2017年上海市徐汇区中考英语二模试卷
2017年上海中考英语模拟试卷二
2017届上海中考英语模拟试卷二（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。
试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。
Part 1 Listening （第一部分听力）I. Listening Comprehension: (共30分)A. Listen and choose the right picture:1. __________2. __________3. __________4. ___________5. __________6.___________B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear:7. A. She goes to town by train. B. She drives to town.C. She goes to town by bus.D. She walks to town.8. A. The boy. B. The old man. C. The young man. D. The girl.9. A. 22 years old. B. 24 years old. C. 26 years old. D. 28 years old.10. A. RMB 1,800. B. RMB 150. C. RMB 2,000. D. RMB 200.11. A. A student and a teacher. B. A customer and a shop assistant.C. A reader and a librarian.D. A son and a parent.12. A. Make a kite. B. Make a pudding.C. Help Mum to make a kite.D. Help Mum to make a pudding.13. A. At 7:45. B. At 7:50. C. At 7:30. D. In 15 minutes.14. A. She’ll have some tea. B. She’ll have a meeting.C. She’ll go an d see George.D. She’ll go home.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false:15.Once upon a time, there was an eagle’s nest at the mountainside.16.The eagle was raised to be a chicken, though he thought he was more than a chicken.17.The eagle loved his home and family, so he didn’t want to return home.18.The other chicken laughed at the eagle because they thought it’s a dream that won’t come true.19.The eagle was always dreaming of flying like those birds until he died.20.The story makes us know that you become what you believe you are.D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences:21.Whatever you think about London, each part of it has its __________ __________.22.Take a walk down Oxford Street, you’ll s ee big _________ __________ like Selfridges and Harrods.23.West London is an __________ more residential and very __________.24.Many immigrants makes “The East End” very diverse , but also __________ __________.25.Since London won the bid to hold the Olympics in 2012, many Londoners hope that ________,__________ and employment for many people in this area will improve.Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）II. Choose the best answer: (共20分)26.Many leaders from different countries attended the opening ceremony of the G20 summit inHangzhou in 2016. Which is correct for the underlined part?A. /ɪ/B. /e/C. /ə/D. / ʌ/27.Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?A. I agree with you because I’ve had a similar unhappy experience myself.B. To use someone's property without permission is to commit a crime.C. We all know that Stephen Hawking is a British physics scientist.D. A team of nurses assisted the doctor in performing the operation.28.__________ the night of April 14, 1912, Titanic sank in the icy North Atlantic, and 1,523 peopleaboard the ship drowned.A. AtB. InC. OnD. During29.Pass him two __________, please. He wants to take down the lesson notes.A. piece of paperB. pieces of paperC. pieces of papersD. piece of papers30.Sue as well as her parents ________ supper at home yesterday when the telephone ________.A. was having…rangB. were having…rangC. was having…w as ringingD. had…was ringing31.I ate one-third of the cake. The rest __________ for my brother.A. leftB. was leftC. were leftD. had left32.Though I was very tired, __________ I wanted to do some writing.A. andB. yetC. otherwiseD. therefore33.The book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold millions of copies all over the world. Theunderline part means "__________".A. more than one worldB. outside the worldC. in the present wordD. throughout the world34.There were three food accidents in this area last month. Two of them were serious and ______ wasnot.A. anotherB. otherC. othersD. the other35.Many people were too busy to __________ a holiday before the Olympics last year.A. exploreB. affordC. offerD. connect36.She __________ any help. She can do it by herself.A. needs notB. needn’tC. doesn’t needD. doesn’t need to37.Susan said she didn't mind ________ for an hour to get a seat in her favourite restaurant.A. to waitB. waitingC. waitedD. would wait38.Would you please tell me __________?A. where I can buy some soft drinksB. where can I buy some soft drinksC. where some soft drinks I can buyD. where some soft drinks can I buy39.People can hardly believe that in __________a rich country there should be __________ many poorpeople.A. such, suchB. so, soC. such, soD. so, such40.Mum __________me when I was young. She always made me do things carefully.A. was angry withB. was careful withC. was strict withD. was satisfied with41.He asked if it__________ fine tomorrow. If it __________ fine, he will go to the seaside.A. will, willB. would be, isC. will be, will beD. will, will be42.Some impractical(不切实际的)suggestions were ____________ by the committee(委员会).A. turned upB. turned downC. turned offD. turned away43.Mary wrote an article on __________ the team had failed to win the game.A. whyB. whatC. whoD. that44.–Could you help me with my computer science?–__________.A. It’s my pleasure.B. My pleasure.C. With my pleasure.D. With pleasure.45.–Excuse me, may I take a seat here?–_________ The man on the seat has left.A.Yea, please.B. No, thanks.C. I'm afraid not.D. You'd better not.III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once:（共8分）Are you the only child in your family? If so, you are the most important person in your parents' hearts. They are the closest people to you in the world. But nowadays many teenagers like you have 46 communicating with their parents. They always complain that their parents say too much instead of listening to what they're thinking. When they do something wrong, getting away from parents seems to be the only 47 . In fact, what your parents do just shows love for you. They love you more than they love 48 . Whenever you need help, they are always there, standing by you.Try to put yourself into their shoes, and you'll understand them 49 .Many people think that if more time is spent, more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing homework except during the three meals. It is not 50 to see students lost in a sea of homework both at school and at home.Modern students usually have many 51 . They love music, sports, reading and watching TV. A two-day weekend 52 them time to do what they like, but there's much homework to do, so they usually don't want to do it until Sunday night. In such a short time, students may finish it carelessly. The badly done weekend homework makes teachers angry.Things always get worse without the right ideas. Too much homework makes students lose interested in learning. A horse runs faster after a rest, but for students only rest is not 53 . We should manage this situation. We should give students more time to relax.IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms:（共8分）54.In educating our children, we should help __________ to understand things, not to pump things in.(they)55.You are not __________ enough in putting forward your suggestions. (act)56.It’s just a waste of time if we buy something __________. (necessary)57.The string of the kite suddenly broke and the kite __________. (appear)58.She has thought of a __________ way of doing that than ever. (quick)59.When you are reading, place more focus on the correct __________ of the words you are readingrather than comprehension of each word. (pronounce)60.From now on, think __________ before saying stupid things. (two)61.Make sure that every English word you can spell __________. (accurate)V. Rewrite the following sentences as required: (共14分)62. We shall have an important meeting to attend. (改为反意疑问句)We shall have an important meeting to attend, __________ __________?63. Jim lay on the floor inside the room at that time. (改为一般疑问句)__________ Jim __________ on the floor inside the room at that time?64. Doctor Lee was highly praised for what he had done for his patients. (划线部分提问)__________ __________ Doctor Lee highly praised?65. Are there any new markets in Asia? The sales manager wants to know.（合并为一句）The sales manager wants to know __________ there __________ any new markets in Asia.66. The English-Chinese dictionary is very useful. （改为感叹句)____________ ____________ useful English-Chinese dictionary it is !67. A medical robot can perform operations instead of doctors. （保持句意基本不变)A medical robot ____________ ____________ to perform operation instead of doctors.68. by himself, enough, find out, he, to, clever, isn't, the truth （连词成句）____________________________________________________________________Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分阅读与写话)VI. R eading comprehension: (共50分)A.Choose the best answer:Recognized as the largest desert in the world, the Sahara Desert runs across North Africa. Except for an occasional oasis（绿洲）, this vast land is mainly made up of sand, stones, and worn out mountains. The burning sun causes daytime temperatures to rise to nearly 70 degrees in the shade, and days without rain commonly last for years.Paintings found on the walls of caves in the Sahara Desert suggest that a few thousand years ago, large quantities of plants grew there and covered the desert floor. Many curious and unusual insects, birds and animals got enough food that allowed them to grow and reproduce. At that time, huge river systems and many oases supported growing communities where a large number of people lived.Research scientists believe that the land became a desert for several reasons. For centuries people there have wandered（徘徊）from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land for their animals. These people have always considered the number of animals they have as a sign of wealth. The large herds have been allowed to go freely and graze on desert plants and grass. Over time, large sections of land have been left uncovered. In addition to allowing over grazing, these people cut down whatever trees they could find and used them for firewood. The sand was unable to hold on to the great heat of the day, so nighttime temperatures often drop below freezing and nothing was left to hold the soil together.Scientists have been studying different ways to bring back the green desert. Through research and experiments, they hope to be able to produce plants that will once again support the life there. Huge holes filled with much water lie under the desert surface. By making use of the sun’s power, scientists in the Sahara have made experiments in which they got huge amount of electricity. This electricity was then used to operate drilling（钻孔）machines and pumps to pull the rainwater from the underground tanks.Scientists have had some success turning this wasteland into useful farmland. Today the desert isdotted（点缀）with huge wheat fields watered by a system of pipes that carry water from the underground tanks. Farmers have also learnt that plants grow better if seeds are planted next to stones which could provide protection from the sun. In addition to that, greenhouses have been built to protect plants from the sunshine so that less water is needed. Another idea is to grow plants that can live on a diet of salt water, since the ocean is so near to the desert.69. According to the passage, the Sahara Desert may be located in whichpart in the given map?A. Part AB. Part BC. Part DD. Part F70. The underline word "vast" in paragraph 1 most probably means____________.A. richB. barrenC. wideD. colorful71. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The desert is rich in beautiful color and scenery.B. Allowing over grazing is the only reason to make the land became a desert.C. The Sahara will one day become a beautiful garden.D. Large river systems once supported many communities.72. From the passage, we can infer that scientists are ____________.A. pleased with the progress but do not have the money to continueB. discouraged（沮丧的）by the poor results of their experimentsC. hopeful about the chances of life coming back to the desertD. troubled by the lack of water found underground73. From paragraph 4 and 5, we can know that____________.A. Animals have learnt to survive in the desert by lying next to rocks away from sunshine.B. Through experiments, a desert may become a food-producing land.C. Water supply will dry up before it can be used to grow crops.D. Saltwater seeds will grow in the desert sand.74. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Drilling machines help to water the desert floor and make plants and animals alive.B. Scientists have been able to turn this large wasteland into a successful farming community.C. So much soil has become sand that the desert will never be able to support life as it once did.D. The desert no longer supports plenty of life, but researchers hope to change it with new scientifictechniques.B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:Sim Jae-duck is 74 years old and the founder of the World Toilet Association（厕所协会）. He was born in a restroom. “My mother followed advice from my grandmother that people born in restrooms will 75 long lives,” Sim said. Now he plans to live and die in a toilet-shaped house.The large glass building was built in Suweon, a Korean city. There are two bedrooms and two guest rooms among the rooms. The house, of course, has three expensive toilets.