上海市奉贤区2012届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

上海市奉贤区2012届高三上学期期末质量抽测试题
英语（2011,12）
考生注意：
1．本试卷分为第I卷(第1-13页)和第II卷(第14页)两部分。

全卷共14页。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

2．答第I卷前，考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号（区统一编号，9位），并用铅笔在答题卡的相应位置上正确涂写准考证号。

3．第I卷（1—16小题，25—80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。

考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。

注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。

答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。

答案不能涂写在试卷上，涂写在试卷上一律不给分。

第I卷中的17—24小题，第81-84小题和第II卷的试题，其答案用钢笔或水笔写在答题纸上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上一律不给分。

第I卷（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. In a reading room. B. At a bookstore.
C. At a publishing house.
D. In Prof. Jackson’s office.
2. A. See a documentary. B. Watch television.
C. Change the channel.
D. Go to a movie.
3. A. A size five and a half. B. A size six.
C. A size seven.
D. A size seven and a half.
4. A. She can use his phone if she wants. B. There’s no charge for phone calls.
C. His phone is out of order too.
D. She can call him later.
5. A. Amy didn’t seem to be nervous during her speech.
B. Amy needs more training in making public speeches.
C. The man didn’t think highly of Amy’s presentation.
D The man can hardly understand Amy’s presentation.
6. A. The man is planning a trip to Austin. B. The man hasn’t been to Austin before.
C. The man doesn’t like Austin.
D. The man has been to Austin before.
7. A. Find a larger room. B. Sell the old table.
C. Buy two bookshelves.
D. Rearrange some furniture.
8. A. The choice of courses. B. A day course.
C. An evening course.
D. Their work.
9. A. It was a long lecture, but easy to understand.
B. It was not as easy as she had expected.
C. It was as difficult as she had expected.
D. It was interesting and easy to follow.
10. A. She felt it was tiring. B. She felt it was very nice.
C. She felt it took less time.
D. She thought it was expensive.
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. Children who don’t like to go to school.
B. Children who are slow in study.
C. Children who watch too much television during the day.
D. Children who spend part of each day alone.
12. A. Tired. B. Frightened. C. Lonely. D. Free.
13. A. Latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone.
B. Latchkey children try to hide their feelings.
C. Most parents don’t know the impact on the children when they le ave them alone.
D. Latchkey children often watch TV with their parents.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A.You can increase your happiness levels by attending the class.
B. Most of us are happier than our parents since we earn more.
C. Earn more than you can if you want to be happy.
D. Both Bill Gates and Kerry Paker are examples of those who are extremely rich but obviously
unhappy.
15. A. Always think highly of yourself.
B. Compare yourself to famous persons.
C. Compare yourself to people who are inferior to you.
D. Earn more than your bank account.
16. A. Happiness is everything. B. Wealth is the foundation of happiness.
C. Have fun at the Happiness Institute.
D. Money doesn’t always mean happiness.
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.
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. The large grassland, reaching out far away, seems extremely beautiful ______ the blue and
clean sky
A. among
B. between
C. against
D. in
26. How old you grow is a factor that you can influence, ______that is determined by your
lifestyle.
A. what
B. one
C. something
D. anything
27. The more things a man is interested in, ______.
A. the more he will have opportunities of happiness
B. the more opportunities of happiness he will have
C. the more opportunities of happiness will he have
D. much more opportunities of happiness he will have
28. I advise you to stay away from Maria. Although she is usually easy-going, she ______ be quite
annoying sometimes.
A. can
B. need
C. must
D. should
29. A study of ancient writings and evidence ______ that for the past 5000 years, cats have been
kept as pets.
A. show
B. shows
C. showed
D. had showed
30. At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that
he could do nothing to help.
A. to realize
B. realized
C. realizing
D. being realized
31. The young couple are trying to save as much money as possible ______ they can afford the
flat by the end of this year.
A. so that
B. as if
C. even though
D. in case
32. ______ global temperature rising, the UN Climate Change Conference was held in Cancun,
Mexico last year.
A. Prevented
B. Preventing
C. Having prevented
D. To prevent
33. —Mum, why do you keep staring at me? Have I done anything wrong?
—You look stupid! The way you are dressed is ______ annoys me most.
A. which
B. where
C. how
D. what
34. After graduation, he went on to do some of the most important scientific research ever
______.
A. being carried out
B. carried out
C. to be carried out
D. was carried out
35. In our daily life, we often come across occasion ______ we have to tell white lies to avoid
hurting others.
A. that
B. which
C. when
D. where
36. They were ahead during the first half of the match, but they ______ in the last five minutes.
A. were beating
B. were beaten
C. beat
D. had been beaten
37. If things are left ______ they are, the problems will never be settled, I’m afraid.
A. how
B. as
C. where
D. what
38. It has been proved that ______ vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious
illness in later life.
A. eat
B. to be eating
C. eaten
D. eating
39. Was it in October, 2010, if I may ask, ______ the new Shanghai-Hangzhou Express Railway
was put into use?
A. which
B. when
C. that
D. how
40. The most important thing we must consider before carrying out the plan is ______ it is
possible for us to carry it on.
A. when
B. why
C. whether
D. that
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.
According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to 41 . Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University, has noticed the difference in the style of boy’s and girl’s conversations from an early age. She says that little girls’conversation is less 42 than boys’ and expresses more doubts. Little boys use conversation to 43 status with their listeners.
These differences continue into adult life, she says. In 44 conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in 45 amounts—although they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that, for woman, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy(亲切感). For men, private talking is a way to explore the power 46 of a relationship.
Teaching is one job wher e the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tannen, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing 47 and to encourage her student to join in.
