2013年高考英语上海卷(完整word版)

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第1卷（共105分）I . Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations andthe 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 thequestion you have heard.1. A. At a library. B. At a hotel. C. At a bank. D. At an airport.2. A. Relaxed. B. Annoyed. C. Worried. D. Satisfied3. A. Doctor and patient.B. Shop owner and customer.C. Secretary and boss.D. Receptionist and guest.4. A. He would have thrown $300 around. B. $300 is not enough for the concert.C. Sandy shouldn't have given that much.D. Dave must be mad with the money5. A. She lives close to the man.B. She changes her mind at last.C. She will turn to her manager.D. She declines the man's offer.6．A.2 B.3． C.4．D．57. A. Both of them drink too much coffee.B. The woman doesn't like coffee at all.C. They help each other stop drinking coffee.D. The man is uninterested in the woman's story8. A. He doesn't mind helping the woman.B. He hesitates whether to help or not.C. He'll help if the woman doesn't mindD. He can't help move the cupboard.9. A. He's planning to find a new job.B. He prefers to keep his house in a mess.C. He's too busy to clean his houseD. He has already cleaned his new house,10. A. She doesn't agree with the man.B. She is good at finding a place to stay.C. She could hardly find the truth.D. She had no travel experience in Britain.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked threequestions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will bespoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper anddecide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage11. A. Use the company's equipment.B. Give orders to robotsC. Make decisions for the company.D. Act as Big Brother.12. A. Employees gain full freedom.B. Employees suspect one another.C. Employees' children are happy.D. Employees enjoy working there.13. A. Reward.B. Safety. C. Trust.D. HonestyQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage14. A. Canada had a smaller population.B. Land was cheaper in Canada.C. They wanted to continue the Revolution.D. They were against Britain.15. A. They standardized Canadian English.B. They settled there after the Revolution.C. They enjoy a very high social position.D. They make up a small part of the population16. A. It is considered unique to some extent.B. It is greatly influenced by French.C. It is mainly linked to British culture.D. It dates back to the late 17th century.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will beread twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blankswith 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.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. passion, people won't have the motivation or the joy necessary for creative thinking.A.ForB.WithoutC.BeneathD.By26. Is honesty the best policy? We _ that it is when we are little.A. will teach B.teach C. are taught D. will be taught27. As Jack left his membership card at home, he wasn't allowedinto the sports club.A. goingB. to goC. goD. gone28. The new law states that people ________ drive after drinking alcohol.A. wouldn't B.needn't C. won't D. mustn't29. Only with the greatest ofluck _ to escape from the rising flood waters.A. managed sheB. she managedC. did she manageD. she did manage30. —I hear that Jason is planning to buy a car.—I know. By next month, he _ enough for a used one.A. will have saved B. will be saving C. has saved D. saves31. When he took his gloves off, I noticed thatone had his name written inside.A. eachB. everyC. otherD. another32. I have a tight budget for the trip, so I'm not going to fly _ the airlines lower ticketprices.A. once B.if C. after D. unless 33. When Peter speaks in public, he always has trouble _ the right things to say.A.thinking of B. to think of C. thought of D. think of34. There is much truth in the idea _ kindness is usually served by frankness.A. whyB. whichC. thatD. whether35. Have you sent thank-you notes to the relatives from _ _ you received gifts?A. whichB. themC.thatD. whom36. The club, _ _ 25 years ago, is holding a party for past and present members.A. foundedB. foundingC. being foundedD. to be founded37. —Was it by cutting down staff _ _she saved the firm?—No, it was by improving work efficiency.A.when B.what C.howD.that38. —We've only got this small bookcase. Will that do?—No, _ _ I am looking for is something much bigger and stronger.A. whoB. thatC. whatD. which39. "Genius" is a complicated concept, _ _ many different factors.A.involved B.involvingC.toinvolveD.beinginvolved40. The map is one of the best tools a man has _ _ he goes to a new place.A. whenever B.whatever C. wherever D. howeverSection BDirections:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word canonlyFilmgoers should be told how many calories there are in the popcorn, ice cream and softdrinks that they buy in cinemas, according to the Food Standard Agency.Smaller popcorn buckets and drink cups should also be made 41 , the nutritioninspector said.Tim Smith, chief executive of the agency, told TheTimes that cinemas should help to dealwith the country's overweight 42 ."There is a misbelief that popcorn is calorie-free, but that is not the case. It is a 43 tous," he said. "Portion sizes are also a big issue, and there seems to be increasingly big packs onsale."He spoke as a number of food chains such as Pret A Manger, Wimpey and The Real Greek44 to put calorie counts on all their menus.A trial scheme（试行方案）with 21 food companies took place last summer, and 45 are that consumers altered their buying habits when they realised the number of calories in aproduct.A consultation(征询意见) on the trial ends next month but Mr Smith is already planning the second drive for American-style calorie counts and is 46 to win support from cinemasand other entertainment places, from football grounds to concert halls.Government 47 suggest that two thirds of adults and a third of children are overweight.If trends are not 48 , this could rise to almost nine in ten adults and two thirds of children by2050, putting them at 49 risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fillin each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.People on a college campus were more likely to give money to the March of Dimes if theywere asked for a donation by a disabled woman in a wheelchair than if asked by a nondisabled woman. In another 50 , subway riders in New York saw a man carrying a stick stumble（绊脚）and fall to the floor. Sometimes the victim had a large red birthmark on his 51 。

【易百教育】Aim high; You can fly!2013暑假年级英语2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（上海卷）III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the wo or phrase that best fits the context. Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up their markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is: Is economic globalization ___50___ for all? According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce ___51___ in a large number number of of of developing developing developing countries. countries. countries. In In In quotes quotes quotes one one one study study study that that that shows shows shows increased increased increased wealth wealth wealth ___52___ ___52___ ___52___ to to to improved improved improved education education education and and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home Home to to to some some some three three three billion billion billion people, people, people, these these these twenty-four twenty-four twenty-four countries countries countries have have have seen seen seen incomes incomes incomes ___53___ ___53___ ___53___ at at at an an an average average average rate rate rate of of of five five percent --- compared to two percent in developed countires. Those who ___54___ globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. ___55___, small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in ___56___ open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet. Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually ___57___ the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only only a a a few few few developing developing developing countries countries countries have have have actually actually actually ___58___ ___58___ ___58___ from from from integration integration integration into into into the the the world world world economy economy economy and and and that that that the the the poor, poor, poor, the the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. ___59___, they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to ___60___ their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of ___61___.When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to ___62___ and will be crowded out. One thing is certain about globalization --- there is no ___63___. Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The ___64___ now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all. 50.50.A A . possible B. smooth C. good D. easy 51.51.A A . crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population 52.52.A A . contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing 53.53.A A . remain B. drop C. shift D. increase 54.54.A A . doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore 55.55.A A . In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All in all 56.56.A A . mature B. new C. local D. foreign 57.57.A A . finding B. exploring C. bridging D. widening 58.58.A A . suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn 59.59.A A . Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise 60.60.A A . consume B. deliver C. export D. advertise 61.61.A A . trouble B. business C. power D. mind 【易百教育】Aim high; You can fly! 2013暑假 年级 英语62. A . keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out 63. A . taking off B. getting along C. holding out D. turning back 64. A . agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challenge Section 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 giventhe passage you have just read. (A)For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.amusic.”” People who are amusic amusic are are are born born born without without without the the the ability ability ability to to to recognize recognize recognize or or or reproduce reproduce reproduce musical musical notes (音调). ). Amusic Amusic Amusic people people people often often often cannot cannot cannot tell tell tell the the difference difference between between between two two two songs. songs. songs. Amusics Amusics Amusics can can can only only only hear hear hear the the the difference difference difference between between between two two two notes notes notes if if they they are are are very very very far far far apart apart apart on on on the the musical scale. As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hittineach other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music sets them apart from others. It can be difficult foother people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Ju going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” says says Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, a a a seventy-year-old seventy-year-old seventy-year-old woman woman woman who who who only only only recently recently recently discovered discovered discovered that that that she she she was was was amusic. amusic. amusic. By By By studying studying studying people people people like like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition. Scientists Scientists say say say that that that the the the brains brains brains of of of amusics amusics amusics are are are different different different from from from the the the brains brains brains of of of people people people who who who can can can appreciate appreciate appreciate music. music. music. The The difference difference is is is complex, complex, complex, and and and it it it doesn doesn doesn‟‟t t involve involve defective hearing . . Amusics Amusics Amusics can can can understand understand understand other other other nonmusical nonmusical nonmusical sounds sounds sounds well. well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can ‟t see certain colors. Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for to explain. “When people invite m e to a concert, me to a concert, I just say, …No, thanks, I ‟m amusic,‟”‟”‟” says Margaret. says Margaret. “I just wish wish I had I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”65. W hich of the following is true of amusics? A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them. B. They love places where they are likely to hear music. C. They can easily tell two different songs apart. D. Their situation is well understood by musicians. 66. A ccording to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing ” is probably one who ________. A. dislikes listening to speeches B. can hear anything nonmusical C. has a hearing problem D. lacks a complex hearing system 67. I n the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that _________. A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlier B. she were seventeen years old rather than seventy C. her problem could be easily explained D. she were able to meet other amusics 【易百教育】Aim high; You can fly! 2013暑假 年级 英语68. W hat is the passage mainly concerned with? A. Amusics ‟ strange behaviours. B. Some people ‟s inability to enjoy music C. Musical talent and brain structure D. Identification and treatment of amusics. (B)69. A ccording to W arranty Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if ________. A. shipped from a Canadian factory B. rented for home use C. repaired by the user himself D. used in the U.S.A. 70. A ccording to O wner Owner ’s Responsibilities , an owner has to pay for _________. A. the loss of the sales receipt B. a servicer ‟s overtime work C. the product installation D. a mechanic ‟s transportation 71. W hich of the following is true according to the warranty? A. Consequential damages are excluded across America. B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty. C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year. D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year. (C)A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical flyhas become a platform for a series of new high-tech systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks. “It It‟‟s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individua Home Laundry Automatic Dryer Product Full Two Year Warranty (保修) Limited Five Year Warranty on Cabinet (机箱) Warranty Provides for:FIRST TWO YEARS Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge. THIRD THRU FIFTH YEARS Amana will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust (生锈). Warranty Limitations:l Warranty begins at date of original purchases. l Applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory. l Products used on a commercial or rental basis are not covered by this warranty. l Service must be performed by an Amana servicer. l Adjustments covered during first year only. Warranty Does Not Cover It If:l Product has damage due to product alteration, connection to an improper electrical supply, shipping and handling, accident, fire, floods, lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amana. l Product is improperly installed or applied. Owner ’s Responsibilities: l Provide sales receipt. l Normal care and maintenance. l Having the product reasonably accessible for service. l Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions. l Pay Pay for for for extra extra extra service service service costs, costs, costs, over over over normal normal normal service service charges, if servicer is requested to perform service outside servicer ‟s normal business hours. In no event shall Amana be responsible for consequential damages.＊ ＊This This warranty warranty warranty gives gives gives you you you specific specific specific legal legal legal rights, rights, rights, and and you you may may may have have have others others others which which which vary vary vary from from from state state state to to to state. state. For example, some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you. 【易百教育】Aim high; You can fly! 2013暑假 年级 英语components (元件),),”” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on own,own,”” he said. They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but them has to be matched well to everything it ‟s connected to,” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured. While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers ‟ fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said. Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation computation technologies technologies technologies on on on board board board could could could have have have much much much broader broader broader applications. applications. applications. ““ou Y ou can can can start start start thinking thinking thinking about about about using using using them them them to to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots robots instead,instead,instead,”” he he said. said. said. ““So So there there there are are are a a a lot lot lot of of of technologies technologies technologies and and and open open open interesting interesting interesting scientific scientific scientific questions questions questions that that that are are are really really really what what drives us on a day-to-day basis.”72. T he difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that _________. A. they had no model in their mind B. they did not have sufficient time C. they had no ready-made components D. they could not assemble the components 73. I t can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly _________. A. consists of a flight device and a control system B. can just fly in limited areas at the present time C. can collect information from many sources D. has been put into wide application 74. W hich of the following can be learned from the passage? A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects. B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments. C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly. D. Wood ‟s design can replace animals in some experiments. 75. W hich of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Father of Robotic Fly B. Inspiration from Engineering Science C. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life Insect D. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect Study Section CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need. 76. The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the western world. People take these A. Healthy way of life giving way to overuse of medicine B. Different findings as to taking additional vitamin C. EU ‟s response to overuse of health products D. Worrying increase in multivitamin advertising E. EU directive for the benefit of individuals F. EU directive against prediction in novels 【易百教育】Aim high; You can fly! 2013暑假 年级 英语supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union(EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them. This EU directive should be supported. 77. Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 500 milligrams a day are more likely to developcancer. cancer. This This This shows shows shows how how how much much much damage damage damage these these these health health health supplements supplements supplements do do do to to to people‟people‟s s health. health. health. A A A spokesman spokesman spokesman for for for the the the health health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this evidence as it is from a biased source. 78. Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would ge the the fuel fuel fuel they they they needed. needed. needed. This, This, This, it it it was was was argued, argued, argued, would would would mean mean mean a a a more more more efficient efficient efficient use use use of of of time time time as as as people people people would would wouldn‟n‟t t have have have to to to waste waste waste it it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality. 79. People already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every man, woman and child in the country. People do not need all these pills80. Some Some might might might argue argue argue that that that the the the EU EU EU directive directive directive denies denies denies people people people‟‟s s right right right to to to freedom freedom freedom of of of choice. choice. choice. However, However, However, there there there are are are many many many legal legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual ‟s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened. Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. A A study study study of of of more more more than than than five five five million million million books, books, books, both both both fiction fiction fiction and and and non-fiction, non-fiction, non-fiction, has has has found found found a a a marked marked marked decline decline decline in in in the the the use use use of of emotional words over time. The researchers from the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the the frequency frequency frequency of of of terms terms terms in in in scanned scanned scanned books, books, books, to to to search search search for for for more more more than than than 600 600 600 particular particular particular words words words identified identified identified as as as representing representing representing anger, anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise. They They found found found that that that almost almost almost all all all of of of the the the categories(categories(类别) ) showed showed showed a a a drop drop drop in in in these these these ““mood mood words words words”” over over time. time. time. Only Only Only in in in the the category of fear was there an increase in usage. “It is a steady and continuous decrease,” said Dr. Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. “One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe these media --- movies, radio, drama --- had more emotional content than books.books.””Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One , found found that that that they they they also also also exhibited exhibited exhibited another another another interesting interesting interesting behaviour: behaviour: behaviour: the the ratio (比率) ) between between between the the the two two two varied varied varied greatly, greatly, greatly, apparently apparently mirroring historical events. During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could b true. “It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression (压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing …filled with romance and sex ‟ ... perhaps,” they conclude, “songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.” (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.) 81. A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in “mood words ” over time except ____________. 【易百教育】Aim high; You can fly!2013暑假年级英语“mood words” in books may be that _____________. 82.According to Dr. Alberto Acerbi, one reason for the drop of 83.What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest? “mood words” in books, they were not sure ___________. 84.While the researchers found some change in the use of 。

