英语高考模拟卷-上海市文来中学年5月高三第三次模拟考试英语试题及答案

上海市文来中学五月2014届高三第三次模拟考试
英语试题
I. Listening Comprehension (30’)
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. Thursdays and Fridays. B. Tuesdays and Fridays.
C. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
D. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
2.A. Her sister’s. B. Her aunt’s.
C. Her mother’s.
D. Her brother’s.
3.A. Help the company recruit graduate students.
B. Contact the computer company next week.
C. Get a part-time job on campus before graduation.
D. Apply for a job in the computer company.
4.A. See a doctor. B. Stay in bed for a few days.
C. Get treatment in a better hospital.
D. Make a phone call to the doctor.
5.A. She picked up the book from the bus floor.
B. She can help the man out.
C. She’s also in need of a textbook.
D. She can find the right person to help the man.
6.A. The man is late for the trip because he is busy.
B. The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.
C. The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.
D. The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.
7.A. She thinks the man is too tired to go to the movie.
B. She really wants to go to the movie.
C. She would like to go to the class with the man.
D. She doesn’t want to go to the movie.
8.A. She doesn’t remember much about Hangzhou.
B. She has never been to Hangzhou.
C. She knows someone else who could help him.
D. She’d be very happy to talk to the man later.
9.A. The man saw Mark on the street two months ago.
B. The woman had forgotten Mark’s phone number.
C. The woman make a phone number to Mark yesterday.
D. Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some time.
10.A. She has learned a lot from the novel.
B. She also found the plot difficult to follow.
C. She usually has difficulty remembering names.
D. She can recall the names of most characters in the novel.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each passage. The passage 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. Keep a high level of care for the people.
B. Pay for damage done by dogs.
C. Provide medical care for dogs.
D. Buy insurance for dog owners.
12. A. The owner of the car. B. The owner of the dog.
C. The insurance company.
D. The government.
13. A. Dogs are welcome in public places.
B. Keeping dogs means asking for trouble.
C. Many car accidents are caused by dogs.
D. People care much about dogs.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
15. A. It has five colleges.
B. Its students are mainly undergraduates.
C. It provides housing for all undergraduate students.
D. All the faculty members at Princeton are expected to teach and research.
16. A. Princeton offers two undergraduate degrees.
B. An academic year lasts about nine months in Princeton University.
C. Undergraduates should spend their first two years in one of five colleges.
D. It’s about an hour’s train ride from Princeton University to the north of New York City.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the 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.
Plan for vacation
Maggie Bill
Place Would like to go to the ___17_____. Thinking of spending one week at home and the remaining week _____19_____ Paris.
Reasons Likes sports and _____18_____ activities. a. A lot of work to be done.
b. A revisit to their _____20_____
place.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Where were the overseas students from? They were from Africa countries, the Far
East, ____21_____ and Latin America.
What did the woman do before she became an assistant director? She was a secretary of ____22______ at Birmingham.
What did the man ask the woman to imagine? ____23______ a different kind of
responsibility or doing something else. What will the woman’ new job be like? There is going to be more ____24______. II. Grammar (16’)
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the brackets. For those blanks without given words, you are required to write down a pronoun (代词), a preposition (介词), a coordinating conjunction (连词), a subordinating conjunction(从句引导词), a modal verb (情态动词) or an auxiliary verb(助动词).
(A)
When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob （烤肉串）hit the senses, you are incapable ___25_____ calling it anything less.
____26____(own) by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack.
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming.
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those who ____27____(experience) in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking.
A common sight is that of old Persian men ___28____(sit) in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, and reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled with food.
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals are under $10 ___29___ _______the restaurant can attract not only locals but also tourists.
The food especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, ____30____(make) with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill.
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different styles of grilled meat.
One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grilled chicken pieces served with either rice or bread. _____31____ great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, a kabob consisting of grilled beef.