But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they 48 power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.
Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is preprogrammed for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual tendency in its 49 , otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.
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.
We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream, that’s life. It’s a jou rney. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy!
50 positive through the cold season could be your best 51 against getting ill, new study findings suggest.
In an experiment that 52 healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a 53 sunny characteristic were less likely to 54 ill. The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help 55 the common cold and other illnesses.
Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness increasing immune(免疫的) function and subjective as in happy people being less 56 by a scratchy throat or runny nose. “People with a positive emotional style may have different immune 57 to the virus,” explained the lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may 58 their illness as being less severe.”Cohen and his colleagues had found in a 59 study that happier people seemed less likely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional tendency itself had the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with complete standard measures of personality tendency, health-consciousness and emotional “style”. Those who 60 be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, 61 those who were often unhappy, tense and unfriendly had a negative style. The researchers gave them drops through their noses 62 either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the 63 reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had, while the researchers collected 64 data, like daily mucus(黏液) production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes(鼻部的不适), happy people
were less likely to develop a cold.
50. A. Living B. Staying C. Pulling D. Surviving
51. A. safeguard B.opportunity C. caution D. defense
52. A. excluded B. explored C. exposed D. escaped
53. A. generally B. commonly C. frequently D. perfectly
54. A. change B. fall C. turn D. remain
55. A. keep B. avoid C. deny D. remove
56. A. suffered B. troubled C. disturbed D. hinted
57. A. function B. ability C. response D. action
58. A. think B. relate C. interpret D. translate
59. A. formal B. current C. previous D. precious
60. A. tended to B. opposed to C. used to D. stuck to
61. A. while B. however C. what’s more D. therefore
62. A. implying B. matching C. containing D. occupying
63. A. patients B. adults C. volunteers D. researchers
64. A. objective B. impressive C. positive D. effective
Section B
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 or D. Choose the one that suits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
（A）
I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy! I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?”He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied, “There is nothing wrong with it?” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it, ” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others. ”
I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly R into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had
entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out of my chosen camera from cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new options(选择) still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
65. The shop assistant insisted that the writer should ________.
A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it.
B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others.
C. get more information about different companies.
D. trust him and stop asking questions.
66. What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it ”(paragraph 2)?
A. He should get a 50% discount.
B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.
C. The quality of the camera was not good.
D. The camera would soon fall in value.
67. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he ________.
A. knew very little about it
B. didn’t trust the shop assistant
C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best
D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers
68. I t can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, ________.
A. people waste too much money on cameras
B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life
C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product
D. famous companies care more about profit than quality
69. You can choose 12 months’ Airport Angel membership, if you________.
A. deposit at least $60,000 within 90 days of account opening
B. have qualified for the service
C. deposit an equal amount of money within 90 days
D. open a Premier account on 30 April
70. The advertisement is mainly aimed at________.
A. people who want to do business
B. people who are over 34 years old and still single
C. people who have friends and relatives in foreign countries
D. people who have settled down abroad
71. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the advertisement?
A. You must know the detailed information before opening an account.
B. To make the best of your money, you are sure to open a premier account.
C. To enjoy the service, you must surf the Internet.
D. It is certain that you can deal with your banking in 24 hours.
(C)
On the west side of the island of Manhattan in New York City, tree by tree, leaf by leaf, a 2,500 square foot sector of the Central African Republic’s Dzanga Ndoki Rainforest has been
transported to, or recreated at, the American Museum of Natural History’s new hall of biodiversity(生物多样性). When the hall opens this May, visit ors will visit one of the world’s biggest and most accurate reproductions of one of nature’s most threatened creations.
To bring the rainforest to New York, a team of nearly two dozen scientists—the largest collecting expedition the museum has ever organized for an exhibit—spent five weeks in the African rainforest collecting soil, plants, and leaves; recording and documenting species; studying trees; shooting videotape and still photos; and interviewing local people. “This area has been explored very little”, says Hoel Cracraft who estimates that the museum will eventually collect 150 to 180 mammals, more than 300 species of birds, hundreds of butterflies, and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of organisms. The exhibition may even have produced a special prize—scientists suspect they have uncovered several new species.
