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2016 年上海高考英语二模完形填空汇编Researchers recently find w omen likely face work environments that push against the “having it all” mentality, leading to feelings of guilt and depression.Trying to have it all could be bad for your mental health, according to a new study that finds that “supermoms” have higher rates of depression compared with working moms who let things 51 .The research, presented Aug. 20 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Las Vegas, finds that working is 52 for mothers’ mental health. But among working mothers, the least depressed are those who don’t expect to 53 work and family life perfectly, said study researcher Katrina Leupp, a graduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle. “The ideal that women can do it all actually 54 the level of depressive symptoms compared to women who were more doubtful about whether or not work and family can be balanced,” Leupp told LiveScience.Leupp analyzed survey 55 from 1,600 married women who participated in a large survey called the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. In 1987, the women answered questions to judge their support of women’s 56 , including whether they agreed with statements such as “Women are much happier if they stay at home and take care of their children.” In 1992 and 1994, the now 40-year-old women answered questions about their symptoms of depression. Like earlier studies, the survey data indicated that women who worked outside the home had fewer symptoms of depression, perhaps because outside work gives women more 57 interaction, more varied activities and a larger income, Leupp said. Among the employed women, though, the cheeriest were those who had indicated in their younger years the least 58 for women balancing career and family. The results held even after controlling for earlier levels of depression. “Somewhat 59 , women who don’t expect to be able to balance work and family have better mental health than those who do,” Leupp said.The study didn’t explain why optimistic (乐观的) views of balancing work and motherhood would60 later depression. “The reason may come down to 61 and real-world work environments,” Leupp said. “Women who expect to have it all probably come up against 62 that aren’t designed with work-life balance in mind. When they can’t balance everything perfectly, these supermoms are more likely to feel 63 .”“I think this research really speaks to a 64 between women’s expectations and the actual structure of the workplace,” Leupp said.“The takeaway for working moms is to temper their optimism about balancing 65 and employment and not to blame themselves if they struggle. Recognize that if it feels difficult, it’s because it is difficult.”51. A. happen B. continue C. slide D. end52. A. good B. ready C. hard D. possible53. A. protect B. share C. illustrate D. combine54. A. increased B. assessed C. reached D. influenced55. A. questions B. responses C. solutions D. instruments56. A. pregnancy B. marriage C. employment D. education57. A. cultural B. social C. positive D. verbal58. A. support B. tolerance C. concern D. respect59. A. deliberately B. aggressively C. ironically D. similarly60. A. result from B. relate to C. hold back D. call for61. A. families B. expectations C. surroundings D. requirements62. A. clubs B. hospitals C. governments D. workplaces63. A. excited B. embarrassed C. thrilled D. frustrated64. A. mismatch B. mistreat C. misunderstanding D. misinterpretation65. A. aging B. training C. schooling D. parentingTwo Newcastle scientists are setting themselves to open our eyes to the medical truth by claiming that natural sunlight may help prevent skin cancer.Dr. Ron Laura, professor of health education at Newcastle University, and senior chemist Mr. John Ashton said their research points to a complete __51______ of the accepted scientific theory. They said that sunscreen creams may help cause skin cancer, the artificial indoor light could be __52_____ and that a range of drugs in common use could also ___53____ melanoma--a type of cancer that appears as a dark spot on the skin.The research is likely to be unwelcome in some traditional medical research circles. It is based on a new __54_____ that our bodies are protected from skin cancer by the regulation of a group of complex vitamins (Vitamin D) and immune process.The sunscreens, artificial light and drugs could all unfavorably affect the production of these vitamins and increase the skin’s __55_____ to the sun. But Dr. Laura said natural sunlight passing through the eyes helped __56_____ the production of cancer protection Vitamin D.He said recent statistics from the United States indicated that people who worked indoors all day in artificial light were more __57_____ melanomas than those who worked outdoors. Indoor workers should try to have at least one hour of __58_____ to direct sunlight every day, ___59_____ in the early morning and late afternoon when ultraviolet intensively was lower, Dr. Laura said.Sunscreens, long __60_____ as essential for beach lovers, could also __61______ the production of Vitamin D. Laura and Ashton said sunscreens give people a __62_____ sense of security in thinking they are __63______ from the sun’s rays.Dr. Laura said more statistics ___64_____ their claim had come to light since the first article was published. He believes his research findings are too important to be __65______ to the scientific world.51. A. contribution B. reversal C. combination D. recognition52. A. beneficial B. comfortable C. harmful D. favorable53. A. promote B. reduce C. remove D. eliminate54. A. assumption B. law C. concept D. theory55. A. sensitivity B. resistance C. adaptation D. response56. A. monitor B. measure C. slow D. stimulate57. A. subject to B. unrelated to C. free of D. dependent on58. A. exercise B. reveal C. exposure D. experience59. A. occasionally B. preferably C. enjoyably D. extremely60. A. received B. popular C. accepted D. identified61. A .balance B. adjust C. prevent D. enhance62. A. false B. strong C. true D. sharp63. A. separated B. protected C. guarded D. prohibited64. A. presenting B. doubting C. backing D. providing65. A. limited B. emphasized C. acknowledged D. explainedHarvard LibraryIf we compare professors and students to the host of a university, then the library of a university can be compared to the hallway. The quality of a university, __51__, is in direct proportion to that of its library. At Harvard, the library is an essential part of everybody’s life. Both the quantity and the __52__ of the library make study a pleasant process.Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library in the United States, but the largest university library with the largest scale. In 1638 John Harvard __53__ his whole library to the then Harvard College. After 300 years of development, the library now holds 10 million books and __54__ more than 100 branch libraries. In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are some branch libraries that are __55__ in some aspects. While most of the branch libraries are on Harvard campus, some are as far as in Washington, D.C., or even in Florence of Italy. Yenching Library is famous for its __56__ of East Asian literature. Lamont Library is thefirst library in the world that is __57__ for undergraduates. Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress.What __58__ to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries. Usually the libraries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. The main libraries are open until 10 p.m.. The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the __59__ period. The libraries also provide with students the service of __60__ reading materials for all courses. At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the librarians. The librarians are __61__ to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them.There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow. As the space for the library is limited, many books are __62__ in suburban library. Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the __63__ library within 24 hours after they submit request for that book. Even if there is only one book to be fetched from the suburban library, the libraries on campus will send someone to do the job. This kind of __64__ which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League. Therefore, study at Harvard will be a(n) __65__ experience.51.A.as a result B. to some extent C. on the contrary D. at all timesB. disciplineC. qualityD. prospect53.A. donated B. assigned C. adapted D. distributedB. composesC. involvesD. includesB. differentC. secureD. peculiar56.A.collections B. documents C. phenomena D. exhibitionsB. formallyC. speciallyD. especiallyB. happensC. appearsD. deserves59.A.examination B. experiment C. vacation D. graduation60.A.confirming B. preparing C. selecting D. designingB. willingC. reluctantD. responsibleB. reservedC. storedD. classified63.A.appointed B. accepted C. expected D. restrictedB. serviceC. activityD. responseB. creativeC. positiveD. enjoyableEducation plays an extremely important role in our life and deeply impacts the society. However, how does society influence education?Before understanding the influence of society on education, we must __51__ society. Society is an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. It is characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals. It is a group of individuals who __52__ a common system of customs, values and laws. From the definition of society, it is clear that we human beings are its building __53__. As we interact with people, try to understand their thinking styles and __54__ patterns, we soon realize that there is so much to learn from them. Society is the greatest __55__ of education. Don’t you think so?We cannot __56__ the impact of society on the education system alone. We need to understand the role of society in the __57__ development of an individual. Even before we become a part of the education system, we start learning from our surroundings. And during the process of formal education, we __58__ take ‘non-formal education’ from society. Yes, our interactions with our fellow-beings, our observations about their social behavior and our understanding of social norms __59__ us to face life. True, educational __60__, like schools, colleges and universities play a very important role in our education. But, we cannot ignore the fact that we learn some of the important lessons of life from society. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the __61__process of learning begins at a point, which marks the end of institutional education. Learning, as an individual, from your interaction with society, is a vital part of education.Society plays an important role in education and influences it, both positively and negatively. Social inequalities and unhealthy educational practices are some of the __62__ influences of society on our lives. Customs and traditions __63__ certain sections of society from exercising their fundamental rights and block the well-being of society, shatter the basic ideas of education and social awareness. Some social groups deny women’s right to education, while others force children to work, depriving(剥夺) them from a healthy environment, conducive to their growth and development. Education is one of the basic human rights. If social norms deprive certain strata(阶层) of society from progressing in life and come in the way of social welfare, it __64__ the purpose of education.Society is an entity that cannot be separated from us. It is we who __65__ the society. It is entirely in our hands whether to add value to our education or devalue it.51. A. know B. define C. recognize D. analyze52. A. share B. invent C. operate D. practice53. A. extents B. blocks C. designs D. expenses54. A. cultural B. traditional C. educational D. behavioral55. A. performer B. supervisor C. facilitator D. opponent56. A. resist B. resolve C. reserve D. restrict57. A. steady B. future C. lasting D. overall58. A. successfully B. desperately C. constantly D. surprisingly59. A. encourage B. impact C. prepare D. impose60. A. circumstances B. contributions C. environments D. organizations61. A. actual B. external C. universal D. available62. A. realistic B. opposing C. practical D. invisible63. A. confirm B. cultivate C. maintain D. prevent64. A. fulfills B. highlights C. defeats D. describes65. A. depend on B. make up C. strive for D. deal withSince Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默病)and Parkinson’s disease(帕金森病) are common and many notable people have developed them, they have received more public attention.Alzheimer’s DiseaseMany people imagine that Alzheimer’s disease, the degenerative (退化的)disorder that eventually leaves sufferers with total memory loss, is an inevitable result of aging. This is not so. While the risks of contracting the disease increase with age, there are many elderly people whose memories are perfect. Most of us are so ill-__51__ about all forms of memory loss that we label everything as “Alzheimer’s ”. Alzheimer’s disease itself can affect people as young as 30 and can progress either quickly or slowly. It can also __52__ the blame for other non-degenerative conditions such as deep depression. __53__, only an examination of the brain tissue during an autopsy (解剖) can produce an accurate __54__ of the disease.The causes of Alzheimer’s are unknown. They may be either __55__ or environmental. A study in 1996 of 13,000 people whose parents or siblings had the disease showed they had five times __56__ chance of passing away by the age of 80 than those with no family history of the problem.__57__, there are other factors. In a study of identical twins, it was found that only about half of the twin pairs developed Alzheimer’s and, when both twins __58__ it, they did so as much as 15 years apart. The possibility that environment plays a part was boosted by another 1996 study, this time of two groups of elderly Japanese men. One group lived in Hawaii, the other group in Japan. The Hawaiian group had a much higher incidence of the disease.Aluminum (铝) has been blamed for the development of Alzheimer’s. This is because a high level aluminum has been found in the brains of sufferers. The disease was first diagnosed at the beginning of the 20th century. It was at this time that aluminum was becoming widely __59__ for use in cooking pots.Memory loss, __60__ in performing familiar tasks, and problems with abstract thinking are all indicators of the beginning of the disease. One unusual feature is its impact on language. It attacks nouns first, then verbs. Grammar is one of the last things to go.Parkinson’s DiseaseParkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system w hich __61__ more than one million Americans. Individuals with PD lack the substance dopamine (多巴胺), which is __62__ for the central nervous system’s control of muscle activity. Parkinson’s Disease is often characterized by shake, inflexibility in limbs and joints, speech disability and difficulty in __63__ physical movement. Late in the course of the disease, some patients develop dementia (痴呆症) and eventually Alzheimer’s disease. __64__, some Alzheimer patients develop symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Medi cations such as levodopa (左多巴), which changes itself into dopamine once inside the brain, which prevents degeneration of dopamine-containing neurons (神经细胞), are used to improve diminished or __65__ motor symptoms in PD patients, but do not correct the mental changes that occur.51. A. judged B. equipped C. informed D. advised52. A. take B. put C. lay D. hold53. A. On the other hand B. For example C. After all D. In the end54. A. description B. demonstration C. diagnosis D. illustration55. A. natural B. instinctual C. genetic D. internal56. A. slighter B. fainter C. less D. more57. A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Finally58. A. came up with B. did away with C. went down with D. put up with59. A. available B. valuable C. memorable D. inaccessible60. A. complaint B. difficulty C. ease D. complexity61. A. touch B. influence C. concern D. affect62. A. important B. unimportant C. priceless D. worthless63. A. stopping B. changing C. initiating D. controlling64. A. Additionally B. Contrarily C. Consequently D. Particularly65. A. treated B. showed C. released D. reducedAccording to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns award 51 on one or both of the parents. In other 52 , such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of53 . In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent 54 that the re is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have 55 ; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has 56 that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, r esearch suggests that there are typically two different leadership 57 that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the 58 of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership t hat emphasizes the 59 wellb eing of a social group’s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing 60 support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them.Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give orders and may 61 group members who prevent accomplishment of the group’s goals. Express ive leaders cultivate a more 62 or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer 63 when someone experiences difficulties. And they try to 64 issues that threaten to divide the group. As the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal 65 from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.51. A. burden B. leadership C. housework D. right52. A. families B. societies C. cases D. researches53. A. selection B. struggle C. recommendation D. register54. A. evidence B. support C. approach D. pattern55. A. in advance B. in brief C. in general D. in common56. A. partners B. achievements C. skills D. qualities57. A. selections B. roles C. challenges D. structures58. A. assignment B. introduction C. completion D. division59. A. joint B. financial C. social D. individual60. A. political B. administrative C. emotional D. technical61. A. discipline B. praise C. ignore D. identify62. A. casual B. temporary C. personal D. stable63. A. criticism B. sympathy C. estimate D. information64. A. omit B. confuse C. raise D. resolve65. A. imitation B. affection C. objection D. revengeThe survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can suffer from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. 51 , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀) every year by children under 15, and one child 52 five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.There are many good things about 53 in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 54 and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 55 , the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working 56 and often shares in that work.A child 57 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's work : helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies --- rather than through playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 58 playing with dolls.These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the westernchildren. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions ofthe sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, 59 , are provided with a watch as one of the 60 signs of growing up, so that they can 61 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows.Third World children do not usually 62 to stay indoors, still less in highrise apartments(公寓) . Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of 63 to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 64 from ten floors up.65 , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all bad.51. A. As usual B. For instance C. In fact D. In other words52. A. by B. in C. to D. under53. A. childhood B. poverty C. spirit D. survival54. A. adults B. fathers C. neighbours D. relatives55. A. Anyhow B. However C. Instead D. Still56. A. away B. alone C. along D. nearby57. A. growing up B. living through C. playing D. working58. A. and B. but C. or D. so59. A. at any moment B. at the same time C. on the other hand D. on the whole60. A. easiest B. earliest C. happiest D. quickest61. A. care B. fear C. hurry D. worry62. A. dare B. expect C. have D. require63. A. control B. danger C. disappointment D. freedom64. A. anxiously B. eagerly C. impatiently D. proudly65. A. Above all B. In the end C. Of course D. What'sFeeling good about our actions — not guilt or pity— motivates giving, according to the latest research.51 seeing or hearing about suffering children makes most people uncomfortable, that grief is not what drives them to dig into their pockets and donate. The reasons people decide to be selfless, it turns out,may be slightly more 52 .In the study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers found that people are more likely to give when they think it will make them feel better. They donate, 53 , when they feel hope about putting smiles on those expectant and suffering faces. And that hope, or similar feel-good sensations, are driven by the brain’s reward systems.Researchers — and charities — have long known that putting a(n) 54 face on an abstract problem opens hearts and wallets. Josef Stalin once said that while one death is a(n) 55 , a million is merely a number. Studies have since found that quantifying the size of a disaster or particular need actually 56 giving, while presenting a single story is more likely to cause a desire to help.But it wasn’t clear whether this “identifiable victim” effect resulted from people’s 57 over their own privilege and resources — or from a sense of connection with the 58 and an urge to feel good about making a difference.To find out, researchers led by Alexander Genevsky, a graduate student in psychology at Stanford, imaged the brains of 22 young adults. In the scanner, they saw either a silhouette (剪影) or a head shot of a young African child. As in previous studies, participants were far more likely to give if they saw a face than a blank silhouette—donating almost twice as much in photo trials than in the others. However, this decision was related strongly to their 59 . If they showed little activity in their nucleus accumbens—a brain region linked to every type of pleasurable experience— they were actually less likely to give. But if there is a sharp 60 of activity in this reward area, they felt good and gave more. And the photos of the children were more likely to 61 this reward center. Activity in the accumbens, in fact, completely 62 the difference in giving seen between the silhouette-based requests and the photo-based ones.While the findings point to the feel-good 63 behind giving, other research will have to address the question of why givers get that positive emotional boost. Do people feel rewarded when they give because they think about the happiness of the recipient — or do they feel good because they see themselves as 64 and that self-esteem boost (自信心增强) is mood-enhancing? Such information could help charities 65 their messages to maximize their effectiveness.51. A. Since B. Although C. If D. As52. A. passive B. earnest C. impersonal D. selfish53. A. for example B. on the contrary C. as a result D. on the other hand54. A. plain B. ugly C. specific D. frightened55. A. accident B. threat C. solution D. tragedy56. A. ruins B. stimulates C. lowers D. skips57. A. anger B. guilt C. regret D. joy58. A. desire B. mind C. victim D. stuff59. A. actions B. beliefs C. images D. emotions60. A. edge B. rise C. turn D. division61. A. monitor B. target C. activate D. interrupt62. A. resulted from B. counted on C. accounted for D. subjected to63. A. motivations B. compliment s C. ambitions D. requests64. A. executive B. justified C. innocent D. generous65. A. conceal B. tailor C. obtain D. deleteThere are many things parents can do to help children with autism (自闭症) overcome their challenges. Learning all you can about autism and getting __51__ in treatment will go a long way toward helping your child. Additionally, the following tips will make daily home life easier for both you and your autistic child:•Be consistent（一致的）.Children with autism have a hard time __52__ what they’ve learned if there is a change of setting. For example, your child may use sign language at school to communicate, but never think to do so at home. Creating __53__ in your child’s environment is the best way to reinforce learning. Find out what your child’s therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the __54__ of having therapy take place in morethan one place in order to encourage your child to __55__ what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It’s also important to be consistent in the way you __56__ with your child and deal with challenging behaviors.•__57__ a schedule. Children with autism tend to do best when they have a highly-structured schedule or routine. Again, this goes back to the consistency they both need and crave. Set up a schedule for your child, with __58__ times for meals, therapy, school, and bedtime. Try to keep disturbance to this routine to a __59__. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare your child for it __60__.•__61__ good behavior. Positive reinforcement can go a long way with children with autism, so make an effort to “catch them doing something good.” Praise them when they act appropria tely or learn a new skill, being very __62__ about what behavior they’re being praised for.•Pay attention to your child’s sensory sensitivities. Many children with autism are hypersensitive to light, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Other children with autism are “under-sensitive” to sensory stimuli. __63__ what sights, sounds, smells and movements cause your kid’s “bad” or disruptive behaviors and what brings about a(n) __64__ response.If you understand what affects your child, you’ll be better at solving problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating __65__ experiences.51. A. encouraged B. balanced C. absorbed D. involved52. A. applying B. devoting C. communicating D. appealing53. A. attraction B. comfort C. steadiness D. attention54. A. possibility B. goal C. process D. solution55. A. transplant B. transfer C. transport D. transform56. A. meet B. interact C. negotiate D. associate57. A. Draw up B. Arrange for C. Work out D. Stick to58. A. regular B. flexible C. appropriate D. normal59. A. decrease B. mystery C. minimum D. secret60. A. without doubt B. in private C. without notice D. in advance61. A. Control B. Perform C. Reward D. Maintain62. A. curious B. specific C. particular D. anxious63. A. Figure out B. Account for C. Put up D. Take on64. A. automatic B. immediate C. positive D. quick65. A. frustrating B. successful C. professional D. unpleasantA driving goal for most websites is for that site to be easily found by people looking for the products or services. One of the ways people may find these sites is via a search engine. With this in mind, companies obviously want their websites to ___51___ search engines as well.First of all, website content should be unique and timely. Only quality content ensures that customers will ___52___ your website and also recommend it to friends via links or through social channels. This act of sharing not only gives your site more chances of public ___53___ but it also helps to push up your search engine rankings, which extends huge psychological implication to other engine users as people tend to ___54___Now famous search engines such as Google use mobile friendliness as a ranking signal in their ranking algorithm(算法). Therefore, if your site is not ___55___for mobile devices, you are offering a less than ideal experience to some users and in result search engines will take the ___56___ into account.Another key ranking signal that Google and other search engines ___57___heavily is page speed and overall site performance. If your site is loaded with too many high-resolution images and videos or other elements, muchviewing time will be caused. These will makesluggish, slow loading that frustrate and often drive away visitors. It’s time to ___58___ thepage size as all the visitors appreciatefaster download. Some are。

上海市虹口区2016年中考英语二模试题(含答案含听力)

