13 2015届松江区高三英语一模卷 作文

松江区2014学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷
高三英语
（满分150分，完卷时间120分钟）2015.1
第I卷（共103分）
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A（10分）
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 conversation and the question 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. At 10:30. B. At 10:50. C. At 11:00. D. At 11:20.
2. A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient.
C. Manager and clerk.
D. Waitress and customer.
3. A. To India. B. To Jane’s party.
C. To the museum.
D. To a gallery.
4. A. The ring is not hers. B. She doesn’t have gold rings.
C. She prefers gold to silver.
D. She lost her silver ring.
5. A. They should give Sally some on-the-job training.
B. They should buy Sally a train ticket.
C. They shouldn’t take Sally into account.
D. They should ask Sally to get more qualification.
6. A. Occupation. B. Hobby.
C. Literature.
D. Part-time job.
7. A. Check the number. B. Try harder.
C. Wait for a signal.
D. Phone later.
8. A. The air is fresh. B. It’s hot inside.
C. The window is open.
D. It’s noisy outside.
9. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic.
C. Embarrassed.
D. Uninterested.
10. A. He lost his way. B. He received a traffic ticket.
C. He worked very carefully.
D. He drove in heavy traffic.
Section B （12分）
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. To explain the campus architecture to visitors.
B. To show new staff around the campus.
C. To make new students familiar with the campus.
D. To advise new students about which classes to take.
12. A. Registration forms. B. A library card.
C. A list of class schedules.
D. A campus map.
13. A. Move into their dormitories. B. Find their classrooms.
C. Memorize campus landmarks.
D. Schedule their first exams.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. To inform parents and schools. B. To pick out good students.
C. To compare teachers.
D. To expose poor schools.
15. A. They have no trust in doctors. B. They cannot afford the medical fee.
C. They fear things like injections.
D. They doubt the medical treatment.
16. A. Tea chers’ difficult life. B. Harm of divorce to families.
C. Ways to become loveable kids.
D. Kids’ attention-seeking behaviour.
Section C （8分）
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.
What does the man say about his job? He can _____17_____ it quite well.
Which train does the man take to work every day? He takes _____18_____ train to work every day.
How does the man feel about the time on the train
now?
He feels that the time on the train is _____19_____.
How does the man spend his time on the way home? He _____20_____ with a good book or has a game of bridge.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Why does the man make a call to buy some supplies? Because he buys them to ______21_____.
What’s the feature of the D045 model?It has its own _____22______.
How long will the man get what he has ordered? he will certainly get it _____23______
What is the man’s telephone number?It is _____24______ extension 51
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A（16分）
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had a volcano and jungles filled with wild animals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano. It was a low budget movie, but it represented the perfect life. But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten.
The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I (25) ________ (own) was sold to pay debts that I didn’t even know existed. In a week I had lost my husband, my home
and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce in the family.
I’d lost (26) ________ except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right.
I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night (27) ________ I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava（火山岩）(28) ________ (pour) out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination!
The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing (29) ________ I loved. I hadn’t painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I (30) ________ still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas（画布）in front of me. And (31) ________ ________ ________ I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $1,500.
The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim（火山口边缘）of the volcano. We wake up every morning (32) ________ the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us.
(B)
Jane Austen was born in the English countryside more than 200 years ago. She lived (33) ________ simple life. She seldom travelled, she never married and she died from illness when she was only 41.
However, people all over the world remember her. Why? It is because Jane Austen is the author of some of the best-loved novels in the English language. These novels include Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.
Jane completed her last novel Persuasion in 1816, but it (34) ________ (not publish) until after her death. Persuasion is partly ba sed on Jane’s naval brother.
Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, falls in love with Captain Wentworth, a person of a (35) ________ (low) social position. But she breaks off the engagement when (36) ________ (persuade) by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. Eight years later, Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain. He finds Anne’s family on the edge of financial ruin. Anne and the captain rediscover their love and get married.
Jane Austen once compared her writing to (37) ________ (paint) on a little bit of ivory, two inches square. Readers of Persuasion will see that (38) ________ her skill of delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love and marriage nor her ability (39) ________ (apply) a sharp focus to English manners and morals has abandoned her in her final finished work.
Persuasion has produced three film adaptations: a 1971 ministers with Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall, a 1995 version starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, and a 2007 TV ministers with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Pentry-Jones.
People who are interested in Jane Austen can still visit many of the places she visited and lived. These places include the village of Steventon, although her family house is now gone. Many of the places Jane visited in Bath are still there. You can visit Jane Austen’s home in Chawton, where she did her best writing and Winchester, (40) ________ she died.
