上海市崇明县2011届高三高考模拟考试(英语)

上海市崇明县2011届高三高考模拟考试
英语
（考试时间120分钟，满分150分。

请将答案填写在答题纸上）
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. Yesterday. B. Three days ago. C. Two days ago. D. Early last week.
2. A. At home B. In a restaurant. C. In a car. D. On the street.
3. A. A railway porter. B. A bus conductor. C. A taxi driver. D. A postal clerk.
4. A. Something went wrong with the bus. B. Something prevented her from catching the bus.
C. She took somebody to hospital.
D. She came on foot instead of taking a bus.
5. A. She was afraid of going out at night. B. She wanted to get ready for a plane trip.
C. She had to do some baking.
D. She was moving to a new department.
6. A. She partially agrees with the man. B. She completely agrees with the man.
C. She doesn’t agree with the man.
D. She thinks life is worse for young people.
7. A. The train is on time. B. The train is empty.
C. The train is late.
D. The train is crowded.
8. A. The woman is seeing a doctor. B. The woman is a close friend of the man’s.
C. The woman is tired of her work.
D. The woman has been working too hard.
9. A. The air was polluted yesterday. B. The man should listen to the weather report.
C. She might not go camping tomorrow.
D. She wants to book a hotel for tomorrow.
10. A. She wants to say hello to the parents. B. She wants to know if everything is OK with her parents.
C. She wants to hear her father’s voice.
D. She wants to tell her parents she is fine.
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. Old People Talking. B. The Tommy Brain Shoe.
C. My Favorite Musician.
D. American Country Music Show.
12. A. Scotland. B. The Middle East. C. North America. D. The West Asia.
13. A. Life Channel. B. A Music Channel. C. A Science Channel. D. The News Channel.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. In the region of North Pole. B. In the Pacific Ocean.
C. In green forests.
D. In dry deserts.
15. A. Snakes are used to extra-hot weather. B. Snakes like to stay in the sun.
C. Snakes are good swimmers.
D. Snakes need warmth.
16. A. They are fairly intelligent. B. They are not very intelligent.
C. They are intelligent.
D. They are very intelligent.
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. Many exceptions _____ the rules of English usage make English difficult to master.
A. of
B. off
C. to
D. on
26. —Have you ever seen a tiger in the wild?
—Yes. I saw ________ when I visited the national park in southern Nepal.
A. it
B. one
C. that
D. any
27. It is the third time that the president _____ to China for a visit.
A. come
B. comes
C. will come
D. has come
28. To master a foreign language like English requires hard work, so you _____ study too hard.
A. ought to
B. shouldn’t
C. can’t
D. mustn’t
29. In some countries, _____ is called “equality” does not really mean equal rights for all people.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. one
30. In making a speech, the number of listeners is also an important factor ______.
A. to be considered
B. being considered C．considered D. considering
31. The more exercise you take in your spare time, __________ it will do to you.
A. the better
B. the best
C. the more well
D. the more good
32. What disappointed Mr. Smith most was ______ to go to Canada with his parents to visit his grandpa.
A. having not been allowed
B. his not allowing
C. his not having been allowed
D. his being not allowed
33. ______ you will carry out my instructions or I will offer the job to someone else.
A. Either
B. Unless
C. Until
D. Whether
34. _____ the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the world.
A. Having believed
B. Believing
C. Believed
D. To believe
35. They didn’t discover until they happened to enter the back room ________ someone had stolen the priceless painting.
A. that
B. what
C. which
D. when
36. I’ve tried very hard to improve my English, but by no means _____ with my progress.
A. the teacher is not satisfied
B. is the teacher not satisfied
C. the teacher is satisfied
D. is the teacher satisfied
37. The story brought the hours back to me _____ I was taken good care of in that faraway village.
A. that
B. until
C. where
D. when
38. The sale usually takes place in front of the house, with the audience _____ on benches, chairs or boxes.
A. having seated
B. seating
C. seated
D. having been seated
39. Rather than _____ the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price.
A. allow
B. to allow
C. allowing
D. allowed
40. ________ has recently been done to provide more buses, a shortage of public vehicles remains a serious problem.
A. That
B. What
C. In spite of what
D. Though what
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.
When you watch TV programmes about wild animals. It is amazing to see how an African animal can __41__ a lion’s attack. In the wilderness, every one has a stunt (绝技). Even plants have their own ways of fighting off enemies.
Over millions of years of __42__, plants have developed a unique defence system. Chemicals are widely used for __43__. By making their leaves, flowers, stems, roots and fruits __44__ or poisonous to animals, plants can fight back.
One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree. British __45__ David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree’s leaves, the amount of poisonous tannin(单宁) increases in the other leaves. “It’s like the damaged leaves __46__ the others telling them to fight together against the enemy,” he said.
