上海市长宁区2012届高三4月教学质量检测（二模）英语II.Grammar and VocabularyDirections: 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. Many young people say that they want to be more independent, but sometimes theyuse this as an excuse ___________ irresponsible behavior.A.byB.toC.inD.for26. Frankly speaking, _________ of them knew what the other was doing in the morningthat day.A.noneB.neitherC.someD.all27. The bread you bought at the supermarket today was at least ___________ the breadyou bought in the nearby bakery yesterday.A. as worse asB.as better thanC.no worse thanD.not better as28.When the victims of the earthquake went back home, the repair of their damagedhouses __________.A.has yet completedB.has been completed yetC.had already completedD.had already been completed29. He started the work quite early this morning. By now he ___________ it, but heis still working on it.A.should finishB.should have finishedC.could finishD.must have finished30. It is not alwayss easy for the public to see ____________ use a new inventioncan be of to human life.A.whoseB.whatC.whichD.that31.Alexander said that he would found an institution ____________ any person couldreceive instruction in any study.A.whereB.whichC.thatD.how32. Tom admitted ____________ the document in the morning without getting hismanager’s permission.A.readB.being readC.to readD.having read33. ___________ difficulties we may come across in carrying out this plan, we’llwork together to overcome them.A.HoweverB.WhereverC.WhateverD.No matter34. Evidence came up ___________ specific speech sounds were recognized by infantsas young as two months old.A.whatB.whichC.thatD.whose35. It’s not important whether you win or not. What really matters is __________you play the game.A.whatB.howC.whoD.that36. Only under special circumstances ___________ to use the fire hose, otherwisethey will be punished.A.are people permittedB.people are permittedC.people permittedD.did people permit37. You’ll find the hot issue that Da Vinci Furniture Co., Ltd sold fraud furniture_________ all over China.A. talk aboutB.to talk aboutC.talking aboutD. talked about38. What a fantastic view it is! We see millions of golden rape flowers, rows ofhouses and smoke __________ from behind them.A.roseB.to riseC.risingD.risen39. A disabled boy begging on the street was reported ___________ by a car, but thedriver fled instead of sending him to hospital.A.being hitB.to be hitC.having been hitD.to have been hit40. My grandparents have developed a habit of taking a walk after dinner every day__________ it rains.A.in time ofB.wheneverC.except whenD.despiteSection 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.From the golden-tipped fields of mid-west America to the ancient kingdoms of green Palestine, there is a happy truth to be shared with all who would pay attention. In more recent times, this truth has been expressed as: April showers bring May flowers. This is a truth that ____41____ light bursting from darkness, strength born from weakness and if one dares to believe, life ____42____from death.Farmers all over the world know the importance of the seasons. They know that there is a season to plant and a season to harvest. Everything must be in its owntime. Although the rain pours down without stop, ___43___all outdoor activities, the man of the field lifts his face to the heavens and smiles. Despite the ___44___, he knows that the rain provides the nourishment his crops need to grow and flourish. The showers in April give rise to the glorious flowers in May.But this ancient truth ___45___ to more than the crops of the fields. It is a(n) ___46___ message of hope to all who experience ___47___ in life. A dashed relationship with one can open up the door to a brand new friendship with another.A lost job here can provide the ___48___ for a better job there. A broken dream can become the foundation of a wonderful future. Everything has its place.Remember this: overwhelming darkness may ___49___ for a night, but it will never overcome all the radiant light of the morning. When you are in a season of sorrow, hang in there, because a season of joy may be just around the corner.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.Drones are technically known as unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. These aircrafts, however, are not just used for air strikes, and they are not just used by governments.Human rights activists, environmental groups and journalists are ___50___ using drones in their work.Drones can fly in the sky to ___51___ images that reporters may not be able to get close to on the ground.Matt Waite is a journalism professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Students in his Drone Journalism Lab are ___52___ different uses for drones in news reporting.Matt Waite says, “Dr one journalism as an idea is less than a year old at this point. The first____53___ I saw was a labor protest in Poland where a man had a remote-controlled helicopter and he put a camera on it, flew it up and got just a ___54___ of the protests from the air. And you could see police moving into position to ___55___ the protest route. A video on You Tube shows images captured by the so-called RoboKopter. A group of citizen journalists in Moscow used a ___56___ drone camera to record protests during Russian Parliamentary elections.Professor Waite noted a recent environmental case in the United States captured by someone flying his remote-controlled airplane. He said that the man ___57___ a meat packing plant that was polluting a nearby creek that ran into a nearby river. He had images of a ___58___ of blood flowing out of this meat packing plant, which was against the law. And environmental regulatory authorities were ___59___ to it.Andrew Sniderman is a co-founder of the Genocide Intervention Network. He wrote recently in the New York Times that drones could be used to collect important information in ___60___ areas, like Syria.Professor Waite also imagines many other uses for drones. He thought of every hurricane, tornad, fire and every kind of mass ___61___ that he ever covered as ajournalist and thought that would be ___62___ to have it as a tool."Drone use in the United States is now rare ___63___ federal restrictions on airspace. However, Congress just passed a bill ___64___ to ease those restrictions by 2015.50. A. incresingly B.carefully C.extraordinarily D.hopefully51. A. preserve B.prohibit C.abandon D.capture52. A.making