上海市闵行区2014-2015学年高三第二学期质量调研考试(二模)英语试卷

上海市闵行区2014届高三第一学期期末质量调研考试英语试题考生注意：1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题纸上将学校、姓名及准考证号填写清楚。

答题时客观题用2B铅笔按要求填涂，主观题用黑色水笔书写。

2. 本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷，共12页。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

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. He’s a mechanic. B. He’s a taxi driver.C. He’s a salesman.D. He’s an engineer.2. A. Her son’s health. B. Her son’s studies.C. Her son’s poor grades.D. Her son’s ability for the job.3. A. The man also needs new tennis shoes.B. The man is out of shape.C. The man doesn’t need some new balls.D. The man spent too much on his tennis shoes.4. A. He is learning about advertising. B. He is the new advertising manager.C. He is interviewing the woman.D. He is waiting for an interview.5. A. The man is late for the trip because he is busy.B. The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.C. The man is meeting the woman in stead of Mr. Brown.D. The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.6. A. Alice didn’t seem to be nervous during her speech.B. Alice needs more training in making public speeches.C. The man can hardly understand Alice’s presentation.D. The man didn’t think highly of Alice’s presentation.7. A. It is typical December weather for this region.B. It won’t snow until December.C. There has never been much snow down South.D. Such a large amount of snow is unusual for this month.8. A. He has too many dreams. B. He likes to sleep.C. He doesn’t have many ideas.D. He doesn’t put his idea into practice.9. A. She prefers chemistry. B. She hasn’t got a partner yet.C. She is too tired of chemistry.D. She is too busy to work on her chemistry.10. A. If the game is held there the team will lose.B. If the game is held there the team will win.C. It makes no difference since the team will lose.D. It makes no difference since the team will win.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. The common characteristic of Hollywood films.B. The main character in action films.C. The conflict between two men in the film.D. The most interesting story of Hollywood films.12. A. The main character is worth believing.B. The main character is interested in fight.C. The main character used to be humble.D. The main character undergoes a change.13. A. We can learn how bad persons can improve themselves.B. We can learn how to deal with people.C. We can understand life a little better.D. We can find better ways to cope with conflicts.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The increasing cost of living. B. A shortage of certain goods.C. A not-large-enough income.D. Nothing is left over to put away.15. A. The workers are getting lower and lower wages.B. The government makes no effort.C. People demand more and better goods.D. There are always shortages of goods.16. A. It helps merchants to produce more goods.B. It helps the workers to earn more money.C. It helps people to make his income meet the cost of living.D. It helps the government to battle the increasing cost of living.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.Complete the Array form. WriteONE WORDfor eachanswer.Blanks 21through 24 are based on the following conversation.What must people do to live in a universityThey must make (21)________ before May 1st.house for the next year?Where does the woman plan to live nextShe has been thinking of living (22)_________.year?What’s the woman’s ideal living condition? A (23)_________ place of her own.What does the man seem to be moreHe seems to be concerned about (24)________.concerned about?Complete the form. Write no more than THREE WORDS for each answer.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)Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we allbegin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?(25)______ immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.A hero does something worth (26) ______ (talk) about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage(高电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down (27) ______ ______ it can be used by ordinary people.The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero (28) ______ (experience) life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? (29) ______ the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, (30) ______ who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?Heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India (31) ______ still be part of the British Empire. (32) ______ may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.(B)When young people get their real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situation. They may find that everything is different from the way things (33) ______ (be) at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations (34) ______ appear in the working world.Perhaps the best way (35) ______ (learn) how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you’ll be able to see what it is (36) ______ you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble. Perhaps even (37) ______ (important), you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations (38) ______ (be). While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like (39) ______ and how you can learn from his response to different situations. By (40) ______ (learn) from a model, you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.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.In 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 clearestpictures 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 steady decline, 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.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 motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a(n) 51 problem.In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people, just ordinary people acting 52 , you might say. But it is a 53 both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the 54 go even beyond carelessness to total irresponsibility.Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to (归因于) the 55 condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can affect drivers’ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be56 . The experts warn that it is 57 for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one’s emotions under control.Yet drivers are not the only ones to blame for the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem. Street walkers 58 break traffic regulations, they are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even 59 that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.Significant legal advances have been made towards safer driving in the past few years. Safety 60 for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. 61 , speed limits have been lowered. Due to these62 , the accident rate has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. The only real and lasting 63 , say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task. It 64 constant care and concentration. Those who fail todo all these things present a(n) 65 to those with whom they share the road.51. A. social B. practical C. emotional D. legal52. A. strangely B. fearlessly C. carelessly D. selfishly53. A. priority B. principle C. process D. system54. A. survivors B. victims C. suspects D. killers55. A. psychological B. current C. original D. different56. A. impossible B. evident C. avoidable D. serious57. A. abstract B. difficult C. unusual D. vital58. A. accidentally B. consequently C. regularly D. rarely59. A. accuse B. object C. acknowledge D. believe60. A. records B. standards C. proposals D. belts61. A. As a result B. No wonderC. In additionD. On the other hand62. A. measures B. rights C. experts D. warnings63. A. effect B. solution C. change D. achievement64. A. calls for B. aims at C. takes on D. turns to65. A. result B. argument C. threat D. informationSection 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 may read the questions first.)Calling forContributionsKeen to share your views and have your articles published in the Campus Link?We are calling for contributions to the following sections:Lifestyle:Do you travel widely, keep a journal of your adventures and have nice photographs that you might want to share? Or have you simply been somewhere that caught your imagination? Tell us all about your travels! Are you an eager movie-goer? Be Leonard Maltin for the day and share your views of the latest blockbuster（大片）with our readers!If food is your preferred choice of relaxation, Class Notes:Whether it’s about your accomplishments, memories of campus days, your recent career or a new addition to your family, we welcome you to share your news, views and photos with friends and classmates through Class Notes. Read about your classmates in this issue of Campus Link.66. In the Lifestyle section, you may not find ____________.A. journals of travelsB. well-taken photographsC. stories of Leonard MaltinD. opinions on restaurants67. Which of the following is TRUE about Campus Link ?A. It offers readers bread and butter.B. It welcomes research developments and breakthroughs.C. It helps you to recognize your schoolmates and teachers.D. It is a source of inspiration for the community.68. The poster aims to __________.A. declare the rights of Campus LinkB. introduce someone worthy of featureC. share views and articles among teachersD. encourage contributions for the next issue(B)As the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper.Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it. They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the Internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely, are doing nothing either. Research:If this noble line of work is your bread andbutter or passion, we want to hear from you! Share with Campus Link your research developments andbreakthroughs. If you know of someone(your schoolmate or teacher) whoseresearch work is a source of inspiration forour community, do not hesitate to send in your suggestions!If you are interested in sharing any of the above, or if you know of someone worthy of feature, please get in touch with the Editor-in-Chief, at karinyeo@campuslink.sg . Contributions will be selected based on their relevance and quality and Campus Link reserves the right to publish or reject a submission （提交的文章）. All contributions will be edited for clarity and length. Please send your submissions in word.doc files and your photos in jpeg format. Contributions for the next issue should reach us by 10 June 2013.Paralyzed (使失去活力) by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. But this does nothing to break the spell (魔咒).According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at s ome point and 20 percent of the world’s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don’t delay. Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior, but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent (过失的）in a society that thinks of speedy action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.Fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. Piers Steel, a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation, believes human is “designed” to procrastinate. Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.69. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _________.A. procrastination is beneficial to many studentsB. many students are under great pressure in their studyC. lots of college students work hard to write good essays on timeD. many students have the habit of delaying finishing their tasks70. Which behavior belongs to procrastination?A. Never dream away the time.B. Always complete the tasks ahead of time.C. Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.D. Always wait to work until the “good mood” or “good time”.71. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?A. Procrastination makes people waste their time.B. Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.C. Speedy action is considered as a moral standard in the society.D. Procrastination is common among people.72. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. Measures to deal with procrastination.B. Approaches to handling the study pressures.C. More examples to illustrate procrastination.D. Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.(C)It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on by way of the group’s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back.In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia (安乐死). In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米诺骨牌) to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death —probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed (诊断) as Terminally Ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year- old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.73. Which of the following has the similar meaning to “But the tide is unlikely to turn back.”?A. What happened in Australia can change world history.B. It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law.C. Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients.D. That the Law has been passed probably can’t be changed.74. From the second paragraph we learn that __________.A. the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countriesB. physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasiaC. changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hurry passage of the lawD. it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage75. By saying “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling”, the author means __________.A. observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasiaB. similar bills are likely to be passed in the U.S., Canada and other countriesC. observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoesD. the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop76. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will __________.A. face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasiaB. experience the suffering of a lung cancer patientC. have an intense fear of terrible sufferingD. undergo a cooling off period of seven days77. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of __________.A. oppositionB. doubtC. approvalD. anxietySection CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers’ d esire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company’s environmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes：“I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don’t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon emission(排放) has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions. Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to convey clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted the standard, they can use a logo in all their marketing, which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)78. According to the passage, what is likely to influence shops on what to sell?79. A company may lose its regular customers unless ______________________.80. According to Harry Morrison, businesses will benefit from __________________.81. According to the last two paragraphs, companies can gain advantages by ____________.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.82. 越来越多的年轻人花在网上浏览的时间比看书还多。