The tree also sends defence messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle tree in the __47__ 45 meters will get the message and produce more tannin within 10 minutes. Now, if an animal eats too many of the trees’ leaves, it will die.
Every species of plant or tree specializes in the production of a particular set of __48__. A plant-eating animal that can safely eat the leaves of one tree may be poisoned by its neighbor.
In this way, plants have developed not only __49__ defence systems, but also shared them with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest.
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.
Hunting wild birds is illegal in Shanghai – and especially in Chongming County. So is selling birds as pets and __50__ them in restaurants as delicacies.
But enforcement (执法) is difficult, and in many cases nonexistent, due to lack of __51__ and staff. A lot of __52__ work is left to volunteers. According to an official of the Shanghai Wild Animal Protection Association, who __53__ to be named, some small restaurants are __54__serving bird dishes, but the __55__ is impossible to stop at this time. “We have to __56__ cooperation with the city’s __57__ and industry department, the food and drug __58__, the police and many other sectors (部门) of the government,”he said. “__59__, there is no law enforcement power to __60__ their business licenses.”
The association lacks enough people to __61__ into the Chongming woods, as the volunteers do, to __62__ nets, which are used to capture birds. The Chongming Woods Protection Team has only six members and five of them have to take care of the __63__ – only one is dedicated to bird protection, according to Jiang Long, our team leader and a member of the non-governmental Shanghai Green Oasis Ecological Conservation and Communication Center. “What they can do is limited，so volunteers are needed to fill the __64__,” Jiang said.
50. A. killing B. buying C. serving D. burning
51. A. resources B. sources C. guns D. tools
52. A. routine B. protection C. difficult D. easy
53. A. allowed B. approved C. agreed D. declined
54. A. carefully B. illegally C. loyally D. privately
55. A. behavior B. law C. practice D. case
56. A. seek B. give C. find D. connect
57. A. education B. fishing C. animal D. commerce
58. A. business B. association C. administration D. institute
59. A. Meanwhile B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides
60. A. provide B. suspend C. supply D. refuse
61 A. intrude B. venture C. flood D. invade
62. A. break into B. look for C. turn over D. cut down
63. A. birds B. animals C. woods D. beach
64 A. gap B. hole C. occupation D. place
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)
She tells us she understands teens. She’s with them at home and she’s with them at school.
She plays the piano and the flute (笛子). “Growing up I was always involved with music. My parents had divorced and I was under a lot of stress, and being around music, I felt peace and happiness. Later I came to realize that, as a music teacher, I could give that gift to kids.”
And she’s an author. She wrote The Unexpected Adventure at East Haddam two years ago when Evens had a brother and a sister in her Chorus class who struggled with her relationship. Each one –mostly the sister –complained about the other to her. “And I hope the book will show them the importance of their education. It’s so hard for teens to understand the value of what they study in school.”
She’s keenly aware of the challenges today’s youth face. “As a society, we’ve lowered our standards in many cases. As a kid I watched Happy Day and The Bill Cosby Show, and my parents never had to worry about what would come out of the characters’mouths. Today there is no show on after 8 p.m. that’s suitable for younger people. It’s hard for kids today because they’re not allowed the innocence we had.”
She’s busy at work on her next book. Evens says writing these books has filled a place inside her that she never thought about, but that needed to be filled. “I enjoy the process so much. I feel challenged. And I am able to purge(净化) some thoughts that I would like to share, especially with kids.”
“The most important thing for kids today to remember is that every person is valuable and important, and they have to respect their bodies and themselves, and behave in a way that shows that.”
65. Evens was fond of music as a child because _____.
A. she could find comfort with music at home
B. her gift for music was passed down from her parents
C. her parents gave her a lot of pressure to learn music
D. music could bring peace between fighting parents
66. We can infer from Paragraph 4 that _____.
A. today the family seldom watches shows together
B. the standard to choose characters in shows is raised
C. the show after 8 p.m. have a bad influence on teens
D. today’s youth are as innocent as those in the past
67. What statement may Evens agree to?
A. School subjects are too hard for teens to understand.
B. It is a challenge to teach children music and writing.
C. Teens respect others by behaving themselves well.
D. Education is of great value to teens today.
68. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. A multi-talented teacher understands teens.
B. A teacher writes books on teens.
C. Teens love multi-talented teachers at school.
D. Kids today are no more innocent than ever.
(B)
