上海市虹口区2014年中考二模英语试卷有答案

上海2014年中考英语真题答案及解析

2014年上海市中考英语真题解析综述：改革后的第一次中考在雨中结束了，总体而言大家还是感觉试卷是平稳过渡的，而且经历了一模二模甚至三模的锻炼，同学们也基本没有表现出对题目变化的不适应。

应该讲，今年的试卷还是严格依照了市教委教育考试院的考试要求和改革方向，难度是有升有降，总体平稳。

至于同学们会有什么样的分数还要到成绩公布之后才可见分晓。

以下我们分大题来进行探讨，并试探性提出以后的备考建议。

Part I Listening (第一部分听力)真题回放：I Listening Comprehension (听力理解) （共30分）A. Listen and choose the right picture. (根据你所听到的内容选择相应的图片)（6分）1. ______2. _______3. _________4. _______5. ________6. _________B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.(根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)（8分）7. A) Chemistry B) HistoryC) English D) Maths8. A) A hamburger B) A fruit saladC) A hot-dog D) A sandwich9. A) Tired B) SurprisedC) Excited D) Frightened10. A) Watch TV B) Play footballC) Go to the cinema D) Read a book11. A) Fifteen minutes’ walkB) Fifteen minutes’ bus rideC) Fifty minutes’ walkD) Fifty minutes’ bus ride12. A) Thursday B) FridayC) Saturday D) Sunday13. A) Trips B) ComputersC) Parents D) Jobs14. A) At the beach B) At the airportC) In the theatre D) In the hotelC. Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False(F) (判断句子是否符合你听到短文内容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)(6分)15. My aunt and uncle sent me a bottle of honey as a birthday present last year.16. The smell of my hair attracted lots of bees when I were outside.17. I jumped into my neighbour’s swimming pool to stay away from the bees.18. When I climbed out of the pool, the bees were still flying around.19. My aunt and uncle wrote me a letter to apologize to me.20. This is a story about my unforgettable birthday present.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences. (听短文，完成下列内容，每空限填一词)（10分）21. Dan Carter lives in London and works as _________ _________ there.22. Dan and I stay in touch _______ ________ and sometimes we call each other.23. When I ___________ __________ when I need to talk to somebody, I can always call Dan.24. Dan is always ___________ __________ everything and he never says sorry.25. One day, we a rranged to meet _________ __________ to play football, but Dan didn’t comeon time.评析：本次听力考试的题型变化比较明显，尤其是最后一大题变为了5句话听出10个单词，对学生的记忆和应变能力提出了更高的要求。

2014上海虹口区高考英语二模试题(附答案)2014上海虹口区高考英语二模试题(附答案)

虹口区2014年英语学科高考练习题2014.4 考生注意:1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。

试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（第1—10页）和第Ⅱ卷（第11页），全卷共11页。

第I卷第1-16小题、第41-77小题为选择题，答题必须涂在答题纸上，第I卷第17-40小题、第78-81小题和第II卷的答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

第I 卷(共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：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. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor.2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10.3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested.4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a train. D. Have a meeting.5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking.C. He disagrees with Jack.D. He believes that Jack will quit his job.6. A. There won’t be enough cups left. B. They’ve got plenty of cups.C. They’re buying what they need.D. They’ve got enough food for the picnic.7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship.C. Jerry isn’t interested in the scholarship.D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry.8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam.C. He used to be a top student.D. He answered only 10% of the questions.9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad.C. He wrote to his family last month.D. He is anxious to go back home.10. A. He’s afraid to take exams.B. He only took the fourth exam.C. H e isn’t the only one who was graded.D. He didn’t get the highest score on one exam.Section BDirections: 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. Because they usually use their fingers to eat meat.B. Because they can use chopsticks to eat any kind of food except soup.C. Because they can even eat soup with chopsticks.D. Because they are afraid to cut themselves with knives.12. A. Because they cook everything in one whole piece.B. Because they don’t like to use chopsticks.C. Because they need to use knives and forks to cut up meat.D. Because they usually cook meat in small pieces.13. A. The obvious difference in the ways Chinese and Americans eat food.B. Food cultures in China and in the U.S.C. Comparison between chopsticks, knives and forks.D. The ways of using chopsticks, knives and forks.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because he thought he knew the man.B. Because he wanted to have a look at the newspaper.C. Because the man was reading the article he had written.D. Because the man was reading the newspaper he had edited.15. A. To buy the newspaper.B. To recognize him as the writer.C. To read deeply into the article.D. To turn to the page where the story was continued.16. A. The man was reading. B. The man was talking.C. The man was smiling.D. The man was sleeping.Section CDirections: 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.What can be the best ways of gaining experience? 22 .Why does the woman raise a dog? Helping to 23 of her work. How does the woman deal with the difficult people? Try to be 24 .II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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)One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25 parents do not always accept your adulthood. I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26 your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28 (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley campus to visit my friend Sara, without any argument from my mother. 29 when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Sara’s dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30 (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several months. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31 paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy are still holding the purse strings, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes it is best to sit back, shut up, and do32 they ask.(B)A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply —all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else 33 (need) to start the industrial process. That “something special” was men —creative individuals 34 could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35 (conduct) his research accurately. He is not necessarily working36 ______ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive 37 (solve) a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38 specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.Many of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not 39 (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science 40 not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.Section BDirections: 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. adaptB. nativesC. identitiesD. cost-savingE. alertF. insteadG. establishedH. practicallyI. routeJ. enrolledK. significantOfficials at Boston Co llege have made what may be a critical decision: they’ve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College won’t be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmith@bc. edu will simply forward mail to the student’s already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing（外包）their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didn’t have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? It’s 46 unheard of. Today’s students are digital47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesn’t make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. We’re sure the students like it, too.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: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.Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps51 relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharper working 52 . A 2008 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to53 the mid-afternoon sleepiness.According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people 54 new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most 55 , a 2007 study of nearly 24,000 Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who napped 56 had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didn’t nap.Of course, napping isn’t57 for everyone. If you’re suffering from inability to sleep, naps that are too long or taken too late in the day can 58 with your ability to fall or stay asleep at night.But for most, naps can make you feel sharper and happier. Naps provide different benefits59 on how long they are. A 20-minute nap will boost alertness and concentration; a 90-minute snooze（小睡）can 60 creativity.According to , you 61 a natural dip in body temperature between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. A short nap at this time can boost alertness for several hours and, for most people, shouldn’t 62 being able to fall asleep at night.Pick a dark, cozy place that’s not too warm or to o chilly. 63 napping on the couch instead of in bed, so you’re less64 to snooze for too long.Surprisingly, the best place to take a nap may be a hammock（吊床）if you have one. A Swiss study 65 last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that puts babies to sleep works wonders for grown-ups, too.51. A. relieve B. promote C. operate D. support52. A. feeling B. frame C. sense D. mind53. A. cope with B. put aside C. talk about D. carry upon54. A. remark B. consider C. remember D. concern55. A. reportedly B. unbelievably C. constantly D. frankly56. A. regularly B. enormously C. heavily D. strongly57. A. exact B. correct C. right D. accurate58. A. connect B. deal C. compete D. interfere59. A. focusing B. depending C. relying D. basing60. A. enlarge B. engage C. enhance D. enroll61. A. explore B. experience C. exercise D. implement62. A. produce B. handle C. affect D. urge63. A. postpones B. discourages C. acknowledges D. recommends64. A. obliged B. tempted C. adopted D. attracted65. A. pronounced B. published C. discovered D. cultivated Section BDirections: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)Like many other small boys, I was fascinated by cars, especially because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend. Every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the “Car of the Future”. They featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do. It goes, it stops, it burns gasoline.I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I don’t steer it carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things.Airbags aren’t the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still needsome development. But they aren’t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.Better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (与前车距离过近). Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a drive r’s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control systems. If the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle（油门）.Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves?66. The author was fascinated by cars because ________.A. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, tooB. he read untraditional things about cars in hi s brother’s magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his carD. he often booked cool car magazines himself67. By saying “my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do”, theauthor means that ________.A. my car is far better than my brother’sB. my car is not as good as my brother’sC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recentlyD. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far68. Which of the following statements is true of airbags?A. They are going to disappear gradually.B. They are in need of further improvement.C. They are a standard feature of European cars.D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes.69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the driver’ssystem?A. They will not start.B. They will ease up on the throttle.C. They will brake automatically.D. They will give a warning in advance.(B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.70. You work from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and the International House.B. Global English Center and Modem Language School.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. The 21st Century and the International House.71. The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that ________.A. its teaching quality is betterB. it requires an entrance examinationC. its courses are more advancedD. it is nearest to the city center72. You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it ________.A. offers sightseeing and social activities at low pricesB. costs less than the other schoolsC. has a special course in spoken EnglishD. has native English teachers73. If you take the four-month evening program at the International House, you will pay about________.A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 960 yuan(C)Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over (绊倒) themselves in their eagerness to sign cooperative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other: the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain, the other by trying to break into a market which isn’t big enough to sustain (忍受) it.Technology transfer works in a growing market, where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales, their sales must come from substitution, not expansion.Given the complexity of today’s airliners, it is unlikely that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term, such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant: most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.In the short term, it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air–frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such as China, Taiwan or Korea, while retaining the design, development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not notice the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills (like computing) at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metal bashing (猛击).The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner.74. The author’s attitude towards Western/Eastern cooperation can be described as ________.A. positiveB. progressiveC. conservativeD. negative75. “The airliner market is not such a device” means that the airliner market ________.A. does not encourage technology transferB. is too limited to offer chances of successC. requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devicesD. is full of competitions for new entrants76. According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should ________.A. try to benefit from both financial and technical resourcesB. break up his partnership with the East once profits are madeC. keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airlinersD. cooperate with Asian partners for a short time77. The word “base” in the last paragraph represents ________.A. a place for aircraft productionB. the operation of aircraftC. a research instituteD. a position where to build officeSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.“There is a senseless concept that children grow up and leave home when they are 18, and the truth is far from that,” says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents.Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings attached. Besides, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moralsupport. Her mother agreed, “It is ridiculous for the kids to pa y all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times —and left three times. “What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,” she explains. “He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away to meet them at friends’ houses.”It is really hard to say how long adult children should live with their parents before moving on. Nevertheless, it is commonly recognized that lengthy homecomings are a mistake and they accidentally destroy the advantage of brief visits that will strengthen the relationship between parents and children. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.” And aging paren ts, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a stress for them.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. What’s the most important reason for young adults’ returning to the nest?79. Knighton enjoys living at home due to ________.80. What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turco’s unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is ________ that benefit(s) both adult children and theirparents to avoid lengthy homecomings.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

上海市各区2014-2015年初三英语二模试题分类汇编：回答问题-老师版(带答案已经校对)