“There is a display bathroom behind glass for all to see. The other toilets have water saving features,” Sim said. “My family has 76 agreed to keep this house as a symbol of South Korea’s new toilet 77 after my death. The house will be remembered as an example of saving people from diseases and protecting the environment.”The main bathroom has a machine that produces a mist（液体喷雾）78 others can’t see the people in the bathroom. That can make users feel 79 .The toilet seat will be raised as people enter and music will play.Sim’s advice has changed public toilets into clean and beautiful resting places. Now the publi c toilets in Suweon are 80 paintings, fresh flowers or even small gardens. They are places that protect human health.75. A. take B. enjoy C. welcome D. show76. A. nearly B. already C. almost D. yet77. A. process B. gift C. culture D. manner78. A. so that B. because C. unless D. although79. A. excited B. terrible C. tired D. safe80. A. covered with B. made of C. used to D. decorated withC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:Imagine, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office inShanghai in only a couple of hours, and then, after a full day of work, goingback home to Beijing and having dinner there.Sounds unusual, doesn't it? But it has come true, with thedevel opment of China’s high-speed railway system. And that’s not all.China has an even greater high-speed railway plan—to connect the country with Southeast Asia, and finally Eastern Europe.China is negotiating（协商）to s 81 its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years, at the end reaching London and Singapore.China has proposed three s 82 projects. The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore through Vietnam and Malaysia. Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and possibly to Germany. The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe.China’s plan for the high-speed railway goes forward, people could zip over from London to Beijingwithin two days. The new system would still follow China’s high-speed railway standards.Of course, there are some technical challenges we have to face. There are so many things to be i 83 , for example, safety. So, it’s important to pay attention to every tiny thing.But the k 84 point is really money. China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on the railway system in the country.China p 85 that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investment. Resources from those countries could stream into China to its long-term development.It’ll be a win-win project. For other countries, the railway network will s 86 create more chances for business, tourism and so on, not to mention the better communication among those countries.For China, such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources, but would also help develop China’s far west. We fores ee that in the near future, millions of people will move to the western areas, where the land is e 87 and resources rich. With high-speed trains, people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for all. And they’ll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries.D. Answer the questions:In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh（法老）treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, ”Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Grey hound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile ,”Oh that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head-cutting!It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude.A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when del ivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on th e toast beef, has your waiter mainly told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming .Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, Iprobably would have said, ” Oh, that’s all right I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded person is sure to have.88.When did the pharaoh treat the poor message runner like a prince?89.The author caught the bus at last, didn’t he?90.Why does someone get angry when others tell him bad news?91.What should we do when we deliver bad news to comfortable people?92.What does this sentence “When you had your heart set on the toast beef” means?93.If your classmate fails the exam, how will you tell him this bad news?VII. Writing: (共20分)94. Write at least 60 words on the topic "That, We......"（以“那天，我们......”为题写一篇不少于60个词的作文，标点符号不占格。
上海市徐汇区初三英语二模(精美版含答案听力材料)
2016学年第二学期徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. 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)A B C DE F G H1. ______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) On the 1st floor. B) On the 3rd floor. C) On the 6th floor. D) On the 8th floor.8. A) At the airport. B) At the bus stop. C) At the train station. D) At the subway station.9. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bike. D) By bus.10. A) Buying some cold drinks. B) Cleaning his room.C) Having a barbecue. D) Meeting Jenny.11. A) On Thursday. B) On Friday. C) On Saturday. D) On Sunday.12. A) The orange one. B) The pink one. C) The blue one. D) The green one.13. A) By using some magic. B) By taking a yoga course.C) By going on a diet. D) By calling himself Tim.14. A) Because they didn’t recognize her. B) Because they met a famous actress.C) Because the woman performed well. D) Because the play made them happy.C. Listen to the letter and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示): (共6分)15. It was a letter to Daisy about Jason’s first day at his new school.16. Jason was excited because there are many students in the new school.17. Jason’s class teacher is Mrs. Black and she is a young and friendly lady.18. Jason has made friends with a nice boy from Hong Kong.19. Everyone in the school must learn Spanish as a second language.20. Jason has to do much maths homework on the Internet on the first day.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。
上海市徐汇区年初三英语二模试题复习过程
2016学年第二学期徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. 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)A B C DE F G H1. ______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) On the 1st floor. B) On the 3rd floor. C) On the 6th floor. D) On the 8th floor.8. A) At the airport. B) At the bus stop. C) At the train station. D) At the subway station.9. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bike. D) By bus.10. A) Buying some cold drinks. B) Cleaning his room.C) Having a barbecue. D) Meeting Jenny.11. A) On Thursday. B) On Friday. C) On Saturday. D) On Sunday.12. A) The orange one. B) The pink one. C) The blue one. D) The green one.13. A) By using some magic. B) By taking a yoga course.C) By going on a diet. D) By calling himself Tim.14. A) Because they didn’t recognize her. B) Because they met a famous actress.C) Because the woman performed well. D) Because the play made them happy.C. Listen to the letter and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示): (共6分)15. It was a letter to Daisy about Jason’s first day at his new school.16. Jason was excited because there are many students in the new school.17. Jason’s class teacher is Mrs. Black and she is a young and friendly lady.18. Jason has made friends with a nice boy from Hong Kong.19. Everyone in the school must learn Spanish as a second language.20. Jason has to do much maths homework on the Internet on the first day.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。
上海市徐汇区2017届高三4月模拟(二模)英语试题(WORD版)
2016-2017学年第二学期徐汇区高三模拟考英语试卷2017.4I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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. He knows who is knocking. B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn’t want to open the door.D. He is ready to open the door.2. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By taxi. D. By train.3. A. $100. B. $200. C. $300. D. $400.4. A. She went to cinema. B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with her classmates.5. A. In a doctor’s office. B. In a professor’s office.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.6. A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics. B. The man got a lot of money for his hard work.C. His hard work was not rewarding at all.D. His work before the test led to a good result.7. A. A furnished house. B. A recent book. C. A further study. D. A new record.8. A. They will go swimming. B. They will climb mountains.C. They will buy some clothes.D. They will forecast the weather conditions.9. A. He has another lecture to attend.B. He has no interest in the lecture.C. He’s attended the same lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’t remind him.10.A. She fully agrees with the man. B. They are uncertain about the weather.C. She disagrees with the man.D. She thought the man was always late.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. People are encouraged to be a craftsman.B. Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think.C. Learning woodworking will help you know more people.D. Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.12. A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others.B. Because I am interested in it and want to show it to others.C. Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well.D. Because it’s a good way to know more people interested in it.13. A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B. Doing woodworking means being alone for long.C. You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking.D. Taking a class in woodworking costs a lot of money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card.B. To encourage people to borrow money from banks.C. To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card.D. To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.15. A. The development of computers.B. People’s greediness for more money.C. People’s needs for less paper money.D. People’s learning to be more responsible.16. A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards.B. To stop using credit cards and borrow money from friends or relatives.C. To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards.D. To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A newspaper. B. An advertisement company.C. A cleanup company.D. A market.18. A. She wants to spare more room for something new.B. She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a low cost.C. She knows that the sales consultant before the man does.D. She just wants to clean up their house.19. A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff.B. Rudy will come and take their stuff away.C. Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.D. Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.20. A. His old guitar. B. Their appliances, jewelry, furniture and exercise equipment.C. The spring cleanup sale.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service.II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it (21) _____ it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is absolutely dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as tough a training to become a performer as a medical student needs (22) ______（become）a doctor. Most training is concerned (23) _____ technique, for musicians have to be as muscularly skillful as anathlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords（声带）would be inadequate without (24) ______（control）muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow back and forth with the right arm, (25) ______ are two entirely different movements.Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists (26) ______（spare）this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for (27) ______ . But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string must be dealt with carefully not to sound like drum or bass, and each tone, even if played very fast, has to sound clear.The problem (28) ______（face）student conductors is that they have to learn to know every note of the music and (29) ______ it should sound, and they need to aim at controlling these sound with enthusiastic but selfless authority.Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music (30) ______ they can enjoy performing works written in any century.