杨浦区高三英语一模考答案

杨浦区2013学年度第一学期高三年级学业质量调研

英语答案2014. 1 I. Listening Comprehension

Section A Short conversations

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: How much are the red roses?

W: $30 a dozen, but I can give you a 10% discount. They’re on sale today.

Q: How much should the man pay for a dozen red roses? (C)

2. W: Sir, please take me to Beijing Hotel quickly, or I’ll be late for an appointment.

M: I’ll try, but you know the traffic in Beijing. It will take at least forty minutes in rush hours.

Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? (D)

3. W: Tom, you look awful today. What’s wrong with you?

M: I haven’t taken any exam for years after graduation, so I feel a little nervous for the coming exams.

Q: What do we know about Tom? (A)

4.M: Miss, can you give me change for a dollar so that I can make a phone call at

the call box?

W: Sorry, sir. I’m not allowed to give change without a purchase. But you’ll find a change machine in front of the jewelry store.

Q: Where does the woman suggest the man get change? (D)

5. M: I’m going to drop my Information Science class. It begins too early in the

morning.

W: Is that really a good reason to drop the class, Tony?

Q: What does the woman mean? (B)

6. W: Sir, may I help you?

M: Yes, did the cleaning staff find a wallet in the room that I just checked out of?

Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? (C)

7. W: Your coat is all wet. Is it raining heavily outside?

M: Yes. I should have listened to the weatherman. But the sunny and windy weather in the morning deceived me.

Q: What did the weatherman say about the weather in the afternoon? (D)

8. M: How are you getting on with your experiment?

W: In spite of my continuous failure, I have already made some progress.

Q: What can we learn about the woman’s experiment? (C)

9. W: Is the person in the black shirt your boss, Tom?

M: No, my boss is on business now. But if I didn’t know my boss was the only

child in his family, I would have thought that man was his twin brother.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation? (D)

10. W: Professor Newman, a few of us at the back didn’t get a copy of your reading

assignment.

M: Well, there’re only 38 names on my class list. And I didn’t bring any spare copies.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation? (A)

Section B Passages

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.

Teachers might want to think twice about posting ―no gum-chewing‖ signs in the classroom. It turns out that the sticky substance might help students concentrate.

Researchers had two groups of 20 people each listen to a 30-minute recording that included a sequence of numbers. After listening, the participants were asked to remember the sequence. But only one group chewed gum –and they had higher accuracy rates and faster reaction times than the non-gum chewers. Those chewing gum also maintained focus longer during the exercise.

The researchers say that gum increases the flow of oxygen to regions of the brain responsible for attention. More oxygen can keep people alert. Research also shows that you won’t get the same effect by just pretending to chew gum.

So the next time your mind is wandering in class, maybe try some gum. If it doesn’t help you concentrate, you’ll at least be asked to leave.

(Now listen again)

Questions:

11.What’s the passage mainly about? (A)

12.What are participants asked to do after listening to the recording? (B)

13.How can people improve attention and focus? (D)

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

United States (Ohio) - Firefighters battled more than a house fire Wednesday as Mother Nature blew in snow and temperatures in the low 20s. A neighbor called the Geneva Fire Department at 12:59 p.m., reporting seeing the garage on fire at 6619 N. Ridge W., Fire Chief Doug Starkey said.

Upon arrival, firefighters found a fully involved garage fire and flames and smoke coming out of the second floor of the house.

―The roof of the house was burning off,‖ he said.

No one was injured.