_____32_____ the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a place that should not be overlooked.
(B)
The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850– 1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a
living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, ____33_____ he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. In th ose days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. ____34____(develop) for nearly ten years, Howard’ design drew on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression and it offered neither enough work and wages, ___35_____ much social life. Howard’s idea was ____36____ (combine) the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was ____37____ a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities
to make sure that the land ____38_____(buy) at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. ___39_____ more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach
its planned limit-Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started
a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer
a wide rang of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others
by a rapid transportation system, thus ____40_____(give) all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
III. Vocabulary (10’)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need.
A. shorter
B. hostile
C. replaced
D. settlement AB. pioneering AC. supply AD. packing BC. offered BD. eager CD. deprived
ABC. thirst
In the early years of the nineteenth century, the United States extended only
as far west as the border between Kansas and Missouri. At that time, most of what
is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California was part of Mexico. Mexico was ruled by Spain, a country that was __41___ to the trade between its Mexican provinces and the United States. As a result, travel between the United States and the southwest was limited. Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821 opened up opportunities for daring and innovative traders and for eventual US ____42_____ of the southwest.
In contrast to Spanish policy, the Mexican government was open to trade with the US. Aware of the money to be made, William Becknell, a Missouri trader, transported
a load of goods from western Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1821. His route followed an old trail(小径) long used by Native Americans, fur trappers, and explorers. It meandered(迂回前进) westward along the Arkansas River and then turned southward through the mountains. At Santa Fe, Becknell found a population long
___43___ of supplies and manufactured goods. His goods fetched high prices.
Becknell planned a second trip. This time, instead of __44____ horses, he used mule-drawn wagons. He also decided to follow a ___45__ route, which turned south some 150 miles east of La Junta, Colorado. This route, however, crossed an expanse of desert. Becknell and his party nearly died of __46___ before they found the Cimarron River. This new route cut 10 days from the trip. Soon 75 percent of the traffic between Missouri and Santa Fe used this route. Becknell’s route became known as the Santa Fe Trail. His __47___ journeys opened Santa Fe for trade and earned him the nickname Father of the Santa Fe Trail.
Word of the ___48___ buyers in Santa Fe spread quickly. Within a few years, the Santa Fe Trail became a busy trade route. Traffic increased during the Mexican-American War(1846-1848), when the trail became an important ___49____ route. After the American victory, the Southwest became US territory. Army forts(堡垒) along the trail ensured a steady demand for military supplies, and business continued to boom. The arrival of the transcontinental railroad in Santa Fe in 1880 proved to be the beginning of large-scale settlement of the southwest. Trains ____50____ the Santa Fe Trail, as people and goods began to travel by rail.
IV. Cloze (15’)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When it comes to nutrition, people in the United States often make poor choices. Sometimes bad eating habits are not the consequence of a lack of nutritional information or the unavailability of nutritious foods; some people simply choose to eat ____51____. They prefer to eat only the foods that taste delicious to them. Unfortunately, the decision to eat poorly has lasting ___52____. As many as half of all Americans are overweight. ____53____, many Americans suffer from conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and adult-onset diabetes(糖尿病) that can result from these poor lifestyle choices. If we want to live long, healthy lives, we must make better nutritional decisions. Otherwise, we could be ____54____ our health and our futures.
Proper nutrition begins with ___55_____. The United States Department of Agriculture(USDA) issues food guidelines to help people to make appropriate nutritional choices. These guidelines are ____56____ in a USDA chart called the Food Guide Pyramid. The Pyramid is based on research into the specific types of nutrients needed for disease resistance and proper body weight.
According to the Pyramid, Americans should get most of their daily calories intake from bread, cereal, rice, and pasta, eating 6 to 11 servings of these foods per day. Whole-grain products are the best. The larger numbers of servings are only ____57_____ people such as athletes, whose work includes a great deal of physical activity. Following this category are the fruit and vegetable categories, with a total suggested ___58_____ of from 5 to 9 servings per day. This ___59____ the importance of fiber, vitamins, and minerals in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The Pyramid’s other ____60____ include 2 to 3 servings of dairy products and 2 to 3 servings from a group that includes meat, fish, beans, and nuts. The USDA recommends
that fats and sweets be eaten sparingly(一点点地).