2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）英语答案解析第I卷I.Listening ComprehensionSection A1.【答案】C【解析】男的说wash the office window，推得他的工作是window washer。

2.【答案】D【解析】女的说too tired to do any cooking，推得准备dine out。

3.【答案】B【解析】注意转折词，but it’s far away from everything。

推得isolated。

4.【答案】A【解析】女的说the printer is out of paper，要get some。

男的说要一起去，可见去文具店。

5.【答案】D【解析】虽然男的说价格高，女的说吃完美味的一餐后你会有完全不同的观点，可见这里食物值那个价钱。

6.【答案】B【解析】男的说这书很难读完，女的表示赞同，无法记得35个主角。

7.【答案】C【解析】女的说为什么还没拿到报纸，可见女的在等待报纸。

8.【答案】A【解析】男的说7：40走，女的说7：30下课，但老师总不准点下课，可见女的不一定赶的上。

9.【答案】B【解析】女的问怎么成为个fashion designer，男的说去学校，尽可能地学习。

10.【答案】A【解析】男的说大部分司机都会忽略限速，除非觉得警察会让他们停下。

Section B11.【答案】D【解析】问题问previous job，文章明确说as a principal in a language school。

12.【答案】D【解析】问题问为什么Lynn productive，文章里说她有photographic memory。

13.【答案】B【解析】问题问这篇短文主要告诉我们什么，根据综合内容分析，说了工作也说了家庭，Lynn 处理得都很好，当然也很忙碌。

14.【答案】B【解析】问题问哪个问题是traditional 面试会问的，文章讲传统面试一般是standard questions 关于qualifications，work experience，expectation，可见是常规问题。

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.W: Can you describe what you do?M: I wash office building windows. I go high up in the basket to reach the windows.Q: What is the man's job?2.M: Should we go out or eat in tonight?W: I am too tired to do any cooking.Q: What does the woman imply?3.M: Hi, Grace. Tell me something about your hometown.W: It's so beautiful and peaceful. But it's really far away from everything. Q: What does the woman think of her hometown?4. W: My printer is out of paper. I will run and get some.M: I will go with you. I need some fresh air.Q: Where will the speakers probably go?5.M: I don't like the prices on the menu. They always seem too high.W: You will have a different view after eating the delicious food.Q: What does the woman mean?6.M: I had a hard time getting through the novel.W: I know how you feel. Who could remember the names of 35 different characters? Q: What does the woman imply?7.W: Why haven't we received any newspapers yet?M: Well, sometimes it takes a while for the post office to deliver it.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?8.Q: My roommate and I are going to see a film tonight. And we are leaving at7:40.Do you want to join us?W: Sure. But my class ends at 7:30. And the professor never finishes on time.Q: What can we learn about the woman?9.W: Now that you are on the business, what’s your advice for someone to become a fashion designer?M: Go to school. I mean it. Find a good school and learn as much as you can.Q: What does the man mean?10.W: Slow down. You are passing every car on the road.M: Most drivers usually ignore the speed limit unless they think the police will stop them.Q: What does the man mean?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 11-13 are based on the following passage.I am Lynn. My previous job was as principal of a language school, where I received awards for training teachers to teach more effectively. A year ago, I started an international company. I spent months conducting programs in the US and Russia. During this time, some Russianimmigrants came to stay at my house. Fortunately, these visitors helped a lot at home and made life easier. At the same time, I wrote several books to be published by my company and coedited a book for a major publisher.I am grateful I have a photographic memory, so I can remember everything I see. Otherwise, I might not be that productive. In addition to my work, I have a family at home. Some of my children have had serious health problems from birth, but I try to handle those problems well and efficiently. With tremendous help from my parents, the kids are fed, and clothed, and educated. I am busy from the time I get up until the time I go to bed. My time has to be carefully planned. I do not like to be interrupted because I want to accomplish my goals.Questions:11. What was the speaker’s previous job?12. What helps to make the speaker productive according to the passage?13. What does the passage mainly tell us?Questions 14-16 are based on the following passage.Job interviews can generally be divided into three types. The first is what I would call the traditional interview. This is usually just a series of standard questions about qualifications, work experience and expectations. So what you have here is basically a list of quite direct questions, like ‘What duties did you have in your previous job?’This is still the model for a lot of interviews today. In my view it’s not the best to select staff.Then there is the case interview. Here the interviewer presents a problem and a series of questions to find out how the candidate would approach the problem. It might go something like this, ‘A company wants to hire more graduates without spending more than its current budget. What would you advise them to do?’This can be particularly challenging, for you need to analyze the problem and solve it.The third type is known as the behavioral interview. The questions are usually designed to find out about how the candidates handle tricky situations in the past. A typical question might be ‘Can you give me an example of a situation where you had to follow orders that you didn’t agree with?’This opens up a lot of information and the interviewer gets to see more of the candidate.Questions:14. What kind of questions are usually asked in the traditional interview?15. What does the case interview focus on about the candidate?16. What does the speaker mainly talk about?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.1.W: Hi, Bruce, it's Naomi.M: Hi, Naomi.W: I'm calling about the conference in Shanghai on November 8th. We have to make some changes.M: OK, go ahead.W: I don't think the peace guardian will be big enough. We need a center that can seat atleast 600.M: That many? Any suggestions?W: The Palace Center will be free that day, but it will mean increasing the registration fee by 50$. From800$ to 850$.M: That won't be a problem. Anything else?W: Milan University says they are sending Cara Marasco instead of Professor Bertoni. But the talk would be the same, Opportunities and Risks in the African Market.M: Fine. Make those changes and all inform everyone at my end.2.W: David, we all know you took up skateboarding at ten. But did your parents support you?M: Yeah, my parents even let me skate in the house.W: Did they?M: Yeah, they were pretty cool.W: How about your school work?M: That was fine. I was able to get my school work done with good grades. My only problem was that I had so much physical energy that I could not sit still in class. Then some teachers started taking my skateboard away.W: That couldn't stop you from staking?M: No way. The cool thing was that my parents managed to find me a different school. The headmaster there was wonderful. He let us plan our own P.E. classes. So guess what class I created.W: Skateboarding.M: You got it. That was my P.E. class. By that time I was turning professional and starting to show off some techniques at competitions.W: Is that when your new style became famous?M: Yeah. Other skaters had this smooth flowing style, but I was kind of like a robot always coming up with new tricks.。

2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）英语第Ⅰ卷（共105分）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. — I’m looking for a nearby place for my holiday. Any good ideas?— How about the Moon Lake? It is ________ easy reach of the city.A. byB. beyondC. withinD. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health, the bad smell and the feelings of otherpeople.A. theirsB. themC. themselvesD. oneself27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house, for he ________ his key at school.A. had leftB. would leaveC. was leavingD. has left28. It’s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.A. charming French smallB. French small charmingC. small French charmingD. charming small French29. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.A. had been electedB. had electedC. have been electedD. have elected30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ they might have.A. however difficultB. how difficultC. whatever difficultyD. what difficulty31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really ________.A. to be worriedB. to worryC. having worriedD. worried32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience.A. exploreB. to exploreC. exploringD. explored33. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn’t working, so could you fix it for me?A. whatB. whyC. ifD. which34. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone35. Sophia got an e-mail ________ her credit card account number.A. asking forB. ask forC. asked forD. having asked for36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.A. beforeB. untilC. unlessD. where37. ________ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about.A. To lookB. LookingC. Having lookedD. Look38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with one another.A. thatB. whereC. whoD. what39. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.A. isB. areC. is thereD. are there40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in ________ they arewearing.A. thatB. whatC. howD. whichSection 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.As infants, we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth. In fact, we can recognize the 41 of our mother ’s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It ’s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don ’t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45 a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area (FFA), which is used only for facial recognition. This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars, is from 46 in the brain. Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face for recognition to take place. It had been 47 thought that we only needed to see certain facial features. Meanwhile, research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process, but 48 involves three steps. The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical features of a person ’s face, which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries. In the next step, the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us. And finally, the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are looking at. This complex 49 is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situations. (324 words)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.Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is：Is economic globalization 50 for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.(347 words)50. A. possible B. smooth C. good D. easy51. A. crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population52. A. contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing53. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase54. A. doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore55. A. In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All in all56. A. mature B. new C. local D. foreign57. A. finding B. exploring C. bridging D. widening58. A. suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn59. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise60. A. consume B. deliver C. export D. advertise61. A. trouble B. business C. power D. mind62. A. keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out63. A. taking off B. getting along C. holding out D. turning back64. A. agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challengeSection 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.AFor some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.”People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,”says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‘No thanks, I’m amusic,’” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”(335 words)65. Which of the following is true of amusics?A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.B. They love places where they are likely to hear music.C. They can easily tell two different songs apart.D. Their situation is well understood by musicians.66. According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing”is probably one who __________.A. dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system67. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that __________.A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierB. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyC. her problem could be easily explainedD. she were able to meet other amusics68. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Amusics’ strange behaviours.B. Some people’s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structure.D. Identification and treatment of amusics.B(268 words)69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if __________.A. shipped from a Canadian factoryB. rented for home useC. repaired by the user himselfD. used in the U.S.A.70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for __________.A. the loss of the sales receiptB. a servicer’s overtime workC. the product installationD. a mechanic’s transportation71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.CA team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“It’s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to,”said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield.“Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific question s, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”（392words) 72. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that __________.A. they had no model in their mindB. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made componentsD. they could not assemble the components73. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly __________.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application74. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Wood’s design can replace animals in some experiments.75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect StudySection CDirections:Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.76.The use ofhealth supplements such asmultivitamin tablets hasincreased greatly in thewestern world. People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a77.Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people’s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this evidence as78.Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would mean a more efficient use of time as people wouldn’t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would79.Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every man, woman and80.Some might argue that the EU directive denies people’s right to freedom of choice. However,there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual’s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time. The researchers from the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise.They found that almost all of the categories (类别) showed a drop in these “mood words”over time. Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage.“It is a steady and continuous decrease,” said Dr Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. “One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe these media—movies, radio, drama—had more emotional content than books.”Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behaviour：the ratio (比率) between the two varied greatly, apparently mirroring historical events.During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could be true.“It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression (压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing ‘filled with romance and sex’…perhaps,”they conclude, “songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.”(Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)81. A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in “mood words” over time except_______________.82. According to Dr Alberto Acerbi, one reason for the drop of “mood words” in books may be that_______________.83. What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest?84. While the researchers found some changes in the use of “mood words” in books, they werenot sure that _______________.第Ⅱ卷I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 今年元旦我们玩得很开心。

高考英语真题（上海卷）2013年(总分150, 做题时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.SSS_SINGLE_SELA A basketball player.B A laundry worker.C A window washer.D A rock climber分值: 1答案:CW: Can you describe what you do?M: I wash office building windows. I go high up in the basket to reach the windows.Q: What is the man's job?【解析】这是一道事实细节题。