D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）I’ve got an important job to do. I’m really nervous about it. It’s a big responsibility. I’m in Grandad’s garden, sitting outside his pigeon loft (鸽房). I’m waiting for Goldie to come home.Goldie’s proper name is Goldeneye. She’s Grandad’s champion (冠军) racing pigeon. She’s famous as she’s won lots of cups. This morning she had a race - flew two, hundred miles away with lots of other pigeons. And now she’s racing back home.“Come on, Goldie. Come on Goldie!” That’s me, calling Golden eye back home. But I can’t see her yet.I really want Goldie to win this race. I want to give Grandad the good news when I see him tonight in hospital. My eyes search the blue sky. Still no sign of Goldie.“Calm down, Danny!”I tell myself. That's what Grandad would have said: “Calm down, Danny!”But it’s hard to be calm. This job is very important. I’ll tell you why.Before a race they put a rubber ring on every pigeon’s leg. When Goldie comes back, I’ve got to catch her, as soon as she lands. I’ve got to take her ring off, as fast as I can, and put it in a little metal tube. I’ve got to put that tube in Grandad’s special timing clock. That records the time that Goldie finished the race.But I’ll have to move like lightning. I can’t waste a second. I’ve got to get that ring into that clock as quickly as I can!So that’s why I’m nervous, waiting for Goldie. I’m getting more nervous every minute, because Goldie should be here by now. But the sky is blue and empty.“Calm down, son,” I tell myself. “Goldie always comes back.” But where is she? What am I going to tell Grandad?I wait until it’s nearly dark. I give up! Then I lock the other pigeons in the loft. I’ve got to see Grandad tonight at the hospital. What am I going to tell him?88. Where is Danny waiting for Goldie?He is waiting _____________________________________________________________. 89. What race did Goldie have that morning?________________________________________________________________________.90. What good news does Danny want to tell Grandad?________________________________________________________________________. 91. Why does Danny think his job is very important?________________________________________________________________________. 92. When does Danny give up waiting for Goldie to come home?________________________________________________________________________. 93. What do you think Danny is going to tell Grandad? Why?________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. (for Goldie) in Grandad’s garden/outside89. It had a two-hundred-mile race.90. Goldie wins the race.91. Because his job is to record the time that Goldie finished the race.92. When it’s nearly dark./He doesn’t give up until it's nearly d ark.93. He is going to tell Grandad a white lie because he wants to make Grandad happy.(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)Two【2015届上海市黄浦区初三英语二模试题】D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): (12分)If your home is like most others, you've probably got a recycling (回收) bin in your kitchen. Good for you. That’s the first step to recycling. But there are other things that both parents and kids can do to make recycling work better.First, what kinds of rubbish bins are in the other rooms of your house? What about in your bedroom? You’ve probably just got one rubbish bin where everything goes. But it’s a good idea to place a special bin for recycling paper. Then when it goes full, you can empty it into a larger recycling bin in the kitchen. You can also put a small recycling bin in the bathroom for any useless paper there.Before you throw an item into the recycling bin, stop and think if you can use that item again. Take plastic items with yogurt, for example. After eating what’s in them, you can clean them and store them in a cupboard, and later you can use them for storing another food item. You can do thesame with the glass jars, too. You can also share your recycling advice with your neighbours.If you decide to put an item in the recycling bin, it’s very important to follow this method. If it has food or drink m it, you must clean it before you put it in the recycling bin. It can’t be recycled with food still in it. You should place the item under the running water for a few seconds to clean it. This saves time for the workers in the recycling center. Then they can use their time doing more important work.The last thing to remember is - don’t give up! Recycling is a whole life task and you mustn’t just do recycling for a month and then return to your old habits. You can also continue to find other ways to recycle. So make recycling your new habit, and get others involved as well!88. Is it good for you to have a recycling bin in your kitchen?___________________________________________________________________________.89. Where can you put a small recycling bin for any useless paper?___________________________________________________________________________.90. What should you do before you throw an item into the recycling bin?___________________________________________________________________________.91. Why must you clean the item before you put it in the recycling bin?___________________________________________________________________________.92. How long shall we have the habit of recycling?___________________________________________________________________________.93. What is the passage mainly about?It__________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. Yes, it is.89. I can put a small recycling bin for useless paper in the bathroom.90. I should stop and think if I can use that item again.91. Because items with food or drink can’t be recycled, and this also saves time for the workers in the recycling centre.92. A whole life.93. The passage is mainly about how to make recycling work better.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）: (12分)A Chinese cartoon company on Thursday launches (发起) a comic design competition in South Korea for collecting a cartoon character “Spring Wawa”, which means “a doll of the Spring Festival” in Chinese, to represent culture of China’s Lunar New Year.South Korea is the first stop of the competition held by Shenjie Cartoon Comic Corporation. The competition opens to cartoonists all over the world to select a unique comic character for the Spring Festival.“Santa Claus has spread western culture around the world and developed the economy of Christmas, which inspires me to create our own ‘Spring Wawa’to spread China’s traditional festival culture overseas and stimulate related economy,”said the manager of Shenjie Cartoon Comic Corporation.Impressed by the rapid development of South Korea’s cartoon industry in recent years, the manager decided to come to Seoul to look for new creative ideas from cartoonists here, and thus add “more modern elements and beauty” into the design of “Spring Wawa”.“A new story of China’s Spring Festival will be told by the new ‘Spring Wawa’. This competition will also create new opportunities for exchanges and cooperation between China and South Korea’s culture and creative industry.”This competition will last for almost a year for collecting comic design works among artists from home and abroad. The winner of the Highest Golden Award will get around 48,900 U.S. dollars.The other stops of this competition include dozens of countries and districts around the world, among them are Thailand, Argentina, the United States and France.88. Does a Chinese cartoon company launch a comic design competition on Wednesday?__________________________________________________________________________.89. Which country is the first stop of the competition?__________________________________________________________________________.90. Why does the competition open to cartoonists worldwide?__________________________________________________________________________.91. What will the new “Spring Wawa” tell us?__________________________________________________________________________.92. How long will the competition last?__________________________________________________________________________.93. What do you think of such a competition? Why? (Give at least two reasons.)__________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. No, it doesn't./No.89. South Korea.90. (Because it wants) to select a unique comic character for the Spring Festival.91. ( It Will tell us ) a new story of China's Spring Festival.92. It will last (for) almost a year. l (For) almost a year.93. meaningfu l/good/wonderful...it can (help) spread China’s traditional festival culture overseas and stimulate related economy./ it will create new opportunities for exchanges and cooperation between China and South Korea's culture and creative industry. (Any reasonable answer is OK.)D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）: (12分)Dear Friend,I want to tell you about Yuri. Yuri is a young brown bear. He was born in winter and like all bear cubs, he was blind and he had no teeth. His mother was sleeping in her den(兽穴), deep inside the Russian forest. Outside, it was very cold and everything was covered by thick snow. Inside the den with his mother, however, Yuri felt safe and warm.Then, when Yuri was only a few weeks old, some hunters came. Dogs were sent into the den. Yuri’s mother was woken up by the dogs. She tried to protect her cub, but when she climbed out of the den, she was shot by the hunters.Every year, between 3,000 and 4,000 brown bears are hunted and killed like this. There are only 110,000 brown bears in Russia today and they almost disappear in other European countries. Their meat and fur are sold for thousands of dollars, so people will continue to hunt them. The cubs are usually just left to die. Without their mothers they can’t survive.Yuri, however, was lucky. He was found by one of the hunters and he was taken to The Russian Bear Orphanage, 350 kilometers northwest of Moscow. The orphanage is run byProfessor Valentin Pazhetnov. Here, Yuri will be looked after. He and other orphan bears will be fed and taught how to survive. When they are old enough, they will be taken to a nature reserve in Bryansk, where they will be protected. Professor Pazhetnov hopes that in the future some bears will be released in other European countries where they are now extinct.So far, over a hundred bear cubs have been saved by the orphanage. Seventy bears have been returned to the forest. We want to save more. That’s why I’m writing to you now. Money is needed for food, transport and for people to look after the baby bears. Yuri and his friends need your help. Please send a donation (捐赠) today. Together we can save the orphan bears.Thank you.Yours sincerely,Fred 88. What was Yuri like when he was born?___________________________________________________________________________.89. What happened to Yuri’s mother when he was only a few weeks old?___________________________________________________________________________.90. The brown bears have disappeared in Europe now, haven’t they?___________________________________________________________________________.91. Where will the orphan bears be sent when they are old enough?___________________________________________________________________________.92. Why did Fred write to his friend?___________________________________________________________________________.93. If you are Fred’s friend, what will you do? Why?___________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. He was blind and he had no teeth.89. She was shot by the hunters.90. No, they haven’t.91. (They will be sent ) to a nature reserve in Bryansk.92. Because he wanted his friends to help save more bears./Because money is needed for food, transport and for people to look after the baby bears./Because he wanted his friends to send a donation.93. (Any reasonable answer is OK)D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）A nine-year-old boy with a keen eye for both fashion and business is taking the bakery world by storm.Cory Nieves, from New Jersey, who uses the business name “Mr. Cory”, not only wears tailored suits and silk ties from trendy grown-up stores, but he's also the CEO of his very own cookie company called Mr. Cory's Cookies.On his website, which has 3,000 fans, Cory shows his perfect fashion sense. In one photo, he stands in front of his cookie stand in white shorts and a dark jacket, wearing fashionable glasses and a stack of bracelets (手镯) to look more attractive.Cory wrote on his website that he first came up with the idea to start a business when he and his mother moved to New Jersey for New York City in 2009 and he decided to help mom buy a car. The he began selling hot cocoa drinks in front of his home and finally he has developed it into the cookie business.Not only has he developed a fan base fro his delicious cookies, but he has also won over fans who like his fashion sense.In the comment section on his page, fans have expressed their love, with one person writing, “This kid as really smart.”The project may have begun as a way to buy his mom a car, but Cory says he now has even higher hopes. “I’m going to do it to earn money for college and for learning how to run a business,” he told.Besides being the CEO of his cookies company, Cory is also an actor an model.88. What is the name of Cory Nieves’s cookies company?___________________________________________________________________________.89. How many people show interest in Cory on his website page?___________________________________________________________________________.90. Why did Cory have the idea to start business after he moved to New York?___________________________________________________________________________.91. What actually helps Cory win over so many fans, his delicious cookies or his fashion sense? ___________________________________________________________________________.92. How is Cory probably going to use the money he earns?___________________________________________________________________________.93. What kind of boy do you think Cory is after reading the passage? And why do you have that kind of impression?I think ______________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. Mr. Cory’s Cookies.89. 3000.90. Because he wanted/decided to help mom buy a car.91. Both./Both do.92. He is going to use the money for college and for learning how to run a business./He is going to use the money to pay for college and to learn how to run a business.93. (Possible answer)I think he is a smart kid because he has a keen eye for both fashion and business./I think he is a boy with a clear goal because he started the business to help mom buy a car and he has planned to use the money for his future. He knows what he wants and he works for it.D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）Back in her room, Miss Polly opened the letter from a far away town in the west and read itMiss Polly sat with the letter in her hand and thought of her sister Jennie, the girl’s mother. When Jennie was twenty, a rich older man from the town wanted to marry her. But she was not interested in him or his money. She wanted to marry young John Whittier for love. Her parents weren’t happy about it, but she didn’t listen to th em. She married, left home, and went west with her new husband.Miss Polly remembered it well. Of course Jennie wrote for a time. Her letters told them about her little girl. Jennie gave her the name Pollyanna after her two sisters, Polly and Anna. Some years later, a letter came for them from a small town in the west. It was from John Whittier, and brought sad news: Jennie was dead.Miss Polly thought about the past twenty-five years. She was forty years old. Her father, mother and sisters were all dead. T he big family house, and all her father’s money, were now in her name. Some people said to her, “Why don’t you live with a friend?” But she didn’t want a friend in the house. She liked living alone and living quietly. And now……88. Did Miss Polly get a letter from a far away town in the west?_________ ,__________________________________________________________________.89. How old was Pollyanna when her father died?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How will Pollyanna come to Miss Polly according to the letter?____________________________________________________________________________.91. Why didn’t Jennie want to marry the rich older man?____________________________________________________________________________.92. Who did Miss Polly live with when she received the letter?____________________________________________________________________________.93. What do you think will happen next? In your opinion, what kind of life will Pollyanna lives? Why?____________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. Yes, she did.89. She was eleven years old.90. By train91. Because she was not interested in him or his money. She wanted to marry young John Whittier for love.92. She lived alone.93. Pollyanna will be taken to Miss Polly. I think Maybe Pollyanna will not live a happy life because Miss Polly likes living alone and living quietly.D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his holy(圣书)book. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the holy book just like you but I don’t understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?”The grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take, this coal basket down to the river and bring back a basket of water.”The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home, Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead. The old man said, “I don’t want a bucket of water, I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough,” and Grandpa went out of the door to watch the boy if he would do. The boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather, the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, “See Grandpa, it’s useless.”“So you think it is useless.” The old man said, “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been changed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and outside.So, that's what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and outside.88. Where did the old grandpa live with his young grandson?____________________________________________________________________________.89. Did the young grandson understand the holy book?____________________________________________________________________________.90. What did the old grandpa ask the young grandson to do?____________________________________________________________________________.91. How many times in all did the young grandson go for a basket of water?____________________________________________________________________________.92. What had happened to the basket at last?____________________________________________________________________________.93. What do you think of the-story? What do you learn from the story?____________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88 on a farm in the mountains.89 No, he didn’t.90 Take this coal basket down to the river and bring back a basket of water.91 Three times.92 It became clean, inside and outside.93 It is meaningful. (any reasonable answer is right.)D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）Jimmy James became famous when he was only 16. His rock group Jumping James were playing in a small club in Liverpool when a famous singer heard them play. He told his record company about them and soon they were in a studio recording their first record, Sun on the Water. It was a big surprise and success as well and went to Number One in the charts (图表) all over the world. Jumping James appeared on Top of the Pops and on many other TV shows. Soon they were playing at the Albert Hall in London, at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Opera House inSydney. Jimmy's face was on magazine covers all over the world.By the time he was 20, Jimmy was extremely rich. He owned houses in London, Hollywood, Switzerland and Hawaii, he drove a Rolls Royce and a number of sports cars. He threw away his suits after wearing them only once. Jimmy left Jumping James and made records by himself. His life was rich and busy but soon he got bored. He started to drink a lot of whisky. He became lazy and often did not turn up for concerts. His records still made a Iot of money but he was now spending almost everything he earned. He bought a yacht (游艇) and a big house in France, he bought cars and paid for huge parties all over the world.Then he began to make worse and worse records and to sing and play the guitar badly. Theatres cancelled his concerts, fans stopped buying his records, and his friends left him. Now he is back in Liverpool living in a very small house with his brother John. He has no money, no job, no friends and no future. He is not famous any more. But he has stopped drinking. He is happier now and soon he plans to try to play his guitar again. He will play for pleasure and make enough money to live quite well. But this time he will not play for fame(名声).88. Who introduced the rock group Jumping James to a record company?____________________________________________________________________________.89. What information can you get from “Jimmy’s face...the world” in the first p aragraph?____________________________________________________________________________.90. Where were Jimmy's houses by the time he was at the age of 20?____________________________________________________________________________.91. Why did Jimmy become lazy and start to drink a lot of whisky?____________________________________________________________________________.92. The theatres weren't satisfied with Jimmy's bad playing were they?____________________________________________________________________________.93. What did Jimmy think of “fame”at the end of the story? Do you agree with his view on “fame”? Why or Why not?____________________________________________________________________________. Keys: 88. A famous singer.89. Jimmy became popular/famous/…. / He succeeded. / He was successful. / …90. In London, Hollywood, Switzerland and Hawaii.91. Because he got bored. / Because was tired of rich and busy life./ Because he wasn’t pleased/satisfied with his rich and busy life.92. No, they weren’t.93. It was nothing important. / He neglected it. / He thought it was not important./Pleasure is more important than fame. / Fame is less important than pleasure./Living happily is more important than fame. / …Yes, because an ordinary and peaceful life is more important./ …No, because we need to be happ y without being too bored. / …D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）One day a police officer managed to get some fresh mushrooms. He was so pleased with what he had bought that he offered to share the mushrooms with his fellow officers. When their breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.One officer looked at the mushrooms carefully and then suggested, “They look nice, but I heard that some mushrooms might be poisonous (有毒的). Let’s get Jimmy to examine a piece for us.” Jimmy was the dog they kept. They brought it in, and fed it one piece of mushroom. The dog quickly ate it, and seemed to enjoy his mushroom. Fifteen minutes later, Jimmy was still alive and kicking without showing any discomfort. The officers were relieved (放心的) and began to eat their meal, saying that the mushrooms had a very strange but quite pleasant taste.However, an hour later, the gardener rushed into the room and reported in a sad voice that the dog was dead. The officers were astonished and their faces turned white out of fear. Immediately, they jumped into their cars and rushed to the nearest hospital. The doctors and nurses used pumps (吸物器) to help them get rid of the mushrooms that remained in their stomachs. Everyone had a hard time.When they returned to the police station, they sat down and started to discuss the mushroom poisoning. Each man explained the pains he had felt and they agreed that it had grown worse on their way to the hospital. “The poor dog must have died a painful death,” said one officer. “Let’s ask the gardener how it died.”So they called the gardener in and asked him more details about Jimmy’s death. The gardener sighed and said, “Jimmy was a good dog. It is said that a car hit him in the middle of the road. But I guess it didn't suffer much. It died the moment it was hit.”88. What did the police officer want to do with the fresh mushrooms?___________________________________________________________________________.89. Why did the officers get Jimmy to eat the mushrooms first?___________________________________________________________________________.90. When did the officers begin to eat the mushrooms?___________________________________________________________________________.91. Why did the officers rush to the nearest hospital?___________________________________________________________________________.92. How did the officers feel on their way to the hospital?___________________________________________________________________________.93. What have you learned from this story?___________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. He wanted to share the mushrooms with his fellow officers.89. Because they were afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous.90. Fifteen minutes after the dog had eaten the mushroom./ When they saw the dog was still alive fifteen minutes after it had eaten the mushroom.91. Because they knew the dog was dead./ they thought the mushrooms were poisonous./ they wanted to get rid of the mushrooms that remained in their stomachs.92. They felt the pain had grown worse (on the way to the hospital)./ They felt terrible on...93. I have learned from this story that we shouldn't take something for granted before we find out the truth./ We should be very careful in doing everything.(Any reasonable answers will be accepted)D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）It began with one red paper clip(回形针) and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian, got a three-bedroomed house through 14 trades(交换).Seeing Kyle’s successful experience, now more and more young people around the world are starting their own trading activities. They set up websites where people can trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerfix allows people to trade their used DVDs. These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, which means they don't have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery.Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end. After several trades she now has a piano which is worth more than 10,000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go.You may wonder why people are so interested in those trading activities. If you ask Kyle, he will say, “To a man dying of thirst(干渴) in the desert, a glass of water is surely more useful than one million dollars, isn't it?”Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are popular among young people.88. Did Kyle start his trade with a house?____________________________________________________________________________.89. Where does Kyle come from?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How do young people start their trading activities?____________________________________________________________________________.91. Why do some traders like face-to-face trading?____________________________________________________________________________.92. What has the girl in Beijing got after several trades?____________________________________________________________________________.93. According to Kyle's words, why are these trades popular among young people ?____________________________________________________________________________.。

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I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

(as…as)2. 一到机场，玛丽就发现把护照忘在家里了。

(Hardly)3. 正是他对我们表现的评价，表明我们已经步入正轨了。

(track)4. 我没想到那个曾经受到高度赞扬的钢琴家结果却令观众大失所望。

(turn out)5. 如果不能独立找出提高学习效率的方法，你就很难取得令人满意的成绩。

(unless)Keys:1. Their suggestion sounds as feasible as ours.2. Hardly had Mary got to the airport when she found/noticed that she had left the passport at home.3. It was their comment on our performance that showed we had already been on the right track.4. I never thought that the pianist who had once been highly praised/spoken highly of turned out to be a great disappointment to the audience.5. It is very difficult for you to gain satisfactory achievements unless you find out the method of improving the learning efficiency by yourself / on your own.I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 这位医生已经说服了很多人戒烟。

