黄浦区2014高三二模英语试卷及答案

黄浦区2014年高考模拟考
英语试卷2014年4月10日下午考生注意：
1. 考试时间120分钟, 试卷满分150分。

2. 本试卷设试卷和答题卷两部分。

试卷分为第I卷和第II卷。

所有答案必须涂（选择题）
或写（非选择题）在答题卷上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3. 答题前，务必在答题卷纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。

第I卷
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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. August 6. B. August 7. C. August 13. D. August 19.
2. A. A coat store. B. A chemist?s. C. A dry cleaner. D. A watch shop.
3. A. Policeman and driver. B. Teacher and student.
C. Boss and clerk.
D. Doctor and nurse.
4. A. A brand of jeans. B. A new hair style. C. Popular stars. D.School uniforms.
5. A. The man enjoys dramas very much.
B. Soap operas aren?t the woman?s favorite.
C. The woman has watched a lot of soap operas.
D. The man doesn?t want to watch a drama with the woman.
6. A. Anxious. B. Casual. C. Supportive. D. Unbelieving.
7. A. The style of the watch. B. Her boy friend?s figure.
C. The price of the watch.
D. Her boy friend?s preference.
8. A. The damage to the environment. B. The location of the hotel.
C. The demand of the job market.
D. The solution to the issue.
9. A. She can?t afford that much for a trip.
B. She is fortunate to have made a lot of money.
C. She doesn?t think 15,000 dollars is enough for the trip.
D. She considers 15,000 dollars only a small sum of money.
10. A. Skipping the meal to lose weight. B. Having the pizza with the woman.
C. Ordering food to be eaten at home.
D. Dining out instead of eating at home.
Section B
Directions: 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. Engine trouble. B. Poor weather. C. Tall waterfalls. D. Tight budget.
12. A. Amazing as well as tough. B. Funny while incredible.
C. Disappointing but rewarding.
D. Fascinating and well-paid.
13. A. A mechanic. B. A photographer. C. A travel writer. D. A weather man.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Because it is totally beyond most students? ability.
B. Because it doesn?t help people today learn from history.
C. Because students should be taught from the past forward.
D. Because this kind of teaching approach is out-of-fashion.
15. A. By studying with the traditional approach.
B. By keeping names, places and dates in mind.
C. By putting forward questions about the near future.
D. By looking into the past for answers to present problems.
16. A. To explain the history of education.
B. To state the purpose of learning history.
C. To criticize students? habits of history study.
D. To present a new method of history education.
Section C
Directions: 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.
RESERVATION
NAME: __17__ Tan DESTINA TION: __18__
Departure Flight Date: May 20th Class: __19__
Return Flight Date: May __20__ Class: Business
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each blank.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Being a News Announcer at KGN
Good Points Bad Points
__21__
__22__
interviews with important people high stress long __23__
PS: Because of the tough competition, you have to be __24__. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blank.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
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.
( A )
Since my retirement from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time 25.
______ (paint) as an artist. I actually began drawing in the summer of 1995 when my father died,
so perhaps I was trying to recover 26. _____ the loss of my father, or maybe it was just paintings
27. _____ brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes
much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors
again, but 28. _____ _____ ______ I walked out of the school door for the last time, I picked up
my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked
through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be 29. _____ (close) to
how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three
years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice,
and I think I did my best work there, 30. _____ (display) my paintings at a number of art shows.
It is wonderful to have some time doing 31. _____ I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart?s desire.”　
( B )
In the last decade, research 32. _____ (show) that resistance exercise can help numerous
disease states, including depression. You can improve your overall health just by watching your
weight and taking walks in the neighborhood. But 33. _____ you want to improve your fitness —
look better, maximize health, have more energy, prevent injuries —you need to do more.
In recent years, emphasis has shifted to a type of resistance training 34. _____ builds
muscles used in day-to-day tasks, helping avoid injury or re-injury. 35. _____ (call) functional
strength training, it helps with tasks such as lifting infants in and out of car seats or lifting garage
doors. Another goal is 36. _____ (reduce) the risk factors in patients with long-term diseases such
as heart disease and diabetes.
“Part of my job is trying to convince that 85-year-old woman that she really 37. _____ start
weight lifting. 38. _____ who need persuading are women re cently treated for breast cancer.” says Dr. Dennis Kerrigan, at Henry Ford Health System?s Center for Athletic Medicine.
“Friends and family tell them, ,Take it easy,? b ut chemotherapy(化疗) can reduce muscle
he says. “My s uggestion? Strength
mass, leaving body fat that is linked to cancer returning,”
training. It?s taken a long time for women to realize 39. _____ important strength training is, but