从对话中可知，男士清洗办公楼的窗户。

所以选项为C，他是个窗户清洁工。

关键词句：I wash office building windows；to reach the window.2.SSS_SINGLE_SELA She is not hungry.B She wants to cook.C She is not tired.D She wants to dine out.分值: 1答案:DM: Should we go out or eat in tonight?W: I am too tired to do any cooking.Q: What does the woman imply?【解析】这是一道推理题。

2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）英语第Ⅰ卷（共105分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. A basketball player. B. A laundry worker.C. A window washer.D. A rock climber2. A. She is not hungry. B. She wants to cook.C. She is not tired.D. She wants to dine out.3. A. Promising. B. Isolated C. Crowded.D. Modern4. A. To a stationery shop. B. To a gymnasium.C. To a paint store.D. To a news stand.5. A. The man can see a different view. B. The food is not tasty enough.C. The man cannot afford the food.D. The food is worth the price.6. A. She reads different kinds of books. B. She also finds the book difficult to read.C. She is impressed by the characters.D. She knows well how to remember names.7. A. The man will go to the post office. B. The post office is closed for the day.C. The woman is expecting the newspaper.D. The delivery boy has been dismissed.8. A. She is not sure if she can join them. B. She will skip the class to see the film.C. She will ask the professor for leave.D. She does not want to see a film.9. A. Fashion designing is a booming business. B. School learning is a must for fashion designers.C. He hopes to attend a good fashion school.D. The woman should become a fashion designer.10. A. Few people drive within the speed limit. B. Drivers usually obey traffic rules.C. The speed limit is really reasonable.D. The police stop most drivers for speedingSection 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. A book publisher. B. A company manager.C. A magazine editor.D. A school principal.12. A. Some training experience. B. A happy family.C. Russian assistants' help.D. A good memory.13. A. Lynn’s devotion to the family. B. Lynn’s busy and successful life.C. Lynn’s great performance at work.D. Lynn’s efficiency in conducting programs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Economic questions. B. Routine questions.C. Academic questions.D. Challenging questions.15. A. Work experience. B. Educational qualifications.C. Problem-solving abilities.D.Information-gathering abilities.16. A. Features of different types of interview. B. Skills in asking interview questions.C. Changes in three interview models.D. Suggestions for different job interviews.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.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.An Interview with David, a Skateboarding (滑板运动) LoverII. 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. — I’m looking for a nearby place for my holiday. Any good ideas?— How about the Moon Lake? It is ________ easy reach of the city.A. byB. beyondC. withinD. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health, the bad smell and the feelings of otherpeople.A. theirsB. themC. themselvesD. oneself27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house, for he ________ his key at school.A. had leftB. would leaveC. was leavingD. has left28. It’s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.A. charming French smallB. French small charmingC. small French charmingD. charming small French29. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.A. had been electedB. had electedC. have been electedD. have elected30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ they might have.A. however difficultB. how difficultC. whatever difficultyD. what difficulty31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really ________.A. to be worriedB. to worryC. having worriedD. worried32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience.A. exploreB. to exploreC. exploringD. explored33. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn’t working, so could you fix it for me?A. whatB. whyC. ifD. which34. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone35. Sophia got an e-mail ________ her credit card account number.A. asking forB. ask forC. asked forD. having asked for36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.A. beforeB. untilC. unlessD. where37. ________ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about.A. To lookB. LookingC. Having lookedD. Look38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with one another.A. thatB. whereC. whoD. what39. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.A. isB. areC. is thereD. arethere40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in ________ they are wearing.A. thatB. whatC. howD. whichSection 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.we can recognizethe 41 of our mother’s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It’s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don’t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45 a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area (FFA), which is used only for facial recognition. This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars, is from 46 in the brain. Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face for recognition to take place. It had been 47 thought that we only needed to see certain facial features. Meanwhile, research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process, but 48involves three steps. The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical features of a person’s face, which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries. In the next step, the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us. And finally, the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are looking at. This complex 49 is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situations.(324 words)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.Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is：Is economic globalization 50 for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by theU.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.(347 words)50. A. possible B. smooth C. good D. easy51. A. crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population52. A. contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing53. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase54. A. doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore55. A. In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All inall56. A. mature B. new C. local D. foreign57. A. finding B. exploring C. bridging D.widening58. A. suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn59. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise60. A. consume B. deliver C. export D.advertise61. A. trouble B. business C. power D. mind62. A. keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out63. A. taking off B. getting along C. holding outD. turning back64. A. agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challengeSection 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.AFor some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’tinvolve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‘No thanks, I’m amusic,’”says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”(335 words)65. Which of the following is true of amusics?A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.B. They love places where they are likely to hear music.C. They can easily tell two different songs apart.D. Their situation is well understood by musicians.66. According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who __________.A. dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system67. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that __________.A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierB. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyC. her problem could be easily explainedD. she were able to meet other amusics68. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Amusics’ strange behaviours.B. Some people’s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structure.D. Identification andtreatment of amusics. B(268 words)69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if__________.A. shipped from a Canadian factoryB. rented for home useC. repaired by the user himselfD. used in the U.S.A.70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for __________.A. the loss of the sales receiptB. a servicer’s overtime workC. the product installationD. a mechanic’s transportation71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.CA team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“It’s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole systemand not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to,” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,”he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be di fficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”(392words) 72. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that __________.A. they had no model in their mindB. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made componentsD. they could not assemble the components73. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly __________.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application74. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Wood’s design can replace animals in some experiments.75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect StudySection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increasedgreatly in the western world. People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them. This EU directive should be supported.Research suggests thatpeople who take VitaminC supplements of over 5000milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people ’s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this evidence as it is from a biased source.Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replacemeals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would mean a more efficient use of time as people wouldn ’t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality.Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthierlifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every man, woman and child in the country. People do not need all these pills.Some might argue that the EU directive denies people ’s right to freedomof choice. However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual ’s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time. The researchers from the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise.They found that almost all of the categories (类别) showed a drop in these “mood words” over time. Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage.“It is a steady and continuous decrease,” said Dr Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. “One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe these media—movies, radio, drama—had more emotional content than books.”Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behaviour：the ratio (比率) between the two varied greatly, apparently mirroring historical events.During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could be true.“It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression (压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing ‘filled with romance and sex’…perhaps,”they conclude, “songs andbooks may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.”(Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)81. A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in “mood words”over time except_______________.82. According to Dr Alberto Acerbi, one reason for the drop of “mood words”in books may be that_______________.83. What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest?84. While the researchers found some changes in the use of “mood words” in books, they werenot sure that _______________.第Ⅱ卷I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 今年元旦我们玩得很开心。

英语试卷 第1页（共30页） 英语试卷 第2页（共30页）绝密★启用前 2013年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试（上海卷）英语考生注意：1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。

试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（笫1-11页）和第Ⅱ卷（第12页），全卷共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。

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第I 卷 （共103分）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 basketball player. B. A laundry worker. C. A window washer. D. A rock climber.2. A. She is not hungry. B. She wants to cook. C. She is not tired. D. She wants to dine out.3. A. Promising. B. Isolated. C. Crowded. D. Modern.4. A. To a stationery shop. B. To a gymnasium. C. To a paint store. D. To a news stand.5. A. The man can see a different view. B. The food is not tasty enough. C. The man cannot afford the food. D. The food is worth the price.6. A. She reads different kinds of books. B. She also finds the book difficult to read. C. She is impressed by the characters. D. She knows well how to remember names.7. A. The man will go to the post office. B. The post office is closed for the day. C. The woman is expecting the newspaper. D. The delivery boy has been dismissed.8. A. She is n o t sure if she can join them. B. She will skip the class to see the film. C. She will ask the professor for leave. D. She does not want to see a film.9. A. Fashion designing is a booming business. B. School learning is a must for fashiondesigners.C. He hopes to attend a good fashion school.D. The woman should become a fashion designer.10. A. Few people drive within the speed limit. B. Drivers usually obey traffic rules. C. The speed limit is really reasonable. D. The police stop most drivers for speeding. 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. A book publisher. B. A company manager. C. A magazine editor. D. A school principal. 12. A. Some training experience. B. A happy family. C. Russian assistants’ help. D. A good memory.13. A. Lynn’s devotion to the family. B. Lynn’s busy and successful life.C. Lynn’s great performance at work.D. Lynn’s efficiency in conducting programs. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Economic questions. B. Routine questions. C. Academic questions. D. Challenging questions. 15. A. Work experience. B. Educational qualifications. C. Problem-solving abilities. D. Information-gathering abilities. 16. A. Features of different types of interview. B. Skills in asking interview questions. C. Changes in three interview models. D. Suggestions for different job interviews. 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.-------------在--------------------此--------------------卷--------------------上--------------------答--------------------题--------------------无--------------------效姓名________________ 准考证号_____________Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.An Interview with David, a Skateboarding（滑板运动）LoverⅡ. 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. — I’m looking for a nearby place for my holiday. Any good ideas?— How about the Moon Lake? It is ________ easy reach of the city.A. byB. beyondC. withinD. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health, the bad smell and thefeelings of other people.A. theirsB. themC. themselvesD. oneself27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house, for he ________ his key atschool.A. had leftB. would leaveC. was leavingD. has left 28. It’s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.A. charming French smallB. French small charmingC. small French charmingD. charming small French29. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about schoolaffairs.A. had been electedB. had electedC. have been electedD. have elected30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ theymight have.A. however difficultB. how difficultC. whatever difficultyD. what difficulty31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really ________.A. to be worriedB. to worryC. having worriedD. worried32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-lifeexperience.A. exploreB. to exploreC. exploringD. explored33. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn’t working, so could you fix it for me?A. whatB. whyC. ifD. which34. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone35. Sophia got an e-mail ________ her credit card account number.A. asking forB. ask forC. asked forD. having asked for36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.A. beforeB. untilC. unlessD. where37. ________ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what thereading is about.A. To lookB. LookingC. Having lookedD. Look38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact withone another.A. thatB. whereC. whoD. what39. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.A. isB. areC. is thereD. are there40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in________ they are wearing.A. thatB. whatC. howD. whichWhat was David’s schoolwork like?He was able to get his schoolwork done 21 . What was his only problem at school? He was unable to 22 in class.Why did he say the new headmasterwas wonderful?He let students 23 of their own.How was his new style different from other skaters? It was robot-like, with 24 .Latest Conference InformationDate: 8th 17Place: Palace 18 , ShanghaiRegistration fee: $ 19Speaker: Carla Marisco from Milan UniversitySpeech topic: Opportunities and Risks in the 20 Market英语试卷第3页（共30页）英语试卷第4页（共30页）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.As infants, we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth. In fact, we can recognize the 41 of our mother’s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It’s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don’t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45 a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area (FFA), which is used only for facial recognition. This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars, is from 46 in the brain. Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face for recognition to take place. It had been 47 thought that we only needed to see certain facial features. Meanwhile, research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process, but 48 involves three steps. The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical features of a person’s face, which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries. In the next step, the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us. And finally, the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are looking at. This complex 49 is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situations. (324 words)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.Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is: Is economic globalization 50 for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration（融合）of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all. (347 words)50. A. possible B. smooth C. good D. easy51. A. crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population52. A. contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing53. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase54. A. doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore55. A. In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All in all56. A. mature B. new C. local D. foreign57. A. finding B. exploring C. bridging D. widening58. A. suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn59. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise60. A. consume B. deliver C. export D. advertise61. A. trouble B. business C. power D. mind62. A. keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out63. A. taking off B. getting along C. holding out D. turning back64. A. agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challenge Section 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.A. restoreB. recallC. processingD. previouslyE. necessaryF. locatingG. insteadH. fascinatingI. elsewhereJ. composition英语试卷第5页（共30页）英语试卷第6页（共30页）。

