guest and receptionist.C. Customer and shop assistant.3. A. Writing his term paper.C. Playing computer games.4. A. To the bank.C. To a shoe store.5. A. Touring around.C. Visiting a couple.6. A. He' s better.C. He 's sick in bed.7. A. He works as a gardener.C. He prefers sports to gardening.8. A. Buy a road map. B. In a garage.D. In a parking lot.B. Passenger and air hostess. D. Guest and waitress.B. Having a coffee break.D. Attending an online school. B. To a book store.D. To the grocery.B. Looking for a job.D. Attending a meeting.B. He' s feeling worse.D. He has recovered.B. He is too busy at work to play D. He lives in the countryside.B. Drive to the beach.D. He loses his temper easily.Section BDirections: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be askedthree questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. Whenyou hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper anddecide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Offering additional detail, comment or information.B. Printing completely different stories from TV.C. Finding new angles on the day ' s major stories.D. Causing some kind of conflict or danger.15. A. Because they are quite familiar to people.B. Because they agree with people ' s interests.C. Because they are always new and different.D. Because they are dramatic and feature conflict.16. A. The key factors in making a good newspaper.B. The main differences between TV and newspapers.C. The common ways to meet people ' s interests in newspapers.D. The importance of familiarity to editor' s making newspapers. section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be readtwice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill inthe numbered blanks with the informationyou have heard. Write your answers on your an swer sheet.C. Go back home.D. Ask the way. 9. A. The film was disappointing.C. The acting was worth seeing.10. A. He is always late for work.B. He is having some financial problem.C. He is not careful enough with his work.B. The leading actor was outstanding. D. The plot was attractive. 11. A. Its variety.C. Its price.12. A. Inside the restaurant.C. On the menu.13. A. Coffee. B. Beer.B. Its quality. D. Its taste. B. Outside the restaurant. D. Not mentioned.C. Coke.D. WineSection CDirections: InBlanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD each an swer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WOR D&h an swer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages cohere nt and grammatically correct. For the bla nks with a give n word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each bla nk.(A)George Daws on was born in the state of Texas. He was the grandson of slaves. He bega n worki ng on the family farm whe n he was four. Whe n he was twelve, he worked25 __ a nearby farm to help feed his parents and four younger brothers andsisters. For the next eighty-five years, he held a number of different jobs, mostof them involving hard labor.George Daws on lived a happy life 26 ________ con diti ons were difficult. Whenhe was ten years old, he saw a young African-American man 27 (murder). He would have told people about it, but he said his 28 (big) problem was his in ability to read and write.George Daws on kept it a secret that he could not read. But he said he always dreamed that he would lear n. Although he had no educatio n, he taught his childre n29 (work) hard in school.George Dawsori s life changed in 1996. A man came to his house in Texas, andtold him that adult education classes were being taught at a nearby school. So the man who 30 (sign)his name with an “X” for almost one -hundred years went to school.People won dered 31 Mr. Daws on did not go to school earlier. He said he never had the time because of his farm work. And he never knew about adult education programs.George Daws on did all he 32 to lear n to read, which in flue need stude nts of all ages. He spoke to young people about the importa nee of lear ning to read and write.(B)America ns and Arabs are differe nt 33 it comes to their space habits. Arabswould rather have close con tact. Dr. Hall has expla ined that 34 (bel ong) to a touch culture and in conversation, the Arabs always envelop (包裹)the other person.They hold his han d, look into his eyes, and bathe him in their breath.Dr. Hall ' s interest in man ' s use of space developed in the early nineteen fifties whenhe was Director of the Point Four training program at the Foreign Service In stitute. In talk ing with America ns who had lived overseas, he found that many of35 __ had been highly uncomfortable 36 ____ culture differences. Such discomfort is usually referred to as culture shock.The problem is that, relatively speak ing, America ns live in 37 n oncontactculture. Partly, this is a product of our puritan heritage (清教徒文化遗产).Dr.Hall points o u t that w e s p e nd years38 (teach) our childre n not to crowd in and lea n on us. And in situati ons 39 ________ we ourselves are forced to sta nd close to ano ther pers on on crowded subways, for example, we turn our eyes away, and if actual body con tact 40 (involve), tense the muscles on the con tact side. Most of us feel very stron gly that this is the onlyproper way to behave.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used on ce. Note that there is one word more tha n you n eed.With only about 1,000 pan das left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the ani mal and save the endan gered species. That s a move similar to whata Texas A&MUn iversity researchers have 41 for the past five years in a projectcalled “ Noah' s Ark.Noah ' s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos (胚胎),semen and DNA of endan gered ani mals and stori ng them in liquid n itroge n. If certa in species shouldbecome 42 , Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A&M s College of Veterinary Medic ine, says there would be eno ugh of the basic buildi ng blocks to 43 the ____species in the future.It is estimated that as many as 2,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles willface ext in cti on in over 100 years. The pan da, 44 on ly to China, is in dan gerof ext in cti on in the n ext 25 years.This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells froma dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to 45 the embryo into a host ani mal.The en tire 46 could take from three to five years to complete.“ The nu clear tran sfer of one species to ano ther is not easy, and the lack ofavailable panda eggs could be a major problem, ” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnanc y (怀孕).I t takes a long t i me and i t ' s difficult, but t hi s could b e 47 scie nee if it works. They are certa inly not putt ing any live pan das at risk,so it is 48 the effort, ” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the project at Texas A&M, the first-ever 49 at cloning a dog.“They are trying to do something that ' s never been done, and this is verysimilar to our work in Noah ' s Ark. We ' re both trying to save animals that face ext inction. I certa inly 50 their effort a nd there ' s a lot we can lear n fromwhat they are attempting to do. It ' s a research that is very much needed. ”III. Readi ng Comprehe nsionSection ADirections: 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 con text.It can be hard to decide which food to buy in an American grocery store thesedays. The in formatio n on many products makes 51 claims.The label “ organic (有机的)”52 that the United States Department ofAgriculture recog ni zed the product was grow n un der special con diti ons. Thedepartme nt says foods that meet requireme nts of it Nati onal Orga nic Programme canuse an official label. It shows the words “ USDAOrga nic ” in side a( n) 53 . USDA orga nic food does not contain genes that have bee n54 cha nged. The food is grow n without chemical treatme nt aga inst in sects ordiseases. It is grow n without chemical fertilizers. Before a product can be 55 ____“ organic, ” a(n) 56 visits the farm where the food is produced to make surethe farm meets USDAstandards. Organic meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products comefrom animals that are given no antibiotics (抗生素),must be fed organic food andhave 57 to the outdoors.No conclusive 58 shows that organic food is more nutritious than traditi on ally grow n food. And the USDA —eve n if it proves orga nic food —does n't claim that these products are safer or more nutritious. Organic foods meet the same quality and safety sta ndards as traditi onal foods. The differe nee 59 how the _______________________food is produced, processed and han dled. Some people buy orga nic food for 60 ___ reas ons. Orga nic food is produced by farmers who 61 the use of renewable resources and the con servati on of soil and water to enhance quality for future gen erati ons. The prices betwee n most orga nic food and traditi onal food products62 . Higher prices are due to more expensive farming practices and tightergover nment regulati ons.The new USDA s national organic programme for labeling are aimed at enabling consumers to make a(n) 63 choice among the foods they purchase and also include the safeguard of fines for64 . People who sell or label a product “ organic ” when they know it does notmeet USDA sta ndards can be 65 up to $11,000 for each violatio n.51. A. un believable B. familiar C. differe nt D. flexible[52. A. predicted B. guara nteed C. proposed D. doubted53. A. circle B. operati on C. activity D. service54. A. scien tifically B. skillfully C. vividly D. deeply55. A. prese nted B. con firmed C. registered D. labeled56. A. protector B. remin der C. in spector D. i ndividual57. A. soluti on B. access C. entrance D. direct ion58. A. agreeme nt B. con cept C. expectati on D. evide nee59. A. lies in B. con sists of C. tur ns dow n D. holds back60. A. finan cial B. social C. cultural D.environmental61. A. replace B. overlook C. emphasize D. realize62. A. vary B. last C. exist D. work63. A. unique B. pote ntial C. casual D. sen sible64. A. limitatio n B. misreprese ntationC. reservati onD. react ion65. A. awarded B. developed C. fined D. sparedSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is Followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Indian 's snake charmers are to be retrained as wildlif e teachers under a plan to prevent their unique skills and knowledge from being lost. The charmers, who make snakes dance to the sound of flutes （笛子）, used to be a traditional feature of Indian life, performing in towns and villages, untilthey were banned in 1972 to control the trade in snake skins.The government is now considering a plan to train the saperas , as they are known, to visit schools and zoos to tell children about forests and wildlife. There is also a proposal to set up a “dial a snake charmer” service to help householders to deal with unwelcome intruders.