once they try it, they 40. _____ (hook).”　
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only
be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. applications
B. devoted
C. easy-going
D. efficiently
E. increasingly
F. interact
G. fresh H. publicize I. respect J. traditional K. wildfire
When US? Duke University second-year student Christian Drappi sees someone using a
Square (an electronic payment service) credit card reader, he pulls out his phone, takes a picture
and uploads it to Twitter. “It kind of spreads like __41__ through Twitter,” said Drappi, who campus brand representative for Square.
Companies are __42__ using college campus brand representatives to spread the word about
their products. These representatives often rely on word-of-mouth tools like social media to
__43__ the company and any promotional events they host.
Though the brand representative is no stranger to the college marketing scene, social media
are changing how these representatives __44__ with students of their same age and how
effectively their message is communicated. Companies like Red Bull, Microsoft and Twitter all
have campus representatives __45__ to spreading good news about the brand.
“Campus representatives approach students gro ups, local merchants and other prospective
users to demonstrate how the card reader works and its advantages over __46__ machines.” Adam
Bassett, who runs the Square U program said.
Cord Silverstein, executive vice president of interactive communications at the Raleigh
advertising agency Capstrat, said, “Social media have made it easier than ever for college students
to share opinions on a product with their friends. Someone?s friend, someone they __47__, like a
student or a professor, these people are having much greater influence on what college students
think, like and don?t like, because they trust their opinions.”
When looking at representative __48__, McCarthy, who heads the campus representative
program for Square, said the company looks for __49__ students who are social-media
(n) __50__ idea.
understanding. “Three or four years ago, brand representatives on campus were a
Now companies have them everywhere. There?s only so much mindshare to capture.” McCathy
emphasized.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B,
C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in
modern urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the __51__. So
customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for a marriage which is
not __52__: It is called a “love match”．
On my first trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the
each other
process of “getting them married”. In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet
before the marriage. __53__ they might meet for a brief conversation, and this meeting would
take place only after their parents had decided that the match was __54__. Parents do not force
their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds unacceptable. But only after
one match is refused will another be sought.
As a young American woman in India for the first time, I found this custom of arranged
marriage __55__. How could any intelligent young person __56__ to such a marriage without
great reluctance? It was __57__ to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as
the only basis of a happy marriage. It was also in conflict with my strongly held beliefs that the
choice of such a close and permanent relationship could be made only by individuals __58__. If
anyone had tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been __59__!
Sita, one of my young friends, was a college graduate with a degree in political science. She
had been __60__ for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. I found it difficult to accept the obedient（顺从的）manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would __61__ her spending the rest of her life with a man
she hardly knew, a total stranger, __62__ by her parents.
“Of c ourse I In frustration and distress, I asked her, “Don?t you care who you __63__?”　
care,” she answered. “This is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such a(n) __64__ person as myself. In such matters, it is better to
have my parents? __65__”．
51. A. classes B. individuals C. society D. country
52. A. matched B. decided C. concerned D. arranged
53. A. After all B. In addition C. At most D. On average
54. A. comfortable B. imperfect C. suitable D. dissatisfying
55. A. acceptable B. amazing C. depressing D. strange
56. A. agree B. turn C. exchange D. devote
57. A. customary B. remarkable C. similar D. contrary
58. A. involved B. present C. informed D. available
59. A. ambitious B. proud C. rebellious D. puzzled
60. A. fighting B. protesting C. waiting D. dreaming
61. A. profit from B. hold back C. act out D. result in
62. A. picked out B. picked up C. taken up D. taken out
63. A. encounter B. favor C. marry D. join
64. A. intelligent B. unfortunate C. inexperienced D. careless
65. A. blessing B. guidance C. fortune D. promise
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Yo-Yo Ma is one of the most gifted cellists(大提琴手) in the world today. He is known internationally for not only the many classical pieces he performs but also his willingness to think
outside of the box musically.
Yo-Yo Ma has recorded over 75 albums; many of them strictly considered classical in arrangement, while others differ greatly from classical music. He?s worked with musicians like Bobby Mcferrin and Sting, and explored musical forms that range from traditional Chinese music