2012年虹口区九年级二模试题听力材料和参考答案A. Listen and choose the right picture1. My brother has a pet fish and he never forgets, to feed it once a day.(F) 2. Julia, do you want the balloon I got from the party? (D) 3. Henry practised kicking the ball very hard after he joined the school team. (E) 4. Although I won't leave until next month, Mother has begun to pack everything for me. (G) 5. Helen succeeded in training the dog to do many things under her orders. (A) 6. Lisa, you've played computer games too much, and now you have to wear thick glasses. (C) B.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear7. M: Did you have eggs and noodles for breakfast, Nancy? W: No. I had some bread but I didn't have any cheese. Q: What did Nancy eat for breakfast?(C)8. W: Don't stay at home, Ben. You need some outdoor activities like playing tennis and cycling. M: Actually I do them sometimes and I often go swimming with my cousin. But I like fishing most. Q: What's Ben's favourite outdoor activity? (D)9. W: Do you walk to school everyday, Peter? M: Yes, usually. I don't go by bus unless it rains. Q: How dose Peter go to school on rainy days?(A)10. M: Is Alice watching TV or listening to music now? W: Neither. She's going over her lessons. She's going to have a test tomorrow. Q: What's Alice doing now? (D) 11. M: Welcome to my family for home stay! W: Thank you, Bill! I'm going to live with your family for 2 weeks. M: I'll introduce you to my wife, Joan. And we have three kids. Q: HOW many people are there in Bill's family? (D)12. W: Good afternoon. What can I do for you? M: Oh, good afternoon. I'd like a return ticket to London, please. W: That'll be 14 pounds. M. Here you are. Q: Where does the dialogue probably take place? (B)13. W: When will the meeting begin? M: At 9:30. But we secretaries have to arrive there half an hour before the meeting. Q: What time will they arrive? (A)14. M: There are many lovely animals in the zoo. Shall we go to see the funny monkeys first? W: Let's see the bears. Have you heard the terrible story about the poor things? Q: Why does the girl want to see the bears?(C)15. W: Turn right here, please. M: Sorry, madam, that sign tells us we can't drive down the street. W. OK. Just leave me here and I'll walk. Q: What's the probably relationship between the two speakers? (C)16. M: Grandma, yesterday evening Dad promised he would give up smoking. W: Well, he had done it one thousand times! Q: What does the woman mean?(D) C.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false There was a robbery near Harry's home one night. Harry was looking out of his bedroom window at the time. He saw the robber run out of a shop. He saw the robber take off his mask. He saw his face. Harry told his father what he had seen. When the policemen came, Harry and his father went to talk to them. "I saw the robber," Harry told the policemen. "I can describe him. He was about fifty years old. He was bald with a big, red nose and thick lips. And he had big ears. He was quite tall and thin. He had something wrong with his right leg." "How do you know that?" one of the policemen asked Harry. "He limped," Harry said. "What was he wearing?" the other policeman asked. Harry told the policeman that the man was wearing black jeans and a shirt. "His mask was a lady's stocking. His shoes were white sports shoes." Harry added. "You are a very careful boy," the policeman said. "Well done!" The next day the police caught the robber. They put him in a line with some other men. They asked Harry to point him out, Harry did this easily. The police arrested the man.(17. F 18. T 19. T 20. F 21. T 22. F 23. T)D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences PRESENTER: Tell ,us about your new hook, Penny. PENNY: Well, it's another Captain Fish-Eye story for young children, about 6 years old. I enjoy writing about all Captain Fish-Eye's adventures at sea, and children love him and his amazing ship. PRESENTER: They don't feel it's boring to read the same stories again and again, do they? PENNY: No, never. PRESENTER: What type of books do young children enjoy most? PENNY: Young children really like funny stories--anything to make them laugh. And the pictures are very important too. Young children need books with bright colourful pictures. PRESENTER: You know, Walt Disney has made many famous fairy-stories into wonderful films. Is it better for children to see the films or to read the books? PENNY: I have to say, books are better. Of course, it's nice to see a happy children's film sometimes, but it isn't as good as reading a book. When children read stories, they see pictures in their heads and they use their minds much more. It's very important for them to do this when they're young. PRESENTER: I've heard that children in Britain read a lot of books. They read much more than children in many other countries. Do you know why? PENNY: Well, I think it's because British parents have always read to their children a lot. In most families, children listen to a story every evening before they go to sleep, and at school teachers read to their classes. Children learn to love books and want to read more and more. (24. 6/six 25. ship 26. same 27. bright 28. heads 29. Britain 30. sleep)基础：31. Do you know _____lady in blue?Yes, she is a teacher of a university.A. aB.anC.the D ./32.The poor couple dreamed of having a flat of____own some day in the future.A.theyB. themC.theirD.theirs33.All the boys went swimming that afternoon _______Bob because he hada cold.A.exceptB. includingC.besidesD.with34.You needn't tell me about this.______sent me a message about it three days ago.A.No oneB.AnyoneC.SomeoneD.Everyone35.How much ______do you need to make dumplings for the family and the guests?A.potatoB.porkC. eggD.vegetable36.The story in the newspaper sounds ________,but where did the woman journalist get it?A.wellB.trueC.loudlyD.properly37.Since Jennifer is _______girl in the class， you can find her easily in the classroom.A.tallB. tallerC.tallestD.the tallest38.Dr.Sitwell took up the project on water pollution with several assistants in her ___.A.sixtyB.sixtiesC. sixtiethD.sixtieths39You may fail to pass the examination _________you do your best to go over the lessons.A.afterB.becauseC.unlessD.when40.Only you____do such a thing ,I'm sure, and nobody else has such an ability.A.mustB.shouldC.mayD.can41.James ,Catherine and I _______friends since we were at the same primary school.A.amB.wereC.will beD.have been42.My uncle will send me some local postcards and stamps after he ______France.A.reachesB.reachedC.will reachD.is reaching43.The aged people in the community _____their eightieth birthday together last week.A.celebrateB.celebratedC.will celebrateD.have celebrated44.Don't let such a thing happen again,____you will lose your job!A.andB.butC.orD.so45.He used to be a good movie director but nowadays he is only busy______ money.A)How B)made C)to make D)making46.The mother always encouraged her baby____ up by himself when he fell over.A)stand B)stood C)to stand D)standing47.____ amazing performance the boy gave in the Talent Show yesterday evening!A)How B)What C)What a D)What an48.Both my husband and I think it is the most amusing story we have ____ heard.A)ever B)never C)hardly D)already49.—The music is too loud. Could you turn it down, please?--_____.A) Sure, what time? B) Sorry, I didn’t notice it.C) Well，me too. D) OK, go ahead.50.—Would you like me to t ake a photo of you in front of the church? --______A)Yes, please. B)Well done. C)Yes, I would D)With pleasure.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。

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One【2016届上海市虹口区高三英语二模试题】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 given in the passage you have just read.(C)Scientists Detect Gravitational WavesWhat is gravitational waves(引力波)? Scientists havefor the first time observed ripples in the fabric of space time(时空涟漪) called gravitational waves, arriving at the earthfrom a severely destructive event in the distant universe. Itconfirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 generaltheory of relativity and opens a unique new window onto theuniverse, according to a group of scientists at a press conference in Washington on Thursday.“This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,” declared David Reitz, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, at the conference in the National Press Club.According to the National Science Foundation (NSF) experts, gravitational waves carry information about their dramatic origins and about the nature of gravity that cannot be obtained from elsewhere. Physicists have concluded that the detected gravitational waves were produced during the final fraction of a second(千分之一秒) of the combination of two black holes to produce a single, much bigger turning black hole. This fierce shock of two black holes had been predicted but never observed by NSF.The gravitational waves were detected on Sept 14, 2015 at 5:51 am EDT by both of the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.Based on the observed signals, LIGO scientists estimate that the black holes for this event were about 29 and 36 times the weight of the sun, and the event took place 1.3 billion years ago.About three times the weight of the sun was changed into gravitational waves in a fraction of a second -- with a peak power output about 50 times that of the whole visible universe. By looking at the time of arrival of the signals -- the detector in Livingston recorded the event 7 milliseconds (毫秒) before the detector in Hanford -- scientists can say that the source was located in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a press release from NSF, which funded the research.This new LIGO discovery is the first observation of gravitational waves themselves, made by measuring the tiny disturbances the waves make to space and time as they pass through the earth. “Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this puzzling phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, properly, fulfills Einstein’s prediction on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity,” Reitze said.74. By saying “This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,” what doesDavid Reitz mean?A. We humans truly landed on the moon this time.B. The theory of relativity was not proved until today.C. Gravitational waves arrived at the earth in the end.D. Scientists successfully observed gravitational waves.75. What do NSF experts talk about in the third paragraph?A. Gravitational waves carry information about the origins of nature.B. The nature of gravity cannot be obtained from gravitational waves.C. The combination of two black holes can produce a single, much bigger turning black hole.D. Gravitational waves only appear at the final fraction of a second of the shock of two black holes.76. According to the observed signals, LIGO scientists find out that ______.A. the two black holes which brought about this event were much bigger than the sunB. about three times the weight of the sun became gravitational waves in this eventC. the event produced by the observed signals took place 1.3 billion years agoD. the peak power output was about 50 times that of the whole universe77. From this passage, a conclusion can be drawn that ______.A. gravitational waves can make disturbances to space and timeB. Einstein predicted the observed gravitational waves in the universeC. gravitational waves is not a puzzling phenomenon to the world any moreD. this new LIGO discovery was made to test the general theory of relativitySection 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.(C)When I returned to the common, the sun was setting. The crowd around the hole had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. There were really, I should think, two or three hundred people elbowing one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active. “He’s fallen in the hole!” cried someone. “Keep back!” said several. The crowd moved a little, and I elbowed my way through. Everyone seemed greatly excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound from the hole.“I say!”said Ogilvy; “help keep these idiots back. We don’t know what’s in the puzzling thing, you know!”The end of the cylinder(圆柱体) was being screwed out from within. I turned, and as I did so the screw（螺丝钉）must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the ground with a ringing shock. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes.I think everyone expected to see a man emerge—possibly something a little unlike us earthly men, but in all essentials a man. But, looking, I presently saw something exciting within the shadow: clumsy movements, one above another, and then two disc-like eyes. Then something resembling a grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, climbed up out of the twisting middle, and moved in the air towards me—and then another.A sudden chill came over me. I stood frightened and staring. A big gray rounded bulk, thesize, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it looked like wet leather.Anyone who has never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the Gorgon groups of tentacles(触手), the unstable breathing of the lungs in a strange atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the greater gravitational energy of the earth—above all, the extraordinary intensity of the huge eyes, which was unforgettable—were at once vital, intense, inhuman, and monstrous. There was something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty. Even at this first encounter, this first glimpse, I was overcome with disgust and dread.73. Why was the crowd “elbowing one another” according to paragraph 1?A. There were no officials to control them.B. They were curious and wanted to get a good view of the hole.C. They were angry and trying to push people into the hole.D. They were trying to get away from the hole in fear.74. The Martian shocked the narrator because__________.A. it did not look like the other Martians that had arrived earlierB. it arrived on Earth in a strange and nasty-looking cylinderC. it was moving surprisingly slowly for a MartianD. like most people, he had thought it would resemble a human75. A “sudden chill”（paragraph 5）came over the narrator because________.A. the Martian was heading directly towards the crowdB. a cold tentacle had almost reached the narratorC. he saw the Martian’s terrifying features as it climbed out of the cylinderD. the sun had set and he suddenly noticed the night-time chill76. What did the narrator find most impressive about the creature?A. The horrible shape of its mouth and face.B. Its long and strange tentacles.C. The way it moved in the Earth’s atmosphere.D. Its unusual large and intense eyes.77. The description of the Martians implies that they are _______.A. cute and charmingB. friendly and cooperativeC. frightening and probably dangerousD. ugly but unluckily misunderstoodThree【2016届上海市浦东新区高三英语二模试题】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 given in the passage you have just read.(C)In the 1990s, when an area of Brazilian rainforest the size ofBelgium was cut down every year, Brazil was the world’senvironmental villain(反派角色) and the Amazonian jungle theimage of everything that was going wrong in green places. Now,the Amazon ought to be the image of what is going right.Government figures show that deforestation fell by 70% in theBrazilian Amazon region during the past decade. If clearances had continued at their rate in 2005, an extra 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide would have been put into the atmosphere. That is an amount equal to a year’s emissions from the European Union. Arguably, then, Brazil is now the world leader in addressing climate change.But how did it break the vicious cycle(恶性循环)? The answer, according to a paper is that there was no silver bullet but instead a three-stage process in which bans, better governance in frontier areas and consumer pressure on companies worked.The first stage ran from the mid-1990s to 2004. This was when the government put its efforts into bans and restrictions. The Brazilian Forest Code said that, on every farm in the Amazon, 80% of the land had to be set aside as a forest reserve. As the study observes, this share was so highthat the code could not be followed—or enforced. This was the period of the worst deforestation. Soybean prices were high and there was a vast expansion of soybean farming on the south-eastern border of the rainforest.During the second stage, which ran from 2005 to 2009, the government tried to boost its ability to police the Amazon. Brazil’s president made stopping deforestation a priority, which resulted in better co-operation between different bits of the government. The area in which farming was banned was increased from a sixth to nearly half of the forest.The third stage, which began in 2009, was a test of whether a system of restrictions could survive as soybean expansion continued. The government shifted its focus from farms to counties (each state has scores of these). Farmers in the 36 counties with the worst deforestation rates were banned from getting cheap credit until those rates fell.By any standards, Brazil’s Amazon policy has been a success, made the more remarkable because it relied on restrictions rather than rewards, which might have been expected to have worked better. Over the period of the study, Brazil also turned itself into a farming superpower, so the country has shown it is possible to get a huge increase in food output without destroying the forest. Moreover, the policies so far have been successful among commercial farmers who care about the law and respond to market pressures. Most remaining deforestation is by small holders who care rather less about these things, so the government faces the problem of persuading them to change their ways, too. Deforestation has been slowed, but not yet stopped.73. Brazil is considered to play a leading role in dealing with climate change because ______.A. it has rainforest as large as BelgiumB. it has cut down too much rainforestC. it has taken action to reduce deforestationD. it sent 3.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air74. The underlined phrase “silver bullet” in Paragraph 2 most probably refers to______.A. a powerful weaponB. an effective solutionC. an intelligent deviceD. a golden opportunity75. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. 80% of the farmland was allowed for farming in the 1st stage.B. Soybean prices went up where farming land was expanded.C. The government hired more policemen in the Amazon area.D. The government enlarged its range of supervision in the 3rd stage.76. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Brazil has successfully eliminated deforestation.B. All the farmers care much about forest protection.C. Small farm holders are a headache for the Brazilian government.D. Both the food output and the forest in Brazil have greatly increased.77. What can be the best title of the passage?A. Cutting Down on Cutting DownB. Brazil, the World Leader in FarmingC. Restrictions Outperforming RewardsD. Former Awareness Working WondersSection 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.(C)Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of Deniliquin, a country town in New South Wales, misses the constant whir (嗡嗡声) of the rice mill whose giant fans dried the rice. The Deniliquin mill, the largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere (南半球), once processed enough grain to meet the needs of 20 million people globally. But six years of drought have had a destructive effect, reducing Australia’s rice crop by 98 percent and lea ding to the mothballing of the mill last December.Drought affects every agriculture industry based in Australia, not just rice –from sheep farming, the country’s other backbone, to the cultivation of grapes for wine, the fastest-growingcrop there, with that expansion often coming at the expense of rice. The drought’s effect on rice has produced the greatest impact on the rest of the world, so far. It is one factor contributing to skyrocketing prices, and many scientists believe it is among the earliest signs that a warming planet is starting to affect food production.Researchers are looking for solutions to global rice shortages – for example, rice that blooms earlier in the day, when it is cooler, to fight against global warming. Rice plants that happen to bloom on hot days are less likely to produce grains of rice, a difficulty that is already starting to emerge in inland areas of China and other Asian countries as temperatures begin to climb. “There will be problems very soon unless we have new varieties of rice in place,” said Reiner Wassmann, climate change director at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The recent reports on climate change carried a warning that could make the news even worse: that existing models for the effects of climate change on agriculture did not yet include newer findings that global warming could reduce rainfall and make it more variable.Yet the effects of climate change are not uniformly bad for rice. Rising concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, can actually help rice – although the effect reduces or disappears if the plants face unnecessary heat, inadequate water, severe pollution or other stresses. Still, the flexibility of farmers here has persuaded some climate experts that, particularly in developed countries, the effects of climate change may be relieved, if not completely avoided. “I’m not as negative as most people,” said Will Steffen, director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University. “Farmers are learning how to do things differently.”Meanwhile, changes like the use of water to grow wine grapes instead of rice carry their own costs, as the developing world is discovering. “Rice is an essential food,” said Graeme Haley, the general manager of the town of Deniliquin. “Wine is not.”73. By “the mothballing of the mill” (in Paragraph 1) the author most probably means the mill is______.A. kept unprocessedB. left unusedC. being entirely restoredD. being pushed round74. To find the ways to cope with the global rice shortage, researchers are ______.A. seeking new types of rice which could bloom at a lower temperatureB. building greenhouses which could provide more heat for rice to growC. studying climate changes in China which may affect rice growing in AsiaD. looking for alternative agriculture industries which may take the place of rice75. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. Rice plants are fond of higher temperature in the process of growing.B. Global warming has shown few signs of influence on agriculture.C. Rice prices are rising steadily owing to the crop failure in Australia.D. Global warming may contribute to more complicated weather conditions.76. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. Australia is the largest rice producing country around the worldB. most people look on the bright side of the flexibility of farmersC. climate changes have simply brought negative effects to people’s livesD. wine grape cultivation has threatened the rice production in Australia77. Which of the following best serves as the title of the passage?A. Rice shortage and wine boomB. Drought, the enemy of rice productionC. Rice crisis and its solutionD. Rice issue, a focus of the public attentionSection 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.(C)Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are often less successful in this than men. Psychology researchers Dr. Romy van der Lee and professor Naomi Ellemers investigated whether this difference also occurs at the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and examined potential explanations.The researchers were assigned by NWO to carry out this study as part of the broader evaluation of NWO's procedures and its gender diversity policy. The aim was to gain more insight into the causes of the differences in awarding rates for male and female applicants for research funding. The analysis addressed an important “talent programme” of NWO, the Veni grant. “Whoever receives this grant has a greater chance of obtaining an important appointment at a university,” says Naomi Ellemers.Van der Lee and Ellemers investigated all the applications submitted by male and female researchers over a period of three years: a total of 2823 applications. Under the direction of NWO these applications were assessed by scientific committees consisting of men and women. The results demonstrate that the awarding rates for female applicants (14.9%) are systematically lower than those for male applicants (17.7%). “If we compare the proportion of women among the applicants with the proportion of women among those awarded funding, we see a loss of 4%,” said Ellemers.The study reveals that women are less positively evaluated for their qualities as researcher than men are. “Interestingly the research proposals of women and men are evaluated equally positively. In other words, the reviewers see no difference in the quality of the proposals that men and women submi t,” says Romy van der Lee.In search for a possible cause for the differences in awarding rates and evaluations, the researchers also investigated the language use in the instructions and forms used to assess the quality of applications. This clearly revealed the occurrence of gendered language. The words that are used to indicate quality are frequently words that were established in previous research as referring mainly to the male gender stereotype (such as challenging and excellent). Romy van der Lee exp lains: “As a result, it appears that men more easily satisfy the assessment criteria, because these better fit the characteristics stereotypically associated with men.”In response to the results of this research, NWO will devote more attention to the gender awareness of reviewers in its methods and procedures. It will also be investigated which changes to the assessment procedures and criteria can most strongly contribute to more equal chances for men and women to obtain research funding. This will include an examination of the language used by NWO. NWO chair Jos Engelens said, “The research has yielded valuable results and insights. Based on the recommendations made by the researchers we will therefore focus in the comingperiod on the development of evidence-based measures to reduce the difference in awarding rates.”74. Van der Lee and Ellemers carried out the research to find out whether ____________.A. women are less successful than men in top academic positionsB. female applicants are at a disadvantage in getting research fundingC. NOW’s procedures and gender diversity policy enhance fair playD. there are equal chances for men and women to be admitted to a university75. Van der Lee and Ellemers’ study shows that _____________.A. grant receivers were more likely to get appointments at universitiesB. men applicants for research funding outnumbered women applicantsC. the research proposals of women are equally treated with those of menD. the reviewers have narrow, prejudiced conceptions of women candidates76. What might be the main cause for the differences in awarding rates and evaluations?A. The words used in the instructions and forms.B. T he reviewers’ preference to applications.C. The methods and procedures for evaluation.D. The vague and unclear assessment criteria.77. What will NWO probably do next in response to the results of this research?A. Eliminate possibilities for difference in awarding rates.B. Design a language examination for all the reviewers.C. Emphasize the importance of gender awareness.D. Improve the assessment procedures and criteria.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 given in the passage you have just read.(C)During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists (女权主义者) showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s organizations a ssembled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence (通信), newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States, one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at RadclifféCollege, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of the writing about women confo rmed to the “great women” theory of history, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men”. To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.74. What is the passage mainly about?A. The role of literature in early American histories.B. The place of American women in written histories.C. The keen sense of history shown by American women.D. The “great women” approach to history used by American historians.75. In the 1st paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ________.A. a woman’s status was changed by marriageB. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignoredC. only three women were able to get their writing publishedD. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women76. In the 2nd paragraph, what weakness in 19th-century histories does the author point out?A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities.B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.C. They were printed on poor-quality paper.D. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.77. What use was made of the 19th-century women’s history materials in the SchlesingerLibrary and the Sophia Smith Collection?A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia.B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.C. They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.D. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United State s.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 given in the passage you have just read.(C)What we know of prenatal development makes all this attempt made by a mother to mold the character of her unborn child by studying poetry, art, or mathematics during pregnancy seem totally impossible. How could such extremely complex influences pass from the mother to the child? There is no connection between their nervous systems. Even the blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly. An emotional shock to the mother will affect her child, because it changes the activity of her glands (腺体) and so the chemistry of her blood. Any chemical change in the mother's blood will affect the child for better or worse. But we can not see how a looking for mathematics or poetic genius can be dissolved in blood and produce a similar liking or genius in the child.In our discussion of instincts we saw that there was reason to believe that whatever we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior. It is certain that no one inherits a knowledge of mathematics. It may be, however, that children inherit more or less of a rather general ability that we may call intelligence. If very intelligent children become deeply interested in mathematics, they will probably make a success of that study.As for musical ability, it may be that what is inherited is an especially sensitive ear, a peculiar structure of the hands or the vocal organs connections between nerves and muscles that make it comparatively easy to learn the movements a musician must execute, and particularly vigorous emotions. If these factors are all organized around music, the child may become a musician. The same factors, in other circumstance might be organized about some other center of interest. The rich emotional equipment might find expression in poetry. The capable fingers might develop skill in surgery. It is not the knowledge of music that is inherited, then nor even the love of it, but a certain bodily structure that makes it comparatively easy to acquire musical knowledge and skill. Whether that ability shall be directed toward music or some other undertaking may be decided entirely by forces in the environment in which a child grows up.74.Which of the following statements is not true?A. Some mothers try to influence their unborn children by studying art and other subjectsduring their pregnancy.。