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once.I had the pleasure of teaching Sara in her 11th grade honors English class at Mark Twain High School. From the first day of class, Sara impressed me with her ability to clearly explain difficult (31) _______ and texts, her sensitivity to the slight differences within literature, and her passion for reading, writing, and creative expression—both in and out of the classroom. Sara is a talented literary critic and poet, and she has my highest (32) _______ as a student and writer.Sara is talented at considering the elegances within literature and the (33) ______ behind authors' works. She produced an extraordinary year-long thesis paper on creative identity development, in which she compared works from three different time periods and synthesized cultural and historical (34) _______ to inform her analysis. When called upon to give her thesis defense in front of her peers, Sara spoke clearly and (35) _______ about her conclusions and responded to questions in a thoughtful way. Outside of the classroom, Sara is devoted to her literary pursuits, especially to poetry. She publishes her poetry in our school's literary magazine, as well as in online magazines. She is an insightful, sensitive, and deeply self-aware individual driven to (36)______art, writing, and a deeper understanding of the human condition.Throughout the year Sara was an active participant in our discussions, and she always supported her peers. Her caring nature and personality allow her to work well with others in a team setting, as she always respects others' opinions even when they differ from her own. When we held a class debate about gun laws, Sara chose to speak for the side opposite her own views. She explained her choice as (37)_______ by a desire to put herself in other people's shoes, view the issues from a new perspective, and gain a clearer sense of the issue from all angles. Throughout the year, Sara (38) _______ this openness to the opinions, feelings, and perspectives of others, along with sharp powers of observation, all (39) _______ that make her outstanding as a student of literature and burgeoning writer.I am certain that Sara is going to continue to do great and creative things in her future. I highly recommend her for admission to your undergraduate program. She is talented, caring, dedicated, and focused in her pursuits. Sara consistently seeks out (40) _______ feedback so she can improve her writing skills, which is a rare and impressive quality in a high school student. Sara is truly a stand-out individual who will impress everyone she meets. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at callmeclemens@.Sincerely,Ms. ScribeEnglish TeacherMark Twain High SchoolIII. 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.The Paris agreement to fight climate change became international law Friday. The landmark deal aims to deal with global warming among growing (41)______ that the world is becoming hotter even faster than scientists expected.So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the agreement, which (42)______ to limit global warming this century to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above what it was before machines and (43)______ appeared in the late 1700s. The United States (44) ______ entered into the agreement in September, and more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon celebrated the event, talking with nongovernmental groups at U.N. headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and (45)______ for the future.“This is an emotional moment for me. It is a credit to all of you. An d it is (46)______ for the world,” Ban said in his opening remarks.He praised the (47)______ for getting hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate change but (48)______ the outcome remained uncertain.“We are still in a race (49)______ time. We need to move on to a low-emission and climate-sustainable future,” Ban added.Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it shows a new commitment by the international community to (50)_____ a problem that is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels (51)______and transforming vast areas into desert.“(52)______ the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change, which is (53)______ positive,” said Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey.Scientists and (54)______ say the agreement is the first step of a much longer and complicatedprocess of reducing the use of fossil fuels, which currently (55) ______ the majority of the planet’s energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.41. A. applicants B. fears C. observations D. comments42. A. seeks B. allows C. assumes D. seizes43. A. institutions B. laboratories C. committees D. factories44. A. formally B. instantly C. particularly D. generally45. A. prejudices B. approaches C. visions D. concepts46. A. spiritual B. historic C. appropriate D. valueless47. A. agreements B. groups C. headquarters D. emissions48. A. apologized B. denied C. warned D. overlooked49. A. against B. on C. for D. without50. A. avoid B. find C. address D. ignore51. A. falling B. rising C. disappearing D. remaining52. A. Until B. Since C. If D. While53. A. under no circumstances B. on the contraryC. in no caseD. by all means54. A. officers B. policymakers C. employers D. technicians55. A. remove B. preserve C. supply D. restoreSection 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.AI used to think ants knew what they were doing. The ones marching acrossmy kitchen counter looked so confident; I just figured they had a plan, knewwhere they were going and what needed to be done. How else could antsorganize highways, build elaborate nests, launch impressive attacks, and do allthe other things ants do?Turns out I was wrong. Ants aren’t clever little engineers, architects, or soldiers after all --- at least not as individuals. When it comes to deciding what to do next, most ants don’t have a clue. “If you watch an ant try to accomplish something, you’ll be impressed by how awkward it is,” says Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University.“Ants aren’t smart,” Gordon says. “Ant colonies are.” A colony can solve problems unthinkable for individual ants, such as finding the shortest path to the best food source, assigning workers to different tasks, or defending a territory from neighbors. As individuals, ants might be tiny dummies, but as colonies they respond quickly and effectively to their environment. They do it with something called collective intelligence.Where this intelligence comes from raises an essential question in nature: How do the simple actions of individual ants add up to the complex behavior of a group? How do hundreds of honey-bees make a critical decision about their hive (蜂巢)if many of them disagree? The collective abilities of such animals --- one of which grasps the big picture, but each of which contributes to the group’s success --- seem miraculous even to the biologists who know them best. Yet during the past few decades, researchers have come up with fascinating insights.56.The author’s former f alse impression about ants is that he thought them to be _______.A. smartB. awkwardC. elaborateD. creative57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Ants will function as a single body once a decision is made by the commander.B. Ants are the only species which developed collective intelligence.C. The ant queen plays a role in managing ant workers besides laying eggs.D. An individual ant can’t comprehend the whole process of a big movement.58.The paragraph following the passage will most probably deal with _______.A. where we can observe such fantastic behavior of antsB. which is the leading ant in charge of the actionC. how the collective intelligence worksD. what inspiration can be drawn from the collective abilitiesBThe idea of using radio or wireless to broadcast to audiences was formed in 1916 by a president of the American Marconi Company, David Sarnoff. His superiors were doubtfulabout his idea to “make radio a household cause, so that by purchase of a ‘radio music box’,the audience could enjoy lectures, music performance, etc.”Four years later the American engineer Frank Conrad, an employee at W E Corp, attracted considerable attention when a local newspaper reported on the growing audience listening on crystal radio sets to his evening and weekend amateur broadcasts. A local music store had provided records to play on the Victoria, and Conrad and his family served as disc jockeys(唱片音乐播音员). Westinghouse vice president Harry Davis asked Conrad to build a more powerful transmitter(发射台)in time to announce the outcome of the next US presidential election. Conrad completed his assignment, and on November 2, 1920, station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, broadcast the announcement that Warren G. Harding had been elected president. About 1000 people heard this first news broadcast.Radio communicated news much faster than did newspapers, and because crystal sets were easy to build and inexpensive, radio expanded rapidly in the following years. To stimulate the sale of radio sets, equipment manufactures provided transmitting facilities. Singers, comedians, and entire orchestras volunteered their services for publicity. The eventual financial basis of the new industry, however, was still unclear. One group in New York City tried to seek contributions from listeners while others urged that private foundations support radio stations as a public service. In August 1922 the first commercial radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF (now WNBC) in New York City. In 1926, when about 5 million homes had radios, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in cooperation with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, established the first commercial radio network. In the 1920s radio was established as a new mass medium had a practicable industry, and it became a national forum(论坛)for news and popular culture.59.The passage is mainly concerned with _______.A. the contribution of radio to popular cultureB. the invention and uses of radioC. early radio programs for a mass audienceD. the history of radio broadcasting60.Who started broadcasting radio programs to mass audience?A. Frank ConradB. David SarnoffC. Harry DavisD. Warren Harding61.After 1920, radio expanded rapidly because _______.A. people could easily get it in storesB. it was cheaper than newspapersC. it had advantages over newspapersD. people were interested in anything new62.By saying that “the eventual financial basis of the new industry was still unclear”, the author meansthat _______.A. the private foundations were unwilling to support the stationsB. the stations were not sure yet where to get the operational moneyC. advertising and commercial programs could not raise enough moneyD. the listeners would not pay for the broadcasting stationsCIt could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackletonthe moment his ship, the Endurance, become hopelessly locked in ice on its way toAntarctica in January 1915. For ten months the 28 men aboard Shackleton’s shipwaited and prayed for ice to break. When it finally did, the Endurance sank, leavingthe crew homeless and adrift on a sea of ice in one of the world’s most dangerousenvironments.In January 2000 a luxury ocean liner found itself similarly trapped in the coldwaters off Antarctica. Argentine authorities sent off an icebreaker straight awayfrom the nearest naval base, and in 24 hours, all 176 passengers and crew were free.The tour company’s spokesperson spun the potential disaster as a value-added reward in extreme travel. “The people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure,” she said.Ever since Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air made Everest a household name, the subculture of adventure has blown up like a Himalayan avalanche(雪崩) into public consciousness. Magazines promise “extreme” content, television, offers adventure programs, and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world’s greatest adventurous journey. Nowadays more and more people are interested in adventure and this mass appeal makes good business sense. Today the only thing blocking a would-be adventurer’s passage to Antarctica is the cost---- which typically runs well over $10,000.Despite very different implications, adventure w as just as popular in Shackleton’s time. He has little trouble filling the Endurance----5,000 men are said to have responded to his recruitment(招募) notice: “Men wanted for risky journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.”After five months drifting on ice, the crew were forced to take to their lifeboats to Elephant Island. Reaching the wasteland, Shackleton went on with one lifeboat and five of his best men 1,300 kilometers across the bone-chilly Scotia Sea to South Georgia Island. Shivering with cold, dressed in rags, Shackleton marched into a whaling station and set about organizing a rescue expedition to Elephant Island. Almost two years after becoming shipwrecked on ice, Shackleton picked u p his crew. “Not a life lost, and we have been through hell,” he remarked earnestly.63.We can learn from the first sentence of this passage that _______.A. the age of adventure began with the ship Endurance trapped in iceB. Shackleton’s adventure marked t he highest point of pure explorationC. the age of adventure ended with the ship Endurance trapped in iceD. Shackleton’s adventure predicted that the golden age of exploration was approaching64.The word “spun” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_______”.A. summed upB. judgedC. boasted aboutD. referred to65.Since Jon Krakauer’s book was published _______.A. the media have got interested in the topic of adventureB. the costs of extreme travel have gone upC. Everest has got its name known to EuropeD. people have got fascinated by Himalayan avalanches66.The adventure in Shackleton’s time has different implications from today’s in that _______.A. Shackleton’s adventure lasted longer then any other adventure nowadaysB. no one was miss ing during Shackleton’s adventureC. Shackleton’s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventureD. Shackleton enrolled volunteers more easilySection CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.My wife and I recently welcomed a child into the world. His only interest right now is keeping us awake 24/7. But one day, he’ll need to learn something about finance. When he does, here are some suggestions.1. You migh t think you want an expensive car, a fancy watch, and a huge house. But you don’t.