2013全国统一高考英语试题（上海卷）听力、翻译与写作部分（最新发布）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, readthe four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.W: Can you describe what you do?M: I wash office building windows. I go high up in the basket to reach the windows.Q: What is the man's job?2.M: Should we go out or eat in tonight?W: I am too tired to do any cooking.Q: What does the woman imply?3.M: Hi, Grace. Tell me something about your hometown.W: It's so beautiful and peaceful. But it's really far away from everything.Q: What does the woman think of her hometown?4. W: My printer is out of paper. I will run and get some.M: I will go with you. I need some fresh air.Q: Where will the speakers probably go?5.M: I don't like the prices on the menu. They always seem too high.W: You will have a different view after eating the delicious food.Q: What does the woman mean?6.M: I had a hard time getting through the novel.W: I know how you feel. Who could remember the names of 35 different characters?Q: What does the woman imply?7.W: Why haven't we received any newspapers yet?M: Well, sometimes it takes a while for the post office to deliver it.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?8.Q: My roommate and I are going to see a film tonight. And we are leaving at7:40.Do you want to join us?W: Sure. But my class ends at 7:30. And the professor never finishes on time.Q: What can we learn about the woman?9.W: Now that you are on the business, what’s your advice for someone to become a fashiondesigner?M: Go to school. I mean it. Find a good school and learn as much as you can.Q: What does the man mean?10.W: Slow down. You are passing every car on the road.M: Most drivers usually ignore the speed limit unless they think the police will stop them.Q: What does the man mean?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 11-13 are based on the following passage.I am Lynn. My previous job was as principal of a language school, where I received awards for training teachers to teach more effectively. A year ago, I started an international company. I spent months conducting programs in the US and Russia. During this time, some Russian immigrants came to stay at my house. Fortunately, these visitors helped a lot at home and made life easier. At the same time, I wrote several books to be published by my company and coedited a book for a major publisher.I am grateful I have a photographic memory, so I can remember everything I see. Otherwise, I might not be that productive. In addition to my work, I have a family at home. Some of my children have had serious health problems from birth, but I try to handle those problems well and efficiently. With tremendous help from my parents, the kids are fed, and clothed, and educated. I am busy from the time I get up until the time I go to bed. My time has to be carefully planned. I do not like to be interrupted because I want to accomplish my goals.Questions:11. What was the speaker’s previous job?12. What helps to make the speaker productive according to the passage?13. What does the passage mainly tell us?Questions 14-16 are based on the following passage.Job interviews can generally be divided into three types. The first is what I would call the traditional interview. This is usually just a series of standard questions about qualifications, work experience and expectations. So what you have here is basically a list of quite direct questions, like ‘What duties did you have in your previous job?’This is still the model for a lot of interviews today. In my view it’s not the best to select staff.Then there is the case interview. Here the interviewer presents a problem and a series of questions to find out how the candidate would approach the problem. It might go something like this, ‘A company wants to hire more graduates without spending more than its current budget.What would you advise them to do?’This can be particularly c hallenging, for you need to analyze the problem and solve it.The third type is known as the behavioral interview. The questions are usually designed to find out about how the candidates handle tricky situations in the past. A typical question might be ‘Can you give me an example of a situation where you had to follow orders that you didn’t agree with?’ This opens up a lot of information and the interviewer gets to see more of the candidate.Questions:14. What kind of questions are usually asked in the traditional interview?15. What does the case interview focus on about the candidate?16. What does the speaker mainly talk about?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.1.W: Hi, Bruce, it's Naomi.M: Hi, Naomi.W: I'm calling about the conference in Shanghai on November 8th. We have to make some changes.M: OK, go ahead.W: I don't think the peace guardian will be big enough. We need a center that can seat at least 600. M: That many? Any suggestions?W: The Palace Center will be free that day, but it will mean increasing the registration fee by 50$. From800$ to 850$.M: That won't be a problem. Anything else?W: Milan University says they are sending Cara Marasco instead of Professor Bertoni. But the talk would be the same, Opportunities and Risks in the African Market.M: Fine. Make those changes and all inform everyone at my end.2.W: David, we all know you took up skateboarding at ten. But did your parents support you?M: Yeah, my parents even let me skate in the house.W: Did they?M: Yeah, they were pretty cool.W: How about your school work?M: That was fine. I was able to get my school work done with good grades. My only problem was that I had so much physical energy that I could not sit still in class. Then some teachers started taking my skateboard away.W: That couldn't stop you from staking?M: No way. The cool thing was that my parents managed to find me a different school. The headmaster there was wonderful. He let us plan our own P.E. classes. So guess what class Icreated.W: Skateboarding.M: You got it. That was my P.E. class. By that time I was turning professional and starting to show off some techniques at competitions.W: Is that when your new style became famous?M: Yeah. Other skaters had this smooth flowing style, but I was kind of like a robot always coming up with new tricks.。

上海英语试卷解析-2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.W: Can you describe what you do?M: I wash office building windows. I go high up in the basket to reach the windows.Q: What is the man's job?A. A basketball player.B. A laundry worker.C. A window washer.D. A rock climber【答案】C. A window washer.【解析】这是一道事实细节题。

从对话中可知，男士清洗办公楼的窗户。

所以选项为C，他是个窗户清洁工。

关键词句：I wash office building windows；to reach the window.2.M: Should we go out or eat in tonight?W: I am too tired to do any cooking.Q: What does the woman imply?A.She is not hungry.B.She wants to cook.C.She is not tired.D.She wants to dine out.【答案】D. She wants to dine out.【解析】这是一道推理题。

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2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）英语II. Grammar and VocabularySection A25. —I’m looking for a nearby place for my holiday。

Any good ideas？— How about the Moon Lake？ It is ________ easy reach of the city.A。

by B. beyond C. within D. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health, the bad smell and the feelings of otherpeople。

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theirs B。

them C. themselvesD. oneself27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house，for he ________ his key at school.A. had left B。

would leave C. was leaving D. has left28. It's a ________ clock， made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century. A。