to bluegrass. His musical explorations, including the scoring or performance in numerous films,
have won Ma many awards and honors.
Born to Chinese immigrant parents in Paris in 1955, Yo-Yo Ma was already a gifted musician
by the time his family moved to the U.S., when he was seven. One of his first performances where
he was much noted was a 1962 performance for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Ma was certainly
a genius, appearing on television by the time he was eight and performing with numerous orchestras through his teens.
Like many young extraordinary musicians, Yo-Yo Ma?s educational path included the study
at the distinguished Juilliard School of Music. Unlike geniuses that stay on a singular path, Ma felt
that he wanted to expand his education by taking a traditional liberal arts course at first Columbia
and then Harvard University, where he received his bachelor?s degree in 1976. He wasn?t always certain that he should continue to pursue his career as a cellist, and refers to hearing the work of
Pablo Casals, the famous Spanish cellist, as inspiration to continue his studies and performance.
By the early 1980s, Yo-Yo Ma had become internationally known. He also began to express considerable interest in the possibilities of musical education for children. To that end, he made appearances on Sesame Street and other shows targeted at children.
In 1998, Ma started the Silk Road Project, which promotes cooperation among artists, including musicians from around the world. His devotion to bringing together the various cultures represented by the ancient Silk Road is expr essed in Ma?s political attitude of peace through music. In 2006, the UN Secretary General Kofi Anan named Ma a Peace Ambassador.
66.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Yo-Yo Ma?
A. He has explored a wide range of musical forms.
B. He wasn?t well-known in the U.S. until the 1980s.
C. He is famous only for the classical pieces he performs.
D. He was determined to become a cellist since childhood.
67.Whose work has had an influence on Ma in deciding to pursue a career as a cellist?
A. Bobby McFerrin?s.
B. Kofi Anan?s.
C. Pablo Casals?.
D. Sting?s.
68. Through the Silk Road Project, Yo-Yo Ma intended to ___________.
A. continue his studies while performing with musicians all around the world
B. bring together many different cultures represented by the ancient Silk Road
C. become a UN Peace Ambassador by expressing his political attitude of peace
D. promote musical education for children in the countries along the ancient Silk Road
69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. To Be Known as Early as Possible
B. Growth Process of a Peace Ambassador
C. University Education: Key Factor to Yo-Yo Ma?s Success
D. A Talented Musician with Sense of Social Responsibility
( B )
Kuringai Chase National Park Guided Walks and Nature Activities
SUNDAY MAY 7 EASY Early Morning Stroll in Upper Lane Cove Valley
Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the end of Day RD, Cheltenham, while the bush is alive with birdsong.
Round trip: 4 hours
FRIDAY MAY 12 MEDIUM Possum prowl
Meet 7:30 p.m. at Seaforth Oval carpark. Enjoy the peace of the bush at night. Lovely water views. Bring torch and wear non-slip shoes as some rock climbing involved. Coffee and FRIDAY JUNE 6 EASY Poetry around a campfire
Meet 7:00 p.m. Kalkaari Visitor Center. Share your favourite poem or one of your own with a group around a gently cracking fire. Drinks and food to follow. Bring a cup and a blanket (or a chair).
Cost: $4.00 per person.
Duration: 2.5 hours
SUNDAY JUNE 25 EASY Morning Walk at Mitchell Park
Meet 8:30 a.m. entrance to Mitchell Park, Mitchell Park Rd. Cattai for a pleasant walk
biscuits supplied.
Duration: 2 hours
SUNDAY JUNE 4 HARD Baime Basin Track
Meet 9:30 a.m. Track#8, West Head Road, Magnificent Pittwater views.
Visit Beechwood cottage. Bring lunch and drink. Some steep sections.
Reasonable fitness required. wandering through rainforest, river flats and dry forest to swampland（沼泽地）. Binoculars （双筒望远镜） a must to bring as many birds live here. Finish with morning tea.
Duration: 3 hours
--------------------------------------------------------- GRADING
EASY suitable for ALL fitness levels MEDIUM for those who PERIODICALL Y
exercise
HARD only if you REGULARL Y exercise
70. If you seldom exercise, prefer nature to literature and are used to getting up early, you?re m ost
likely to join __________.
A. Early Morning Stroll in Upper Lane Cove Valley
B. Baime Basin Track
C. Poetry around a campfire
D. Morning Walk at Mitchell Park
71. If you want to enjoy the peace of the bush at night, you are required to __________.
A. meet at 7:30 p.m. June 6
B. bring slippers with you
C. prepare a torch
D. climb rocks for two hours
72. How many guided walks and nature activities provide food or drink?
A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
73. In the activity “Morning Walk at Mitchell Park”, one
may have no chance to ___________.
A.appreciate bird watching
B. enjoy mountain climbing
C.take a relaxing walk
D. have morning tea
( C )
ESP, Extra Sensory Perception, is a catch-all expression for the so-called ability of certain people to receive transmitted thoughts from others, to transmit their own thoughts, to see what will happen in the future or to be able to move objects from one place to another without physically touching them. These special people are called psychics. Some believe that we all have this ability to some degree but that most of us choose not to develop it.