(67)________________________ You think having expensive stuff will bring it. It almost never does—especially from the people you want to respect and admire you.2. The road to financial regret is paved with debt. Some debt, such as a mortgage, is OK. But most spending that results in debt is the equivalent of a drug: a quick hit of pleasure that wears off, only to drag you down for years to come, limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past.3. I hope you’re poor at some point. Not struggling, and not unhappy, of course. But there’s no way to learn the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity. It teaches you the difference between necessary and desirable. (68) ________________________ These are essential survival skills.4. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend most of your adult life thinking, “Once I’ve saved/earned $X, everything will be great.” Then you’ll hit $X, move the goalposts, and resume chasing your tail. It’s a miserable cycle. Your goals should be about more than money.5. Don’t stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18. Almost no one knows what he or she wants to do at that age. Many people don’t know what they want until they’re twice that age. (Theseare the signs you’re in the wrong career.)6. The best thing money buys is to control over your time. (69) ________________________ One day you’ll realize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy.7. Change your mind when you need to. I’ve noticed a tendency for people to think they’ve mastered investing when they’re young. They start investing at age 18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19. They never do.8. Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are from families that are against it. Some are born into flourishing economies; others, into war and poverty. I want you to be successful, and I want you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness. Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.9. Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend. I know a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck, always on the edge of ruin. I know another person who never earned more than $50,000 and saved a fortune. The difference is entirely due to their spending.(70) __________________________.10. Don’t listen to me if you disagree with what I’ve written. The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did. More important, you’ll learn best when you disagree with someone and then are forced to learn it yourself. (On the other hand, always listen to your mother.)IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Meet The Member Who Quit SugarWhen I was 15, I weighed 100 kg.I was a size 20+ and hated the way I looked. I was a serial big eater and quite depressed. I would sit in front of the fridge, eat something, move to the cupboard, eat a packet of chips, and move back to the fridge.It was a heartbreaking cy cle of hate and food. I didn’t feel confident, pretty, or worthwhile.Shopping made me cry, I avoided mirrors, and my social life came to an end. I actually lost friends because they told me I was antisocial. It became so bad that I wanted to abuse myself; my skin and my mind became my enemy.But then, I turned my life around. I quit sugar.It started with my mum. She staged an intervention (干预) that made me cry. I wanted to change - I needed to change - and she could see how unhappy I was.She put me onto a diet that mostly aimed to schedule meals, and - to my shock horror - cut out all processed sugar. It was so hard at first. I remember the shame of sneaking chocolate and candies when the three o’clock hunger hits.But the weeks kept coming and it just got easier. I stopped eating sugar, and I stopped loving it; simple as that.I substituted chips and biscuits for fruit and nuts, and had cup-of-soups after school when I was hit by the desire. I also had more energy, having a 20-minute walk with my dog into my everyday routine; I began to love that personal time.Cutting out sugar gave me so much more control over my body, and my outlook on life improved. Somany people are intimidated by the words “quit sugar”. It’s not true. Fruit, honey, et cetera are nat ural sugars, and believe me, they fuel you better than chocolate bars ever could.Now I’m 17, turning 18, and I weigh 70 kg. I still struggle with my weight, but this is where I sit naturally, and I am very proud of myself. I never thought I would be confident enough to wear dresses or skirts, and take leadership roles to put myself out there and develop my social skills.I could never have done it without the support of my friends and family, and I urge everyone who wants to do right by themselves and change their diet - quitting sugar or otherwise - to share their decision with people. Develop a support network, online or offline, which can offer you advice or pick you up when you’re down. And I can assure you, from my own personal experience, your body wi ll thank you, and you will thank yourself too.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.铃声一响，孩子们就冲了出来。
2017徐汇区高三二模英语试题
2017徐汇区高三二模英语试题2016学年第二学期徐汇区高三模拟考英语试卷2017.4I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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. He knows who is knocking. B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn’t want to open the door.D. He is ready to open thedoor.2. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By taxi. D. By train.3. A. $100. B. $200. C. $300. D.$400.4. A. She went to cinema. B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with herclassmates.5. A. In a doctor’s office. B. In a professor’s office.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.6. A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics. B. The man got a lot ofmoney for his hard work.C. His hard work was not rewarding at all.D. His work before the testled to a good result.7. A. A furnished house. B. A recent book. C. A further study. D. Anew record.8. A. They will go swimming. B. They will climb mountains.C. They will buy some clothes.D. They will forecast the weatherconditions.9. A. He has another lecture to attend.B. He has no interest in the lecture.C. He’s attended the same lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’t remind him.10.A. She fully agrees with the man. B. They are uncertain about theweather.C. She disagrees with the man.D. She thought the man wasalways late.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. People are encouraged to be a craftsman.B. Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think.C. Learning woodworking will help you know more people.D. Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.12.A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others.B. Because I am interested in it and want to show it to others.C. Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well.D. Because it’s a good way to know more people interested in it.13.A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B. Doing woodworking means being alone for long.C. You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking.D. Taking a class in woodworking costs a lot of money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card.B. To encourage people to borrow money from banks.C. To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card.D. To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.15.A. The development of computers.B. People’s greediness for more money.C. People’s needs for less paper money.D. People’s learning to be more responsible.16.A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards.B. To stop using credit cards and borrow money from friends or relatives.C. To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards.D. To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. A newspaper. B. An advertisement company.C. A cleanup company.D. A market.18.A. She wants to spare more room for something new.B. She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a low cost.C. She knows that the sales consultant before the man does.D. She just wants to clean up their house.19.A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff.B. Rudy will come and take their stuff away.C. Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.D. Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.20.A. His old guitar. B. Their appliances, jewelry, furnitureand exercise equipment.C. The spring cleanup sale.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service. II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it.A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it (21) _____ it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is absolutely dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as tough a training to become a performer as a medical student needs (22) ______（become）a doctor. Most training is concerned (23) _____ technique, for musicians have to be as muscularly skillful as an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords（声带）would be inadequate without (24) ______（control）muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow back and forth with the right arm, (25) ______ are two entirely different movements.Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists (26) ______（spare）this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for (27) ______ . But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string must be dealt with carefully not to sound like drum or bass, and each tone, even if played very fast, has to sound clear.The problem (28) ______（face）student conductors is that they have to learn to know every note of the music and (29) ______ it should sound, and they need to aim at controlling these sound with enthusiastic but selfless authority.Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music (30) ______ they can enjoy performing works written in any century.