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虹口区高三英语二模卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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)One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25.______parents do not always accept your adulthood. I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26._____your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27.______I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28.______ (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley campus to visit my friend Sara, without any argument from my mother. 29_______ when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Sara’s dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30.______ (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several months. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31._____paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy arc still holding the purse string, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes it is best to sit back, shut up,and do 32 ._______they ask.(B)A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply— all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else33.______(need) to start the industr ial process. That “something s pecial” was men---creative individuals 34.______could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35._________(conduct) his research accurately, he is not necessarily working 36 ._____ _____ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive 37.________(solve)a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38.________ specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.Many of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Resolution were inventors, not 39._______ (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science40.______ not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.Section BDirections: 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. adaptB.nativesC.identitiesD. cost-savingE.alertF.insteadG. establish H.practically I. route J. enrolled K. significantOfficials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: they’ve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital _41_,by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, _42_ , the college will offer forwarding(转发）services.Starting next year, freshman _43_ at Boston College won’t be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmith@bc. edu will simply forward mail to the student’s already _44_ inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AO L , or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing(外包)their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for _45_ reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didn’t have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? It’s _46_ unheard of. Today’s st udents are digital _47_ immersed (浸润)in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesn't make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.By going this _48_ there are still some challenge to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to _49_ the institution to the change and could then miss out on_50_ message from the university with regard to courses, scholarship,safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. We’re sure the students like it, too.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections：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.Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps _51_ relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharperworking _52_ . A 2008 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to _53_ the mid-afternoon sleepiness.According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people _54_ new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most _55 _, a 2007 study of nearly 24,000 Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who napped _56_ had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didn’t nap.Of course, napping is n’t _57_ for everyone. If you’re suffering from inability to sleep, naps that are too long or taken too late in the day can _58_ with your ability to fall or stay asleep at night.But for most, naps can make you feel sharper and happier. Naps provide different benefits _59_ on how long they are. A 20-minute nap will boost alertness and concentration; a 90-minute snooze (小睡)can _60_ creativity.According to , you _61_ a natural dip in body temperature between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. A short nap at this time can boost alertness for several hours and, for most people, shouldn’t _62_ being able to fall asleep at night.Pick a dark ,cozy place that’s not too warm or too chilly. _63_ napping on the couch instead of in bed, so y ou ’re less _64_ to snooze for too long.Surprisingly, the best place to take a nap may be a hammock(吊床）if you have one. A Swiss study _65_ last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that puts babies to sleep works wonders for grown-ups, too.51. A. relieve B. promote C. operate D. support52. A feeling B.frame C. sense D.mind53. A. cope with B. put aside C. talk about D. carry upon54. A. remark B. consider C. remember D. concern55. A. reportedly B. unbelievably C. constantly D. frankly56. A. regularly B. enormously C.heavily D. strongly57. A. exact B. correct C. right D. accurate58. A. connect B. deal C. compete D. Interfere59. A.focusing B. depending C. replying D. basing60. A. enlarge B. engage C. enhance D. enroll61. A. explore B. experience C. exercise D. implement62. A. produce B. handle C. affect D. urge63. A. postpones B. discourages C. acknowledge D. recommends64. A.obliged B. tempted C. adopted D. attracted65. A. pronounced B. published C. discovered D. CultivatedSection BDirection: 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)Like many other small boys, I was fascinated by cars, especially because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend. Every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the “Car of te F uture”. T hey featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do. It goes, it stops, it burns gasoline. I still have to steer it, and it still turns into things if I don’t steer carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things.Airbags aren’t the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still need some develop ment. But they aren’t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.Better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (与前车距离过近). Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a driver’s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control systems. If the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle (油门).Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves?66. The author was fascinated by cars because _______.A.other small boys liked to own a car of their own, tooB. he read untraditional things about cars in his brot her’s magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his carD. he often booked cool car magazines himself67.By saying “my ca r doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do”，the author means that _________ .A. my car is far better than my brother’sB. my car is not as good as my brother’sC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recentlyD. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far68.Which of the following statements is true of airbags?A. They are going to disappear gradually.B. They are in need of further improvement.C. They are a standard feature of European cars.D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes.69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect the driver’s system?A. They will not startB. They will ease up on the throttle.C. They will brake automatically.D. They will give a warning in advance.(B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for yourjob because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.Global English CenterGeneral English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.*3-month (700 yuan)，6-month (l,200 yuan) and one-year (2,000 yuan) courses.*Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon.--Fri.*Experienced college English teachers.*Close to city center and bus stops.Tel: 67705272 Add: 105 Zhongshan Road, 100082Modern Language SchoolSpecial courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management and office skills*Small classes (12-16 students) on Sat. & Sun. from 2:00-5:00 p. m.*Native English teachers from Canada and the USA.*Language lab and computers supplied.*3-month course: 1,050 yuan; 6-month course: 1,850 yuan.Write or phone: Modern Language School, 675 Park Road. 100056Tel: 67353019The 21st Century English Training Centre*We specialize in effective teaching at all levels.*We offer morning or afternoon classes. Both three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan.*We also have a six-week TOEFL preparation class during winter and summer holidays.*Entrance exams: June 1 and Dec. 1.*Only 15-minute walk from city center.Call 67801642 for more information.The International House of English*Three / Six-month English courses for students of all levels at very low cost:60 yuan for 12 hours per week.*Convenient class hours: 9:00-12:00 a. m. and 2:00-5:00 p.m.*A four-month evening program for developing speaking skills (same cost as day classes).* Free sightseeing and social activities.*Very close to the Central Park.For further information call 67432308.70.You work from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and the International House.B. Global English Center and Modem Language School.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. 21st Century and the International House.71. The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that _____ .A. its teaching quality is betterB. it requires an entrance examinationC. its courses are more advancedD. it is nearest to the city center72. You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it _____.A. offers sightseeing and social activities at low pricesB. costs less than the other schoolsC. has a special course in spoken EnglishD. has native English teachers73. If you take the four-month evening program at the International House, you will pay about ______ .A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 960 yuan(C)Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over (绊倒) themselves in their eagerness to sign cooperative agreements with Asian partners as alow-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as alow-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other: the one by selling its birth-rightfor short-term gain, the other by trying to break into a market which isn’t big enough to sustain (忍受)it.Technology transfer works in a growing market, where the Aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales, their sales must come from substitution, not expansion.Given the complexity of today’s airliners, it is unlikely that any n ew entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term, such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant: most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.In the short term, it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air-frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such as China, Taiwan or Korea, while retaining the design, development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not notice the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills(like computing) at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metal bashing（猛击）.The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-coast labour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner.74. The author’s attitude towards Western/Eastern cooperation can be described as _____ .A. positiveB. progressiveC. conservativeD. negative75. “ The airliner market is not such a device”means that the airliner market ______.A. does not encourage technology transferB. is too limited to offer chances of successC. requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devicesD. is full of competitions for new entrants76. According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should _____ .A. try to benefit from both financial and technical resourcesB. break up his partnership with the East once profits are madeC. keep a tight hold over hi-tech development and marketing of airlinersD. cooperate with Asian partners for a short time77. The word “base” in the last paragraph represents______ .A. a place for aircraft productionB. the operation of aircraftC. A research instituteD. a position where to build office Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.“There is a senseless concept that children grow up and le ave home when they are 18，and the truth is far from that,” says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are livingwith their parents.Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings attached. Besides, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For example, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, “It is ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustment for all. There are the quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times — and left three times. “ What I considered an alcohol problem，” she explains. “He never liked anyone I dated，so I either had to hide way to meet them at friends’houses.”It is really Hard to say how long adult children should live with their parents before moving on. Nevertheless, it is commonly recognized that lengthy homecomings are a mistake and they accidentally destroy the advantage of brief visits that will strengthen the relationship between parents and children. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inad equacy, defeat and failure.” And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a tress for them.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements In NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78.What’s the most important reason for young adult’s returning to the nest?79.Knighton enjoys living at home due to ___________________________ .80.What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turco’s unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is ________ that benefit(s) both adults and their parents to avoid lengthy homecomings.第II卷（共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

2014上海虹口区高考英语二模试题（附答案）

虹口区2014年英语学科高考练习题2014.4 考生注意: 1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

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第I 卷(共103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. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor. 2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10. 3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested. 4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a train. D. Have a meeting. 5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking. C. He disagrees with Jack. D. He believes that Jack will quit his job. 6. A. There won’t be enough cups left. B. They’ve got plenty of cups.C. They’re buying what they need.D. They’ve got e nough food for the picnic. 7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship. C. Jerry isn’t interested in the scholarship.D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry. 8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam. C. He used to be a top student. D. He answered only 10% of the questions. 9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad. C. He wrote to his family last month. D. He is anxious to go back home. 10. A. He’s afraid to take exams.B. He only took the fourth exam. C. He isn’t the only one who was graded.D. He didn’t get the highest score on one exam.Complete the form. Write Information about Applying for Driving LicenceThe man’s nationality: The man’s identity:The subject the man is teaching: Not a 17 , but a Chinese A visiting 18 19 The cost of an official translation: 20 dollars Complete the form. Write In the 21 of a company. In which section of the company does the woman work? What can be the best ways of gaining experience? 22 . Why does the woman raise a dog? Helping to 23 of her work. How does the woman deal with the difficult people? Try to be 24 . VocabularyA25 rejected 27 living 26 was rejected been living 28 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as my mother. 29 30 mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I were the 31 32 33 34 scientist appreciates appreciates 35 36 strive 37 may strive obtain 38 to obtain 39 or no training in science 40 A. adapt B. natives C. identities D. cost-saving E. alert F. instead G. established H. practically I. route J. enrolled K. significant already established digital 41 were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer freshman 43 year, freshman il to the student’s already 44 45 to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 46 47 By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a forget to 49 on 50 AB, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. 51 sharper working 52 . . A 53 54 According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people 55 , a 2007 study information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most 56 57 58 59 can 60 According to , you 61 62 63 Pick a dark, cozy place that’s not too warm or too chilly. 64 study 65 Every Every so so so often, often, often, one one one of of of those those those magazines magazines magazines would would would run run run an an an article article article on on on the the the ―Car ―Car of of the the the Futureǁ. Futureǁ. Futureǁ. They They featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do. It goes, it stops, it burns gasoline. I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I don’t steer it carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things. Airbags Airbags aren’t aren’t aren’t the the the be be be-all -all -all and and and end-all end-all end-all in in in safety. safety. safety. In In In fact, fact, fact, considering considering considering the the the recent recent recent news news news about about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still need some development. But they aren’t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer. Better than systems tominimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (与前车距离过近). ). Cars Cars Cars could could could be be be equipped equipped equipped with with with sensors sensors sensors that that that can can can detect detect detect alcohol alcohol alcohol in in in a a a driver’s driver’s driver’s system system system and and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control s ystems. If the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle （油门）. Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves? 66. The author was fascinated by cars because ________. A. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, too B. he read untraditional things about cars in his brother’s magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his car D. he often booked cool car magazines himself 67. 67. By By By saying saying saying ――my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do ǁ, ǁ, the the author means that ________. A. my car is far better than my brother’sB. my car is not as good as my broth er’sC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recently D. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far 68. Which of the following statements is true of airbags? A. They are going to disappear gradually. B. They are in need of further improvement. C. They are a standard feature of European cars. D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes. 69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the driver’s system? A. They will not start. B. They will ease up on the throttle. C. They will brake automatically. D. They will give a warning in advance. Global English CenterGeneral English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. *3-month（700 yuan）, 6-month（1,200 yuan）and one-year（2,000 yuan）courses. —Fri. *Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon.*Experienced college English teachers. *Close to city center and bus stops. Tel: 67705272 Add: 105 Zhongshan Road, 100082 Modern Language SchoolSpecial courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management and office skills. *Small classes（12-16 students）on Sat. & Sun. from 2:00-5:00 p. m. *Native English teachers from Canada and the USA. *Language lab and computers supplied. *3-month course: 1,050 yuan; 6-month course: 1,850 yuan. Write or phone: Modern Language School, 675 Park Road. 100056 Tel: 67353019 The 21st Century English Training Centre*We specialize in effective teaching at all levels. *We offer morning or afternoon classes. Both three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan. *We also have a six-week TOEFL preparation class during winter and summer holidays. *Entrance exams：June 1 and Dec. 1. *Only 15-minute walk from city center. Call 67801642 for more information. The International House of English*Three／Six-month English courses for students of all levels at very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week. *Convenient class hours: 9:00-12:00 a. m. and 2:00-5:00 p.m. *A four-month evening program for developing speaking skills（same cost as day classes）. *Free sightseeing and social activities. *Very close to the Central Park. For further information call 67432308. receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device. The The danger danger danger comes comes comes when when when the the the new new new entrant entrant entrant no no no longer longer longer needs needs needs the the the established established established Western Western Western partner partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner. 74. T he author’s attitude towards Western/Eastern cooperation can be described as ________. A. positive B. progressive C. conservative D. negative 75. ―The airliner market is not such a deviceǁ means that the airliner market ________.A. does not encourage technology transfer B. is too limited to offer chances of success C. requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devices D. is full of competitions for new entrants 76. According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should ________. A. try to benefit from both financial and technical resources B. break up his partnership with the East once profits are made C. keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airliners D. cooperate with Asian partners for a short time 77. The word ―baseǁ i n the last paragraph represents ________. A. a place for aircraft production B. the operation of aircraft C. a research institute D. a position where to build office Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. ―There is a senseless concept that children grow up and leave home when they are 18, and the truth truth is is is far far far from from from that,ǁ that,ǁ that,ǁ says says says sociologist sociologist sociologist Larry Larry Larry Bumpass Bumpass Bumpass of of of the the the University University University of of of Wisconsin. Wisconsin. Wisconsin. Today, Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings wings attached. attached. attached. Besides, Besides, Besides, a a a high high high divorce divorce divorce rate rate rate and and and a a a declining declining declining remarriage remarriage remarriage rate rate rate are are are sending sending economically economically pressed pressed pressed and and and emotionally emotionally emotionally hurt hurt hurt survivors survivors survivors back back back to to to parental parental parental shelters. shelters. shelters. For For For some, some, some, the the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many many students now students now attend local schools. Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, ―It is ri diculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.ǁ But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are are the the the quarrels quarrels quarrels over over over bathrooms, bathrooms, bathrooms, telephones telephones telephones and and and privacy. privacy. privacy. Some Some Some families, families, families, however, however, however, manage manage manage the the delicate delicate balancing balancing balancing act. act. act. But But But for for for others, others, others, it it it proves proves proves too too too difficult. difficult. difficult. Michelle Michelle Michelle Del Del Del Turco, Turco, Turco, 24, 24, 24, has has has been been home three times — and left three times. ―What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,ǁ she explains. ―He never liked anyone I dated, s o I either had to hide away to meet them at friends’ houses.ǁIt is really hard to say how long adult children should live with their parents before moving on. on. Nevertheless, Nevertheless, Nevertheless, it it it is is is commonly commonly commonly recognized recognized recognized that that that lengthy lengthy lengthy homecomings homecomings homecomings are are are a a a mistake mistake mistake and and and they they accidentally accidentally destroy destroy destroy the the the advantage advantage advantage of of of brief brief brief visits visits visits that that that will will will strengthen strengthen strengthen the the the relationship relationship relationship between between parents and children. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with ―a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.ǁ And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a stress for them. (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS .)78. What’s the most important reason for young adults’ returning to the nest?79. Knighton enjoys living at home due to ________. 80. What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turco’s unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is ________ that benefit(s) both adult children and their parents to avoid lengthy homecomings. 第 II 卷 (共47分) I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

上海市虹口区中考英语二模含参考答案

虹口区中考英语质量抽查试卷(满分: 150分考试时间: 100分钟)Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)L. Listening comprehension (听力理解) (共30分)A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容,选出相应的图片)(共6分)1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______B. Listen and choose the best answer (根据你听到的对话和问题,选出最恰当的答案)(共8分)7. A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Autumn.D) Winter8. A) In 2001 B) In 2010 C) In 2011.D) In 2012.9. A) Mother and son. B) Teacher and student.C) Husband and wife D) Air hostess and passenger.10. A) In a restaurant. B) In a hotel. C) In a classroomD) In a store.11. A) Watch TV. B) Play football C) Go to the cinemaD) Read a book12. A) Because he is already late for school. B) Because there may bea traffic jam.C) Because it is his first day to school. D) Because he doeseverything slowly.13. A) By travelling in France for three months. B) By watchingFrench films everydayC) By always communicating with Frenchmen. D) By studying Frenchvery hard at night school.14. A) He enjoyed his weekend very much. B) He was busy with a project recently.C) He was too nervous to breathe well. D) He wanted to begin a new project.C. Listen to the dialogue and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的对话内容,符合的用"T"表示,不符合的用"F"表示)(共6分)15. Something terrible happened to Jacky this morning16. Linda and Teddy were playing in the park with a ball.17. Teddy was hit by a car when he jumped over the fence after the ball.18. Linda and her family took Teddy to the vet's right after the accident.19. Linda felt very sad because the vet didn't operate on Teddy.20. Jacky was going to come round to see Linda sometime later.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文,完成下列内容。