There are many risk factors that _____61____ poor health. Among these are such lifestyle choices as improper nutrition and ___62____ exercise. Current research by the American Heart Association shows that heart disease very often begins when a person is a child. ___63_____ this, many Americans think they can postpone healthy eating and proper exercise until they have health problems. Unfortunately, diseases are not generally ____64____ until symptoms begin, and by then it may be too late. To live long and productive lives, we must make proper choices now, including healthy ____65___ choices.
51. A. properly B. poorly C. healthily D. hungrily
52. A. impressions B. benefits C. solutions D. consequences
53. A. Furthermore B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
54. A. enjoying B. shaping C. maintaining D. risking
55. A. traditions B. resistance C. knowledge D. preferences
56. A. stored B. summarized C. planned D. applied
57. A. returned to B. ignored by C. intended for D. connected with
58. A. consumption B. production C. precession D. digestion
59. A. questions B. discusses C. denies D. emphasizes
60. A. functions B. recommendations C. warnings D. elements
61. A. deal with B. take on C. result from D. contribute to
62. A. inadequate B. moderate C. mental D. vigorous
63. A. Apart from B. With regard to C. In spite of D. Rather than
64. A. spread B. detected C. caught D. cured
65. A. smart B. free C. economical D. nutritional
V. Reading Comprehension(32’)
Section A (24’ )
Directions: Read the following two 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)
Guide to Stockholm University Library
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; your can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the
Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Group-study places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.
66. Library computers on the ground floor ______.
A. help students with their field experiments
B. contain software essential for schoolwork
C. are for those who want to access the wi-fi
D. are mostly used for filling out application forms
67. What condition should be met to book a group-study room?
A. A group must consist of 8 people.
B. Three-hour use per day is the minimum.
C. One should first register at the university.
D. Applicants must mark the room on the map.
68. A student can rent a locker in the library if he ______.
A. can afford the rental fee
B. attends certain courses
C. has nowhere to put his books
D. has earned the required credits
69. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The library’s upper floor can be used for discussion.
B. Group-study rooms can be booked by phone.
C. Mobile talk can be permitted inside the library.
D. Orange juice can be brought into the library.
(B)
A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct species.
The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard Universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants — the Asian elephant, African forest elephant, and African savanna elephant.
Once they obtained DNA sequences from two fossils, mammoths and mastodons, the
team compared them with DNA from modern elephants. They found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths.
The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists.
There has long been debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species, but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species.
Previously, many naturalists believed that African savanna elephants and African forest elephants were two populations of the same species, despite the elephants’ significant size differences. The savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3.5 metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2.5 metres. The savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. But the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. However, the proof lay in the analysis of the DNA.
Alfred Roca, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois, said, “We now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation purposes. Since 1950, all African elephants have been conserved as one species. Now that we know the forest and savanna elephants are two very distinctive animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority for conservation purposes.”
70. The underlined word “divergence” in Paragraph 4 means “______”.
A. evolution
B. exhibition
C. separation
D. examination
71. Th e researchers’ conclusion was based on a study of the African elephant’s______.
A. DNA
B. height
C. weight
D. population
72. What are Alfred Roca’s words mainly about?
A. The conservation of African elephants.
B. The purpose of studying African elephants.
C. The way to divide African elephants into two units.
D. The reason for the distinction of African elephants.
73. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Naturalists’ Beliefs about Elephan ts
B. Amazing Experiments about Elephants
C. An Unexpected Finding about Elephants
D. A Long Scientific Debate about Elephants
(C)
As anyone who has tried to lose weight knows, realistic goal-setting generally
produces the best results. That's partially because it appears people who set realistic goals actually work more efficiently, and exert more effort, to achieve those goals.
What's far less understood by scientists, however, are the potentially harmful effects of goal-setting.
Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting popular in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical behavior in general.
“Goals are widely used and promoted as having really beneficial effects. And yet, the same motivation that can push people to exert more effort in a constructive way could also motivate people to be more likely to engage in unethical behaviors,” says Maurice Schweitzer, an associate professor at Penn’s Wharton School.
“It turns out there’s no economic benefit to just having a goal---you just get a psychological benefit” Schweitzer says. “But in m any cases, goals have economic rewards that make them more powerful.”
