2012届静安区一模英语试卷2012. 1第I卷（共 105 分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At 3 o‘clock. B. At 4 o‘clock. C. At 5 o‘clock. D. At 6 o‘clock.2. A. Ask the store to fix the skirt. B. Get her money back.C. Shop at another store.D. Exchange the shirt.3. A. In a movie studio. B. In a department store.C. In a publishing house.D. In a research laboratory.4. A. Waiter and diner. B. Customer and salesgirl.C. Classmates and teachers.D. Husband and wife.5. A. To try his luck at another restaurant.B. To book a table for Tuesday.C. To book a smaller table.D. To cancel his dinner plan.6. A. She thinks the explanations are difficult.B. The explanations will be added in a later edition.C. She thinks the book should include more information.D. The book includes an explanation of all the answers.7. A. Chicken is tasty. B. Roast beef is tasty.C. Not very satisfactory.D. Very satisfactory.8. A. The cinema is nearby.B. He doesn‘t know there is a cinema nearby.C. He doesn‘t understand the question.D. He doesn‘t want to go to the cinema.9. A. It is unfair that the man‘s wife should stay home.B. It is impossible to repair the pipes again.C. It is not the first time that the pipes have leaked.D. It is a pity that the man‘s wife can‘t go to the co ncert.10. A. The price for rent is beyond their reach.B. The neighbourhood is too far away.C. They don‘t need a new apartment.D. He hopes that they can rent it as soon as possible.Section B PassagesDirections: 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. A special CD. B. A photograph of the mystery star.C. Two concert tickets.D. A latest record.12. A. After a tragic accident happened.B. When he formed the habit of using drugs.C. When his wife left him.D. After he succeeded in the late 90‘s.13. A. A free concert. B. Life of a pop star.C. A famous guitar player.D. A sad song Tears in Heaven.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. The amount and pattern of sleep. B. Sleeping problems of old people.C. The relationship between sleep and health.D. The importance and necessity of sleep.15. A. About 1.5 hours. B. About 40 minutes.C. About 12 hours.D. About 120 minutes.16. A. About 6 hours. B. About 7 hours.C. About 8 hours.D. About 10 hours.Section C Longer conversationsDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you will be required to fulfill the task by filling in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. Should people pursue their own happiness _______ the expense of others?A. byB. throughC. forD. at26. Surprisingly, Susan‘s beautiful hair reached below her knees and made_______almost anovercoat for her.A. themB. herC. itselfD. herself27. According to some scientists, global warming ______ the survival of the whole human race.A. threatenB. threatensC. are threatenedD. is threatened28. A new laptop costs about _____ of a second-hand one.A. the price of three timesB. three times the priceC. as much as the three times priceD. three times than the price29. A very sharp increase ______ some Fed officials to push for higher rates to restrain inflation.A. need have persuadedB. might have persuadedC. must have been persuadedD. might have been persuaded30. Eating sensibly and taking regular exercise is a fairly reliable method of losing weight,______?A.is itB. are theyC. aren‘t theyD. isn‘t it31.In recent years much more emphasis ______ on developing the students productive skills.A. puts B has put C. has been put D. is put32. Little _____ about her own safety, though she herself was in great danger.A. she caredB. she may careC. may she careD. did she care33. People are not allowed to enter the garden to prevent the flowers______.A. being destroyedB. destroyingC. destroyD. to destroy34. ______ you‘ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.A. BeforeB. Though`C. Now thatD. Until35. You should allow two weeks for your visa application ______.A. to processB. to be processedC. processedD. to be processing36. I kept getting mysterious phone calls______ the caller would hang up as soon as I answered.A. whereB. whichC. whenD. that37. The modern carpenter would be just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fiftyyears ago if ________ proper tools and materials.A. to be givenB. being givenC. giving himD. given38. Steve Jobs had been fighting against cancel for eight years ______ he died on October 5.A. so thatB. beforeC. in caseD. after39. Some one else defines who they are and ______ they stand for as public figures.A. whetherB. thatC. whatD. how40. It should be obvious to everyone ______ we need to make some changes.A. thatB. howC. whatD. whereSection 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. expandB. developingC. restD. slipE. measureF. annualG. fightingH. domesticI. proveJ. doubledNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. factories shrugged off weakness in the global economy in November as manufacturing activity rose to its highest level in five months, a fresh sign the __41__economy was accelerating.Recent data on consumer spending and private-sector job creation has also boosted optimism on the pace of growth."The economy seems finally to be __42__real momentum," said Ian Shepherdson, an economist at High Frequency Economics in Valhalla, New York.Also pointing to growth, automakers