B.exploring C.imagining D.applying53.A.incident B.advantage C.instance D.journalist54. A.point B.view C.look D.solution55. A.block B.develop C.demand D.avoid56.A.familiar B.popular C.similar D.former57. A.bulit B.spotted C.protested D.managed58. A.drop B.sign C.stream D.collection59. A.warned B.banned C.proved D.alerted60. A.controlled B.remote C.polluted D.conflict61. A.disaster B.event C.disease D.argument62. A.terrible B.amazing C.ridiculous D.interested63. A.in case of B.for the sake of C.because of D.in spite of64. A.paid B.discussed C.assigned D.designedSection 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)A surprising case of exploitation (剥削) of the poor has surfaced in India after the authorities cracked down on a gang of “blood-suckers” who stole blood from helpless victim locked in a smelly basement. “Five people have been arrested in connection with this ring which may have been connected to local hospitals and a local university,” announced the head of police, who also added that some of the victims had been imprisoned by the gang for nearly three years.Acting on a tip-off, the police attacked a house in Gorakhpur. There they found 17 persons who were described as having been “reduced to skeletons”. They were too weak to stand and had to be brought to the hospital in stretchers.Pappu Yadav, the supposed gang leader, managed to escape the authorities, together with three gang members. A reward has been announced for his capture and the government has announced that it will use every available resource to hunt him down. Meanwhile, the police are piercing together the operation of the gang. The five arrested, who had experience working as lab technicians, told investigators that they had attracted poor laborers with offers of profitable jobs. Once the poor people agreed, the gang forced them to take blood tests. Initially, they were paid 1,500 rupees to donate blood on a frequent basis. Then, as they got weaker and weaker,the gang drew blood from them daily.Each of the five arrested has been charged with illeagal imprisonment and attempted murder, facing up to 14 years in jail. Locals have blamed the state of the nation’s economy and the disparity(分配) between the rich and the poor for this incident. Even though India’s economy has seen rapid growth over the past few years, the people at the bottom have yet to see its benefits reach them and more than a-third of India’s one billion people live on less than one U.S. dollar a day65.Which of the following statements is NOT true accroding to the passage?A.There were at least nine members in this hateful gang.B.The police found the victims were all skin and bones.C.All the gang members used to work as lab techinicians.D.Some hospitals and a univerisity were involved in this case.66. What was the gang members accused of?A.The exploitation of the poor.B.Illeagal imprisonment and attempted murder.C.Escaping from the authoritiesD.Stealing blood from a lot of poor Indians.67. What does the author mean by saying “...the people at the bottom have yet to see its benefits reach them”?A.Most Indians have benefited from India’s economy growth.B.India’s economy growth has brought benefits to poor Indians.C. Poor Indians haven’t benefited from India’s economy growth.D. Indians at the bottom contribute a lot to India’s economy growth.68. What may be the best title of this passage?A.Crimes in IndiaB.A Terrible Bloody CaseC.The Blood SuckersD.Poor Indians’ Suffering(B)69. The orgnization, S.K.I., aims to ______________________.A.provide schools and social support for street childrenB.give business training and loans to street childrenC.share the lessons S.K.I learned to help street childrenD.draw the attention of the govenment to street children70. According to the passage, what is the most probable reason why children end upliving on the street?A.UnemploymentB.Adventurous play.C.Urban crimesD.Poverty71. This passage implies that with the help of S.K.I street children may _____________________.A.reject paid employmentB.leave their familiesC. set up their own businessD. employ other children(C)Disappointed with delays in Sacramento (the capital of California), Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing piles of electronic waste.A San Jose council woman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose new local plans aimed at controlling electronic waste if the California law-making body fails to act on two bills delayed in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of California cities and countries that have expressed the same intention Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the danger caused by old electronic devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computerss become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead (铅) and other dangerous substances, and are already banned from California landfills.A bill by Senator (参议员) Byron Sher would require consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $30 on every new machine containing a cathode ray tube. Used in almost all video monitors and televisons, those devices contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The fees would go toward setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit agencies that reuse the tubes and rewarding manufacturers that encourage recycling.A sepearate bill by Los Angeles-area Senator Gloria Romero would require high-tech manufacturers to develop programs to recycle so-called e-waste. If passed, the measures would put California at the forefront of national efforts to manage the refuse of the electronic age.But high-tech groups, including the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the American Electronics Association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to $30 will drive consumers to online, out-of-state shops.“What really needs to occur is consumer education. Most consumers are unaware they’re not supposed to throw computers in the dust bin,”said Roxanne Gould, vice president of government relations for the electronics association.Computer recycling should be a local effort and part of residential waste collection programs, she added. Recycling electronic waste is a dangerous and specialized matter, and environmentalists maintain the state must support recycling efforts and ensure that the job isn’t contracted to junk dealers who send the poisonous parts overseas.