上海市闵行区2015届高三第二学期质量调研考试(二模)生物(16页)Good is good, but better carries it.精益求精，善益求善。

-------------------------------------------闵行区2014学年第二学期高三年级质量调研考试生命科学试卷考生注意：1．全卷共12页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

2．本考试分设试卷和答题纸。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上用钢笔、圆珠笔或签字笔将学校、姓名及准考证号填写、涂清楚。

作答必须涂或写在答题纸上，在试卷上作答一律不得分。

一．选择题（共60分，每小题2分。

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2015 学年第二学期闵行区初三质量调研考试英语试卷（满分 150 分，考试时间 100 分钟）2016.4Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) (6 分)AB C DEFGH1.2.3.4.5.6.B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案) (8 分) 7. A) A watch. B) A book. C) A case. D) A stamp.8. A) By car. B) By train. C) By plane. D) By bus. 9. A) Sunny. B) Rainy. C) Windy. D) Snowy. 10. A) She doesn’t like parties. B) Her doctor will visit her. C) She is busy working. D) She is not feeling well. 11. A) At an airport. B) At a supermarket.C) At a hotel. D) At a bank.英语试卷 第 1页（共 12页）学校班级姓名 准考证号…………………………密○………………………………………封○………………………………………○线…………………………12. A) At 7: 00. B) At 8: 00. C) At 9: 00. D) At 10: 00.13.A) Manager and secretary. B) Shop assistant and customer.C)Teacher and student. D) Wife and husband.14.A) They can buy vegetables together. B) They can go out for dinner that day.C)He has never eaten in that restaurant. D) He disliked the food the woman cooked.C.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (6 分)15.An old couple went to their doctor because they were seriously ill.16.The doctor told them to write things down in order not to forget.17.The old lady told her husband to get her a bowl of rice after they got home.18.The old lady told her husband to write something down, but he refused.19.The husband could remember clearly what to do before he went to the kitchen.20.From the story we can learn that the old lady was less forgetful than her husband.D.Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences (听对话，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词) (共10 分)21.Sherry is going to visit Quebec .22.The St. Lawrence River the middle of the city, Montreal.23.Bob tells Sherry that she’d better practise before she goes there.24.Sherry will also visit a friend who lives in Quebec City.25.Many old buildings in Quebec City were built in the .Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共20 分)26.Which of the following words is pronounced / 'faɪə/ ?A) floor B) fine C) fire D) flight27.Mrs. Brown often goes to visit those AIDS patients in hospitals to cheer up.A) they B) them C) themselves D) theirs28.Look! All the roofs and trees are covered snow and it’s so beautiful.A) on B) under C) in D) with29.The police have searched the mountain the missing student for a few days.A) for B) by C) from D) at英语试卷第2页（共10 页）30.There a lot of furniture in the house, so we don’t have to buy any more.A) am B) is C) are D) be31.I have got three tickets for the concert. One is for today and are for tomorrow.A) the other B) others C) the others D) another32.A) easily B) more easily C) most easily D) less easily33.You write the poem down. Our teacher will give us a copy soon.A) mustn’t B) needn’t C) shouldn’t D) can’t34.The audience felt rather when they heard that the famous singer wouldn’t come.A) sadly B) excited C) disappointed D) lonely35.The heavy rain made the tourists at the hotel all day with nothing to do.A) to stay B) staying C) stayed D) stay36.The two young men denied the valuable painting from the safe.A) to steal B) stole C) stealing D) steal37.The neighbours ready for a barbecue when we came by yesterday afternoon.A) will get B) were getting C) would get D) got38.By the end of last year, Steve computer science in a university for two years.A) studies B) has studied C) had studied D) is studying39.– Would you like to join us in the basketball match this afternoon?– I am really interested in it, I have a lot of homework to do.A) but B) or C) so D) and40.here quickly, Alice. I have something exciting to tell you.41.– Can you tell me your online shopping will arrive?– In three days, I think.A) how fast B) how long C) how often D) how sooneful robot it is! It can help with the housework like a human servant.A) What B) What a C) What an D) How43.all the students are here, why don’t we start our class meeting right now?A) Although B) When C) Since D) Before44.– We are going to hold an activity to raise some money for our club this weekend.–I will help you if I am available.A) It doesn’t matter.B) Sounds great!C) Yes, please. D) You’re welcome.45.– Our school dancing group won first prize in the dancing competition last week.–A) Really? Are you kidding? B) Good luck!C)Congratulations! D) I agree with you.英语试卷第3页（共9 页）On every packet of cigarettes, people are warned against the dangers of smoking: ‘Warning: Cigarette Smoking Is Harmful to Your Health.’ However, millions of people46 smoking. Why?Facts show that families and surroundings play a very important part. All those smokers come from smoking families or have smoking friends or 47 . Films and TV plays also play a part. People watch their ‘heroes’ on TV drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes. ‘Heroes’ seem to 48 nothing, neither killing themselves nor killing others with alcohol and cigarettes. If they are not afraid of the harm of smoking and drinking, why should 49 people be afraid?A.satisfiedB. with pleasureC. wiseD. immediatelyE. in surpriseOnce there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider web（s蜘蛛网）on the walls and mice running around. People didn’t want to come into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. One day, the poor man visited a 50 old man and asked him for advice about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase and said, ‘This is a magic vase that will bring you happiness.’ The poor man looked at the vase 51 . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? Howe ver, he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table. ‘It’s not right for something so beautiful to be empty.’ the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. But he was still not 52 . ‘It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.’ At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls. His house turned into a comfortable place 53 . The poor man suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.54.55.The actor is still in good shape and looks young though he’s in his . (fifty)56.My parents are always strict with me and what about ? (you)57.I found a missing dog on the street yesterday and now I’m trying to find its . (own)英语试卷第4页（共10 页）58.The children are beginning to a sense of responsibility. (development).59.Thousands of houses in this area were damaged in the terrible earthquake. (heavy)60.With an IQ of 230, the man is thought to be the in the world. (clever)61.We are supposed to complete all the work by tomorrow, but it is . (possible)62.Mr Smith has saved some money to buy a house in the countryside.（改为一般疑问句）Mr Smith saved money to buy a house in the countryside?63.It is half an hour’s ride from our school to Chenshan Botanical Garden. (划线部分提问)is it from your school to Chenshan Botanical Garden?64.People go to visit some museums in Shanghai without paying money. (保持句意不变)People go to visit some museums in Shanghai .65.Some students will realize the importance of study after they leave school.（保持句意不变）Some students realize the importance of study they leave school.66.They cancelled one of the flights because there weren’t many passengers.（改为被动语态）One of the flights because there weren’t many passengers.67.When did Peter come home last night? Peter’s mother wants to know.（合并为宾语从句）Peter’s mother wants to know Peter home last night.68.on vacation, was away, broke into, someone, Jane’s house, she, while （连词成句）.Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写)Ⅵ. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共50 分)A.Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (12 分)One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off （使改变方向）the path. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didn’t have food, water, a phone or other supplies. He was getting colder by the minute.He decided to stop skiing. There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed where he was. The first thing he did was to find shelter from the freezing wind and snow. If he didn’t, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him.Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave. He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as英语试卷第5页（共9 页）warm as he could.By that evening, Nicholas was really hungry. He ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldn’t lose too much water. Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he coul d — he huddled (蜷缩) in his cave and slept.The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldn’t find anyone. He followed his tracks and returned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days stuck in the snow, Nicholas was saved.Nicholas might not have survived this sn owstorm if he hadn’t done so. He had often watched Grylls’ survival show Man vs. Wild. That’s where he learned the tips that saved his life. In each programme of Man vs. Wild, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to find his way out.When Grylls hear d about Nicholas’ amazing deeds, he was super impressed that Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive.69.Nicholas one Sunday afternoon when he went skiing.A) caught a cold B) broke his skisC) hurt his eyes D) got lost70.Nicholas to keep himself warm in the terrible snowstorm.A) found a warm shelter B) lighted some dry branchesC) kept on skiing D) built a snow cave71.On Tuesday, Nicholas .A) returned to his shelter safely B) was saved by a searcherC) got stuck in the snow D) stayed where he was72.Nicholas left Grylls a very deep impression because he .A) watched Grylls’ TV program regularly B) created some tips for survivalC) was hard working and intelligent D) did right in dangerous situations73.In the passage, the underlined word ‘abandoned’ most probably means .A) left behind B) hidden carefullyC) followed secretly D) hurt badly74.The best title for the passage may be .A) Skiing Can Be Dangerous B) Grylls’ Survival ShowC) The Boy Made It D) A Heavy SnowstormB.Choose the best answer and complete the passage ( 选择最恰当的选项完成短文)(12 分)英语试卷第6页（共10 页）Omega Teen Camp is an experience like no other! Our summer camp is about fun, connection, self-awareness, and self-expression.Here, teens aged 13–17 have the freedom to 75 from more than 50 activities each day. We offer lots of traditional summer camp activities like crafts, swimming, boating and basketball.What makes the Omega Teen Camp unique（独特的）?✧Taking part in workshops and experiences.✧High quality instruction and leadership by professional teachers.✧ A summer programme for teens that allows room for choice and self-direction.✧Focusing on the integration (综合) of body, mind and spirit.✧Omega Teen Camp offers everything teenagers and parents would 76 from a teen summer camp. Teens can build confidence and self-respect by having fun and exciting activities.✧You will challenge yourself and find inner strength. You will get used to your body and learn new ways to move.✧If you’re looking for a teen summer camp, Omega Teen Camp has the progressive summer programme for teens you have been looking for.Our 77The Omega Teen Camp is directly owned and operated by Omega School in Rhinebeck, New York. Omega is the nation’s largest and most trusted education provider and is highly regarded for its pioneering work in studies 78 health, yoga, psychology, world music and art, etc.Our LocationThe Omega Teen camp is located in Holmes, New York, ninety minutes north of New York City. We have a 79 –week summer camp programme running from July 16 to August 12.Come and join Omega Teen Camp. It must be a great place to be 80 whoyou are.76.A) introduce77.A) Background B) suggestB) AmbitionC) explainC) BusinessD) expectD) Friendship英语试卷第7页（共9 页）78. A) as well as B) in favour of C) such as D) because of79. A) two B) four C) six D) eight80. A) exactly B) actually C) luckily D) probablyC.Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