“For generations they have been a feature of Indian life but now they can 'tearn a living for fear of arrest, ” said Behar Dutt, a conservationist behind the plans, “if a policeman doesn't catch them, animal rights activists report them. ”Many snake charmers have continued to work clandestinely since the ban, despite the threat of up to three years in jail. But their trademark cloth-covered baskets, hung from a bamboo pole carried across their shoulders, make them an easy target for police.The fate of Shisha Nath, 56, from Badarpur, a village just outside of Delhi, is typical of practitioners （从业者） of the dying art. “I used to earn enough tosupport my family and send my children to school, ” he said. “Now it 's hard to earn even £ 1 a day. My children want to be snake charmers. It ' s our identity. Welove the work. But it 's become impossible. ”Next month Dutt 's project to train 30 snake charmers will begin at a snake park in Pune, western India, where experts will enrich their home-grown skills with some formal knowledge.More than the law, though, it is the dishonest attitude of their fellow countrymen that angers many snake charmers“We' re disturbed all the time but when people want a snake removed from the house, they rush to us, ” said Prakash Nath, who was ordered recently to the home of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party leader.66. Snake charmers will be retrained as wildlife teachers mainly because ____ .A. schools need large numbers of such teachersB. most of them cannot support their familiesC. their performances on the street are bannedD. the government plans to save the dying art67. The purpose of the proposed “ dial a sn ake charmer ” teleph one service is ____________ .A. to give performance of snake dancingB. to teach householders how to catch and kill snakesC. to offer cleaning service to wealthy householdersD. to help remove unwanted snakes from the houses68. The word “ clandestinely ” in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by the worda ”A. secretlyB. publiclyC. subconsciouslyD. diligently69. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Snake charmers can easily be recognized by the police on the street.B. Children of snake charmers would not like to continue their fathers ' job.C. Snake charmers are quite angry with the attitude of their fellow countrymen.D. The animal rights activists take a negative attitude towards snake charmers.(B)We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.How to use your NatWest ServicecardAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, wherever you see the Switch logo. The money comes forthright out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money to cover it. It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK. How to use your NatWest CashcardYou can use your Cashcard as a Sulo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account.Using your cards abroadYou can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you ' re abroad. You canwithdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.How to use your NatWest Credit CardWith your credit card you can do the following:• Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days ' interest -free credit.• Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Mastercard or Visa logos.• Collect one AIR MILE for every £ 20 of spending that appears on your statement ( 结算单).70. If you carry the Servicecard or the Cashcard, _____ .A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wishB. you can spend as much money as you like without a limitC. you can draw your money from cash machines convenientlyD. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK71. The word “ forthright ” in Para. 2 can be understood as “ _______________ ” .A. unexpectedlyB. logicallyC. properlyD. directly72. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?A. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.B. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.C. You can use the card in any shop across the world.D. You will gain one air mile if you spend £ 20 on travell er' s cheques.73. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to _____ .A. play your cards rightB. use your cards abroadC. draw cash with your cardsD. pay for goods with your cards(C)Imagine you ' re at a party full of strangers. You ' re nervous. Who are these people? Howdo you start a conversation? Fortunately, you' ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny ch ips in everyone ' s name tag. The chips send back name s, jobs, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.This hasn' t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet' s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device, that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on theroad and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient ' s medical records. At a nightclubin Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly, ” pr edicts Dr. J.Reich. Humanright supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. Weimagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you dra nk it. And how many beers. Accompa nied by how many biscuits.When Marconi inven ted radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shorecom muni catio n, not for pop music. Whok nows how RFID and related tech no logies willbe used in the future. Here ' s a wild guess: Not for buying milk.74. The article is inten ded to .A. warn people of the possible risks in adopt ing RFID tech no logyB. expla in the ben efits brought about by RFID tech no logyC. convince people of the uses of RFID tech no logyD. predict the applicati ons of RFID tech no logy75. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people . _________A. will have no trouble gett ing data about othersB. will have more en ergy for con versati onC. will have more time to make friendsD. won' t feel shy at parties any Ion ger76. Why are some people worried about RFID tech no logy?A. Because childre n will be tracked by stra ngers.B. Because market competiti on will become more fierce.C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected.D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.77. The last paragraph implies that RFID tech no logy . _________A. will not be used for such matters as buying milkB. will be widely used, in cludi ng for buying milkC. will be limited to com muni cati on usesD. will probably be used for pop musicSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. The n an swer the questi ons or complete the stateme nts in the fewest possible words.Too much eati ng. Too many un healthy foods. Too many advertiseme nts for food.Too little activity. Different explanations are offered for America ' s weightproblem — a problem in creas in gly shared by other coun tries. Almost on e-fifth of America n childre n and tee nagers are overweight.Schools have bee n urged to in crease physical educati on, an importa nt tool forpublic health. And many have. Yet now comes a study show ing an in crease in the nu mber of injuries in “ phys ed ” class. Injuries in creased one hun dred fifty perce nt betwee n nin etee n nin ety-seve n and two thousa nd seve n.The study involved injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. Only two perce nt were serious.The researchers did not try to ide ntify the causes of the in crease, but theyhave some theories.Lara McKenzie from Ohio State University was the lead researcher. She says one possibility is a decrease in the number of school nurses during the period they。

精益教育2013-2014上海市高三第二学期第二次模拟考试复习专题IISection B【2013学年第一学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. cultivationB. farmedC. constantD. machineryE. plungedF. lightningG. envyH. preciousI. uncomfortableJ.aircraftsK. consequenceModern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, __41__ cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at __42__ speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts of saving __43__ seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the __44__ feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may send harmful radiation into our brains, a __45__ we do not like to think about.However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to __46__ activities that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the __47__ of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might __48__ a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they __49__ with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern __50__ has freed people from that primitive (原古的) existence.【2013学年第一学期宝山区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note thatthere is one word more than you need.A. breaksB. viewingC. textingD. permanentE. positionedF. connectedG. physicalH. symptomsI. complainingJ. effectivelyK. simplyThe next time you’re riding a subway or bus, pay attention to your fellow passengers. Chances are you’ll see plenty of them with their heads down, tapping the screens of their tablets or 41 on their smartphones. While these folks may be making good use of their time by staying 42 , their bodies are paying a heavy price for such convenience.As hand-held devices such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more common, users are reporting some new 43 problems. Florida chiropractor (脊椎按摩师) Dean Fishman began noticing an increased number of his patients 44 of neck and shoulder pain. He traced these 45 to the overuse of hand-held devices, specifically the action of bending the neck, and created the term “Text Neck.”As if the painful symptoms weren’t bad enough, Fishman warns that an untreated case of Text Neck could lead to 46 spinal(脊柱的) damage. He founded the Text Neck Institute in an effort to treat and educate those suffering from Text Neck. Treatments offered there include chiropractic care, physical therapy, massage therapy and exercise planning.In order to avoid or reduce the possibility of getting Text Neck, use the following basic principles:●Avoid awkward positioning. Don’t strain (滥用) your neck, and stay aware ofhow your body is 47 in relation to the device.●Take frequent 48 when using any kind of mobile device.●When using a tablet, use a case that can back up the device at comfortable 49angle.For those who 50 can’t take their eyes off their devices, there is an ironic twist –downloading a special app（应用程序）could help. Dr. Fishman has released an app called the Text Neck Indicator App, which measures the angle of your smartpphone. When the angle is appropriate, a green light appears in the upper corner of your screen. But when the angle puts you at risk for neck strain, the light turns red, obliging you to adjust your angle.