2013年上海市高考英语试卷I.Listening Comprehension1. Section ADirections：In section A，you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers．At the end of each conversatio n，a question will be asked about what was said．The conversation and the question will be sp oken 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 basketball player．B．A laundry worker．C．A window washer．D．A rock climber2．A．She is not hungry．B．She wants to cook．C．She is not tired．D．She wants to dine out．3．A．Promising．B．Isolated C．Crowded．D．Modern4．A．To a stationery shop．B．To a gymnasium．C．To a paint store．D．To a news stand．5．A．The man can see a different view． B．The food is not tasty enough．C．The man cannot afford the food． D．The food is worth the price．6．A．She reads different kinds of books． B．She also finds the book difficult to read．C．She is impressed by the characters． D．She knows well how to remember names．7．A．The man will go to the post office． B．The post office is closed for the day．C．The woman is expecting the newspaper． D．The delivery boy has been dismissed．8．A．She is not sure if she can join them． B．She will skip the class to see the film．C．She will ask the professor for leave． D．She does not want to see a film．9．A．Fashion designing is a booming business． B．School learning is a must for fashion designers．C．He hopes to attend a good fashion school． D．The woman should become a fashion d esigner．10．A．Few people drive within the speed limit． B．Drivers usually obey traffic rules．C．The speed limit is really reasonable． D．The police stop most drivers for speeding 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 t wice，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 book publisher． B．A company manager．C．A magazine editor． D．A school principal．12．A．Some training experience． B．A happy family．C．Russian assistants’help． D．A good memory．13．A．Lynn’s devotion to the family． B．Lynn’s busy and successful life．C．Lynn’s great performance at work． D．Lynn’s efficiency in conducting programs．Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage．14．A．Economic questions． B．Routine questions．C．Academic questions． D．Challenging questions．15．A．Work experience． B．Educational qualifications．C．Problem-solving abilities． D．Information-gathering abilities．16．A．Features of different types of interview．B．Skills in asking interview questions．C．Changes in three interview models．D．Suggestions for different job interviews．Section CDirections：In section C，you will hear two longer conversations．The conversations will be read twice．After you he ar 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．．Complete the form．Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer．An Interview with David，a Skateboarding （滑板运动） LoverNovember/Nov．,Centre/Center,850,African,with good grades,sit still,plan/create PE classes, new tricks【考点】短文理解【解析】略【解答】1-5 CDBAD 6-10 BCABA 11-16 DDBBCA17．November/Nov.18．Centre/Center 19.850 20．African21．with good grades 22．sit still 23．plan/create PE classes 24．new tricksII.Grammarand Vocabulary SectionA Directions:Beneath each of the followingsentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer thatbest completes the sentence.-I’m looking for a nearby place for my holiday．Any good ideas？-How about the Moon Lake？It is ________ easy reach of the city．（）A.byB.beyondC.withinD.from【答案】C【考点】介词基础【解析】—我在找附近适合度假的地方，有什么好主意吗？—月亮湖怎么样？它就在我们市的附近．【解答】答案C．A项“通过；被；依据；经由；在附近；在…之前”；B项“超过；越过；那一边；在…较远的一边”；D项“来自，从；由于；今后”；C项“在…之内”；此处句中“reach”的意思为“伸出的距离，可达到的距离、范围”，能跟该词搭配的有“beyond（out of） reach 够不着、找不到”和“within reach在附近、够得着”．根据上下句的意思可知，“在这个城市的附近”，C项符合语境，故选C．Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health，the bad smell and the feelings of other people．（）A.theirsB.themC.themselvesD.oneself【答案】C【考点】代词【解析】那些抽烟很凶的人一定要提醒他们自己注意健康，以及难闻的烟味给别人的感受．【解答】答案：Cremind sb of sth提醒某人注意某事．题干中指的是提醒他们自己，故选C．Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house，for he ________ his key at school．（）A.had leftB.would leaveC.was leavingD.has left【答案】A【考点】动词时态【解析】Bob打电话告诉他妈妈他进不了家了，因为他把钥匙落学校里了．答案：A根据句中called使用了一般过去时可知，Bob打电话是发生在过去，而钥匙落学校里则是发生在打电话之前；故此处是表示发生过去某时间之前的动作，用过去完成时；故选AIt’s a ________ clock，made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century．（）A.charming French smallB.French small charmingC.small French charmingD.charming small French【答案】D【考点】形容词基础【解析】那是一个十九世纪黄铜做的漂亮的法国小闹钟．【解答】答案：D 名词被多个形容词修饰时，通常的排列顺序是：限定词，描述性形容词，大小形状颜色，国籍材料作用．句中charming是描述性形容词，大小在前，国籍在后．故选D．The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affair s．（）A.had been electedB.had electedC.have been electedD.have elected【答案】C【考点】动词语态【解析】学校的董事会由那些被推选来就学校事务做决定的父母组成的．【解答】答案C．elect意为选举，推选，它的主语是关系词who所代指的parents，该句句意为，学校的董事会由那些被推选来就学校事务做决定的父母组成的．根据句意可知，父母和elect之间是被动关系，因此排除BD选项．因为主句is made up of是一般现在时，故排除A项，由句意得知表示已经被推选出来，用现在完成时，故选C．They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year，________ they might have．（）A.however difficultB.how difficultC.whatever difficultyD.what difficultyC【考点】从属连词【解析】他答应无论有什么困难，年底都要开发一个软件包．【解答】答案：C题干中从句they might have缺少宾语，要用名词或代词；how修饰形容词或副词，what修饰名词；what连接名词性从句，whatever连接状语从句，表示无论什么．故选C．The judges gave no hint of what they thought about，so I left the room really ________．（）A.worriedB.to be worriedC.being worryingD.having worried【答案】A【考点】过去分词【解析】评委们没有流露出任何有关他们想法的线索或暗示，所以我心情焦虑地离开了房间．【解答】答案：A．本题考查由过去分词变来的形容词做状语的用法．worry是表示情感的使役动词，其有两个由分词变来的形容词worring（使—-担忧）和worried（对—-感到担忧/焦虑），做状语时只用单个分词．The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience．（）A.exploreB.to exploreC.exploringD.explored【答案】B【考点】不定式【解析】学生们一直盼着有机会体验社会，（以期）得到真正的生活经验．【解答】答案：B动词不等式作名词的后置定语．不等式做名词的后置定语时，通常与被修饰名词构成主动或被动关系，但如果是抽象名词chance，opportunity等时，则没有这样的限制．故选B．I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn’t working，so could you fix it for me？（）A.what B.why C.if D.which【答案】B【考点】我不知道为什么手机不能工作了，你能帮我修修吗？【解答】答案：Bidea后面的从句是对idea的解释说明，所以是同位语从句，由so引导的从句so could you fix it for me可知，手机坏了，所以用why来引导同位语从句，故选择B项．Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day．（）A.to go B.to have goneC.goingD.having gone【答案】C【考点】动名词【解析】年轻人如果每天都置身于非常吵闹的音乐中的话，有变聋的风险．【解答】答案：C．risk后面多用动名词作宾语，risk doing sth意为“冒险做某事”；if引导的为一条件状语从句；be exposed to置身于，暴露于；故选C．Yesterday I received a text message my credit card account number．（）A.asked forB.ask forC.asking forD.having asked for【答案】C【考点】现在分词【解析】昨天我收到一条索要我信用卡账号的短信．【解答】答案C．分析句子成分可知" my credit card account number“是来修饰限定前面的名词message 的，message 跟动词短语ask for是逻辑上的主动关系，换句话说也就是逻辑上的主谓关系，那么可以排除表被动的A选项；ask for是谓语动词，可以排除B选项；又因为动词receive与动词ask for之间没有明显的时间上的先后发生顺序，可以排除having asked for．通过以上分析可知答案选C．可以把它改写成定语从句”Yesterday I received a text message that/which asked for my credit card account number ．"I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting．（）A.before B.until C.unless D.where【答案】D我听不清教授讲话，因为我坐的地方太吵了．【解答】答案：D本题考查地点状语从句的用法．before在前面；until直到；unless除非；where哪里．题干中用的是there be结构，表示某地有某物．where引导地点状语从句，表示某地（我坐的地方）．故选D．________ at the photos，illustrations，title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about．（）A.To lookB.LookingC.Having lookedD.Look【答案】D【考点】祈使句【解析】看那些照片、插图和标题，你就可以猜出那本书是关于什么了．【解答】答案D．由句意：看那些照片、插图和标题，你就可以猜出那本书是关于什么了．结合and 可知，该句考察的是“祈使句+and+陈述句”的句型，and前后为两个并且的句子．例如，Read that book and you will know more about the machine．故选D．An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with on e another．（）A.thatB.whereC.whoD.what【答案】A【考点】关系代词【解析】一个生态系统由一个区域内的可以相互作用的生物和非生物成的．【解答】答案A．分析句子结构可知，“________ interact with one another”是定语从句，修饰先行词“the living and nonliving things”，故排除D项，“what”不能用于定语从句．在该定语从句中，谓语动词“interact”前缺少主语，因此排除B项．“that”既可以代指人，也可以代指物，“who”只能代指人，根据中的先行词是“the living and nonliving things”是既有人又有物，因此只能用“that”，故选A．Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources．（）A.isB.areC.is thereD.are there【答案】A【解析】缺少自然资源是人类面临的众多危机之一．【解答】答案：A、根据句子结构可知，该句为完全倒装句．用法为，表示方式或方位的副词或介词短语放句首（该句中为（among the crises that face humans），句子要使用完全倒装，即把谓语动词提前到主语之前．由此可知，该句的主语为the lack of natural resources单数，句子本来应为The lack of natural resources is among the crises that face humans．因此选择B项．Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in ________ they are wearing．（）A.thatB.whatC.howD.which【答案】B【考点】宾语从句【解析】一些人非常关注自己的外表，总是询问他们穿的衣服是否看起来得体．【解答】答案：B根据look fine in 可知，后面跟的是名词性从句中的宾语从句，宾语从句中缺少wear的宾语，选项中that 在名词性从句中是不充当任何成分的，因此排除A，what在名词性从句中充当主语，宾语和表语，意为“什么”因此选择B项．how只能充当状语，因此排除C，which在名词性从句中可以充当主语，宾语和表语，意为“哪一个”，就是要有一个选择的范围才行，也可排除．SectionB Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A．restore B．recall C．processing D．previously E．necessary F．locating G．instead H ．fascinating I．elsewhere J．compositionAs infants，we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth．In fact，we can recognize the （1）________of our mother’s face well before we can recognize her body shape．It’s（2）________how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age，especially since we don’t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old．By the time we are adults，we have the ability to distinguish around 100，000faces．How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to （3）________such a simple thing as a phone number？The exact process is not yet fully understood，but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and proces ses（4）________for facial recognition．Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in （5）________a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area （FFA），which is used only for facial recognition．This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars，is from（6）________ in the brain．Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole f ace for recognition to take place．It had been（7）________ thought that we only needed to see certain facial features．Meanwhile，research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process，but （8）________involves three steps．The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical featur es of a p erson’s face，which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries．In the next step，the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us．A nd finally，the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are lo oking at．This complex （9）________ is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain sit uations．【答案】J,H,B,E,F,I,D,G,C【考点】任务型阅读【解析】本文介绍了我们的大脑能够识别不同种类的脸部表情，刚出生的婴儿即刻就能认出自己妈妈的脸部轮廓，成人后能够分辨十万个不同的人脸．其大脑所具备的这种惊人的记忆是令人叹服的；麻省理工学院及英国伦敦大学学院的研究人员对此进行了深入的研究．【解答】41-45 JHBEF 46-49 IDGC（1）J．composition，名词，意为“结构，组成”，这里表示“认出母亲的脸部构成”，由后面的we can recognize her body shape可推出是识别妈妈的脸部轮廓．故选J．（2）H．fascinating，形容词，意为“有趣的，迷人的”，此处为句型“It‟sfascinating/inte resting/exciting that/how…”，表示…是如此有趣．强调这种行为的惊奇；故选H．（3）B．recall，动词，意为“回忆，回想”，此处根据常用搭配find it difficult to do sth得出应选择动词，recall such a simple thing as a phone number表示“回想出简单的电话号码”．故选B．（4）E．necessary，形容词，“必要的”，此处necessary for facial recognition作后置定语修饰the specific areas，表示“识别人脸必要的区域”．故选E．（5）F．locate，动词，“定位”．此处有搭配succeed in sth/doing sth，故要选择动名词形式．这里意为“成功定位到一个脑部具体区域FFA”．故选F．（6）I．elsewhere，副词，“其他地方”．由上文推断出既然人脸识别是一个专门的区域进行处理，那么此处“对其它物体的识别”自然是大脑中“其它地方”了．故选I．（7）D．previously，副词，“先前的”．根据上文推断得出人脸识别需要看到整张脸，因此此处的想法“我们只需要看一些脸部特征”是“先前的”．故选D．（8）G．instead，副词，“代替，而不是”．此处根据两句话的意思推断出是转折替代关系，因此选instead．（9）C．processing，名词，“处理，进程”．根据语法推断出此处填名词，由上下文意思得出用processing，表示“这一复杂的处理过程在瞬间完成”．故选C．III.Reading Comprehension SectionA Directions:For each blank in the followingpassage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank withthe word or phrase that best fits the context.Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increa singly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market．The question is: Is economic globalization（1）________for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce（2）________in a large number of developing countries．It quotes one study that shows increas ed wealth （3）________to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration （融合） of local economies into the world economy．Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes （4）________ at an average rate of five percent-compared to two percent in developed countries．Those who（5）________ globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new o pportunities for small and home-based businesses．（6）________small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in （7）________open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet．Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually（8）________ the gap between the rich and poor．A study carried out by the U．N．-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually（9）________ from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unski lled workers, and native peoples have been left behind．（10）________they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses．Fo r example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they a re able to（11）________their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of （12）________．When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to（13）________ and will be crowded out．One thing is certain about globalization-there is no （14）________．Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world．The （15）________ now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all．（1）A.possibleB.smoothC.goodD.easy（2）A.crimeB.povertyC.conflictD.population（3）A.contributingB.respondingC.turningD.owing（4）A.remainB.dropC.shiftD.increase（5）A.doubtB.defineC.advocateD.ignore（6）A.In additionB.C.In other wordsD.（7）A.matureB.newC.localD.foreign（8）A.findingB.exploringC.bridgingD.widening（9）A.sufferedB.profitedC.learnedD.withdrawn（10）A. B.ThereforeC.HoweverD.Otherwise（11）A.consumeB.deliverC.exportD.advertise（12）A.troubleB.businessC.powerD.mind（13）A.keep upe inC.go aroundD.help out（14）A.taking offB.getting alongC.holding outD.turning back（15）A.agreementB.predictionC.outcomeD.challenge【答案】CBADCBCDBACBADD【考点】政治经济类阅读【解析】本文为议论文，表述面对全球化的世界，说明开放的经济环境的利弊，表达经济全球化趋势已不可逆转，是个大趋势，能做的只有寻找更好地适应全球化的方法．【解答】（1）C 根据上下文可以判断出，此文章是针对经济全球化的利弊而进行的讨论，那第一段所抛出的问题必然是：全球化是否对有利于任何国家？因此选项中good为正确答案．（2）B 根据上下文判断，经济全球化给发展中国家带来的影响最准确的应该描述为reduce poverty，而非population，crime 和 conflict．（3）A 发展中国家财富的增加（increased wealth）在一定程度上促进了教育水平的提高（improved education）和人口寿命的延长（longer life），所以答案为A/contributing to：有助于．（4）D 在52题中已经提到，世界银行（World Bank ）认为经济全球化帮助发展中国家降低贫困，那必然带来收入的提高，所以正确答案为D/increase．（5）C 读完第三段后不难发现，本段的主要观点是提倡发展中国家参与经济全球化过程，所以这里答案为C/advocate．（6）B 第三段中第一句提到，发展中国家的小买卖（small and home-based businesses）将会受益于经济全球化所带来的机遇，巴西（Brazil）农产品销售市场的扩大就是其中的例子之一，所以这里的转折词为B/For instance．（7）C受经济全球化影响，巴西的农产品可以在全世界范围内（worldwide）销售，那与此对应，原来农产品的销售范围应为为国内或者是当地（local open-air market），故此题答案为C/local．（8）D第四段中，评论家认为经济全球化会扩大贫富差距，因此对其持反对态度．扩大贫富差距为 widen the gap between…，因此答案为D/widening（9）B此处考察“得益于…”的另外一种说法：profit from…（10）A评论家在发表经济全球化会扩大贫富差距后，又发表另外一个观点“they maintain…”，这两个观点之间是递进的关系，故答案为A/Furthermore．（11）C发展中国家受益于经济全球化集中体现在能将产品销售到国外的市场，即出口到国外．所以本题答案为C/export．（12）B全球化的市场所带来的竞争也可以导致一些国家最终没有生意做或者说一些生产商的破产．故此选项为B/pot them out of business．（13）A发展中国家小规模生产的商品一旦被大规模生产，这些国家就会逐渐落后并被淘汰．not keep up意为落后，所以四个选项中A表达意思最准确．（14）D经济全球化发展是大趋势，不可逆转的，故答案为D/no turning back．（15）D在讨论了不同人对经济全球化所持的观点后，得出结论，目前面临的最大挑战是如何让经济全球化为所有人的利益服务．所以答案为D/challenge．SectionB Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D .Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.For some people，music is no fun at all．About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes （音调）．Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs．Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale．As a result，songs sound like noise to an amusic．Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces o f metal hitting each other．Life can be hard for amusics．Their inability to enjoy music sets them apart from others．It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition ．In fact，most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic．Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful．That is why many amusics intenti onally stay away from places where there is music．However，this can result in withdrawal and social isolation．“I used to hate parties，” says Margaret，a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic．By studying people like Marg aret，scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition．Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appr eciate music．The difference is complex，and it doesn’t involve defective hearing．Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well．They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech．Scientists compare amu sics to people who just can’t see certain colors．Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed （诊断）．For years，Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music．Now she knows that she is not al one．There is a name for her condition．That makes it easier for her to explain．“When pe ople invite me to a concert，I just say，’No thanks，I’m amusic，’”says Margaret．“I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy ．”（1）Which of the following is true of amusics？A．Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them．B．They love places where they are li kely to hear music．C．They can easily tell two different songs apart．D．Their situation is well understood by musicians．66．According to paragraph 3，a person with“defective hearing”is probably one who________．A.dislikes listening to speechesB．C.has a hearing problemD．（2）In the last paragraph，Margaret expressed her wish that________．A.Amusics’strange behaviours．B.Some people’s inability to enjoy music．C.Musical talent and brain structure．D.Identification and treatment of amusics．【答案】CA【考点】科教类阅读【解析】这是一篇说明文，讲述了一群特殊的人——amusic（没有乐感的人），对他们而言，音乐如同噪音一般，没有任何乐趣．没有欣赏音乐的能力给他们的生活带来了诸多不便，不过，令人高兴的是，他们的这种状况目前已得到诊断，他们的大脑与能够欣赏音乐的人的大脑有所不同，而且这种差异很复杂．【解答】（1） A 细节理解题．根据“That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music”（那就是许多没有乐感的人有意地远离有音乐的地方的原因），由此可以排除B项“他们喜爱很可能听到音乐的地方”．根据“Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs”（没有乐感的人经常不能说出两首歌曲的不同）排除C项“他们能很容易地区别出两首歌”．根据文中“It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition”（对于其他人来说，认同他们会很难），因此排除D项“音乐家们很理解他们的境况”．最后根据文章的第一句“For some people，music is no fun at all．About four percent of the population is what scientists call amusic（对于一些人来说，音乐对他们说没有任何乐趣而言），”可知A项“听音乐对他们来说完全不是愉快的”为正确答案．故选A．（3）C 判断推理题．根据关键词“defective hearing”定位第三段，根据“…and it doesn’t involve defective hearing．Amusics can understand other nonmusical soun ds well．They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech．Scientists compare a musics to people who just can’t see certain colo rs”（它与听力障碍无关．没有乐感的人能够很好地理解其他非音乐的声音．对于普通的演讲理解起来也没任何问题．科学家们把没有乐感的人比作不能看见某些颜色的人），由此排除A 项“不喜欢听演讲的人”；B项“能听到任何非音乐的声音”以及D项“缺乏一个复杂的听力系统”．锁定答案C项“有听力障碍的”．故选C．（4）A 细节判断题．根据最后一段“I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy”（我只是希望我十七岁而不是七十岁的时候学会说那句话啊），这是一个虚拟语气的句子，可以看出Margaret说这句话的时候，已经七十岁了，因此排除B项“她十七了而不是七十了”，同时也排除C项“她的问题很好解释”；选项D“她能见到其他的没有乐感的人”从Margaret的愿望中，我们看不出这个意思了，因此排除D项．所以正确答案是A项．（5）B 主旨大意题．文章的第一段告诉读者：大约4%的人音乐对于他们而言，没有任何乐趣可言，他们没有辨别与再现音调的能力；第二段讲述歌曲对于没有乐感的人来说听起来像噪音，以及由此给他们的生活带来的不便；第三段分析了原因，是因为他们的大脑与能欣赏音乐的人的大脑不同造成的，但这又不同于有听力障碍的人；最后一段以Margaret为例，说明他们的这种状况最终得以诊断．因此，可以排除A项“没有乐感的人奇怪行为”C项“音乐才能与大脑结构”以及D项“没乐感的人的区别与治疗”，锁定答案B项“一些人没有欣赏音乐的能力”．故选B．（1）According to Warranty Limitations，a product can be under warranty if________．A.．．C.repaired by the user himselfD．U.S．（2）According to Owner’s Responsibilities，an owner has to pay for________．A.the loss of the sales receiptB．C.the product installationD．（3）Which of the following is true according to the warranty？________A.Consequential damages are excluded across America．B.A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty．C.A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year．D.Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year．【答案】DBC【考点】广告布告类阅读【解析】本文是一份产品的保修单．一篇烘干机的保修情况说明，文中详细地说明了这款家用自动洗衣烘干机的保修范围、保修期限等．【解答】（1）D 细节理解题．根据“Warranty Limitations”保修限制部分的“Applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada”适用于在美国或者加拿大使用的产品，可知D项正确．根据“if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory．”适用于产品从工厂运输时由加拿大标准协会批准的产品，并不是说一定要从加拿大的工厂运出来．因此A项错误．根据“Products used on a rental basis not covered by this warranty”租用的产品是不覆盖在保修范围的，因此排除B项．根据“Service must be performed by an Amana service”服务必须是在Amana的维修工来操作的，从而排除C项，故选D．（2）B 细节理解题．根据从该部分的最后两条里面找．需要付钱的项目里面没有A项，因此排除．根据“Pay for extra service costs，over normal service charges，if service is requested to perform service outside service’s normal business hours”可知，需要付额外的服务费用，比通常的服务费用要高，如果维修人员在正常工作时间之外被要求服务的话．因此B项是正确的，即维修人员的超时服务．根据“Pay for service calls related to product installation”可知，你需要支付的是叫安装服务的电话费用calls，而不是安装费用，故排除C项．D项也没有在文中提到，从而排除，故选B．（3）C 细节理解题．根据最后一段的“This warranty gives you specific legal rights，and you may have others which vary from state to state”意为这个保修给予了你具体的合法权利，同时你也可能有其他的一些权利，这在不同的州情况有所不同，因此排除A 项．根据“Product has damage due to…floods”可知，由于自然灾害，比如洪水，造成的损失，是不属于保修的，因此排除B项．根据“Product is improperly installed or applied”意为不恰当的安装和使用造成的损失是不保修的．因此排除D项．A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first rob otic fly．The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems．Designed to do what a fly does naturally，the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly．Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and per form controlled flight tasks．“It’s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components （元件），”said Robert Wood，the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for overa decade．A few years ago，his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components．“The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own，”he said．They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly．“The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual c omponents，each of which individually has to perform well，but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to，”said Wood．The flight de vice was built into a set of power，computation，sensing and control systems．Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying ro bot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured．While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small，off-board power source，。

