2010年上海市崇明县高考模拟考试(英语含答案)

上海市崇明县2010届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题
第I卷(共105分)
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. She doesn’t agree. B. She enjoys night driving.
C. She would like to go right now.
D. She would like to wait.
2. A. A restaurant. B. A department store.
C. A coffee room.
D. A hospital..
3. A. The computer needs to be fixed.
B. The computer is not put in a safe place.
C. Grading the papers should be easy with the help of the computer.
D. Some teachers prefer to go over the papers by hand.
4. A. To apologize. B. To stay where he is.
C. To stand at the end of the queue.
D. To stand beside the woman.
5. A. $1.40. B. $4.30. C. $
6.40. D. $8.60.
6. A. A big one. B. An expensive one.
C. One far away from the city.
D. One close to her husband’s workplace.
7. A. The woman is good at gardening.
B. The woman hires a good gardener.
C. The man offers to do the gardening for the woman.
D. The man wants to hire the woman to do the gardening.
8. A. John is fully occupied with his studies. B. John doesn’t like camping trips.
C. John is a poor student.
D. John will go camping on Sunday.
9. A. The team will win the next game. B. The team has done well so far.
C. The team will not win the next game.
D. The team doesn’t seem to be working well.
10. A. He has some work to do. B. The woman is going to do that.
C. His boss is coming to see him.
D. He doesn’t feel like eating any bread today. 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. 37 years. B. Less than 5 years. C. About six years. D. Since he began to work.
12. A. Many people. B. Nobody. C. About 37 people. D. Very few people.
13. A. A quarter. B. 37 percent. C. One half. D. One-fifth.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Two. B. Five. C. Four. D. Ten
15. A. In January. B. In November. C. In July. D. In May.
16. A. Decided by the party leader. B. Elected by votes of the party members.
C. Elected by their amount of money.
D. Decided by the candidate.
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.
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 Vocabulary
Section A
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.
25. You mean the boy is only 12 years old? He seems much taller ______ his age.
A. for
B. on
C. at
D. with
26. I felt so bad all day yesterday that I decided this morning I couldn’t face _____ day like that.
A. other
B. another
C. the other
D. others
27. ---It’s the office! So you _____ know eating is not allowed here.
---Oh, sorry.
A. may
B. will
C. must
D. need
28. How much _____ she looked without her glasses!
A. well
B. good
C. best
D. better
29. It was the principles I learned from my reading _____ enabled me to get bigger and better jobs.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. who
30. My parents have promised to come to see me before I _____ for Africa.
A. have left
B. leave
C. left
D. will leave
31. The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _____ the desert.
A. to cover
B. covered
C. cover
D. covering
32. _____ the police thought he was the most likely one, they could not arrest him since they had no exact proof about it.
A. Although
B. As long as
C. If only
D. As soon as
33. _____ by the advances in technology, many farmers have set up wind farms on their land.
A. Being encouraged
B. Encouraging
C. Encouraged
D. Having encouraged
34. Lack of money led the company to a situation _____ they had to decide whether they should keep on with their production.
A. when
B. where
C. that
D. which
35. Do you consider it any good _____ psychology?
A. to learn
B. to have learned
C. learning
D. having learned
36. You and I could hardly work together, _____?
A. could you
B. couldn’t I
C. couldn’t we
D. could we
37. Please do me a favor —_____ my friend Mr. Smith to Youth Theater at 7:30 tonight.
A. to invite
B. inviting
C. invite
D. invited
38. The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only _____, but students became more interested in the lessons.
A. saved was teachers’ energy
B. was teachers’ energy saved
C. teachers’ energy was saved
D. was saved teachers’ energy
39. He told us whether _____ a picnic was still under discussion.
A. to have
B. having
C. have
D. had
40. The strange man asked me to hand the letter to _____ I met in the police station, saying it was very important.
A. whoever
B. whatever
C. whichever
D. whomever
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.