【2013学年第一学期杨浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. basicB.applicantsC. extraordinaryD. distinguishE.privateF. contributeG. exposeH. shiftedI. challengesJ. specialtyK. favoredMany of us grow up dreaming of becoming an astronaut. Ever wonder what it takes to be one?Take NASA for example.In order to catch NASA’s eye, would-be astronauts must not only stand out in required skills and pass physical and psychological exams, but also find unique ways to __41__ themselves from the harsh competition.NASA’s requirements for becoming an astronaut have changed over the years. Originally, it __42__ candidates with a military flight background, with at least 1,000 hours spent in command of a jet aircraft. In 1978, however, NASA __43__ its focus to a more varied group of astronauts: scientists and engineers with at least three years of experience in their respective fields.During the years of shuttle missions, everyone had a __44__: some would focus on robotics, others on spacewalks or maintenance. To work on the space station, astronauts must be able to perform all tasks, which encourage __45__ to acquire different experiences. Jeanette Epps, an astronaut, studied aerospace engineering, worked at Ford Motor Company and took a job with the CIA before joining NASA. She says astronauts’ varied backgrounds __46__ to their ability to adapt and learn anything quickly.After ensuring that candidates are U.S. citizens and that they satisfy __47__ education and experience requirements, the selection committee enters a gray area. “We’re not really looking for one thing, just a good mix of things,” said Duane Ross, the manager for astronaut candidate selection and training.To the committee, candidates who take on __48__ outside of the workplace demonstrate curiosity and energy. Many astronauts who don’t have a military background do hold a(n) __49__ piloting license. Some are enthusiastic mountain climbers, scuba divers or skiers. Others are musicians, dancers, or play competitive sports. Choosing to __50__ themselves to different, extreme environments counts as another way to stand out from the crowd.【2013学年第一学期闵行区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. revealedB. countsC. responsibleD. releaseE. virtuallyF. extentG. annuallyH. extinctI. extends J. monitor K. realizedIn the time that records have been kept of bird populations, 20 percent of all species have gone 41 . More are likely to follow. In March the 42 of a large-scale, 24-year survey gave one of the clearest pictures yet of the decline of Australian and Asian shorebirds, including the long-distance migrants(候鸟) that are most difficult to 43 . The results of the survey are awful.Every October for more than two decades, teams from the University of New South Wales in Australia counted birds from an airplane flown low over 130,000 square miles of wetlands in the eastern third of the continent. Their 44 showed a steadydecline, beginning in the mid-1980s. By 2006 the number of migratory shorebirds had dropped by 73 percent and the number of Australia’s resident of shorebirds had fallen by 81 percent. “The45 of the decline took us by surprise,”says evolutionary ecologist Silke Nebel of the University of Western Ontario in London, the lead author of the report.The survey 46 that inland wetlands were more important to both resident and migratory birds than had been 47 , and that wetland loss from damming (筑坝) and the diversion(分散) of river water for irrigation was at least in part 48 for the shorebird decline in Australia. But wetlands are becoming smaller in countries all along the major flyway that 49 from eastern Siberia to New Zealand, the study’s authors note, so protecting the 8 million birds that use the corridor 50 will require an international solution.【2013学年第一学期长宁区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. accurateB. alterationC. averageD. calculatesE. concealF. enormouslyG. initialH. intervalsI. merelyJ. multiplyK. predictionBeyond two or three days, the world’s best weather forecasts are based on guesswork, and beyond six or seven they are worthless.The Butterfly Effect is the reason. For small pieces of weather —and to a global forecaster, small can mean thunderstorms and snowstorms — any ___41___ fails rapidly. Errors and uncertainties ___42___, gathering upward through a chain of unstable features, from dust devils (尘旋风) and windstorms up to continent-size eddies (旋风) ___43___ satellites can see.The modern weather models work with a network of points of the order of sixty miles apart, and even so, some ___44___ data has to be guessed, since ground stations and satellites cannot see everywhere. But suppose the earth could be covered with sensors spaced one foot apart, rising at one-foot ___45___ all the way to the top of the atmosphere. Suppose every sensor gives perfectly ___46___ readings of temperature, pressure, dampness, and any other quantity a meteorologist (气象工作者) would want. Exactly at noon a(n) ___47___ powerful computer takes all the data and ___48___ what will happen at each point at 12.01, then 12.02, then 12.03 …The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton, New Jersey, will have sun or rain on a day one month away. At noon the spaces between the sensors will ___49___ alterations that the computer will not know about, tiny variations from the ___50___. By 12.01, those alterations will already have created small errors one foot away. Soon the errors will have multiplied to the ten-foot scale, and so on up to the size of the globe.【2013学年第一学期黄浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.calmingB.regularC.doableD.electronicsE.fuelF.hookG.incrediblyH.maintainI.mindlesslyJ.treatK.weaponsHere are four simple, healthy and, dare we say, fun ways to help you slim down and stay healthy.Have your cake …for breakfastAside from being depressing, the way to __41__ weight loss isn’t by feeling deprived.Scientists say that people who started off the day with a __42__ felt fuller and more satisfied, and that led to their sticking with the program as the day went on. Being hungry is no way to start your day, so __43__ up with protein and a mouthful of something sweet. And most of all, enjoy!Sleep your way to weight lossDr. Andrew Calvin, one expert of Mayo Clinic study, is quoted as saying, “If individuals are seeking to maintain a healthy weight or to lose weight, they should seek to get enough sleep on a __44__ basis.”If you find it tricky to wind down at night, turn off the __45__ and engage in relaxing activities, like taking a bath or listening to __46__ music.Journal to drop poundsThe best __47__ for a dieter? Pen and paper! Women who wrote down everything they ate los t more weight than those who didn’t track their food intake. Journaling makes you accountable and more aware of what you’re eating, so it makes sense that it’ll keep you from __48__ chewing if you aren’t actually hungry.Even a tiny bit of exercise helps your healthEven 20 to 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the weeks (broken up into smaller chunks is fine) reduces your risk for all sorts of physical ills. And even 20 minutes a week can improve your mood. That really stuck with me. It’s easy to criticize ourselves or burn out if we make goals that are __49__ hard to achieve, but walking a few times a week is __50__ – and meaningful, too.【2013学年第一学期徐汇区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. investmentsB. enoughC.unconditionalD. degreeE. loyaltyF. backG.relevant H. doubly I. commitment J.promotedK.demonstrateAlthough many companies offer tuition repayment, most companies only repay employees for classes that are 41_____ to their position. This is a very limiting policy. A company that repays employees for all college credit courses—whether job related or not—offers a service not only to the employees, but to the entire company.One good reason for giving employees 42 _____ tuition repayment is that it shows the company’s commitment to its employees. In today’s economy, where job security is a thing of the past and employees feel more and more expendable, it is important for a company to 43 _____ to its employees that it cares. The best way to do thisis with concrete 44 _____ in them. In turn, this commitment to the betterment of company employees will create greater employee 45_____. A company that puts out funds to pay for the education of its employees will get its money 46_____ by having employees stay with the company longer. It will reduce employee turnover, because even employees who don’t take advantage of the tuition repayment program will be more loyal to their company just knowing that their company cares 47_____ to pay for their education. Most importantly, the company that has an unrestricted tuition repayment program will have higher quality employees. Although these companies do indeed run the risk of losing money on employees who go on to another job in a different company as soon as they get their 48_____, more often than not, the employee will stay with the company.And even if employees do leave after graduation, it generally takes several years to complete any degree program. Thus, even if the employee leaves upon graduating, throughout those years, the employer will have a more sophisticated, more intelligent, and therefore more valuable and productive employee. And, if the employee stays, that education will 49_____ benefit the company: Not only is the employee more educated, but now that employee can be 50_____ so the company doesn’t have to fill a high-level vacancy from the outside. Open positions can be filled by people who already know the company well. Though unconditional tuition repayment requires a significant investment on the employer’s part, it is perhaps one of the wisest investments a company can make.【2013学年第一学期嘉定区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．A. valueB. shapeC. designedD. understandingE. importantlyF. economistsG. responseH. vastI. connected J. major K. amazinglyThirteen years after the launch of Taobao, China has risen to become the world’s second busiest online marketplace, behind only the United States. This is the kind of statistic that 41 love, but it doesn’t really tell us anything about why so many people like to buy so many things online.Is it because its easy? Is it because of the 42 selection? Is it because we want to feel 43 to others without leaving the house?Taobao was in fact a 44 to ebay’s entrance into the Chinese market in 2003. Jack Ma(马云) knew that he knew China better than the Americans did, and that Taobao could beat ebay at its own game here. He was right, and Jack Ma has helped to 45 the nature of online commerce in China—what it looks like, how it works, and, most 46 , who its users are.T aobao’s aesthetic (美学) is distinctive, and has influenced and inspiredcompetitors in China and around the world. The way it works is also different from other 47 online retailers(零售店) . But the real genius of Taobao lies in its 48 of its users. What it looks like and how it works, after all, were 49 with the users in mind: a young, increasingly “connected”and increasingly wealthy Chinese generation.When they designed Taobao, Jack Ma and his team realized that many young peoplein China strongly 50 social interaction with their peers, so they made such interaction—everything from messaging to live chats to recommendations and reviews—a core part of the Taobao shopping experience.