2023 学年第二学期初三年级学业质量调研英语试卷（满分140分，考试时间90分钟）考生注意：本卷有7大题，共84小题。

试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。

Part 1 Listening（第一部分听力）I. Listening Comprehension（听力理解）（本大题共20题，共25分）A. Listen and choose the right picture （根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片）（5分）A B CD E F1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________B. Listen to the dialogues and choose the best answer to the question you hear （根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）（5分）6. A. Skating. B. Cycling. C. Swimming. D. Boating.7. A. In a museum. B. In a cinema. C. In a library. D. In a restaurant.8. A. By car. B. By plane. C. By train. D. By ship.9. A. The weather in Australia. B. The study trip in Australia.C. The activities in Australia.D. The friends in Australia.10. A. The 1,500-metre race isn't a good sport for Alex.B. Alex is afraid of running the 1,500-metre race.C. Practice helps Alex to achieve much progress.D. Alex never dreams to be a professional runner.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false （判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）（5分）11. Steve & Kate's Camp has offered summer camps since 1989.12. Kids and parents must choose adventures through activities together.13. Every single one of the summer camps is open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.14. Three meals, including snacks, are provided in the camp every day.15. Steve & Kate's Camp is inviting parents to send kids to their summer camp.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences （听短文，用听到的单词完成下列句子。

闵行区2019 学年度第二学期高三年级质量调研考试高三英语考生注意：1. 考试时间120 分钟，试卷满分140 分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分, 试卷共12 页。

所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上, 做在试卷上一律不得分。

3. 答题前, 务必在答题纸上填写学校、姓名和考生号。

I. Listening Comprehension Section 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. A cook. B. A dentist. C. A surgeon. D. A technician .2. A. She ’d like to have the windows open. B. She likes to have the air conditioner on .C. The air is heavily polluted .D. The windows are always open.3. A. Art attraction. B. Painting skills.C. Furniture quality.D. Room decoration.4. A. She appreciates the man’s effort. B. She does enjoy spicy food.C. She is annoyed with the man.D. She doesn’t like the food the man prepared .5. A. They can’t fit into the machine. B. They were sent to the wrong stress.C. They haven’t been delivered yet .D. They were found to be of the wrong type .6. A. The long waiting time. B. The broken down computer.C. The mistakes in her telephone bill.D. The bad telephone service.7. A. Its quality. B. Its price C. Its materials D. Its appearance.8. A. Walk in the countryside. B. Do some exercise.C. Go shopping.D. Wash some dresses.9. A. He is going to visit a photo studio. B. He has just had his picture taken.C. He is one the way to the theatre.D. He has just returned from a job interview.10. A. He doesn’t want Jenny to get into trouble.B. He doesn’t agree with the woman’s remark.C. He thinks Jenny’s workload too heavy at college.D. He believes most college students are running wild.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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. Attend expert growers’ lecture. B. Visit fruit-lovig families.C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard(果园).D. Taste many kinds of apples.12. A. It is a new variety. B. It is the best variety for eating quality.C. It is rarely seen now.D. It needs perfect soil to grow.13 A. To show how to grow apples. B. To introduce an apple festival .C. To help people select apples.D. To attract more people to visit BritainQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Lack of sleep could lead to heath problem.B. Lack of sleep affects adults more than children.C. Sleeping problems are one of the leading causes of obesity.D. The amount of sleep people need changes with age.15. A. Less sleep is needed when they enter adolescence.B. Ideally, they need 8 hours of sleep a night.C. They may have difficulty in falling asleep before 11:00 pm .D. They always wake up at midnight due to biological changes .16. A. The amount of sleep and academic performance.B. A comparison of different time to start school .C. Students’ sleeping time and social behaviors.D. A beneficial change of school starting time.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Extreme sports . B. City life.C. Human’s potential.D. Danger and safety.18. A. They like to stay isolated . B. They prefer danger to safety.C. They want to know their potential.D. They are bored with the traditional ones.19. A. Objective. B. Negative. C. Positive. D. Neutral.20. A. It is interesting and challenging . B. It is dangerous and needs no skills.C. It enables people to face fears.D. It only stimulate individualism.II. Grammar and vocabulary Section 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.A brief history of Chopsticks.We’ve discussed the story of knife and fork, but there’s another set of utensils(器皿) used by billions of people around the world—and it has a truly ancient past. The Chinese have been wielding chopsticks since at least 1200 B.C., and by A.D. 500 chopsticks ___1___ (sweep) the Asian continent from Vietnam to Japan. From their humble beginnings ___2___ cooking utensils to paper-wrapped bamboo sets at the sushi counter, there's more to chopsticks than meets the eye.Chopsticks ___3___ (develop) about 5000 years ago in China. The ___4___ (early) versions were probably twigs used to get food from cooking pots. When resources became scare, around 400 B. C. ,crafty chefs figured out ___5___ to conserve fuel by chopping food into smaller pieces that required less cooking fuel, and besides, it could be cooked more quickly. This new method of cooking made it unnecessary to have knives at the dinner table—a practice that also matched the non-violent teachings of Confucius ( 孔子)，___6___ expressed in one of his numerous quotations:“ th e honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse(屠宰房) and the kitchen. And he allows no knives on his table.” As a vegetarian, he believed that knives’ sharp points evoked( 诱发) violence ___7___ (kill) the happy, contented mood that should reign during meals. Thanks in part to his teachings, chopstick use quickly became widespread throughout Asia.Different cultures adopted different chopstick styles. Perhaps in a nod to Confucius, Chinese chopsticks featured a blunt rather than pointed end. In Japan, chopsticks were 8 inches long for men and 7 inches long for women. In 1878 the Japanese became the first ___8___ (create) the now-ubiquitous disposable set, typically made of bamboo or wood. Wealthy diners could eat with ivory, jade, coral, brass or agate versions, while the most privileged used silver sets. It was believed that the silver would corrode and turn black ___9___ it came into contact with poisoned food.Throughout history, chopsticks have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with another staple of Asian cuisine: rice.At first glance, you'd think that rice wouldn't make the cut, but in Asia most rice is of the short- or medium-grain variety. The starches(淀粉质食品) in these rices create a cooked product that is gummy and clumpy, unlike the fluffy and distinct grains of Western long- grain rice. ___10___ chopsticks come together to lift steaming bundles of sticky rice, it's a match made in heaven.【答案】1. had swept2. as3. were developed4. earliest5. how6. as7. killing8. to create9. if/when10. As/Because/Since【解析】这是一篇说明文。