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70. Advertisement 1 suggests that persons who are interested in the flats must _____.
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71. While you stay in Lincoln College of English, _______ will take care of you.
A. the school where you study
B. the family you have chosen
C. your classmates
D. your own parents
(C)
I hear many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly (大胆地) on their own, most of them are attempting to seize one another’s hands for reassurance.
They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (蚕茧) —into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out (创造出) a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come —with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.
72. This passage is meant to ______.
A. tell readers how to be popular among people around them
B. suggest people how to understand and respect each other
C. encourage teenagers to learn to make their choices and decisions
D. suggest parents how to guide and teach their teenage children
73. According to the author, many children are said to be rebelling, but actually most of them ____.
A. are very much afraid of being kept alone
B. are not courageous and confident enough
C. are not very popular among their classmates
D. are good at striking out boldly on their own
74. The expression “to award high marks for the popularity of their children” can be understood as “______”.
A. to generously reward their children when they do better than others
B. to expect their children to become top students at the teenage market
C. to give prizes to their children when they do well in their tests
D. to pay much attention to whether their children are popular
75. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. advertisements are trying to help teenagers to find themselves
B. most teenagers are actually not rebelling at all in a real sense
C. advertisements are always misleading in carving out a teenage market
D. most teenagers manage to become popular by dressing as they please
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.
Surfing is one of the fastest developing sports in the world today. It used to be practiced by the ancient Polynesians, but since the 1960s anyone and everyone can go surfing.
Surfing is more of a way of life for some people than simply a sport, and many spend their time travelling around the planet in search of the perfect wave. Typically, the average surfer is a relaxed type of person: they say it’s something about the art of catching waves and being out in the elements that makes you feel very relaxed. Surfers greet each other by saying “Howzit?” (a bit like “How’s it going?”) and sometimes call each other “bru”or “brah” from the Hawaiian word for brother, “braddah”. British surfers travel in WV camper vans and look a bit like hippiest.
Anywhere that has a coastline with big waves is home to surfers. Half of Australia’s coastline is surfable so there are lots of Australian surfers. Hawaii is where the sport was invented and the current champion is Hawaiian Sunny Garcia. A lot of surfers also come from California and New Zealand. There are even surfers in the UK who hang out on the southwest coast where the Atlantic waves hit the shore.
Get a board. Most surfers start on short boards. Long boards and guns are only for experienced surfers catching huge waves. You also have to be a very strong swimmer: being able to swim at least 100 meters, and 25 meters underwater is required.
Beach breaks are waves which fall onto sand. They can be big, but are best if you are a beginner. Waves vary in size during different seasons and even at different times of the day, so watch out! Surfing can be dangerous and you need advice from someone experienced. More experienced surfers catch waves at point and reef breaks. They are away from the coast, and the swell comes deep from the ocean. Point breaks are waves bent because of the shape of the land beneath the ocean, and reef breaks are shaped by coral and rocks.
Surfing is a dangerous sport if you aren’t a strong swimmer or if you try to do too much. The main thing most surfers have to worry about is their own board or other surfers’ boards. Great white sharks, stingrays and deadly jellyfish are also not friendly to surfers, but actually running into one of these is quite rare.
Section D
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the no more than 10 words.
Reading to oneself is a modern activity that was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval（中世纪的）worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only
during nineteenth century did silent reading become common-place.
One should be careful, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy, and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of potential listeners declined, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing（繁荣）of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.
Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals（期刊）for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied.
81. Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?
82. The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century indicates that ______________.
83. People are still arguing about the value of __________________.
84. What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?
第II卷（共45分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 我们花在作业上的时间很多。