【2013学年第一学期虹口区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.ccounted B.averageC.ontinuousD.ankE.inkF.omparison G.dditionalH.ssociatedI.iskJ.onfirmedK.ostponeTelevision watching is an activity which is known to be harmful to health and is distinct from getting too little exercise. But a new study suggests its damaging effects may even _____41_____ alongside those from smoking and obesity(肥胖). Researchers who studied television viewing habits in Australia calculated that people who watch for a(n) _____42_____ of six hours a day shorten their life expectancy(预期寿命) by almost five years.They based their calculations on data on the _____43 _____between television viewing and death from the Australian obesity and lifestyle study which involved 11,000 adults aged 25 and over. Applying these findings to the whole population over 25, who are estimated to have watched 9.8 billion hours of TV in 2008, they concluded that it _____44_____ for 286,000 years of life lost —equivalent to 22 minutes for each hour watched. By _____45_____, smoking one cigarette is estimated to shorten life expectancy by 11 minutes — equivalent to half an hour of TV watching.Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the authors from the University of Queensland, say the figures suggest “huge loss of life may be _____46_____ with too much TV viewing.” The UK and other industrialized countries are likely to be simila rly affected “given the typically large amounts of time spent watching TV and the similarities in disease patterns.” The researchers add “If these figures are _____47_____ and shown to reflect a cause and effect relationship, TV viewing is a public health problem comparable in size to established behavioral risk factors.”Researchers from Taiwan University found even those who did as little as 92 minutes’ exercise a week — equivalent to 15 minutes a day for six days a week —reduced their _____48_____ of death by 14 per cent. Even this small amount of exercisecould _____49_____ one in six of all deaths —similar to the effects of a stop-smoking programme. Each _____50_____ 15 minutes a day reduced the death rate by a further 4 per cent.【2013学年第一学期松江区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. competitorsB. philosophyC. properlyD. maximizeE. enthusiasticF. candidateG. mirrorsH. backgroundI. extremelyJ. conductedK. culturalWhen asked about one interview candidate who impressed her most, Christine, an HR manager at an investment company cited an example of a(n) 41 who had prepared well. “He seemed very prepared to work for our company during the interview. He 42 good research on the company’s core business and also the industry in general,” she said.This suggests that HR managers expect candidates to do their homework 43 , but how? Here are some tips to 44 your chances of getting a job.Search the Web and research the 45 of the company and the people who you think are going to be interviewing you. Learn exactly what it is that they do and how you would fit in with the company. Most importantly, try to understand the “culture” of the company, which is to say its underlying 46 ; the HR departments often state missions and give 47 statements. You need to communicate in a way that 48 their company standards; this will show that you can fit in that organization. Understand a little of what their 49 are doing. This will show that you’ve bothered to find out where their position in the market is.Just as important is your own personal preparation. Think about the key things you want to communicate and why you would be ideal for the job. Think about how you can sound 50 without sounding desperate -- how you can sell yourself.Generally, wear a suit (and also a tie for guys), but the dress code depends on the job you are going for. When you study the company culture, check what is expected in this area also.【2013学年第一学期青浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. dipB. commonC. desiredD. additionE. embarrassingF. carefullyG. muddyH. fedI. accessJ. raisingK. benefitDucks offer certain advantages over hens. Ducks are immune to some 41 diseases found in hens. Some breeds of duck produce bigger eggs than hens. In 42 , ducks lay eggs over a longer season than hens do.Poultry(禽类) keepers with gardens have less to worry about if they keep ducks rather than hens because the former are unlikely to dig up plants and destroy roots. While both hens and ducks 43 the garden by eating pests, hens are known to damage grass beds. Ducks, on the other hand, will search for insects more 44 . Only very delicate plants are at risk from the broad, webbed feet of ducks.Like all waterbirds, ducks need 45 to water, and duck keepers typically provide this by building a pond. Something this large is not absolutely necessary, however, ducks need only to be able to 46 their heads in the water to keep their nose clean. If a pond is provided, though, it is important to keep baby ducks away from it until they are old enough to put up with the cool temperature of the water.When 47 ducks, one has to consider just how many the land will support. The rule is generally about 100 ducks per acre. If more than this proportion is introduced, there is a risk of pressing the soil, which can lead to 48 conditions for long periods as the rain is not easily absorbed into the ground.While ducks offer many advantages over hens, they must be given a greater quantity of food, especially if regular eggs are 49 . An adult duck will eat between 170 to 200 grams of food a day. If the ducks live near grass and a pond, they will be able to find for themselves approximately 70% of their daily dietary requirements in warmer months but less than half that in colder times. Therefore, it is important that they be 50 onenough food, such as grain, every day.【2013学年第一学期金山区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. permissionB. particularlyC. experiencingD. contactE. identifiedF. seekG. increasingH. obviouslyI. responsible J. guarantee K. accessCamping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with ___41___ numbers of people wanting to escape into the wilderness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively (不引人注目地) and leave no mark.Wild camping is not permitted in many places, ___42___ in crowded lowland Britain. Wherever you are, find out about organizations ___43___ for managing wild spaces, and ___44___ them to find out their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner’s ___45___, except in national parks.Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, ___46___ bad weather, and making food without modern conveniences. A busy, fully-equipped campsite seems to go against this, so ___47___ out smaller, more remote places with easy ___48___ to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.Finding the right spot to camp is the first step to ___49___ a good night’s sleep. Choose a campsite with privacy and minimum influence on others and the environment. Try to use an area where people have ___50___ camped before rather than creating a new spot. Always consider what influence you might have on the natural world. Avoid damaging plants. A good campsite is found, not made—changing it should be unnecessary.《参考答案汇编》【2013学年第一学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷】41. J 42. F 43. H 44. I 45. K 46. C 47. A 48. G 49. B 50 D 【2013学年第一学期宝山区高三英语质量调研试卷】41. C 42. F 43. G 44. I 45. H 46. D 47. E 48. A 49. B 50. K【2013学年第一学期杨浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】41-50 D K H J B F A I E G【2013学年第一学期闵行区高三英语质量调研试卷】41 . H 42.D 43.J 44.B 45.F 46.A 47.K 48.C 49.I 50.G【2013学年第一学期长宁区高三英语质量调研试卷】41-45 KJIGH 46-50 AFDEC【2013学年第一学期黄浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】41-45 HJEBD 46-50 AKIGC【2013学年第一学期徐汇区高三英语质量调研试卷】41. G 42. C 43. K 44. A 45. E 46. F 47. B 48. D 49. H 50. J 【2013学年第一学期嘉定区高三英语质量调研试卷】41------45: F H I G B 46---50: E J D C A【2013学年第一学期虹口区高三英语质量调研试卷】41~45 dbeaf 46~50 hjikg【2013学年第一学期松江区高三英语质量调研试卷】41. F 42. J. 43. C 44. D 45. H 46. B 47. K 48. G 49. A 50. E 【2013学年第一学期青浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】41-50 B D K F I A J G C H【2013学年第一学期金山区高三英语质量调研试卷】41.G 42. B 43.I 44.D 45.A 46.C. 47.F 48.K 49.J 50.H。

高中英语真题:2014届高三英语上学期期中考试试题新人教版一．单项填空从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．What _______ pity that you must leave now! It is such _____ __ great fun to have dinner with you．A． a; a B． a; the C． /; a D． a; /2．All those second-hand cars are sold at before A．40％as lower price as B．40％as low a price as C．as 40％low price as D．40％lower price than3．In the reading room, we found her ________ at a desk, with her attention ________ on a book.A. seating; fixingB. seated; fixedC. sitting; fixingD. to sit; fixed4．He bought a house,___________ the price is reasonable. A. whose B. its C. of which D. of whom5．_______ difficult and challenging the task may be, we must finish it on time, because there is a possibility _______our work w ill go down in history.A. Whatever; thatB. However; asC. Whatever; whichD. However; that6．_Have you got any good plans, Jack ?_Let us go to the charity to ____some money and old clothes. A．gave out B．gave away C．gave in D．gav e up7．A new virus related to SARS is reported______ at least one person in China last week.A. to killB. to be killingC. to have killedD. kill 8． I _____not thank you too much for your help.A. mayB. canC. shouldD. will9．This restaurant has become popular for its wide _______ of f oods that suit all tastes and pockets.A. divisionB.areaC.rangeD. circle10．Over the past decades, sea ice _______ in the Arctic as a r esult of global warming.A. had decreasedB.decreasedC. has been decreasingD. is decreasing11．Did Jack take the doctor’s advice that he ________ in bed for a couple of days?A. liesB. layC. lieD. laid12．As a new graduate, he doesn’t know _______ it takes to sta rt a new business.A. howB. whatC. whenD.which 13．Unsatisfied _______ with the payment, he took the job just t o get some work experience.A. though was heB. though he wasC. he was thoughD.was he though14．---- Our holiday cost a lot of money.---- Did it ? Well, that doesn’t matter_______ you enjoyed yourself.A. as long asB. unlessC. as soon asD.though 15．---- So you missed the lecture given by Professor Smith.---- ____.I got there 30 minutes before it finished.A. Not exactlyB. Not reallyC. Not a littleD. Not at all二．完型填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