上海市各区2013-2014年高三英语二模试卷分类汇编----阅读理解B篇-老师版(带答案已经校对)

Section BDirections: 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.(B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.70. You work from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and the International House.B. Global English Center and Modem Language School.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. The 21st Century and the International House.71. The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that ________.A. its teaching quality is betterB. it requires an entrance examinationC. its courses are more advancedD. it is nearest to the city center72. You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it ________.A. offers sightseeing and social activities at low pricesB. costs less than the other schoolsC. has a special course in spoken EnglishD. has native English teachers73. If you take the four-month evening program at the International House, you will pay about________.A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 960 yuanKeys: 70-73 ABCDSection BDirections: 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.(B)70. If you seldom exercise, prefer nature to literature and are used to getting up early, you are most likely to join ______________.A. Early Morning Stroll in Upper Lane Cove ValleyB. Baime Basin TrackC. Poetry around a campfireD. Morning Walk at Mitchell Park71. If you want to enjoy the peace of the bush at night, you are required to ____________.A. meet at 7:30 p.m. June 6B. bring slippers with youC. prepare a torchD. climb rocks for two hours72. How many guided walks an nature activities provide food or drink?A. 1.B.2.C. 3.D. 4.73. In the activity “Morning walk at Mitchell Park”, one may have no chance to ________.A. appreciate bird watchingB. enjoy mountain climbingC. take a relaxing walkD. have morning teaKeys: 70-73 ACCBSection BDirections: 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.（B ）About PISAThe Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial international survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students. To date, students representing more than 70 economies have participated in the assessment. What makes PISA differentPISA is unique because it develops tests which are not directly linked to the school curriculum. The tests are designed to assess to what extent students at the end of compulsory education, can apply their knowledge to real-life situations and be equipped for full participation in society. The information collected through background questionnaires also provides context which can help analysts interpret the results.What the assessment involvesSince the year 2000, every three years, fifteen-year-old students from randomly selected schools worldwide take tests in the key subjects: reading, mathematics and science, with a focus on one subject in each year of assessment. The students take a test that lasts 2 hours. The tests are a mixture of open-ended and multiple-choice questions that are organised in groups based on a passage setting out a real-life situation. A total of about 390 minutes of test items are covered. Students take different Additional PISA initiativesPISA-based Test for Schools(PTS)As interest in PISA has grown, school and local educators have been wanting to know how their individual schools compare with students and schools in education systems worldwide. To address this need, the OECD (The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) has developed the PISA-based test for schools. It is currently available in the United States and the OECD is in discussions with governments to make the test available in othercountriescombinations of different tests. such as England and Spain.70. PISA is different from other programmes because _____________.A. its test is closely related to the school curriculumB. its test aims to assess whether students can solve real-life problemsC. its test can equip students for full participation in schoolD. test scores directly determine the analysis of the test71. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Test-takers are carefully selected.B. Test-takers answer the same questions.C. Test-takers are tested on three key subjects.D. Test-takers spend about 390 minutes on the test.72. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Students of all ages will be able to take PTS in the future.B. More countries are likely to have PTS in the future.C. School and local educators show little interest in PISA at present.D. PISA provides evaluation of education system within a certain country.73. Where can we most probably find the passage?A. On the Internet.B. In a newspaper.C. In a magazine.D. In an advertisement.Keys: 70-73 BCBASection BDirections: 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.(B)* * * *70. To have a 1865 membership, guests need to ______.A. register at 1865 langhamhotel comB. visit Langham three times in a yearC. have five stays in Langham yearlyD. stay in Langham properties once71. Which of the following is true according to the given information?A. Gateway members have 4pm late check-out priority any time they want.B. Members can get the benefits listed in the table at all Langham’s properties.C. The very first hotel of Langham collection was built in 1865 in Britain.D. Top 1% Voyagers with super residence record can apply for Destiny membership.72. Tony, on their honeymoon trip, wants to surprise his wife with a bunch of roses on arriving at the hotel. Tony at least needs to have the membership of ______.A. EXPLORERB. GATEWAYC. VOYAGERD. DESTINY73. What is the main purpose of the writing?A. To attract more potential guests.B. To share the history of Langham hotels.C. To introduce successful hotel management.D. To list Langham hotels’ exclusive benefits. Keys: 70-73 DCCASection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished 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.(B)Charlie Bell became chief executive of McDonald’s in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had colorectal cancer. After stock market hours on November 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price barely dipped then edged higher. After all, had, again, shown how to act swiftly and decisively in appointing a new boss.Mr. Bell himself got the top job when Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack hours before he was due to address a convention of McDonald’s franchisees (获特许经营联营店者). Mr. Cantalupo was a McDonald’s veteran brought out of retirement in January 2003 to help remodel the firm after sales began falling because of dirty restaurants, indifferent service and growing concern about junk food. He devised a recovery plan, backed by massive marketing, and promoted Mr. Bell to chief operating officer. When Mr. Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened (召集) board confirmed Mr. Bell, a 44-year-old Australian already widely seen as his heir apparent, in the top job. The convention got its promised chief executive’s address, from the firm’s first non-American leader.Yet within weeks executives had to think about what to do if Mr. Bell became too ill to continue. Perhaps Mr. Bell had the same thing on his mind: he usually introduced Jim Skinner, the 60-year-old vice-chairman, to visitors as the “steady hand at the wheel”. Now Mr. Skinner, an expert on the firm’s overseas operations, becomes chief executiv e, and Mike Roberts, head of its American operations, joins the board as chief operating officer.Is Mr. Roberts now the new heir apparent? Maybe. McDonald’s has brought in supposedly healthier choices such as salads and toasted sandwiches worldwide and, instead of relying for most of its growth on opening new restaurants, has turned to upgrading its 31,000 existing ones. America has done best at this; under Mr. Roberts, like-for-like sales there were up by 7.5% in October on a year earlier.The new team’s task is to keep the revitalization plan on course, especially overseas, where some American brands are said to face political hostility from consumers. This is a big challenge. Is an in-house succession (交替、继承) the best way to tackle it? Mr. Skinner and Mr. Roberts areboth company veterans, having joined in the 1970s. Some recent academic studies find that the planned succession of a new boss from within, such as Mr. Bell and now (arguably) Mr. Roberts, produces better results than looking hastily, or outs ide, for one. McDonald’s smooth handling of its serial misfortunes at the top certainly seems to prove the point. Even so, everyone at McDonald’s be hoping that it will be a long time before the firm faces yet another such emergency.70. The main reason for the constant change at the top of McDonald is _______.A. the constant change of its share priceB. the board’s failure to reach an agreementC. the falling salesD. the physical problems of the chief executives71. The underlined phrase “heir apparent” (in Paragraph 2) in the article most probably means someone who _______.A. has the same ideas, aims and style with a personB. has the same right to receive the family titleC. is appointed as an executive of a companyD. is likely to take over a p erson’s position when that person leaves72. Which of the following was NOT a cause of the falling sales of McDonald?A. The change of the chief executive.B. People’s concern about junk food.C. Dirty restaurant.D. Indifferent service.73. In terms of succession at the top, McDonald_______.A. has had to made rather hasty decisionsB. prefers to appoint a new boss from withinC. acts in a quick and unreasonable wayD. surprises all the people with its decisionsKeys: 70-73 DDABSection BDirections: 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.(B)Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be dirtier than their gasoline-powered cousins.People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions (零排放的) vehicles,” but peopl e in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants most all use fire to make it. Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators (发电机). Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. It’s just that the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean. It is not. It’s as if the California Greens (加州绿党) are covering their eyes —“If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an incr edibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.A gallon of gas may power your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won’t get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a l ong time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.70. Which of the following words can replace “be clueless about” in paragraph 2?A. Be familiar with.B. Be curious about.C. Show their interest in.D. Fail to understand.71. What can we learn about the California Green from the idea “If I can’t see it, it’s nothappening”?A. They do not know those clean cars are likely coal-burning cars.B. They do believe the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean.C. They tend to hold that electricity is a nice part of energy.D. They tend to maintain that gasoline is a good way to run a vehicle.72. According to the passage, compared with cars using gas, electric cars are more _______.A. environmentally-friendlyB. expensiveC. harmfulD. efficient73. We can get the conclusion from the passage that _______.A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communicationB. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning somethingC. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environmentD. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins Keys: 70-71 DBCBSection BDirections: 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.(B)Scholarship Application Tips in 2013 for college students• Before you apply1. Work hard to get good grades. Don’t sweat about one bad grade, but always strive to do your best.2. Get involved, and stay involved, in out-of-class activities. Sports, clubs, drama, bands and orchestras —these often count toward a student’s overall scholarship application evaluation. Thesame goes for paid (or unpaid) work experience.3. Begin your scholarship research early — by your sophomore (大学二年级) or junior year of high school, if possible. Make special note of application deadlines, as they can vary from late summer to late spring.4. Apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible (符合条件的) for — several smaller scholarships can add up to a lot of money.• During the application process1. Read the supplementary materials that come with scholarship application forms to better understand the program’s focus (community service, subject interest). Try to answer the questions with the focus area in mind.2. Answer questions as they are asked. Don’t go off topic.3. If there is a financial section to the application, make sure you get accurate and complete information from all appropriate sources to ensure your eligibility.4. Take your time. Write down everything you can think of for each question, then set the application aside for a day so you can look everything over again before you send it off.5. Don’t wait until the last minute to complete your application, especially if you are applying online. Computer systems can get blocked with the large volume of applicants hoping to submit(上交) their qualifications during the last few days and hours before a deadline.6. If a third party has to complete part of your application, such as providing a letter of recommendation, make sure you ask them early on and remind them as often as necessary to ensure they provide you with the necessary materials.7. Last but not least, review your application with your parents to make sure you haven’t left out any important details.Good luck to the students applying for the 2013 scholarship programs!70. Before you apply for a scholarship, it’s best to ______.A. pay more attention to grades than to out-of-class activitiesB. focus on only one scholarship applicationC. get as much work experience as possibleD. begin your preparation as early as possible71. The underlined phrase “sweat about” most probably means ______.A. worry aboutB. feel regret overC. think ofD. be crazy about72. When you are answering questions on the application form, you should ______.A. focus on the subject you are interested inB. answer to the pointC. list your advantagesD. prove your abilities73. The author suggests that applicants should ______.A. submit the application in the few daysB. double-check their application with their parentsC. complete and submit the application in one dayD. avoid submitting the application onlineKeys: 70-73 DABBSection BDirections: 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.(B)Kompong Phhluk Private TourDepart the city for an unspoiled floating community calledKompong Phhluk which is astonishing for its stilted-house villages andflooded forest.Stop on the way for the Rolous Market tour. This is a great chancefor you to take the photos of locals selling vegetables, different fishspecies and other local produce.After this market tour we’ll all have a boat trip to the floatingcommunity of Kompong Phhluk, visit an island pagoda, school and houses standing on 8 or 10m high stilts, fish farms and learn about the village life.Stop and have lunch in a family’s house before getting into a row boat and venturing into theflooded forest, the habitat to some famous water-bird species.Eventually we jump back into the big boat and set off for the largest fresh water lake in SE Asia, Tonle Sap.Tour Details·Departs 8.30am·Returns around 2pm·A picnic lunch with sandwiches and drinks is provided. We cannot provide local food from the area due to poor sanitation, lack of hygiene standards and refrigeration.·No passes requiredRates·These rates are based on an English speaking guide.·Rates include all transport, water and a picnic lunch.·Children 11 years and under are 50%.·Children 4 years and below are free.·If your group is larger than 5 people please email us for the best rate.Number of People Price Per Person1 Person $652 People $453 People $404 People $355 People $32What to Wear·Please be mindful of your clothing and try to avoid anything too revealing.·We strongly recommend a sunglasses, hat and sunscreen.General Information·This is a poor rural village, please be mindful of the environment.·Please do not hand things out to villagers, for this contributes to creating a begging cycle and can create jealousy.·We recommend heading to the toilet before you go on this trip as facilities are very basic. 70. Kompong Phhluk is famous for its ______.A. local vegetables and different fish speciesB. stilted-house villages and flooded forestC. Rolous Market and island pagodaD. water-bird habitat and fish farms71. A private trip for two parents and a 3-year-old boy costs ______.A. $40B. $80C. $90D. $12072. Which of the following is not included in the rates?A. A tourist guide.B. Transport.C. Drinks.D. Local food.73. We can conclude from the passage that ______.A. the living standard in the village is quite lowB. the tourist facilities along the way are quite goodC. revealing clothes are appropriate in the hot weatherD. giving local children small gifts is strongly recommendedKeys: 70-73 BCDASection BDirections: 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.（B）70. Which of the following steps can be omitted if you want the robot to charge itself automatically?A. Press the HOME button on the remote control.B. Clear up the place around the charging home base.C. Turn on the power switch at the bottom of the robot.D. Put the charging home base against the wall and plug it in.71. If it’s 9:45PM now and you want the robot to start cleaning at 8:00AM tomorrow, you shouldset _____ on the robot.A. 13:45B. 10:15C. 8:00D. 1:4572. If you want the robot to start cleaning right now, you can _____.A. keep pressing the CLEAN button on the main body for 3 secondsB. press either of PLAN, SPOT, CLEAN and HOME buttons on the main bodyC. turn on the power switch and press the CLEAN button on the remote control onceD. press the CLEAN button on the main body once when the robot is in the sleeping mode73. The virtual wall is designed to _____.A. limit the robot to a certain areaB. prevent the robot from bumping into wallsC. stop the robot from reaching 4 metersD. create a bunch of light outside the doorway Keys: 70-73 ABCASection BDirections: 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.(B)Your Write Source book is loaded with information to help youlearn about writing. One section that will be especially helpful is the“Proofreader’s Guide” at the back of the book. This section coversall of the rules for language and grammar.The book also includes four units covering the types of writingthat you may have to complete on district or state writing tests. Atthe end of each unit, there are samples and tips for writing in science,social studies, and math.Write Source will help you with other learning skills, too study-reading, test taking, note taking, and speaking. This makes the Write Source a valuable writing and learning guide in all of your classes.Your Write Source guide…With practice, you will be able to find information in the book quickly using the guides explained below.The TABLE OF CONTENTS (starting on the next page) lists the six major sections in the book and the chapters found in each section.The INDEX (starting on page 751) lists the topics covered in the book in alphabetical order. Use the index when you are interested in a specific topic.The COLOR CODING used for “Basic Grammar and Writing” (blue), “A Writer’s Resource” (green), and the “Proofreader’s Guide” (yellow) make these important sections easy to find.The SPECIAL PAGE REFERENCES in the book tell you where to turn for additional information about a special topic.70. If you want to learn about “Tenses of verbs” in writing, you should refer to ______.A. Proofreader’s GuideB. Special page referencesC. Table of contentsD. Different Color Coding71. Besides writing skills, which of the following skills can be found in Write Source?A. Classifying contents.B. Taking notes.C. Making science experiments.D. Matching colors.72. The purpose of the passage is to _____.A. persuade readers to buy the bookB. offer the book’s review to r eadersC. introduce the useful skills in writingD. help readers to use the book skillfully Keys: 70-72 ABDSection BDirections: 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.(B)Our website is presenting to you the world’s leading museums and gallaries:Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.The Smithsonian is one of the world’s leading research and museum complexes, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and various research stations. More than 137 million objects detailing America’s history are exhibited here. There’s so much to see that, if you spent every day and night looking at th e exhibits at normal pace, in ten years you’d see only ten percent of the whole. Therefore, it’s wise to head out with a plan. Focus on some famous exhibits at two or three different museums.Le Louvre, Paris, FranceThe Louvre was a medieval fortress and the palace of the kings of France before becoming a museum two centuries ago. The addition of the Chinese architect I. M. Pei’s stylish glass pyramid (金字塔) shocked many when it was opened to public in 1989 as the new main entrance, yet it somehow works and has won compliment in the country, combining the palace’s various elementsto make the museum stand out as the most shinning diamond on the French artistic crown. The museum’s collections, though failing to excel in numbers, are among the most important in the world.The Acropolis Museum, Athens, GreeceThe amazing groundfloor gallery houses were found from the slopes of the Acropolis (卫城). Its amazing see-through glass floor provides a walk over history, with a view of the archaeological (考古的) digging. Smaller settlements have been dug out, providing glimpses of Athenian life. Despite its lack of variety in exhibits and limited collections, the Acropolis attracts audience by, for the first time, allowing visitors to take in the stone exhibits, which are displayed in open air characterized by changing natural light.State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, RussiaRussia may be isolated from the artistic centers of the US or West Europe, but the Hermitage has managed to acquire a spectacular collection of world art—three million items in numbers. The museum occupies six buildings along the Neva River, the leading structure being the candy-like Winter Palace. This gloriously blue-and-white structure was finished in 1764 and over the next several centuries was the main residence of the czars (沙皇). The museum’s leading attraction is Western European art—in 120 rooms in four buildings ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day.70. Compared with the other three, which of the following is not geographically distinguished in art history?A. Smithsonian Institution.B. Le Louvre.C. The Acropolis Museum.D. State Hermitage.71. Which of the following enjoys the largest number of exhibit collections?A. Smithsonian Institution.B. Le Louvre.C. The Acropolis Museum.D. State Hermitage.72. The new Le Louvre entrance was recognized by French people because ______.A. it was designed by a famous foreign architectB. it was constructed in a very fashionable styleC. it demonstrates the joint effect of different factorsD. it exhibits the diamond on the crown of a French king73. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?。