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. perspectivesB. exploreC. qualitiesD. powerfullyE.appreciateF. purposeG. constructive H. concepts I.demonstratedJ. motivated K. recommendationDear Admissions Committee,I had the pleasure of teaching Sara in her 11th grade honors English class at Mark Twain High School. From the first day of class, Sara impressed me with her ability to clearly explain difficult (31) _______ and texts, her sensitivity to the slight differences within literature, and her passion for reading, writing, and creative expression— both in and out of the classroom. Sara is a talented literary critic and poet, and she has my highest (32) _______ as a student and writer.Sara is talented at considering the elegances within literature and the (33) ______ behind authors' works. She produced an extraordinary year-long thesis paper on creative identity development, in which she compared works from three different time periods and synthesized cultural and historical (34) _______ to inform her analysis. When called upon to give her thesis defense in front of her peers, Sara spoke clearly and (35) _______ about her conclusions and responded to questions in a thoughtful way. Outside of the classroom, Sara is devoted to her literary pursuits, especially to poetry. She publishes her poetry in our school's literary magazine, as well as in online magazines. She is an insightful, sensitive, and deeply self-aware individual driven to (36)______art, writing, and a deeper understanding of the human condition.Throughout the year Sara was an active participant in our discussions, and she always supported her peers. Her caring nature and personality allow her to work well with others in a team setting, as she always respects others' opinions even when they differ from her own. When we held a class debate about gun laws, Sara chose to speak for the side opposite her own views. She explained her choice as (37) _______ by a desire to put herself in other people's shoes, view the issues from a new perspective, and gain a clearer sense of the issue from all angles. Throughout the year, Sara (38) _______ this openness to the opinions, feelings, and perspectives of others, along with sharp powers of observation, all (39) _______ that make her outstanding as a student of literature and burgeoning writer.I am certain that Sara is going to continue to do great and creative things in her future. I highly recommend her for admission to your undergraduate program. She is talented, caring, dedicated, and focused in her pursuits. Sara consistently seeks out (40) _______ feedback so she can improve her writing skills, which is a rare and impressive quality in a high school student. Sara is truly a stand-out individual who will impress everyone she meets. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at callmeclemens@.Sincerely,Ms. ScribeEnglish TeacherMark Twain High SchoolIII. 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.The Paris agreement to fight climate change became international law Friday. The landmark deal aims to deal with global warming among growing (41)______ that the world is becoming hotter even faster than scientists expected.So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world’sgreenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the agreement, which (42)______ to limit global warming this century to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above what it was before machines and (43)______ appeared in the late 1700s. The United States (44) ______ entered into the agreement in September, and more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon celebrated the event, talking with nongovernmental groups at U.N. headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and (45)______ for the future.“This is an emotional moment for me. It is a credit to all of you. And it is (46)______ for the world,” Ban said in his opening remarks.He praised the (47)______ for getting hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate change but (48)______ the outcome remained uncertain.“We are still in a race (49)______ time. We need to move on to a low-emission and climate-sustainable future,” Ban added.Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it shows a new commitment by the international community to (50)_____ a problem that is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels (51)______and transforming vast areas into desert.“(52)______ the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change, which is (53)______ positive,” said Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey.Scientists and (54)______ say the agreement is the first step of a much longer and complicated process of reducing the use of fossil fuels, which currently (55) ______ the majority of the planet’s energy needs and also ar e the primary drivers of global warming.41.A. applicants B. fears C. observations D. comments42.A. seeks B. allows C. assumes D. seizes43.A. institutions B. laboratories C. committees D.factories44.A. formally B. instantly C. particularly D. generally45.A. prejudices B. approaches C. visions D. concepts46.A. spiritual B. historic C. appropriate D. valueless47.A. agreements B. groups C. headquarters D. emissions48.A. apologized B. denied C. warned D.overlooked49.A. against B. on C. for D. without50.A. avoid B. find C. address D. ignore51.A. falling B. rising C. disappearing D. remaining52.A. Until B. Since C. If D. While53.A. under no circumstances B. on the contraryC. in no caseD. by all means54.A. officers B. policymakers C. employers D. technicians55.A. remove B. preserve C. supply D. restoreSection 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.AI used to think ants knew what they were doing. Theones marching across my kitchen counter looked so confident;I just figured they had a plan, knew where they were goingand what needed to be done. How else could ants organizehighways, build elaborate nests, launch impressive attacks, and do all the other things ants do?Turns out I was wrong. Ants aren’t clever lit tle engineers, architects, or soldiers after all --- at least not as individuals. When it comes to deciding what to do next, most ants don’t have a clue. “If you watch an ant try to accomplishsomething, you’ll be impressed by how awkward it is,” says Debo rah M. Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University.“Ants aren’t smart,” Gordon says. “Ant colonies are.” A colony can solve problems unthinkable for individual ants, such as finding the shortest path to the best food source, assigning workers to different tasks, or defending a territory from neighbors. As individuals, ants might be tiny dummies, but as colonies they respond quickly and effectively to their environment. They do it with something called collective intelligence.Where this intelligence comes from raises an essential question in nature: How do the simple actions of individual ants add up to the complex behavior of a group? How do hundreds of honey-bees make a critical decision about their hive (蜂巢)if many of them disagree? The collective abilities of such animals --- one of which grasps the big picture, but each of which contributes to the group’s success --- seem miraculous even to the biologists who know them best. Yet during the past few decades, researchers have come up with fascinating insights.56.The author’s former false impression about ants is that he thought them to be_______.A. smartB. awkwardC. elaborateD. creative57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Ants will function as a single body once a decision is made by thecommander.B. Ants are the only species which developed collective intelligence.C. The ant queen plays a role in managing ant workers besides laying eggs.D. An individual ant can’t comprehend the whole process of a big movement.58.The paragraph following the passage will most probably deal with _______.A. where we can observe such fantastic behavior of antsB. which is the leading ant in charge of the actionC. how the collective intelligence worksD. what inspiration can be drawn from the collective abilitiesBThe idea of using radio or wireless to broadcast to audiences was formed in 1916 by a president of the American Marconi Company,David Sarnoff. His superiors were doubtful about his idea to “make radio a household cause, so that by purchase of a ‘radio music box’, the audience could enjoy lectures, music performance, etc.”Four years later the American engineer Frank Conrad, an employee at W E Corp, attracted considerable attention when a local newspaper reported on the growing audience listening on crystal radio sets to his evening and weekend amateur broadcasts. A local music store had provided records to play on the Victoria, and Conrad and his family served as disc jockeys(唱片音乐播音员). Westinghouse vice president Harry Davis asked Conrad to build a more powerful transmitter(发射台)in time to announce the outcome of the next US presidential election. Conrad completed his assignment, and on November 2, 1920, station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, broadcast the announcement that Warren G. Harding had been elected president. About 1000 people heard this first news broadcast.Radio communicated news much faster than did newspapers, and because crystal sets were easy to build and inexpensive, radio expanded rapidly in the following years. To stimulate the sale of radio sets, equipment manufactures provided transmitting facilities. Singers, comedians, and entire orchestras volunteered their services for publicity. The eventual financial basis of the new industry, however, was still unclear. One group in New York City tried to seek contributions from listeners while others urged that private foundations support radio stations as a public service. In August 1922 the first commercial radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF (now WNBC) in New York City. In 1926, when about 5 million homes had radios, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in cooperation with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, established the first commercial radio network. In the 1920s radio was established as a newmass medium had a practicable industry, and it became a national forum(论坛)for news and popular culture.59.The passage is mainly concerned with _______.A. the contribution of radio to popular cultureB. the invention and uses of radioC. early radio programs for a mass audienceD. the history of radio broadcasting60.Who started broadcasting radio programs to mass audience?A. Frank ConradB. David SarnoffC. Harry DavisD. WarrenHarding61.After 1920, radio expanded rapidly because _______.A. people could easily get it in storesB. it was cheaper thannewspapersC. it had advantages over newspapersD. people were interested inanything new62.By saying that “the eventual financial basis of the new industry was stillunclear”, the author mea ns that _______.A. the private foundations were unwilling to support the stationsB. the stations were not sure yet where to get the operational moneyC. advertising and commercial programs could not raise enough moneyD. the listeners would not pay for the broadcasting stationsCIt could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackleton the moment his ship, the Endurance,become hopelesslylocked in ice on its way to Antarctica in January 1915. For ten monthsthe 28 men aboard Shackle ton’s ship waited and prayed for ice tobreak. When it finally did, the Endurance sank, leaving the crewhomeless and adrift on a sea of ice in one of the world’s most dangerous environments.In January 2000 a luxury ocean liner found itself similarly trapped in the coldwaters off Antarctica. Argentine authorities sent off an icebreaker straight away from the nearest naval base, and in 24 hours, all 176 passengers and crew were free. The tour company’s spokesperson spun the potential disaster as a value-ad ded reward in extreme travel. “The people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure,” she said.Ever since Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air made Everest a household name, the subculture of adventure has blown up like a Himalayan avalanche(雪崩) into public consciousness. Magazines promise “extreme” content, television, offers adventure programs, and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world’s greatest adventurous journey. Nowadays more 4and more people are interested in adventure and this mass appeal makes good business sense. Today the only thing blocking a would-be adventurer’s passage to Antarctica is the cost---- which typically runs well over $10,000.Despite very different implications, adventure was just as popular in Shackleton’s time. He has little trouble filling the Endurance----5,000 men are said to have responded to his recruitment(招募) notice: “Men wanted for risky journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.”After five months drifting on ice, the crew were forced to take to their lifeboats to Elephant Island. Reaching the wasteland, Shackleton went on with one lifeboat and five of his best men 1,300 kilometers across the bone-chilly Scotia Sea to South Georgia Island. Shivering with cold, dressed in rags, Shackleton marched into a whaling station and set about organizing a rescue expedition to Elephant Island. Almost two years after becoming shipwrecked on ice, Shackleton picked up his crew. “Not a life lost, and we have been through hell,” he remarked earnestly.63.We can learn from the first sentence of this passage that _______.A. the age of adventure began with the ship Endurance trapped in iceB. Sha ckleton’s adventure marked the highest point of pure explorationC. the age of adventure ended with the ship Endurance trapped in iceD. Shackleton’s adventure predicted that the golden age of exploration wasapproaching64.The word “spun” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_______”.A. summed upB. judgedC. boasted aboutD.referred to65.Since Jon Krakauer’s book was published _______.A. the media have got interested in