高三英语摸底考

上海高三英语摸底考I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short conversationsA. Teacher and studentB. Boss and secretaryC. Husband and wifeD. Mother and sonA. Go with the woman to the party when he has time.B. Go to the party when he finished the test.C. Stay home and study because the party is too bad.D. Study hard for a test instead of going to the party.A. Get the clock ready.B. Mail the letters.C. Help the woman.D. Take a walk.A. 5 dollars.B. 15 dollarsC. 2.5 dollarsD. 4 dollarsA. What kind of present she could buy.B. What kind of record player she should buy.C. Whether she should buy a present for her brother.D. Where to buy the record player.A. The man is wearing the jacket inside out.B. The man should put the jacket behind the door.C. The man doesn't need to wear his jacket.D. It's warm behind the door.A. She can go to the station with the man.B. She can get a ride in the man's car.C. She can take the man to the station.D. She can ride a bike quickly.A. He has just finished his speech.B. He doesn't need any more help.C. He wants to thank all the people.D. He still needs to thank the woman again.A. He is quite willing to help.B. He is serving a guest.C. He is in the woman’s seat.D. He will help himself.A. The woman should be on time for her training.B. The woman's team will spend a lot of time training.C. The woman's team should be trained for the game.D. The woman's team is well prepared.Section B PassagesQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.A. The habit of travelling.B. The habit of being on time.C. The art of living a busy time.D. How to save time.A. Because we have a busy life.B. Because we have to do too many things at a time.C. Because we don't have much work to do.D. Because we must not waste time.A. We should not take it seriously.B. We should not be on time.C. We should be considerate.D. We sometimes can be ill.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.A. People can live to over 120.B. Old people are creative.C. Women are sporty at 85.D. Women live longer than men.A. The average human life span could be 110.B. Scientists cannot find ways to slow aging.C. Few people can expect to live to cover 150.D. Researchers are not sure how long humans can live.A. Most of the people can live to 120.B. Mice can live as long as humans.C. The human life span can be doubled.D. Humans will become a new species. Section C Longer conversationsBlanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.BOOKING INFORMATIONName: MooreType of room: A 17. __________ roomTime to stay: From Oct 4th to Oct 18. __________Telephone number: 264-9716Service & facilities: A radio, a color TV, a 19. __________ and a newspaper Request: A 20. __________ room away from the streetComplete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.NameOpinionHadleySmoking causes diseases like 21. __________ and lung cancer.RandyIn Britain money was collected from smokers to pay for 22. __________.RodneyLife would be better if smoking were 23. __________.DavidSmoking is 24. __________, and it can relieve stress.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and vocabulary.Section A25. Undoubtedly, life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is _______ our control.A. againstB. beyondC. amongD. in26. The editor told the newsman to write _______ report．A. a two-thousand-wordsB. a two-thousands-wordsC. a two thousand wordD. a two-thousand-word27. Tom _______ in the library every night over the last three months.A. worksB. workedC. has been workingD. had been working28. — What do you think of store shopping in the future?— Personally, I think it will exist along with home shopping but _______.A. will never be replacedB. would never replaceC. will never replaceD. would never be replaced29. _______ the Internet is bridging the distance between people, it may also be breaking some homes or will cause other family problems.A. WhenB. AsC. IfD. While30. He made another wonderful discovery, _______ of great importance to the development of science and technology.A. which I think isB. which I think it isC. which I think itD. I think which is31. It is pretty well understood today _______ causes the change of our body temperature.A. whatB. whenC. thatD. how32. We'll have to finish the job, _______.A. long it takes howeverB. it takes however longC. long however it takesD. however long it takes33. He stepped into the office, _______ down and began to fill in the forms．A. sittingB. to sitC. satD. having sat34. — Where was it _______ the road accident happened yesterday?— In front of the market.A. whenB. whichC. thatD. how35. Each time he saw the nice picture sent by his French pen-friend, he feels like _______ a trip to Paris to visit the Eiffel Tower.A. to makeB. makingC. madeD. make36. In 1687, English scientist Issac Newton published a book _______ on the work of Galileo, saying that the earth goes around the sun.A. buildingB. builtC. to buildD. build37. Shining down out of a blue sky, _______.A. the sun burnt their pale skinB. they were burnt by the sunC. the sun burning their pale skinD. their pale skins were burnt by the sun38. Each student driver must pass three tests: an eye examination, a written test and a road test, _______ a driver’s license.A. to issueB. to be issuedC. being issuedD. having issued39. _______ from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals not found in any other country in the world.A. Being separatedB. Having separatedC. Having been