B C DAN M O α2014届高三二模考试客观题训练（三）1、将边长为1的正三角形薄片，沿一条平行于底边的直线剪成两块，其中一块是梯形，记S=(梯形的周长)2梯形的面积,则S 的最小值是_______▲_______2、某加工厂用某原料由甲车间加工出A 产品，由乙车间加工出B 产品．甲车间加工一箱原料需耗费工时10小时,可加工出7千克A 产品，每千克A 产品获利40元，乙车间加工一箱原料需耗费工时6小时,可加工出4千克B 产品，每千克B 产品获利50元．甲、乙两车间每天共能完成至多70箱原料的加工，每天甲、乙两车间耗费工时总和不得超过480小时，甲、乙两车间每天总获利最大的生产计划为( ) A.甲车间加工原料10箱，乙车间加工原料60箱 B.甲车间加工原料15箱，乙车间加工原料55箱 C.甲车间加工原料18箱，乙车间加工原料50箱D.甲车间加工原料40箱，乙车间加工原料30箱3. 椭圆22221()x y a b a b+=>>0的右焦点为F ，其右准线与x 轴的交点为A ，在椭圆上存在点P 满足线段AP 的垂直平分线过点F ，则椭圆离心率的取值范围是（ ）A. 20,2⎛⎤⎥ ⎝⎦B. 10,2⎛⎤⎥⎝⎦C. )21,1⎡-⎣D. 1,12⎡⎫⎪⎢⎣⎭4. 由1、2、3、4、5、6组成没有重复数字且1、3都不与5相邻的六位偶数的个数是( )A. 72B. 96C. 108D. 1445. 如图1，半径为R 的球O 的直径AB 垂直于平面α，垂足为B ，△BCD 是平面α内边长为R 的正三角形，线段AC 、AD 分别与球面交于点M ，N ，那么M 、N 两点间的球面距离是( ) A. 17arccos 25RB. 18arccos 25RC. 13R πD. 415R π 图16. 设0a b c >>>，则221121025()a ac c ab a a b ++-+-的最小值是( ) A. 2 B. 4C. 25D. 57.设S 为复数集C 的非空子集．若对任意x,y S ∈，都有x y,x y,xy S +-∈，则称S 为封闭集。

闵行区2014学年第一学期高三年级质量调研考试 英语试卷考生注意：1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题纸上将学校、姓名及准考证号填写清楚。