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2016年虹口区二模一．选择题1. He showed them the pictures to prove his idea.Which of the following is correct for the underlined word?A. /prʌv/B. /prɒv/C./pr:uv/D./prəu v/2.The doctors and nurses did best to fight Zika virus(寨卡病毒) in Brazil .A.theyB. theirC. themD. theirs3.The farmers are satisfied their harvest through a year’s hard work.A.withB. toC. ofD. from4. Professor Louise gave us some on reading English newspapers.A. suggestionB. ideaC. tipD. advice5.It was a great honour for Tu Yoyo to win the Nobel Prize for medicine in her .A. eightiesB. eightyC. eightiethD. eightieths6. We could see Shanghai Library clearly from our room. There was blocking our view.A. somethingB. nothingC. everythingD. anything7.Miss Lee won the women’s 500 metres in the sports meeting. She did of all.A. bestB. betterC. wellD. good8.Jim wasn’t very hungry, he didn’t want to eat the cakes at all.A. andB. butC. orD. so9. Joan says that the conference begin at 9 o’clock, but she is not sure about it.A.m ustB. willC. mayD. should10. They hope a new underground railway line in the area in the near future.A. buildB. to buildC. buildingD. will build11.Your naughty brother hardly puts his books in order, he?A. doesn’tB. didn’tC. doesD. did12.The scientists will succeed in their experiment they give up.A. unlessB. ifC. afterD. until13.If you keep on practicing , you will be a very good swimmer one day.A. to swimB. swimmingC. swimD. swum14. Today’s tickets for the Revenant(荒野猎人) have been sold out. seeing it tomorrow?A. Shall weB. What aboutC. Why notD. Let’s15.Cindy, sure to be here at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.A.isB. areC. will beD. be16. lovely weather we are having these days!A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a17.My cousin gave me a ring as soon as she in New York the day before yesterday.A. will arriveB. arrivedC. arrivesD. was arriving18.Mum delicious for me when I came back from school.A. has preparedB. would prepareC. is preparingD. had prepared19.-Thank you so much for the present you sent me?-A. Please don’t say so.B. It’s not so good, I think.C. No, thanks.D. I’m glad you like it.20. –Would you mind booking me a window seat on the next flight to Beijing online?-,I’m so busy now . I’ll do it laterA. Not at allB. All rightC. SorryD. Never mindA.directorsB. producedC. rarelyD. gainedE. detailsZootopia(疯狂动物城), known as Zootropolis in Europe, is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film 1 by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 55th animated feature(动画长片) in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.Byron Howard and Rich Moore are the 2 of Zootopia and feature the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Tommy Chong, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate, and Shakira. It was released in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats on March 4, 2016. Up to now, Zootopia has 3 a total of $ 311.7 million worldwide. The film tells in all its 4 the unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist(骗子).A.discoversB. equalC. environmentD. preciousE. expressesThe story starts in a city called Zootopia, which is a city like no other. It’s a melting pot where animals from every 5 live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew(地鼠)，you can be anything. But when the happy officer Judy Hopps arrives, she 6 that being the first rabbit on a police station of big and tough animals isn’t so easy. The little rabbit decided to prove herself. She jumps at the golden chance to deal with a case, even if it means working with a fox, Nick Wilde, to solve the mystery(奥秘).The film 7 the meaning that we should never give up on a dream or settle down. We’re all 8 , and therefore should treat (对待)others the way we wish to be treated. The film creates a sense of inspiration, encouraging both kids and adults to aim high, work hard and succeed.三．词性变化1.How will you arrange the books on these in your study? (shelf)2.Today we are going to learn the lesson on page 27. (five)3.Boys and girls, please pay attention to the words. (underline)4.The new store is better located to more customers . (attractive)5.We had an enjoyable meal at the restaurant on May Day.(France)6.The wind blew over my face and I felt so comfortable.(gentle)7.Eating vegetables and doing exercise regularly will us to have a long life. (able)8. While we were working at the factory last night, the suddenly went off.(electric)四．句型转换1.The German violin cost Mr. Smith ten thousand yuan.(改为否定句)The German violin Mr. Smith ten thousand yuan.2.The new underground line will be open to the public in two years.(对划线部分提问)Will the new underground line be open to the public ?3.Lillian is independent . She can look after herself. (合并为一句)Lillian is independent look after herself.4.The workers hang lots of lanterns on both sides of the street every National Day . (改为被动语态)Lots of lanterns on both sides of the street every National Day.5.“Have you finished reading the report?”the manager asked. (改为宾语从句)The manager asked I finished reading the report.6.Tony spent nearly two weeks reading the book The Great Gatsby.(保持原意)took Tony nearly two weeks read the book The Great Gatsby.7.the way, they, yet, the problem, haven’t found, to work out (连词成句)A篇When I was 14, left school, I was on the way to California to follow my dream.When I reached downtown EI Paso, I met an old man, a bum, on the street corner．He stopped me and asked me if I was running away from home I told him, “Not exactly, sir,”because my father had given me a ride to the train station and said, ―It is important to follow your dream, son.‖After talking for a few minutes, the friendly bum told me to follow him.The bum first took me to a table and asked me to sit down and wait for a moment. A few moments later, he returned with some old books and sat beside me．Then he said, “There are two things that I want to teach you, young man, and they are these: Number one is to never judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you．”He followed with, “You think I'm a bum, don't you, young man?”I said．“Well, uh, yes, sir.”“Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you．I am one of the richest men in the world．But I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life. So for the past year, I have been going from city to city living as a bum．So, you see, don't ever judge a book by its cover．”“Number two is to learn how to read, my boy．There is only one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your wisdom．”At that moment, he showed me the old books．The bum then took me back to the street where we first met. He asked me never to forget what he taught me when we left each other．1.The word bum in the second paragraph means a person who is .A.homeless and poorB.polite and friendlyC.rich and generousD.old and knowledgeable2.How did the writer arrive at the train station?A. He ride to the station himself .B. His father gave him a ride to the station.C. A bum took him to the station.D. He followed his dream to the station.3. ―Never judge a book by its cover‖ means a cover of the book sometimes can you.A. upsetB. satisfyC. exciteD. fool4. Finally, they left each other .A. on the street cornerB. at the libraryC. in CaliforniaD. at the train station5.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. Wisdom is one thing that people can’t take away from you.B. The bum asked the writer to read some old books in the library.C. The bum’s hope was to have different kinds of experiences in life.D. The writer’s father supported his choice of the following his dream.6. The best title of this passage probably is .A. Follow your DreamB. Never Judge a Book by its coverC. An important LessonD. Wisdom is Important首字母填空Christmas means different people. To some people, it means bright packages under a Christmas tree. To others, it means family get together to have a wonderful meal. To Christians, it means Jesus’s birthday. Christmas also means giving a helping hand to people in need. Although people are busy s 1 for presents and sending Christmas cards, they take time to help others.In America and around the around, Christmas offers many chances to spread ―peace on earth, goodwill toward men‖. For example, some people stand outside malls and stores collecting m 2 for the needy. Many churches and other organizations collect toys and clothes as Christmas gifts for poor families. Going caroling(唱圣诞颂歌) is another traditional way to bring cheer to neighbors—e 3 the elderly and people who can’t get out much. The Christmas spirit encourages people to help each other in many different ways.The spirit of helping others isn’t l 4 to Christmas, however. People help others year-round. Many organizations like The Make a Wish Foundation exist just to help others. It gives dying children a chance to have their dream come true. Thousands of people spend their time serving as v 5 in hospitals, homeless shelters and schools. As the old saying goes, ―Charity begins at home‖–but it doesn’t s 6 there. Americans are keen on helping needy people in other countries, as well. Many American organizations reach out to suffering people in other countries. For a certain amount per month, people can provide needy children with food, clothing and education.As long as there are people in need, helping others will remain an important task. Americans are not the only ones who believe in helping others. People in every culture recognize that being h 7 is one of the greatest virtues(美德) in life, as well as one of the sweetest joys. The Christmas season is a great time to renew our promise to help people in need. We never know when we might need a little help.完形填空The British are famous for how frequently(频繁) they say ―sorry‖—even when they make no mistakes.Believe it or not, it is 1 the most over-used word in the United Kingdom: whether they are sorry about the weather or sorry because someone else has knocked into them. , 2 a British has blurted(脱口而出) at least one apology in the past hour or two.A recent 3 of more than 1,000 British finds that the person almost says ―sorry‖ around eight times per day.But do the British really apologize more frequently than members of other countries? If so, what’s the reason for this special behavior?Getting true information on the frequency of apologies in different countries is 4 than you might think. ―There’s certainly guess that Canadians and British apologize more than Americans, but it’s difficult to study in a way that would 5 any strong facts.‖ Says Karina Schumann, a psychologist(心理学家) at the University of Pittsburgh.British society values that its members show 6 without disturbing someone else’s personal space, and without drawing attention to oneself. America, on the other hand, is a positive-politeness society, characterized by friendliness and a desire to feel part of a group.1.A. directly B. perhaps C. forever D. rather2.A. After all B. For example C. On average D. In return3.A. result B. performance C. survey D. message4.A. cheaper B. quicker C. deeper D. harder5.A. believe B. improve C. realize D. provide6.A. respect B. attitude C. tradition D. shame回答问题The art of acting in a theater and writing plays for the theatre is known as drama. Most dramatic events take the form of actors acting out a story by a writer, called a playwright or dramatist.Because this is usually done on a stage in a theatre, drama is also called theatre. The stories acted in the theatre are called plays. Drama is very much like literature(文学), but is not written only to be read from books. In a way it is a kind of literature brought to life in the form of a play.Some drama is not written down, but is made by the actors as they go along. This is called improvisation (即兴创作). Another form of drama is mime. In mime, the actors do not say anything, but use their movements and facial expressions to tell the story. In mime make-up and costume is important to show the kind of character that the actor is playing.The first recorded play was performed by the ancient Egyptians around 2700 BC. The beginning of drama as we know it, however, was in ancient Greece, where it used to be part of a religious ceremony(宗教仪式). The Greek plays were performed in semi-circular theatres. These outdoor theatres could often hold over 20,000 people. The church is the Middle Ages also used drama as part of its worship. As time went by, groups of actors were from town to town with a mobile stage to put these plays on.Soon, actors and playwrights found new subjects for their plays. Towards the end of the 15th century, the Italians developed the art of comedy.A hundred years later, in England, William Shakespeare(1564--1616) was writing many plays on historical subjects. Nowadays, plays have as many different subjects as novels do and there are dramatists in many countries writing all kinds of plays.1.What do actors do in most dramatic events? (1分).2.Why is drams very much like literature?Because it’s not only ,but also .3.How do the actors tell the story in mime?.4.Where did drama begin as part of a religious ceremony?.5.When did the Italian actors and playwrights develop the art of comedy?.6.Do you like watching plays in the theatre or reading novels at home? Give your reason(s). (3分).WritingWrite at least 60 words on the topic “makes me responsible”(以“使我有责任心”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格)提示：日常学习和生活中有很多事情有助于我们培养责任心。

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虹口区2015学年度第二学期三月分层练习高三英语试卷2016.3第 I 卷 (共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a restaurant. B. At a concert.C. In a museum.D. At a flower shop.2. A. 15. B. 50. C. 85. D. 100.3. A. Excited. B. Interested. C. Disappointed. D. Entertained.4. A. Go on with the chat. B. Review his lessons.C. Connect with his friends.D. Talk with his friends face to face.5. A. Leave the paper to the woman. B. Type the paper immediately.C. Read the newspaper carefully.D. Check the paper once again.6. A. She believes the program is enjoyable. B. She doesn’t like the program at all.C. She admires the talents in the program.D. She will watch the program at last.7. A. Doctor and patient. B. Librarian and student.C. Policeman and car driver.D. Post clerk and customer.8. A. It wasn’t very enjoyable. B. It was very exciting.C. It was adventurous.D. It was as good as expected.9. A. He is always in a good mood. B. He spent more money than expected.C. He is happy that he’s got a new piano.D. He’s pleased with his purchase.10. A. Mr. White’s new appointment. B. Mr. White’s vacation.C. An important vacant position.D. How to apply for a job.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. Firing a gun. B. Robbing a motorcyclist.C. Dangerous driving.D. Injuring two people.12. A. The motorcyclist was injured. B. The driver was seriously hurt.C. The armed robbery failed.D. A car driver witnessed the robbery.13. A. Around 8:30 p.m. last night. B. Around 9:30 p.m. last night.C. Around 10:30 p.m. last night.D. Around 8:30 this morning.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Traditional grocery stores. B. Bigger grocery chains.C. Membership stores.D. Large discount centers.15. A. Americans have bought more organic foods than before.B. People like to go to the stores that sell natural foods.C. Supermarkets offer less variety than discount chains.D. Supermarkets are usually owned by different companies.16. A. Supermarkets are no longer important.B. There is more competition now than there used to be.C. Supermarkets have had to raise prices to make a profit.D. Natural foods have taken over the market that supermarkets had.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:Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)The first year of school can be stressful - not for the kids, but for the parents!They want their little ones to do well at school and some pushy parents will already be thinking about the problem (25) ______ they can get their child to the top of the class.But some parents are concerned about the rules for when children should start school.The School Admissions Code for England says that children (26) ______ join the reception class the September after their fourth birthday.But here is the problem: A four year old who is born in August could be in the same class as someone who was born in October of the previous year! (27) ______ of them were four years old in September.The older child will probably do better in class tests. He or she is almost a year (28) ______ (old)! This can affect the confidence of the younger child.Now England's schools minister, Nick Gibbs says that the rules should (29) ______ (change). In an open letter to councils, schools and parents he says, “Parents know their children best”.And he said that some parents “feel forced (30) ______ (send) their child to school before they are ready”.He proposes that children that are born during the summer can join the class when they are four or wait (31) ______ they are five.Dr. David Whitebread, an educationalist from Cambridge University says that the UK has a summer-born effect just (32) ______ children start school so young.“In countries with these later starting ages, there is a very much reduced summer-born effect or none at all”, he said.(B)Face-Reading SystemIf a potential customer enjoys your advertisement, they are more likely to buy your product. It’s a simple enough concept, (33) ______ it is extremely difficult to know how well your advertisement is being received in the real world. Now a new system could help advertisers know exactly how their latest offering is going down with viewers, just by watching their faces.The system, (34) ______ (develop) by Daniel McDuff and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, looks at how muscles in the face move in response to (35) ______ (watch) a video. Software can then classify what is viewed as positive facial responses and smiles during the video and from that predict (36) ______ advertisements the viewer most enjoys.The team collected more than 3200 videos of people, (37) ______ faces were filmed by their own computers’webcam as they watched three advertisements online during the Super Bowl in 2011. After each commercial, one for Doritos, one for Google and one for Volkswagen, the viewers were asked if they liked the video and whether they would want to watch it again. In tests, the system made correct predictions more than 75 per cent of the time.The system would be a gift for advertisers (38) ______ (try) to grab the attention of potential customers on the internet. In future, the system can be used to personalize advertisements for viewers as they (39) ______ (view) programmes online, depending on their reaction, or as a more effective way of testing how good a new advertisement is (40) ______ appealing to customers.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A Special D ay: Microsoft’s 40th AnniversaryEarly on, Paul Allen and I set the goal of a computer on every desk and in every home. It was a brave idea and a lot of people thought we were out of our minds to __41__ it was possible. It is amazing to think about how far computing has come since then, and we can all be proud of the __42__ role Microsoft played in that revolution.T oday I am thinking much more about Microsoft’s future than its past, though. I believe computing will __43__ faster in the next 10 years than it ever has before. We already live in a multi-platform world, and computing will become even more spreading. We are nearing the point where computers and robots will be able to see, move, and interact naturally, unlocking many new __44__ and enabling people to do even more.Under Satya’s leadership, Microsoft is better positioned than ever to lead these advances. We have the resources to drive and solve tough problems. We are __45__ in every aspect of modern computing and have the deepest commitment to research in the industry. In my role as technical advisor to Satya, I get to join product reviews and am __46__ by the vision and talent I see. The result is evident in products like Cortana, Skype Translator, and Holo Lens -- and those are just a few of the __47__ that are on the way.In the coming years, Microsoft has the opportunity to reach even more people and organizations around the world. Technology is still out of reach for many people, because it is complex or expensive, or they __48__ do not have access. So I hope you will think about what you can do to make the power of technology accessible to everyone, to connect people to each other, and make personal computing __49__ everywhere even as the very intention of what a PC delivers makes its way into all devices.We have accomplished a lot together during our first 40 years and enable countless businesses and people to realize their full __50__. But what matters most now is what we do next. Thank you for helping make Microsoft a fantastic company now and for decades to come.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.Better Solar Energy Systems: More Heat, More LightSolar photovoltaic thermal energy systems (太阳能光伏热能系统), or PVTs, produce both heat andelectricity, but until now they haven’t been very good at the heat-producing part __51__ a stand-alone (单机的) solar thermal collector. That’s because they operate at low temperatures to cool crystalline silicon solar cell s (晶体硅太阳能电池), which lets the silicon produce more electricity but isn’t a very __52__ way to gather heat.That’s a problem of economics. A solar-electric system is run at a comparatively lower __53__, while good solar hot-water systems can harvest much more energy. And it’s also a spa ce problem: photovoltaic (光伏的) cells can __54__ all the space on the roof, leaving little room for thermal applications.In a pair of studies, Joshua Pearce, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, has designed a __55__ in the form of a better PVT made with a different kind of silicon. His research partners are Kunal Girotra from Thin Silicon in California and Michael Pathak and Stephen Harrison from Queen’s University, Canada.Most solar panels (电池板) are made with crystalline silicon, but you can also make solar cells out of amorphous silicon (非晶体硅), __56__ known as thin-film silicon. They don’t create as much electricity, but they are lighter, flexible, and cheaper. Because they __57__ much less silicon, they are more environmental friendly and have a greener footprint. __58__, thin-film silicon solar cells can be easily damaged and are breakable.“That means that, when you expose them to light, their efficiency __59__ ---- pretty much the worst possible effect for a solar cell,” Pearce explains, which is one of the reasons thin-film solar panels make up only a small __60__ of the market.However, Pearce and his team eventually found a way to improve the __61__ of solar panels by uniting thin-film silicon into a whole in a new type of PVT after many experiments. You don’t have to cool down thin-film silicon to make it work and improve its working efficiency. __62__, Pearce’s group discovered that by heating it to solar-thermal operating __63__, near the boiling point of water, they could make thicker cells that largely overcame the __64__ effect. When they applied the thin-film silicon directly to a solar thermal energy collector, they also found that by baking the solar cell once a day, they __65__ the solar cell’s electrical efficiency by over 10 percent.51. A. focused on B. exposed to C. protected from D. compared with52. A. efficient B. reasonable C. normal D. passive53. A. value B. reward C. cost D. price54. A. put up B. take up C. make up D. break up55. A. decision B. solution C. suggestion D. qualification56. A. roughly B. probably C. generally D. specially57. A. replace B. produce C. exchange D. require58. A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Similarly D. Evidently59. A. works B. counts C. rises D. drops60. A. choice B. content C. portion D. element61. A. range B. function C. appearance D. extent62. A. In contrast B. In brief C. In fact D. In general63. A. locations B. conditions C. surroundings D. temperatures64. A. negative B. inexact C. inevitable D. complex65. A. increased B. defined C. wasted D. loweredSection 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)Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few British people drink tea without milk.At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人)found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’cloc k stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.66. Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?A. British people were the first people in Europe who drank tea.B. It was not until the 17th century that British people had tea.C. British people got expensive tea from India.D. Tea reached Britain from Holland.67. What does this passage most probably talk about?A. It talks about how British people got the habit of drinking teaB. It talks about how tea became a popular drink in BritainC. It talks about the history of tea drinking in BritainD. It talks about how tea-time was born68. People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because ______.A. tea with milk stopped people getting a sinking feelingB. people followed the way a French lady drank teaC. tea with milk was then a fashionable curiosityD. tea with milk tasted much more pleasant69. We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influenceof ______.A. the upper social classB. the ancient ChineseC. a famous French ladyD. people in Holland(B)HOLIDAYS70. Which of the following is advertised in a humorous way?A. BoscastleB. SW FranceC. GodshillD. The Bay Hotel71. A family with two kids and two dogs can only choose to stay in ______.A. The Country Garden HotelB. Willapark Manor HotelC. The Bay HotelD. Boscastle72. In which of the following can Elderly people enjoy a special price offer?A. GodshillB. The Bay HotelC. The B1akeney HotelD. The Country Garden Hotel73. All of the following hotels are close to the sea EXCEPT ______.A. SW FranceB. The Blakeney HotelC. Willapark Manor HotelD. The Country Garden Hotel(C)It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses, said Tom Cortina, the assistant dean at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science.However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science, they learn that it’s not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers — but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses (假设). It’s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized parts and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap, Cortina said.Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the edge, which can drive the less-experienced or less-determined students away.The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, started as one of the many coding camps has become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high-schoolers get the same curriculum, but “we try to adjust lessons to things they’re interested in,” said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook.Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails” language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn — how to think logically through a problem and organize the results —apply to any coding language, said Deborah Seehorn, an education consultant for the state of North Carolina.Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the only purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers — in their pockets, in their offices, in their homes — for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think, howto coax the machine into producing what they want — the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that — the better.74. Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to ______.A. remodel the way of thinkingB. perfect artwork productionC. formulate logical hypothesesD. complete future job training75. Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills learned at Flatiron will ______.A. have to be upgraded when new technologies comeB. need improving when students look for jobsC. help students learn other computer languagesD. enable students to make big quick money76. According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to ______.A. stay longer in the information technology industryB. become better prepared for the digitalized worldC. bring forth innovative computer technologiesD. compete with a future army of programmers77. The word “coax” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.A. misguideB. challengeC. frightenD. persuadeSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Some futurologists have assumed that the vast increase of women in the workforce may signal a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis (假设), would rather work than marry. The opposite of this concern is that the outlook of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriage. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. Data show that economic downturns tend to put off marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. As the economy comes to life, the number of marriages also rises.The increase in divorce rates follows to the increase in women working outside the home. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusion. The effect of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its effect on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good provider may increase the chances that a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible (似是而非的). Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family’sfinancial and emotional stability.Psychological factors also should be considered. For example, a wife blocked from a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seeking a divorce. On the other hand, if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go together to create a stronger and more stable union.Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, in most cases, men have remained the main breadwinners. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.(Note: Answer the question or complete the statement in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. According to the first paragraph, what do fewer people get married for when the economy declines?79. A wife may strengthen her family’s stability by working to _______________.80. Psychologically speaking, whether _______________ will have a strong effect on the marriage.81. What problem may a multi-paycheck household have?第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1、当你感到疲惫不堪时，为何不停下手中的事情放松一下呢？（Why…）2、当地的慈善机构安排了各种活动为那些病人筹集医疗和生活费用。

上海虹口区2016-2020年五年高考二模英语试题汇编选词填空专题含答案

上海虹口区2016-2020年五年高考二模英语试题汇编-选词填空专题2020届上海市虹口区高考二模英语试题Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.An Effective Approach to Depressive DisorderNo one can be happy and cheerful forever. So it’s important they see a mental-health ___11___ who can provide effective options for treatment when someone has clinical depression known as the state of feeling very sad, anxious and without hope. But there’s also a condition known as subthreshold depression in which someone ___12___ some symptoms of depressive disorder, but not enough for a clinical diagnosis.It’s estimated that between 10% and 24% of the population has this kind of mild depression at some point in their lives. And for those people, a new study suggests that practicing thinking ___13___ in silence may help improve their mood and reduce their risk of developing depression. The study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, ___14___ yet another reason why deep thinking may be good for both physical and mental health.The study included 231 Chinese adults with subthreshold depression, meaning their ___15___ between five and nine out of a total of 27 points on a standard depression ___16___. Half received mindfulness training two hours a week for eight weeks, while the other half continued to receive their usual medical care.During the mindfulness training, participants were instructed on setting short-and long-term goals;___17___ their activity and mood; planning out their activities; and body scanning. They were asked to practice them at home at least six days a week.These techniques combine traditional deep thinking with ___18___ activation, a type of therapy that usesan “outside in” approach to help people change the way they act and aims to increase rewarding experiences in their lives. It has been shown to be effective for moderate to severe depression in other studies, and the researchers wanted to know if it would work as a ___19___ measure as well.At the end of those eight weeks, the group that received mindfulness training reported a significant decrease in depression and ____20____ symptoms compared to the group that did not. And no participants had developed clinical depression.【答案】11. D 12. H13. K 14. A15. F 16. B17. J 18. C19. I 20. E【解析】这是一篇说明文。