separatedD. To be separated40. So little _______ with each other that almost no progress was made at the Copenhagen Climate Conference.A. the world leaders sharedB. did the world leaders shareC. were the world leaders sharedD. share did the world leadersSection BA. measuringB. completeC. arousedD. headAB. slightlyAC. entirelyAD. expressBC. silencedBD. paintingCD. findThe Last Supper is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces in the whole field of pictorial art. Tradition says that Leonardo da Vinci worked for ten years upon the __41__, and the monks (修道士) in the church were angered at the delay. It was said that Leonardo often painted continuously from dawn to night without eating his meals. But at other times he spent hours before the picture, lost in contemplation (沉思), examining, comparing, and __42__ with his figures.This inactivity __43__ the anger of the fussy (爱挑剔的) Prior, the head of the church, who belonged to the large group of those who believe that the busier a man seems, the more he completes; and so he tied to __44__ fault with the lazy painter. Leonardo was __45__ unhappy and explained to somebody else that there is great difference between the work of the greatest artist and the stonemason (石匠). The creative artist needs time for contemplation; he may be busiest when his hand are idlest. Just now he needed two heads to __46__ the picture: that of Christ, for which no model on earth could be found, for it was hard to find the man whose facewould __47__ the strength, beauty, tenderness and deep sorrow of the Christ; then he also needed a __48__ for Judas, and it was hard to find the men whose face could express the meanness of that base traitor (卑鄙的叛徒). But he would look no further, if none came his way, he would be satisfied to take the Prior as a model for Judas. This threat __49__ the angry Prior, who quite naturally had no desire to present himself to descendents (后代) in such a fashion. III. Reading comprehension.Section ASome personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one’s intelligence. But people fail to realize the importance of training these factors in young people.The so-called “non-intelligence factors” include one’s feelings, will, motivation, interests and habits. After a 30-year study, American psychologists __50__ that the main cause of differences in intelligence is not intelligence __51__, but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will power and self-confidence.__52__ people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention t o __53__ these factors.Some parents are greatly worried when their children fail to do well in their studies. They lame either genetic factors, or laziness, but they never take into __54__ these non-intelligence factors. At the same time, some teachers do n’t inquire into reason s why students do __55__. They simply give them more course and exercises or __56__ criticize or laugh at them. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and __57__ themselves us as hopeless. Others may go astray (堕落) because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 percent of them were __58__ of learning because of examinations, 36.4 percent lacked persistence, initiative and consciousness and 10.3 percent were sick of learning.It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main __59__ to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes an imbalance between physiological and __60__ development among a few students.If we don’t start now to __61__ the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only affect the development of the __62__ of teenagers, but also affect the quality of the whole generation. Some experts have put forwar d __63__ about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors. Parents and teachers should __64__ understand teenage psychology. On this basis, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning, exciting their interests and toughening their willpower.50. A. came out B. found out C. made out D. worked out51. A. in itself B. by itself C. itself D. on its own52. A. Though B. Nevertheless C. However D. Moreover53. A. believing B. studying C. cultivating D. developing54. A. effect B. comment C. consideration D. preparations55. A. poorly B. properly C. successfully D. dependently56. A. ever B. even C. still D. more57. A. put B. get C. handle D. give58. A. afraid B. ahead C. aware D. ashamed59. A. difficulty B. question C. threat D. obstacle60. A. intelligent B. characteristic C. psychological D. physical61. A. practise B. regulate C. strengthen D. urge62. A. intelligence B. diligence C. cultivation D. performance63. A. projects B. warnings C. suggestions D. decision64. A. fully B. greatly C. very D. highlySection BAHere is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2012: More than 200 B&Bs（bed & breakfast）across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don’t miss it. Just collect the vouchers（活动券）in our B&B Daily printed from 01/04/2012 to 07/04/2012 and book the stays for your travel following the terms and conditions below:The offer includes a room for the night and a breakfast the next morning.The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, valid (有效的) during stay period of 02/04/2012 —31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012 —31/10/2012; ￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2012 —31/08/2012.The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only.The stay must