Section B （10分）
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.
A. explore
B. instructing
C. reflect
D. encountered
E. independent
F. motivated
G. accustomed
H. ordering
I. techniques
J. processes
K. unique
How can English teachers speed up the language learning of their students? One way is to teach students how to learn more effectively and efficiently. Learning strategies are “procedures or 41 that learners can use to facilitate a learning task.” And 42 students of English in learning strategies can help them become better learners. In addition, skill in using learning strategies assists students in becoming 43 , confident learners. Finally, students become more 44 as they begin to understand the relationship between their use of strategies and success in learning English.
Students need to develop an awareness of the learning process and strategies that lead to success. Students who 45 on their own thinking are more likely to engage in planning how to proceed with a learning task, monitoring their own performance on an ongoing basis, finding solutions to problems 46 , and evaluating themselves upon task completion. These activities may be difficult for students 47 to having a teacher who solves all their learning problems and is the 48 judge of their progress.
Teachers need to encourage students to rely more on themselves. Because learning strategies are mental 49 with few observable signs, teachers need to find ways to make the strategies as concrete as possible. When students are able to use the strategies their teachers have taught them, and to do so without persuasion, then they need to 50 new strategies, new applications and new opportunities for self-regulated learning.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A （15分）
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.
Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the 51 one. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not 52 to do the work, that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total 53 upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as “bracketing”. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or 54 your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes.
55 , since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary 56 of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to 57 up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be 58 only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
However, most of the time we 59 this energy. Even if we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening 60 . Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain 61 results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply 62 to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It was not until toward the end of my doctor career that I had found the knowledge that one was being truly listened to was frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) . In about a quarter of the patients I saw, 63 improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy, before any of the 64 of problems had been uncovered or explained. There were several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s 65 that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
51. A. positive B. opposite C. same D. wrong
52. A. reluctant B. generous C. willing D. considerate
53. A. dependence B. influence C. decision D. concentration
54. A. setting aside B. getting over C. noting down D. sticking to
55. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. For instance
56. A. abandonment B. acceptance C. forgetfulness D. absorption
57. A. turn B. take C. make D. open
58. A. performed B. accomplished C. accompanied D. experienced
59. A. require B. produce C. lack D. motivate
60. A. hopefully B. selectively C. thoroughly D. objectively
61. A. desired B. unexpected C. required D. approved
62. A. hesitate B. decide C. refuse D. agree
63. A. imposing B. surprising C. fortunate D. instinct
64. A. roots B. reasons C. varieties D. features
65. A. purpose B. sense C. conclusion D. responsibility
Section B （24分）
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)
The year was 1993 and the Detroit Tigers were playing with the New York Yankees. When my son began dropping gentle hints that a game would take place at Tiger Stadium on Mother’s Day that year, I already knew who they were playing with! “Hey Mom, would you like to go to see the Tigers play with the Yankees?” My senior high son asked with a playful look. I just smiled.
There had been a lot of talk about a new stadium in place of the one that stood proudly on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit. As I sat in the seating section, I wondered how the old place could actually become a thing of the past. It was so alive; the stadium was full of watchers and the excitement with two good ball teams and the smell of popcorn.
The announcer recognized all Mothers and each one received a gift which I still have today. Don Mattingly was a favorite ball player of my son and he was one of many players that made up the team that beat the Tiger’s that May Day. While we drank our favourite soft drink, we watched the guy with the number 23 shirt hit a home run during the game. The fans went wild. The Yankees won 11 to 2.
Part of the excitement comes from a visit to the old ballpark. While the music played, everyone stood and sang Take Me to the Ballgame. It was part of the fun about a trip to the ballpark; and it didn’t matter who you were cheering for.
The last game played at Tiger Stadium was in 1999 against the Kansas City Royals. We had moved to South Carolina in 1997, but my son was working in Detroit. The old stadium is still standing; I guess they just didn’t have the heart to tear down a piece of history. What I didn’t realize at the time was that it would be the last game I would attend with my now grown son together.
66. What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. The writer was a fan of the ball game.
B. The ball game took place on the May Day.
C. Her son was one of the ball players.
D. The Detroit Tigers would lose the game.
67. What did the writer mainly want to tell us in the second paragraph?
A. People were all expecting a new stadium.
B. The old stadium was really too crowded.
C. More people were interested in the game.
D. The writer liked the old stadium very much.
68. According to the passage, Don Mattingly ______________.