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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 given in the passage you have just read.(C)Scientists Detect Gravitational WavesWhat is gravitational waves(引力波)? Scientists havefor the first time observed ripples in the fabric of space time(时空涟漪) called gravitational waves, arriving at the earthfrom a severely destructive event in the distant universe. Itconfirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein‘s 1915 generaltheory of relativity and opens a unique new window onto theuniverse, according to a group of scientists at a press conference in Washington on Thursday.―This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,‖ declared David Reitz, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, at the conference in the National Press Club.According to the National Science Foundation (NSF) experts, gravitational waves carry information about their dramatic origins and about the nature of gravity that cannot be obtained from elsewhere. Physicists have concluded that the detected gravitational waves were produced during the final fraction of a second(千分之一秒) of the combination of two black holes to produce a single, much bigger turning black hole. This fierce shock of two black holes had been predicted but never observed by NSF.The gravitational waves were detected on Sept 14, 2015 at 5:51 am EDT by both of the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.Based on the observed signals, LIGO scientists estimate that the black holes for this event were about 29 and 36 times the weight of the sun, and the event took place 1.3 billion years ago.About three times the weight of the sun was changed into gravitational waves in a fraction of a second -- with a peak power output about 50 times that of the whole visible universe. By looking at the time of arrival of the signals -- the detector in Livingston recorded the event 7 milliseconds (毫秒) before the detector in Hanford -- scientists can say that the source was located in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a press release from NSF, which funded the research.This new LIGO discovery is the first observation of gravitational waves themselves, made by measuring the tiny disturbances the waves make to space and time as they pass through the earth. ―Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this puzzling phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, properly, fulfills Einstein‘s prediction on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity,‖ Reitze said.74. By saying ―This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,‖ what doesDavid Reitz mean?A. We humans truly landed on the moon this time.B. The theory of relativity was not proved until today.C. Gravitational waves arrived at the earth in the end.D. Scientists successfully observed gravitational waves.75. What do NSF experts talk about in the third paragraph?A. Gravitational waves carry information about the origins of nature.B. The nature of gravity cannot be obtained from gravitational waves.C. The combination of two black holes can produce a single, much bigger turning black hole.D. Gravitational waves only appear at the final fraction of a second of the shock of two black holes.76. According to the observed signals, LIGO scientists find out that ______.A. the two black holes which brought about this event were much bigger than the sunB. about three times the weight of the sun became gravitational waves in this eventC. the event produced by the observed signals took place 1.3 billion years agoD. the peak power output was about 50 times that of the whole universe77. From this passage, a conclusion can be drawn that ______.A. gravitational waves can make disturbances to space and timeB. Einstein predicted the observed gravitational waves in the universeC. gravitational waves is not a puzzling phenomenon to the world any moreD. this new LIGO discovery was made to test the general theory of relativityKeys: 74-77: DCBASection 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.(C)When I returned to the common, the sun was setting. The crowd around the hole had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. There were really, I should think, two or three hundred people elbowing one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active. ―He‘s fallen in the hole!‖ cried someone. ―Keep back!‖ said several. The crowd moved a little, and I elbowed my way through. Everyone seemed greatly excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound from the hole.―I say!‖said Ogilvy; ―help keep these idiots back. We don‘t know what‘s in the puzzling thing, you know!‖The end of the cylinder(圆柱体) was being screwed out from within. I turned, and as I did so the screw（螺丝钉）must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the ground with a ringing shock. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes.I think everyone expected to see a man emerge—possibly something a little unlike us earthly men, but in all essentials a man. But, looking, I presently saw something exciting within the shadow: clumsy movements, one above another, and then two disc-like eyes. Then something resembling a grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, climbed up out of the twistingmiddle, and moved in the air towards me—and then another.A sudden chill came over me. I stood frightened and staring. A big grayrounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it looked like wet leather.Anyone who has never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the Gorgon groups of tentacles(触手), the unstable breathing of the lungs in a strange atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the greater gravitational energy of the earth—above all, the extraordinary intensity of the huge eyes, which was unforgettable—were at once vital, intense, inhuman,and monstrous. There was something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty.Even at this first encounter, this first glimpse, I was overcome with disgust and dread.73. Why was the crowd ―elbowing one another‖ according to paragraph 1?A. There were no officials to control them.B. They were curious and wanted to get a good view of the hole.C. They were angry and trying to push people into the hole.D. They were trying to get away from the hole in fear.74. The Martian shocked the narrator because__________.A. it did not look like the other Martians that had arrived earlierB. it arrived on Earth in a strange and nasty-looking cylinderC. it was moving surprisingly slowly for a MartianD. like most people, he had thought it would resemble a human75. A“sudden chill”（paragraph 5）came over the narrator because________.A. the Martian was heading directly towards the crowdB. a cold tentacle had almost reached the narratorC. he saw the Martian‘s terrifying features as it climbed out of the cylinderD. the sun had set and he suddenly noticed the night-time chill76. What did the narrator find most impressive about the creature?A. The horrible shape of its mouth and face.B. Its long and strange tentacles.C. The way it moved in the Earth‘s atmosphere.D. Its unusual large and intense eyes.77. The description of the Martians implies that they are _______.A. cute and charmingB. friendly and cooperativeC. frightening and probably dangerousD. ugly but unluckily misunderstoodKeys: 73-77 BDCDCSection 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.(C)In the 1990s, when an area of Brazilian rainforest the size ofBelgium was cut down every year, Brazil was the world‘senvironmental villain(反派角色) and the Amazonian jungle theimage of everything that was going wrong in green places. Now,the Amazon ought to be the image of what is going right.Government figures show that deforestation fell by 70% in theBrazilian Amazon region during the past decade. If clearances had continued at their rate in 2005, an extra 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide would have been put into the atmosphere. That is an amount equal to a year‘s emissions from the European Union.Arguably, then, Brazil is now the world leader in addressing climate change.But how did it break the vicious cycle(恶性循环)? The answer, according to a paper is that there was no silver bullet but instead a three-stage process in which bans, better governance infrontier areas and consumer pressure on companies worked.The first stage ran from the mid-1990s to 2004. This was when the government put its efforts into bans and restrictions. The Brazilian Forest Code said that, on every farm in the Amazon, 80% of the land had to be set aside as a forest reserve. As the study observes, this share was so high that the code could not be followed—or enforced. This was the period of the worst deforestation. Soybean prices were high and there was a vast expansion of soybean farming on the south-eastern border of the rainforest.During the second stage, which ran from 2005 to 2009, the government tried to boost its ability to police the Amazon. Brazil‘s president made stopping deforestation a priority, which resulted in better co-operation between different bits of the government. The area in which farming was banned was increased from a sixth to nearly half of the forest.The third stage, which began in 2009, was a test of whether a system of restrictions could survive as soybean expansion continued. The government shifted its focus from farms to counties (each state has scores of these). Farmers in the 36 counties with the worst deforestation rates were banned from getting cheap credit until those rates fell.By any standards, Brazil‘s Amazon policy has been a success, made the more remarkable because it relied on restrictions rather than rewards, which might have been expected to have worked better. Over the period of the study, Brazil also turned itself into a farming superpower, so the country has shown it is possible to get a huge increase in food output without destroying the forest. Moreover, the policies so far have been successful among commercial farmers who care about the law and respond to market pressures. Most remaining deforestation is by smallholders who care rather less about these things, so the government faces the problem of persuading them to change their ways, too. Deforestation has been slowed, but not yet stopped.73. Brazil is considered to play a leading role in dealing with climate change because ______.A. it has rainforest as large as BelgiumB. it has cut down too much rainforestC. it has taken action to reduce deforestationD. it sent 3.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air74. The underlined phrase ―silver bullet‖ in Paragraph 2 most probably refers to______.A. a powerful weaponB. an effective solutionC. an intelligent deviceD. a golden opportunity75. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. 80% of the farmland was allowed for farming in the 1st stage.B. Soybean prices went up where farming land was expanded.C. The government hired more policemen in the Amazon area.D. The government enlarged its range of supervision in the 3rd stage.76. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Brazil has successfully eliminated deforestation.B. All the farmers care much about forest protection.C. Small farm holders are a headache for the Brazilian government.D. Both the food output and the forest in Brazil have greatly increased.77. What can be the best title of the passage?A. Cutting Down on Cutting DownB. Brazil, the World Leader in FarmingC. Restrictions Outperforming RewardsD. Former Awareness Working WondersKeys: 73-77 CBDCASection 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.(C)Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of Deniliquin, a country town in New South Wales, misses the constant whir(嗡嗡声)of the rice mill whose giant fans dried the rice. The Deniliquin mill, the largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere (南半球), once processed enough grain to meet theneeds of 20 million people globally. But six years of drought have had a destructive effect, reducing Australia‘s rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December.Drought affects every agriculture industry based in Australia, not just rice –from sheep farming, the country‘s other backbone, to the cultivation of grapes for wine, the fastest-growing crop there, with that expansion often coming at the expense of rice. The drought‘s effect on rice has produced the greatest impact on the rest of the world, so far. It is one factor contributing to skyrocketing prices, and many scientists believe it is among the earliest signs that a warming planet is starting to affect food production.Researchers are looking for solutions to global rice shortages – for example, rice that blooms earlier in the day, when it is cooler, to fight against global warming. Rice plants that happen to bloom on hot days are less likely to produce grains of rice, a difficulty that is already starting to emerge in inland areas of China and other Asian countries as temperatures begin to climb. ―There will be problems very soon unless we have new varieties of rice in place,‖ said Reiner Wassmann, climate change director at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The recent reports on climate change carried a warning that could make the news even worse: that existing models for the effects of climate change on agriculture did not yet include newer findings that global warming could reduce rainfall and make it more variable.Yet the effects of climate change are not uniformly bad for rice. Rising concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, can actually help rice – although the effect reduces or disappears if the plants face unnecessary heat, inadequate water, severe pollution or other stresses. Still, the flexibility of farmers here has persuaded some climate experts that, particularly in developed countries, the effects of climate change may be relieved, if not completely avoided. ―I‘m not as negative as most people,‖ said Will Steffen, director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University. ―Farmers are learning how to do things differently.‖Meanwhile, changes like the use of water to grow wine grapes instead of rice carry their own costs, as the developing world is discovering. ―Rice is anessential food,‖ said Graeme Haley, the general manager of the town of Deniliquin. ―Wine is not.‖73. By ―the mothballing of the mill‖ (in Paragraph 1) the author most probably means the mill is______.A. kept unprocessedB. left unusedC. being entirely restoredD. being pushed round74. To find the ways to cope with the global rice shortage, researchers are ______.A. seeking new types of rice which could bloom at a lower temperatureB. buildinggreenhouses which could provide more heat for rice to growC. studying climate changes inChina which may affect rice growing in AsiaD. looking for alternative agriculture industries which may take the place of rice75. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. Rice plants are fond of higher temperature in the process of growing.B. Global warming has shown few signs of influence on agriculture.C. Rice prices are rising steadily owing to the crop failure in Australia.D. Global warming may contribute to more complicated weather conditions.76. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. Australia is the largest rice producing country around the worldB. most peoplelook on the bright side of the flexibility of farmersC. climate changes have simply brought negative effects to people‘s livesD. wine grape cultivation has threatened the rice production in Australia77. Which of the following best serves as the title of the passage?A. Rice shortage and wine boomB. Drought, theenemy of rice productionC. Rice crisis and its solutionD. Rice issue, a focus of the public attentionKeys: 73-77 BADDCSection 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 theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are often less successful in this than men. Psychology researchers Dr. Romy van der Lee and professor Naomi Ellemers investigated whether this difference also occurs at the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and examined potential explanations.The researchers were assigned by NWO to carry out this study as part of the broader evaluation of NWO's procedures and its gender diversity policy. The aim was to gain more insight into the causes of the differences in awarding rates for male and female applicants for research funding. The analysis addressed an important ―talent programme‖ of NWO, the Veni grant. ―Whoever receives this grant has a greater chance of obtaining an important appointment at a university,‖ says Naomi Ellemers.Van der Lee and Ellemers investigated all the applications submitted by male and female researchers over a period of three years: a total of 2823 applications. Under the direction of NWO these applications were assessed by scientific committees consisting of men and women. The results demonstrate that the awarding rates for female applicants (14.9%) are systematically lower than those for male applicants (17.7%). ―If we compare the proportion of women among the applicants with the proportion of women among those awarded funding, we see a loss of 4%,‖ said Ellemers.The study reveals that women are less positively evaluated for their qualities as researcher than men are. ―Interestingly the research proposals of women and men are evaluated equally positively. In other words, the reviewers see no difference in the quality of the proposals that men and wome n submit,‖ says Romy van der Lee.In search for a possible cause for the differences in awarding rates and evaluations, the researchers also investigated the language use in the instructions and forms used to assess the quality of applications. This clearly revealed the occurrence of gendered language. The words that are used to indicate quality are frequently words that were established in previous research as referring mainly to the male gender stereotype (such as challenging and excellent). Romy van der Lee explains: ―As a result, it appears that men more easily satisfy the assessment criteria, becausethese better fit the characteristics stereotypically associated with men.‖In response to the results of this research, NWO will devote more attention to the gender awareness of reviewers in its methods and procedures. It will also be investigated which changes to the assessment procedures and criteria can most strongly contribute to more equal chances for men and women to obtain research funding. This will include an examination of the language used by NWO. NWO chair Jos Engelens said, ―The research has yielded valuable results and insights. Based on the recommendations made by the researchers we will therefore focus in the coming period on the development of evidence-based measures to reduce the difference in awarding rates.‖74. Van der Lee and Ellemers carried out the research to find out whether ____________.A. women are less successful than men in top academic positionsB. female applicantsare at a disadvantage in getting research fundingC. NOW‘s procedures and gender diversity policy enhance fair playD. there are equal chances for men and women to be admitted to a university75. Van der Lee and Ellemers‘ study shows that _____________.A. grant receivers were more likely to get appointments at universitiesB. men applicantsfor research funding outnumbered women applicantsC. the research proposals of women are equally treated with those of menD. the reviewers have narrow, prejudiced conceptions of women candidates76. What might be the main cause for the differences in awarding rates and evaluations?A. The wordsused in the instructions and forms.B. T he reviewers‘ preference to applications.C. The methods and procedures for evaluation.D. The vague and unclear assessment criteria.77. What will NWO probably do next in response to the results of this research?A. Eliminate possibilities for difference in awarding rates.B. Design a language examination for all the reviewers.C. Emphasize the importance of gender awareness.D. Improve the assessment procedures and criteria.Keys: 74-77 BCADSection 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.(C)During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists(女权主义者) showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women‘s organizations assembled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence (通信), newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women‘s history in the United States, one at the Eliz abeth and ArthurSchlesinger Library at RadclifféCollege, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of the writing about women conformed to the ―great women‖ theory of history, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on ―great men‖. To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women‘s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.74. What is the passage mainly about?A. The role of literature in early American histories.B. The place of American women in written histories.C. The keen sense of history shown by American women.D. The ―great women‖ approach to history used by American historians.75. In the 1st paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ________.A. a woman‘s status was changed by marriageB. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignoredC. only three women were able to get their writing publishedD. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women76. In the 2nd paragraph, what weakness in 19th-century histories does the author point out?A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities.B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.C. They were printed on poor-quality paper.D. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.77. What use was made of the 19th-century women‘s history materials in the Schlesinge rLibrary and the Sophia Smith Collection?A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia.B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.C. They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.D. They were shared among women‘s colleges throughout the United States.Keys: 74-77 BBDCSection 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.(C)What we know of prenatal development makes all this attempt made by a mother to mold the character of her unborn child by studying poetry, art, or mathematics during pregnancy seem totally impossible. How could such extremely complex influences pass from the mother to the child? There is no connection between their nervous systems. Even the blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly. An emotional shock to the mother will affect her child, because it changes the activity of her glands (腺体) and so the chemistry of her blood. Any chemical change in the mother's blood will affect the child for better or worse. But we can not see how a looking for mathematics or poetic genius can be dissolved in blood and produce a similar liking or genius in the child.In our discussion of instincts we saw that there was reason to believe that whatever we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior. It is certain that no one inherits a knowledge of mathematics. It may be, however, that children inherit more or less of a rather general ability that we may call intelligence. If very intelligent children become deeply interested in mathematics, they will probably make a success of that study.As for musical ability, it may be that what is inherited is an especially sensitive ear, a peculiar。

2016年虹口区中考英语二模卷答案

2016年虹口区中考英语二模卷答案Part 1 ListeningI. Listening ComprehensionA.Listen and choose the right picture1.Mr. and Mrs. Smith exercise themselves every day by dancing.2.Peter is keen on drawing animals like dogs in his spare time.3.Mr. Brown is really tired of looking after his two children.4.How amazing it is to take a long-life job of making films!5.Family songs are written and sung by everyone in my family.6.It‟s exciting for Jam to run with his lovely dog before supper.B.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear7.M: Jane, are you going to phone Linda today?W: No, she is going to phone me.Q: Who is going to phone Jane?8.M: That‟s a good TV play, isn‟t it?W: Yeah, it is. Ac tually, the only thing I didn‟t like was when the small town was destroyed.Q:What are the two speakers talking about?9.M: Hi, I got them, two tickets for the French painting exhibition.W: Oh, really? How did you make it?M: I went out at three in the morning and lined up. To my surprise, there were already a lot of people ahead of me.W: Well, I‟m glad you got them.Q:How did the man get the tickets?10.W: Did you tell Mr. Smith to bring the dictionary he promised me?M: The dictionary? Oh, I am sorry.Q: Why did the man apologize?11.W: Excuse me, sir, visiting hours are over. You must leave.M: Pardon me, nurse. I didn‟t hear the bell or I would have left earlier.Q: Where did this conversation probably take place?12.W: I‟d like to be a volunteer. Could you help me?M: Well, maybe this one is right for you. We need someone to chat with the people at the old people‟s home. You can do it any da y you like. But please make sure at least six hours aweek.W: No problem. I like working for disabled people. Thank you very much.Q: How long should the woman work at least a week?13.W: I was in front of the theatre at one o‟clock. How did I miss you?M: I got there at a quarter past twelve and waited a while. But I guess I left before you got there.Q: When did the man probably leave the theatre?C.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or falseWhen standing in the central areas in Tokyo, you can see many girls wearing school uniforms. Many of these young women have already graduated. If you ask them why they still wear the uniforms, you may get such an answer: a school uniform is our favorite clothing.So, why do Japanese girls love school uniforms so much? The first reason may be their fashionable design and good quality. The style of Japanese school uniforms for girls is adapted from sailor suits. The color and design of the uniform fits Japanese girls' skin and body figure.Every five years, the style will change a little to keep up with the trend(赶上潮流）. Different from Chinese school uniforms, school uniforms in Japan are well-made and thus expensive. A complete school uniform can cost about 3000yuan. It is designed by a name brand, made with good cloth and produced by a good manufacturer.The second reason may be its convenience. In Japan, most schools have strict rules. Though students are allowed to wear their own clothes to school, their clothing has to fit their identity as a student: they can‟t wear clothes that are too bright, too expensive or too revealing; they can‟t wear high heels and they have to wear the school badge（校徽）. For these reasons, a school uniform can be the safest choice.Another important reason may be the sense of team in Japanese culture. School girls wear uniform so that they won't be isolated(孤立).D.Listen to the passage and complete the following sentencesTo the rest of world, Federer is known as a greater tennis player. To the children in Malawi, a country in Africa, he‟s just the man who helps build schools for them.Last summer, Roger Federer visited Malawi. He went there to celebrate ten years of the Roger Federer Foundations. It was founded by the Swiss athlete to help build schools for poor children in Africa.When he visited Malawi last summer, he spent the day sitting in classes and playing with the young pupils in the school.Federer said, “ I believe every young child has the right to attend school, becaus e early education is very important.”A teacher at the school expressed her thanks for the sportsman. She said, “Federer is a kind man. He not only helps us build schools, but also takes time to see the children when he is free. We all like h im.”A.Listen and choose the right picture(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息)1.B2.E3.D4.G5.H6.CB. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear7.D(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息）8.A(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息）9.B(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息）10.D(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息）11.C(2.2/听力·能理解话语中隐含意思)12.B(2.2/听力·能理解话语中隐含意思)13.C(2.2/听力·能理解话语中隐含意思）14.A(2.3/听力·能归纳话语的主旨大意)C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息）(2.2/听力·能理解话语中隐含的意思)15.F 16.F 17.T 18.T 19.F 20.FD. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences(2.1/听力·能获取重要的事实信息）21.some moving 22.twice a 23.her babies 24.were hurt 25.little birdPart 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and GrammarⅡ. Choose the best answer26.B 【解析】（1.1/语言基础知识·能在具体语境中正确识别和理解不同语音、语调所表示的意义)本题考查音标。

2016.4.虹口区二模卷(参考答案)

虹口区2016年英语学科高考练习题(参考答案)第 I 卷 (共103分)I. Listening Comprehension1-10: DBDAC ABACB11-13: DCC 14-16: BDA17. return 18. London 19. 980 20. window21. Main Hall 22. their related requirements 23. services and activities 24. level of English II. Grammar and Vocabulary25. is employed 26. who 27. when 28. forgetting 29. wasted 30. nearest31. Whoever 32. will supply33. to build 34. about 35. no matter where 36. may 37. what 38. others39. Making 40. the41. D 42. I 43. B 44. F 45. C 46. A 47. K 48. H 49. E 50. JIII. Reading Comprehension51-65: BCADB ACDAB DCABD66-69: BCDA 70-73: ACDB 74-77: DCBA78. where there are Zika cases / with Zika cases79. Pregnant women should.80. The cases only appear in the northeast of Brazil.81. cause microcephaly / be the cause of microcephaly / be linked to neurological disorders / braindisorders in babies第II卷（共47分）I. Translation1. Now people are used / accustomed to associating bad weather with air pollution.2. Seldom do students have a chance / an opportunity to see the famous winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.3. Shanghai Disneyland is sure to become a place of interest / a scenic spot / a tourist attraction /destination (which / that is) worth touring / visiting many times.4. It is because society puts too much value / emphasis on / focuses too much on appearance thatteenagers / young people have changed their original dieting / eating habits.5. Tom missed the movie (which / that) the public speak / spoke highly of not because the movieticket was not available but because he met with / came across a traffic jam.II. Guided Writing（略）。

2016届上海市各区高三英语二模试卷题型分类专题汇编--阅读理解B篇--学生版(已校对)