A prime example Schweitzer and his colleagues cite is the 2004 collapse of energy-trading giant Enron, where managers used financial stimulus to motivate salesmen to meet specific revenue goals. The problem, Schweitzer says, is the actual trades were not profitable.
Other studies have shown that burdening employees with unrealistic goals can compel them to lie, cheat or steal. Such was the case in the early 1990s when Sears imposed a sales quota on its auto repair staff. It caused employees to overcharge for work and to complete unnecessary repairs on a companywide basis.
Schweitzer admits his research runs counter to a very large body of literature that compliments the many benefits of goal-setting. Advocates of the practice have taken issue with his team’s use of such evidence as news accounts to suppor t his conclusion that goal-setting is widely over-prescribed
In a rebuttal paper, Dr. Edwin Locke writes:“Goal-setting is not going away. Organizations cannot thrive without being focused on their desired end results any more than an individual can thriv e without goals to provide a sense of purpose.”
But Schweitzer argues the “mounting causal evidence” linking goal-setting and harmful behavior should be studied to help spotlight issues that merit caution and further investigation. “Even a few negative e ffects could be so large that they outweigh many positive effects,” he says.
“Goal-setting does help coordinate and motivate people. My idea would be to combine that with careful oversight, a strong organizational culture, and make sure the goals that you use are going to be constructive and not significantly harm the organization,” Schweitzer says.
74. What message does the author try to convey about goal-setting?
A. Its role has been largely underestimated.
B. Its negative effects have long been neglected.
C. The goals most people set are unrealistic.
D. The goal increases people’s work efficiency.
75. How did Sears’ goal-setting affect its employees?
A. They were obliged to work more hours to increase their sales.
B. They resorted to unethical practice to meet their sales quota.
C. They competed with one another to attract more customers.
D. They improved their customer service on a companywide basis.
76. What do advocates of goal-setting think of Schweitze r’s research?
A. It exaggerates the side effects of goal-setting.
B. It agrees with the existing literature on the subject.
C. Its conclusion is not based on solid scientific evidence.
D. Its findings are not of much practical value.
77. What is Schwei tzer’s argument against Edwin Locke?
A. Goal-setting has become too deep-rooted in corporate culture.
B. The link between goal-setting and harmful behavior deserves further study.
C. Studying goal-setting can throw more light on successful business practices.
D. The positive effects of goal-setting outweigh its negative effects. Section B (8’)
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Fishing is perhaps the oldest industry in Nova Scotia, dating back to the 1500s, when European fishermen caught cod(鳕鱼) in the surrounding ocean and then dried them on those shores. Despite dangers to seafarers---such as rough seas, submerged rocks, and fog---Europeans began settling in Nova Scotia in the 1600s. For centuries, cod fishing formed the basis of Nova Scotia’s international trade. Merchants sold dried, salted cod in Europe, the West Indies, and elsewhere.
In the 1700s, the government started building lighthouses to guide ships safely to port. The lighthouses emitted a beacon of light that warned mariners of dangers and served as signposts to tell sailors where they were. Many lighthouses had foghorns, whose loud boom cut through fog when light could not. Although lighthouses did not prevent all shipwrecks, they saved many fishing fleets from disaster. With the advent of refrigeration and motorized ships, Nova Scotia fishers responded to customer demands for fresh and frozen seafood. Better equipment and new fishing technology, such as sonar to locate fish, also enabled fishing fleets to catch more fish.
However, in the mid-1900s, certain species of fish, including cod and haddock, declined in number and size. Overfishing, or the catching of too many fish, appeared to be one factor causing this decline. Since that time, the Canadian government has extended its fishing zone to 200 nautical miles in order to exclude foreign vessels from fishing there. It has also limited catches and banned fishing in certain areas and during certain seasons of the year. These measures may help, but it may take years before he numbers of slowly maturing fish, such as cod, increase significantly.
Today, aquacul ture, or raising fish and shellfish on “farms,” is part of the fishing industry. Species such as Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, sea scallops, and oysters are farm raised. Lobster, scallop, crab, and shrimp each bring in more money。