EBL Coaching
Dr. Emily Levy, Director
Phone: (212)249-0147
ielevy@
EBL Coaching specializes in providing individualized one-on-one home tutoring for students in grades preK-12. All students are __41__ assessed to determine their strengths and weaknesses and __42__ levels, and are then matched with a specialist who is __43__ trained in the types of methods that are most __44__ for that student. EBL Coaching uses research-based, multi-sensory __45__, including the Orton Gillingham methodology, to __46__ tutorial support at their Upper East Side location and at students’ homes. They also offer specific programs for students with lea rning __47__ and ADHD, and specialize in helping students develop skills in reading comprehension, writing, math and study skills. EBL Coaching specialists also teach strategies（策略）for note-taking, test-taking, organization, active text-book reading and writing. They use research-based techniques that are __48__ according to each student’s needs. All programs follow a structured, multi-sensory __49__.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
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.
Some people are just sure to be failures. That’s how some adults look at troublesome kids. Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will __50__ fly as high.” I’m sure that T.J. Ware, who was caught __51__ a year ago, was made to feel this way almost every day at school.
At high school, Ware was always making __52__. He didn’t answer questions, got into lots of fights and was __53__ from school at times. Teachers didn’t want to have him again the following year.
I met Ware for the first time at a meeting. All the students at school had been invited to __54__ for a program designed to have students become more active in their communities. The program __55__ group discussion and voluntary work in their neighborhoods.
In the beginning, Ware just stood by, not ready to join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games __56__ him in… At the end of the meeting, he joined th e Homeless Project team. He knew much about __57__, hunger and helplessness. The other students on the team had never seen Ware making such a long, moving speech. They were __58__ with his passionate concern and ideas, so they elected Ware to be chairman of the team with a __59__ vote.
Two weeks later, Ware led a group of 70 students to collect __60__. They collected a school __61__:
2,854 cans of food in just two hours. It was enough to feed needy families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper __62__ the event with full-page article the next day. After that, Ware started showing up at school every day and answering questions from teachers.
Ware’s change __63__ us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. Once it has __64__, it can fly higher than the rest.
50. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. still
51. A. cold B. stealing C. lying D. spitting
52. A. known B. mistake C. fun D. trouble
53. A. absent B. different C. present D. free
54. A. take up B. make up C. sign up D. put up
55. A. contained B. included C. concluded D. increased
56. A. took B. caught C. pulled D. drew
57. A. poverty B. fighting C. robbery D. courage
58. A. disappointed B. surprised C. impressed D. bored
59. A. quantity B. majority C. minimum D. quality
60. A. food B. money C. clothes D. furniture
61 A. rule B. mark C. foundation D. record
62. A. spread B. covered C. printed D. wrote
63. A. requests B. decides C. reminds D. requires
64 A. repaired B. realized C. protected D. healed
Section B
Directions: Read the following four 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)
Just before midnight, six University of Cincinnati students were watching TV in an on-campus apartment when three men burst through the door. While one of the intruders pointed a gun at the group, the other two scooped up $4,400 worth of laptops, cell phones, video games and cash. Once they had what they wanted, the trio fled into the night.
Furious, the students chased down and tackled one of the burglars -- the one with the gun. In the
struggle, it went off, and a bullet grazed a student's leg. His friends piled on the gunman and held him until police showed up.
By the next day, the injured young man was back in his apartment, and the suspect was in jail, charged with burglary, felonious assault and receiving stolen property. But how did the men manage to storm into an on-campus residence that November night in the first place? Simple: Students told police the building's main doors hadn't latched properly for days.
As parents confront ballooning college costs and shrinking acceptance rates, they are finding themselves with an even bigger, more basic problem: Which campuses are safe? Colleges seem like idyllic and secure places, and for the most part, they are. But ivy-covered walls can't keep out every bad element. This country's 6,000 colleges and universities report some 40,000 burglaries, 3,700 forcible sex offenses, 7,000 aggravated assaults and 48 murders a year. Other hazards -- fires, binge-drinking, mental-health problems -- are also on the rise.
Of course, that's not what parents and students see on America's serene campuses. There's a false sense of security, says Harry Nolan, a safety consultant in New York City. "Students see guards patrolling at night or a video camera monitoring the dorm entrance and think, Nothing bad can happen to me," he explains. "People don't know that safety controls are often very lax."
65. What did the students do after the burglars fled into the night?
A. They stood there in surprise.
B. They ran after the burglars at once.
C. They waited for the police.
D. They phoned their teacher.
66. What does the underlined word “latched” in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. watched
B. fixed
C. locked
D. kept
67. What worries parents most except ballooning college costs and shrinking acceptance rates?
A. T heir children’s grades in the universities or colleges.
B. Their children’s safety in the universities or colleges.
C. Their children’s behavior in the universities or colleges.
D. Their children’s relationship with classmates in the universities or col leges.
(B)
The Channel is the name given to the stretch of water which separates England and France. Ferries operate all year round to carry people across the Channel, and they are busy most of the year. January is the only quiet month nowadays. As well as summer holiday-makers, there are day trippers
and coach traffic, not to mention lorries and other commercial vehicles. Some ferries carry cars and their passengers, while others also connect train passengers with the Continental rail network.
The biggest hazard for the ferry is the wind. The crew listens to BBC weather reports four times a day. Or they sometimes get gale warnings from local radio station.
Crossing the Channel by ferry is a bit like trying to cross Oxford Street on a busy afternoon, according to one ferryboat captain. The ferries from Folkstone and Dover to Calais and Boulogne have to cross the main flow of traffic. This consists of ships traveling through the Channel to and from Northern Europe. There may be four hundred ships making the journey at any one time, and they all pass through a “choke point” which is only fifteen miles (twenty-five kilometers) wide. The cross-channel ferries have to sail right through the middle of all this traffic.
68. The passage is mainly concerned with _____.
A. the English Channel
B. the weather on the Channel
C. cross-channel ferries
D. what crossing the Channel by ferry is like
69. The word hazard is closest in meaning to ________.
A. trouble
B. danger
C. enemy
D. problem
70. We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. if there is a gale warning from the BBC, the ferries will stop operating.
B. the traffic on the Channel is very busy only in winter
C. ferries are busiest in the afternoon
D. the crew of the ferry listens to the weather reports four times a day
71. Where does this passage most probably appear?
A. In a dictionary.
B. In a novel.
C. In a transportation magazine.
D. In a geography textbook.
(C)
A new study says one part of the human brain may become smaller as the result of a condition known as jet lag. Jet lag results from flying long distances in an airplane. Jet lag interferes with a person's normal times for sleeping and waking. People with jet lag may feel extremely tired for several days. They also may have problems thinking clearly and remembering.
Kwangwook Cho is a researcher at the University of Bristol in Britain. He reported the findings of his jet lag study in the publication Nature Neuroscience.
The study involved twenty young women who worked for international airlines. The women had served passengers on airplanes for five years. These flight attendants flew across many countries and at least seven time zones. In the study, the flight attendants had different amounts of time to recover from jet lag. Half the women spent five days or fewer in their home areas between long flights. The other half spent more than fourteen days in their home areas.
Mister Cho took some fluid from the women's mouths to measure levels of a hormone that increases during stress. He tested them to see if they could remember where black spots appeared on a computer screen. And he took pictures of their brains using magnetic resonance imaging. This is a way to measure the size of the brain's temporal lobes（颞叶）.
It was found that the women who had less time between flights had smaller right temporal lobes. This area of the brain deals with recognizing and remembering what is seen. The same group performed worse and had slower reaction times on the visual memory test. And their saliva samples showed higher levels of stress hormones.
Mister Cho says he believes the brain needs at least ten days to recover after a long trip. He says airline workers told him their ability to remember got worse after working on planes for about four years. Other studies have shown that increased feelings of stress can cause a loss of cells in the part of the brain that controls memory.
Scientists say more tests are needed to study the effects of jet lag on the brain. They want to find out if too much jet lag could permanently affect memory.
72. According to the text, jet lag _____.
A. can cause difficulties in speaking
B. can make people feel tired for a few weeks
C. is the illness only found in people who work on the airplanes
D. can be caused by flying over several time zones in an airplane
73. It is inferred that more tests need to be done because _____.
A. the conclusion was questioned by many scientists
B. scientists fear that his research is not done properly
C. every scientific conclusion needs the support from many tests
D. the woman who were studied in the research were not healthy
74. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the research results?
A. Women who have a longer rest at home show better memory.
B. Women who fly in short time had smaller right temporal lobes.
C. Women who have longer flights failed the memory test.
D. Women who rest more than 14 days produced less hormones.
75. What is the subject discussed in the test? A. The cause of jet lag.
B. A story of a group of flight attendance.
C. A research about the effects of jet lag on the brain.
D. The importance of having enough rest after long flights.
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
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