be booked directly with the chosen B&Bs before 28/04/2012.Each voucher can only be used by the holder to book one room for one night.If voucher holders book either the ￡20 or ￡35 per room per night, any additional services such as lunch, evening meal or activities may require an extra charge. But these are not required in order to take up the offer. Please check directly with your chosen B&Bs to see what extra services are available.Vouchers must be presented on arrival. If no vouchers are presented, the B&Bs may reserve (保留) the right to charge at full price for every night of stay.Vouchers may not be used together with any other offer.The voucher holders must pay for the stay in full at the time of booking. Additional ￡10 may be paid to confirm (确认) the booking and will be returned on arrival.The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders’ bookings for people un der the age of 18.65. The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on _______.A. 09/01/2012B. 04/02/2012C. 01/03/2012D. 28/04/201266. How much should be paid for a two-night stay in October 2012 at a chosen B&B?A. ￡70B. ￡40C. ￡35D. ￡3067. What right do the B&Bs reserve?A. To charge extra ￡10 for bookings with no vouchers.B. To refuse bookings for guest under the age of 18.C. To charge at full price for stays not confirmed.D. To request extra charges as tips.68. By taking up the offer, the voucher holders can choose to _______.A. book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&BsB. have lunch or evening meal without paying extra moneyC. use the B&B offer together with other offersD. book the stays though B&B DailyBSome people believe that a Robin Hood is at work，others that a wealthy person simply wants todistribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes，accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales (童话）.The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained €10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschiveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous (匿名) envelopes, each containing €10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.The envelopes keep coming, and; so far at least €190,000 has been distributed. Last mo nth, one of them was sent to the newspaper's own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschiveiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of € 500 inside with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.“I was driving when I heard the news," Claudia Neumann, the boy's mother, told Der Spiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless."The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for."For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing," Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.Henning Noske，the editor of the Braunschiveiger Zeitung, said: "Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know." However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city's hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.69. The Braunschiveiger Zeitung is the name of _______.A. a churchB. a bankC. a newspaperD. a magazine70. Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?A. The donation amounted to €190,000.B. The donation was sent directly to his house.C. The money will be used for his education.D. His mother felt astonished at the donation.71. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.A. the donator is a rich old manB. the donation will continue to comeC. the donation comes from the newspaperD. the donator will soon be found out72. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Money Is Raised by the Newspaper.B. Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy.C. Unknown Hero Spreads Love in EnvelopesD. Robin Hood Returns to the CityCDecision-making under StressA new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative consequences of a decision.The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways. “Stress affects how people learn,” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better aboutpositive than negative outcomes under stress.”For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn’t gone through the stress.This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress –at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled.The research also found that stress appears to affect decision-making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.Men who had been stressed by the cold-water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk-taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better, when caution weighs more, however, women will win.This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction.73. We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to _______.A. keep rewards better in their memoryB. recall consequences more effortlesslyC. make risky decisions more frequentlyD. learn a subject more effectively74. According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their _______.A. ways of making choicesB. preference for pleasureC. tolerance of punishmentsD. responses to suggestions75. The research has proved that in a stressful situation, _______.A. women find it easier to fall into certain habitsB. men have a greater tendency to slow downC. women focus more on outcomesD. men are more likely to take risks Section CA. Tools of thoughtB. A reflection of you personalityC. An indication of your intelligenceD. The explosive effects of wordsAB. A direction of the