the topic of adventureB. the costs of extreme travel have gone upC. Everest has got its name known to EuropeD. people have got fascinated by Himalayan avalanches66.The adventure in Shackleton’s time has different implications from today’s inthat _______.A. Shackleton’s adventure lasted longer then any other adventure nowadaysB. no one was missing during Shackleton’s adventureC. Shackleton’s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventureD. Shackleton enrolled volunteers more easilySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. It’ll make you learn to enjoy what you have, fix what’s broken, and shop for a bargain.B. Spending more is likely to stimulate your motivation for more earning.C. It gives you options and frees you from relying on someone else’s priorities.D. Living with less is the most efficient way to control your financial future.E. Actually, your parents have already given you too much.F. What you want is respect and admiration from other people.My wife and I recently welcomed a child into the world. His only interest right now is keeping us awake 24/7. But one day, he’ll need to learn something about finance. When he does, here are some suggestions.1. You might think you want an expensive car, a fancy watch, and a huge house. But you don’t. (67)________________________ You think having expensive stuff will bring it. It almost never does—especially from the people you want to respect and admire you.2. The road to financial regret is paved with debt. Some debt, such as a mortgage, is OK. But most spending that results in debt is the equivalent of a drug: a quick hit of pleasure that wears off, only to drag you down for years to come, limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past.3. I hope you’re poor at some point. Not struggling, and not unhappy, of course. But there’s no way to learn the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity. It teaches you the difference between necessary and desirable. (68) ________________________ These are essential survival skills.4. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend most of your adult life thinking, “Once I’ve saved/earned $X, everything will be great.” Then you’ll hit $X, move the goalposts, and resume chasing your tail. It’s a miserable cycle. Your goals should be about more than money.5. Don’t stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18. Almost no one knows what he or she wants to do at that age. Many people don’t know what they want until they’re twice that age. (These are the signs you’re in the wrong career.)6. The best thing money buys is to control over your time. (69) ________________________ One day you’ll realize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy.7. Change your mind when you need to. I’ve noticed a tendency for people to think they’ve mastered investing when they’re young. They start investing at age 18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19. They never do.8. Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are from families that are against it. Some are born into flourishing economies; others, into war and poverty. I want you to be successful, and I want you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness. Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.9. Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend. I know a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck, always on the edge of ruin. I know another person who never earned more than $50,000 and saved a fortune. The difference is entirely due to their spending. (70) __________________________.10. Don’t listen to me if you disagree with what I’ve written. The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did. More important, you’ll learn best when you disagree with someone and then are forced to learn it yourself. (On the other hand, always listen to your mother.)IV. Summary WritingDirections:Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Meet The Member Who Quit SugarWhen I was 15, I weighed 100 kg.I was a size 20+ and hated the way I looked. I was a serial big eater and quite depressed. I would sit in front of the fridge, eat something, move to the cupboard, eat a packet of chips, and move back to the fridge.It was a heartbreaking cycle of hate and food. I didn’t feel confident, pretty, or worthwhile.Shopping made me cry, I avoided mirrors, and my social life came to an end. I actually lost friends because they told me I was antisocial. It became so bad that I wanted to abuse myself; my skin and my mind became my enemy.But then, I turned my life around. I quit sugar.It started with my mum. She staged an intervention (干预) that made me cry. I wanted to change - I needed to change - and she could see how unhappy I was.She put me onto a diet that mostly aimed to schedule meals, and - to my shock horror - cut out all processed sugar. It was so hard at first. I remember the shame of sneaking chocolate and candies when the three o’clock hunger hits.But the weeks kept coming and it just got easier. I stopped eating sugar, and I stopped loving it; simple as that.I substituted chips and biscuits for fruit and nuts, and had cup-of-soups after school when I was hit by the desire. I also had more energy, having a 20-minute walk with my dog into my everyday routine; I began to love that personal time.Cutting out sugar gave me so much more control over my body, and my outlook on life improved. So many people are intimidated by the words “quit sugar”. It’s not true. Fru it, honey, et cetera are natural sugars, and believe me, they fuel you better than chocolate bars ever could.Now I’m 17, turning 18, and I weigh 70 kg. I still struggle with my weight, but this is where I sit naturally, and I am very proud of myself. I never thought I would be confident enough to wear dresses or skirts, and take leadership roles to put myself out there and develop my social skills.I could never have done it without the support of my friends and family, and I urge everyone who wants to do right by themselves and change their diet - quitting sugar or otherwise - to share their decision with people. Develop a support network, online or offline, which can offer you advice or pick you up when you’re down. And I can assure you, from my own personal experience, your body will thank you, and you will thank yourself too.V. Translation。
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D.Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) (12分)Many of us know that a beautiful and colourful butterfly comes from an ugly worm! Here is the story of a butterfly that was never able to live its life as a normal butterfly.One day, a man saw a cocoon(蚕茧). He loved butterflies and had a craze for its wonderful colours. In fact, he spent a lot of time around butterflies. He knew how a butterfly would struggle(挣扎,奋斗) to turn into a beautiful one from an ugly caterpillar.He saw the cocoon with a tiny opening. It meant that the butterfly was trying to make its way out to enjoy the world. He decided to watch how the butterfly would come out of the cocoon. He was watching the butterfly struggling to break the shell for several hours. He spent almost more than 10 hours with the cocoon and the butterfly. The butterfly had been struggling very hard for hours to come out through the tiny opening. Unfortunately, even after it continuously tried for several hours, there was no progress. It seemed that the butterfly had tried its best and could not give any more try.The man, who had a passion and love for butterflies, decided to help the butterfly. He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon. The butterfly came out without any struggle!Unfortunately, the butterfly looked no longer beautiful and had a swollen body with small and withered(凋谢的) wings.The man was happy that he had made the butterfly come out of the cocoon without any more struggles. He continued to watch the butterfly and was quite eager to see it fly with its beautiful wings. He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink(收缩) the body and the wings could support the body. Unfortunately, _____________ 91_______________.Instead, the butterfly just crawled around with withered wings and a huge body. It was never able to fly. Although the man did it with a good intention(意图), he did not know that only by going through struggles the butterfly can come out to be beautiful, with strong wings.The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would let the liquid stored in the body be turned into wings. Thus, the body would become lighter and smaller, and the wings would be beautiful and large.If we don’t want to undergo any struggle, we won’t be able to fly!Life is difficult, but struggles make us shine!88. Why was the man crazy about the butterflies?___________________________________________________________________________.89. The butterfly didn’t come out of the cocoon successfully by itself, did it?______, ____________________________________________________________________.90. How did the man help the butterfly?___________________________________________________________________________.91 .What can be filled in the blank in the sixth paragraph？___________________________________________________________________________.92. Why did the normal butterfly have a small body but large wings?___________________________________________________________________________.93. How do you understand the last sentence “Life is difficult, but struggles make us shine!”?___________________________________________________________________________.C. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：（12分）“You have saved my horse,” Queen Olivia told the young boy standing before her . “Now you shall have a reward.” Peter nervously ran his fingers through his brown hair. The frightened horse had run past him as he worked in the field that morning. He would have helped it whether it belonged to the queen or not .But he had to admit that getting a reward was nice.Two of the queen's men appeared. One carried a mirror. Red jewels shone on top of the minor's silver frame. The other carried wooden care with a chicken inside it.“Only one reward can be yours,” the queen said “Choose wisely”“That’s easy.” Peter said.”“I will take the chicken.” Some of the queen's men laughed It was clear that they t hought he had made a foolish choice.“And why did you choose the chicken? the queen asked.“Well, I don’t know much about jewels,” Peter answered. “ But I do know about chickens. The chicken will provide eggs for my family for a long while.”Queen Olivia smiled. “Then you did make a wise choice.” she said. “That mirror may look fancy. But the jewels you see are only colored glass, and the frame is painted silver. The chicken is much more valuable.” Peter took the chicken and bowed. “Thank you, your majesty.”“You are a smart child,”the queen added. “I could use a smart boy to help take care of my horses. Would you like to take the job?” Peter smiled. “Thank you very much!” he said excitedly.A job at the castle paid well. Now his family would eat well for the rest of their lives---all because________________93____________________ !88. What was Peter doing when a lightened horse ran past him?____________________________________________________________________________.89. Who did the frightened horse belong to?____________________________________________________________________________.90. Why did Peter choose the chicken instead of the mirror?____________________________________________________________________________.91. Did Peter make a wise choice or a foolish one?____________________________________________________________________________.92. What else did Queen Olivia offer Peter?____________________________________________________________________________.93. What can be filled in the blank at the end of the passage?