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 given in the passage you have just read.(B)Asia TEFL and the Far Eastern English Language Teachers’ Association 14th Asia TEFL International Conference and 11th FEELTA International Conference invite proposals for their joint conference on language teaching and learning:“Connecting Professionally on ELT in Asia:Crossing the Bridge to Excellence”to be held on 30 June – 2 July, 2016 atThe Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RussiaCALL FOR PRESENTATIONSConference DescriptionThe 14th Asia TEFL and 11th FEELTA international conference places emphasis on working towards special skills or knowledge in English Language Teaching through being connected professionally in Asia and worldwide. Professional networks link teachers from a variety of educational contexts, helping to develop research, advance skills and update knowledge. We invite educators, scholars and policy makers to cooperate and share teaching theories, excellent teaching ideas and relevant practices.The meaning of the ―bridge‖ in our theme is inspired by the place of the confere nce. The university campus is located on Russky Island ―across the bridge‖ from the mainland. It also refers to new horizons and perspectives in the field of ELT that we discover when we ―cross the bridge‖Conference SubtopicsWe invite papers on the following subtopics in ELT:●ELT curriculum and design●Materials writing●Teacher education and professional development●Teaching literature and the arts●Interpreting and translation●Global Issues in Language EducationTypes of PresentationsAll presentations will be given in English. Presenters are encouraged to hand in full papers of their presentation to the Journal of Asia TEFL to be considered for publication.●Papers: 30 minutes●Workshops: 60 minutes●Poster presentations: displayed all day ---- presenters are expected to stand by their postersready to explain and discuss them, for 60 minutes.●Group discussions: 90 minutesProposal Submission (提交)Materials to be submitted:● a title of up to ten words●an abstract of not more than 200 words● a self-introduction of not more than 60 wordsAll proposals must be submitted online through the link: http://feelta.wl.dvfu.ru/asiatefl-feelta-2016●Presentation submission opens: November 1, 2015●Deadline for submission: February 29, 2016Questions about proposal submission can be addressed to Larisa Krainik, Abstract Committee Chair:feeltacon@70. What does the expression ―Crossing the Bridge to Excellence‖ in the title imply?B. the process from knowledge to skills on language teaching and learning.C. inviting proposals about new horizons and perspectives in the field of ELT.D. Coming from every country in the world to the Far Eastern Federal University.71. The joint international conference will be held to ______.A. be connected professionally in Asia and worldwideB. call for presentations of the educators, scholars and policy makersC. work towards special skills or knowledge in English Language TeachingD. provide a chance for teachers to cooperate and share theories, ideas and practices72. According tothe passage, what can be learned from the conference?A. How to achieve good results in the English exams.B. Effective communication skills among teachers.C. How to helpteachers to share research skills.D. Effective teaching approaches and theories.73. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. the presentations are most likely to have been published during the conferenceB. all presentations must be submitted formally online within the required timeC. presenters can only choose to take part in one of the types of presentationsD. presentations are requiredto be explained to the participants publiclySection 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.(B)70. If you wish to complete two tours in one day, you would probably choose________.A. Sunshine Coast and Montville Tour and Brisbane Highlights with Koala Sanctuary TourB. Brisbane City Morning Tour and Brisbane Highlights with Koala Sanctuary TourC. Brisbane City Morning Tour and Sunshine Coast and Noosa TourD. Sunshine Coast and Noosa Tour and Sunshine Coast and Montville Tour71. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Visitors may learn the colonial history of Brisbane River from Kangaroo Point Cliffs.B. Visitors may have a close look at animals in Sunshine Coast and Noosa Tour.C. If you want to visit Underwater World, you may choose Brisbane City Morning Tour.D. If 2 adults and 2 children, aged 3 and 9, attend tour B410, they should pay $ 281.72. What is the tone of this tour guide information booklet?A. Welcoming and humorous.B. Warm and inviting.C. Modest and initiative.D. Casual and compulsory.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 given in the passage you have just read.(B)70. According to Miss Manners, the proper way to deal with a kid asking for gifts is _______.A. to ignore the kid’s request for giftsB. to scold the kid for asking for presentsC. to tell kids gift giving is voluntary and two-wayD. to advise the kid’s mum to teach him proper manners71. Which of the following does Miss Manners advise you to do at a party?A. Suggest guests arriving during the event.B. Directly remind guests to leave at a proper time.C. Inform guests of both starting and finishing hours.D. Give guests clear hint when they should leave the party.72. In witch part of a newspaper can you find this passage?A. Advice Section.B. Live Chats Section.C. Entertainment Section.D. Classified Ads Section.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 given in the passage you have just read.(B)What we doEFP Courses provide courses in English language andBritish culture. Our courses are aimed at students aged between12 and 17 who are at pre-intermediate level or above in English. The courses are held in Guildford,a historic town near London.Typical structure of a one-week courseup to 25 hours of English run by native speakers, qualified in teaching English as a foreign language and specialist drama teachers2 full-day sightseeing trips to London and Oxford (at weekends)fullboard(全食宿) with local, English-speaking familiesWhen we run the coursesEFP courses can be organized only during British state school terms. For this academic year, courses can be booked between now and 23 May and between 30 May and 30 June. We welcome you to book from 3 September 2016 to 25 October 2016 and from 31 October to 20 December 2016.Why choose EFP coursesin addition to our standard English classes, we also run drama and expression English classes, taught by specialist drama teacherswe expose our students to British culture for the entire length of the coursewe tailor courses to each group’s needs, creating a unique experience for our students. Note that any changes to our courses are made within reason and only if all participants from a group share the same language level. Please see further details on our website.Length of a courseEFP courses run for either one or two weeks depending on the specific requirements for your group.How to applyPlease register your interest by sending an email to info@. By contacting us before you make any travel arrangements you ensure that we can put your group up on the dates that you require. For more details, please visit .See you in Guildford soon!70. What does the leaflet tell us about EFP courses?A.Their target students are teenagers of all English levels.B. They are available on the school campuses in London and Oxford.C. Every individual participant is supplied with tailored language support.D. They involve students in British culture activities during the whole course.71. Suppose you are to take EFP courses this academic year, you can ______.A. hand in an application by visiting their websiteB. enjoy a special series of lessons for a whole school termC. experience English dramas with English-speaking familiesD. make a reservation from October 31 to December 2072. The purpose of this writing is to ______.A. attract qualified teachers to EFP coursesB. demonstrate the popularity of EFP coursesC. offer group students access to EFP coursesD. illustrate the importance of EFP coursesSection 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.(B)Edinburgh– the fourth most beautiful city in theworldHere are some of our favourite spots for eating, sightseeing and shopping.Need inspiration?Scott Monument This remarkable Gothic building was built in memory of the life and work of Sir Walter S cott. Climb the 287 steps to the top and you’ll be rewardedwith some pretty special views.History lovers?Edinburgh Castle looks over the city skyline from Castle Rock. You can take a tour (human or audio) or just wander through it with a map. Listenout for the One o’clock Gun –it fires every day except Sunday. At oneo'clock. Obviously.Time your trains With cheap train tickets to Edinburgh to coincideFeeling hungry?A satisfying dinner:With ingredients carefully sourced from local growers, plus home-grown fresh fruits and edible flowers, Timberyard has favourable reviews.A light lunch: Thomson’s Bar claims to serve ―the best steak pie in Edinburgh‖, to matchwith real beer (it’s in the Good Beer Guide) and enough whiskies (威士忌酒) to take up a whole page on the drinks menu.ShoppingcentrePrinces Street: You’ll find all your favourites on Edinburgh’s main shopping drag, Princes Street. There’s M&S, Gap and Waterstones and also a bit of a retaillandmark in the shape of Jenners department store.Harvey Nichols: A byword(代名词) for luxury, Harvey Nicks is loved by the fashion pack.Gucci, Victoria Beckham and Marc Jacobs will try to separate you fromyour cash.Hidden EdinburghEdinburgh’s deepest secret (literally) is a network of underground streets, which you can tour with a guide. Try ―The Real Mary King’s Close‖ to uncover some of the myths and mysteries as to how the street, once open to the skies, found itself underground.Need trains to Edinburgh? We‟ll get you sorted…70. Where can visitors enjoy a full view of the city in Edinburgh?A. Scott Monument.B. Edinburgh Castle.C. Timberyard.D. The Real Mary King’s Close.71. While shopping in Edinburgh, we may find that ___________.A. Princes Street is the place where celebrities go shoppingB. Edinburgh’s main shopping drag is extremely expensiveC. many high-end brands can be found in Harvey NicholsD. one cannot pay in cash when shopping in Harvey Nichols72. The underlined word“edible”is closest in meaning to _____________.A. beautifulB. eatableC. visibleD. delicate73. This page is most likely to be found at ___________.A. /en-hk/destinations/edinburgh/flights-to-edinburghB. https:///en/tour-scotland/one-day-tours-scotland-from-edinburghC. https:///our-destinations/edinburgh-overviewD. /discover/about-the-castleSection 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.(B)The principal difference between urban growth in Europe and in the North American colonies was the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe they grew over a period of centuries from town economies to their present urban structure. In North America, they started as wilderness communities and developed to mature urbanism in little more than a century.In the early colonial days in North America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic Coastline, mostly in what are now New England and Middle Atlantic states in the United Statesand in the lower Saint Lawrence valley in Canada. This was natural because these areas were nearest to England and France, particularly England, from which most capital goods (资产)(such as equipment) and many consumer goods were imported. Merchandising establishments were, accordingly, advantageously located in port cities from which goods could be readily distributed to interior settlements. Here, too, were the favored locations for processing raw materials before export. Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, and other cities flourished, and, as the colonies grew, these cities increased in importance.This was less true in the colonial South, where life centered around large farms, known as plantations (种植园), rather than around towns, as was the case in the areas further north along the Atlantic coastline. The local isolation and the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were antagonistic to the development of the towns. The plantations maintained their independence because they were located on navigable(可通航的) streams and each had a wharf(码头) accessible to the small shipping of that day. In fact, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have its front on a water highway.When the United States became an independent nation in 1776, it did not have a single city as large as 50,000 inhabitants, but by 1820 it had a city of more than 10,000 people, and by 1880 it had recorded a city of over one million. It was not until after 1823, after the mechanization of the spinning had weaving industries, that cities started drawing young people away from farms. Such migration was particularly rapid following the Civil War (1861-1865).69. The word ―they‖ in the 1st paragraph refers to ________.A. North American coloniesB. citiesC. centuriesD. town economies70. During colonial times, the Atlantic coastline cities prepared ________ for shipment toEurope.A. manufacturing equipmentB. capital goodsC. consumer goodsD. raw materials71. The growth of southern cities was influenced by the following aspects of the plantationsystem EXCEPT ________.A.the relationships between plantation residents and city residentsB. the access of plantation owners to shippingC. the location of the plantationsD. the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations72. In the 3rd paragraph, the phrase ―antagonistic to‖is closest in meaning to ________.A. opposed toB. in favor ofC. based onD. tied to73. What is the passage mainly about?A. Factors that slowed the growth of cities in Europe.B. Trade between North American and European cities.C. The evolution of cities in North America.D. The effects of the United Sates’ independence on urban growth in New England.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 given in the passage you have just read.BLearn To Speak French With Rocket French!Who Wants to Learn to Speak French Fluently in the Shortest Possible Time? 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Being bilingual is a very special ability, and it’s a gift that we want to give to you.So are you ready to get to know the secret of learning a new language? You’re looking right at it.Try our free six-day course. If you don’t, you’ll be missing a valuable opportunity to see just how much Rocket French Premium can improve your language level. Thousands of people worldwide have used our unique multimedia course to fast-track their French learning, while having piles of fun in the process. Will you be next?Your e-mail address is required for you to receive the FREE course. You can unsubscribe any time and your e-mail address will never be given to any third party.70. Who are target learners of Rocket French Premium?A. Students of French language.B. Language experts doing research into French.C. Teachers who are eager to improve their students’ French.D. Parents who want their children to learn French more quickly and easily.71. Rocket French Premium describes itself as ______.A. free and funnyB. practical and interactiveC. slow but efficientD. suitable for everyone72. The underlined word‖ fast-track‖ probably m eans _______ .A. speed upB. pick upC. influenceD. change73. According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. A complete Rocket French course lasts for 6 days.B. Thousands of people worldwide have benefited from Rocket French Premium.C. People will enroll in Rocket French Premium for different reasons, but everyone will begiven a gift eventually.D. Rocket French Premium mainly aims to introduce second-language learners to Frenchculture.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 given in the passage you have just read.∙TAKE PARTTHE GAMES RIO DE JANEIRO TICKETS︾TORCH︾NEWS︾MORE︾∙News/ News∙25/05/2015 Updated on February, 18th, 2016, 16:11 Follow the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games As competition to reach the first Olympic Games in South America hots up, lists the countries and athletes who have booked their placesMedals will be fought for in 42 sport disciplines at the Rio 2016 Olympic GamesAthletes and teams from more than 200 countries are battling for places at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. All over the world, qualification tournaments are taking place, while athletes are striving to rise up the world rankings or record the marks necessary to compete in Rio next year.This article will be regularly updated to report the confirmed results of the qualifying competitions in the 42 sports that will feature in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Just click on the sports you are interested in to see the information drop down. (Qualification systems attached) is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games ( 残奥会), which is an ongoing process. Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 ( for the Paralympic Games ). The qualification systems are defined by each sport‟s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee ( IOC OR IPC ), and are subject to change. When an athlete or team wins a quota( 配额；指标) place for their nation, the final decision on whether this …slot‟ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC). Even when athletes win a …nominal‟ place for themselves, NOCs / NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota .ARCHERY ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS ATHLETICS BADMINTONBASKETBALL BEACH VOLLEYBALL BMX CYCLING BOXING> MORE>70. Which of the following is correct according to the web page?A.Athletes and teams are battling for 42 places in qualifying competitions.B.Qualification can be achieved according to the world rankings of the athletes.C.All qualified athletes who have earned places will be sent to the Rio Olympics.D.The qualification system for football is determined by IOC.71. When you click on the sports, you will probably read the following information EXCEPT___________.A.the Olympic qualification system for each of the 42 sportsB.the list of the countries that have qualified for the OlympicsC.the official release of the qualifying competitions resultsD.the world rankings of the athletes in previous years72. Which of the following about ―a quota place for the Olympics‖ is NOT correct?A.Each nation must earn a quota place to send athletes to the Olympic Games.B.It is possible that unplaced athletes will win quota places for the Olympic Games.C. A quota place guarantees the athlete who earns it will be competing in theOlympic Games.D.Each National Olympic Committee makes the final decision on which athlete to fill thequota.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 given in the passage you have just read.（B）missionary work of St Patrick and his followers, and to his Early ChristianDown.which were recentlyexhibition provides an overview Rising and will explore a selection of themes including how the Rising was reported in local newspapers and its impact on local politics and society.Pre-booking essential.textile(纺织的) pieces, silversmithing and jewellery made by artists living and working in County Down.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 given in the passage you have just read.(B)Vancouver(温哥华)Natural ResourcesAs a major centre for the global forestry industry, Vancouver is host to many international forestry conferences and events, and the natural home of the massive BC forestry business. Companies such as Canfor and West Fraser Timber Co., the second and third largest lumber（木材）producers in the world, are headquartered in Vancouver. Vancouver is also a major centre for the mining industry.International tradeInternational trade is a key part for Vancouver's economy. The city has Canada's largest port and is one of North America's major gateways for Pan-Pacific（泛太平洋）trade. The Port of Vancouver ranks first in North America in total foreign exports and second on the West Coast in total goods volume.Banking and FinancialThe headquarters for HSBC Canada （汇丰银行）is located in the Financial District in downtown. Canada's third largest commercial entity (实体), Jim Pattison Group is also based in Vancouver.International relationVancouver is a major centre for diplomacy (外交) and foreign relations. Most countries of the world have consulate（领事馆）or general offices in the Central Business District. In fact, many major diplomatic conferences are hosted by the city - including the world famous G7 summit with President Clinton, APEC, and the World Trade Organization. Greenpeace has its world headquarters in the city. Therefore, Vancouver was among the first North American cities to declare itself a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone.TourismTourism is a leading industry to Vancouver. The Whistler-Blackcomb Resort is among the most popular skiing resorts in North America, and will be the site of the downhill events of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver's beaches, parks, waterfronts, and mountain backdrops and its multi- cultural character attract more and more tourists.FilmVancouver was the source of the sobriquet（绰号）"Hollywood North", for hosting theproduction of about ten percent of Hollywood's movies. Many U.S. television and films series are shot exclusively in Vancouver. This has partly been because of the favourable Canadian dollar exchange rate.70. Which of the following description about Vancouver is NOT true according to the passage?A.The Port of Vancouver ranks first in North America in total foreign exports.B.Vancouver is a film production centre and called ―Hollywood North".C.International forestry conferences and events were held in Vancouver.D.Vancouver is a leading centre for the global agriculture and industry.71. Which of the following organizations or events is not related to Vancouver?A. Jim Pattison GroupB. WHOC. GreenpeaceD. The 2010 Winter Olympics72. If you are a graduate from Shanghai Finance and Economics University, what is it thatwill probably attract you to visit Vancouver?A. Its international trade.B. Its film industry.C. HSBC Canada.D. Its beautiful natural scenery.73. We can infer______ from the part: International relation.A. Vancouver is a major centre for foreign relations.B. Vancouver has hosted many major diplomatic conferences.C. APEC and WTO are headquartered in Vancouver.D. Canada is a peace-loving country.Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished 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.(B)Care for a zoom-in observation of animals with no bars between you and the observed opposed to ordinary zoos? Where to have close-up encounters with some of the world’s most rare animals.? We are revealing for you:1. Right whales, Bay of Fundy, CanadaNorthern right whales are on the brink of extinction, but survivors arrive in the Bay of Fundy each summer (May through October) to feed east of Grand Manan Island. They are recognized by a broad back and no dorsal fin, which distinguish them from other whales entering the bay. Planning: Whale-watching tours operate out of Digby Neck peninsula on Nova Scotia and nearby islands, such as Brier Island, St. Andrews, Grand Manan Island, and Deer Island.2. Grizzly bears, AlaskaGrizzlies like salmon. In mid-July and again in mid-August, grizzlies make for Alaskan rivers to hook out the fish with their formidable claws. The bears gather in large numbers at rapids and pools, sometimes fighting for the best sites. Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, and Fish Creek, near Hyder, have viewing platforms.Planning: Most fishing sites are accessed by chartered light aircraft and a hike. Hyder is off the Stewart-Cassiar Highway.3. Monarch butterflies, Sierra Chincua, MexicoEach fall, millions of North American monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles to the oyamel fir forests of the Transvolcanic Mountain Range, in the state of Michoacán. Theyflockoccupy Sierra Chincua and four neighboring hills that make up the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.Planning: Chincua is one of two hills in the reserve open to the public from November through March.4. Komodo dragons, Komodo Island, IndonesiaLanding on Komodo, you would feel like stepping back to a time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth,。