答题时客观题用2B 铅笔按要求填涂，主观题用黑色水笔书写。

2. 本试卷分为第I 卷和第II 卷，共12页。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

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. He ’s a mechanic. B. He ’s a taxi driver. C. He ’s a salesman. D. He ’s an engineer.2. A. Her son ’s health. B. Her son ’s studies. C. Her son ’s poor grades. D. Her son’s ability for the job.3. A. The man also needs new tennis shoes.B. The man is out of shape.C. The man doesn ’t need some new balls.D. The man spent too much on his tennis shoes.4. A. He is learning about advertising. B. He is the new advertising manager. C. He is interviewing the woman. D. He is waiting for an interview.5. A. The man is late for the trip because he is busy. B. The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person. C. The man is meeting the woman in stead of Mr. Brown. D. The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.6. A. Alice didn ’t seem to be nervous during her speech.学校_______________________ 班级__________ 准考证号_________ 姓名______________…………………密○………………………………………封○………………………………………○线…………………………………B. Alice needs more training in making public speeches.C. The man can hardly understand Alice’s presentation.D. The man didn’t think highly of Alice’s presentation.7. A. It is typical December weather for this region.B. It won’t snow until December.C. There has never been much snow down South.D. Such a large amount of snow is unusual for this month.8. A. He has too many dreams. B. He likes to sleep.C. He doesn’t have many ideas.D. He doesn’t put his idea into practice.9. A. She prefers chemistry. B. She hasn’t got a partner yet.C. She is too tired of chemistry.D. She is too busy to work on her chemistry.10. A. If the game is held there the team will lose.B. If the game is held there the team will win.C. It makes no difference since the team will lose.D. It makes no difference since the team will win.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. The common characteristic of Hollywood films.B. The main character in action films.C. The conflict between two men in the film.D. The most interesting story of Hollywood films.12. A. The main character is worth believing.B. The main character is interested in fight.C. The main character used to be humble.D. The main character undergoes a change.13. A. We can learn how bad persons can improve themselves.B. We can learn how to deal with people.C. We can understand life a little better.D. We can find better ways to cope with conflicts.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The increasing cost of living. B. A shortage of certain goods. C. A not-large-enough income. D. Nothing is left over to put away.15. A. The workers are getting lower and lower wages. B. The government makes no effort. C. People demand more and better goods. D. There are always shortages of goods.16. A. It helps merchants to produce more goods. B. It helps the workers to earn more money. C. It helps people to make his income meet the cost of living. D. It helps the government to battle the increasing cost of living. 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.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.What must people do to live in a universityhouse for the next year?They must make (21)________ before May 1st.Where does the woman plan to live next year?She has been thinking of living (22)_________.What ’s the woman ’s ideal living condition? A (23)_________ place of her own.What does the man seem to be more concerned about?He seems to be concerned about (24)________.Complete the form. Write no more than THREE WORDS for each answer.STOLEN PROPERTY RECORD FORM Name: Janet WilsonAddress: (17) Greenlake Road, Florence, Italy Stolen Property:A (18) cardDetails of the Stolen Property:Place : on the (19) in the shopping mall Card number : not (20)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)Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?(25)______ immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.A hero does something worth (26) ______ (talk) about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage (高电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down (27) ______ ______ it can be used by ordinary people.The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero (28) ______ (experience) life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? (29) ______ the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, (30) ______ who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?Heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India (31) ______ still be part of the British Empire. (32) ______ may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.(B)When young people get their real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situation. They may find that everything is different from the way things (33) ______ (be) at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes can’t be the only pre paration for all of the different situations (34) ______ appear in the working world.Perhaps the best way (35) ______ (learn) how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you’ll be able to se e what it is (36) ______ you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble. Perhaps even (37) ______ (important), you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations (38) ______ (be). While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like (39) ______ and how you can learnfrom his response to different situations. By (40) ______ (learn) from a model, you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.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. 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 steady decline, 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. “The 45 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.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 motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a(n) 51 problem.In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people, just ordinary people acting 52 , you might say. But it is a 53 both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the 54 go even beyond carelessness to total irresponsibility.Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to (归因于) the 55 condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can affect drivers’ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be 56 . The experts warn that it is 57 for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one’s emotions under control.Yet drivers are not the only ones to blame for the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem. Street walkers 58 break traffic regulations, they are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even 59 that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.Significant legal advances have been made towards safer driving in the past few years. Safety 60 for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. 61 , speed limits have been lowered. Due to these 62 , the accident rate has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. The only real and lasting 63 , say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task. It 64 constant care and concentration. Those who fail to do all these things present a(n) 65 to those with whom they share the road.51. A. social B. practical C. emotional D. legal52. A. strangely B. fearlessly C. carelessly D. selfishly53. A. priority B. principle C. process D. system54. A. survivors B. victims C. suspects D. killers55. A. psychological B. current C. original D. different56. A. impossible B. evident C. avoidable D. serious57. A. abstract B. difficult C. unusual D. vital58. A. accidentally B. consequently C. regularly D. rarely59. A. accuse B. object C. acknowledge D. believe60. A. records B. standards C. proposals D. belts61. A. As a result B. No wonderC. In additionD. On the other hand62. A. measures B. rights C. experts D. warnings63. A. effect B. solution C. change D. achievement64. A. calls for B. aims at C. takes on D. turns to65. A. result B. argument C. threat D. informationSection 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 may read the questions first.)66. In the Lifestyle section, you may not find ____________.A. journals of travelsB. well-taken photographsC. stories of Leonard MaltinD. opinions on restaurantsCalling for Contributions Keen to share your views and have your articles published in the Campus Link ? We are calling for contributions to the following sections:Lifestyle:Do you travel widely, keep a journal of your adventures and have nice photographs thatyou might want to share? Or have yousimplybeen somewhere that caught your imagination? Tell us all about your travels! Are you an eager movie-goer? Be Leonard Maltin for the day and share your views of the latest blockbuster （大片）with our readers!If food is your preferred choice of relaxation, try your hand at being food critic and send us your views on food/restaurants worth trying. Research:If this noble line of work is your bread and butter or passion, we want to hear from you! Share with Campus Link your research developments and breakthroughs. If you know of someone (your schoolmate or teacher) whose research work is a source of inspiration for our community, do not hesitate to send in your suggestions! Class Notes:Whether it ’s about your accomplishments, memories of campus days, your recent career or a new addition to your family, we welcome you to share your news, views and photos with friends and classmates through Class Notes. Read about your classmates in this issue of Campus Link .If you are interested in sharing any of the above, or if you know of someone worthy of feature, please get in touch with the Editor-in-Chief, at karinyeo@campuslink.sg . Contributions will be selected based on their relevance and quality and Campus Link reserves the right to publish or reject a submission （提交的文章）. All contributions will be edited for clarity and length. Please send your submissions in word.doc files and your photos in jpeg format.Contributions for the next issue should reach us by 10 June 2013.67. Which of the following is TRUE about Campus Link?A. It offers readers bread and butter.B. It welcomes research developments and breakthroughs.C. It helps you to recognize your schoolmates and teachers.D. It is a source of inspiration for the community.68. The poster aims to __________.A. declare the rights of Campus LinkB. introduce someone worthy of featureC. share views and articles among teachersD. encourage contributions for the next issue(B)As the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper.Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it. They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the Internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely, are doing nothing either.Paralyzed (使失去活力) by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. But this does nothing to break the spell (魔咒).According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don’t delay. Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior, but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent (过失的）in a society that thinks of speedy action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.Fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. Piers Steel, a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation, believes human is “designed” to procrastinate. Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.69. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _________.A. procrastination is beneficial to many studentsB. many students are under great pressure in their studyC. lots of college students work hard to write good essays on timeD. many students have the habit of delaying finishing their tasks70. Which behavior belongs to procrastination?A. Never dream away the time.B. Always complete the tasks ahead of time.C. Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.D. Always wait to work until the “good mood” or “good time”.71. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?A. Procrastination makes people waste their time.B. Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.C. Speedy action is considered as a moral standard in the society.D. Procrastination is common among people.72. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. Measures to deal with procrastination.B. Approaches to handling the study pressures.C. More examples to illustrate procrastination.D. Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.(C)It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on by way of the group’s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia (安乐死). In the US andCanada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米诺骨牌) to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death — probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed (诊断) as Terminally Ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year- old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.73. Which of the following has the similar meaning to “But the tide is unlikely to turnback.”?A. What happened in Australia can change world history.B. It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law.C. Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients.D. That the Law has been passed probably can’t be changed.74. From the second paragraph we learn that __________.A. the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countriesB. physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasiaC. changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hurry passage of the lawD. it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage75. By saying “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling”, the author means__________.A. observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasiaB. similar bills are likely to be passed in the U.S., Canada and other countriesC. observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoesD. the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop76. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will __________.A. face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasiaB. experience the suffering of a lung cancer patientC. have an intense fear of terrible sufferingD. undergo a cooling off period of seven days77. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of __________.A. oppositionB. doubtC. approvalD. anxietySection CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers’ d esire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company’s environmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes：“I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don’t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon emission (排放) has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions. Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to convey clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted the standard, they can use a logo in all their marketing, which makes it clear that they are work ing towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)78. According to the passage, what is likely to influence shops on what to sell?79. A company may lose its regular customers unless ______________________.80. According to Harry Morrison, businesses will benefit from __________________.81. According to the last two paragraphs, companies can gain advantages by ____________.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.82. 越来越多的年轻人花在网上浏览的时间比看书还多。