虹口区2014-2015学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试高三英语试卷第I卷I听力（略）II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks,fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth SportsWhen I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my team. That was before all the fun (25) _______ (take) out of playing.At first, everyone on the team got equal playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the pressure started. Some parents, who (26) ______ (pay) the coach extra (27) _____ return for their daughters' private one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time. The coach was replaced. The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was run. We ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble (28)________( breathe). Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises (29)_________ (design) for 18-year-olds.I was thin before I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I thought to (30) ________ that I was afraid of being too full to run. Finally, I ended up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, two of (31) _________stopped playing football completely. That's sad because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they felt from the coach or their parents.I continued playing football at school and rediscovered my love for it. I joined a private team and the coach told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I calmed down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it is a lot (32)_________( easy) to do it well.(B)How to Be a WinnerSteven Redgrave—Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals"In 2012 I was found to have developed lung disease. (33)______(believe) my career was over, I felt extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was it—the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner (34) ________I believed in myself. I am not saying that it isn't difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that hard (35) _______the condition was, I wasn't finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way."Karen Pickering—Swimming World Champion"I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary. This is the key to success—you (36) ________not bear following a career in any field without being well-organized. List (37)________ you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they are, and you'll be a step closer to achieving them."Kirsten Best—Poet & Writer"When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me I can't achieve something. Then, there are other influencing factors, such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate, (38)_______helps a lot to repeat words such as 'calm', 'peace' or 'focus', either out loud or silently in my mind when I feel tense. It makes me (39)_________(feel) more in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is (40) _______powerful psychological tool.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. involvedB. figuresC. inevitablyD. initiatedE. appointedF. averageG. transformed H. reasonable I. remarkably J. indications K. chargeLong after the 2010 world Cup was won, disappointed fans were still criticizing the unfair refereeing decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was 41 _____to study the performance of some top referees(裁判).The researcher organized experimental matches which 42______ four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in___43____.Observers noted down the referees' errors, of which there were 61 over the matches. When____44__into a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a(n) __45_____high number.The researcher then studied the videotapes to have a detailed analysis of the matches, and46________ are that the errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research 47 _____show that the best distance is about 20 meters.There also seemed to be a(n) 48 speed. Correct decision came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The___49____speed for errors was 4 meters per second.If FIFA, football's international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the World Cup, referees should be__50____into the rule of keeping their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing is beyond the joy of discovering for yourself something that is a big 51 to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentally — or a sudden insight, fitting together pieces of information or working through a problem. Such personal 52 are the "payoff' in education. A teacher may direct you to learning and even53 you in it — but no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen. That is 54 you.A research paper, assigned in a course and perhaps checked at 55 stages by an instructor, leads you beyond classrooms, beyond the texts for classes and into a(n) 56 where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the research paper is an active and individual process and 57 learning process. It provides a structure within which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, that are basic to education. But the research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to 58 a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show otherswhat you can do. Writing a research paper is 59 just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing, which forms the 60 of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering, an education. So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and a 61 satisfying experience!To some, the thought of having to write a(n) 62 number of pages, often more than ever produced before, is disturbing. To others, the very idea of having to work independently is 63 . But there is no need to approach the research paper assignment with 64 , and nobody is supposed to view the research paper as an obstacle that is impossible to overcome. 65 , consider it a goal to accomplish, a goal within reach and you will find great pleasure in it.51. A. mistake B. deal C. plan D. challenge52. A. behaviours B. opportunities C. encounters D. entertainments53. A. encourage B. assess C. emphasize D. affect54. A. familiar to B. suitable for C. considerate of D. dependent on55. A similar B. unbelievable C. flexible D. various56. A. outcome B. process C. achievement D. position57. A. ideal B. complicated C. competitive D. casual58. A. devote B. lead C. suit D. adopt59. A. no more than B. less than C. none other than D. more than60. A. evidence B. basis C. impression D. experience61. A. hardly B. skillfully C. thoroughly D. vividly62. A. assigned B. limited C. established D. fixed63. A. inspiring B. rewarding C. frightening D. threatening64. A. anxiety B. interest C. excitement D. embarrassment65. A. Furthermore B. Instead C. However D. ThereforeSection BDirections: 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)PEOPLE—________This Thursday, Irena Sendler will be honored for her work as a smuggler (偷运者). During World War II, the Polish social worker smuggled nearly 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto (聚居区). She gave them new identities, found them safe places with good-hearted Christians, and kept the children's real names buried in jars in her neighbours' gardens. (The play, Life in a Jar, based on her story, is being performed.) At 93, Sendler lives in a Warsaw nursing home and is too weak to travel to Washington D.C., to receive the 2003 Jan Karski Award for Valor and Compassion from the American Center of Polish Culture. One of the children she saved will accept the award for her.You risked your life to save the children.I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning, you don't ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help. During the war, everyone was drowning, but mostly the Jewish children. How did you persuade parents to give up their children?I had to answer honestly that I didn't even know if we would get past the guards.What was the most frightening moment?When I saw a priest (牧师)in charge of an orphanage for Jewish children in the ghetto walk with them out to be killed. The children were in their best Sunday suits. The priest was killed with them.How did you get the children to behave as you smuggled them out?I told the older children to act as if they were sick and sometimes gave the younger ones a sleeping pill. They were told to remember their new names. I also told the children to tell guards they had only been visiting a servant in the ghetto and were going back to their real homes outside. Did you tell your own two children what you did?I never told them. Only when my daughter went to Israel did she learn all about me. I thought it was only normal to do so. And it was a very painful subject. It was always on my mind that I couldn't do more.66. We can learn from the passage that Irena Sendler________.A. will go to Washington to accept the award with her daughterB. was caught a few times while she was rescuing the Jewish childrenC. told those parents that their children's lives would be guaranteedD. saved thousands of Jewish children at the risk of her own life67. The expression "everyone was drowning" can best be replaced by "________".A. everyone was involved in the warB. all the people were drownedC. all the people were facing danger and deathD. Jewish children were being killed68. Which one could NOT be expected when Sendler was smuggling the Jewish children?A. The children pretended to be brothers and sisters from one big family.B. Some children pretended to be returning home after visiting servants in the ghetto.C. The children were asked to remember and use new names instead of real ones.D. Some children were told to pretend to be sick in front of the guards.69.Which of the following is best for the blank in the title?A. DISASTER SURVIVORB. NOBLE SMUGGLERC. AWARD RECEIVERD. SECRET DEFENDER（B）LIPITOR Atorvastatin Calcium TabletsWHO IS LIPITOR FOR?Who can take LIPITOR:·People who cannot lower their cholesterol (胆固醇) enough with diet and exercise.·Adults and children over10Who should NOT take LIPITOR:·Women who are pregnant, may be pregnant, or may become pregnant. LIPITOR may harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant, stop LIPITOR and call your doctor right away ·Women who are breast-feeding. LIPITOR can POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF LIPITOR Serious side effects in a small number of people:Muscle problems that can lead to kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your chance for muscle problem is higher if you take certain other medicines with LIPITOR Liver problems. Your doctor may do blood tests to check your liver before you start LIPITOR and while you are taking itCall your doctor right away if you have:pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby·People with liver problems or allergic (过敏的) to anything in LIPITOR ·Unexplained muscle weakness or pain, especially if you have a fever or feel very tired·Allergic reactions including (肿胀) of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat that may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing which may require treatment right away ·Nausea, vomiting (呕吐) or stomach pain ·Feeling more tired than usual·Your skin and whites of your eyes turn yellow ·Allergic skin reactionsCommon side effects of LIPITOR are:•Diarrhea (腹泻)•Muscle and joint pain•Upset stomach•Changes in some blood testsHOW TO TAKE LIPITORDo:·Take LIPITOR at any time of day, with or without food·If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. But if it has been more than 12 hours since your missed dose, wait. Take the next dose at your regular timeDon’t:·Do not change or stop your dose before talking to your doctor·Do not give your LIPITOR to other people. It may harm them even if your problems are the sameNEED MORE INFORMATION?