To give the forest a sense of realness, the back wall of the exhibit is an enormous video screen, sounds will come out from hidden speakers, and plans even call for forest smells. Computer controls will vary the effects so that no two walkthroughs will ever be exactly the same.
After the team returned to New York, the forest was reproduced with the help of the computer. Computer modeling programmes plotted distances and special relationships. Artists studied photos and brought what they saw to life. Plaster trees were made．Recreated animals began to stand in the rainforest of the hall．Flying creatures will hang from the ceiling. The light in the forest, one of the exhibit’s cleverest recreations will seem real. Long tube lights will have the correct colour and temperature to produce a natural effect. The plants and animals exhibited throughout the hall exist naturally in a perfect balance remove one, and the whole is imperfect if not endangered. The exhibit is p roof to the hope that the world’s rainforests will never exist solely as a carefully preserved artifact.
72. How did the museum collect the data in the Central African Republic?
A. It sent a large team of scientists there.
B. It cooperated with many African scientists.
C. It hired local people to collect mammals, etc.
D. It sent cameramen to shoot videotapes.
73. To give the forest a sense of realness, all the following are used EXCEPT that _______.
A. hidden loudspeakers are used to produce forest sound
B. a huge video screen is put up on the back wall
C. special equipment is employed to produce forest smells
D. the forest is surrounded by front and back walls
74. What is the main theme of the last paragraph?
A. The layout of the rainforest exhibition.
B. The balance between animals and plants.
C. The clever design of lighting.
D. Preservation of the rainforest exhibition as an artifact.
75. What is this passage mainly about?
A. The history of the American Museum of Natural History.
B. The reproduction of the rainforest at a New York museum.
C. Visitors’ interest in the rainforest reproduction at a New York museum.
D. Saving rainforests in the Central African Republic.
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.
76.
tiring day, and all I wanted to do was eat. I opened the refrigerator door and searched for
something eatable. Luckily, I chanced to find a piece of leftover pizza from the night before. I put it onto a plate and popped it into my microwave oven. Presto! In less than two minutes, my pizza slice was ready for me to bite into. This modern-day invention, the microwave oven, should be considered one of the “wonders of the world”because it is unbeatable as a food, money, and time saver.
77.
As a food saver, a microwave oven is definitely hard to beat. Almost any kind of leftover can
be reheated in this type of oven, and used properly there is no worry of the food drying out. For
example, spaghetti is a mess to try to reheat on top of the stove. It dries out terribly and will stick
to the bottom and sides of a saucepan. The spaghetti will also scorch(烧焦) easily if one is not
careful. But with a microwave oven, this is a different story with a happier ending. The spaghetti
will remain saucy, will not stick, and will not scorch. The Italian food will be as good as it was the
78.
Another “wonder”about the microwave oven is the money that it saves. Leftovers that would normally be thrown out can be saved and reheated. This saves food; thus, it saves money.
79.
Best of all, however, is the time that
a microwave oven can save. As a general rule,
microwave cooking takes one-third the time that a conventional oven does. Imagine what a delight this would be after a tiring day at work, school, or, better yet, shopping! For instance, to bake a medium-sized potato takes only eight to ten minutes in a microwave oven. So in the time it would take to fry up a hamburger, one could have a hot baked potato to go with it. In addition to speedy cooking, a microwave is wonderful for defrosting (解冻) meat. On low power this oven can defrost any kind of meat in less than fifteen minutes. This is a real lifesaver when company
80.
Indeed, microwave ovens should be considered one of the modern wonders of the world. I know that it was a wonder for me last Tuesday. That slice of day-old pizza made me feel like a new man!
Section D
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
The scientists observed that the more junk food the rats ate, the more they wanted to eat –a behavior very similar to that of rats addicted(上了瘾的) to heroin, a dangerous drug. Johnson said the experiment shows that the brain chemistry of obesity(肥胖) and drug addiction may be quite similar.
In their experiment, Johnson and his team studied the “pleasure center” of rats’ brains. The pleasure center is a complicated network of nerve cells. If the animal exercises or eats, the cells reward the animal by releasing chemicals into the body that make it feel good. And when the body feels good, the animal – or person – will want to do the behavior again.
For the experiment, Johnson fed foods like cheesecake to one group of rats. Food like this is high in calories and fat. Another group of rats got a regular diet. The rats that ate junk food started to eat more and more.
“They’re taking in twice the amount of calories as the control rats,” says Paul Kenny, one of
Johnson’s colleagues.
Kenny and Johnson wanted to know what was going on in the brains of these rats. They first design ed a way to deliver a small electrical charge to the rats’ brains. This electr ical charge would stimulate the pleasure centers to release pleasure-causing chemicals. The rats could control how much stimulation – and how much pleasure – they received by running on a wheel. The more the rat ran, the more pleasure it received.
The rats that had been eating junk food started running more and more. This behavior suggested that the junk-food-eating rats needed more brain stimulation to feel good compared with rats on a normal diet. In other words, their pleasure centers were becoming less sensitive and the junk food didn’t make them feel good unless they ate more and more.
Experiments like this one could help scientists understand how chemicals in the brain contribute to obesity. With that information, they may be able to help people avoid obesity in the first place.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
81. The scientists suggested it was actually ___________________ that made the rats feel good.
82. According to the scientists, the reason why rats wanted to eat more and more junk food was
that ___________________.
83. How did the scientist know what was happening in the brains of the junk-food-eating rats?
84. What was the purpose of the experiment mentioned in the article?
第Ⅱ卷（共45分）
Ⅰ. Translation（20分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. You are required to use the word given in the bracket for each respective sentence.
1.我们最好天天锻炼身体。