Many people are skeptical about ESP. Alongside the existence of documented evidence, there are plenty of claims that have turned out to be cheating. For most people, it is difficult to accept such claims without having had first hand experience. The lack of scientific evidence is another factor to take into account. On the other hand, most of us have, at some time, experienced a seemingly unexplainable occurrence; hearing the telephone ring and knowing who will be on the other end of the line or cases of coincidence that seem to be too extreme to be accidental.
Over the years there have been numerous ESP experiments conducted by serious scientists in serious institutions. Joseph Banks Rhine, a botanist at Duke University published a famous book
in 1934 called “Extra-Sensory Perception”　
i n which he claimed to have enormous evidence of ESP. However, other scientists have been unable to copy his results since, which has resulted in
the book losing much of its original credibility and fame.
The Ganzfield Experiments are considered to have been the most carefully examined ESP experiments. So-called psychics had their eyes covered and ears blocked while a “sender”　attempted to transmit messages. Later the psychics would compare the messages received to the
original messages sent out. There was a great deal of excitement and interest at the time, but the research failed to produce convincing results.
One of the strongest criticisms against ESP is that in order for it to exist, the fundamental
laws of physics would necessarily have to be broken.
Human beings are attracted to the whole range of supernatural phenomena. ESP will always continue to fascinate. This becomes clear when we see how much of the media is dedicated to the topic: magazines, journals, web sites, television and radio programs. Some of the most successful
films in recent years have fuelled interest among the younger generations who are starting to ask
the same questions and to look for explanations for the same phenomena as their parents and grandparents before them. Who knows? One day we might just find these answers because one
thing is certain: “The truth is out there! ”
74. According to the 1st paragraph, a psychic can do the following EXCEPT __________.
A. read what his parents are thinking about
B. transmit one friend?s thought to another
C. predict what?ll happen at tomorrow?s meeting
D. change the position of a chair without touching it
skeptical” in the second paragraph can be replaced with __________.
75. The underlined word “
A. enthusiastic
B. doubtful
C. particular
D. curious
76. What can be learned about the book “Extra–Sensory Perception”　and“the G anzfield
Experiments”？
A. They both failed to prove the existence of ESP scientifically.
B. They were both the products of casually-designed research.
C. Others followed their examples and got the same consequences.
D. The writer and the experiment operators lost their fame eventually.
77. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Whether ESP exists.
B. How ESP works.
C. Who ESP attracts.
D. Why ESP fails.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in
the fewest possible words.
Travelers arriving at Heathrow airport this year have been met by the smell of freshly-cut grass, pumped from a corner through an “aroma b ox”, a machine which blows warm, sweet-smelling air into the environment.
marketing is the latest in a long line of attempts by Heathrow?s move into “sensory”　
businesses to use sensory psychology —the scientific study of the effects of the senses on our
—using smells to behavior to help sell products. Marketing people call this “atmosphere”　
influence consumer behavior. On Valentine?s Day two years ago, the chain of chemist?s Superdog
scented one of its London shops with chocolate. “Chocolate is associated with love, ”　s aid a
marketing spokeswoman, “We thought it would get people in the mood for romance.” She did n reveal, though, whether the smell actually made people spend more money.
However, research into customer satisfaction with certain scented products has clearly shown
that smell does have a commercial effect, though of course it must be an appropriate smell. In a
survey, customers considered a lemon-scented detergent(洗涤剂) more effective than another
scented with coconut despite the fact that the detergent used in both was similar. On the other hand,
a coconut-scented sun cream was rated more effective than a lemon-scented one. A research group
from Washington University reported that the smell of mint or orange sprayed in a store resulted
in customers rating the store as more modern and more pleasant for shopping than other stores
without the smell. Customers also rated the goods on sale as better, and expressed a stronger
intention to visit the store again in the future.
Writers and poets have often described the powerful effects of smell on our emotion, and
smell is often considered to be the sense most likely to recall emotion-filled memories. Perhaps
the reason is because smells are very difficult to give a name to. The fact that smell is invisible,
and thus somehow more mysterious, may partly explain its reputation as our most emotional
sense.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
78. What is the function of “aroma box” at Heathrow airport?
-scented sun cream” is used to show
-scented detergent” and “coconut
79. The example of “coconut
that __________.
80. __________ is of help for the store to leave a better impression on customers.
81. What is one of the reasons why smell is considered the most emotional sense?
第II卷
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 这位医生已经说服了很多人戒烟。