reported U.S. sales rose 13.9 percent in November from a year earlier, Autodata Corp said.The Institute for Supply Management said on Thursday its index of national factory activity rose to 52.7 from 50.8 the month before, beating analysts' expectations and showing the sector continues to__43__.The added momentum, also apparent in the report's details, reduces the chances the U.S. economy will __44__into a new recession, even with an expected contraction in the euro zone.Compared to a dismal first half of the year, the pace of U.S. growth more than __45__in the third quarter to a 2 percent __46__rate. While that remains subpar, economists believe activity will __47__even stronger in the final three months of the year.The ISM __48__of new orders rose to its highest level since April, and the export index also improved, although modestly."That should keep some momentum going," said Sean Incremona, an economist at 4Cast in New York. "It is good to see things are not getting worse now."Much of the __49__ of the world, however, is getting worse, especially in Europe where policy-makers are fighting a raging sovereign debt crisis.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.Fifty years ago, most people‘s daily levels of activity were equivalent to walking three to five miles a day. Today, the average person fails to __50__that distance in a week. It is __51__the ratio of fatness has soared — with serious implications for health.What we have__52__in convenience from labour-saving devices over the past half-century, we have paid for __53__a sharp decline in physical activity. We use cars, buses or trains to get to work; our children are__54__to schools; elevators and lifts have replaced conventional stairs in shopping centers, offices and apartment blocks. Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers and electric mowers all reduce the effort required to __55__a clean and tidy home. Almost one third of adults spend over ten hours sitting down every day, __56__up to a staggering of average 32years and four months over a lifetime. __57__surprising, then, that researchers __58__this lifestyle for our weight gain.Of course, our diets have changed, too, __59__the fact is that we consume fewer calories now than in the 1960s. So what is the __60__? The secret is integrated exercise. This__61__ going about your __62__ daily life—but doing it with enthusiasm. It might mean standing to answer the phone and tapping your feet on the floor as you work. It means never taking the car when you could walk; it means standing on short train and bus __63__, or walking at a pace where you feel you might __64__a run if you were to go any faster.50. A. take B. walk C. include D. cover51. A. no doubt B. no wonder C. no use D. no matter52. A. gained B. received C. accepted D. acquired53. A. in spite of B. instead of C. in terms of D. in the place of54. A. delivered B. taken C. driven D. accompanied55. A. protect B. maintain C. preserve D. stay56. A. saying B. taking C. targeting D. adding57. A. Nearly B. Almost C. Hardly D. Rarely58. A. criticize B. scold C. accuse D. blame59. A. so B. but C. and D. as60. A. solution B. approach C. application D. method61. A. concerns B. relates C. explains D. involves62. A. various B. normal C. proper D. local63. A. journeys B. tours C. voyages D. activities64. A. come into B. burst into C. break into D. get intoSection 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）Beat the Burglar Don‘t invite crime—take basic, sensible precautions. Your house and property are valuable and must be properly protected. When you buy a lock, you buy time—and this is the one thing a burglar can‘t afford. Most thieves are casual opportunists to whom the best deterrents are delay and noise which could mean discovery.When you leave it –lock it!First of all, fit security locks to all doors and windows and a safety chain on the front door. Secondly, use them! And use them every time you go out, even if it‘s only for a short time. If you have any ladders or tools, don‘t leave them lying about in the garden, lock them away or at least immobilise them.Don‘t rely on ―safe‖ or ―secret‖ places for keys and valuables –nine times out of ten, they are the first place a thief will look.When you move house .…..When you move into a new house, even if it is fitted with security locks, change them. You don‘t know who may have duplicate keys. When you are new to a district, you are particularly vulnerable. Never let anyone that you don‘t know into your house. An official-looking cap is not enough, ask for proof of identity and look at it carefully—if you are still not satisfied, don‘t let the person in.Valuables need special protectionReally valuable items such as jewellery, should be given special protection –preferably by leaving them with your bank. But a small security safe, properly installed, should protect you against all but the most determined burglar. It is also most important to maintain an up-to-date list of valuables and their descriptions. In the case of fine art, paintings, ceramics or jewellery, color photographs can sometimes be of assistance to the police should you be unfortunate enough to have them stolen. Enter the details on the back of the pictures. But don‘t keep