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第Ⅰ卷（共105分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. A basketball player. B. A laundry worker.C. A window washer.D. A rock climber2. A. She is not hungry. B. She wants to cook.C. She is not tired.D. She wants to dine out.3. A. Promising. B. Isolated C. Crowded. D. Modern4. A. To a stationery shop. B. To a gymnasium.C. To a paint store.D. To a news stand.5. A. The man can see a different view. B. The food is not tasty enough.C. The man cannot afford the food.D. The food is worth the price.6. A. She reads different kinds of books. B. She also finds the book difficult to read.C. She is impressed by the characters.D. She knows well how to remember names.7. A. The man will go to the post office. B. The post office is closed for the day.C. The woman is expecting the newspaper.D. The delivery boy has been dismissed.8. A. She is not sure if she can join them. B. She will skip the class to see the film.C. She will ask the professor for leave.D. She does not want to see a film.9. A. Fashion designing is a booming business. B. School learning is a must for fashion designers.C. He hopes to attend a good fashion school.D. The woman should become a fashion designer.10. A. Few people drive within the speed limit. B. Drivers usually obey traffic rules.C. The speed limit is really reasonable.D. The police stop most drivers for speedingSection 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. A book publisher. B. A company manager.C. A magazine editor.D. A school principal.12. A. Some training experience. B. A happy family.C. Russian assistants' help.D. A good memory.13. A. Lynn’s devotion to the family. B. Lynn’s busy and successful life.C. Lynn’s great performance at work.D. Lynn’s efficiency in conducting programs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Economic questions. B. Routine questions.C. Academic questions.D. Challenging questions.15. A. Work experience. B. Educational qualifications.C. Problem-solving abilities.D. Information-gathering abilities.16. A. Features of different types of interview. B. Skills in asking interview questions.C. Changes in three interview models.D. Suggestions for different job interviews.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.Latest Conference InformationDate: 8th 17Place: Palace 18 , ShanghaiRegistration fee: $ 19Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.An Interview with David, a Skateboarding (滑板运动) LoverII. 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. — I’m looking for a nearby place for my holiday. Any good ideas?— How about the Moon Lake? It is ________ easy reach of the city.A. byB. beyondC. withinD. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health, the bad smell and the feelings of otherpeople.A. theirsB. themC. themselvesD. oneself27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house, for he ________ his key at school.A. had leftB. would leaveC. was leavingD. has left28. It’s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.A. charming French smallB. French small charmingC. small French charmingD. charming small French29. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.A. had been electedB. had electedC. have been electedD. have elected30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ they might have. A. however difficult B. how difficult C. whatever difficultyD. what difficulty31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really ________. A. to be worriedB. to worryC. having worriedD. worried32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience. A. exploreB. to exploreC. exploringD. explored33. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn’t working, so could you fix it for me? A. whatB. whyC. ifD. which34. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day. A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone35. Sophia got an e-mail ________ her credit card account number. A. asking forB. ask forC. asked forD. having asked for36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting. A. beforeB. untilC. unlessD. where37. ________ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about. A. To lookB. LookingC. Having lookedD. Look38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with one another. A. thatB. whereC. whoD. what39. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources. A. isB. areC. is thereD. are there40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in ________ they are wearing. A. that B. what C. how D. whichSection 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.As infants, we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth. In fact, we can recognize the 41of ourmother’s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It’s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don’t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45 a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area (FFA), which is used only for facial recognition. This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars, is from 46 in the brain. Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face for recognition to take place. It had been 47 thought that we only needed to see certain facial features. Meanwhile, research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process, but 48 involves three steps. The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical features of a person’s face, which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries. In the next step, the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us. And finally, the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are looking at. This complex 49 is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situations.(324 words)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.Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is：Is economic globalization 50 for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that wouldoriginally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.(347 words)50. A. possible B. smooth C. good D. easy51. A. crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population52. A. contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing53. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase54. A. doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore55. A. In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All in all56. A. mature B. new C. local D. foreign57. A. finding B. exploring C. bridging D. widening58. A. suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn59. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise60. A. consume B. deliver C. export D. advertise61. A. trouble B. business C. power D. mind62. A. keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out63. A. taking off B. getting along C. holding out D. turning back64. A. agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challengeSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinishedstatements. 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.AFor some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‘No thanks, I’m amusic,’” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”(335 words)65. Which of the following is true of amusics?A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.B. They love places where they are likely to hear music.C. They can easily tell two different songs apart.D. Their situation is well understood by musicians.66. According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who __________.A. dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system67. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that __________.A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierB. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyC. her problem could be easily explainedD. she were able to meet other amusics68. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Amusics’ strange behaviours.B. Some people’s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structure.D. Identification and treatment of amusics.B(268 words)69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if __________.A. shipped from a Canadian factoryB. rented for home useC. repaired by the user himselfD. used in the U.S.A.70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for __________.A. the loss of the sales receiptB. a servicer’s overtime workC. the product installationD. a mechanic’s transportation71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.CA team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“It’s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to,” said Wood. The flight device wasbuilt into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”(392 words)72. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that __________.A. they had no model in their mindB. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made componentsD. they could not assemble the components73. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly __________.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application74. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Wood’s design can replace animals in some experiments.75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect StudySection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.76.The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the western world. People take these supplementsbecause advertisingsuggests that they preventa range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them. This EU directive should be supported.77. Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people’s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this evidence as it is from a biased source.78. Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would mean a more efficient use of time as people wouldn’t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality.79. Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every man, woman and child in the country. People do not need all these pills.80.Some might argue that the EU directive denies people’s right to freedom of choice. However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual’s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time. The researchers form the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise.They found that almost all of the categories (类别) showed a drop in these “mood words” over time. Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage.“It is a steady and continuous decrease,” said Dr Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. “One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe these media—movies, radio, drama—had more emotional content than books.”Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behaviour：the ratio (比率) between the two varied greatly, apparently mirroring historical events.During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could be true.“It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression (压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing ‘filled with romance and sex’… perhaps,” they conclude, “songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.”(Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)81. A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in “mood words” over time except_______________.82. According to Dr Alberto Acerbi, one reason for the drop of “mood words” in books may be that_______________.83. What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest?84. While the researchers found some changes in the use of “mood words” in books, they werenot sure that _______________.第Ⅱ卷（共45分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 今年元旦我们玩得很开心。

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第I 卷 (共105分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections : In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At theend 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 basketball player. B. A laundry worker. C. A window washer. D. A rock climber.2. A. She is not hungry. B. She wants to cook. C. She is not tired.D. She wants to dine out. 3. A. Promising. B. Isolated.C. Crowded.D. Modern.4. A. To a stationery shop. B. To a gymnasium. C. To a paint store.D. To a news stand.5. A. The man can see a different view. B. The food is not tasty enough. C. The man cannot afford the food.D. The food is worth the price.○密封线内不要答题6. A. She reads different kinds of books. B. She also finds the book difficult to read.C. She is impressed by the characters.D. She knows well how to remember names.7. A. The man will go to the post office. B. The post office is closed for the day.C. The woman is expecting the newspaper.D. The delivery boy has been dismissed.8. A. She is not sure if she can join them. B. She will skip the class to see the film.C. She will ask the professor for leave.D. She does not want to see the film.9. A. Fashion designing is a booming business.B. School learning is a must for fashion designers.C. He hopes to attend a good fashion school.D. The woman should become a fashion designer.10. A. Few people drive within the speed limit. B. Drivers usually obey traffic rules.C. The speed limit is really reasonable.D. The police stop most drivers for speeding.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. A book publisher. B. A company manager.C. A magazine editor.D. A school principal.12. A. Some training experience. B. A happy family.C. Russian assistants‘ help.D. A good memory.13. A. Lynn‘s devotion to the family.B. Lynn‘s busy and successful life.C. Lynn‘s great performance at work.D. Lynn‘s efficiency in conducting programs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Economic questions. B. Routine questions.C. Academic questions.D. Challenging questions.15. A. Work experience. B. Educational qualifications.C. Problem-solving abilities.D. Information-gathering abilities.16. A. Features of different types of interview. B. Skills in asking interview questions.C. Changes in three interview models.D. Suggestions for different job interviews.英语2013 第2页（共13页）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.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.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. — I‘m looking for a nearby place for my holiday. Any good ideas?— How about the Moon Lake? It is _____ easy reach of the city.A. byB. beyondC. withinD. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind _____ of health, the bad smell and the feelings ofother people.A. theirsB. themC. themselvesD. oneself英语2013 第3页（共13页）27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn‘t enter the house, for he _____ his key at school.A. had leftB. would leaveC. was leavingD. has left28. It‘s a _____ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.A. charming French smallB. French small charmingC. small French charmingD. charming small French29. The school board is made up of parents who _____ to make decisions about school affairs.A. had been electedB. had electedC. have been electedD. have elected30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, _____ they might have.A. however difficultB. how difficultC. whatever difficultyD. what difficulty31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really _____.A. to be worriedB. to worryC. having worriedD. worried32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity _____ society for real-lifeexperience.A. exploreB. to exploreC. exploringD. explored33. I have no idea _____ the cell phone isn‘t working, so could you fix it for me?A. whatB. whyC. ifD. which34. Young people may risk _____ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone35. Sophia got an e-mail _____ her credit card account number.A. asking forB. ask forC. asked forD. having asked for36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise _____ I am sitting.A. beforeB. untilC. unlessD. where37. _____ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading isabout.A. To lookB. LookingC. Having lookedD. Look38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area _____ interact with oneanother.A. thatB. whereC. whoD. what39. Among the crises that face humans _____ the lack of natural resources.A. isB. areC. is thereD. are there40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in _____ theyare wearing.A. thatB. whatC. howD. which英语2013 第4页（共13页）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.As infants, we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth. In fact, we can recognize the 41 of our mother‘s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It‘s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don‘t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45 a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area (FFA), which is used only for facial recognition. This means that recognition of familiar objects, such as our clothes or cars, is from 46 in the brain. Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face for recognition to take place. It had been 47 thought that we only needed to see certain facial features. Meanwhile, research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process, but 48 involves three steps. The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical features of a person‘s face, which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries. In the next step, the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us. And finally, the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are looking at. This complex 49 is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situations.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.英语2013 第5页（共13页）Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up their markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is: Is economic globalization 50 for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economics into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world.The64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.50. A. possible B. smooth C. good D. easy51. A. crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population52. A. contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing53. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase54. A. doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore55. A. In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All in all56. A. mature B. new C. local D. foreign57. A. finding B. exploring C. bridging D. widening58. A. suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn59. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise60. A. consume B. deliver C. export D. advertise61. A. trouble B. business C. power D. mind62. A. keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out英语2013 第6页（共13页）63. A. taking off B. getting along C. holding out D. turning back64. A. agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challengeSection 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)For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call ―amusic.‖People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes(音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music sets them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. ―I used to hate parties,‖says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn‘t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can‘t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed(诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. ―When people invite me to a concert, I just say, ‗No thanks, I‘m amusic,‘‖ says Margaret. ―I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.‖65. Which of the following is true of amusics?A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.B. They love places where they are likely to hear music.C. They can easily tell two different songs apart.D. Their situation is well understood by musicians.66. According to paragraph 3, a person with ―defective hearing‖ is probably one who _____.A. dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system英语2013 第7页（共13页）67. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that _____.A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierB. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyC. her problem could be easily explainedD. she were able to meet other amusics68. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Amusics‘ strange behaviours.B. Some people‘s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structure.D. Identification and treatment of amusics.(B)Home Laundry Automatic Dryer ProductFull Two Year Warranty(保修)Limited Five Year Warranty on Cabinet (机箱)Warranty Provides for:FIRST TWO YEARS Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge.THIRD THRU FIFTH YEARS Amana will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust (生锈).Warranty Limitations:•Warranty begins at date of original purchase. •Applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory.•Products used on a commercial or rental basis are not covered by this warranty.•Service must be performed by an Amana servicer.•Adjustments covered during first year only.Warranty Does Not Cover It If:•Product has damage due to product alteration, connection to an improper electrical supply, shipping and handling, accident, fire, floods, lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amana.•Product is improperly installed or applied. Owner’s Responsibilities:•Provide sales receipt.•Normal care and maintenance. •Having the product reasonably accessible for service.•Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions. •Pay for extra service costs, over normal service charges, if servicer is requested to perform service outside servicer‘s normal business hours.In no event shall Amana be responsible for consequential damages.**This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have others which vary from state to state. For example, some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.英语2013 第8页（共13页）69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if _____.A. shipped from a Canadian factoryB. rented for home useC. repaired by the user himselfD. used in the U.S.A.70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for _____.A. the loss of the sales receiptB. a servicer‘s overtime workC. the product installationD. a mechanic‘s transportation71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.(C)A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.―It‘s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),‖ said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. ―The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,‖ he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. ―The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it‘s connected to,‖said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers‘ fields or on the battlefield. ―Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,‖ he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. ―You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,‖ he said. ―So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day-to-day basis.‖英语2013 第9页（共13页）72. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that _____.A. they had no model in their mindB. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made componentsD. they could not assemble the components73. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly _____.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application74. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Wood‘s design can replace animals in some experiments.75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect StudySection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.英语2013 第10页（共13页）76.The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the western world. People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them. This EU directive should be supported.77.Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer.This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people‘s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this78.Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would means a more efficient use of time as people wouldn‘t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality.79.People already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every men, woman and child in the country. People do not need all these pills.80.Some might argue that the EU directive denies people‘s right to freedom of choice. However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual‘s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully.Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time. The researchers from the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise.They found that almost all of the categories (类别) showed a drop in these ―mood words‖over time. Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage.―It is a steady and continuous decrease,‖ said Dr Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. ―One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe these media—movies, radio, drama—had more emotional content than books.‖Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behavior: the ratio (比率) between the two varied greatly, apparently mirroring historical events.During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could be true.―It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression (压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing ‗filled with romance and sex‘…perhaps,‖they conclude, ―songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.‖(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)81.A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in―mood words‖over timeexcept__________.82. According to Dr Alberto Acerbi, one reason for the drop of ―mood words‖ in books may bethat __________.83. What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest?84.While the researchers found some changes in the use of―mood words‖in books,they werenot sure that __________.第II卷(共45分)I. TranslationDirection: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 今年元旦我们玩得很开心。