A. was the best player in the Tigers
B. belonged to the Yankees
C. was the writer’s favorite ball player
D. wore the number 32 shirt in the game
69. What happened to the Tiger Stadium after the game in 1999?
A. It was torn down.
B. It was used for other purposes.
C. It was still used for the game.
D. The music was often played there.
(B)
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70. What made “I” finally think of getting a cell phone?
A. Being stuck by the highway.
B. Being urged by his grandkids.
C. Being persuaded by cell phone salespersons.
D. Being attracted by the friendly return policy.
71. On the monthly basis of 50 minutes, the Jitterbug weekly rate is about ______________.
A. $3.75
B. $ 4.99
C. $14.99
D. $19.99
72. Which of the following is true about Jitterbug?
A. It offers discount price with a free gift.
B. It offers good customer service all over the world.
C. It offers return policy within 3 months.
D. It offers affordable rate plans without a contract.
73. The main purpose of the passage is to ______________.
A. tell a customer’s story of Jitterbug
B. provide two ways to order Jitterbug
C. give a brief introduction of Jitterbug
D. attract potential customers to Jitterbug
(C)
Energy independence. It has a nice sense to it, doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.
“E nergy independence”and its rhetorical (修辞的) companion “energy security”are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely thought through. What is it we want independence from, exactly? Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that oil from elsewhere.
The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle (涓涓细流) of bio-fuel available, and more may become available, but most bio-fuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.
Second, Americans have basically decided that they don’t really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?
Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don’t read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling abut 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.
There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices. At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.
74. According to the passage, energy independence will make America ______________.
A. ensure international security
B. realize everyone’s dream
C. bring oil prices down
D. sound very attractive
75. In the author’s view, bio-fuels ____________.
A. keep America’s economy running quickly
B. do not provide a sustainable energy supply
C. prove to be a good alternative to petroleum
D. can be produced in large quantity in a short time
76. Why does America depend on oil imports a lot?
A. It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.
B. It wants to keep its own environment undamaged.
C. Its own oil reserves are quickly being used up.
D. Its own oil production falls short of demand.
77. The writer’s purpose in the passage is ____________.
A. to arouse American’s awareness of the energy crisis
B. to explain the increase of international oil trade
C. to justify American’s dependence on oil imports
D. to stress the importance of energy conservation
Section C （8分）
Directions:Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Much time and effort has been devoted to researching the mental health benefits of flexible work environments, but can the ability to leave work early to watch your son’s soccer game, or arrive at the office a bit later in the morning in order to see to some personal matters, have physical health benefits besides making you feel a bit relaxed?
According to new research published in the Cochrane Library Database of Systematic Reviews, it seems so. In a review of 10 previous studies examining the health effects of unfixed work conditions for more than 16,000 people, researchers from the U.K.. Durham University and University of Newcastle, as well as the University of Montreal, found that flexible work schedules, for instance, when employees can shift their starting times, were associated with improvements in a person’s overall health. In addition, perhaps, unsurprisingly, in all of the studies included in the review, researchers found no evidence for negative effects of more flexible work schedules.
This initial analysis was intended to throw light on the potential health benefits of flexible work options, which are increasingly popular throughout Scandinavia, and have recently gained some ground in the U.K. For example, last April, the British government implemented a policy that allowed parents of children aged six and under to request flexible work arrangements to include parents of children aged 16 and younger. In the U.S., the phenomenon is a bit slower to catch on. Yet, the economic slowdown of recent years may have contributed to growth in workplace flexibility—as companies unable to reward employees with bonuses or raises may turn to other forms of compensation, Reuters reported early last year.
Original analysis too, of course, indicated the benefits of flexible work environments toward positive mental health outcomes. And while these latest findings are promising, the researchers stress that more study is vital to understanding the detailed relationship between flexible work and improved health outcomes. To truly grasp the benefits of flexible working conditions, the researchers say, additional study analyzing health outcomes among a wide range of workers—from high-ranking executives to hourly employees –is critical, which helps to gain a deeper understanding of the issue, and to shape future workplace policy.
（Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.）
78. What did the new research published in the Cochrane Library Database of Systematic Reviews find?
________________________________________________________________________________.
79. According to the passage, ___________________________________________________________ is the
possible reason for less workplace flexibility in the United States.
80. According to the policy carried out by the British government, what kind of parents can request flexible work
arrangements?
________________________________________________________________________________.
81. Additional study analyzing health outcomes among a wide range of workers helps to
________________________________________________________________________________.
第Ⅱ卷（47分）
I. Translation （22分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 我给他发了一封电子邮件，祝贺他升职。