(persuade)
2. 直到完成了任务，他才发现时间已经到了午夜。

(Not until…）
3. 他总是毫不犹豫地提出他认为对别人有帮助的批评。

(hesitate)
4. 现在就预订展览会的门票，你将有机会欣赏到众多的艺术作品。

(chance)
5. 药品没有广告说得那么有效，我服了药后，没有缓解我的咳嗽。

(as…as)
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words according to the instructions given
below in Chinese.
你昨天在超市购物时遭遇了一件不开心的事。

写一封E-mail向超市经理投诉，告诉他
事情的经过，并提出你希望的解决方案。

（文中请不要出现真实的校名人名）
黄浦区2014年高考模拟考英语试卷参考答案
第I卷
1 – 5 BCAAB 6 – 10 CCAAC
11 – 13 AAC 14 – 16 BDD
17. Peter 18. London 19. Economy 20. 28th
21. high salary / well paid 22. lots of travel / travel a lot
23. working hours 24. confident and aggressive
25. Painting 26. from 27. that 28. as soon as
29. the closest 30. displaying 31. what / something / everything
32. has shown 33. if 34. that / which 35. Called
36. to reduce 37. should / must 38. Others
39. how 40. are / will be hooked
41 – 45 KEHFB 46 – 50 JIACG
51 – 55 BDCCD 56 – 60 ADACC 61 – 65 DACCB
66 – 69 ACBD 70 – 73 ACCB 74 – 77 BBAA
78. To blow warm, sweet-smelling air into the environment. / To use smells to
influence traveler /consumer behavior.
79. an appropriate smell does have a commercial effect
80. The smell of mint or orange
81. It is invisible, and (thus) mysterious. / It’s difficult to
give a name to.
第II卷
I. Translation
1. The doctor has persuaded many people to / into give / giving up smoking.
2. Not until he completed the task did he find it was midnight.
3. He never hesitates to make criticism which / that he thinks is helpful to others.
4. Book the ticket for the exhibition now, and you will have the chance to appreciate a great number of works of art.
5. The medicine was not as effective as what the advertisement (had) claimed, for it didn’t relieve my cough after I took it.
黄浦区2014年高考模拟考
英语试卷听力
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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.M: When is your son?s birthday?
W: August 13th, 6 days later than mine.
Q: When is the woman?s birthday?
2.W: Uh, Don, is there a place around here where I can get a coat cleaned quickly?
M: Yes, there?s a one-hour dry cleaner in the Shell Building on Madison. It?s about two blocks from here.
Q: Where will the woman probably go?
3.M: Why didn?t you stop when the light had changed red?
W: I?m terribly sorry that I was absent-minded. Do I have to pay a fine?
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
4.W: Well, have you heard of JLA jeans?
M: Yeah, they are really in style right now. All the popular kids are wearing them.
Q: What are they talking about?
5.M: How do you feel about soap operas?
W: I don?t really care much for dramas.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
6.W: Have you heard about the plan to reduce the number of car parks in the city?
M: Oh yeah! Isn?t it great！
Q: What?s the man?s attitude towards the new plan?
7.M: This is a wonderful sports watch. I?m sure you only want the best for your boyfriend.
W: I do, but money is a bit tight. Do you think … could you give me a discount?
Q: What is the woman?s major co ncern?
8.W: I?m really concerned about this new hotel development. The first issue is that they?ll have
to cut down the trees in the area.
M: Yes, but I think that is unavoidable. Besides, think of all the jobs that it?ll bring to the。