上海市虹口区2014届高考模拟考试(二模)英语试卷(纯word版)

虹口区2014年英语学科高考练习题2014.4 考生注意:1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。

试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（第1—10页）和第Ⅱ卷（第11页），全卷共11页。

第I卷第1-16小题、第41-77小题为选择题，答题必须涂在答题纸上，第I卷第17-40小题、第78-81小题和第II卷的答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

第I 卷(共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：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. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor.2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10.3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested.4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a train. D. Have a meeting.5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking.C. He disagrees with Jack.D. He believes that Jack will quit his job.6. A. There won’t be enough cups left. B. They’ve got plenty of cups.C. They’re buying what they need.D. They’ve got e nough food for the picnic.7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship.C. Jerry isn’t interested in the scholarship.D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry.8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam.C. He used to be a top student.D. He answered only 10% of the questions.9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad.C. He wrote to his family last month.D. He is anxious to go back home.10. A. He’s afraid to take exams.B. He only took the fourth exam.C. He isn’t the only one who was graded.D. He didn’t get the highest score on one exam.Section BDirections: 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. Because they usually use their fingers to eat meat.B. Because they can use chopsticks to eat any kind of food except soup.C. Because they can even eat soup with chopsticks.D. Because they are afraid to cut themselves with knives.12. A. Because they cook everything in one whole piece.B. Because they don’t like to use chopsticks.C. Because they need to use knives and forks to cut up meat.D. Because they usually cook meat in small pieces.13. A. The obvious difference in the ways Chinese and Americans eat food.B. Food cultures in China and in the U.S.C. Comparison between chopsticks, knives and forks.D. The ways of using chopsticks, knives and forks.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because he thought he knew the man.B. Because he wanted to have a look at the newspaper.C. Because the man was reading the article he had written.D. Because the man was reading the newspaper he had edited.15. A. To buy the newspaper.B. To recognize him as the writer.C. To read deeply into the article.D. To turn to the page where the story was continued.16. A. The man was reading. B. The man was talking.C. The man was smiling.D. The man was sleeping.Section CDirections: 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.上海市虹口区2014届高考模拟考试(二模)英语试卷(纯word版)Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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)One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25 parents do not always accept your adulthood. I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26 your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28 (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley campus to visit my friend Sara, without anya r g u m e n t f r o m m y m o t h e r.29 when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Sara’s dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30 (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several months. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31 paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy are still holding the purse strings, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes it isb e s t t o s i t b ac k,s h u t u p,a nd d o32 they ask.(B)A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply — all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else 33 (need) to start the industrial process. That “something special” was men —creative individuals 34 could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35 (conduct) his research accurately. He is not necessarily working36 ______ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive 37 (solve) a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38 specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.Many of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not 39 (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science 40 not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.Section BDirections: 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.Officials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: the y’ve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College won’t be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmith@bc. edu will simply forward ma il to the student’s already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing（外包）their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didn’t have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? It’s 46 unheard of. Today’s students are digital 47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesn’t make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. We’re sure the students like it, too.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: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.Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps 51 relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharper working 52 . A 2008 British上海市虹口区2014届高考模拟考试(二模)英语试卷(纯word版)study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to 53 the mid-afternoon sleepiness.According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people 54 new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most 55 , a 2007 study of nearly 24,000 Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who n a p p e d 56 had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didn’t nap.Of course, napping isn’t57 for everyone. If you’re suffering from inability to sleep, naps that are too long or taken too late in the day can 58 with your ability to fall or stay asleep at night.But for most, naps can make you feel sharper and happier. Naps provide different benefits 59 on how long they are. A 20-minute nap will boost alertness and concentration; a 90-minute snooze（小睡）can 60 creativity.According to , you 61 a natural dip in body temperature between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. A short nap at this time can boost alertness for several hours and, for most people, shouldn’t 62 being able to fall asleep at night.Pick a dark, cozy place that’s not too warm or too chilly. 63 napping on the couch instead of in bed, so you’re less64 to snooze for too long.Surprisingly, the best place to take a nap may be a hammock（吊床）if you have one. A Swiss study 65 last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that puts babies to sleep works wonders for grown-ups, too.51. A. relieve B. promote C. operate D. support52. A. feeling B. frame C. sense D. mind53. A. cope with B. put aside C. talk about D. carry upon54. A. remark B. consider C. remember D. concern55. A. reportedly B. unbelievably C. constantly D. frankly56. A. regularly B. enormously C. heavily D. strongly57. A. exact B. correct C. right D. accurate58. A. connect B. deal C. compete D. interfere59. A. focusing B. depending C. relying D. basing60. A. enlarge B. engage C. enhance D. enroll61. A. explore B. experience C. exercise D. implement62. A. produce B. handle C. affect D. urge63. A. postpones B. discourages C. acknowledges D. recommends64. A. obliged B. tempted C. adopted D. attracted65. A. pronounced B. published C. discovered D. cultivatedSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished 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)Like many other small boys, I was fascinated by cars, especially because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend. Every so often, one of those m agazines would run an article on the “Car of the Future”. They featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do. It goes, it stops, it burns gasoline. I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I don’t steer it carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things.Airbags aren’t the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still need some development. But they aren’t go ing away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.Better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (与前车距离过近). Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a drive r’s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control systems. If the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle（油门）.Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves?66. The author was fascinated by cars because ________.A. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, tooB. he read untraditional things about cars in his brother’s magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his carD. he often booked cool car magazines himself67. By saying “my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do”, the authormeans that ________.A. my car is far better than my brother’sB. my car is not as good as my brother’sC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recentlyD. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far68. Which of the following statements is true of airbags?A. They are going to disappear gradually.B. They are in need of further improvement.C. They are a standard feature of European cars.上海市虹口区2014届高考模拟考试(二模)英语试卷(纯word版)D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes.69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the driver’ssystem?A. They will not start.B. They will ease up on the throttle.C. They will brake automatically.D. They will give a warning in advance.(B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.70. You work from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and the International House.B. Global English Center and Modem Language School.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. The 21st Century and the International House.71. The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that ________.A. its teaching quality is betterB. it requires an entrance examinationC. its courses are more advancedD. it is nearest to the city center72. You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it ________.A. offers sightseeing and social activities at low pricesB. costs less than the other schoolsC. has a special course in spoken EnglishD. has native English teachers73. If you take the four-month evening program at the International House, you will pay about________.A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 960 yuan(C)Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over(绊倒) themselves in their eagerness to sign cooperative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other: the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain, the other by trying to break into a market which isn’t big enough to sustain (忍受) it.Technology transfer works in a growing market, where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales, their sales must come from substitution, not expansion.Given the complexity of today’s airliners, it is unlikely that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term, such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant: most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.In the short term, it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either上海市虹口区2014届高考模拟考试(二模)英语试卷(纯word版)components of complete air–frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such as China, Taiwan or Korea, while retaining the design, development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not notice the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills (like computing) at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metal bashing (猛击).The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner.74. The author’s attitude towards Western/Eastern cooperation can be described as ________.A. positiveB. progressiveC. conservativeD. negative75. “The airliner market is not such a device” means that the airliner market ________.A. does not encourage technology transferB. is too limited to offer chances of successC. requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devicesD. is full of competitions for new entrants76. According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should ________.A. try to benefit from both financial and technical resourcesB. break up his partnership with the East once profits are madeC. keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airlinersD. cooperate with Asian partners for a short time77. The word “base” in the last paragraph represents ________.A. a place for aircraft productionB. the operation of aircraftC. a research instituteD. a position where to build officeSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.“There is a senseless concept that children grow up and leav e home when they are 18, and the truth is far from that,” says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents.Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings attached. Besides, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, “It is ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makessense for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times —and left three times. “What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,” she explains. “He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away to meet them at friends’ houses.”It is really hard to say how long adult children should live with their parents before moving on. Nevertheless, it is commonly recognized that lengthy homecomings are a mistake and they accidentally destroy the advantage of brief visits that will strengthen the relationship between parents and children. C hildren, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.” And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a stress for them.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. What’s the most important reason for young adults’ returning to the nest?79. Knighton enjoys living at home due to ________.80. What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turco’s unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is ________ that benefit(s) both adult children andtheir parents to avoid lengthy homecomings.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