(congratulate)
2. 年轻人必须与时俱进，这样才不至于落后。

(pace)
3. 你应该一诺千金,否则你会被当作是不可靠的人。

(promise n.)
4. 我万万没想到对电脑知识一窍不通的奶奶如今也迷上了网购。

(occur)
5. 昨晚我忙于撰写一份择业报告以至于误了与朋友的约会，这使我朋友大失所望。

(So)
II. Guided writing （25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese.
教室的一角空着，现在征求学生意见，是布置成绿化角（Green Corner）还是学习角（Study Corner）。

请你做出选择，或对教室的一角做其它的布置，提出你自己的创意，并说明理由。

参考答案
2015.1 I. Listening
1---------10 CBCA A BDDBB 11-----13 CDB 14---16. ACD
17. handle 18. 6:30 19. enjoyable 20. relaxes
21. design (his/their) office 22. mending system
23. within three weeks 24. 0734 21653
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
25. (had) owned 26. everything 27. when /as 28. pouring 29. what 30. could
31. as long as / as soon as 32. with
33. a 34. was not published 35. lower 36. persuaded 37. painting 38. neither
39. to apply 40. where
41-----50 IBEFC DGKJA
III. Reading Comprehension
51-----65 BCDAB BDBCB ACBAB
66-----69ADBB
70-----73 AADD
74----77 DBBC
78. Flexible work schedules benefit a person’s overall health./Flexible work schedules have physical health
benefits.
79. the economic slowdown
80. Parents of children aged 16 and younger/under
81. better understand the issue and shape future workplace policy
Translation
1. I sent him an email / I sent an e-mail to him, congratulating him on his promotion.
2. The young must keep pace with the times so as not to fall behind.
3. You must keep your promise, or/otherwise you will be regarded as an unreliable person.
4. It has never occurred to me that Grandma who knows nothing about computer/who has no computer
knowledge is also fascinated with online shopping these days.
5. So busy was I writing a report on how to choose one’s career that I missed the appointment with my friend, which made him/her very disappointed/which let him/her down/which greatly disappointed him/her.
听力材料
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A 15%
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. W: It’s ten thirty now. Oliver, you’d better go to bed.
M: Oh, Mom, let me stay up another half hour, Ok? The basketball match will be finished in 20 minutes.
Question: When will Oliver go to bed?
2. W: Mr. Green, the blood test shows that your liver is not in good condition.
M: Is there anything I can do about it, say, give up drinking beer?
Question: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
3. M: Do you have plans for the weekend?
W: Yes. I’ll attend a party on Friday evening. Then, on Saturday I’m going to the museum with Jane. There is a new exhibition of Indian art.
Question: Where will the woman go on Saturday?
4. M: My wife found a gold ring in our garden after the party. Do you think it might be yours?
W: It couldn’t be. Thanks. I wore a silver one last night.
Question: What does the woman mean?
5. M: I heard Sally wants to apply for the job, but I’m afraid she’s not really qualified.
W: That’s a pity. She seems so bright. Why not train her?
Question: What does the woman mean?
6. W: You play the violin very well.
M: Thank you. I’m just an ordinary amateur and I play it for pleasure.
Question: What are they talking about?
7. M: Every time I call the number, I get a busy signal.
W: Wait an hour and try again.
Question: What does the woman suggest the man do?
8. M: Would you mind if I open the window? We need some fresh air.
W: We also need to keep it quiet in here.
Question: What does the woman mean?
9. M: Another rejection letter! Maybe I will never get a good job.
W: Oh, no! (读出表示同情的语气)
Question: How does the woman feel about the man’s remark?
10. W: I thought you were going to drive carefully so you wouldn’t get a traffic ticket.
M: I was, but it didn’t work out that way.
Question: What can we learn about the man?
Section B （12分）
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.。