2013年上海市高考英语试卷I.Listening Comprehension1. Section ADirections：In section A，you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers．At the end of each conversatio n，a question will be asked about what was said．The conversation and the question will be sp oken 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 basketball player．B．A laundry worker．C．A window washer．D．A rock climber2．A．She is not hungry．B．She wants to cook．C．She is not tired．D．She wants to dine out．3．A．Promising．B．Isolated C．Crowded．D．Modern4．A．To a stationery shop．B．To a gymnasium．C．To a paint store．D．To a news stand．5．A．The man can see a different view． B．The food is not tasty enough．C．The man cannot afford the food． D．The food is worth the price．6．A．She reads different kinds of books． B．She also finds the book difficult to read．C．She is impressed by the characters． D．She knows well how to remember names．7．A．The man will go to the post office． B．The post office is closed for the day．C．The woman is expecting the newspaper． D．The delivery boy has been dismissed．8．A．She is not sure if she can join them． B．She will skip the class to see the film．C．She will ask the professor for leave． D．She does not want to see a film．9．A．Fashion designing is a booming business． B．School learning is a must for fashion designers．C．He hopes to attend a good fashion school． D．The woman should become a fashion de signer．10．A．Few people drive within the speed limit． B．Drivers usually obey traffic rules．C．The speed limit is really reasonable． D．The police stop most drivers for speeding 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 tw ice，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 book publisher． B．A company manager．C．A magazine editor． D．A school principal．12．A．Some training experience． B．A happy family．C．Russian assistants'help． D．A good memory．13．A．Lynn's devotion to the family． B．Lynn's busy and successful life．C．Lynn's great performance at work． D．Lynn's efficiency in conducting programs．Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage．14．A．Economic questions． B．Routine questions．C．Academic questions． D．Challenging questions．15．A．Work experience． B．Educational qualifications．C．Problem-solving abilities． D．Information-gathering abilities．16．A．Features of different types of interview．B．Skills in asking interview questions．C．Changes in three interview models．D．Suggestions for different job interviews．Section CDirections：In section C，you will hear two longer conversations．The conversations will be read twice．After you he ar 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．Complete the form．Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer．An Interview with David，a Skateboarding （滑板运动） LoverII.Grammarand Vocabulary SectionA Directions: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.2. -I'm looking for a nearby place for my holiday．Any good ideas？-How about the Moon Lake？It is ________ easy reach of the city．（）A byB beyondC withinD from3. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health，the bad smell and the feelings of other people．（）A theirsB themC themselvesD oneself4. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn't enter the house，for he ________ his key at school．（）A had leftB would leaveC was leavingD has left5. It's a ________ clock，made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century．（）A charming French smallB French small charmingC small Frenchcharming D charming small French6. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affair s．（）A had been electedB had electedC have been electedD have elected7. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year，________ they might have．（）A however difficultB how difficultC whatever difficultyD what difficulty8. The judges gave no hint of what they thought about，so I left the room really ________．（）A worriedB to be worriedC being worryingD having worried9. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience．（）A exploreB to exploreC exploringD explored10. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn't working，so could you fix it for me？（）A whatB whyC ifD which11. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day．（）A to goB to have goneC goingD having gone12. Yesterday I received a text message my credit card account number．（）A asked forB ask forC asking forD having asked for13. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting．（）A beforeB untilC unlessD where14. ________ at the photos，illustrations，title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about．（）A To lookB LookingC Having lookedD Look15. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with o ne another．（）A thatB whereC whoD what16. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources．（）A isB areC is thereD are there17. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in _______ _ they are wearing．（）A thatB whatC howD whichSectionB Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.18. A．restore B．recall C．processing D．previously E．necessary F．locating G．instead H．fascinating I．elsewhere J．compositionAs infants，we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth．In fact，we can recognize the （1）________of our mother's face well before we can recognize her body shape．It's （2）________how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age，especially since we don't learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old．By the time we are adults，we have the ability to distinguish around 100，000faces．How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to （3）________such a simple thing as a phone number？The exact process is not yet fully understood，but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and process es（4）________for facial recognition．Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in （5）________a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area （FFA），which is used only for facial recognition．This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars，is from（6）________ in the brain．Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face f or recognition to take place．It had been（7）________ thought that we only needed to see certain facial features．Meanwhile，research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single proces s，but （8）________involves three steps．The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical featuresof a person's face，which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries．In the next step，the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us．A nd finally，the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are lo oking at．This complex （9）________ is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situat ions．III.Reading Comprehension SectionA Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.19. Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, incr easingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market．The question is: Is economic globalization（1）________for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce（2）________in a large number of developing countries．It quotes one study that shows increased wealth （3）________to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration （融合） of local economies into the world economy．Home to some three billion people, these t wenty-four countries have seen incomes （4）________ at an average rate of five percent-compared to two percent in developed countries．Those who（5）________ globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses．（6）________small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in （7）________open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet．Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually（8）________ the gap between the rich and poor．A study carried out by the U．N．-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually（9）________ from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind．（10）________they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses．For e xample, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to（11）________their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of （12）________．When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to（13）________ and will be crowded out．One thing is certain about globalization-there is no （14）________．Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world．The （15）________ now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all．（1）A possibleB smoothC goodD easy（2）A crimeB povertyC conflictD population（3）A contributingB respondingC turningD owing（4）A remainB dropC shiftD increase（5）A doubtB defineC advocateD ignore（6）A In additionBC In other words D（7）A matureB newC localD foreign（8）A findingB exploringC bridgingD widening（9）A sufferedB profitedC learnedD withdrawn（10）A B Therefore C However D Otherwise（11）A consumeB deliverC exportD advertise（12）A troubleB businessC powerD mind（13）A keep upB come inC go aroundD help out（14）A taking offB getting alongC holding outD turning back（15）A agreementB predictionC outcomeD challengeSectionB Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D .Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.20. For some people，music is no fun at all．About four percent of the population is what scientists call "amusic". People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes （音调）．Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs．Amusics can only h ear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale．As a result，songs sound like noise to an amusic．Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other．Life can be hard for amusics．Their inability to enjoy music sets them apart from others．It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition ．In fact，most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic．Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful．That is why many amusics intenti onally stay away from places where there is music．However，this can result in withdrawal and social isolation．"I used to hate parties，" says Margaret，a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic．By studying people like Marg aret，scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition．Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appr eciate music．The difference is complex，and it doesn't involve defective hearing．Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well．They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech．Scientists compare amu sics to people who just can't see certain colors．Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed （诊断）．For years，Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music．Now she knows that she is not al one．There is a name for her condition．That makes it easier for her to explain．"When pe ople invite me to a concert，I just say，'No thanks，I'm amusic，'"says Margaret．"I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy ．"（1）Which of the following is true of amusics？A．Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them．B．They love places where they are li kely to hear music．C．They can easily tell two different songs apart．D．Their situation is well understood by musicians．66．According to paragraph 3，a person with"defective hearing"is probably one who________．A dislikes listening to speechesB． C has a hearing problemD．（2）In the last paragraph，Margaret expressed her wish that________．A Amusics'strange behaviours．B Some people's inability to enjoy music．C Music al talent and brain structure．D Identification and treatment of amusics．21.（1）According to Warranty Limitations，a product can be under warranty if________．A ．． C repaired by the user himselfD． U S．（2）According to Owner's Responsibilities，an owner has to pay for________．A the loss of the sales receiptB． C the product installationD．（3）Which of the following is true according to the warranty？________A Consequential damages are excluded across America．B A product damaged in a nat ural disaster is covered by the warranty．C A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced f ree in the second year．D Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the fi rst year．22. A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly．The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems．Designed to do what a fly does naturally，the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly．Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and per form controlled flight tasks．"It's extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components （元件），"said Robert Wood，the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade．A few years ago，his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components．"The added difficulty with a project like thi s is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own，"he said．They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly．"The seemingly simpl e system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual co mponents，each of which individually has to perform well，but then has to be matched well to everything it's connected to，"said Wood．The flight device was built into a set of power，computation，sensing and control systems．Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying rob ot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured．While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small，off-board power source，the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source，so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites，in farmers'fields or on the battlefield．"Basically it should be able to take off，land and fly around，"he said．Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale．Yet，the power，sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications．"Yo u can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions，you know，to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals，but using these robots instead，"he said．"So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that ar e really what drives us on a day to day basis．"（1）The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that________．A．they had no model in their mindB．they did not have sufficient timeC．they had no ready-made componentsD．they could not assemble the components（2）It can be inferred from paragraphs 3and 4that the robotic fly________．A．consists of a flight device and a control systemB．can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC．can collect information from many sourcesD．has been put into wide application（3）Which of the following can be learned from the passage？A．The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects．B．Animals are not allowed in biological experiments．C．There used to be few ways to study how insects fly．D．Wood's design can replace animals in some experiments．（4）Which of the following might be the best title of the passage？A．Father of Robotic FlyB．Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC．Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD．Harvard Breaks Through in Insect Study．SectionC Directions: Read the following texta nd choose the most suitable heading fromA—F for each paragraph.There is one extra heading which you do not need.23. A．Healthy way of life giving way to overuse of medicineB．Different findings as to taking additional vitaminC．EU{'}s response to overuse of health productsD．Worrying increase in multivitamin advertisingE．EU directive for the benefit of individualsF．EU directive against prediction in novels76．________．The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the west ern world．People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing．However，there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union （EU） has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of th em．This EU directive should be supported．77．________Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000milligrams a da y are more likely to develop cancer．This shows how much damage these health supplement s do to people's health．A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that ot her research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease，but we can dismiss this evidence as it is from a biased source．78．________Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed．This，it was argued，would mean a more efficient use of time as people wouldn't have to waste it preparing or eati ng meals．The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality．79．________Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle．For example，the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998was 21tablets per year for every man，woman and child in the country．People do not need all these pills．80．________Some might argue that the EU directive denies people's right to freedom of choice．However，there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual's best interes ts．We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so．Opp osing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened．Secti on D．Section D Directions:Read the passage carefully.Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.24. A study of more than five million books，both fiction and non-fiction，has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time．The researchers form t he University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer，a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books，to search for more than 600particular words identified as representing anger，dislike，fear，joy，sadness and surprise．They found that almost all of the categories （类别） showed a drop in these"mood words"over time．Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage．"It is a steady and continuous decrease，"said Dr Alberto Acerbi．He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the p osition occupied by literature，in a crowded media landscape．"One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media．Maybe these media-movies，radio，drama-had more emotional content than books．"Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend，the research，published in the journal PLOS One，found that they also exhibited another interesting behaviour：the ratio （比率） between the two varied greatly，apparently mirroring historical events．During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial cras h．But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War．Nevertheless，the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider so cial trends．In the paper，they even argue that the reverse could be true．"It has been suggested，for example，that it was the suppression （压抑） of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing‘filled wi th romance and sex'…perhaps，"they conclude，"songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect t he average body．"（Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS．）81．A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in"mood words"over time ex cept________．82．According to Dr Alberto Acerbi，one reason for the drop of"mood words"in books may be that________．83．What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest？________．84．While the researchers found some changes in the use of"mood words"in books，they werenot sure that________．I．Translation Directions：Translate the following sentences into English，using the words given in the brackets．25. 今年元旦我们玩得很开心．（enjoy）________．26. 舅舅昨天寄给我一张卡片，祝贺我18岁生日．（congratulate）________．27. 经过多年的建设，这个小镇现在和地震前一样充满了活力．（as…as…）________．28. 演出以一段五十多岁的人耳熟能详的经典音乐开始．（familiar）________．29. 她一看完那个关于已灭绝物种的电视节目，就立志加入野生动物保护组织．（No sooner）________．II.Guided Writing Directions:Write an English compositionin120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.30. 上海博物馆拟举办一次名画展，现就展出场所（博物馆还是社区图书馆）征集公众意见，假设你是王敏，给上海博物馆写一封信表达你的想法．你的信必须满足以下要求：1．简述你写信的目的及你对场所的选择；2．说明你的理由（从便利性，专业性等方面对这两个场所进行对比）．2013年上海市高考英语试卷答案1. November/Nov．,Centre/Center,850,African,with good grades,sit still,plan/create PE class es,new tricks2. C3. C4. A5. D6. C7. C8. A9. B10. B11. C12. C13. D14. D15. A16. A17. B18. J,H,B,E,F,I,D,G,C19. CBADCBCDBACBADD20. CA21. DBC22. C,B,D,C23. C,B,F,A,E24. in the category of fear,the literary position has changed in a crowded media landscape/ot her media-movies，radio，drama-had more emotional content,During the roaring Twenties and before the recent financial cras h,their research result reflected wider social trends/songs and books reflected the real popul ation25. We enjoyed ourselves this New Year's Day this year．26. My uncle sent me a card yesterday to congratulate me on my 18th birthday．27. After years of construction，this town is as lively now as it used to be before the earthquake．28. The performance began with a piece of classical music which was familiar to people in th eir fifties．29. No sooner had she watched the TV program on the extinct species than she made up her mind to join the wildlife protection organization．30. Dear Sir or Madam：I have heard from the newspaper that you，the Shanghai Museum，are planning to organize a famous painting exhibition．And you are now collecting suggestio ns about whether to hold it in your museum or the art gallery．I am now writing to express my opinion that the exhibition should be held in the museum．【高分句型一】My reasons are as follows．（写信的目的及对场所的选择）In terms of convenience，the museum has more advantages over the gallery．First，it is located in the People's Square，which is the center of the city．【高分句型一】So people can enjoy convenient transportation such as the subway line 1，2 and 8，which are available to people from nearly every district．【高分句型二】It saves the visitors a lot of time and trouble of traffic jam．Another advantage is that it is ea sy to be found by those from other provinces around the country．【高分句型三】After all the Shanghai Museum is a landmark of our city familiar to nearly every Chinese．（理由：便利性）With regard to the professional function，though it seems natural that an art exhibition be set in the gallery，in a more general sense，I think the museum has more advanced facilities to make the exhibition successful and to pre serve the paintings well．As we know，the museum has successfully held many national and international exhibitions and its advert ising and organizing experience is of no match； also its staff is qualified and professional．（理由：专业性）To sum up，I am sure the show will be fantastic if it is held in Shanghai Museum．（结论）。