·Ask your doctor or health care provider ·Go to It was a horrible feeling；I was having a heart attack. Now I'm exercising, watching my diet, and trust my heart to Lipitor.70. LIPITOR is a medicine____________________.A. specially designed for young kidsB. to cure serious liver problemsC. that can lower the risk for heart attackD. for mothers-to-be to lower cholesterol71. Which of the following is most likely to be a bad sing for LIPITOR takers?A. Drinking alcohol twice a day.B. Changes in medical tests.C. Discomfort and ache in muscles.D. Feeling tired after a day's work.72. If it has been over 12 hours since you missed a dose, you should __________.A. change the amount of your next doseB. take the next dose at your regular timeC. have a dose as soon as you rememberD. eat more when taking your next dose73. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. LIPITOR should never be taken with other food at the same time.B. Skipping is the best choice for those who have missed one dose.C. Recommendation is encouraged if one feels LIPITOR to be good.D. People can consult the professionals for details of the medicine.（C）In Japan many workers for large corporations have a guarantee of lifetime employment. They will not be laid off during recessions (经济萧条) or when the tasks they perform are taken over by robots. To some observers, this is capitalism at its best, because workers are treated as people not things. Others see it as necessarily inefficient and believe it cannot continue if Japan is to remain competitive with foreign corporations more concerned about profits and less concerned about people.Defenders of the system argue that those who call it inefficient do not understand how it really works. In the first place not every Japanese worker has the guarantee of a lifetime job. The lifetime employment system includes only "regular employees." Many employees do not fall into this category, including all women. All businesses have many part time and temporary employees. These workers are hired and laid off during the course of the business cycle just as employees in the United States are. These "irregular workers" make up about 10 percent of the nonagricultural work force. Additionally, Japanese firms maintain some flexibility through the extensive use of subcontractors (分包单位). This practice is much more common in Japan than in the United States.The use of both subcontractors and temporary workers has increased markedly in Japan since the 1974-1975 recession. All this leads some people to argue that the Japanese system really is not all that different from the American system. During recessions Japanese corporations lay off temporary workers and give less business to subcontractors. In the United States, corporations lay off those workers with the least working experience. The difference then is probably less than the term "lifetime employment" suggests, but there still is a difference. And this difference cannot be understood without looking at the values of Japanese society. The relationship between employer and employee cannot be explained in purely contractual terms. Firms hold on to the employees and that employees stay with one firm. There are also practical reasons for not jumping from job to job. Most retirement benefits come from the employer. Changing jobs means losing these benefits. Also, teamwork is an essential part of Japanese production. Moving to a new firm means adapting to a different team and at least temporarily, lower productivity and lower pay.74. According to the passage, a woman in Japan________.A. cannot get a lifetime jobB. is impossible to get a part time jobC. will be employed for lifeD. is among the regular workers75. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Japanese workers stay with one firm?A. they don't want to lose their retirement benefits.B. they are not adaptable people.C. any change of jobs will make them less paid.D. they get used to the teamwork.76. It can be inferred from the passage that________.A. those who want to change jobs frequently in Japan should think twiceB. those who are first laid off by American corporations are temporary workersC. the use of subcontractors makes Japanese firms less flexibleD. the Japanese system is totally different from the American system77. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The extremely hard situation during recessions.B. The extensive use of subcontractors in Japan.C. The characteristics of corporations in the United States.D. The features of lifetime employment in Japan.Section CDirections: Read the following passage and then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.All of us rely on what we see. We say to ourselves, "I know I was there; I saw it happen" and that seems to settle the matter. Or does it? Can we really trust the evidence of our eyes?Take competitive sports for example. Most fans at sports events are always controlled by emotion, which leads to the fact that they will not agree with each other and even disagree with the referee although they watch the same game. "He was out of bounds when he caught the pass," says one fan. Another says, "You're crazy. I saw it with my own eyes. He was five feet in bounds. You must be blind." The referee rules that the receiver did step out of bounds. But thousands of fans are still not convinced—because they were there!It's the same story in the courtroom. Trial (审判) procedure depends on witnesses giving sworn testimony （证词）. But just how reliable is the testimony of a person who reports what he has seen? In a recent study, ten thousand witnesses were asked to describe the man they saw commit a crime. The study reveals that, on the average, the witnesses overestimated the man's height by five inches, his age by eight years, and gave the wrong hair colour in 83 percent of the cases. These witnesses didn't play tricks on them!What can we do to keep error to minimum? Above all, don't let your emotions interfere with your vision. Don't see something because you want to see it. Another solution to the problem would, of course, be to note down what you see. Don't rely on your memory alone. Take pictures, make recordings, and use any other aid, which will help a lot to reduce distortion. One more solution is also needed: The error is not likely to be minimized until the people involved stay relaxed. If you are tense, you are very likely to see red when the colour is blue.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. The reason why fans disagree with each other at sports events is that few of them_____.79. The word "them" in Para.3 refers to________.80. What are the other two solutions to keeping visual error to minimum besides not letting your emotions interfere with your vision?81. It can be inferred from the passage that the author takes sports events and courtroom as examples in order to illustrate ______.第Ⅱ卷I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 我从未想到我校篮球队会在决赛中败北。

上海市虹口区2013学年度第一学期高三英语考试试卷2013年9月第Ⅰ卷（共105 分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. Fix the button. B. Prepare the breakfast.C. Take the children to school.D. Wait for the school bus.2. A. Use registered mail. B. Mail earlier next time.C. Buy her daughter more clothes.D. Use airmail.3. A. He wants to have more sleep. B. Women need more help than men.C. His wife doesn’t sleep well.D. He doesn’t need as much sleep as his wife.4. A. She doesn’t want to talk about the contest.B. She’s modest about her success in the contest.C. She’s spent two years studying English in Canada.D. She’s very proud of her Success in the speech contest.5. A. She liked it. B. She disliked it.C. She had no opinion.D. She had not heard about it.6. A. At 8: 00. B. At 7: 30.C. At 8: 15.D. At 8: 45.7. A. Italian food. B. Sea food.C. Famous food.D. Tasty food.8. A. At a kindergarten. B. At a nursery.C. At a store.D. In a park.9. A. He likes the new roommate.B. The new apartment is cheaper.C. He wants a quieter place.D. The radio in the present apartment is broken.10. A. 47 yuan. B. 43 yuan.C. 36 yuan.D. 27 yuan.Section BDirections: 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. By teaching. B. By writing.C. By translating.D. By working as a lawyer.12. A. Eatonton Georgia. B. Atlanta.C. Sarah Lawrence.D. Spelman College.13. A. A pile of books. B. A letter.C. A prize.D. Some oranges.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. They are not active hunters. B. They don’t sleep much.C. They are often seen alone.D. They don’t eat much.15. A. To catch the birds. B. To look for shade in the heat of the day.C. To catch other animals.D. To look for a kill made by another animal.16. A. They are larger in size. B. They have to hunt more to feed the young.C. They run faster.D. They are not as lazy as the males.Section CDirections: 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.Questions 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Ⅱ. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections：Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. The idea of protecting environment has been _____ a large extent accepted in this area.A. inB. atC. toD. for26. Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with ________ of their parents.A. thatB. oneC. bothD. those27. The news that they failed their driving test discouraged him, ________ ?A. did theyB. didn’t theyC. did itD. didn’t it28. Contrary to the opinion of the members, the president should appoint______ he thinks can do the job most adequately.A. whomeverB. whomC. whoeverD. who29. After a 20-minute interview, the manager said politely to me, “Thank you. You ____ go now. Goodbye” .A. shouldB. mayC. mustD. would30. When the tour guide finally found the lost tourist in the far-off corner of the park, he was sitting on a rock, ____ to his girlfriend excitedly on the phone.A. talkingB. having talkedC. to talkD. talked31. The kind gentleman comforted the young boy who couldn’t find his mother and promised that he would be with him ____ his mother came back.A. as soon asB. whileC. untilD. as32. So far this year, no measures ____ against cruelty to animals despite their protest in the newspaper.A. have takenB. have been takenC. had been takenD. had taken33. Even many years after his divorce, he still couldn’t figure out the reason for his ____ marriage.A. to failB. to be failingC. failingD. failed34. He is a very changeable man. You will never know ____ he will do or think.A. whetherB. whatC. howD. that35. A warm thought suddenly came to me_______ I might use the pocket money to buy flowers for my mother’s birthday.A. ifB. whichC. whenD. that36. Is this the best way you thought of ______ people getting into the dangerous areas?A. to stopB. stoppingC. stoppedD. to have stopped37. The advertisement has been heard______ five times a day, which makes people upset.A. to broadcastB. to be broadcastC. broadcastingD. broadcast38. Every interviewee was asked to describe an occasion ____ he felt very embarrassed and how he dealt with it.A. whichB. whenC. whereD. in which39. Only by reading the small print ____ that the internet pages selling cheap seafood are actuallyowned by a company located in Sichuan.A. discover customersB. customers discoverC. do customers discoverD. customers do discover40. The travelers encouraged each other to go on ____ difficulties they met with.A. howeverB. whateverC. no matterD. althoughSection BDirections：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only beWhat personal qualities are desired in a teacher? I think the following would be generally accepted.First, the teacher’s personality should be lively and __41__. This does not rule out people who are plain-looking, or even ugly, because many such people have great personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable, sad, __42__, and frustrated.Secondly, it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuine capacity for sympathy, a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of other people, __43__, since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and feelings of children. Closely related with this is the capacity to be tolerant ----not, indeed of what is wrong, but of the weaknesses and __44__ of human nature which cause people, and again especially, children, to make mistakes.Thirdly, I __45__ it essential for a teacher to be both intellectual and morally honest. This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations, and will have thought about and decided upon the moral __46__ by which his life shall be guided. There is no contradiction(矛盾) in my going on to say that a teacher should be a bit of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to put on an act ----to enliven a lesson, correct a fault, or __47__ praise. Children, especially young children, live in a world that is rather larger than life.A teacher must be capable of great patience. This, I may say, is largely a matter of self- __48__ - and self-training, for none of us are born like that.Finally, I think a teacher should have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning. Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect; there is always something more to learn about it. There are three __49__ objects of study: the subjects which the teacher is teaching; the methods by which the subjects can best be taught to the particular pupils in the classes he is teaching; and --- by far the most important ---the children, young people, or adults to whom the subjects are to be taught.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.If music makes you smarter, and exercise helps brain function, can exercising to music really boost (促进) brainpower? Some researchers said it can.V olunte ers who listened to Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” while working out on a treadmill (跑步机) did much better on a test of verbal ability than when they exercised without __50__, a team at Ohio State University found.“Evidence suggests that exercise __51__ the cogn itive (认知的) performance of people withcoronary artery disease (冠心病),” said psychologist Charles Emery, who led the __52__. “And listening to music is thought to enhance brainpower. We wanted to __53__ the two results together,” Emery added in a statement.Writing in the __54__ issue of the journal Heart & Lung, Emery and colleagues said they studied 33 men and women taking part in a cardiac rehabilitation program after having bypass surgery, angioplasty (血管成形术) or other procedures to __55__ their disease. The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and mentally after __56__ with or without the music. But their improvement on the __57__ fluency test doubled after listening to music on the treadmills.“Exercise seems to cause verbal (言语的) changes in the __58__ system, and these changes may have a direct __59__ on cognitive ability,” Emery said. “Listening to music may influence __60__ function through different pathways in the brain. The __61__ of music and exercise may stimulate and increase cognitive ar ousal while helping to organize cognitive output.”Emery said he now wanted to test people using music of their own choice. “We used ‘Four Seasons’ __62__ its moderate tempo (节奏) and positive effects on medical patients in previous research,” Emery said. “But given the range of music __63__ among patients, it’s especially important to assess the __64__ of other types of music on cognitive outcomes.”50. A. music B. doubt C. work D. test51. A. helps B. promotes C. improves D. alters52. A. performance B. exercise C. development D. study53. A. form B. put C. relate D. connect54. A. last B. newest C. latest D. later55. A. check B. examine C. infect D. treat56. A. taking up B. working out C. living on D. carrying out57. A. positive B. negative C. side D. bad58. A. nervous B. digital C. thinking D. listening59. A. emotion B. effort C. effect D. efficiency60. A. scientific B. talkative C. informative D. objective61. A. cooperation B. operation C. combination D. composition62. A. by means of B. because of C. in case of D. in time of63. A. symptoms B. styles C. preferences D. types64. A. examination B. evolution C. expression D. influenceSection BDirections: 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)Every time stepping into the rehearsal room, the first question that comes to my mind would always be: what’s going to happen today?This gener ally sets off the tone for every rehearsal. It’s not that I never plan my rehearsal, but rather, it’s very difficult to predict what the actors would discover each time. Whenever their minds start clicking, mine would follow, or vice versa. I can’t say I h ave all the answers the moment I step onto the rehearsal floor. In fact, every good rehearsal depends a great deal on howfast I can get the actors rolling and involved in the creative process. In other words, what they give is essentially as important as what I’ll give them during the rehearsal period.Most actors would often come into rehearsals with a set of techniques and beliefs. At the same time, it means that they often carry with them a bag of habits (good and bad) which could have been accumulated through shows after shows. Especially young actors, they often play themselves up towards sort of “ideal” forms of images which could have been adopted from something they had once successfully acted in other shows. Or, they often stick too strictly to what they have learned and lost the flexibility for re-mode themselves as the new characters require.As Stanislavski once said, “There is no System better than Nature itself.” Therefore, in a way, I believe in all kinds of acting method as long as they work for the roles being created. Actors should learn to know themselves well enough, be physically and mentally prepared, in order to build good characters.65. What is the writer?A. A director.B. An actor.C. A writer.D. A critic.66. What problem may young actors often meet with according to the writer?A. Not active.B. Not creative.C. Not imaginative.D. Not flexible.67. In order to build good characters, actors need to do everything except ______.A. be mentally preparedB. create “ideal” imagesC. be actively involvedD. know themselves well68. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?A. The Mystery of RehearsalB. The Importance of RehearsalC. The Art of RehearsalD. The Preparations of Rehearsal69. If you don’t know how to use a computer, you had better ask for the position of _______.A. a secretary in NESTLEB. a production worker in NESTLEC. a senior engineer in THYSSEND. a cost accountant in THYSSEN70. From the passage we can learn that _______.A. THYSSEN is a successful company with many branchesB. NESTLE is a company only producing chemical productsC. NESTLE asks for good command of English in every PositionD. THYSSEN needs a senior sales manager to sell its products in Asia71. As a graduate from university this year, you can probably get a job as _______.A. a cost accountant in THYSSENB. a purchaser in THYSSENC. a secretary in NESTLED. an accountant in NESTLE(C)The key to effective cross-cultural communication is knowledge. First, it is essential that people understand the potential problems of cross-cultural communication, and make a conscious effort to overcome these problems. Second, it is important to assume that one’s efforts will not always be successful, and adjust one’s behavior appropriately.For example, one should always assume that there is a significant possibility that culturaldifferences are causing communication problems, and be willing to be patient and forgiving, rather than hostile(敌对的)and aggressive, if problems develop. One should respond slowly and carefully in cross-cultural exchanges, not j umping to the conclusion that you know what is being thought and said.William Ury’s suggestion for heated conflicts is to stop, listen, and think, or as he puts it “go to the balcony(阳台)” when the situation gets tense. By this he means withdraw from the situation, step back, and reflect on what is going on before you act. What could be going on here? Is it possible I misinterpreted what they said, or they misinterpreted me? Often misinterpretation is the source of the problem.Often intermediaries who are familiar with both cultures can be helpful in cross-cultural communication situations. They can translate both the substance and the manner of what is said. For instance, they can tone down strong statements that would be considered appropriate in one culture but not in another, before they are given to people from a culture that does not talk together in such a strong way. They can also adjust the timing of what is said and done. Some cultures move quickly to the point; others talk about other things long enough to establish a close relationship with the other person.72. The passage mainly talks about_____.A. the potential cross-cultural communication problemsB. how to make effective cross-cultural communicationC. how to avoid cross-cultural communication problemsD. the importance of knowledge about another culture73. By saying “go to the balcony”, William Ury really means to_____.A. refresh oneself during cross-cultural communicationB. get some sunlight and fresh air in the balconyC. think of a way to join in the communication in the balconyD. step Out of the communication and calm oneself down74. An “intermediary” in the last paragraph refers to a person who_____.A. acts as a go-between(中间人)during cross-cultural communicationB. acts as a translator during cross-cultural communicationC. keeps the cross-cultural communication goingD. can help people from different cultures reach an agreement75. We can infer from the passage that_____.A. different cultures may have different timing of what is said and doneB. our active efforts can overcome a11 cross-cultural communication problemsC. one cannot have cross-cultural communication without overcoming problemsD. misunderstanding is the source of all cross-cultural communication problemsSection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.A.A. New idea on the field of being fatB. A very uncommon complaint.C.Shifting the blame.D.Proof of what causes the problem.E.Expert explains energy requirements for fat people.F. Hidden dangers in taking drugs and having surgeries.76.Overweight is a huge problem in many western countries, which attracts medical interest as researchers take up the challenge to find a ‘cure’ for the common condition of overweight. Rather than take responsibility for their overweight, fat people have often sought the excuse that they have a slow metabolism (新陈代谢). The argument goes like this: it doesn’t matter how little they eat, they gain weight because their bodies break down food and turn it into energy more slowly than those with a normal metabolic rate.77.