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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. He’s a mechanic. B. He’s a taxi driver.C. He’s a salesman.D. He’s an engineer.2. A. Her son’s health. B. Her son’s studies.C. Her son’s poor grades.D. Her son’s ability for the job.3. A. The man also needs new tennis shoes.B. The man is out of shape.C. The man doesn’t need some new balls.D. The man spent too much on his tennis shoes.4. A. He is learning about advertising. B. He is the new advertising manager.C. He is interviewing the woman.D. He is waiting for an interview.5. A. The man is late for the trip because he is busy.B. The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.C. The man is meeting the woman in stead of Mr. Brown.D. The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.6. A. Alice didn’t seem to be nervous during her speech.B. Alice needs more training in making public speeches.C. The man can hardly understand Alice’s presentation.D. The man didn’t think highly of Alice’s presentation.7. A. It is typical December weather for this region.B. It won’t snow until December.C. There has never been much snow down South.D. Such a large amount of snow is unusual for this month.8. A. He has too many dreams. B. He likes to sleep.C. He doesn’t have many ideas.D. He doesn’t put his idea into practice.9. A. She prefers chemistry. B. She hasn’t got a partner yet.C. She is too tired of chemistry.D. She is too busy to work on her chemistry.10. A. If the game is held there the team will lose.B. If the game is held there the team will win.C. It makes no difference since the team will lose.D. It makes no difference since the team will win.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. The common characteristic of Hollywood films.B. The main character in action films.C. The conflict between two men in the film.D. The most interesting story of Hollywood films.12. A. The main character is worth believing.B. The main character is interested in fight.C. The main character used to be humble.D. The main character undergoes a change.13. A. We can learn how bad persons can improve themselves.B. We can learn how to deal with people.C. We can understand life a little better.D. We can find better ways to cope with conflicts.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The increasing cost of living. B. A shortage of certain goods.C. A not-large-enough income.D. Nothing is left over to put away.15. A. The workers are getting lower and lower wages.B. The government makes no effort.C. People demand more and better goods.D. There are always shortages of goods.16. A. It helps merchants to produce more goods.B. It helps the workers to earn more money.C. It helps people to make his income meet the cost of living.D. It helps the government to battle the increasing cost of living.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.Complete the Array form. WriteONE WORDfor eachanswer.Blanks 21through 24 are based on the following conversation.What must people do to live in a universityThey must make (21)________ before May 1st.house for the next year?Where does the woman plan to live nextShe has been thinking of living (22)_________.year?What’s the woman’s ideal living condition? A (23)_________ place of her own.What does the man seem to be moreHe seems to be concerned about (24)________.concerned about?Complete the form. Write no more than THREE WORDS for each answer.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)Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we allbegin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?(25)______ immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.A hero does something worth (26) ______ (talk) about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage(高电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down (27) ______ ______ it can be used by ordinary people.The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero (28) ______ (experience) life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? (29) ______ the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, (30) ______ who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?Heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India (31) ______ still be part of the British Empire. (32) ______ may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.(B)When young people get their real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situation. They may find that everything is different from the way things (33) ______ (be) at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations (34) ______ appear in the working world.Perhaps the best way (35) ______ (learn) how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you’ll be able to see what it is (36) ______ you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble. Perhaps even (37) ______ (important), you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations (38) ______ (be). While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like (39) ______ and how you can learn from his response to different situations. By (40) ______ (learn) from a model, you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.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.In 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 clearestpictures 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 steady decline, 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.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 motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a(n) 51 problem.In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people, just ordinary people acting 52 , you might say. But it is a 53 both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the 54 go even beyond carelessness to total irresponsibility.Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to (归因于) the 55 condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can affect drivers’ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be56 . The experts warn that it is 57 for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one’s emotions under control.Yet drivers are not the only ones to blame for the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem. Street walkers 58 break traffic regulations, they are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even 59 that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.Significant legal advances have been made towards safer driving in the past few years. Safety 60 for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. 61 , speed limits have been lowered. Due to these62 , the accident rate has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. The only real and lasting 63 , say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task. It 64 constant care and concentration. Those who fail todo all these things present a(n) 65 to those with whom they share the road.51. A. social B. practical C. emotional D. legal52. A. strangely B. fearlessly C. carelessly D. selfishly53. A. priority B. principle C. process D. system54. A. survivors B. victims C. suspects D. killers55. A. psychological B. current C. original D. different56. A. impossible B. evident C. avoidable D. serious57. A. abstract B. difficult C. unusual D. vital58. A. accidentally B. consequently C. regularly D. rarely59. A. accuse B. object C. acknowledge D. believe60. A. records B. standards C. proposals D. belts61. A. As a result B. No wonderC. In additionD. On the other hand62. A. measures B. rights C. experts D. warnings63. A. effect B. solution C. change D. achievement64. A. calls for B. aims at C. takes on D. turns to65. A. result B. argument C. threat D. informationSection 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 may read the questions first.)Calling forContributionsKeen to share your views and have your articles published in the Campus Link?We are calling for contributions to the following sections:Lifestyle:Do you travel widely, keep a journal of your adventures and have nice photographs that you might want to share? Or have you simply been somewhere that caught your imagination? Tell us all about your travels! Are you an eager movie-goer? Be Leonard Maltin for the day and share your views of the latest blockbuster（大片）with our readers!If food is your preferred choice of relaxation, Class Notes:Whether it’s about your accomplishments, memories of campus days, your recent career or a new addition to your family, we welcome you to share your news, views and photos with friends and classmates through Class Notes. Read about your classmates in this issue of Campus Link.66. In the Lifestyle section, you may not find ____________.A. journals of travelsB. well-taken photographsC. stories of Leonard MaltinD. opinions on restaurants67. Which of the following is TRUE about Campus Link ?A. It offers readers bread and butter.B. It welcomes research developments and breakthroughs.C. It helps you to recognize your schoolmates and teachers.D. It is a source of inspiration for the community.68. The poster aims to __________.A. declare the rights of Campus LinkB. introduce someone worthy of featureC. share views and articles among teachersD. encourage contributions for the next issue(B)As the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper.Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it. They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the Internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely, are doing nothing either. Research:If this noble line of work is your bread andbutter or passion, we want to hear from you! Share with Campus Link your research developments andbreakthroughs. If you know of someone(your schoolmate or teacher) whoseresearch work is a source of inspiration forour community, do not hesitate to send in your suggestions!If you are interested in sharing any of the above, or if you know of someone worthy of feature, please get in touch with the Editor-in-Chief, at karinyeo@campuslink.sg . Contributions will be selected based on their relevance and quality and Campus Link reserves the right to publish or reject a submission （提交的文章）. All contributions will be edited for clarity and length. Please send your submissions in word.doc files and your photos in jpeg format. Contributions for the next issue should reach us by 10 June 2013.Paralyzed (使失去活力) by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. But this does nothing to break the spell (魔咒).According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at s ome point and 20 percent of the world’s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don’t delay. Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior, but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent (过失的）in a society that thinks of speedy action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.Fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. Piers Steel, a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation, believes human is “designed” to procrastinate. Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.69. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _________.A. procrastination is beneficial to many studentsB. many students are under great pressure in their studyC. lots of college students work hard to write good essays on timeD. many students have the habit of delaying finishing their tasks70. Which behavior belongs to procrastination?A. Never dream away the time.B. Always complete the tasks ahead of time.C. Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.D. Always wait to work until the “good mood” or “good time”.71. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?A. Procrastination makes people waste their time.B. Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.C. Speedy action is considered as a moral standard in the society.D. Procrastination is common among people.72. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. Measures to deal with procrastination.B. Approaches to handling the study pressures.C. More examples to illustrate procrastination.D. Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.(C)It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on by way of the group’s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back.In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia (安乐死). In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米诺骨牌) to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death —probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed (诊断) as Terminally Ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year- old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.73. Which of the following has the similar meaning to “But the tide is unlikely to turn back.”?A. What happened in Australia can change world history.B. It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law.C. Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients.D. That the Law has been passed probably can’t be changed.74. From the second paragraph we learn that __________.A. the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countriesB. physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasiaC. changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hurry passage of the lawD. it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage75. By saying “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling”, the author means __________.A. observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasiaB. similar bills are likely to be passed in the U.S., Canada and other countriesC. observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoesD. the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop76. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will __________.A. face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasiaB. experience the suffering of a lung cancer patientC. have an intense fear of terrible sufferingD. undergo a cooling off period of seven days77. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of __________.A. oppositionB. doubtC. approvalD. anxietySection CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers’ d esire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company’s environmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes：“I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don’t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon emission(排放) has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions. Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to convey clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted the standard, they can use a logo in all their marketing, which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)78. According to the passage, what is likely to influence shops on what to sell?79. A company may lose its regular customers unless ______________________.80. According to Harry Morrison, businesses will benefit from __________________.81. According to the last two paragraphs, companies can gain advantages by ____________.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.82. 越来越多的年轻人花在网上浏览的时间比看书还多。