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D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): (12分)The first time I saw Jim Wooten I really understood him. He was agreat TV news reporter. When he was reporting in Rwanda, oneheartbreaking moment made a deep impression on me. When thecamera showed all of the children who were dying, suffered fromterrible diseases,Jim ended his piece by saying that when he got home,the first thing he was going to do was to put his arms around his ownchildren. Then I realized that he was differe nt, that he didn’t fall into any of the modern television-news tricks, that he was not giving us any awful, artificial(假的) television-journalist reports out of（出于) pity. Instead, I was watching a real reporter with a gift(天赋) for both words and slight differences.Then I read his book, We Are All the Same, about his friendship with Xolani Nkosi, a South African boy who became the international spokesman for AIDS(艾滋病). It is about the friendship between Wooten and a black child who was ten years old and already dying of AIDS. It is also a book about a great teacher and his student. But the teacher－the one with real wisdom and understanding about life－is the little boy, not the journalist. And, finally, it’s about a love story of Gail Johnson, Nkosi’s white mother who does her best to save the boy, and their lo ve for each other. When reading the book, I felt touched from time to time.88. How did Jim Wooten feel when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?__________________________________________________________________.89. What would an ordinary journalist do on TV when he saw these dying children?_________________________________________________________________.90. How did Jim end his piece when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?_________________________________________________________________.91. Who is the teacher in the book, the little boy or the journalist?_________________________________________________________________.92. Why did Nkosi’s mother do everything possible to save the boy?_________________________________________________________________.93. What’s the writer’s attitude to Jim Wooten? How do you know that?_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. He felt very sad./He was heartbroken.89. He would give us some awful, artificial television-journalist reports out of pity./He would fallinto some of the modern television-news tricks.90. By saying that when he got home, the first thing he was going to do was to put his armsaround his own children.91. The little boy. (1分题)92. Because she loved the boy./Because the boy was dying of AIDS.93. He respected Jim./He admired Jim. The writer wrote/mentioned that Jim was a great TV news reporter.（3分题）D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help me.”There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed m y sign in the morning? What did you write? ”The man said, “I only wrote the truth, I said what you said, but in a different way. ”What he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.”Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.There are at least two lessons we can learn from this story.The first is: Treasure（珍惜）what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.The second is: Be creative(有创造力的). Think differently. There is always a better way!88．Who sat on the steps of a building asking for help?_________________________________________________________________.89．A man walked by and gave the boy a few coins, didn’t he?_________________________________________________________________. 90．What did the man do to the boy’s sign?_________________________________________________________________. 91．What happened to the boy’s hat soon?_________________________________________________________________.92．How did the man write the sign?_________________________________________________________________. 93．Which sign do you prefer, the first one or the second one ? Why ?（answer the question in no more than 20 words）_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. A blind boy.89. Yes, he did.90. He took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. / He wrote some words on it. / He wrote some words on the back of the sign.91. The hat began to fill up. / Many people put money into the hat.92. He wrote the sign in a different way. / He wrote the truth, but in a different way.93. (any reasonable answer is acceptable)D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)Once upon a time, a greedy rich man hired a wise man. He wanted the wise man to find away to make him even more money. The rich man was building a giant safe. And his greatest dream was to fill the safe with gold and jewels.The wise man thought about this problem for months. One night he appeared at the rich man’s house with a big smile on his face. He said, “ I’ve done it! My calculations are perfect! You’ll be rich beyond your wildest dreams.” The rich man was very delighted to go on a long journey. He promised the wise man double pay to run his business for him.When the rich man returned, he found that all of his money was gone. Very angry, he asked the wise man to explain. The wise man told him he’d given everything away. The wise man said, “ I analyzed(分析) how a single rich man could gain the biggest wealth. But it is limited how much one man can do by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us achieve our goal. By helping other people, you could gain most.”Disappointed and angry, the rich man went away. As he was walking, several neighbours saw him. All of them had their share when the wise man gave away the man’s wealth. They were so thankful that they welcomed him to their homes and offered anything he needed.Over the next few weeks, …88. Did the rich man ask a wise man to build a safe? (此题一分)_________________________________________________________________.89. Why did the rich man hire a wise man?_________________________________________________________________.90. What happened when the rich man returned from his journey?_________________________________________________________________.91. How could the rich man gain biggest wealth according to the wise man?_________________________________________________________________.92. How did the rich man feel after the wise man explained?_________________________________________________________________.93. Please add an ending(结尾) to the story (write at least three sentences). （此题三分）_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. No./No, he didn’t.89.Because he wanted the wise man to find a way to make him even more money.90.(He found that) all of his money was gone.91.By helping other people, (he could gain most).92.(He felt) disappointed and angry.93.Any reasonable answer is OK.For example:(1) the rich man saw the results of the wise man’s calculations. Wherever he went, he received warm welcome. He realized that he could gain most by helping others.(2) the rich man followed the wise man’s advice. He no longer dreamed of storing his wealth in a safe. Instead he shared it with others. He was now truly rich.(3)the greedy rich man still felt unhappy. He wanted to get his money back from others. He didn’t believe he could do anything without money.D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）He felt strange when he went back to his college in Oxford. He had left the college 25 years before, and he had never been back. As he walked up from station, he slowly began to feel the same excitement that he had felt when he first went there as an 18-year'-01d boy. When he received the email inviting him to the reunion (重聚) for the people of his year at college, he had felt only happy and excited. Now, as he got nearer to the college, he was nervous, yes, definitely nervous. Perhaps his classmates had all been more successful than him, or at least earned more money than him.He was happy in his job as a university lecturer, but the others were probably all lawyers, accountants and bankers. Who would be there at the reunion? He wondered. He was proud that he had studied there and glad to be back, but at the same time sad that the college was no longer part of his life, sad that he couldn't bring back those days which meant so much to him.The porter gave him a key to a room in the college. He couldn't believe it. It was his' old room. As he walked through the door, he was surprised to feel a tear rolling down his cheeks. He had never thought he would feel like this. He tried to remind himself that his times there had not always been happy, that there had been problems too. It was almost time for dinner, so he put on his black dinner jacket and bow tie and walked down to the dining hall, wondering if any of his old friends would be there.He walked into the dining hall, and there she was. She had changed a little. The smile whichhad made him fall in love with her was still the same. But she was sitting with the man she had chosen to marry, the man she had chosen to marry instead of him. He had thought the pain had gone, but it hit him in the stomach like a boxer's punch. Was it wrong for him to have come back? Or should he ...?88. How old was the writer when he went to college?_________________________________________________________________.89. How did he feel when he received the email inviting him to his college reunion?_________________________________________________________________.90. Why did he feel sad on his way to his college?_________________________________________________________________.91. The old room made him think of happy and sad times in the college, didn't it?_________________________________________________________________.92. What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?_________________________________________________________________.93. Please finish the last question._________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. 18 (years old). / Eighteen.89. Happy and excited.90. Because the college was no longer part of his life / he couldn't bring back those days whichmeant so much to him.91. Yes, it did.92. the pain".93. Should he come here with his wife? / Should he talk with them?/...D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)How much pocket money do you get? How do you spend it? The Blue Book of Chinese Teenager Financial(金融的) Study shows that social activities now take up more of teenagers’ spending. The book was about teenagers’ spending habits. It was based on studies in nine cities in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The results show that students are spendingmore and more on their relationships with friends and classmates, such as having meals together and buying birthday gifts. Only one-third of high school students think about the price when choosing gifts. Most say they only care about what their friends like.Xiao Hao, 17, a student at Gaoyou Normal School in Jiangsu, spent more than 1,000 yuan on his birthday meal this February. “They had given me gifts. If I hadn’t done anything in return, I’d have lost face,” Xia said.Xia’s experience is quite usual among the young students. A meal can cost a student’s pocket money for a month. Many just ask more from parents when they use up their money.Zhang Wei, an expert on teenagers’ financial study, suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget. A budget is a plan of how money will be spent. It helps make decisions about money. To make good use of your money, you can also set a limit. Learn to balance your wants and needs. When choosing gifts for friends, let them know that you care. Sometimes a handmade gift is much better than an expensive one.88.Were there 3 cities in China taking part in the study?(1分)____________，_______________________________________________________.89. According to the results, how do students spend most their pocket money? （2分）_____________________________________________________________________.90. Which do most students consider when choosing a gift, the price or the things their friends like?（2分）_____________________________________________________________________.91. How much money can a meal usually cost? （2分）_____________________________________________________________________.92. What suggestions are given in the passage to help students make good use of the pocket money? （2分）_____________________________________________________________________.93. Which of the given suggestions do you think is the most useful to you? Why? （3分）I think______________________________because___________________________.Keys: 88. No, there weren’t.89. On social activities. / On their relationship with friends and classmates. / (In) having mealstogether and buying birthday gifts.90. The things their friends like.91. A meal can usually cost a student’s pocket money for a month.92. It is suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget and set a limit to balance wantsand needs and let friends know you care when choosing gifts. / Making a budge and setting a limit are suggested in the passage.93. I think making a budget is the most useful to me because I can plan how money will be spentand it helps me make wise decisions about money.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)Mr. Dawson was bad-tempered and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick an apple, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy. They had to go by Dawson’s house, but as they got close, Janet saw him sitting on his fr ont porch and suggested they cross over the street. Like most, she was afraid of the man.Amy said not to worry. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown(皱眉)，but when he saw it was Amy, he gave a broad smile.Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight with her they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and gave them each an apple.Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he isn’t generous. Actually he’s the meanest man in town. How come he was so nice to us?”Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house, he wasn’t very friendly, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back.After a while, he started smiling real smiles and then talked to her. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.“An invisible smile?” questioned Janet.“Yes,” answered Amy, “My grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid a nd pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, sooner or later he would really smile.”If we remember that everyone wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most peoplecan’t resist our smile after a while.It’s so e asy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simply we can bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile takes so little effort; let’s make sure that we’re not the ones that others have to pretend are wearing invisible smiles.88. What did people in town think of Mr. Dawson?_________________________________________________________________.89. Why did Janet suggest they cross over the street?_________________________________________________________________.90. What did Mr. Dawson do after he saw Amy and Janet?He smiled and _____________________________________________________.91. Mr. Dawson was not friendly to Amy when she first walked past his house, was he?_________________________________________________________________.92. How did Amy make Mr. Dawson nice to her?_________________________________________________________________.93. What can we learn from the story? What’s the best title of the passage?_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. They thought he was bad-tempered.89. Because she was afraid of Mr. Dawson.90. (He smiled and) gave them each an apple.91. No, he wasn’t.92. smiling all the time.93. (I think )we should be nice to others. Always keep smiling.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)Happiness is a feeling that lights up your eyes, makes your steps light and makes you want to sing for no reason. Everyone wants to be happy. But sometimes, a guest comes in without invitation. It’s unhappiness. Don’t let it get you down. Send it away.When you are happy, the world feels like a better place. As the saying goes: When yousmile, the world smiles with you; when you cry, you cry alone. Wearing a smile makes you more charming(迷人的)and helps you to win lots of friends. A good mood（心情）always gives you hope, which makes trouble and problems easier to handle.No matter how happy you are, it’s normal to feel angry, sad or gloomy once in a while. Life is full of ups and downs. We can’t change the way life is, but we can do our best to change a bad situation into a good one. To help us do this, it’s good to know some of the factors（因素）that influence happiness.One of the biggest factors is social relationships. People who are close to family and friends are happier than people who don’t have those relationships. Talking and sharing is a good way to relax and build confidence. Knowing someone is there for you will make you braver and more outgoing.Another factor is work or school. If you enjoy school, even if you have lots of homework or extra classes, you will feel that your school life is meaningful and happy. But if you hate school, your negative attitude（消极的态度）may cause you to feel bored and upset that you hate to do so much work.A third factor is your attitude towards life. How do you feel if you fail in an exam? Maybe you think it’s unfair because you always study and should have got a good mark. You can’t stop blaming（责备）yourself. Or, maybe you accept it. You go through the paper carefully, find out why you made stupid mistakes, and tell yourself, “Take it easy! I’ll do better next time!” Your attitude makes a big difference.Do you smile a lot or wear a long face most of the time?88. Happiness is a feeling, isn’t it?____________, _________________________________________________.89. What makes you more charming and gives you hope?_______________________________________________________________.90. What does the underlined sentence mean according to paragraph 3?________________________________________________________________.91. What can we do when we can’t change the way life is?________________________________________________________________.92. How many factors influence happiness? What are they?________________________________________________________________________. 93. How do you make yourself happy in your daily life? Give an example.________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. Yes, it is.89. Wearing a smile and a good mood.90. No matter how happy you are, it's normal to feel angry, sad or gloomy once in a while./There are happiness and sadness in our life.91. We can do our best to change a bad situation into a good one.92. Three. Social relationships, work or school and your attitude towards life.93. Any reasonable answer is ok.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)Born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, Shirley Templewas a leading child film actress in the 1930s. When her performance ofthe song "On the Good Ship Lollipop" became famous, she earned aspecial Academy Award. Temple took on some acting roles as an adultbefore entering politics, becoming a U.S. Diplomat(外交官) for theUnited Nations. She died on February 10, 2014, at age 85, in California.Child StarShirley Jane Temple was born to a banker and a housewife with two older children in California. When Temple was just three years old, she got a contract(合同) with Educational Pictures, making her first acting in a series of low-cost movies called "Baby Burlesques.""Baby Burlesques" led Temple to a contract with the Fox Film Corporation. When the young actress was six years old, she appeared in her first Hollywood film, Carolina. With Fox, Temple made a hit film Little Miss Marker. At that time, the young actress, singer and dancer with the golden curly hair and smiling face proved to be an overnight sensation (轰动) and a top earner for the studio.President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Temple "Little Miss Miracle" for raising the public's confidence and cheerfulness during the hard times. He said, "As long as our country has ShirleyTemple, we will be all right." Temple’s song-and-dance to the tune "On the Good Ship Lollipop" in 1934 earned her a special Academy Award "Outstanding Personality of 1934".Grown-Up ActressWhen Shirley Temple began to grow older, she got less popular with audiences. As a teenager, she appeared in The Blue Bird (1940), which performed poorly at the box office. At age 19, she acted as Susan Turner in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer with her friends Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. Though the film received some praise, audiences found it difficult to accept that their "Little Miss Miracle" was growing up.During the 1950s and early 1960s, she made a few appearances on the small screen, but her career (职业) as a popular film star had ended at an earlier age than most actors’ had begun.88. What was Shirley Temple in the 1930s?_________________________________________________________________________ 89. How many members were there in Shirley Temple’s family after she was born?_________________________________________________________________________ 90. Her performan ce in “Baby Burlesques” didn’t help her get the contract with the Fox FilmCorporation, did it?_________________________________________________________________________ 91. Which film was the most successful one, Carolina, Little Miss Marker or The Blue Bird?_________________________________________________________________________ 92. Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt call Temple “Little Miss Miracle”?_________________________________________________________________________ 93. What was the audiences’ attitude towards Temple’s performance when she grew older?Why?__________________________________________________________________________Keys: 88. A leading child film actress / A child star.89. Five members in her family.90. Yes, it did.91. Little Miss Marker.92. Because she raised the public’s confidence and cheerfulness during the hard times.93. They found it difficult to accept … / She got less popular with her audiences. / …Because she didn’t act as well as before. / Because people liked young Temple better. / …D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）What is it like being a film star? What's it like in front of the camera? Students from Steamboat Springs Middle School in the Us could tell you exactly what it's like. They recently got a taste of the life of a star.A local movie company wanted to produce a film. All the actors in this film were to be students. Fourteen students were chosen from the school, The film, called Ruby vs Wolfgang, was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood (小红帽). It came with a twist (改变), however - the story was told from the perspective (看法) of the wolf.Zoe Walsh, a seventh - grader, signed up to do behind-the-scenes work. But she soon found herself in front of the camera instead. She played a strange middle school student in the film."It's just fun," she told the Steamboat Today. "Just pretending that you're someone else."But there were also difficulties. It was very cold during shooting. Students had to put up with snow and icy wind.Lack (缺乏) of experience was another problem. The director Michael Staley said he tried to "help each student bring out the wolf- or Whatever animal they representing - in themselves".Erus Harrington, an eighth - grader, said he played a "nice, silly British guy". He learned the British accent (口音) all at home."I just kind of taught myself how to do it by watching videos," he said "It makes me feel good after I do it because I'm proud of myself."The students will watch themselves on the big screen for the first time during the film festival at a local high school in May."I'm probably going to laugh at myself," said Zach, the brother of Zoe.88. Fourteen students were chosen as actors in this film, weren't they?___________________________________________________________________________ 89. Who did Walsh play in the film?___________________________________________________________________________ 90. What were the two main problems for the actors?___________________________________________________________________________ 91. How did Harrington learn the British accent?___________________________________________________________________________ 92. Where will the students see the film acted by themselves on the big screen for the first time?___________________________________________________________________________ 93. What do the students think of being a film star after they got a taste of the life of a staraccording to the passage? (At least two different opinions)___________________________________________________________________________Keys: 88. Yes, they were.89. She played a strange middle school student in the film./A strange middle school student.90. The cold and a lack of experience.91. By watching videos./ Harrington learned the British accent by watching videos92. At a local high school.93. It's just fun./It is interesting/exciting. But it is also hard to be a film star./It is a hard job. They felt excited/interested to be a film star. It makes them feel good after they do it/after doing it. They are proud of themselves.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) ( 12 分)Dear DavidThings are going great here in Cannes, France. I’m excited to be here. I have only been at the film festival for two days, but have already seen four films. When the films are not on at the cinema, I like to watch all the fashionable people down at the beach. Everywhere you look, there are famous film stars and directors. I saw three of my favourite stars walking around the festival yesterday. I was too nervous to talk to them, though.I did not realize that this festival was so old. It was first held in 1946. At this year’s festival, ar ound twenty films are competing for the main prize, the Palmed’Or(金棕榈奖) . The films are。