2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）英语试题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷两部分。

满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。

不能答在试题卷上。

3．第Ⅱ卷各题的答案，必须答在答题卡规定的地方。

第一部分：听力（共三节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is Jacob going to do?A. Jacob will have a class at 3:00.B. Jacob will go home around 3:00.C. Jacob will go to the library at 3:00.2. How will Michael go to Nanjing?A. By plane.B. By train.C. By car.3. What does the woman suggest?A. Put the telephone near the bed.B. Catch a later flight.C. Ask the hotel staff for help.4. Where does this conversation take place?A. In a restaurant.B. In a museum.C. In a theatre.5. What does the woman believe?A. She 1ost her wallet.B. Her mend may have borrowed her wallet.C. Somebody took her wallet.第二节（共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）请听下面4段对最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

2013高考英语上海卷及解析上海英语试卷解析-2013年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.W: Can you describe what you do?M: I wash office building windows. I go high up in the basket to reach the windows.Q: What is the man’s job?A. A basketball player.B. A laundry worker.C. A window washer.D. A rock climber【答案】C. A window washer.【解析】这是一道事实细节题。

从对话中可知，男士清洗办公楼的窗户。

所以选项为C，他是个窗户清洁工。

关键词句：I wash office building windows；to reach the window.2.M: Should we go out or eat in tonight?W: I am too tired to do any cooking.Q: What does the woman imply?A. She is not hungry.B. She wants to cook.C. She is not tired.D. She wants to dine out.【答案】D. She wants to dine out.【解析】这是一道推理题。

英语测试第Ⅰ卷（共105分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. A basketball player. B. A laundry worker.C. A window washer.D. A rock climber2. A. She is not hungry. B. She wants to cook.C. She is not tired.D. She wants to dine out.3. A. Promising. B. Isolated C. Crowded. D. Modern4. A. To a stationery shop. B. To a gymnasium.C. To a paint store.D. To a news stand.5. A. The man can see a different view. B. The food is not tasty enough.C. The man cannot afford the food.D. The food is worth the price.6. A. She reads different kinds of books. B. She also finds the book difficult to read.C. She is impressed by the characters.D. She knows well how to remember names.7. A. The man will go to the post office. B. The post office is closed for the day.C. The woman is expecting the newspaper.D. The delivery boy has been dismissed.8. A. She is n o t sure if she can join them. B. She will skip the class to see the film.C. She will ask the professor for leave.D. She does not want to see a film.9. A. Fashion designing is a booming business. B. School learning is a must for fashion designers.C. He hopes to attend a good fashion school.D. The woman should become a fashion designer.10. A. Few people drive within the speed limit. B. Drivers usually obey traffic rules.C. The speed limit is really reasonable.D. The police stop most drivers for speedingSection 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. A book publisher. B. A company manager.C. A magazine editor.D. A school principal.12. A. Some training experience. B. A happy family.C. Russian assistants' help.D. A good memory.13. A. Lynn‟s devotion to the family. B. Lynn‟s busy and successful life.C. Lynn‟s great performance at work.D. Lynn‟s efficiency in conducting programs. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Economic questions. B. Routine questions.C. Academic questions.D. Challenging questions.15. A. Work experience. B. Educational qualifications.C. Problem-solving abilities.D. Information-gathering abilities.16. A. Features of different types of interview. B. Skills in asking interview questions.C. Changes in three interview models.D. Suggestions for different job interviews.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.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.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. — I‟m looking for a nearby place for my holiday. Any good ideas?— How about the Moon Lake? It is ________ easy reach of the city.A. byB. beyondC. withinD. from26. Those who smoke heavily should remind ________ of health, the bad smell and the feelings of otherpeople.A. theirsB. themC. themselvesD. oneself27. Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn‟t enter the house, for he ________ his key at school.A. had leftB. would leaveC. was leavingD. has left28. It‟s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.A. charming French smallB. French small charmingC. small French charmingD. charming small French29. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.A. had been electedB. had electedC. have been electedD. have elected30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ they might have.A. however difficultB. how difficultC. whatever difficultyD. what difficulty31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really ________.A. to be worriedB. to worryC. having worriedD. worried32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience.A. exploreB. to exploreC. exploringD. explored33. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn ‟t working, so could you fix it for me?A. whatB. whyC. ifD. which34. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone35. Sophia got an e-mail ________ her credit card account number.A. asking forB. ask forC. asked forD. having asked for36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.A. beforeB. untilC. unlessD. where37. ________ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about.A. To lookB. LookingC. Having lookedD. Look38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with one another.A. thatB. whereC. whoD. what39. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.A. isB. areC. is thereD. are there40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in ________ they are wearing.A. thatB. whatC. howD. whichSection 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.As infants, we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth. In fact, we can recognize the 41 of our mother ‟s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It ‟s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don ‟t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45 a specific area of the brain called the fusiform face area (FFA), which is used only for facial recognition. This means that recognition of familiar objects such as our clothes or cars, is from 46in the brain.Researchers also have found that the brain needs to see the whole face for recognition to take place. It had been 47 thought that we only needed to see certain facial features. Meanwhile, research at University College London has found that facial recognition is not a single process, but 48 involves three steps. The first step appears to be an analysis of the physical features of a person‟s face, which is similar to how we scan the bar codes of our groceries. In the next step, the brain decides whether the face we are looking at is already known or unknown to us. And finally, the brain furnishes the information we have collected about the person whose face we are looking at. This complex 49 is done in a split second so that we can behave quickly when reacting to certain situations. (324 words)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.Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is：Is economic globalization 50 for all?According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could pot them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all. (347 words)50. A. possible B. smooth C. good D. easy51. A. crime B. poverty C. conflict D. population52. A. contributing B. responding C. turning D. owing53. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase54. A. doubt B. define C. advocate D. ignore55. A. In addition B. For instance C. In other words D. All in all56. A. mature B. new C. local D. foreign57. A. finding B. exploring C. bridging D. widening58. A. suffered B. profited C. learned D. withdrawn59. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise60. A. consume B. deliver C. export D. advertise61. A. trouble B. business C. power D. mind62. A. keep up B. come in C. go around D. help out63. A. taking off B. getting along C. holding out D. turning back64. A. agreement B. prediction C. outcome D. challengeSection 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.AFor some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,”says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn‟t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can‟t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a concert, I just say, …No thanks, I‟m amusic,‟” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”(335 words)65. Which of the following is true of amusics?A. Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.B. They love places where they are likely to hear music.C. They can easily tell two different songs apart.D. Their situation is well understood by musicians.66. According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who __________.A. dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system67. In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that __________.A. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierB. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyC. her problem could be easily explainedD. she were able to meet other amusics68. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Amusics‟ strange behaviours.B. Some people‟s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structure.D. Identification and treatment of amusics.B(268 words)69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if __________.A. shipped from a Canadian factoryB. rented for home useC. repaired by the user himselfD. used in the U.S.A.70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for __________.A. the loss of the sales receiptB. a servicer‟s overtime workC. the product installationD. a mechanic‟s transportation71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.CA team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“It‟s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a b unch of individual components (元件),”said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added diff iculty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it‟s connected to,”said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers‟ fields or on the battlefield.“Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,”he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”(392 words)72. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that __________.A. they had no model in their mindB. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made componentsD. they could not assemble the components73. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly __________.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application74. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Wood‟s design can replace animals in some experiments.75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect StudySection CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.76.The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the western world.People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditionsfrom developing.However, there isconcern that peopleare consuming worryingly high doses of thesesupplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of77.Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people‟s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin78.Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would mean a more efficient use of time as people wouldn‟t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this79.Peop0le already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every man, woman and child in80.Some might argue that the EU directive denies people‟s right to freedom of choice. However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual‟s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time. The researchers form the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise.They found that almost all of the categories (类别) showed a drop in these “mood words” over time. Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage.“It is a steady and continuous decrease,” said Dr Alberto Acerbi. He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape. “One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media. Maybe these media—movies, radio, drama—had more emotional content than books.”Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behaviour：the ratio (比率) between the two varied greatly, apparently mirroring historical events.During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash. But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends. In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could be true.“It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression(压抑) of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing …filled with romance and sex‟… perhaps,” they conclude, “songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body.”(Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.) 81. A study of more than five million books indicated a decline in “mood words” over time except_______________.82. According to Dr Alberto Acerbi, one reason for the drop of “mood words” in books may be that_______________.83. What were the two periods when the joy-to-sadness ratio was at its highest?84. While the researchers found some changes in the use of “mood words” in books, they werenot sure that _______________.第Ⅱ卷（共45分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 今年元旦我们玩得很开心。