闵行区2020学年第二学期高三年级质量调研考试英语试卷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. A bank officer. B. A policeman. C. A lawyer. D. A delivery man.2.A. Unpleasant atmosphere. B. Terrible food.C. Slow service.D. Unacceptable price.3.A. Cloudy. B. Clear. C. Rainy. D. Overcast.4.A. Work in groups. B. Give presentations.C. Turn in their homework.D. Check their answers.5.A. Depressed. B. Uncertain. C. Sad. D. Relived.6.A. Make a medical appointment. B. Give the man a ride.C. Buy the man some medicine.D. Take the man to the hospital.7.A. To participate in a skiing race. B. To apply for a new job.C. To begin a new career.D. To sell the house in Italy.8.A. He’ll accept the job. B. He is busy on Sunday.C. He will not work on Sunday.D. He will turn down the offer.9.A. Differences in customs. B. Differences in pronunciations.C. Differences in words.D. Differences in accents.10.A. He knows very little about John. B. John doesn’t deserve the promotion.C. John should earn more money.D. He doesn’t care for the news.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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. Dogs become tired out. B. Cats are very happy.C. Dogs feel enjoyable.D. Cats get injured easily.12.A. They misunderstand each other. B. They are worried about their behaviors.C. They enjoy exactly the same hobbies.D. They wave their tails too often.13.A. Dogs are good at hunting animals. B. Dogs don’t like cats naturally.C. Cats usually like playing with dogs.D. Dogs and cats can possibly live in harmony.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. Record studios. B. Individual persons. C. Social media. D. Live concerts.15.A. They should start their career on their own.B. They should get advice from the talented musicians.C. They should use online stages fully to become noticeable.D. They should seek cooperation with recording companies.16.A. Comparison of musicians living at different ages.B. Advice for those who want to stand out in music career.C. The development of music styles at present.D. People’s different attitudes toward different musicians.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. It’s not big enough. B. It’s out of their budget.C. There is no garden.D. The kitchen is too small.18.A. It’s within the price range. B. It’s spacious for the family.C. It’s in bad conditions.D. It’s ideally located.19.A. The unacceptable rent. B. The inconvenient location.C. The noise around.D. The incomplete equipment.20.A. Go on looking for an apartment. B. Decorate their new apartment.C. Move to the basement suite.D. Buy new furniture.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.Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. (21) ______ connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.People (22) ______ (influence) to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people (23) ______ (describe) their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time(24) ______ (resist) the temptation of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. I see people (25) ______ (trap) in a pathological(病态的) relationship with time-consuming technology, (26) ______ they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude (奴役). I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence (27) ______ ______ uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what we need to ask (28) ______ if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about the use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” (29) ______ it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection, people must consider (30) ______ life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.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.crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity 31 to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almostabandoned the 32 of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market 33 , moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past, they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy 34 fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they try to 35 their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer 36 . No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities, it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the 37 attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep is likely to38 to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s (自我的) potential for expansion is 39 . Having already achieved great wealth and public 40 , many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary.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.Many things happen when people are ageing. Apart from the greying hair and wrinkled skin, there is a(n)41 change which comes with older age. When humans reach their later years, they favour more long-term42 and their social circle is reduced.Now, for what appears to be the first time, scientists have seen the same 43 in another species. Twenty years of observations of chimpanzees(猩猩) reveal that older males choose to keep contact with their 44 friends at the expense of other relationships.The researchers studied 78,000 hours of observations made between 1996 and 2016 that followed the social 45 of 21 male chimpanzees between the ages of 15 and 58 years old. They classified the chimps ’ 46 depending on the amount of time they sat with others and groomed(梳毛) them. They then rated(分类) the various pairings as mutual(相互的) friendships, where both chimps seemed to enjoy the relationship; 47 friendships, where one chimp was more keen to be friends than the other; and non-friendships, where neither chimp showed 48 the other.When the scientists looked at the 49 of friendships, they found that the older chimps had more mutual friendships and fewer one-sided friendships than younger chimps. Another 50 seen in older humans was also spotted in the chimps. As the males got older, their levels of 51 gradually become less, meaning they started fewer fights and tended to threaten others in their group less often.The observations have left the researchers 52 . According to an idea in psychology known associo-emotional selectivity theory, older humans prefer more 53 relationships because they are aware that time is running out. However many animal experts argue that chimpanzees 54 the human sense of mortality (死亡), suggesting something else is driving the behaviour.Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford, said in humans, the 55 social circles with age is due to declining social motivation to get out and meet people combined by lack of opportunity. In chimpanzees, as older males compete less for mates, they may focus on close, reciprocal (互惠的) relationships with trusted partners, he said.41.A. physical B. intellectual C. emotional D. functional42.A. habits B. friends C. tasks D. ideas43.A. problem B. obstacle C. struggle D. behaviour44.A. established B. respective C. experienced D. thoughtful45.A. skills B. reputations C. interactions D. positions46.A. intelligence B. relationships C. popularity D. performances47.A. easy-going B. warm-hearted C. self-relying D. one-sided48.A. respect for B. courage to C. interest in D. loyalty to49.A. patterns B. importance C. meanings D. development50.A. instinct B. disadvantage C. feature D. belief51.A. responsibility B. aggression C. reliability D. advancement52.A. delighted B. amused C. relived D. puzzled53.A. unknown B. positive C. insecure D. senseless54.A. lack B. obtain C. imitate D. abandon55.A. absence from B. isolation from C. decrease in D. distinction inSection 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)Each day, 10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money. Yet he seemed skinnier than ever and came home from school hungry. It turned out that Seth was handing his lunch money to fifth grader, who was threatening to beat him up if he didn’t pay.Most kids have been made fun of by a brother or a friend at some point. And it’s not usually harmful when done in a playful and friendly way, and both kids find it funny. But when teasing becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it crosses the line into bullying and needs to be stopped.Bullying is intentional torment(折磨) in physical or psychological ways. It can range from hitting, name-calling and threats to blackmailing (勒索) money and possessions. Some kids bully others by deliberately separating them and spreading rumours about them. Others use social media or electronic messaging to make fun of others or hurt their feelings.It’s important to take bullying seriously and not just brush it off as something that kids have to tolerate. The effects can be serious and affect kids’ sense of safety and self-worth. In severe cases, bullying has contributed to tragedies, such as suicides and school shootings.Kids bully for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they pick on kids because they need a victim—someone who seems emotionally or physically weaker, or just acts or appears different in some way—to feel more important, popular, or in control. Although some bullies are bigger or stronger than their victims, that’s not always the case.Sometimes kids bully others because that’s the way they’ve been treated. They may think their behavior is normal because they come from families or other settings where everyone regularly gets angry and shouts or callseach other names.Unless your child tells you about bullying—or has visible injuries—it can be difficult to figure out if it’s happening.56.What is the author’s purpose of telling Seth’s story?A. To introduce the topic of bullying.B. To seek help for the victims of bullying.C. To analyze the cause of bullying.D. To display the effects of bullying on kids.57.What does the phrase “brush it off”(in paragraph 4) probably mean?A. Remove bullying.B. Ignore bullying.C. Avoid bullying.D. Punish bullying.58.According to the passage, which of the following about bullying is NOT true?A. Bullying is accidental behaviors.B. Those who bully get emotional satisfaction.C. The weak are easy to be bullied.D. The experience of being bullied can lead to bullying.59.What will the following paragraph most probably talk about?A. Problems of bullying.B. Cause and effect of bullying.C. Signs of bullying.D. Psychological reasons of bullying.(B)Welcome to the online Macmillan Dictionary of the BUZZWORD of the month.Word entry – JOMOJOMO is an acronym (首字母缩略词) standing for the expression____________ , and it simply refers to the gratifying feeling you get when you break away from the (real or virtual) activities of your social group and spend time doing exactly what you most want to do.JOMO is often described as a resist against the hyper-connected society we live in, where technology pushes both social and professional activity constantly in our faces, so that it’s virtually impossible to be happily unaware of what everyone else is doing. This often forces us into spending time in ways which we wouldn’t necessarily have chosen.JOMO then, is about stepping off the social fashion and reconnecting with what really makes us happy.Background –JOMOThe concept of JOMO first appeared in 2012, its early use often credited to blogger Anil Dash who, having to withdraw from both on- and offline activity for a period after the birth of his son, realized that he’d enjoyed himself greatly and didn’t feel he’d missed out on anything at all.JOMO is a play on the earlier acronym FOMO, meaning “fear of missing out”, which is used to describe the feeling of anxiety that people experience when they discover, often via social media, that they’ve let go on a social event or other positive experience.The existence of expressions like JOMO suggest that, although we’re unlikely to resist technology completely, the more deeply we immerse (沉浸) in it, the more we’re beginning to evaluate its hold on us. Other newly created combined words reflecting this zeitgeist include ringxiety, the constant need to check your phone or mistakenly thinking it’s ringing,phubbing, the related condition of being impolite in social situations by checking your phone, tablet, etc.,and infobesity, continuous addiction to digital information in a way which affects your ability to concentrate.60.Which of the following phrases can be put in the blank (in the 4th line)?A. Just Opposite My OpinionB. Joy of Missing OutC. Jump off Mental ObstacleD. Justify Our Main Objective61.According to the passage, which of the following is a state of JOMO?A. You are busy with a report, so you don’t have to attend a staff meeting.B. You are not feeling well, so you are allowed to leave the work earlier.C. You received a dinner party invitation, but you preferred to stay home.D. You were tired out after work, but you heard your favorite song on the radio.62.The word “zeitgeist” (in the last paragraph) probably refers to ______.A. a mixed or unfavorable feeling toward technologyB. a trend to use new words related to technologyC. the fear of negative influence of technology on peopleD. the lack of ability to use technology properly(C)Once upon a time, science fiction was just a style among other styles. There were crime stories, there were horror stories, there was literary fiction, and there was science fiction. But today science themes dominate these other styles. It’s difficult to think of much modern crime, horror or “serious” fiction that doesn’t involve science.And it’s not just books. With every second movie and computer game having a sci-fi element, science fiction seems to have controlled our entire entertainment culture. It’s clear that if we want to define science fiction, we should relate it to the role that science plays in our lives.Although some experts have claimed to be able to trace sci-fi back to ancient times, it is more reasonable to find it in initial form in the 19th century, when industrial societies arose. One of the features that set industrial societies apart from other kinds was the increasing part that science played in everyday life. Factories with vast machines turned out huge quantities of goods, which were transported by trains, motor vehicles and ships all over the world. Cities were built on the back of technology, with electricity in homes and hospitals helping everyone to lead healthier, more convenient lives. All of these changes had great effects not only on people’s real lives, but on their imaginative ones.Writers began to describe these changing physical and mental landscapes, eventually giving science fiction a large and devoted fan base of especially young readers, who found that it spoke to their curiosity about the future that science would create.But sci-fiction reflected fears about science more than it did hopes. These typical early science fiction novels might be a UK novel like H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1897). With great skill, Wells played upon the fears of technology by imagining Earth under threat by a civilization –that of men from Mars.The science fiction of today expresses the impact of the computing revolution, robotics and our environmental challenges, while it is less concerned with “little green men from Mars” and other themes of past sci-fiction.Given that science, technology and politics are always intertwined, contemporary science fiction often has a great deal to say about power. Many recent novels – l ike American Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother (2008) – are concerned with government and security service “conspiracies (阴谋)” against the people, particularly as the revelations of whistleblowers like Edward Snowden sink in. This can give sci-fi writing a “skeptical (怀疑的)” feel.This underlines one of the features that remains constant between the beginnings of the empire of science fiction and its state today.As then, so now: We want to read about how fearful the future will be, not how it will be a paradise.63. According to the first paragraph, we know that ______.A. science fiction used to take the leadership in literatureB. horror story and literary fiction have initiated science fictionC. modern fiction reflects the influence of science fictionD. science fiction is the dominant literature style at present time64. What caused science fiction to appear in the 19th century?A. The curiosity of young readers about the future.B. The changes that the industrial revolution brought about.C. People’s stretched imagination affected by their real life.D. People’s fears about science rather than hopes.65.According to the passage, what do we know about the early science fiction?A. It aroused people’s curiosity of science on daily life.B. It intensified people’s worries about the social problems.C. It promoted people’s understanding of the true value of science.D. It conveyed an atmosphere of imaginary anxieties to people.66.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Despite the content, the theme of science fiction remains the same.B. The fear of outer space attack has long been a worry among people of times.C. The appearance of science fiction has caused misunderstanding among people.D. Science fiction is weakening government power implemented on people.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. EachA. It’s the inner self born in our mind that is keeping us under control.B. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand.C. As a matter of fact, people sometimes fail to understand who they are and where they are going.D. For the most of us, it’s other people —society, colleagues, friends, family or our community.E. I think there’s only one way —make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think.F. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to.Who’s in control of your life? Who’s pulling your strings? 67when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry (模仿), their passions a quotation.”So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug —we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. 68Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (成瘾物), we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.But just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom —the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own schedule and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you. 69 Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.So how can we take back control? 70 We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values —not values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by thesevalues and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.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.These days, it’s not unusual to see middle-aged men collecting Star Wars action figures, office workers wearing Hello Kitty accessories, or celebrities like David Beckham playing with Lego bricks. It’s becoming more and more common to see adult taking an interest in toys, comic books and the activities that are traditionally associated with children. This phenomenon has given rise to a new word: kidult.What lies behind the phenomenon? One is about adults’ nostalgia(怀旧的) for the carefree days of childhood, and this is especially true with today’s fast-paced, stressful lifestyles. Another is about a societal change in recent decades where people are starting families later. As a result, they have more time and money to spend on themselves. Some adults could only window-shop for their dream toys when they were kids, but now they can afford that radio-controlled car or high-priced doll they have always wanted.Society traditionally disapproves of adults who refuse to put aside childhood interests, viewing the refusal as a sign of social immaturity (不成熟) and irresponsibility. Those who agree with this view sometimes claim that kidults are suffering from the pop-psychology concept known as Peter Pan Syndrome, an anomaly(异常) that people remain emotionally at the level of teenagers.From the standpoint of kidults, though, this phenomenon is seen as nothing but harmless fun. Kidults insist that having youthful interests keeps them young, happy and creative, and their refusal to conform to society’s acceptable tastes shows independent thinking. Besides, they argue that being part of the social trend of delayed adulthood is not purely a personal choice. The real causes include expensive housing, increased educational requirements for employment and poor work opportunities.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 天气这么好，周六去植物园野餐好吗？(Why not…)73. 我现在比以前挣得多了，每月支付日常开销后还能存一些钱。