“The graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural China,”said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. His group is pushing for some refinement to Sher’s bill that would prevent the export of e-waste.72. How would Bay Area officials deal with the problem of e-waste?A.To get enough support to pass the delayed bills.B.To persuade the lawmakers of the California Assembly.C. To make relevant local regulations by themselves.D. To put pressure on manufacturers of electronic devices.73. What do the two bills delayed in the California Assembly both concern?A.The reprocessing of the huge amounts of electronic waste in the state.B.The regulations on dumping dangerous substances into landfills.C.The funding of local initiatives to reuse waste electronic devices.D.The sales of the second-hand electronic devices to foreign countries.74. High-tech groups believe that if an extra fee is charged on every TV or computer purchased in California, consumers will _________________.A.hesitate to upgrade their computersB.abandon online shoppingC.strongly protest against such a chargeD.buy them from other states75. We learn from the passage that much of California’s electronic waste has been ____________.A.dumped into local landfillsB.exported to foreign countriesC.collected by non-profit agenciesD.recycled by computer manufacturersSection CDirections: Reading the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragragh. There is one extra heading which you do not need.If you are interested in personal development you have probably heard Brian Tracy’s words, “You are what you think about most of the time”. It is true, by thinking about something enough you push it into your subconscious, your mental computer that works 24 hours a day.76.________________When you dream your conscious turns off, giving you a view of what is going on in your subconscious. Y o u most important work will be done when you sleep. Your mind will be working without your conscious getting in the way. It will be solving problems you don’t even know you have and present you with solutions.77.________________Your dreams mirror your thoughts. It is your subconscious.
B y pushing a message into your subconscious it will be a part of your dreams. But to get something into your subconscious takes effort. You need to think about it constantly, write it down, visualize it, repeat it to yourself and almost become obsessed by it.78.________________Once you have pushed your thoughts into your subconscious you will start dreaming about solutions.You will then start to see changes in the world around you and before long you will become what you have dreamed about.In shorter time then you can imagine you can do extra ordinary things. I f you have read “Think and Grow Rich” By Napoleon Hill, he shares this advice in his book and shows examples of how some of the most successful men and women have changed their lives and gone from rags to riches in just a short time.79._________________Most of us have a speical skill to think about more about the negative, but the danger of this is that you will be pushing this into your subconscious, making your mental computer work on solutions to give you even more greif.If you are to succeed you have to change your mental programming. In addition, you have to become a more positive person, focusing on the good and on solutions.80._________________Keep repeating positive messages to yourself throughout the day. If you want to rekindle the romance in a relationship it can be enough to repeat to yourself day in and day out “I love my wife or partner”. T his will push it into your subconscious and your will start finding solutions to make it reality. In addition, when you have your goals in writing it becomes easier to think about them. You can spend time reading them every day. You can write down plans, think about ideas and so on. All this will push your goals deeper into your subconscious and help you speed up your success.Section DDirections:Read the passage caerfully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.In West Africa in 1900, a British governor’s demand that an Ashanti tribe give up a golden stool started a small war. The governor, believing the stool to be a throne(宝座), thought that possessing it would establish his authority over the tribe.The stool, however, was no mere throne; it was a sacred relic (圣物) that contained the spirit of the tribe. It was so sacred that even the Ashanti chief would not sit upon it. Rather than give up the stool, the tribe hid it. British soldierswere ordered in, and many people were killed. However, this war and its tragic consequences could have been avoidable.The science of anthropology, the study of people, how they live and their customs and beliefs, began in the mid 1800s. At that time, anthropologists believed that human culture developed from lower to higher forms of society and technology. However, by the time of the governor’s stupid mistake, those early beliefs had given way to the study and documentation of differences between cultures. Had the governor consulted an anthropologist, he would have had a much better chance of understanding the real meaning of the stool, and many lives could have been saved.Modern anthropologists study every level of society. One of their main goals is to uncover common patterns of human behavior. To avoid mistakes like that made by the unfortunate British governor, people rountinely seek the advice of anthropologists.For example, the Peace Corps send volunteers around the world to help people in unindustrialized countries learn how to improve their lives. This was a noble idea. Yet in the early years of the Peace Corps, most volunteers were inexperienced, and few bothered to learn the language of their assigned country prior to their arrival there. Today, thanks to anthropology, the Peace Corps has changed. Its volunteers are more experienced. They have some basic language training, and they have learned how to understand and show respect for the customs and beliefs of other nations.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)81. Why did the British governor what the golden stool?82. The British governor’s mistake could have been avoided by___________________________.83 What’s the goal of the Peace Corps?84. In the passage the author expresses his viewpoint that _______________________________.第II 卷 (共 45 分)I.TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.健康与体育锻炼密切相关。