____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) （12分）Jim and Danny first met when they were 6 years old.They became best friends, spending their summers togetherin a seaside town. In those early years, they went hikingalmost the whole summers. They learned to sail before theywere 10. The year they turned 11, their parents sent them both to the same boys’ camp in New Hampshire. There they began to love the overnight trips.When they were 15, they spent a summer in Quebec, camping in an old tent. The year after graduating from college, they drove to Central America and rode a train through jungles.After that, they went their separate ways. Jim took a job as a teacher at a school. Danny became a journalist and lived in Boston. They sent each other Christmas cards, but found it difficult to stay in touch. Their careers took them in different directions, giving them different experiences.The years went by. They aged. They both turned 60.And then, miles apart, they both woke up one morning and knew it was time to retire. Both of them realized it was time to leave the jobs that had kept each of them excited for 35 years.It was time to begin a new chapter of life.Danny had heard a research project in Argentina. A team of scientists was searching for the planets’ oldest dinosaur fossil(化石). And the team wanted some volunteers.Danny called his friends of 55 years. He told him about this project. Then, he asked him whether he would consider going on such a trip. The answer was: Yes!A new month later, just retired, they were setting up a tent at the foot of the Andes. Every day for the next two weeks, they hiked across the desert, searching for the fossils of ancient animals.Late at night, lying in their sleeping bags, they looked up the cold black sky. They talked about the time they had camped in the past.As Jim and Danny had back then, they started to laugh. They couldn’t stop. The years between them fell away. Circles reconnected. They were boys again.88. Did Jim and Danny do many same things when they were young?____________________________________________________________________________.89. When did they begin to love the overnight trips?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How did they keep in touch just after they went their separate ways?____________________________________________________________________________.91. Why was it time for them to begin a new chapter of their life?____________________________________________________________________________.92. What were they doing while they were hiking across the desert?____________________________________________________________________________.93. According to the passage, what does the underlined part “They were boys again.” mean?____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题) (12分)The story of the Mary Celeste is a very famous unsolved mystery. The story is about a sailing ship called the Mary Celeste and the strange disappearance of all the people on board the ship.The ship sailed from New York on 7th November, 1872, for the port of Genoa in Italy. It was carrying a cargo(货物) of 1,700 barrels of American alcohol which was worth 35,000 dollars. There were 10 people on board the ship: the captain, Briggs, his wife, Sarah, their two-year-old daughter, and seven crewmen. Briggs had a good fame as a captain. He was also a religious man who did not drink alcohol.The mystery begins on 15th November, 1872. The Mary Celeste was between the Azores and the coast of Portugal when it was seen by the captain of another ship, Captain Morehouse. Captain Morehouse was immediately worried because he could see that the Mary Celeste was out of control. He was also very surprised because he knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor. There were no distress(求救) signals from the Mary Celeste and no reply when Morehouse tried to make contact, so he decided to take a small boat and climb on board the Mary Celeste. There was nobody on board!There didn’t seem to be much wrong with the ship: it was not in danger of sinking, so t here was no need for panic. However, the ship’s register and other paperwork were missing; the navigation instruments were missing; and everything on the ship, including the captain’s bed, was wet through. Another important fact is that there were no boats on board. And a strange fact is that when the cargo was finally unloaded in Genoa, nine barrels of alcohol were missing. Can we find an explanation which fits all the known facts?Morehouse guessed that the crew must, for some reason, have thought that the boat was sinking and panicked. But why did they think it was sinking? It is possible that, as the cargo was alcohol, there might be an explosion which would cause everyone on board to panic. The crew might have climbed into the boat and tied the boat to the main ship while they checked if the ship really was sinking. Perhaps a storm broke the rope and left them all in a small boat on stormy seas.It seems that 92 now, but I am sure that people will keep thinking of possible solutions, and the only limit to these solutions will be the human imagination!88. Which place did the Mary Celeste leave for?____________________________________________________________________________.89. What do you know about Briggs besides having a family of three people?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How did Morehouse feel when he saw the Mary Celeste was out of control?____________________________________________________________________________.91. Why did Morehouse guess that the crew panicked at that time?____________________________________________________________________________.92. What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?____________________________________________________________________________.93. Where do you think all the people on the ship might go? Show your possible reason(s)!____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)When Jan and Brian Dutcher moved to San Diego for Brian’s new job at San Diego State University, the neighbors smiled and introduced themselves. But there were no “bring a plate” invitations, no car pooling for her daughters Liza, 12 and Erin, 15.“The families really didn’t know each other, and we missed that,” says Jan. “We are far from relatives. Neighbors are our family.”So Jan, an artist, decided to repeat a project she had done for Liza’s fifth-grade class: ask each person to paint his or her face on a big canvas (帆布). The finished piece would become the new family photo.First, Jan painted a grid (网格) on the canvas and put it up in the garage with a table of paints nearby. Then whenever she was home, the “art room” door was up, with an open invitation for neighbors to paint. The first to stop in were kids riding by. “They thought it was cool,” says Jan, but the adults weren’t so keen. “Most said they hadn’t picked up a paint brush since kindergarten,” she says. “They were afraid they’d mess it up.” But as word slowly spread, they came, some using their driver’s license photos as models.Then something started to happen. They returned—to see who had painted, or if they could recognize who was who. In Jan’s garage, they began to cha t about schools, jobs and families. Almost daily. Wendy, who lived across the street and was seriously ill, came in her wheelchair to watch the fun. Neighbors began to offer their support.When the worst thing happened and Wendy died, they stood by her husband, Bill and invited him over for dinners.This year has been different in the neighborhood. Families take turns hosting happy hours. “We’re watching over each other now just like in the painting” says Jan.88. Why did the Dutchers move to San Diego?____________________________________________________________________________.89. Where did people paint, on a wall, a car or a canvas?____________________________________________________________________________.90. Who joined in the project first after a grid was done?____________________________________________________________________________.91. What did the adults in the neighborhood think of the project at first?____________________________________________________________________________.92. With the project on and on, what happened in and out of the garage?____________________________________________________________________________.93. How do you understand the underlined sentence “We’re watching over each other now justlike in the p ainting”?____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the question（根据短文内容回答下列问题）Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland. He was from a poor family. When he was twelve, his family moved to the U.S.A. They wanted a better life. There, Andrew started to work right away. He got a job in a factory. He was a good worker, but he didn’t like the job. Later, he changed his job. He worked at the Railroad Company where everybody liked him. He did many different jobs. His salary got higher every year.In his free time, Andrew loved to read. But in those days, the United States didn’t have free public libraries. Luckily, he lived near a rich man with many books, who let young boys use his library for free, so Andrew could read as much as possible. He read throughout his life.Andrew learned a lot at the railroad company. He realized that the railroad was very important for big countries. He had an idea to start a business with railroads. He saved all his money and opened a business at the age of thirty years.First, his company made bridges for the railroads. Ten years later, it made steel for bridges, machines, and many other things. Soon he was the richest man in the world.Andrew liked to make money. But he believed it was very important to help other people. In 1901, he sold his company for $480 million. He started to give away his money to make newlibraries and colleges all over the United States. He built 2,811 libraries. Andrew also gave a lot of money to people who worked for peace. In 1903, he gave $1.5 million to build a Peace Palace in the Netherlands.Andrew Carnegie died in 1919. He was eighty-four years old. During his life, he gave away nearly all of his money. He gave away over $350 million for education and peace. There are colleges, libraries, hospitals, and parks named after Andrew Carnegie. He helped millions of people all over the world to study and learn.88. Andrew Carnegie used to work in a factory, didn’t he?____________________________________________________________________________.89. Why could Andrew Carnegie read as much as possible in those days?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How old was Andrew Carnegie when he opened a business?____________________________________________________________________________.91. What did Andrew Carnegie’s company do?____________________________________________________________________________.92. How did Andrew Carnegie help others after he sold his company?____________________________________________________________________________.93. What can you learn from Andrew Carnegie?____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions(根据以下内容回答问题)(12分)In recent years, a number of Chinese technological innovation(科技创新) have been making waves around the world. Among them, four stand out. They are known as "four new great inventions" of modern China. They have made our daily lives more convenient.High-speed trainsChina created its first high-speed railway line in 2008. Since then, the number of passenger trips has grown by over 30 percent every year. By 2016, more than 5 billion trips had been taken china's bullet trains(高铁), according to Xinhua News Agency.China is currently working on the next-generation bullet trains that will have a top speed of 400kilometers per hour. By 2020, one-fifth of the country's 150,000-km railway network will beused by high-speed trains. This network will link more than 80percent of major cities across China, said Xinhua.Mobile paymentMobile payment is turning China into a "cashless society" led by third-party payment companies like Alipay. For example, instead of paying y cash, customers now pay for goods simply by typing a short password into Alipay app on their mobile devices.Users can also pay their bills through Alipay, such as their water and electricity bills. Alipay also supports cross-border(跨境的)online and in-store payment, which allows users to buy things on international websites and apps.Shared bikesShared bike services started in Western countries. But China has surprised the world with how quickly it has adopted dockless(无桩的)shared bikes.Unlike traditional bike-sharing method, deckles bikes allow users to simply pick up or park a bike on the street through GPS and smartphone To unlock a bike, you just need to scan a QR code on a shared bike with a smartphone app After you finish riding, you can park it at available parking areas, lock it and pay for ride through mobile payment services.Online shoppingWith around 751 million internet users, China has long been the world's largest and fastest-growing online shopping market.Online shopping now accounts for 15.5 percent of total retail sales in China, according to Xinhua. Thanks to lower costs and fewer licensing requirements(执照要求),it' s easier for sellers to open an online shop in China than a brick-and-mortar shop(实体店).It also helped to create jobs of rural areas. In 2016, online shopping created more than 20 million jobs in rural areas, with over 8.1 million running their own online shops, said Xinhua.88. What is known as "four new great inventions” of modern China?____________________________________________________________________________.89. When did China create its first high-speed railway line?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How do customers pay for goods if they don’t pay by cash?