such documents in your house, keep them at the bank or with your insurance company.Going on holiday?Don‘t advertise the fact that your home is empty. Do remember to cancel the milk and newspapers and also to draw curtains back. Don‘t leave notes for tradesmen and try not to talk about your holidays and future plans loudly in public.Operate a‖Good Neighbour‖scheme to ensure that mail is taken in, the house checked regularly and that lights are put on. If you plan to be away for a long time, make sure that your lawn is cut.Call at your local police station and tell them you are going away. Make sure that they know who has your spare key and how you can be contacted in case of trouble.Especially at holiday time, don‘t leave cash or valuables in the house –take them with you or lodge them with the bank.65. According to the document which is issued by the Metropolitan Police, London, which of thefollowing does not belong to valuables?A. jewelleryB. fine artC. newspapersD. paintings66. The word duplicate in When you move house ….is closest in meaning to______.A. originalB. copyC. copperD. delicate67. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Call at your local police station and tell them you are going away.B. Do remember to cancel the milk and newspapers when you are going on holiday.C. When you move into a new house, you must change security locks.D. Do leave any ladders or tools lying about in your garden.68. The document tells the residents how to _______.A.deal with their personal properties properlyB.invite anyone that you don‘t know into your houseC.advertise the fact that your house is emptyD.keep valuable items at home（B）The inhabitants of the earth are divided not only by race, nation, religion or ideology, but also, in a sense, by their position in time. Examining the present population of the globe, we find a tiny group who still live, hunting and food-foraging, as men did millions of years ago. Others, the vast majority of mankind, depend not on bear-hunting or berry-picking, but on agriculture. They live, in many aspects, as their ancestors did centuries ago. These two groups taken together compose perhaps 70 percent of all living human beings. They are the people of the past.By contrast, somewhat more than 25 percent of the earth‘s population can be found in the industrialized societies. They lead modern lives. They are products of the first half of the twentieth century, moulded by mechanization and mass education, brought up with lingering memories of their own country‘s agricultural past. They are, in fact, the people of the present.The remaining 2 or 3 percent of the world‘s population, however, are no longer people of either the past or the present. For within the main centers of technological and cultural change, in Santa Monica, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts, in New York and London, and Tokyo, are millions of men and women who can already be said to be living in the way of life of the future. Trend-makers often without being aware of it, they live today as millions will live tomorrow. And while they account for only a few percent of the global population today, they already form an international nation of the future in our midst. They are the advance agents of men, the earliest citizens of the world-wide super-industrial society now in the throes of(正在做) birth.What makes them different from the rest of mankind? Certainly, they are richer, better educated, more mobile than the majority of the human race. They also live longer. But what specifically marks the people of the future is the fact that they are already caught up in a new, stepped-up pace of life. They ―live faster‖ than the people around them.69. The main argument in this passage is that ______.A a small percent of the world‘s population is already ―living in the future‖B.the majority should see what the future will be likeC.the new ―pace of life‖ is actually nothing newD.however we live, we must all face an increased pace of life70. The ― people of the present‖ here refers to those who ______.A.rely on their county‘s agricultural pastB.spend their time examining different racesC.have been shaped by industrialization and mass educationD.are constantly trying to change life as they see it71. From what the author says, ―trend-makers‖ are people who ______.A.live in large cities all over the worldB.dream about the futureC.set the pattern of life for the futureD.make changes in culture and technology（C）For several days I (Jane Eyre) saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighourhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal.During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips, and his eyes were bright, probably with wine. As I was looking at him, he suddenly turned, and asked me, ―Do you think I‘m handsome, Miss Eyre?‖The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: ‗No, sir.‖―Ah, you really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude.‖―Sir, I‘m sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn‘t matter, or something like that,‖―N o, you shouldn‘t! I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab（刺）me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance（抵消）your few good points.I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind, and said quickly, ―Y es, you‘re right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one, and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you, and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man, take my word for it, but I have done wrong. It wasn‘t my character, but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you‘re the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to, because you‘re sympathetic and give them hope.‖It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn‘t seem to like to finish the talk quickly, as was the case for the first time.―Don‘t be afraid of me, Miss Eyre.‖ He continued. ―Y ou don‘t relax or laugh very much, perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely. You‘re like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage, you‘ll fly very high. Good night.‖72. At the beginning Miss Eyre 's impressions of Mr. Rochester were all EXCEPT _______.A. busyB. sociableC. friendlyD. changeable73. Why did Mr. Rochester say" . . . and then you stab me in the back!" (in para. 7)?A. Because Jane had intended to kill him with a knife.B. Because Jane had intended to be more critical.C. Because Jane had regretted having talked to him.D. Because Jane had said something else to correct herself.74. From what Mr. Rochester told Miss Eyre, we can conclude that he wanted to _______.A. tell her all his troublesB. tell her his life experienceC. change her opinion of himD. change his circumstances75. At the end of the passage, Mr. Rochester sounded_______.A. rudeB. coldC. friendlyD. encouragingSection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.76.An Iowa high school counselor gets a call from a parent protesting the ―C ‖ her child receivedon an assignment. ―The parent argued every point in the essay, ‖recalls the counselor, who soon realized whythe mother was so disappointed about my grade. ―It became apparent that she‘d written it. ‖77. a priority at their school, but only 25％described their experience working with parents as ―very satisfying.‖ When asked to choose me biggest challenge they fac e, 31％ of them quoted involving parents and communicating with them as their top choice. 73％ of new teachers said too many parents treat schools and teachers as enemies.78. At a time when competition is rising and resources are limited, when battles over testing force schools to adjust their priorities, when cell phones and e-mail speed up the information flow and all kinds of private ghosts and public quarrels slip into the parent-teacher conference, it‘s harder for both sides to step back and breathe deeply and look at the goals they share.79 Everyone says the parent-teacher conference should be pleasant, civilized, a kind of dialogue where parents and teachers build partnership. But what most teachers feel, and certainly what all parents feel, is anxiety and panic.80. When a teacher asks parents to be partners, he or she doesn't necessarily mean Mom or Dad should be camping in the classroom. Research shows that though students benefit modestly from having parents involved at school, what happens at home matters much more. According to research based on the National Education Longitudinal Study, a sample of nearly 25,000 eighth graders, among four main areas of parental involvement(home discussion, home supervision. school communication, and school participation), home discussion was the most strongly related.Section ＤDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience."How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends."Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't."It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder as anyone knows who has ever seen an infant's delight at the jingle of keys or the scurrying of a beetle.It is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age.At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. Music, for Casals, was a medicine that made life a never ending adventure. As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, " Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, lies in the word itself. "Enthusiasm" comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but an abiding sense of love -- proper love of self (self-acceptance) and, from that, love of others.Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time avocation, like the head of state who paints, the nun who runs marathons, the executive who handcrafts furniture.Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius." Elizabeth has rediscovered her enthusiasm. We can't afford to waste tears on "might-have-been." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be."We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses -- finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes and smoothes the wrinkles from our souls.（Note:Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.）81. What is this passage mainly about?82. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," means we can achieve nothing.83. ―God within‖( in para.8 ) means .84. The last sentence (in para.10) We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after"what-can-be." means .第II卷（共 45 分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.我们在国外旅游时应遵守当地的风俗。