【解析版】上海市虹口区2014年中考二模英语试卷

2014 年上海市虹口区初三二模英语试卷（带分析）一、单项选择题（共20 小题）1．She is so helpful that she is always ready to help people in trouble．Which of the following iscorrectfor the underlined word in the sentence ？A ． /'tr37bl/ B． /'tra7bl/C． /'trKbl/ D． /'trbl/2．Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others？A ． Please focus your attention on your papers ， boys and girls．B． She likes to show off her new clothes in front of her friends．C． I think she should improve her learning methods ．D． The boy picked a hole in his new sweater ．3．Some naughty boys like to play ________ trick on their classmates on April Fool．’ s DayA ． a B． an C． the D． /4．As students，we should work hard and do ________ best to realize our dreams．A ． us B． ourC． ours D． ourselves5．Frank looks very worried today．There must be ________ wrong with him．A ． anything B． nothingC． something D ． everything6．We were all ________ favor of this plan after we discussed for about two hours．A ． at B． in C． to D ． on7．When the father heard from his son from abroad，he became ________．A ． excitingB ． happilyC． happiness D． excited8．JD．com is one of ________ shopping websites in China．A ． largeB ．largerC． largest D． the largest9．It’s not safe for you to go to the forest alone，for you ________ lose your way in it．A ． need B． must C． should D． may10．There is little ________ in the fridge．Let’s go to the market to buy some．A ． eggs B． vegetablesC． fruit D． snacks11．－________ are you always surfing the Internet these days？－To find some information about cooking ．A ． What B． Why C． Where D． Who12．，，________ you will behealthier ．Jane eat less junk food like fried chicken wings A ． or B． andC． however D． so13．My little brother hopes ________ the film Dad，Where are We Going，though he has seen it twice ．A ． to see B． seeC． to seeing D ．saw14．While in college，Mak never minded ________ extra work for his class．A ． to do B． doing C． do D ．did15．Get prepared _______ you can set out immediately if something happens．A ． after B． sinceC． while D． so that16．Quite a few people were injured or killed in this traffic accident last week，________？A ． were theyB ． did theyC． weren ’ t theyD． didn ’ t they17．Jack ’ s parents can’ t go to the parents．’ meeting because they ________ to Beijing on businessA ． went B． have goneC． will go D． had gone18．If my homework ________ on Saturday，I will go to Century Park to watch the flower show on Sunday．A ． is finished B． had been finishedC． was finished D． will be finished19．—Hello，may I speak to Mrs Zhou？— ________A ． Sure． Here you are．B ． Sorry， she isn’．t inC． OK ． Who are you ？ D ． That ’ s right．20．—Thank you for your gift．It’s useful for me．— ________A ． I ’ m sorry to hear that．B ． I ’ m glad you like ．itC． That ’ s all right． D ．Really ？二、完形填空（共 1 小题）21.My best friend and I were in the shop that she owns ． It was the middle of the afternoon ． We wereboth very happy and making plans for the weekend ．Suddenly a man entered the shop． We knew that hedidn ’ t look like one of our usual customers， but we welcomed him __1_ anyway ． Without any hesitationhe pulled something out of his coat ． We did n’ t notice that it was a __2__ until he ordered us to go intothe back with him ．After he warned us that he could fire at any time ， he looked for the money everywhere ， in thebank， from our wallets ， and then he asked for our jewellery ( 珠宝 ) and we gave him all hewanted． Finally ， he finished his“ job”． and leftWhen I was a child， I felt safe with my parents in my home or wherever I was not alone． Then Ibegan to understand the news and I learnt that _3___ things were happening， but I still kept“ out there”think ing that those events were just other people， not mine’s ．__From4 the moment the man walkedout of the shop ， I completely __5____． I always look around to see which kinds of people are possiblyfollowing me． Now I usually double-check everything： if I’ ve locked myself in the car or in the house． Iam always careful not to wear any jewellery ． Whenever a stranger is getting too close or is trying to getinformation from me ， I feel nervous ． I know that it is wrong ， and that not everyone is going to _6__ meagain．After all， I consider myself lucky， since nothing really bad happened to me or my friend， but sincethat day I haven’ t felt safe any．moreIhate that man not for having taken my jewellery and money，butfor having deprived（剥夺） of my innocence ．1．A ． sadly B ． quietly C ． angrily D ． politely2．A ． gun B ．note C． mistake D ． knife3．A ． funny B ．horrible C ． pleasant D． serious4．A ． exchanges B． worries C ．feelings D ．fables5．A ． made a decisionB． lost my wayC ． changed my mindD ． calmed down6．A ． disturb B ． investigate C ． fool D ． attack三、阅读理解（共 2 小题）22.Students at Empire High School started class with no text books － but it wasn’ t because of money problems．Instead， the school gave iBooks － laptop computersto each of its 340 students ， becoming one ofthe first US public schools to stop printed textbooks ．School officials believe that the electronic materials will make students enjoy learning more．Empire High Schoolwas designed to have a textbook-free environment ．Students at Empire High School get the materials over the school’s Internet．Thn e tworkschool hasa central control system that limits what can be downloaded( 下载 ) at the school ．“Students can hand in ho mework online．We have a web program that helps to check if you copyfrom others ，” the headmaster Baker said．In addition to offering up-to-date information，teachers can make the lessons more enjoyable．For example， lessons in history can include links to a person，his ideas’daily，hislifediscovery，and soon．Social studies teacher Jeremy Gypton said the change was easier than expected．Gypton said he assigned reading based on websites， used online groups and message boards to keep the students connected．And he also asked them to comment （谈论） on each other’ s．workJulian Tarazon ， a new student， said that it was kind of hard at first ， because you had to put thingsin folders( 文件夹 )． But after a couple of days ， you got used to it ．Another student Morgan Northcutt said the computer system had made it easier to do homework ．The school isn’t completely paperless，however．It has a library，and students can read books in it．“We’re not trying to get rid of books，” Baker said．“We love books．”1．The students at Empire High School will study in class without ___________ this year．A ． text messagesB ． printed textbooksC． reading materialsD ． electric machines2．The teachers at Empire High School began to use iBooks because they___________ ．A ．had money problemsB ． had limited networkC． wanted to improve their teachingD ． wanted a web program3．A central control system can help to control __________ ．A ．how much to downloaddB ． what to downloadC． how to downloadD ． why to download4．The underlined word“ assigned” probably means“．___________”A ．说明B．达成C．转让 D ．部署5．The biggest advantage of the home work online is that___________ ．A ． students can do it anytimeB ． information online is availableC． there is a lot of reading based on websitesD ． it provides a platform for students to share ideas6．The best title of the passage might be“．___________”A ．High School uses iBooks instead of textbooksB ． Don’t try to get rid of booksC． Learning without textbooks is harderD ．Doing homework online23.The first time I saw Jim Wooten I really understood him．He was a great TV newsreporter．When he was reporting in Rwanda ，one heartbreaking moment made a deep impression onme． When the camera showed all of the children who were dying ， suffered from terrible diseases ， Jimended his piece by saying that when he got home ， the first thing he was going to do was to put his armsaround his own children ．Then I realized that he was different ，that he didn’ t fall into any of the modern television-news tricks， that he was not giving us any awful， artificial(假的 ) television-journalist reportsout of （出于) pity． Instead， I was watching a real reporter with a gift(天分) for both words and slight differences ．Then I read his book，We Are All the Same， about his friendship with Xolani Nkosi， a SouthAfrican boy who became the international spokesman for AIDS(艾滋病)． It is abo ut the friendshipbetween Wooten and a black child who was ten years old and already dying of AIDS． It is also a bookabout a great teacher and his student． But the teacher－ the one with real wisdom and understanding aboutlife －is the little boy ， not the journalist ． And ， finally ， it ’ s about a love story of Gail Johnson，Nkosi ’s white mother who does her best to save the boy ， and their love for each other ． When reading the book ，I felt touched from time to time ．1．How did Jim Wooten feel when he saw the dying children in Rwanda？__________________________________________________________________．2．What would an ordinary journalist do on TV when he saw these dying children？_________________________________________________________________ ．3．How did Jim end his piece when he saw the dying children in Rwanda？_________________________________________________________________ ．4．Who is the teacher in the book ， the little boy or the journalist ？_________________________________________________________________ ．5．Why did Nkosi’ s mother do everything possible to save the boy？_________________________________________________________________ ．6．What’ s the writer’ s attitude to Jim？WootenHowdo you know that？_________________________________________________________________ ．四、阅读填空（共 1 小题）24.Have you ever seen an exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves？ There are five young male wolvesin Brookfield Zoo now．The exhibition is d___1___ into two areas， an indoor room and a peaceful outdoor viewing or playing area． In the indoor area of the exhibition， which is small and can e__2___ become crowded， you can see the wolves t___3___ one-way glass and also enjoy a few differentactivities ．One of these activities is very inte resting ． You stand in a dark room ， listening to recorded wolf howls（长嚎）． You can really get an idea of what it feels like to be in a dark and d__4__ forest ． After about a minute and a half ，some wolves in the woods a___5___ on the wall in front of you ． It is a great experience for n___6__ lovers ．In the outdoor area of the exhibition ， there is a small river ， ponds， fallen trees and awetland ．Visitors can walk among lifelike models of wolf prey(猎物)，learning about different huntings___7___ the wolves use， how they store their food and how they communicate ， while watching the wolves from behind an electric fence ．After a tour of the exhibition，you can read Wolf Brother written by Paver．It was made into a movie by director Ridley Scott ．Welcome to our exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves！五、选词填空（共 2 小题）25.In Tanzania ， an African country ，a company called APOPO trains African pouched rats( 非洲有袋鼠） to find landmines( 地雷） left over from the wars ． The rats are trained to smell out some ofthe__1__ in them ． More importantly ， these rats are too light to set off the landmines ．Generally speaking ， after 8 to 12 months of training ， the rats can find landmines so that they can be safely destroyed． Rats and trainers search one small area at a time． To be sure that every inch of the ground is__2__ ， APOPO workers use a harness-and-rope system that guides the rats back and forth inrows． The trainer stands safely on the edge(边沿 ) of the地址 )． The trainers __3__ each spot on area． When a rat smells landmines ， it will dig the dirt in thatspot(a map． Later， people set off the landmines safely ．In the African country of Mozambique，nearly half of the ___4__ are younger than 15 years old．A lot of kids are in danger as they play and work ． With the help of the rats and trainers ， there will be no threat any more．26.Two teenage girls are missing after they failed to return to their school camp in a Victorian National Park ___1__ the New South Wales border last night ．The police began to __2__ the girls ， aged 14 and 15． They are students at Melbourne School and were in the area as part of a school camp． The girls were last seen at about 4 ： 30 pm yesterday and did not return for dinner at 6 pm ．“They were ___3___ to be wearing lightweight clothing ． It has rained in the area for three days and the police are worried about their __4__ ．Search and Rescue police will arrive in the area immediately to coordinate( 协调） a full-scale search，” saidthe spokeswoman．六、达成句子（共 2 小题）27.I think it helpful to keep several _______ by me to look up new words．(dictionary)2．Maggie got the ________ prize because of her good performance in the singing competition．(two) 3．I plan to travel to several ________ countries such as France and Germany next winterholidays ． (Europe)4．The government has decided to _______ the ancient temple next month ．(building)5．I ________ living in the city centre because there is too much traffic．(like)6．The survey shows that customers are very ________ with the service of the 5-star hotel ． (satisfying) 7．Mary was singing ________ to her baby sister when Mum got back home ． (soft)8．It ’ s not polite to ask abouther people ’ s ________ matters in England．(person)28.He has promised to buy his daughter a new iPad Air （改为否认句）He ________ ________ to buy his daughter a new iPad Air．2．It ’ s one and a half hours’ drive from my home to People．（对划线’部分sSquare发问）________ ________ is it from your home to People？’ s Square3．We set up Earth Day in 1970 to ask people to protect the earth ．（改为被动语态)Earth Day ________ ________ up in 1970 to ask people to protect the earth ．4．It ’ s great fun to go to see a flower show with some friends in spring ． (改为叹息句 )________ ________ fun it is to go to see a flower show with some friends in spring！5．Many flights at this international airport had to be delayed because of the heavy snow ． (保持句意基本不变 )Many flights at this international airport had to be ________ ________ because of the heavy snow．6．We asked Danny ，“ Will you go cycling with us or watch TV at home this weekend ？”(改为宾语从句）We asked Danny ________ he ________ go cycling with us or watch TV at home this weekend．7．I ；my boss ； thinks ； don’ t complain； because； my job ； I；am pleased with ；（．）（连词成句）_______________________________________________________________七、书面表达（共 1 小题）29.Write at least 60 words on the topic“ ．．．I’dlikefelto happymake以”《我想使快乐》为题写一篇许多于60 个词的短文，标点符号不占格。

上海市虹口区2014年中考二模英语试卷有答案

虹口区2014年英语学科中考练习题（二模）（本试卷满分150分，考试时间100分钟，答案必须写在答题纸上，否则不给分）2014.4Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)Ⅰ. A. Listen and choose the right picture(根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (共6分)1._________2._________3.__________4.________5. __________6. __________B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案): (共8分)( )7. A) In a library. B) In a classroom.C) In a lab. D) In a computer room.( )8. A) Jane’s phone number.B) Jane’s addres s.C) Jane’s e-mail. D) Jane’s QQ.( )9. A) Stormy. B) Rainy. C) Fine. D) Snowy. ( )10. A) 4.5 dollars. B) 5 dollars. C) 9 dollars. D) 10 dollars.( )11. A) She will wait outside.B) She will look for the invitation.C) She will look at the pocket.D) She will enter the hall.( )12. A) A house painter. B) A gardener. C) A postman. D) A cleaner.( )13. A) Because he doesn’t like the hotel.B) Because he doesn’t like the food there.C) Because he can’t afford to stay there.D) Because the service thereis not satisfying.( )14. A) He speaks too fast. B) He often uses very difficult words.C) He doesn’t know what he means.D) He uses very few examples toexplain his ideas.C. Listen to the dialogue and tell whether the following statements are true or false(判断下列句子是否符合你听到的对话内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): (共6分)( )15. Kitty had a talk with her sister Jane unhappily last night.( )16. Jane thinks Kitty is a patient, responsible mum.( )17. The woman speaker is not strict with her daughter.( )18. The woman speaker often asks her daughter to do some housework.( )19. The two speakers don’t agree on Anne’s future plan.( )20. The two speakers are talking about the way to educate children.D. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks(根据你听到的内容，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词): (共10分)21. Murphy ________ ________ an engineering position(职位) in a big factory,22. Bob and Murphy were asked to ________ a________ by the manager.23. Both of them ________ ________ one question.24. The manager went to Murphy and said, “Thank you for _______ _______, but we’ve decided to giveBob the chance.”25. Murphy ________ ________ “Neither do I.” instead of “I don’t know.”.Part 2 Phonetics , Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分语音、词汇和语法)II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)26.She is so helpful that she is always ready to help people in trouble. Which ofthe following is correctfor the underlined word in the sentence?A) /'tr37bl/ B) /'tr a7bl/ C) /'tr K bl/ D. /'tr bl/27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from theothers?A) Please focus your attention on your papers, boys and girls.B) She likes to show off her new clothes in front of her friends.C) I think she should improve her learning methods.D) The boy picked a hole in his new sweater.28. Some naughty boys like to play ________ trick on their classmates on April Fool’sDay.A) a B) an C) the D) /29. As students, we should work hard and do ________ best to realize our dreams.A) us B) our C) ours D) ourselves30. Frank looks very worried today. There must be ________ wrong with him.A) anything B) nothing C) something D) everything31. We were all ________ favor of this plan after we discussed for about two hours.A) at B) in C) to D) on32. When the father heard from his son from abroad, he became ________.A) exciting B) happily C) happiness D)excited33. is one of ________ shopping websites in China.A) large B) larger C) largest D) thelargest34. It’s not safe for you to go to the forest alone, for you ________ lose yourway in it.A) need B) must C) should D) may35. There is little ________ in the fridge. Let’s go to the market to buy some.A) eggs B) vegetables C) fruit D) snacks36. －________ are you always surfing the Internet these days?－To find some information about cooking.A) What B) Why C) Where D) Who37. Jane, eat less junk food like fried chicken wings, ________ you will be healthier.A) or B) and C) however D) so38. My little brother hopes ________ the film Dad, Where are We Going, though hehas seen it twice.A) to see B) see C) to seeing D) saw39. While in college, Mak never minded ________ extra work for his class.A) to do B) doing C) do D) did40.Get prepared _______ you can set out immediately if something happens.A) after B) since C) while D) sothat41. Quite a few people were injured or killed in this traffic accident last week,________?A) were they B) did they C) weren’t they D)didn’t they42. Jack’s parents can’t go to the parents’ meeting because they ________ toBeijing on business.A) went B) have gone C) will go D) had gone43. If my homework ________ on Saturday, I will go to Century Park to watch the flowershow on Sunday.A) is finished B) had been finished C) was finished D) willbe finished44. —Hello, may I speak to Mrs Zhou?—________A) Sure. Here you are. B) Sorry, she isn’t in.C) OK. Who are you ? D) That’s right.45. —Thank you for your gift. It’s useful for me.— ________A) I’m sorry to hear that. B) I’m glad you like it.C) That’s all right. D) Really?III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格, 每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。

虹口区2014高三二模英语试卷及答案

虹口区2014年英语学科高考练习题2014.4 考生注意:1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。

试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（第1—10页）和第Ⅱ卷（第11页），全卷共11页。

第I卷第1-16小题、第41-77小题为选择题，答题必须涂在答题纸上，第I卷第17-40小题、第78-81小题和第II卷的答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