（exercise）
2.如果你需要更多的信息，请随时和我联系。

(hesitate)
3.与去年同期相比，今年的出口总量增长了两倍。

（compare）
4.对学生而言，有必要深入社会实践，从而学到课堂上学不到的东西。

(participate)
5.在孩子们能够表达或理解一门语言之前的很长一段时间，他们靠面部表情和发出噪声和
大人们交流。

（before）
Ⅱ.Guided writing（25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words. The composition must be based on the information given below.
国际文化交流中心将组织一次由各国学生参加的“和平·友谊”(Peace & Friendship)冬令营活动，要求报名者提交一份英文个人介绍。

假设你是刘超，想参加这次活动，请按要求完成一份个人介绍，你的介绍须包括：
●个人基本信息：如，姓名等；
●个人兴趣爱好、特长等；
●参加这次冬令营的目的。

注：文中不能出现真实信息：如，姓名、学校等
2011学年奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷
参考答案
录音文字
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. Excuse me, I am looking for the textbook by a Professor Jackson for the economics
course.
W: I am afraid i t’s out of stock. You’ll have to order it.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place.? (B)
2. M: Let me see. There’s a documentary about wolves on Channel Two.
W: That sounds pretty interesting, but I’ll go to the movie instead.
Q: What does the woman want to do? (D)
3. M: What size do you need, Madam?
W: I’m not sure. I wear a seven in Canada, a five and a half or six in Europe, and, but I think I need a seven and a half here.
Q: What size will the man probably bring? (D)
4. W: Jim, may I use your phone? I think mine is out of order.
M: Feel free.
Q: What does Jim tell the woman? (A)
5. W: Did you attend Amy’s presentation last night? It was the first time for her to give a
speech to a large audience.
M: How she could be so calm in front of so many people is really beyond me! Q: What do we learn from the conversation? (A)
6. W: I’m thinking of going to Austin for a visit. Do y ou think it’s worth seeing?
M: Well, I wish I had been there.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? (B)
7. W: We do need another bookshelf in this room. But the problem is the space for it.
M: How about moving the old dining table to the kitchen?
Q: What does the man suggest they should do? (D)
8. W: Do you want a day course or an evening course?
M: Well, it would have to be an evening course since I work during the day.
Q: What are they talking about? (A)
9. M: What do you think of Profess or Brown’s lecture?
W: The topic was interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected.
Q: What does the woman say about the lecture? (B)
10. M: Did you mind coming back by coach instead of by train?
W: No, we d idn’t mind at all. It took a lot longer, but it was very comfortable and it was much cheaper.
Q: How did the woman feel about the coming back by coach? (B)
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions。