上海市金山中学2012-2013学年高二英语上学期第二次学业水平模拟考试试题牛津上海版

某某市金山中学2012-2013学年高二英语上学期第二次学业水平模
拟考试试题
第1卷〔共76分〕
I. Listening Comprehension (20%)
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.
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. It is situated on the western side of the island.
B. It has a range of wonderful cafes.
C. It hosts many festivals and surfing competitions.
D. It is known for being safe.
12. A. In November. B. In January.
C. In December.
D. In September.
13. A. It has a pathway connecting three beaches.
B. It is the best place to enjoy ocean views.
C. It is a good place for whale watching.
D. It is famous for sports and night life.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. It has one million elected members.
B. It is trying to stop universities from charging tuition fees.
C. You can vote even if you are outside the UK.
D. It elects its members every month.
15. A. 11B. 16. C.18. D.17
16. A. Visit the place in person. B. Call the office
C. Visit the website.
D. Write a letter to the person in charge.
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.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (25%)
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.
21. She is ________ new comer to _______ chemistry but she has already made some important discoveries.
A. the…the
B. the…/
C. a…/
D. a…the
22. One winter morning, the little girl was found sitting ________ in the snow.
A. dead
B. death
C. died
D. deadly
23. In some places, men and women are separated during worship: men on one side and women
on ________ side of the church.
A. the other
B. others
C. the others
D. other
24. Your income is twice _____ mine.
A. much as
B. as many as
C. that of
D. as
25. How excited we are at the thought that we ____ the mountain peak this time tomorrow.
A. will be climbing
B. are climbing
C. would be climbing
D. have climbed
26. We are aware that, _____ the situation will get worse.
A. if not dealing with carefully
B. if dealt not carefully with
C. if not carefully dealt with
D. if not carefully dealing with
27. I _____ take the job. No one _____ stop me.
A. will/ shall
B. will/ may
C. should/ will
D. shall/ may
28. Beside one of the windows _____ a shelf _____ he put his books.
A. stand/ which
B. stands/ where
C. standing/ on which
D. stands/ which
29. Lenin often spoke to his comrade and ______ with breathless attention.
A. was always listened to
B. was always listened
C. always listened to
D. always was listened to
30. I will give you such information _____ help you in your study.
A. as will
B. as it will
C. that will
D. which will
31. British people are the worst-dressed holidaymakers in Europe, _______ the Italians and
French are the smartest, according to a survey released recently.
A. while
B. when
C. though
D. but
32. He is teaching Alex, an African parrot, ______ complex tasks.
A. doing
B. did
C. done
D. to do
33. The manager needs to have the trust in his staff _______ once given a task, they will try their
best to achieve the best result.
A. who
B. that
C. which
D. how
34. It was not until the police were convinced __________ no guns were concealed
in the car
______ they allowed us to go.
A. that…which
B. which…which
C. which…that
D. that…that
35. Today， jazz music continues to grow in popularity, with fans of all ages ________ around the world.
A. locates
B. locating
C. located
D. to locate
36. In 1907, a group of adventurers drove from New York to Jamestown. Their
journey_______
three days.
A. lasted
B. was lasted
C. has lasted
D. has been lasted
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each
They look more like the brightly-lit shelves of a chemist’s than the rows of a vegetable garden. But, according to their creators, these perfect-looking vegetables could be the future of food.
In a 37 controlled environment —unpolluted by dirt, insects or fresh air —Japanese scientists are developing a new way of growing vegetables.
Called plant factories, these greenhouses have38up across the country and canproduceperfect-looking lettuces and green leaves 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Every part of the plants’ environment is controlled —from the lighting and temperature to the humidity (湿度) and water. Even the levels of carbon dioxide can be 39 altered.
Rather than the conventional untidy clothes and dirty fingernails of vegetable growers, the producers wear gloves, masks and dust-proof40 suits.
The vegetables from plant factories are sold at a price above the normal price of vegetables to Japanese shoppers. No chemical 41are used so there is no risk of food poisoning.
Because the plants are grown in a clean room, they can be eaten safely without washing. Lettuce grown in the factories can be 42up to 20 times a year. Some factories are vast and can produce three million vegetables a year.
The spreadof plant factories has been 43 by the Japanese government amongconcerns about the use of chemicals in vegetables.
A spokesman for the Ozu Corporation factory in Tokyo said, "Vegetables are produced in the factory without being exposed to the air outside. Stable production is 44 throughout the year by controlling lighting, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide and water. They can also meet the demands of 45who want safe food."
III. Reading Comprehension (35%)
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.
Have you ever decided whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you ___46___ do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a ___47___ for many people to shop without ___48___ having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are ___49___ of department stores and supermarkets ___50___ the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight ___51___ of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and ___52___ a friendly announcer describe a product ___53___ a model shows it. And they can ___54___ around the clock, buying something ___55___ by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-order companies are ___56___ to join the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy ___57___ their own TV channels to encourage TV shopping in the future. ___58___ can ask questions about products and place ___59___, all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television ___60___ take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers thin so. Yet many people find shopping at a real store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to touch or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s why specialists say that in the future, home shopping will exist together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.
58. A. Guests B. Assistants C. Managers D. Customers
59. A. orders B. goods C. books D. answers
60. A. lastly B. finally C. especially D. fortunately
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)
I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the table. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country-music club called the NatchbillPalace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It was not long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call ------ Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.
61. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook?
A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club.
B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook.
C. Because he often sang while cooking
D. Because he liked singing better than cooking.
62. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful?
A. Warner Brothers
B. His manager
C. His father.
D. A businesswoman
63. What made the writer proud of himself?
A. His ability to live independently.
B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did.
C. His courage in the face of rejection.
D. His hard work in his early days.
(B)
Small discoveries in Indonesia are causing a stir in the science world. Researchers have unearthed (挖掘) tiny bones that they believe belong to an entirely new human species. If that’s true, it will change how we think about our ancestors.
Clues that the little people may have lived long ago were first revealed last year in the scientific journal Nature. Scientists said that they had found the bones of a three-foot-tall female on the island of Flores, in Indonesia. When they looked more closely, they saw that the nearly complete skeleton (骨骼) belonged to a full-grown adult. Researchers named her Hobbit, after the tiny heroes of the Lord of the Rings books.
Now the team is saying it has unearthed even more pieces of the puzzle, including a jawbone and parts of arms, legs and hands from several individuals, as well as
stone tools. They reported their find in Nature th is month. “The new evidence makes it very clear that these people are a new species, distinct from modern humans,〞Peter Brown, a scientist on the team, said. They named these ancient humans Homo floresiensis.
Brown says that these little people lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. If Homo floresiensis was a different species from modern humans, that would make our family tree bigger than we knew. It means, says Brown, that “until recently, a relative shared the planet with us.〞
Many scientists think a new species is unlikely. Some argue that the bones must have belonged to modern humans whose small size was the result of a genetic problem.
Daniel E. Lieberman, a scientist at HarvardUniversity, thinks that the debate over the discovery is healthy. He believes that the questions and arguments raised by critics will help us learn more about these unusual skeletons. “Disagreement is an important part of the scientific process,〞Lieberman said. “As far as I’m concerned, the story’s only just begun.〞
64. Researchers name the skeleton Hobbit because _____.
A. it is a figure described in the Lord of the Rings
B. it resembles the tiny heroes in a set of books
C. it proves to be a full-grown adult
D. it belongs to an ancient human species
65. Small discoveries in Indonesia are important because _____.
A. they are revealed in the scientific journal Nature
B. they are made by Peter Brown, a famous scientist
C. they are about ancestors of modern humans
D. they might provide new evidence for human study
66. According to Daniel E. Lieberman, _____.
A. Homo floresiensis doesn’t exist
B. disagreement leads to further research
C. the investigation hasn’t begun yet
D. our family tree is bigger than we knew
67. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Comparison between Different Peoples
B. Arguments over Human Origin
C. Discovery of a Possible New Human Species
D. History of Indonesian People
(C)
Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.
She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.〞
So she worked as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 p.m. five nights a week
for just $ 90, before tax and insurance. “It is better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.〞
The hours she has chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children ,but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.
Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it , perhaps they’d be a bit careful.
The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry, Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself---- and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.
Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you are a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,〞 said Margret, “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more.I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.
68. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because ____________.
A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family
B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure
C. she needed the right time to look after her children
D. she felt tired of taking care of patients
69. Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because _____________.
A. they never clean their offices
B. they look down upon cleaners
C. they never do their work carefully
D. they always make a mess in their offices
70. When at work, Margaret feels ____________.
A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers
B. happy because the building is fully lit
C. tired because of the heavy workload
D. bored because time passed slowly
71. The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would __________.
A. help care for her children
B. regret what they had said
C. show sympathy for her
D. feel disappointed in her
(D)
If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion; they are always taken advantage of by the designers and big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the
change of fashion. Women usually stand in front of a wardrobe full of clothes, announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the international creation of waves. Many women spend vast suns of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women, who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
No one can claim that fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital thing like warmth, comfort and durability. They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or deliberately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.
When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusion to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women’s clothes, one wonders, reflect qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress styles of the dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.
72.Designers and big stores always make money____________.
A.by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry.
B.because they are capable of predicting new fashions.
C.by constantly changing the fashions in women’s clothing
D.because they attach great importance to quality in women’s clothing
73.To the writer, the fact that women throw away their old-fashioned dresses is
seen as _________.
A. a waste of money
B. a waste of time
C. an expression of taste
D. an expression of creativity
74. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of women.
B. The constant changes in women’s clothing reflect their strength of character.
C. the fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.
D. Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.
75. By saying “ the conclusion to be drawn are obvious〞, the writer means that _________.
A. women’s inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at.
B. women are better able to put up with discomfort.
C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers
D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion.
Section B
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.
Charley ’
s early
year in an orphanage
probably shaped
her outlook on life. She was born in 1172 and as a small child was abandoned at orphanage. Her name is assumed to have been Charlotte. Orphanages at the time were harsh places. Both male and female children were dressed alike and given the same haircuts. Being in this type of environment could have encouraged Charley to “act like a man 〞.
In her teens, she ran away and became a worker in a livery stable. She was trained to drive coaches and one horse buggies, and finally six horse buggies. As a top reins man, Charley was persuaded to work for California Stage Company, the There she was a well-respected driver earning a place in a group nicknamed, “Kings of the Road 〞. Many passengers thought it a great honor to be invited by Charley to ride up on the box next to him. In addition, she was considered one of At a time when women were not allowed to own property and vote, Charley managed to do both. In 120, at the age of 55, Charley voted as a man, having lived that life for so long that no one thought to ask questions. This was 52 years before other women were given their right to vote. When Charley gave up driving, he owned a small place that became a stagecoach rest stop. In 188, he sold off all his property and moved into a vacant house owned by a friend.
Charley, suffering illness of old age, complained of a sore throat, but refused to see a doctor. Eventually, the sore throat was diagnosed as cancer. At no time during his illness, did Charley confide his secret to any close friends. At his death, the undertaker announced that old Charley was in fact a woman. When the truth of Charley ’s deception was discovered, his friends were both shocked and angry. Tobacco-chewing Charley, who had handled a whip and a gun with the rest of them, had become a legend in the Old West.
第2卷〔共24分〕
I. Translation (20%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 那个学生兴趣爱好广泛。

(range〕
2. 成功的关键因素在于你自己。

(factor)
3. 一旦拿定主意，他就不太可能改变了。

〔unlikely〕
4. 大多数父母都会竭尽全力满足子女的合理需要。

(meet)
5. 这张写着生日快乐的卡片给小女孩留下了很深刻的印象。

(read)。