historyAC. Change the direction of your life76. _______________ The extent of your vocabulary indicates the degree of your intelligence. Your brain power will increase as you learn to know more words. Here’s the proof. Two classes in a high school were selected for an experiment. Their ages and their environment were the same. Each class represented an identical cross-section of the community. One, the control class, took the normal courses. the other class as given special vocabulary training. At the end of the periodthe marks of the latter class surpassed those of the control group, not only in English, but in every subject, including mathematics and the sciences. Similarly it has been found by Professor Lewis M. Terman, of Stanford University, that a vocabulary test is as accurate a measure of intelligence as any three units of the standard and accepted Standard-Binet I.Q. tests.77. _______________ The study of words is not merely something that has to do with literature. wods ae your tools of thought. You can’t even think at all without them. Try it. If you are planning to go down town this afternoon you will find that you are saying to yourself, “I think I will go down town this afternoon.” You can’t make such a simple decision as this without using words. your words are your keys for your thoughts. And the more words you have at your command and the deeper, clearer and more accurate will be your thinking.78. _______________ A command of English will not only improve the processes of your mind. It will give you assurance; build your self-confidence; lend color to your personality; increase your popularity. You words are you personality. Your vocabulary is you. Your words are all that we, your friends, have to know and judge you by. You have no other medium for telling us your thoughts — for convincing us, persuading us, giving us orders.79. _______________ Words are explosive. Phrases are packed with TNT. A simple word can destroy a friendship. The proper phrases in the mouths of clerks have quadrupled the sales of a department store. The wrong words used by a campaign orator have lost an election. For instance, no one occasion the four unfortunate words, “Rum, Romanism and a rebellion” used in a Republican campaign speech threw the catholic vote and the presidential victory to Grover Cleveland. Ears are won by words. Soldiers fight for a phrase. “Make the world safe for Democracy.” “All out for England.” “V for Victory.” The “Remember the Maine” of Spanish war days has now been changed to “Remember the Pearl Harbor.”80. _______________ Words have changed the direction of history. Words can also change the direction of you life. They have often raised a man from mediocrity to success. If you consciously increase your vocabulary you will unconsciously raise yourself to a more important station of life, and the new and higher you have won will, in turn, give you a better opportunity for further enriching your vocabulary. It is a beautiful and successful cycle.Section D[1] One out of many important things for the whole family to do is to have dinner together. Researchers began reporting the benefits of family dinner about a decade ago, focusing mainly on how it affects children. Studies show that those families who eat dinner at least 3 or 4 times a week together, benefit in many ways.[2] Eating together helps families achieve open communication and build stronger and healthier relationships. Children have better grades at school and are better adjusted as teens and adults, and the entire family enjoys healthier nutrition. For many families, eating dinner together proves to be good and effective way to reduce the risk of youth rates of addiction, and helps to raise healthier children. It is also a great time to share the events of the day, discuss news and ideas and just be together and enjoy each other's company.[3] During dinner time parents have better opportunity to show that they are the prior to their children. Sitting at the same table and sharing meals is where and when parents can find out more about their children's school performance, daily activities and attitudes toward life. When parents have all this information they can better direct their kids toward positive things in life. They also have better chance to reduce the possibility that children will get involved with alcohol,tobacco, and illegal drugs.[4] However, family researchers say that the benefits of family dinner by no means can be considered as automatic. Parents can sit down to dinner with their kids every day and achieve nothing. ____________________ if there is too much arguing going on, if there is no meaningful conversation or, what is even worse, if there is just plain silence during gathering.81. What is the main idea of the text? (no more than 8 words)__________________________________________________________________________82. Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?By having dinner together family members can have free exchange of information and develop closer ties among them.__________________________________________________________________________83. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 8 words)__________________________________________________________________________84. What information can parents probably get about their children at family dinner? (no more than 12 words)__________________________________________________________________________IV. Translation1. 大雪使飞机无法起飞。