第I 卷(共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：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. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor.2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10.3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested.4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a train. D. Have a meeting.5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking.C. He disagrees with Jack.D. He believes that Jack will quit his job.6. A. There won’t be enough cups left. B. They’ve got plenty of cups.C. They’re buying what they need.D. They’ve got enough food for the picnic.7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship.C. Jerry isn’t interested in the scholarship.D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry.8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam.C. He used to be a top student.D. He answered only 10% of the questions.9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad.C. He wrote to his family last month.D. He is anxious to go back home.10. A. He’s afraid to take exams.B. He only took the fourth exam.C. He isn’t the only one who was graded.D. He didn’t get the highest score on one exam.Section BDirections: 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 fourpossible 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. Because they usually use their fingers to eat meat.B. Because they can use chopsticks to eat any kind of food except soup.C. Because they can even eat soup with chopsticks.D. Because they are afraid to cut themselves with knives.12. A. Because they cook everything in one whole piece.B. Because they don’t like to use chopsticks.C. Because they need to use knives and forks to cut up meat.D. Because they usually cook meat in small pieces.13. A. The obvious difference in the ways Chinese and Americans eat food.B. Food cultures in China and in the U.S.C. Comparison between chopsticks, knives and forks.D. The ways of using chopsticks, knives and forks.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because he thought he knew the man.B. Because he wanted to have a look at the newspaper.C. Because the man was reading the article he had written.D. Because the man was reading the newspaper he had edited.15. A. To buy the newspaper.B. To recognize him as the writer.C. To read deeply into the article.D. To turn to the page where the story was continued.16. A. The man was reading. B. The man was talking.C. The man was smiling.D. The man was sleeping.Section CDirections: 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. WriteBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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)One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25 parents do not always accept your adulthood. I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26 your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28 (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley campus to visit my friend Sara, without any argument from my mother. 29 when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Sara’s dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30 (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several months. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31 paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy are still holding the purse strings, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes it is best to sit back, shut up, and do32 they ask.(B)A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply — all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else 33 (need) to start the industrial process. That ―something special‖ was men —creative individuals 34 could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35 (conduct) his research accurately.H e i s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y w o r k i n g36 ______ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive 37 (solve) a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38 specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.Many of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not 39 (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science 40 not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.Section BDirections: 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.Officials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: th ey’ve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College won’t be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmith@bc. edu will simply forward m ail to the student’s already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing（外包）their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didn’t have an email address of their own by the time they were af r e s h m a n?I t’s46u n h e a r d o f.T o d a y’s s t u d e n t s a r e d ig i t a l47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesn’t make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston Colle ge made could easily be the start of a new trend. We’re sure the students like it, too.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: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.Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps51 relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharper working 52 . A 2008 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to53 the mid-afternoon sleepiness.According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people 54 new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most 55 , a 2007 study of nearly 24,000 Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who napped 56 had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didn’t nap.Of course, napping is n’t57 for everyone. If you’re suffering from inability to sleep, naps that are too long or taken too late in the day can 58 with your ability to fall or stay asleep at night.But for most, naps can make you feel sharper and happier. Naps provide different benefits59 on how long they are. A 20-minute nap will boost alertness and concentration; a 90-minute snooze（小睡）can 60 creativity.According to , you 61 a natural dip in body temperature between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. A short nap at this time can boost alertness for several hours and, for most people, shouldn’t 62 being able to fall asleep at night.Pick a dark, cozy place that’s not too warm or too chilly. 63 napping on the couch instead of in bed, so y ou’re less64 to snooze for too long.Surprisingly, the best place to take a nap may be a hammock（吊床）if you have one. A Swiss study 65 last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that puts babies to sleep works wonders for grown-ups, too.51. A. relieve B. promote C. operate D. support52. A. feeling B. frame C. sense D. mind53. A. cope with B. put aside C. talk about D. carry upon54. A. remark B. consider C. remember D. concern55. A. reportedly B. unbelievably C. constantly D. frankly56. A. regularly B. enormously C. heavily D. strongly57. A. exact B. correct C. right D. accurate58. A. connect B. deal C. compete D. interfere59. A. focusing B. depending C. relying D. basing60. A. enlarge B. engage C. enhance D. enroll61. A. explore B. experience C. exercise D. implement62. A. produce B. handle C. affect D. urge63. A. postpones B. discourages C. acknowledges D. recommends64. A. obliged B. tempted C. adopted D. attracted65. A. pronounced B. published C. discovered D. cultivatedSection BDirections: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)Like many other small boys, I was fascinated by cars, especially because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend. Every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the ―Car of the Future‖. They featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do. It goes, it stops, it burns gasoline. I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I don’t steer it carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things.Airbags aren’t the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still need some development. But they aren’t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.Better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (与前车距离过近). Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a driver’s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control s ystems. If the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle（油门）.Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves?66. The author was fascinated by cars because ________.A. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, tooB. he read untraditional things about cars in his brother’s magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his carD. he often booked cool car magazines himself67. By saying ―my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do‖, the author means that ________.A. my car is far better than my brother’sB. my car is not as good as my broth er’sC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recentlyD. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far68. Which of the following statements is true of airbags?A. They are going to disappear gradually.B. They are in need of further improvement.C. They are a standard feature of European cars.D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes.69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the driver’s system?A. They will not start.B. They will ease up on the throttle.C. They will brake automatically.D. They will give a warning in advance.(B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.70. You work from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and the International House.B. Global English Center and Modem Language School.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. The 21st Century and the International House.71. The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that ________.A. its teaching quality is betterB. it requires an entrance examinationC. its courses are more advancedD. it is nearest to the city center72. You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it ________.A. offers sightseeing and social activities at low pricesB. costs less than the other schoolsC. has a special course in spoken EnglishD. has native English teachers73. If you take the four-month evening program at the International House, you will pay about ________.A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 960 yuan(C)Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over(绊倒) themselves in their eagerness to sign cooperative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other: the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain, the other by trying to break into a market which isn’t big enough to sustain (忍受) it.Technology transfer works in a growing market, where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales, their sales must come from substitution, not expansion.Given the complexity of today’s airliners, it is unlikely that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term, such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant: most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.In the short term, it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air–frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such as China, Taiwan or Korea, while retaining the design, development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not notice the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills (like computing) at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metal bashing (猛击).The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner.74. T he author’s attitude towards Western/Eastern cooperation can be described as ________.A. positiveB. progressiveC. conservativeD. negative75. ―The airliner market is not such a device‖ means that the airliner market ________.A. does not encourage technology transferB. is too limited to offer chances of successC. requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devicesD. is full of competitions for new entrants76. According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should ________.A. try to benefit from both financial and technical resourcesB. break up his partnership with the East once profits are madeC. keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airlinersD. cooperate with Asian partners for a short time77. The word ―base‖ i n the last paragraph represents ________.A. a place for aircraft productionB. the operation of aircraftC. a research instituteD. a position where to build officeSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.―There is a senseless concept that children grow up and leave home when they are 18, and the truth is far from that,‖ says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents.Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings attached. Besides, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, ―It is ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.‖ But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times —and left three times. ―What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,‖ she explains. ―He never liked anyone I dated, s o I either had to hide away to meet them at friends’ houses.‖It is really hard to say how long adult children should live with their parents before moving on. Nevertheless, it is commonly recognized that lengthy homecomings are a mistake and they accidentally destroy the advantage of brief visits that will strengthen the relationship between parents and children. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with ―a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.‖ And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a stress for them.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. What’s the most important reason for young adults’ returning to the nest?79. Knighton enjoys living at home due to ________.80. What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turco’s unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is ________ that benefit(s) both adult children and their parents to avoid lengthyhomecomings.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

2014上海虹口区高考英语二模试题(附答案)

虹口区2014年英语学科高考练习题2014.4 考生注意:1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。

试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（第1—10页）和第Ⅱ卷（第11页），全卷共11页。

第I卷第1-16小题、第41-77小题为选择题，答题必须涂在答题纸上，第I卷第17-40小题、第78-81小题和第II卷的答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

第I 卷(共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：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. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor.2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10.3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested.4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a train. D. Have a meeting.5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking.C. He disagrees with Jack.D. He believes that Jack will quit his job.6. A. There won’t be enough cups left. B. They’ve got plenty of cups.C. They’re buying what they need.D. They’ve got e nough food for the picnic.7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship.C. Jerry isn’t interested in the scholarship.D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry.8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam.C. He used to be a top student.D. He answered only 10% of the questions.9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad.C. He wrote to his family last month.D. He is anxious to go back home.10. A. He’s afraid to take exams.B. He only took the fourth exam.C. He isn’t the only one who was graded.D. He didn’t get the highest score on one exam.Section BDirections: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. Because they usually use their fingers to eat meat.B. Because they can use chopsticks to eat any kind of food except soup.C. Because they can even eat soup with chopsticks.D. Because they are afraid to cut themselves with knives.12. A. Because they cook everything in one whole piece.B. Because they don’t like to use chopsticks.C. Because they need to use knives and forks to cut up meat.D. Because they usually cook meat in small pieces.13. A. The obvious difference in the ways Chinese and Americans eat food.B. Food cultures in China and in the U.S.C. Comparison between chopsticks, knives and forks.D. The ways of using chopsticks, knives and forks.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because he thought he knew the man.B. Because he wanted to have a look at the newspaper.C. Because the man was reading the article he had written.D. Because the man was reading the newspaper he had edited.15. A. To buy the newspaper.B. To recognize him as the writer.C. To read deeply into the article.D. To turn to the page where the story was continued.16. A. The man was reading. B. The man was talking.C. The man was smiling.D. The man was sleeping.Section CDirections: 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.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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)One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25 parents do not always accept your adulthood. I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26 your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28 (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley campus to visit my friend Sara, without any argument from my mother. 29 when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Sara’s dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30 (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several months. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31 paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy are still holding the purse strings, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes it is best to sit back, shut up, and do32 they ask.(B)A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply — all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else 33 (need) to start the industrial process. That ―something special‖ was men — creative individuals 34 could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35 (conduct) his r e s e a r c h a c c u r a t e l y.H e i s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y w o r k i n g 36 ______ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive 37 (solve) a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38 specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.Many of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not 39 (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science 40 not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.Section BDirections: 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.Officials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: the y’ve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College won’t be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmith@bc. edu will simply forward mail to the student’s already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing（外包）their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didn’t have an email address of their own by the time they w e r e a f r e s h m a n?I t’s46u n h e a r d o f.T o d a y’s s t u d e n t s a r e d i g i t a l 47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesn’t make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston Colle ge made could easily be the start of a new trend. We’re sure the students like it, too.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: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.Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps51 relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharper working 52 . A 2008 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to53 the mid-afternoon sleepiness.According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people 54 new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most 55 , a 2007 study of nearly 24,000 Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who napped 56 had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didn’t nap.Of course, napping is n’t57 for everyone. If you’re suffering from inability to sleep, naps that are too long or taken too late in the day can 58 with your ability to fall or stay asleep at night.But for most, naps can make you feel sharper and happier. Naps provide different benefits59 on how long they are. A 20-minute nap will boost alertness and concentration; a 90-minute snooze（小睡）can 60 creativity.According to , you 61 a natural dip in body temperature between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. A short nap at this time can boost alertness for several hours and, for most people, shouldn’t 62 being able to fall asleep at night.Pick a dark, cozy place that’s not too warm or too chilly. 63 napping on the couch instead of in bed, so y ou’re less64 to snooze for too long.Surprisingly, the best place to take a nap may be a hammock（吊床）if you have one. A Swiss study 65 last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that puts babies to sleep works wonders for grown-ups, too.51. A. relieve B. promote C. operate D. support52. A. feeling B. frame C. sense D. mind53. A. cope with B. put aside C. talk about D. carry upon54. A. remark B. consider C. remember D. concern55. A. reportedly B. unbelievably C. constantly D. frankly56. A. regularly B. enormously C. heavily D. strongly57. A. exact B. correct C. right D. accurate58. A. connect B. deal C. compete D. interfere59. A. focusing B. depending C. relying D. basing60. A. enlarge B. engage C. enhance D. enroll61. A. explore B. experience C. exercise D. implement62. A. produce B. handle C. affect D. urge63. A. postpones B. discourages C. acknowledges D. recommends64. A. obliged B. tempted C. adopted D. attracted65. A. pronounced B. published C. discovered D. cultivatedSection BDirections: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)Like many other small boys, I was fascinated by cars, especially because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend. Every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the ―Car of the Future‖. They featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do. It goes, it stops, it burns gasoline. I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I don’t steer it carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things.Airbags aren’t the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still need some development. But they aren’t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.Better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (与前车距离过近). Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a driver’s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control s ystems. If the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle（油门）.Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own.Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves?66. The author was fascinated by cars because ________.A. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, tooB. he read untraditional things about cars in his brother’s magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his carD. he often booked cool car magazines himself67. By saying ―my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s Studebaker didn’t do‖, the author means that________.A. my car is far better than my brother’sB. my car is not as good as my broth er’sC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recentlyD. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far68. Which of the following statements is true of airbags?A. They are going to disappear gradually.B. They are in need of further improvement.C. They are a standard feature of European cars.D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes.69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the driver’s system?A. They will not start.B. They will ease up on the throttle.C. They will brake automatically.D. They will give a warning in advance.(B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English.Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.70. You work from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every day. Which school will you choose?A. Global English Center and the International House.B. Global English Center and Modem Language School.C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century.D. The 21st Century and the International House.71. The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that ________.A. its teaching quality is betterB. it requires an entrance examinationC. its courses are more advancedD. it is nearest to the city center72. You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it ________.A. offers sightseeing and social activities at low pricesB. costs less than the other schoolsC. has a special course in spoken EnglishD. has native English teachers73. If you take the four-month evening program at the International House, you will pay about ________.A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 960 yuan(C)Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over (绊倒) themselves in their eagerness to sign cooperative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other: the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain, the other by trying to break into a market which isn’t big enough to sustain (忍受) it.Technology transfer works in a growing market, where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales, their sales must come from substitution, not expansion.Given the complexity of today’s airliners, it is unlikely that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term, such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant: most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.In the short term, it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air–frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such as China, Taiwan or Korea, while retaining the design, development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not notice the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills (like computing) at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metal bashing (猛击).The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to builda new airliner.74. T he author’s attitude towards Western/Eastern cooperation can be described as ________.A. positiveB. progressiveC. conservativeD. negative75. ―The airliner market is not such a device‖ means that the airliner market ________.A. does not encourage technology transferB. is too limited to offer chances of successC. requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devicesD. is full of competitions for new entrants76. According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should ________.A. try to benefit from both financial and technical resourcesB. break up his partnership with the East once profits are madeC. keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airlinersD. cooperate with Asian partners for a short time77. The word ―base‖ i n the last paragraph represents ________.A. a place for aircraft productionB. the operation of aircraftC. a research instituteD. a position where to build officeSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.―There is a senseless concept that children grow up and leave home when they are 18, and the truth is far from that,‖ says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbe rs of young adults are living with their parents.Analysts raised a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. One important reason is that the marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people, which is second to skyrocketing housing costs to which young people find their wings attached. Besides, a high divorce rate and adeclining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, ―It is ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.‖ But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times —and left three times. ―What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,‖ she explains. ―He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away to meet them at friends’ houses.‖It is really hard to say how long adult children should live with their parents before moving on. Nevertheless, it is commonly recognized that lengthy homecomings are a mistake and they accidentally destroy the advantage of brief visits that will strengthen the relationship between parents and children. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with ―a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.‖ And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities, which is definitely a stress for them.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. What’s the most important reason for young adults’ returning to the nest?79. Knighton enjoys living at home due to ________.80. What has resulted in the Michelle Del Turco’s unhappy experience with her dad?81. From the passage, we can conclude it is ________ that benefit(s) both adult children and their parents to avoidlengthy homecomings.第II 卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 他们的建议听起来和我们的同样可行。

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每空格限填一词) (共14分)Have you ever seen an exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves? There are five young male wolves in Brookfield Zoo now. The exhibition is d____81____ into two areas, an indoor room and a peaceful outdoor viewing or playing area. In the indoor area of the exhibition, which is small and can e____82____ become crowded, you can see the wolves t____83____ one-way glass and also enjoy a few different activities.One of these activities is very interesting. You stand in a dark room, listening to recorded wolf howls（长嚎）. You can really get an idea of what it feels like to be in a dark and d___84___ forest. After about a minute and a half, some wolves in the woods a____85____ on the wall in front of you. It is a great experience for n____86____ lovers.In the outdoor area of the exhibition, there is a small river, ponds, fallen trees and a wetland. Visitors can walk among lifelike models of wolf prey(猎物), learning about different hunting s____87____ the wolves use, how they store their food and how they communicate, while watching the wolves from behind an electric fence.After a tour of the exhibition, you can read Wolf Brother written by Paver. It was made into a movie by director Ridley Scott.Welcome to our exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves!Keys: 81.divided 82. easily 83. through 84. dangerous 85. appear 86. nature 87. skillsC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

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