2016年上海市虹口区中考英语二模试卷和参考答案

2016年上海市虹口区中考英语二模试卷一、I. Listening comprehension （听力理解. （共30 分.A. Listen and choose the right picture （根据你听到地内容，选出相应地图片. （6 分.1．（6分）1．2．3．4．5．6．．一、B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear （根据你听到地对话和问题，选出最恰当地答案.：（8分.7．（1分）A．A joumalist．B．A shop assistant．C．A tour guide．D．A secretary．8．（1分）A．Car Museum．B．History Museum．C．Art Museum．D．Science Museum．9．（1分）A．Two dollars．B．Four dollars．C．Six dollars．D．Ten dollars．10．（1分）A．At 10a．m．B．At 11a．m．C．At 9：30p．m．D．At 10：30a．m．11．（1分）A．At the zoo．B．At the cinema．C．At the post office．D．At the No.2bus stop．12．（1分）A．To buy a new table．B．To visit the woman soon．C．To repair the table．D．To apologize to the woman．13．（1分）A．Bob often comes late to his class．B．Bob is a new comer to the class．C．Bob had no class in the morning．D．Bob has told him the reason．14．（1分）A．He had geography last term．B．Geography isn't his favourite．C．He always does well in geography．D．He has the fight to choose subjects．C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false （判断下列句子是否符合你听到地内容，符合地用“T”表示，不符合地用“F”表示. （7分.15．（6分）15．The smallest post office in the USA has only one room with no clerks．16．The post offices in the USA are usually open from 8：30to 4：30on weekdays．17．The United States Postal Service is the largest company in the world．18．There are more than 40，000 post offices throughout the United States．19．The post offices in the United States deal with more mails than those in Japan．20．The passage mainly tells about the history of the post office in the United States．D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences（听短文，完成下列内容．每空格限填一词）（7分）21．（10分）21．Although Aunt Emily is in her，she is still young．22．Wendy thinks Aunt Emily's face is fat but she is still．23．Aunt Emily can change the into happy time．24．While Aunt Emily stays alone，she likes and gardening．25．If you don't her，Aunt Emily will be angry easily．二、II．Choose the best answer （选择最恰当地答案. ：（共20分）26．（1分）Mary likes traditional Chinese breakfast．Which of the following is correct for the underlined word？（）A．B．C．D．27．（1分）Nowadays more and more parents let their children make decisions ______ themselves．（）A．with B．to C．by D．against28．（1分）I think you can get much ______ about the culture of Japan after reading this book．（）A．conclusion B．information C．solution D．suggestion29．（1分）Some people think that robots will take ______ place of human beings．（）A．a B．the C．/ D．an30．（1分）Hurry up，______ you won't be able to catch the first train to Nanjing．（）A．and B．but C．so D．or31．（1分）I didn't buy these apples．A friend of mine gave them to ______．（）A．I B．me C．my D．mine32．（1分）I have got two tickets ______ the concert tonight．Would you like to go with me？（）A．from B．about C．of D．for33．（1分）I don't really like the singer，______ I have to say she sings well．（）A．until B．unless C．though D．because34．（1分）More than ten ______ tourists went to see he flower show on that day．（）A．thousand B．thousands C．thousands of D．thousand of35．（1分）Turn the computer off at once，Tom!You ______ play games so late any more．（）A．mustn't B．needn't C．may not D．won't36．（1分）﹣Which flat do you prefer，the one with three bedrooms or the one with a big kitchen？﹣______．I just want a flat with a comfortable balcony．（）A．Both B．All C．None D．Neither37．（1分）﹣I don't think chemistry is as ______ as physics．﹣I'm afraid I don't think so．（）A．useful B．more usefulC．most useful D．the most useful38．（1分）The clerk denied ______ the money and the boss had to report it to the police．（）A．steal B．stole C．stealing D．to steal39．（1分）______ does it take to travel from Shanghai to Hefei by high﹣speed rail？（）A．How far B．How long C．How often D．How soon40．（1分）Neither my parents nor I ______ used to the spicy food in the restaurant．（）A．am B．is C．are D．be41．（1分）Cissy ______ a magazine carefully in her bedroom when her mother came in quietly．A．read B．is reading C．has read D．was reading42．（1分）Soon you ______ a senior high school student．It's exciting，isn't it？（）A．become B．will become C．became D．have become43．（1分）After Pudong Disneyland ______ in 2016，it will become a new tourist destination in Shanghai．（）A．is completed B．completeC．completed D．was completed44．（1分）﹣Could you please tell me the difference between robots and ordinary machines？﹣______（）A．It's a pleasure．B．You're welcome．C．That's all right．D．With pleasure．45．（1分）﹣Congratulations!You've passed the P．E．test successfully!﹣______（）A．Of course．B．I agree．C．Thank you． D．Good luck．三、III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. （将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空限填一词，每词只能填一次. （共8分）46．（8分）A．button B．expects C．recorded D．expressed E．sorryI work in a factory．For eight hours a day，five days a week．My work doesn't mean anything to me，and I feel （46）for every valuable minute of my time that it takes．My working day starts with"clocking﹣in"（打卡上班..In a job such as mine this is one of the most reasonable parts of the day．For those who don't know what it is：a （47）is pressed and，in blue figures，a time you begin your work is（48）on one's card．You just dare to be late：then you will find that your time has been stamped in RED print．It's so mechanical（机械地．that one （49）the time to be always the same．But it isn't．50．A．boring B．gained s C．clearly D．quickly E．waiting for After"clocking﹣in"one starts work．Work is done from habit and given hardly a passing thought．Nothing is（50）from work itself﹣it is nothing to offer．What's important is not to do a job well，but to finish it （51）．The trouble is，one never finishes it．Either one job is followed by another which is equally （52）or the job goes on and on forever．You never feel you have done something meaningful．Time is what the factory worker sells：not labour，not skill，but time．From Monday morning on，the rest of the working week is spent（53）Friday night．Everybody seems to be washing his life away．And away it goes sold to the man who owns the factory．四、IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词地适当形式完成下列句子. （共8分.54．（1分）Do you know March the is Tree Planting Day in our country？（twelve）55．（1分）I am a．I have worked at the University of British Columbia for two years．（library）56．（1分）Female elephants are usually smaller and less than the bulls （牛）．（weight）57．（1分）How to use safely has become general knowledge in our class．（electric）58．（1分）The writer said his book was written from his experience．（person）59．（1分）The teacher asked the kids，"How does a fish under water？"（breath）60．（1分）Look!It's raining outside．Please stay here and have another cup of tea．（heavy）61．（1分）When you visit France，it is a if you cannot speak French．（advantage）五、V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子．每空格限填一词. （共14分.62．（2分）The waiter served the gentleman in the cafe half an hour ago．（改为一般疑问句）the waiter the gentleman in the cafe half an hour ago？63．（2分）Mary will graduate from the university in three months．（对划线部分提问）will Mary graduate from the university？64．（2分）Lily told us a very interesting story yesterday．（改为感叹句）interesting story Lily told us yesterday!65．（2分）The girl has picked lots of mushrooms since she came to the camp．（改为被动语态）Lots of mushrooms picked by the girl since she came to the camp．66．（2分）My cousin Judy is too young to take care of herself．（保持句意基本不变）My cousin Judy isn't to take care of herself．67．（2分）I asked John，"When will you leave for Germany？"（改为宾语从句）I asked John when leave for Germany．68．（2分）provides，the hotel，service，always，us，excellent （连词成句）．六、IX. Reading Comprehension （阅读理解.：（共50分.A．Choose the best answer （根据文章内容，选择最恰当地答案．：（12分．69．（12分）Dear Sir/Madam，I am writing to complain about the TV advertisement for your product Cheese in a Tube．In my opinion，there is some false information in it，and it also encourages children to have bad eating habits．In the advertisement，there is a popular TV cartoon character who says that Cheese in a Tube is"the best cheese in the world"．This is，of course，not true．However，I have two young children who love the cartoon character in the advertisement．Now they hope to eat the cheese every day．They believe that your cheese is the best in the world and they don't want any other kind．The cartoon character then says that Cheese in a Tube is"good for young kids"．Well，I checked the information on the packet．There certainly isn't very much cheese in your product﹣only 5%﹣and it has more fat and calories（热量．than chocolate!It's probably one of the unhealthiest things you can buy in the supermarket．Child obesity is a huge problem in our country．Our children are the fattest in the world，and products like yours just make things worse．Finally，the advertisement ends with two beautiful，slim，healthy﹣looking children sitting in front of the TV．Their mother calls them to come to the kitchen to eat a vegetable salad．The children say they're watching their favourite cartoon﹣the same character who is in the advertisement，of course﹣so what does the mother do？She brings each of them some Cheese in a Tube!The parents eat their salad in the kitchen while the children enjoy the cheese in front of the TV!I believe that it's good for children and parents to eat together，but obviously （明显地．your company doesn't．Please change this terrible advertisement．And why don't you start making healthier foods too？Yours sincerely，Maddy Moore69．"Cheese in a Tube"is a．A．TV advertisementB．bad eating habitC．product of a companyD．cartoon character70．Maddy's two children believe the cheese is the best in the world because．A．they eat the cheese every dayB．they believe what the cartoon tells themC．the cheese is very popularD．the cartoon character is very popular71．Maddy checked the information on the packet of Cheese in a Tube in order to．A．prove it has more fat and calories than chocolateB．find out how much cheese there is in the productC．be sure Cheese in a Tube is good for young kidsD．decide which cheese to buy in the supermarket72．The underlined word"obesity"in Paragraph 3means．A．productB．programC．advertisementD．fatness73．In Paragraph 4，Maddy wants to tell us．A．the ending of the advertisement is too longB．parents and children should have the same mealC．children should have good eating behaviorsD．family members should enjoy a meal together74．Maddy writes the letter to．A．ask the company to stop showing the advertisementB．complain about the bad quality of Cheese in a TubeC．discuss the importance of good eating habits and mannersD．describe a terrible experience of having Cheese in a Tube．75．（12分）Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon？If you （75）the Moon closely on some nights，you can see the face of the Man in the Moon．Some people say that they can see an old man carrying sticks．Others say that they can see a girl reading a book．Long long ago，the Romans and Greeks thought that the stars and planets they could see were gods living in the sky．They gave these stars and planets the names of their gods and goddesses and the Moon was （76）asDiana，who was also goddess of the hunts （狩猎女神．．People used to think that the moon was made of green cheese because of the （77）of the Moon's surface and the small dark areas on it．People also thought that the dark areas formed a kind of face which they called the Man in the Moon．We now know that there are mountains，plains and holes on the Moon's surface．The word"lunatic"comes from the Latin word"luna"meaning"moon"．People used to believe that anybody who was mad had been affected in some way by the Moon．（78）people were supposed to be more mad at the time of the full moon．Werewolves （狼人．are said to be affected by the Moon．In some areas people still think that some people change into wolves at the time of the full moon．But in fact，like vampires （吸血鬼．，werewolves （79）exist in horror films and books!And we can see them nowhere．There are many superstitions （迷信地．connected with the Moon．It is said to be not （80）to look at a new moon through glass，but the full moon is the time to make wishes or choose a husband．75．A．measure B．protect C．observe D．describe76．A．used B．written C．acted D．known77．A．colours B．sizes C．shapes D．names78．A．Calm B．Crazy C．Close D．Cute79．A．only B．ever C．seldom D．even80．A．precious B．funny C．lucky D．regular．81．（14分）I am Phil Green．A few years ago I became interested in green issues，and last summer I decided I really wanted to do something to help the planet I talked to Hazel and the children，and we decided to go green．Since then we've made some big c（81）to our life．First，we sold our cars ﹣we had two．That wasn't a problem because we live in a town and there's good public transport．Anyway，I've always liked walking and we've all got bikes now．We've s（82）eating meat，and started eating more vegetables．Wedon't go to the supermarket，but we buy and eat food from a localf（83），and I grow a lot of our vegetables in the garden．It's great？We've saved a lot of money because we don't buy things we don't need．Next week I'm getting some hens，so we can have our own eggs．I can't wait．I am Angela，Phil's wife．When my husband told me his decision，I was a bitnervous．But I knew that he was s（84）about it，so I said yes．Since then，life hasbeen hard work．Of course，I'm worried about what's happening in the world，but we had a very nice，comfortable，easy life b（85）．We eat very healthily now．In the past，I didn't think about where our food came from，but now I've learned to cook some very healthy vegetables．When Phil said we had to sell my car，I cried．I hate walking e（86），every day．I can't ride a bike and I don't like public transport．I miss my holidays most．We always f（87）to warm places in winter，like Italy or Thailand，but this year we took the train to the south coast of Wales．It was a horrible memory as it rained all week．88．（12分）I've got an important job to do．I'm really nervous about it．It's a big responsibility．I'm in Grandad's garden，sitting outside his pigeon loft （鸽房）..I'm waiting for Goldie to come home．Goldie's proper name is Goldeneye．She's Grandad's champion （冠军）．racing pigeon．She's famous as she's won lots of cups．This morning she had a race﹣flew two，hundred miles away with lots of other pigeons．And now she's racing back home．"Come on，Goldie．Come on Goldie!"That's me，calling Goldeneye back home．But I can't see her yet．I really want Goldie to win this race．I want to give Grandad the good news when I see him tonight in hospital．My eyes search the blue sky．Still no sign of Goldie．"Calm down，Danny!"I tell myself．That's what Grandad would have said："Calm down，Danny!"But it's hard to be calm．This job is very important．I'll tell you why．Before a race they put a rubber ring on every pigeon's leg．When Goldie comes back，I've got to catch her，as soon as she lands．I've got to take her ring off，as fast as I can，and put it in a little metal tube．I've got to put that tube in Grandad's special timing clock．That records the time that Goldie finished the race．But I'll have to move like lightning．I can't waste a second．I've got to get that ring into that clock as quickly as I can!So that's why I'm nervous，waiting for Goldie．I'm getting more nervous every minute，because Goldie should be here by now．But the sky is blue and empty．"Calm down，son，"I tell myself．"Goldie always comes back．"But where is she？What am I going to tell Grandad？I wait until it's nearly dark．I give up!Then I lock the other pigeons in the loft．I've got to see Grandad tonight at the hospital．What am I going to tell him？88．Where is Danny waiting for Goldie？He is waiting．89．What race did Goldie have that morning？90．What good news does Danny want to tell Grandad？91．Why does Danny think his job is very important？92．When does Danny give up waiting for Goldie to come home？93．What do you think Danny is going to tell Grandad？Why？．十、解答题（共1小题，满分20分）94．（20分）Write a passage of at least 60words about the topic"A Ten﹣minute Break"．（以十分钟地休息时间"为题写一篇不少于60个词地短文，标点符号不占格．．提示：进人初三以来，同学们倍感学习任务重，压力大．许多同学争分夺秒甚至连课间十分钟地休息时间也在看书做题．请以A Ten﹣minute Break为题，描写这一现象（包括你自己地做法．并针对这一现象谈谈你地看法．2016年上海市虹口区中考英语二模试卷参考答案与试题解析一、I. Listening comprehension （听力理解. （共30 分.A. Listen and choose the right picture （根据你听到地内容，选出相应地图片. （6 分.1．（6分）1．略2．略3．略4．略5．略6．略．【解答】略一、B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear （根据你听到地对话和问题，选出最恰当地答案.：（8分.7．（1分）A．A joumalist．B．A shop assistant．C．A tour guide．D．A secretary．【解答】B8．（1分）A．Car Museum．B．History Museum．C．Art Museum．D．Science Museum．【解答】C9．（1分）A．Two dollars．B．Four dollars．C．Six dollars．D．Ten dollars．【解答】D10．（1分）A．At 10a．m．B．At 11a．m．C．At 9：30p．m．D．At 10：30a．m．【解答】A11．（1分）A．At the zoo．B．At the cinema．C．At the post office．D．At the No.2bus stop．【解答】C12．（1分）A．To buy a new table．B．To visit the woman soon．C．To repair the table．D．To apologize to the woman．【解答】C13．（1分）A．Bob often comes late to his class．B．Bob is a new comer to the class．C．Bob had no class in the morning．D．Bob has told him the reason．【解答】A14．（1分）A．He had geography last term．B．Geography isn't his favourite．C．He always does well in geography．D．He has the fight to choose subjects．【解答】BC. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false （判断下列句子是否符合你听到地内容，符合地用“T”表示，不符合地用“F”表示. （7分.15．（6分）15．The smallest post office in the USA has only one room with no clerks．16．The post offices in the USA are usually open from 8：30to 4：30on weekdays．17．The United States Postal Service is the largest company in the world．18．There are more than 40，000 post offices throughout the United States．19．The post offices in the United States deal with more mails than those in Japan．20．The passage mainly tells about the history of the post office in the United States．【解答】15．F 16．T 17．F 18．T 1 9．T 20．F．D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences（听短文，完成下列内容．每空格限填一词）（7分）21．（10分）21．Although Aunt Emily is in her late fifties，she is still young．22．Wendy thinks Aunt Emily's face is fat but she is still rather attractive．23．Aunt Emily can change the dull lives into happy time．24．While Aunt Emily stays alone，she likes reading novels and gardening．25．If you don't agree with her，Aunt Emily will be angry easily．【解答】21．late fifties 22．rather attractive 23．dull lives 24．reading novels 25．agree with．二、II．Choose the best answer （选择最恰当地答案. ：（共20分）26．（1分）Mary likes traditional Chinese breakfast．Which of the following is correct for the underlined word？（）A．B．C．D．【解答】答案：C．结合题干breakfast 名词，早餐，音标是/'brekfəst/，有两个音节，/brek/和/fəst/，故选C．27．（1分）Nowadays more and more parents let their children make decisions ______ themselves．（）A．with B．to C．by D．against【解答】答案：C．短语make decisions by oneself（直接做决定），根据句意：由孩子自己做决定，因此该用make decisions by themselves，故选C．28．（1分）I think you can get much ______ about the culture of Japan after reading this book．（）A．conclusion B．information C．solution D．suggestion【解答】答案：B；conclusion结论；information信息；solution解决方案，答案；suggestion建议；根据句中信息about the culture of Japan after reading this book 推测该句句意：我认为你在读了这本书后可以得到大量地关于日本地文化信息；故选B．29．（1分）Some people think that robots will take ______ place of human beings．（）A．a B．the C．/ D．an【解答】答案B 根据take the place of是固定搭配，表示代替，故答案选B．30．（1分）Hurry up，______ you won't be able to catch the first train to Nanjing．（）A．and B．but C．so D．or【解答】答案：D选项A：和、又，表并列关系；选项B：但是，表转折关系；选项C：所以，表因果关系；选项D：用于祈使句，意为"否则地话"．根据题干"Hurry up"（快点）与"you won't be able to catch the first train to Nanjing"（你将不能赶上去南京地第一班火车了），故应取or用于祈使句，为"否则地话"之意，故选C．31．（1分）I didn't buy these apples．A friend of mine gave them to ______．（）A．I B．me C．my D．mine【解答】答案；B．句中有gave，gave地原形是give，把某物给某人是give sth to sb，sb该用宾格，我地宾格是me，故选B．32．（1分）I have got two tickets ______ the concert tonight．Would you like to go with me？（）A．from B．about C．of D．for【解答】答案：D from从；about关于；of…地；for为了，短语two tickets for concert 意为：音乐会地门票，短语"the ticket fo r…地门票"是固定地搭配，故选D．33．（1分）I don't really like the singer，______ I have to say she sings well．（）A．until B．unless C．though D．because【解答】答案：C；until直到；unless除非；though虽然；because因为；根据句意，"I don't really like the singer我真地不喜欢这个歌手"和"I have to say she sings well我得说她唱得很好"，可知二者之间是转折关系，though引导让步状语从句；故选C．34．（1分）More than ten ______ tourists went to see he flower show on that day．（）A．thousand B．thousands C．thousands of D．thousand of【解答】答案：A根据选项可知考查thousand地用法：基数词+thousand+名词复数形式表示"几千…"表确数；thousands of+名词复数表示"数千地…成千上万地…"，表约数，根据题干中有基数词ten可知填thousand，表确数"一万"．故选A．35．（1分）Turn the computer off at once，Tom!You ______ play games so late any more．（）A．mustn't B．needn't C．may not D．won't【解答】答案：A．mustn't禁止；needn't不需要；may not不可以；won't将不会．根据so late，可知这里表示不可以玩游戏这么晚．mustn't禁止．故选A．36．（1分）﹣Which flat do you prefer，the one with three bedrooms or the one with a big kitchen？﹣______．I just want a flat with a comfortable balcony．（）A．Both B．All C．None D．Neither【解答】答案：D．both意思是"两者都"；all意思是"三者或三者以上都"；none 意思是"三者或三者以上中没有一个"；neither意思是"两者都不"．根据"the one with three bedrooms or the one with a big kitchen"可知要从这两者中选择一个，又根据"I just want a flat with a comfortable balcony"可知我喜欢地与上面提到地都不一样，所以前面地两者都不喜欢，所以要用neither，故选D．37．（1分）﹣I don't think chemistry is as ______ as physics．﹣I'm afraid I don't think so．（）A．useful B．more usefulC．most useful D．the most useful【解答】答案：A useful是形容词原级，有用地意思；more useful是形容词比较级；most useful是形容词最高级，但缺少了定冠词the修饰；the most useful是形容词最高级．根据题意可知，我不认为化学和物理一样…as..as结构是同级比较．中间需要添加形容词原级．故选A．．38．（1分）The clerk denied ______ the money and the boss had to report it to the police．（）A．steal B．stole C．stealing D．to steal【解答】答案：C．根据The clerk denied ______ the money and the boss had to report it to the police结合选项可知这个职员否认偷钱，老板不得不报了警，可知句子里有短语deny doing sth．"否认做过某事"，结合语境，故选C．39．（1分）______ does it take to travel from Shanghai to Hefei by high﹣speed rail？（）A．How far B．How long C．How often D．How soon【解答】答案：B；How far多远；How long多久；How often多久一次；How soon多久以后；根据does it take to travel from Shanghai to Hefei可知该句型为it takes sb．sometime to do sth花了某人多长时间去做某事；应该用How long提问；故选B．40．（1分）Neither my parents nor I ______ used to the spicy food in the restaurant．（）A．am B．is C．are D．be【解答】答案：A．neither…nor，连接两个成分做主语时，谓语动词要和最近地主语保持一致（就近原则），根据Neither my parents nor I ______ used to the spicy food in the restaurant．可知我和我地父母过去都不在餐馆里吃辣地食物．最近地主语是I；故选A．41．（1分）Cissy ______ a magazine carefully in her bedroom when her mother came in quietly．A．read B．is reading C．has read D．was reading【解答】答案：D．根据when her mother came in quietly结合语境：当Cissy地母亲进来地时候，Cissy正在看杂志，因此从句该用过去进行时，过去进行时地构成：主语+was/were+动词地ing，主语是Cissy，故用was，故选D．42．（1分）Soon you ______ a senior high school student．It's exciting，isn't it？（）A．become B．will become C．became D．have become【解答】答案：B根据句中时间状语soon"不久"可知，叙述地是在将来发生地事情，故用一般将来时态，一般将来时态地结构为will+动词原形．故选：B43．（1分）After Pudong Disneyland ______ in 2016，it will become a new tourist destination in Shanghai．（）A．is completed B．completeC．completed D．was completed【解答】答案：A．After引导地时间状语从句用一般现在时，Pudong Disneyland 是主语，是动作"完成"地承受者，所以用被动语态，所以用一般现在时地被动语态，一般现在时地被动语态地结构是：主语+am/is/are+动词地过去分词，故选A．44．（1分）﹣Could you please tell me the difference between robots and ordinary machines？﹣______（）A．It's a pleasure．B．You're welcome．C．That's all right．D．With pleasure．【解答】答案：D根据句意"你能告诉我机器人和普通机器地差别吗？"可知，此处应该回答别人地请求．A 不客气；B 不客气；C 没关系；D 好地，乐意效劳．只有D符合语境．故答案为D45．（1分）﹣Congratulations!You've passed the P．E．test successfully!﹣______（）A．Of course．B．I agree．C．Thank you． D．Good luck．【解答】答案：C根据"Congratulations!You've passed the P．E．test successfully!"可知，此处应该对别人地祝贺表示感谢．A 当然；B 我同意；C 谢谢；D 祝你好运．只有C符合语境，故答案为C三、III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. （将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空限填一词，每词只能填一次. （共8分）46．（8分）A．button B．expects C．recorded D．expressed E．sorryI work in a factory．For eight hours a day，five days a week．My work doesn't mean anything to me，and I feel （46）E for every valuable minute of my time that it takes．My working day starts with"clocking﹣in"（打卡上班..In a job such as mine this is one of the most reasonable parts of the day．For those who don't know what it is：a （47）A is pressed and，in blue figures，a time you begin your work is（48）C on one's card．You just dare to be late：then you will find that your time has been stamped in RED print．It's so mechanical（机械地．that one （49）B the time to be always the same．But it isn't．【解答】46．E 考查形容词结合上下文推测此处地句意是"我对工作所占用我地每一分钟感到遗憾．"，根据设空处前面地feel判断填形容词，判断填sorry，故选E47．A 考查名词结合上下文推测此处地句意是"按下一个按钮，会显示蓝色地数字"，根据设空处前面地不定冠词a，判断填名词button，故选A48．C 考查动词结合上下文推测此处地句意是"那么你开始工作地时间便被被记录在了你地卡上，"，根据设空处前面地is结合句意判断用一般现在时地被动语态，一般现在时被动语态地构成是：主语+am/is/are+动词地过去分词，判断填recorded，故选C49．B 考查动词结合上下文推测此处地句意是"这太机械了以至于有人期待时间总是相同地，但事实上并不是．"，时态为一般现在时，根据设空处前面地one，判断填动词第三人称单数形式expects，故选B50．A．boring B．gained s C．clearly D．quickly E．waiting forAfter"clocking﹣in"one starts work．Work is done from habit and given hardly apassing thought．Nothing is（50）B from work itself﹣it is nothing to offer．What's important is not to do a job well，but to finish it （51）D．The trouble is，one never finishes it．Either one job is followed by another which is equally （52）A or the job goes on and on forever．You never feel you have done something meaningful．Time is what the factory worker sells：not labour，not skill，but time．From Monday morning on，the rest of the working week is spent（53）E Friday night．Everybody seems to be washing his life away．And away it goes sold to the man who owns the factory．【解答】答案：50、B 考查被动语态及上下文理解根据下文it is nothing to offer可知在工作中没有付出，结合题干Nothing is（50）…from work itself结合所给词及介词from可推知由于没有付出从工作中一无所获可联想短语gain from"从…获得利益"，根据主语nothing 是谓语动词gain地承受者二者形成被动关系故用被动语态，根据短文描述地是客观事实故使用一般现在时态，结构为is/am/are+及物动词地过去分词，gain地过去分词为gained，结合空格前已有is 故填入gained即可．故选B51、D 考查副词及上下文理解根据上文可知What's important is not to do a job well重要地是不是把工作做好结合题干but to finish it （51）…可推知而是快速地完成工作．结合所给词quickly为副词"迅速地；很快地"在句中修饰动词finish作状语，故选D52、A 考查形容词及上下文理解根据Either one job is followed by another which is equally （52）…根据该空格前为系动词is后接形容词作表语，结合所给词boring为形容词意为"无聊地；令人厌烦地"该句可理解为要么是一个接着一个同样无聊地工作，故填入boring即符合意思语法正确，故选A53、E 考查动词短语及上下文理解根据题干the rest of the working week is spent（53）…Friday night．根据句中地关键词spent结合选项可联想短语spend+时间+（in）+动名词意为"花时间做某事"故填入动名词短语waiting for，该句意为花费其余工作时间等待周五地晚上，故选E。