‘This is nonsense’ says Dr. Jeb from the Dunn Nutrition Unit in England, ‘science has known for several years that the exact opposite is in fact true. Fat people have faster metabolisms than thin people. What is very clear is that fat people actually burn off more energy. They have more cells, bigge r hearts, and bigger lungs, so they need more energy to keep going.’78.It took only one night, spent in a sealed (密封的) room at the Dun Nutrition Unit to prove one of their patients of the beliefs of a lifetime: her metabolism was fast, not slow. By sealing the room and measuring exact amount of oxygen she used, the researchers were able to show her that her metabolism was not the cause of being fat.79.Prof. O’Rahilly, one of the world leading scientists in gene study, says that his work in Cambridge has proved that being fat can be caused by our genes. Overweight people are not weak-willed or lazy; they have a medical condition due to a genetic defect (缺陷) and that causes them to be fat.80.Despite the $500 million a year Australians spend try to lose weight and the $830 million it costs the community in health care, being fat is as serious as it is in all western countries. Until recently research and treatment for being fat have focused on drugs to decrease appetite and surgery. How drugs worked was often not understood and many caused serious side effects and even death in some patients. Surgery for losing weight has also already claimed many lives.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Answer the following questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.According to a recent survey, employees in many companies today work longer hours than employees did in 1979. They also take shorter vacations than employees in 1979. It seems that Americans are working harder today than ever before. Or are they? A management consultant, BillMeyer, decided to find out.For three days, he observed an investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everything the banker did during his long workday. At the end of the three-day period, Meyer reviewed the banker’s activities with him. What did they find out? They discovered that the man spent 80 percent of his time doing unnecessary work. For example, he attended unnecessary meetings, made redundant (多余的) telephone calls, and spent time packing and unpacking his two big briefcases.Apparently many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes. When employers evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time on the job in addition to job performance.Employees know this. Although many working people can do their job effectively during a regular 40-hour work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that the people who can promote them see them.A group of headhunters were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a choice of two candidates for an executive position with an important company. The candidates had similar qualifications for the job. For example, they were both reliable. One could do the job well in a 40-hour work week. The other would do the same job in an 80-hour work week just as well. According to a headhunting expert, the 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job. The time this candidate spends on the job may encourage other employees to spend more time at work, too. Employers believe that if the employees stay at work later, they may actually do more work.However, the connection between time and productivity is not always positive. In fact, many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone’s productivity and creativity begin to decrease. Some employees are not willing to spend so much extra, unproductive time at the office. Once they finish their work satisfactorily, they want to relax and enjoy themselves. For these people, the solution is to find a company that encourages people to do both.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS.)81. What are the two key factors in employers’ assessing their employees’ work?82. What did the management consultant want to find out?83. The 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job because employers believe that ____________________________________________________________________.84.The expression “to do both” in the last paragraph means ___________________.第Ⅱ卷（共45分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 那个孩子还不到自食其力的年龄。

虹口区2014学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试高一数学 试卷（考试时间90分钟，本卷满分100分） 2015.01【注意】：本试卷中，第10、15题为分叉题，普通中学和重点中学分别选做相对应的题目．第20、21题，普通中学做第(1)、(2)两个小题，重点中学三个小题全做．请答题者务必看清自己应答的试题． 一、填空题(本大题共10题，每小题3分，满分30分)1．集合{}210A =--，，，集合{}123B =，，，{}|44U x x x Z =-∈，，≤≤则()U C A B = __________． 2．函数3log y x =的反函数是__________． 3．函数2()f x x -=的单调递减区间是__________．4．命题“若1x >，则x a >”是真命题，则实数a 的范围是__________． 5．已知关于x 的不等式13ax -<的解集是{}|42x x -<<，则a =__________．6．已知实数x y ，满足(01)x y a a a <<<是33x y >的__________条件（填“充分非必要，必要非充分，充要”之一）．7．已知()()f x g x 、分别是定义在R 上的偶函数和奇函数，且32()()log f x g x x x -=+，则(2)(2)f g +=__________．8．已知函数11()1x ex f x x -⎧<⎪=≥，则使得()2f x ≤成立的x 的取值范围是__________．9．已知偶函数()f x 在(0-∞，]上单调递增，且(2)0f =，若(1)0f x ->，则x 的取值范围是__________．10．(普通中学)已知函数2()23f x x x =+-，若对于任意[]1x a a ∈+，都有()0f x <成立，则实数a 的取值范围是__________．(重点中学)设函数2()1f x x =-，若0a b >>，且()()f a f b =，则a b ⋅的取值范围为__________． 二、选择题(本大题共有5小题，每小题4分，满分20分) 11．若00a b c d >><<，，则一定有（ ） A ．a bb c> B ．a b d c< C ．a b c d> D ．a b c d> 12．已知函数26()log f x x x=-，在下列区间中，包含()f x 零点的区间是（ ） A ．(01)，B ．(12)，C ．(24)，D ．(4)+∞，13．若函数2x y m =+的图像不经过第二象限，则m 的取值范围是（ ）A ．1m -≤B ．1m >-C ．1m <D ．1m ≥ 14．下列函数中，有最小值的是（ ） A ．1y x x=+B ．21x y =+C ．42x x y =-D ．lg y x x =+15．(普通中学)定义域为R 的函数()f x 满足以下条件：(1)对于任意R x ∈，()()0f x f x +-=；(2)对于任意[]1213x x ∈、，，当21x x >时，有21()()0f x f x >>．则以下不等式不一定成立．．．．．的是（ ） A ．(2)(0)f f > B ．(2)(1)f f > C ．(3)(1)f f -<- D ．(4)(2)f f > （重点中学）定义域为R 的函数()f x 满足以下条件：（1）对于任意R x ∈，()()0f x f x +-=；（2）对于任意[]121x x a ∈、，，当21x x >时，有21()()0f x f x >>．则以下不等式不一定成立．．．．．的是（ ） A ．()(0)f a f > B ．2()()f a f a >C ．()(1)f a f -<-D ．12a f f +⎛⎫> ⎪⎝⎭三、解答题（本大题共50分）16．（本题满分6分）已知集合{}|22x M y y x ==，≥，1|0N y y x x x ⎧⎫==+>⎨⎬⎩⎭，，求M N ．17．（本题满分6分）解下列方程：（1）14280x x +--=；（2）lg(2)lg(1)1x x -++=．18．（本题满分7分）要制作一容积为34m ，高为1m 的无盖长方体容器，已知该容器的底面造价是每平方米800元，侧面造价是每平方米400元．求：该容器的最低总造价，并求出此时该容器的长、宽分别为多少米?19．（本题满分8分）已知函数()f x ()g x = （1）判断函数()()()F x f x g x =⋅的奇偶性，并给出证明； （2）判断函数()()()H x f x g x =-的单偶性，并给出证明．20．（本题11分．普通中学只做第（1）（2）小题，重点中学第（1）（2）（3）小题都做）对于23()2n n n f x x x x x =++++- （x n ∈R ，为正整数），不同的n 值表示不同的函数，例如：1()2f x x =-．（1）判断函数1()f x 的奇偶性，并说明理由． （2）求2()f x 在[]1a a +，上的最小值． （3）证明对于每一个*N n ∈，函数()n f x 在[]12，内存在唯一的n x ，使得()0n n f x =． 21．（本题12分．普通中学只做第（1）（2）小题，重点中学第（1）（2）（3）小题都做）对于函数()f x ，称满足00()f x x =的x 为函数()f x 的“不动点”，称满足[]00()f f x x =的x 为函数()f x的“稳定点”．（1）求函数()lg(110)x f x =-的“不动点”； （2）求函数()1f x x =-的“稳定点”； （3）已知函数()axf x x b=+(01)a a ≠≠±，有无数个“稳定点”，求此函数在[]12，上的值域（值域用a 表示）．。

高中英语真题:2014届高三英语上学期期中试题新人教版第Ⅰ卷（共95分）第一部分：英语知识运用第一节：单项填空 (共15题; 每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

1. In many ways ’s rapid growth has been seen as a(n) ______ t o improve the cooperation with other countries.A. attemptB. motivationC. conceptionD. realization2. —______! The light is still on.—It doesn’t matter. I wear rubber gloves.A. Look outB. Check outC. Go outD. Set out3. The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what w as actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.A. correspond withB. relate toC. look intoD. compare with4. To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is ______ better than to seek money and honour and reputatio n.A. prettyB. farC. fairlyD. quite5. Nowadays, young people choose jobs for other reasons ____ __ money.A. forB. exceptC. withD. besides6. Experts at the conference agreed that such a product with en vironmentally friendly technology is ______.A. worth being promotedB. worthy promotingC. worthy of promotingD. worthy of being promoted7. The Prime Minister criticized some celebrities for their ______ attitude towards drugs and accused them of thinking they were “above the law”.A. informalB. casualC. positiveD. immoral8. The stars are so hot that they ______ great light and heat —more than the hottest, brightest fire you can imagine.A. give awayB. give inC. give upD. give off9. —I heard that Mr. Smith has become a triathlete.—Oh, really? He has become ______ he wanted to be.A. whoB. whichC. whatD. that10. Environmental experts point out that ______ some serious problems such as global warming, but it also could threaten hum an life.A. not only does increasing pollution causeB. not only causes i ncreasing pollutionC. not only increasing pollution causesD. not only increasing pollution does cause11. —Will you please make yourself ______ to us, please?—I’m the honorary chairman of the committee.A. knowB. to knowC. knowingD. known12. —I would like to speak to Mr. Martin.—There’s nobody here by that name.—Sorry, I ______ the wrong number.A. should have dialedB. must dialC. could have dialedD. must have dialed13. Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too hea vily on cost reduction, often at the ______ of the quality of their products.A. expenseB. exposureC. expansionD. expectation14. —You can’t finish the book in less than an hour, I suppose? —______.A. Yes, I’m sure I canB. No, hardlyC. Sorry, I can’tD. I don’t think I can15. Born and ______ in Central China’s Hubei Province, Wang L uoyong learned Peking Opera at the age of 11 in Hubei Experi mental Peking Opera School.A. raisingB. risenC. raisedD. being raised第二部分：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16～35各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。