(spend)
2. 我们的英语老师坚持认为正确的发音很重要。

( insist )
3. 你不会等很长时间意味着过不了多久下一班车就来了。

(before)
4. 尽管她独身一人，但是她忙于妇女权利方面的工作，所以一点也不感到孤独。

(as)
5 一个人失败时几句安慰话也许会鼓励他重新站起来，甚至取得成功。

（encourage）
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in about 150 words according to the instructions given below in
Chinese.
某国际网站倡导低碳生活（low-carbon life），开设了一个论坛，希望大家发贴，交流低碳生活方式。

请你在该论坛发一个帖子，帖子必须包括如下内容：
简要介绍你倡导的一种低碳生活方式
这种低碳生活给你带来的好处
听力文字资料
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.
M: Have you seen my brother?
W: No, I haven’t seen him since the day before yesterday.
Q: When did the woman last see the man’s brother?
W: Oh, dear! I’m starving. I can’t walk any further.
M: Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.
Q: Where are the two people?
W: Excuse me, sir. I’m going to send this parcel to London. What’s the postage for it?
M: Let me see. It’s one pound and fifty.
Q. Who is the woman most probably speaking to?
4. M: What happened to you?
W: The bus I took broke down in front of the hospital. And I had to walk from there.
Q: Why was the woman so late?
M: How about going to dinner and a movie with me tonight, Sandy?
W: I’d love to, but I haven’t packed yet and my flight leaves at 5:00 a.m.
Q: Why didn’t Sandy accept the invitation?
M: Nowadays life for young people is full of interest and variety.
W: On the whole, it is true. But you can’t miss the point that it is more competitive.
Q: What is the woman’s response to the man’s remark?
7. M: I’m sorry, Madam. The train is behind schedule. Take a seat, and I’ll inform you as soon as we know something definite.
W: Thank you. I’ll just sit here and read a magazine in the meantime.
Q: What can you conclude about the train from the conversation?
8. M: Hello, Mrs. White. What can I do for you?
W: I don’t know what’s the matter with me. I’m always feeling tired. I’m usually worn out at the end of the day.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
M: Are you still planning to go camping with us tomorrow?
W: Well, I listened to the weather report. The pollution is going to be so bad that they advised staying indoors. Q: What does the woman imply?
M: Hello, Mary. Nice to hear your voice. Is there anything wrong?
W: Oh, no. I’m fine. I just want to know how you and Mom are.
Q: Why does Mary call her father?
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 announcement.
Now here are some of the things you can listen to this evening on Radio 2. Our Wednesday play is at 9:00 and it is called Old People’s Talking. It’s about a small group of retired workers sitting in a social club remembering the past. Before that, at 7:30, we have My Favorite Musician in which Jenny Lindley talks about the records that had an effect on her musical career. At 10:30 there is a talk James Farmer on his travels in the Middle East on a bicycle.
On Radio 3, at 10:15 Peter Morris talks about his adventures while fishing in Scotland.
Radio 1 has the usual continuous pop music; from 6:00 to 8:00 it’s the Tommy Brain Show in which Tommy talks to several pop stars from North America; from 10:00 till midnight it’s the American Country Music Show.
11. What is on Radio 2 at 7:30?
12. Where did James Farmer travel to?
13. What kind of channel is Radio 1?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
Snakes may be found just about everywhere except the North Pole region and some islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Some snakes live in warm dry deserts. Others live in green forests, fields and woodlands．Some never go far from water and are fine swimmers．Some live all their lives in the sea. Most snakes can swim. Because snakes are cold-blooded, they depend on warm air for comfort and existence. Most snakes are found in the hottest parts of the earth. Even so many snakes stay away from the direct rays of the sun when possible. If extra hot weather comes along, snakes find the coolest place possible and stay there. In places where it freezes, snakes often hide themselves deep under the ground, or in the caves and stay until spring. Snakes are smart enough to stay alive. They are smart enough to find food and kill their enemies. But compared with other animals they are believed to be below average in intelligence.
14．In which of the following places have snakes never been found?
15．Why do we find the largest number of snakes in hot regions?
16．How smart are snakes compared with other animals?
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.
M: When are you leaving for the seaside, Maria?。