【英语】上海市虹口区2016届高三上学期12月第二次分层练习A卷

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I. Listening Comprehension (共10分)Section A (共6分，每小题2分)Directions: In Section A, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked three questions on the passage. The passage 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 1 through 3 are based on the following passage.1. A. When directions are long. B. When directions are short.C. When homework is given.D. When your mother talks.2. A. Your pen and paper. B. A few words.C. Your mind and ears.D. Some pictures.3. A. Topics or page numbers. B. Key words or a picture in mind.C. Some details.D. School assignments.Section B (共4分，每小题1分)Directions:In Section B, you will hear one conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 4 through 7 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each blank.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (共30分)Section A (共10分，每小题1分)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.8. ______ do you suppose will be qualified enough to evaluate their service at the exhibition?A. HowB. WhatC. WhenD. Who9. Nancy realizes that ______ the job is always easy for an adult it is too much for a teenager.A. unlessB. sinceC. althoughD. when10. When ______ her viewpoint about her job as a teacher, Cathy said she found it very rewarding.A. askingB. askedC. having askedD. to be asked11. The experiment has been finished, but no one knows what great difficulty I had ______ it.A. makingB. madeC. to makeD. for making12. It is the third time that he has made the same spelling mistakes in the spot dictation, ______?A. hasn’t heB. isn’t heC. isn’t itD. hasn’t it13. A small car is big enough for a family of three_______ you need more space for luggage.A. onceB. becauseC. ifD. unless14. The old man expected to see all his kids when he was in hospital, but ______ came to see him.A. noneB. no oneC. someoneD. anyone15. Proper first aid can save a badly injured person, especially when he or she is bleeding heavilyor ______.A. has poisonedB. was poisonedC. has been poisonedD. is poisoning16. ______ a little money, Jane was able to buy a lovely new skirt on China's Singles' Day.A. To saveB. SavingC. SavedD. Having saved17. People firmly believe that there is no doubt ______ a cure for cancer will be found.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. whetherSection B (共10分，每小题1分)Directions: Read the text below. Use the word given in the brackets to form a word that fits in the space.The general crisis has overtaken the modern world everywhere and in almost every aspect of life. And the crisis shows __18__ (it) differently in each country, involving different areas and taking on different forms. In the United States of America, one of its most characteristic and suggestive aspects is the crisis that __19__ (appearance) again in education that, during the last decade at least, has now become a __20__ (politics) problem of the first significance, reported on almost daily in the newspapers.To be sure, no great __21__ (imagine) is required to detect the dangers of a constantly progressing decline of elementary standards throughout the entire school system, and the seriousness of the trouble has been __22__ (proper) underlined by the countless efforts, which are certainly ineffective, of the __23__ (educate) authorities to stem the tide (扭转局面).Still, if one compares this crisis in education with the experiences of other countries in the __24__ (twenty) century, with the revolutionary confusing state after the First World War, with concentration and extermination camps, or even with the deep discomfort which, despite appearances of prosperity (繁荣) to the contrary, has spread throughout Europe ever since the end of the Second World War, there is to a small extent __25__ (difficult) to take a crisis in education as seriously as it deserves.It is tempting indeed to regard it as a local phenomenon, unconnected with the __26__ (large) issues of the century, to be blamed on some peculiar life in the United States which is not likely to find a counterpart (对应物) in other parts of the world.Yet, if this were true, the crisis in our school system would not have become a political issue and the educational authorities would not have been __27__ (able) to deal with it in time. Section C (共10分，每小题1分)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.I have been told by more than one bookseller that, here in China, so far as books on English are concerned, grammars sell better than other kinds of books except readers and dictionaries. And __28__ seems to me that nearly every Chinese who learns English at all reads a grammar. I myself am a serious student of grammar; I cannot tell how many English grammar books I __29__, by Chinese, English, American, Japanese, Danish and Dutch authors, and am always on the look-out for new ones.The object of this article, __30__, is to advise you not to devote too much time to the study of grammar. I study grammar for grammar’s sake, but I do not think every stud ent of English should do so. You study English in order to be able to make practical use of it. This object __31__ by mere study of grammar. I do not even think I should now be able to write such simple English __32__ that of this book if I had read nothing but grammars.Grammar tells you some general rules, some exceptions to rules, and perhaps some idioms. But the correct use of English is not a mere matter of such. __33__, grammar has what is called the double object, as in “He gave her a pen”; but it would be wrong to say “He introduced her a friend”, in which “her” and “friend” seem to __34__ the double object. The fact is that “introduce” cannot take the double object; but this point is not to be learnt from grammar but only from careful reading. Many Chinese students write __35__ that might be justified by one grammatical rule or another but are certainly wrong.I believe you have already read a few grammars, and probably have spent a great deal of time on the subject, though you __36__ not now be able to write anything —say a short letter —grammatically perfect. Grammar can help you to use English, but only to a certain extent. Careful reading and constant practice are __37__. Do not look on the study of grammar as all or nearly all that you have to do in order to master English.28. A. there B. it C. that D. what29. A. have read B. was reading C. had read D. would read30. A. therefore B. moreover C. however D. somehow31. A. hasn’t obtained B. wasn’t obtained C. isn’t to obtain D. isn’t to be attained32. A. which B. as C. that D. where33. A. In addition B. In brief C. For example D. As a result34. A. form B. cause C. define D. state35. A. articles B. stories C. essays D. sentences36. A. should B. may C. need D. must37. A. the most important B. much more naturalC. the most convenientD. far more importantIII. Reading Comprehension (共30分)Section A(共22分，每小题2分)Directions: Read the following 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)Have you ever wished that you could make your little sister’s teddy bear talk to her? Or have you ever wanted to bring a puppet (木偶) to life? If so, you may be interested in learning the art of ventriloquism (腹语术). A ventriloquist can make an ordinary object seem to be alive by giving it a personality, movement, and speech.Your object can be a puppet, or a doll. Give your new “friend” a name, and then decide on the personality that he will have. The next step is to give your friend movements that agree with the personality you have chosen.Now you can learn to make your “friend” talk. A vent riloquist will control his mouth and lips so that it will appear that his voice is coming from the object he is using. This will take practice, but you can do it.First, decide on a voice that is different from your own. It could be higher or lower than yours, or could even have a special accent. Then, find a clean teaspoon and hold the handle between your front teeth. Now, look into a mirror and talk, using the voice you created for your friend and holding the handle of the teaspoon tightly between your teeth. Practicing with the spoon in your mouth will help you learn to keep your mouth from moving. Now try telling a joke in your normal voice and have your friend speak in his voice. Practice those words until you can say them without your lips moving at all.Ventriloquism is fun. It also requires hard work to become good at it. The most important thing to do is practice. But if you are willing to take the time to give your friend an interesting personality, to practice lively movements, and to work on good mouth control, then you will be well on your way to becoming a ventriloquist!38. According to the text, a ventriloquist ______.A. is a person who can make puppetsB. needs to work with another personC. can speak without using his mouthD. can make an object seem to speak39. You need to hold the handle of a teaspoon between your front teeth so that ______.A. your voice will become differentB. your mouth and lips will not moveC. you can tell a more interesting jokeD. you can feel your mouth’s movements40. If you want to be good at ventriloquism, you ______.A. need to spend much time practicingB. must learn from famous ventriloquistsC. should learn at least one special accentD. must have a great doll to practice with(B)Ask most American children what they want to be when they grow up, and they probably will say “doctor” or “lawyer.”Though our culture, our economy, indeed our very security are heavily dependent on science and engineering, only 12 percent of American high school students graduate with the prerequisites (必要条件) for a career in science or engineering. Worse yet, only 6 percent of minority children are said to be so prepared.Don’t be too surprised. If you ask further why the majority of the high school students would choose a career in medicine or law, the answers will be straight out of some popular TV shows.“Doctors help people. They save lives.” “Lawyers beat the bad guys.” Most students would say.Now, how about science or engineering as a career choice? The answers will be just as predictable: “Get real! Who wants to be a geek? They all are nerds(书呆子). Besides, I hate math.”In our media, scientists and engineers typically are portrayed as introverted(内向的) and humorless. They always wear white lab coats, with a collection of pencils in their pocketprotectors. They wear glasses with black plastic frames.If more students are to choose technical careers, they must have a better view presented to them.They need to be told, for instance, that the invention of lifesaving equipment saves lives just as surely as the application of it in the hospital.It also might help if someone emphasized to students that the lawyer who saved the defendant (被告) by introducing the DNA evidence would have seen him hanged had it not been for the scientists who discovered DNA.Whatever we do, until students stop thinking of the term “engineer” as a synonym (同义词) for “geek,” it is impossible to expect our children to change their views towards scientists and engineers.41. What is the problem with most American children when they choose their careers?A. They have a very low opinion of science and engineering.B. They are too anxious to succeed in different fields.C. They are not sure what career suits them best.D. They do not have enough confidence in themselves.42. Which of the following has influenced American students greatly in their choice of their careers?A. Parents’ and teachers’ opinions.B. TV shows and various publications.C. Great discoveries made by doctors and lawyers.D. Culture, security and economy.43. In order to change the students’ view towards scientists and engineers, the writer suggests that______.A. teachers reconsider their way of teaching mathematicsB. scientists and engineers change their images a little bitC. the media stop praising doctors and lawyers excessivelyD. students be told about the wonders of science and engineering44. Judging from what is said in the passage, the writer obviously believes that ______.A. scientists and engineers are more important than doctors and lawyersB. scientists and engineers are not as important as doctors and lawyersC. science and engineering have been dangerously ignoredD. there are too many doctors and lawyers nowadays(C)Like to kick back for an afternoon siesta (午休)? Good news: A new study shows that regular napping may cut your risk of dying of a heart attack of other heart problems.Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Athens Medical School in Greece, tracked 23,681 apparently healthy men and women, aged from 20 to 86, for more than six years. They found those who took afternoon siestas of 30 minutes or more at least three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who did not.What is more impressive is that researchers found that working men who took regular or occasional naps had a 64 percent lower risk of death from heart attacks or other heart-related illnesses than their non-napping compeers. And working women? “The apparent effect was evident mainly among working men.” says author Dimitrios T richopculos who leads the study. “There were not enough coronary (冠心病) deaths among the working women (only six ) in this group to allow sound inference.”Trichopoulos, a cancer prevention and epidemiology(流行病学) professor at HSPH, says researchers decided to look into this issue, because coronary death tends to be low in populations in which the frequency of siestas tends to be high. Trichopoulos says that their working hypothesis (假设) has been that napping may have stress-releasing properties and that if further studies net similar results, “then lifestyle changes that would allow afternoon napping might have to be considered.” Of course, that’s easier said than done, especially in the United States, where employers are not exactly known to encourage work ers to nap. “I am fully aware that the lifestyle in the US does not leave much room for changes of this type,” he says.But afternoon siestas have long been a part of daily life in Greece, where the study took place, as well as in other Mediterranean and some Latin American countries, which tend to have low mortality rates (死亡率) from coronary disease. The Mediterranean diet, rich in fruit, vegetables, beans and olive oil, has also been credited (相信) for keeping a lid on heart disease. Trichopoulossays the study considered diet, physical activity and other factors that are predictive of coronary mortality.He notes that researchers would like to review the data again once there are “more outcomes among men and particularly women.” “No firm conclusion ca n be drawn on the basis of this study alone, except that the issue is worth further investigation,” Trichopoulos says. “Right now, we would only believe those who take a siesta that this may actually be not simply pleasant and relaxing, but also a healthy habit.”45. Why are workers least encouraged to take naps in the United States?A. Because the employers are strongly against workers’ taking naps.B. Because the workers are not accustomed to taking naps.C. Because the workers do not have much room to take naps.D. Because their lifestyle prevents the changes of this type.46. The underlined phrase “keeping a lid on” in paragraph 5 probably means ______.A. being closely related toB. providing a cure forC. reducing the risk ofD. explaining the cause of47. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT correct?A. The effect of taking naps on preventing heart attacks was obvious among working men.B. The effect of taking naps on preventing heart attacks was obvious among all workers.C. Vegetables and fruits are believed to be good for preventing death from coronary disease.D. Taking afternoon siestas is not only pleasant and relaxing, but also a healthy habit48. This writer’s attitude towards taking afternoon siestas is most probably ______.A. positiveB. negativeC. doubtfulD. unclearSection B (共8分，每小题2分) （请将答案写在答题纸上）Directions：Read the following job ad and complete the sentences that follow. Write one word or more in each space.49. A native usually learns to speak his mother tongue by ______.50. If you start with Langua-Learn on June 1, you are most likely to finish the course on ______.51. When people want to learn English with Langua-Learn, they will pay ______ for the course.52. Further information about the course can be obtained by filling in an application ______.VI. Writing (共30分) （请将翻译写在答题纸上）Section A (共6分，每小题2分)Directions: Complete the following sentences in English according to the sentences given in Chinese.53. 这次考试证明比我们预想的难得多。

2016-2017学年上海市虹口区复兴高级中学高三9月月考英语试卷word版含解析

上海市复兴高级中学2016学年第一学期10月月考高三英语试卷2016.10 II. Grammar and Vocabulary 20%Section A 10%Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.It’s estimated that 300 million people in China are studying, or have studied English. That’s an impressive number and I can’t think of any oth er country in the world (1) one quarter of the population is so dedicated to (2) (learn) a second language. But some people are questioning whether this “craze” for studying English is worthwhile.Professor Zhang Shuhua of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says that too much emphasis is placed on learning English and (3) it is a waste of education resources as well as a threat to the study of Chinese. He says that having English as a compulsory course in university “has distracted much of students’ attention (4) specialized subjects,” and that some students have been denied access to postgraduate education because they failed English. Others have admitted that studying so much English has made them (5) (poor) Chinese speakers.Both of these criticisms are legitimate, but they beg the question of why so many Chinese still want to learn English. English, they recognize, (6) (be) the lingua franca of the modern world. It is the language of business and has become the language of international relations and culture. When people from different countries get together, they frequently speak in English (7) try to translate their native languages. It seems that everyone everywhere can speak at least some English.For China to be part of that international conversation, it is necessary that some level of English proficiency (8) be achieved. But what, you may ask, about (9) who will never speak a word of English once they leave school? Well, for good or ill, they will still be surrounded by English. It is there in signs, in music, in movies and in the casual conversations they overhear of the increasing number of foreigners on the city streets. To know English is (10) (include) in the rest of the world, even if your world is limited to China.1.where2.learning 3 .that 4 .from 5.poorer6 .is 7. rather than 8.should 9.those 0.to be included解析1.考察定语从句，先行词是the world2.考察搭配，be dedicated to doing致力于做某事3.考察宾语从句，此处that不可省略4.考察介词，distract....from..... 分散....的注意力5.考察形容词比较级，poorer6.考察谓语动词，主语是English，因此填is。

2016年度虹口区高三英语二模试卷及规范标准答案

虹口区2016年英语学科高考练习题2016.4第I 卷(共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At 12:00. B. At 12:15. C. At 12:30. D. At 12:45.2. A. To visit a museum.C. To get married. B. To attend a wedding.D. To go to India.3. A. This afternoon.C. Next month. B. Tomorrow.D. Next week.4. A. In a tea house. B. In a school. C. In a grocery. D. In a garage.5. A. The desk lamp.C. The electricity bill. B. The dirty kitchen.D. The power failure.6. A. They’re a couple.C. They’re classmates. B. They’re neighbors.D. They’re colleagues.7. A. She saw the play more than once. B. She acted in the play.C. She visited the English Department.D. She led the drama club.8. A. Small corrections could be made. B. Major corrections are needed.C. The paper should be rewritten.D. The paper needs no correction.9. A. Mary has never collected any postcards.B. Mary didn’t receive the postcard from Germany.C. The woman will go to Germany for her holiday.D. Mary begins to take up collecting postcards.10. A. The man has left a good impression on her family.B. The man can dress casually for the family reunion.C. The man had better buy himself a new suit.D. The man’s jeans and T-shirts are fashionable.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. He was knocked down by a bus. B. He fell ill suddenly.C. He was chased by some tough guys.D. He was robbed.12. A. A neighbour. B. A friend. C. A stranger. D. A doctor.13. A. Churchgoers are very helpful. B. Only doctors can save our lives.C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.D. Neighbours are dearer than distant relatives.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They haven’t devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.B. There are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.C. It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.D. They believe people can recover without treatment.15. A. They reveal the seriousness of the problem.B. They indicate how fast the virus spreads.C. They tell us what kind of medicine to take.D. They show our body is fighting the virus.16. A. It actually does more harm than good.B. It actually helps us to recover much sooner.C. It causes damage to some organs of our body.D. It works better when combined with other therapies.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.Why will the students have an English test? To find their __24__.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)“Time,”says the proverb, “is money”. This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets.If our time (25) ______ (employ) usefully, it will either turn out some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. Let those, (26) ______ think nothing of wasting time, remember this.Our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of suicide. We are shocked (27) ______ we think of death, and we spare no pains, no trouble, and no expense to preserve life.But we often care nothing about the loss of an hour or of a day, (28) ______ (forget) that our life is the sum total of the days and of the hours we live. Our life is a brief periodmeasuring some seventy or eighty years in all. So a day or an hour (29) ______ (waste) is therefore so much life lost.But nearly one third of this has to be spent in sleep; some years have to be spent over our meals; some in watching over the sick-beds of our (30) ______ (near) relatives; some in making journeys on land and voyages by sea.Now if all these years were to be decreased from the term over which our life extends, we shall find about twenty or thirty years at our disposal (处置) for active work. (31) ______ remembers this can never willingly waste a single moment of his life.The precious hours of childhood and youth, if properly used, (32) ______ (supply) us with incalculable advantages. If we allow these morning hours of life to slip away, we shall never be able to make up for the loss.(B)Home on the WayPeople need homes: children assume their parents’place as home; boarders call school “home”on weekdays; married couples work together (33) ______ (build) new homes; and travelers …have no place to call “home”, at least for a few nights.So how (34) ______ people who have to travel for extended periods of time? Don’t they have the right to have a home? Of course they do.Some regular travelers take their own belongings: like bed sheets, toothbrushes and family photos to make them feel like home (35) ______ ______ ______ they are; some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service andattendants; others (36) ______ simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely. Furthermore, driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like (37) ______ is generally thought of as “home”-- only mobile!And how about maintaining relationships while in transit? Some keep contact with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards, or even photos; (38) ______ may just call and say hi, just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. (39) ______ (make) friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, even closer than siblings.Nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another “home”waiting to be found. Wherever we are, with just a little bit of effort and imagination, we can make (40) ______ place where we stay “home”.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.Jiading ---- Centuries of History, Decades of ChangeA book entitled “Jiading –Centuries of History, Decades of Change”by American writer Kate Baker has recently been published in Shanghai. New book launch was held last week at the Old China Hand Style, a major __41__ of a series of walking guide books called “Beyond the Concession: Six Walks in Shanghai’s Other Districts.”And Baker’s “Jiading”runs the fourth among the six.From a foreign point of view, the book has __42__ the history of Jiading District back between the year Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Song Dynasty (960-1279), when Jiading had been “a leading economic and intellectual influence in the region long before Shanghai became a major trading port,”as Baker is __43__ in her book.Baker first landed in Shanghai in 2011 with her husband, an engineer with Ford, who was sent to work in Shanghai to prepare for the __44__ of the Lincoln brand in China. “I and my husband have been traveling around the world in the past 20 years,”Baker said at a(n) __45__ with Shanghai Daily. “Wherever I go, I would jump into the local history and culture quickly and deeply.”Having taken a 15-month online course of Chinese with Harvard’s “China X”, Baker started __46__ out on her own. An occasional excursion into the northwest of Shanghai, she “discovered”and fell in love with Jiading. Since then, she has visited Jiading __47__, bringing family, friends, and tour groups. At the end of 2013, the Jiading Tourism Bureau officially invited Baker to write a book on Jiading.With up-to-date facts, useful information and __48__ pictures, Baker's “Jiading”is awell researched guide about interesting areas less than one hour from Shanghai. There are chapters on celebrating the seasonal and agricultural festivals that are unique to the region; stories of __49__ figures living in Jiading; changes to the Nanxiang Old Town; tours to numerous gardens, museums and temples; and the development of outdoor recreational activities in Jiading’s Anting Town, such as the F1 car racing, horse riding and golf.With good public __50__ and enough green space, Baker sees Jiading a high growth district of Shanghai, which offers a quality of lifestyle and tourism. “I see a better-planned and forward-thinking of the district government. And I sincerely thank the people of Jiading who welcomed me to their community and trusted me with their narrative,”Baker says.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.Harvard LibraryIf we compare professors and students to thehost of a university, then the library of a universitycan be compared to the hallway. The quality of auniversity, __51__, is in direct proportion to that ofits library. At Harvard, the library is an essential partof everybody’s life. Both the quantity and the __52__ of the library make study a pleasant process.Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library in the United States, but the largest university library with the largest scale. In 1638 John Harvard __53__ his whole library to the then Harvard College. After 300 years of development, the library now holds 10 million books and __54__ more than 100 branch libraries. In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are some branch libraries that are __55__ in some aspects. While most of the branch libraries are on Harvard campus, some are as far as in Washington, D.C., or even in Florence of Italy. Yenching Library is famous for its __56__ of East Asian literature. Lamont Library is the first library in the world that is __57__ for undergraduates. Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress.What __58__ to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries. Usually the libraries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. The main libraries are open until 10 p.m.. The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the __59__ period. The libraries also provide with students the service of __60__ reading materials for all courses. At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the librarians. The librarians are __61__ to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them.There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow. As the space for the library is limited, many books are __62__ in suburban library. Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the __63__ library within 24 hours after they submit request forthat book. Even if there is only one book to be fetched from the suburban library, the libraries on campus will send someone to do the job. This kind of __64__ which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League. Therefore, study at Harvard will be a(n) __65__ experience.51.A.as a result B. to some extent C. on the contrary D. at all times52.A.influence B. discipline C. quality D. prospect53.A. donated B. assigned C. adapted D. distributed54.A.contains B. composes C. involves D. includesrmative B. different C. secure D. peculiar56.A.collections B. documents C. phenomena D. exhibitions57.A.unusually B. formally C. specially D. especially58.A.remains B. happens C. appears D. deserves59.A.examination B. experiment C. vacation D. graduation60.A.confirming B. preparing C. selecting D. designing61.A.desperate B. willing C. reluctant D. responsible62.A.exhibited B. reserved C. stored D. classified63.A.appointed B. accepted C. expected D. restricted64.A.performance B. service C. activity D. response65.A.fortunate B. creative C. positive D. enjoyableSection 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)How Would You Like to Pay?How do you pay for your coffee? Is it with change? I use my tap-and-go card. I don’t even need to enter my PIN number or a signature to approve payment. It’s quicker and everybody in the queue is happy.Contactless payments are gaining popularity. Those concerned about security will be pleased to know that the amount of money you can spend in one-go is limited –in the UK it’s currently £30. But if the card is used a few times in a row, a PIN numbe r will be needed. If a thief gets hold of your card and goes on a crazy shopping, your bank covers you against fraud. However, if someone steals your bills, that’s your bad luck!For those who are always forgetting where they put their cards, there’s a new solution: wearable technique: clothing and devices that have combined electronic technology. Kenneth Cukier, an economist and technology expert, says: “You can simply take any wireless card and the chip (芯片) from it that your bank might issue you with, and you can put it in a coat. When you want to make a payment just wave your arm in front of the terminal and leave the coffee shop with your latte(拿铁咖啡). This is intended forpeople who don’t want to take their card out of their wallet, use their phone or their watch.”Good, isn’t it? And new ways of spending money are not stopping there. The future is all about biometrics (生物识别技术). Very convenient if you are at the beach or a festival –there’s a new system in development which will make it possible to read the unique maps of veins (静脉) under the surface of your finger, and use them to confirm payments –or prove that it’s you making the payments. You just need to remember which finger you registered with.So spending money is becoming easier all the time. And the temptation to buy more stuff increases. But it’s worth bearing in mind that earning the money in the first place will still require the same effort. Back to work then!66. A thief wouldn’t be able to buy much with a stolen wireless card because ______.A. the card doesn’t permit withdrawing money more than £30B. there’s a limit to the amount of money spent at a timeC. the wireless card must be used a few times in one-goD. a PIN number is always required before payment67. The underlined word “fraud”in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “______”.A. theftB. protectionC. cheatD. prevention68. What must be done before you use biometrics for payment?A. You must prove that it’s you making the payments.B. You must have a smart phone or a watch with you.C. You must have something to read your fingers.D. You must have one of your fingers registered.69. What can be learned from this passage?A. People’s banking information is kept in a small chip.B. People can only use a wireless card to consume coffee.C. Wearable technique is the safest way to make a payment.D. A tap-and-go card needs a signature to approve payment.(B)Asia TEFL and the Far Eastern English Language Teachers’Association14th Asia TEFL International Conference and 11th FEELTA International Conference invite proposals for their joint conference on language teaching and learning:“Connecting Professionally on ELT in Asia:Crossing the Bridge to Excellence”to be held on 30 June –2 July, 2016 atThe Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RussiaCALL FOR PRESENTATIONSConference DescriptionThe 14th Asia TEFL and 11th FEELTA international conference places emphasis on working towards special skills or knowledge in English Language Teaching through being connected professionally in Asia and worldwide. Professional networks link teachers from a variety of educational contexts, helping to develop research, advance skills and update knowledge. We invite educators, scholars and policy makers to cooperate and share teaching theories, excellent teaching ideas and relevant practices.The meaning of the “bridge”in our theme is inspired by the place of the conference. The university campus is located on Russky Island “across the bridge”from the mainland. It also refers to new horizons and perspectives in the field of ELT that we discover when we “cross the bridge”to explore pioneering teaching ideas and stimulating experiences. Conference SubtopicsWe invite papers on the following subtopics in ELT:●ELT curriculum and design●Materials writing●Teacher education and professional development●Teaching literature and the arts●Interpreting and translation●Global Issues in Language EducationTypes of PresentationsAll presentations will be given in English. Presenters are encouraged to hand in full papers of their presentation to the Journal of Asia TEFL to be considered for publication.●Papers: 30 minutes●Workshops: 60 minutes●Poster presentations: displayed all day ---- presenters are expected to stand by theirposters ready to explain and discuss them, for 60 minutes.●Group discussions: 90 minutesProposal Submission (提交)Materials to be submitted:● a title of up to ten words●an abstract of not more than 200 words● a self-introduction of not more than 60 wordsAll proposals must be submitted online through the link: http://feelta.wl.dvfu.ru/asiatefl-feelta-2016●Presentation submission opens: November 1, 2015●Deadline for submission: February 29, 2016Questions about proposal submission can be addressed to Larisa Krainik, Abstract Committee Chair: feeltacon@70. What does the expression “Crossing the Bridge to Excellence”in the title imply?A. Exploring pioneering teaching ideas and stimulating experiences.B. the process from knowledge to skills on language teaching and learning.C. inviting proposals about new horizons and perspectives in the field of ELT.D. Coming from every country in the world to the Far Eastern Federal University.71. The joint international conference will be held to ______.A. be connected professionally in Asia and worldwideB. call for presentations of the educators, scholars and policy makersC. work towards special skills or knowledge in English Language TeachingD. provide a chance for teachers to cooperate and share theories, ideas and practices72. According to the passage, what can be learned from the conference?A. How to achieve good results in the English exams.B. Effective communication skills among teachers.C. How to help teachers to share research skills.D. Effective teaching approaches and theories.73. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. the presentations are most likely to have been published during the conferenceB. all presentations must be submitted formally online within the required timeC. presenters can only choose to take part in one of the types of presentationsD. presentations are required to be explained to the participants publicly(C)Scientists Detect Gravitational WavesWhat is gravitational waves (引力波)? Scientistshave for the first time observed ripples in the fabricof space time(时空涟漪) called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a severely destructive event in the distant universe. It confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens a unique new window onto the universe, according to a group of scientists at a press conference in Washington on Thursday.“This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,”declared David Reitz, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, at the conference in the National Press Club.According to the National Science Foundation (NSF) experts, gravitational waves carry information about their dramatic origins and about the nature of gravity that cannot be obtained from elsewhere. Physicists have concluded that the detected gravitational waves were produced during the final fraction of a second (千分之一秒) of the combination of two black holes to produce a single, much bigger turning black hole. This fierce shock of two black holes had been predicted but never observed by NSF.The gravitational waves were detected on Sept 14, 2015 at 5:51 am EDT by both of the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.Based on the observed signals, LIGO scientists estimate that the black holes for this event were about 29 and 36 times the weight of the sun, and the event took place 1.3 billion years ago. About three times the weight of the sun was changed into gravitational waves in a fraction of a second -- with a peak power output about 50 times that of the whole visible universe. By looking at the time of arrival of the signals -- the detector inLivingston recorded the event 7 milliseconds(毫秒) before the detector in Hanford -- scientists can say that the source was located in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a press release from NSF, which funded the research.This new LIGO discovery is the first observation of gravitational waves themselves, made by measuring the tiny disturbances the waves make to space and time as they pass through the earth. “Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this puzzling phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, properly, fulfills Einstein’s prediction on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity,”Reitze said.74. By saying “This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,”whatdoes David Reitz mean?A. We humans truly landed on the moon this time.B. The theory of relativity was not proved until today.C. Gravitational waves arrived at the earth in the end.D. Scientists successfully observed gravitational waves.75. What do NSF experts talk about in the third paragraph?A. Gravitational waves carry information about the origins of nature.B. The nature of gravity cannot be obtained from gravitational waves.C. The combination of two black holes can produce a single, much bigger turning blackhole.D. Gravitational waves only appear at the final fraction of a second of the shock of two black holes.76. According to the observed signals, LIGO scientists find out that ______.A. the two black holes which brought about this event were much bigger than the sunB. about three times the weight of the sun became gravitational waves in this eventC. the event produced by the observed signals took place 1.3 billion years agoD. the peak power output was about 50 times that of the whole universe77. From this passage, a conclusion can be drawn that ______.A. gravitational waves can make disturbances to space and timeB. Einstein predicted the observed gravitational waves in the universeC. gravitational waves is not a puzzling phenomenon to the world any moreD. this new LIGO discovery was made to test the general theory of relativitySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The World Health Organization (WHO) hasdeclared the spread of mosquito-born Zika virus aglobal public health emergency. On Monday, theglobal health agency held an emergency meeting in Geneva after warning the public that Zika is spreading “explosively”across the Americas. Dr. Margaret Chan, the director-general of the WHO, said after the meeting that the cases of microcephaly, which is a birth disease in which babies are born with very small heads and underdeveloped brains, in regions with Zika cases, “become an extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world.”Last week, health officials confirmed one case of the virus in Denmark, five in Great Britain, three cases in the United States and 18 in its territory of Puerto Rico. The global health organization also predicts that Zika could infect as many as four million people in the Americas this year.The symptoms from the virus are minor. The symptoms are flu-like and include a rash (皮疹). But the results for some infected with Zika -- namely pregnant women -- are destructive. The WHO suspects the virus may have something to do with brain disorders in babies. Health experts highly suspect there may be a link between the illness and microcephaly. However, a definite link between Zika and microcephaly has not been proven.World Health Organization spokesman Gregory Hartl has this to say, “So, one of the curiosities is why we have so many neurological (神经学的) cases in the northeast of Brazil, but we have not had it in other places. So, we really need to understand what is existing that causes these microcephaly cases, for example, in children.”Hartl does not agree with claims that the Zika virus could lead to a threat similar to that of Ebola (埃博拉病毒). He says that Ebola is transmitted by contact with bodily fluids (体液) from person to person and kills about 50 percent of its victims. “Zika has never killed a person and it is transmitted by the mosquito. So, we know that there are those two basic differences at least. Let us say that Zika on its own would not be the consideration of an emergency committee. What is the concern to the international community is the possible link with neurological disorders.”(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78. The cases of microcephaly are generally seen in the places ______.79. Who should pay special attention to the infection of the virus to avoid its terrible result?80. What puzzles the health experts about the cases of microcephaly?81. What causes the global concern is that the mosquito-born Zika virus may ______.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1、现在人们已经习惯于将坏天气与空气污染联想到一起。

2017届上海市虹口区高三英语二模试卷(含听力文本和答案)

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Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A，you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers。

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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。

Go to theoffice B。

Keep calling C. Try onlinebookingD。

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虹口区2016年高考英语二模2016.4II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)“Time,” says the proverb, “is money”. This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets.If our time (25) ______ (employ) usefully, it will either turn out some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. Let those, (26) ______ think nothing of wasting time, remember this.Our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of suicide. We are shocked (27) ______ we think of death, and we spare no pains, no trouble, and no expense to preserve life.But we often care nothing about the loss of an hour or of a day, (28) ______ (forget) that our life is the sum total of the days and of the hours we live. Our life is a brief period measuring some seventy or eighty years in all. So a day or an hour (29) ______ (waste) is therefore so much life lost.But nearly one third of this has to be spent in sleep; some years have to be spent over our meals; some in watching over the sick-beds of our (30) ______ (near) relatives; some in making journeys on land and voyages by sea.Now if all these years were to be decreased from the term over which our life extends, we shall find about twenty or thirty years at our disposal(处置) for active work.(31) ______ remembers this can never willingly waste a single moment of his life.The precious hours of childhood and youth, if properly used, (32) ______ (supply) us with incalculable advantages. If we allow these morning hours of life to slip away, we shall never be able to make up for the loss.(B)Home on the WayPeople need homes: children assume their parents’ place as home; boarders call school “home” on weekdays; married couples work together (33) ______ (build) new homes; and travelers … have no place to call “home”, at least for a few nights.So how (34) ______ people who have to travel for extended periods of time? Don’t they have the right to have a home? Of course they do.Some regular travelers take their own belon gings: like bed sheets, toothbrushes and family photos to make them feel like home (35) ______ ______ ______ they are; some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants; others (36) ______ simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely.Furthermore, driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like (37) ______ is generally thought of as “home” -- only mobile!And how about maintaining relationships while in transit? Some keep contact with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards, or even photos; (38) ______ may just call and say hi, just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. (39) ______ (make) friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, even closer than siblings.Nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another “home” waiting to be found. Wherever we are, with just a little bit of effort and imagination, we can make (40) ______ place where we stay “home”.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words i n the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. venturingB. quotedC. interviewD. sponsor E historical. F. launch G. relatively H. professional I. traced J. facilities K. regularlyJiading ---- Centuries of History, Decades of ChangeA book entitled “Jiading –Centuries of History, Decades of Change” by American writer Kate Baker has recently been published in Shanghai. New book launch was held last week at the Old China Hand Style, a major __41__ of a series of walking guide books called “Beyond the Concession: Six Walks in Shanghai’s Other Districts.” And Baker’s “Jiading” runs the fourth among the six.From a foreign point of view, the book has __42__ the history of Jiading District back between the year Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Song Dynasty (960-1279), when Jiading had been “a leading economic and intellectual influence in the region long before Shanghai became a major trading port,” as Baker is __43__ in her book.Baker first landed in Shanghai in 2011 with her husband, an engineer with Ford, who was sent to work in Shanghai to prepare for the __44__ of the Lincoln brand in China. “I and my husband have been traveling around the world in the past 20 years,” Baker said at a(n) __45__ with Shanghai Daily. “Wherever I go, I would jump into the local history and culture quickly and deeply.”Having taken a 15-month online course of Chinese with Harvard’s “China X”, Baker started __46__ out on her own. An occasional excu rsion into the northwest of Shanghai, she “discovered” and fell in love with Jiading. Since then, she has visited Jiading __47__, bringing family, friends, and tour groups. At the end of 2013, the Jiading Tourism Bureau officially invited Baker to write a book on Jiading.With up-to-date facts, useful information and __48__ pictures, Baker's “Jiading” is a well researched guide about interesting areas less than one hour from Shanghai. There are chapters on celebrating the seasonal and agricultural festivals that are unique to the region; stories of __49__ figures living in Jiading; changes to the Nanxiang Old Town; tours to numerous gardens, museums and temples; and the development of outdoor recreational activities in Jiading’s Anting Town, such as the F1 car racing, horse riding and golf.With good public __50__ and enough green space, Baker sees Jiading a high growth districtof Shanghai, which offers a quality of lifestyle and tourism. “I see a better-planned and forward-thinking of the district government. And I sincerely thank the people of Jiading who welcomed me to their community and trusted me with their narrative,” Baker says.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.Harvard LibraryIf we compare professors and students to the host of auniversity, then the library of a university can be comparedto the hallway. The quality of a university, __51__, is indirect proportion to that of its library. At Harvard, the libraryis an essential part of everybody’s life. Both the quantity andthe __52__ of the library make study a pleasant process.Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library inthe United States, but the largest university library with thelargest scale. In 1638 John Harvard __53__ his whole libraryto the then Harvard College. After 300 years of development,the library now holds 10 million books and __54__ more than 100 branch libraries. In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are some branch libraries that are __55__ in some aspects. While most of the branch libraries are on Harvard campus, some are as far as in Washington, D.C., or even in Florence of Italy. Yenching Library is famous for its __56__ of East Asian literature. Lamont Library is the first library in the world that is __57__ for undergraduates. Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress.What __58__ to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries. Usually the libraries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. The main libraries are open until 10 p.m.. The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the __59__ period. The libraries also provide with students the service of __60__ reading materials for all courses. At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the librarians. The librarians are __61__ to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them.There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow. As the space for the library is limited, many books are __62__ in suburban library. Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the __63__ library within 24 hours after they submit request for that book. Even if there is only one book to be fetched from the suburban library, the libraries on campus will send someone to do the job. This kind of __64__ which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League. Therefore, study at Harvard will be a(n) __65__ experience.51.A.as a result B. to some extent C. on the contrary D. at all times52.A.influence B. discipline C. quality D. prospect53.A. donated B. assigned C. adapted D. distributed54.A.contains B. composes C. involves D. includesrmative B. different C. secure D. peculiar56.A.collections B. documents C. phenomena D. exhibitions57.A.unusually B. formally C. specially D. especially58.A.remains B. happens C. appears D. deserves59.A.examination B. experiment C. vacation D. graduation60.A.confirming B. preparing C. selecting D. designing61.A.desperate B. willing C. reluctant D. responsible62.A.exhibited B. reserved C. stored D. classified63.A.appointed B. accepted C. expected D. restricted64.A.performance B. service C. activity D. response65.A.fortunate B. creative C. positive D. enjoyableSection 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)How Would You Like to Pay?How do you pay for your coffee? Is it with change? I use my tap-and-go card. I don’t even need to enter my PIN number or a signature to approve payment. It’s quicker and everybody in the queue is happy.Contactless payments are gaining popularity. Those concerned about security will be pleased to know that the amount of money you can spend in one-go is limited –in the UK it’s currently £30. But if the card is used a few times in a row, a PIN number will be needed. If a thief gets hold of your card and goes on a crazy shopping, your bank covers you against fraud. However, if someone steals your bills, that’s your bad luck!For those who are always forgetting where they put their cards, there’s a new solution: wearable technique: clothing and devices that have combined electronic technology. Kenneth Cukier, an economist and technology expert, says: “You can simply take any wireless card and the chip (芯片) from it that your bank might issue you with, and you can put it in a coat. When you want to make a payment just wave your arm in front of the terminal and leave the coffee shop with your latte (拿铁咖啡). This is intended for people who don’t want to take their card out of their wallet, use their phone or their watch.”Good, isn’t it? And new ways of spending money are not stopping there. The fu ture is all about biometrics (生物识别技术). Very convenient if you are at the beach or a festival –there’s a new system in development which will make it possible to read the unique maps of veins (静脉) under the surface of your finger, and use them to confirm payments –or prove that it’s you making the payments. You just need to remember which finger you registered with.So spending money is becoming easier all the time. And the temptation to buy more stuff increases. But it’s worth bearing in mind that earning the money in the first place will still require the same effort. Back to work then!66. A thief wouldn’t be able to buy much with a stolen wireless card because ______.A. the card doesn’t permit withdrawing money more than £30B. there’s a limit to the amount of money spent at a timeC. the wireless card must be used a few times in one-goD. a PIN number is always required before payment67. The underlined word “fraud” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “______”.A. theftB. protectionC. cheatD. prevention68. What must be done before you use biometrics for payment?A. You must prove that it’s you making the payments.B. You must have a smart phone or a watch with you.C. You must have something to read your fingers.D. You must have one of your fingers registered.69. What can be learned from this passage?A. People’s banking information is kept in a small chip.B. People can only use a wireless card to consume coffee.C. Wearable technique is the safest way to make a payment.D. A tap-and-go card needs a signature to approve payment.(B)Asia TEFL and the Far Eastern English Language Teachers’ Association 14th Asia TEFL International Conference and 11th FEELTA International Conference invite proposals for their joint conference on language teaching and learning:“Connecting Professionally on ELT in Asia:Crossing the Bridge to Excellence”to be held on 30 June – 2 July, 2016 atThe Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RussiaCALL FOR PRESENTATIONSConference DescriptionThe 14th Asia TEFL and 11th FEELTA international conference places emphasis on working towards special skills or knowledge in English Language Teaching through being connected professionally in Asia and worldwide. Professional networks link teachers from a variety of educational contexts, helping to develop research, advance skills and update knowledge. We invite educators, scholars and policy makers to cooperate and share teaching theories, excellent teaching ideas and relevant practices.The meaning of the “bridge” in our theme is inspired by the place of the conference. The university campus is located on Russky Island “across the bridge” from the mainland. It also refers to new horizons and perspectives in the field of ELT that we discover when we “cross the bridge” to explore pioneering teaching ideas and stimulating experiences.Conference SubtopicsWe invite papers on the following subtopics in ELT:●ELT curriculum and design●Materials writing●Teacher education and professional development●Teaching literature and the arts●Interpreting and translation●Global Issues in Language EducationTypes of PresentationsAll presentations will be given in English. Presenters are encouraged to hand in full papers of their presentation to the Journal of Asia TEFL to be considered for publication.●Papers: 30 minutes●Workshops: 60 minutes●Poster presentations: displayed all day ---- presenters are expected to stand by their postersready to explain and discuss them, for 60 minutes.●Group discussions: 90 minutesProposal Submission (提交)Materials to be submitted:● a title of up to ten words●an abstract of not more than 200 words● a self-introduction of not more than 60 wordsAll proposals must be submitted online through the link: -feelta-2016●Presentation submission opens: November 1, 2015●Deadline for submission: February 29, 2016Questions about proposal submission can be addressed to Larisa Krainik, Abstract Committee Chair:70. What does the expression “Crossing the Bridge to Excellence” in the title imply?A. Exploring pioneering teaching ideas and stimulating experiences.B. the process from knowledge to skills on language teaching and learning.C. inviting proposals about new horizons and perspectives in the field of ELT.D. Coming from every country in the world to the Far Eastern Federal University.71. The joint international conference will be held to ______.A. be connected professionally in Asia and worldwideB. call for presentations of the educators, scholars and policy makersC. work towards special skills or knowledge in English Language TeachingD. provide a chance for teachers to cooperate and share theories, ideas and practices72. According to the passage, what can be learned from the conference?A. How to achieve good results in the English exams.B. Effective communication skills among teachers.C. How to help teachers to share research skills.D. Effective teaching approaches and theories.73. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. the presentations are most likely to have been published during the conferenceB. all presentations must be submitted formally online within the required timeC. presenters can only choose to take part in one of the types of presentationsD. presentations are required to be explained to the participants publicly(C)Scientists Detect Gravitational WavesWhat is gravitational waves(引力波)? Scientists havefor the first time observed ripples in the fabric of space time(时空涟漪) called gravitational waves, arriving at the earthfrom a severely destructive event in the distant universe. It confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens a unique new window onto the universe, according to a group of scientists at a press conference in Washington on Thursday.“This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,” declared David Reitz, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, at the conference in the National Press Club.According to the National Science Foundation (NSF) experts, gravitational waves carry information about their dramatic origins and about the nature of gravity that cannot be obtained from elsewhere. Physicists have concluded that the detected gravitational waves were produced during the final fraction of a second(千分之一秒) of the combination of two black holes to produce a single, much bigger turning black hole. This fierce shock of two black holes had been predicted but never observed by NSF.The gravitational waves were detected on Sept 14, 2015 at 5:51 am EDT by both of the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.Based on the observed signals, LIGO scientists estimate that the black holes for this event were about 29 and 36 times the weight of the sun, and the event took place 1.3 billion years ago. About three times the weight of the sun was changed into gravitational waves in a fraction of a second -- with a peak power output about 50 times that of the whole visible universe. By looking at the time of arrival of the signals -- the detector in Livingston recorded the event 7 milliseconds (毫秒) before the detector in Hanford -- scientists can say that the source was located in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a press release from NS F, which funded the research.This new LIGO discovery is the first observation of gravitational waves themselves, made by measuring the tiny disturbances the waves make to space and time as they pass through the earth. “Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this puzzling phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, properly, fulfills Einstein’s prediction on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity,” Reitze said.74. By saying “This is truly scientific moonshot. We did it. We landed on the moon,” what doesDavid Reitz mean?A. We humans truly landed on the moon this time.B. The theory of relativity was not proved until today.C. Gravitational waves arrived at the earth in the end.D. Scientists successfully observed gravitational waves.75. What do NSF experts talk about in the third paragraph?A. Gravitational waves carry information about the origins of nature.B. The nature of gravity cannot be obtained from gravitational waves.C. The combination of two black holes can produce a single, much bigger turning black hole.D. Gravitational waves only appear at the final fraction of a second of the shock of two black holes.76. According to the observed signals, LIGO scientists find out that ______.A. the two black holes which brought about this event were much bigger than the sunB. about three times the weight of the sun became gravitational waves in this eventC. the event produced by the observed signals took place 1.3 billion years agoD. the peak power output was about 50 times that of the whole universe77. From this passage, a conclusion can be drawn that ______.A. gravitational waves can make disturbances to space and timeB. Einstein predicted the observed gravitational waves in the universeC. gravitational waves is not a puzzling phenomenon to the world any moreD. this new LIGO discovery was made to test the general theory of relativitySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The World Health Organization (WHO) has declaredthe spread of mosquito-born Zika virus a global publichealth emergency. On Monday, the global health agencyheld an emergency meeting in Geneva after warning thepublic that Zika is spreading “explosively” across theAmericas. Dr. Margaret Chan, the director-gener al of theWHO, said after the meeting that the cases of microcephaly,which is a birth disease in which babies are born with verysmall heads and underdeveloped brains, in regions withZika cases, “become an extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world.”Last week, health officials confirmed one case of the virus in Denmark, five in Great Britain, three cases in the United States and 18 in its territory of Puerto Rico. The global health organization also predicts that Zika could infect as many as four million people in the Americas this year.The symptoms from the virus are minor. The symptoms are flu-like and include a rash (皮疹). But the results for some infected with Zika -- namely preg nant women -- are destructive. The WHO suspects the virus may have something to do with brain disorders in babies. Health experts highly suspect there may be a link between the illness and microcephaly. However, a definite link between Zika and microcephaly has not been proven.World Health Organization spokesman Gregory Hartl has this to say, “So, one of the curiosities is why we have so many neurological (神经学的) cases in the northeast of Brazil, but we have not had it in other places. So, we really need to understand what is existing that causes these microcephaly case s, for example, in children.”Hartl does no t agree with claims that the Zika virus could lead to a threat similar to that of Ebola (埃博拉病毒). He says that Ebola is transmitted by contact with bodily fluids (体液) from person to person and kills about 50 perce nt of its victims. “Zika has never killed a person and it is transmitted by the mosquito. So, we know that there are those two basic differences at least. Let us say that Zika on its own would not be the consideration of an emergency committee. What is the concern to the international community is the possible link with neurological disorders.”(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78. The cases of microcephaly are generally seen in the places ______.79. Who should pay special attention to the inf ection of the virus to avoid its terrible result?80. What puzzles the health experts about the cases of microcephaly?81. What causes the global concern is that the mosquito-born Zika virus may ______.II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1、现在人们已经习惯于将坏天气与空气污染联想到一起。