2015学年第二学期闵行区初三质量调研考试英语试卷 （满分150分，考试时间100分钟） 2016.4 考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。

试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。

Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力) I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解) (共30分) A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) (6分) A B C D E F G H 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案) (8分) 7. A) A watch. B) A book. C) A case. D) A stamp. 8. A) By car. B) By train. C) By plane. D) By bus. 9. A) Sunny. B) Rainy. C) Windy. D) Snowy. 10. A) S he doesn’t like parties. B) Her doctor will visit her. C) She is busy working. D) She is not feeling well. 11. A) At an airport. B) At a supermarket. C) At a hotel. D) At a bank. 学校_____________________班级__________姓名_________准考证号______________…………………………密○………………………………………封○………………………………………○线…………………………12. A) At 7: 00. B) At 8: 00. C) At 9: 00. D) At 10: 00.13. A) Manager and secretary. B) Shop assistant and customer.C) Teacher and student. D) Wife and husband.14. A) They can buy vegetables together. B) They can go out for dinner that day.C) He has never eaten in that restaurant. D) He disliked the food the woman cooked.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (6分)15. An old couple went to their doctor because they were seriously ill.16. The doctor told them to write things down in order not to forget.17. The old lady told her husband to get her a bowl of rice after they got home.18. The old lady told her husband to write something down, but he refused.19. The husband could remember clearly what to do before he went to the kitchen.20. From the story we can learn that the old lady was less forgetful than her husband.D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences (听对话，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词) (共10分)21. Sherry is going to visit Quebec ________ ________.22. The St. Lawrence River ________ ________ the middle of the city, Montreal.23. Bob tells Sherry that she’d better practise ________ ________ before she goes there.24. Sherry will also visit a friend ________ ________ who lives in Quebec City.25. Many old buildings in Quebec City were built in the ________ ________.Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)26. Which of the following words is pronounced / 'faɪə/ ?A) floor B) fine C) fire D) flight27. Mrs. Brown often goes to visit those AIDS patients in hospitals to cheer ______ up.A) they B) them C) themselves D) theirs28. Look! All the roofs and trees are covered ______ snow and it’s so beautiful.A) on B) under C) in D) with29. The police have searched the mountain ______ the missing student for a few days.A) for B) by C) from D) at30. There ______ a lot of furniture in the house, so we don’t have to buy any more.A) am B) is C) are D) be31. I have got three tickets for the concert. One is for today and ______ are for tomorrow.A) the other B) others C) the others D) another32. Computers are becoming smaller and lighter so that they can be carried very ______.A) easily B) more easily C) most easily D) less easily33. You ______ write the poem down. Our teacher will give us a copy soon.A) mustn’t B) needn’t C) shouldn’t D) can’t34. The audience felt rather ______ when they heard that the famous singer wouldn’t come.A) sadly B) excited C) disappointed D) lonely35. The heavy rain made the tourists ______ at the hotel all day with nothing to do.A) to stay B) staying C) stayed D) stay36. The two young men denied ______ the valuable painting from the safe.A) to steal B) stole C) stealing D) steal37. The neighbours ______ ready for a barbecue when we came by yesterday afternoon.A) will get B) were getting C) would get D) got38. By the end of last year, Steve ______ computer science in a university for two years.A) studies B) has studied C) had studied D) is studying39. – Would you like to join us in the basketball match this afternoon?– I am really interested in it, ______ I have a lot of homework to do.A) but B) or C) so D) and40. ______ here quickly, Alice. I have something exciting to tell you.A) Coming B) Comes C) Come D) To come41. – Can you tell me ______ your online shopping will arrive?– In three days, I think.A) how fast B) how long C) how often D) how soon42. ______ useful robot it is! It can help with the housework like a human servant.A) What B) What a C) What an D) How43. ______ all the students are here, why don’t we start our class meeting right now?A) Although B) When C) Since D) Before44. – We are going to hold an activity to raise some money for our club this weekend.– ______ I will help you if I am available.A) It doesn’t matter.B) Sounds great!C) Yes, please. D) You’re welcome.45. – Our school dancing group won first prize in the dancing competition last week.– ______A) Really? Are you kidding? B) Good luck!C) Congratulations! D) I agree with you.Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。