____________________________________________________________________________.91. What do people need to do to unlock a shared bike?____________________________________________________________________________.92. Why is it easier for sellers to open an online shop in China than a brick-and-mortar shop?____________________________________________________________________________.93. Which of the four inventions has influenced your life most? Give an example.____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)A Cloud of Hope and DangerA small cloud floats through the air in a hospital operatingroom. In the room a patient, suffering from cancer, lies on a table.The cloud surrounds(包围) the patient, covering her body andfilling her lungs(肺). The cloud is not smoke or steam. It is made ofmillions of microscopic robots called nanorobots(纳米机器人). These tiny robots move from cell(细胞) to cell in the patient’s body, destroying the cancer.Fighting cancer with nanorobots is only an idea today, but scientists say that it could be possible in the future. Using nanorobots for good purposes such as fighting disease or repairing the environment may be the solution to many of today’s problems.However, nanorobots could be a dangerous risk as well. Since nanorobots are so tiny, they will have to work in large teams of many thousands to many millions. For this reason, nanorobots will have to be programmed to build themselves. Scientists will not have the ability to build millions of nanorobots one by one.This ability to reproduce is making some scientists worried. What if something goes wrong in the programming? Quite a lot of crazy nanorobots would be far worse than any disease. Some people think that if they get out of control, nanorobots could destroy the Earth.What should be done? Should we continue researching nanorobots or should we search for other methods? This is one of the many difficult decisions that we have to make in the future.88. What is the cloud in the passage, smoke and steam or microscopic robots?____________________________________________________________________________.89. What can be the good use of nanorobots for us?____________________________________________________________________________.90. Why will nanarobots have to work in large teams?____________________________________________________________________________.91. What makes it possible for nanorobots build themselves?____________________________________________________________________________.92. Can you give the passage another title?____________________________________________________________________________.93. Are you for or against using nanorobots in the future? Why?____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)Donna Reid had just finished her training as a children’s doctor. Afamous research hospital in New York had offered her a job with goodpay. And her boyfriend, Tony, had a clinic in their hometown andhoped she could work with him. At the same time, a small hospital,Backwoods Hospital, in a very poor area had also offered Donna a position. Now it was time for her to decide where to work.Dad: Donna, that research hospital in New York has a good reputation for children’s medicine. Some of the best childre n’s doctors in the country work there and you can learn a lot from them.Mom: Yes, I agree it’s a good hospital and the pay is good, too. But, that’s not the point.Dad: Then what’s the point?Mom:It’s in New York, too far away! Let me tell you what, dear Donna. Tony’s clinic is just several blocks away. You don’t need to travel far if you work there. Tony is a nice young man and I guess you’ll get married soon.Dad: Ha! It’s hard enough to live with a husband or wife. Working with them, too? That’s a choice for trouble. Well, Donna, what do you think?Donna: I’m thinking about accepting the offer from Backwoods Hospital.Dad: But Donna, look at their offer! You’ll be on call six days a week, 24 hours a day. That’s really a hard job.Mom: Oh, Donna, the pay is another problem.Donna: It isn’t a dead-end job, Mom and Dad. But anyway, I didn’t ______93______.Dad: No? Then why did you become a doctor?Donna: I want to help people. You know that. And Backwoods serves a very poor and needy population. Backwoods, here I come!88. How many choices did Donna have?______________________________________________________________________.8. Where did Dad suggest Donna work?_____________________________________________________________________.91. Why did Dad think Donna could learn a lot in the place he suggested?_____________________________________________________________________.92. According to Mom, what was the advantage if Donna worked in Tony’s clinic?Donna could____________________________________________________________.67. What did the parents worry about when Donna said she wanted to work in Backwoods?_____________________________________________________________________.68. What could be filled in the blank to complete the sentence for Donna?I didn’t ________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）:（12分）Like most July days, it was hot. I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee. It was a tiny store with little round tables and chairs.As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.“Poor woman,” I thought. “What does she get out of life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime(鼎盛时期)?”As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years… In minutes the two of them were trembling (颤抖) with laughter.I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself.I was wearing a dirty shirt.She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.I was in low spirits. She was laughing, smiling.I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall.She was old but it wasn’t hurting her.As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive than I was. Age has not bent her spirit (精神).88. The story happened in a coffee shop in July, didn’t it? （此题1分）____________________________________________________________________________.89. What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop?____________________________________________________________________________.90. How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days?____________________________________________________________________________.91. What does the underlined sentence “I was putting the pieces of my life together” mean?____________________________________________________________________________.92. How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage?The old woman lived a ____________ life, while the young writer led a ____________ life.93. What did the young writer try to tell us in the story? （此题3分）____________________________________________________________________________.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）:（12分）After his Master Chef Junior run, 12-year-old Evan Robinson is using his kitchen skills to raise money for Puerto Rico(波多黎各).The TV show winner wanted to offer help after hurricanes(飓风)hit the country last September.“I’ve been seeing,all over the news ,people lived too hard,”Evan said. “They can’t get fresh water,electricity.They can’t get really anything.I know I’m just a kid,but I think if a lot of people do something,a lot of things will get better.”He raises money by baking and taking online orders for homemade pies.H e started cooking on a recent Friday night.By the next Sunday evening,he had filled orders for 420 pies--roasted。
上海市徐汇区中考英语二模试卷复习课程
2017学年徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. 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)A B C DE F G H1. ______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) On the 1st floor. B) On the 3rd floor. C) On the 6th floor. D) On the 8th floor.8. A) At the airport. B) At the bus stop. C) At the train station. D) At the subway station.9. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bike. D) By bus.10. A) Buying some cold drinks. B) Cleaning his room.C) Having a barbecue. D) Meeting Jenny.11. A) On Thursday. B) On Friday. C) On Saturday. D) On Sunday.12. A) The orange one. B) The pink one. C) The blue one. D) The green one.13. A) By using some magic. B) By taking a yoga course.C) By going on a diet. D) By calling himself Tim.14. A) Because they didn’t recognize her. B) Because they met a famous actress.C) Because the woman performed well. D) Because the play made them happy.C. Listen to the letter and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示): (共6分)15. It was a letter to Daisy about Jason’s first day at his new school.16. Jason was excited because there are many students in the new school.17. Jason’s class teacher is Mrs. Black and she is a young and friendly lady.18. Jason has made friends with a nice boy from Hong Kong.19. Everyone in the school must learn Spanish as a second language.20. Jason has to do much maths homework on the Internet on the first day.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。
2017上海市徐汇区中考英语二模试题
2017学年徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. 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)A B C DE F G H1. ______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) On the 1st floor. B) On the 3rd floor. C) On the 6th floor. D) On the 8th floor.8. A) At the airport. B) At the bus stop. C) At the train station. D) At the subway station.9. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bike. D) By bus.10. A) Buying some cold drinks. B) Cleaning his room.C) Having a barbecue. D) Meeting Jenny.11. A) On Thursday. B) On Friday. C) On Saturday. D) On Sunday.12. A) The orange one. B) The pink one. C) The blue one. D) The greenone.13. A) By using some magic. B) By taking a yoga course.C) By going on a diet. D) By calling himself Tim.14. A) Because they didn’t recognize her. B) Because they met a famous actress.C) Because the woman performed well. D) Because the play made them happy.C. Listen to the letter and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示): (共6分)15. It was a letter to Daisy about Jason’s first day at his new school.16. Jason was excited because there are many students in the newschool.17. Jason’s class teacher is Mrs. Black and she is a young andfriendly lady.18. Jason has made friends with a nice boy from Hong Kong.19. Everyone in the school must learn Spanish as a second language.20. Jason has to do much maths homework on the Internet on the first day.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。
2017届上海市徐汇区高三英语二模卷(含听力文本和答案).doc
2016 学年第二学期徐汇区高三模拟考英语试卷2017.4I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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 possibleanswers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. He knows who is knocking. B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn ’ t want to open the door.D. He is ready to open the door.2. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By taxi. D. By train.3. A. $100. B. $200. C. $300. D. $400.4. A. She went to cinema. B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with her classmates.5. A. In a doctor ’ s office. B. In a professor ’ s office.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.6. A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics. B. The man got a lot of money for his hard work.C. His hard work was not rewarding at all.D. His work before the test led to a good result.7. A. A furnished house. B. A recent book. C. A further study. D. A new record.8. A. They will go swimming. B. They will climb mountains.C. They will buy some clothes.D. They will forecast the weather conditions.9. A. He has another lecture to attend.B.He has no interest in the lecture.C.He ’ s attended the same lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’ t remind him.10. A. She fully agrees with the man. B. They are uncertain about the weather.C. She disagrees with the man.D. She thought the man was always late.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. People are encouraged to be a craftsman.B.Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think.C.Learning woodworking will help you know more people.D.Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.12. A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others.B.Because I am interested in it and want to show it to others.C.Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well.D. Because it s’a good way to know more people interested in it.13. A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B.Doing woodworking means being alone for long.C.You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking.D.Taking a class in woodworking costs a lot of money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card.B.To encourage people to borrow money from banks.C.To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card.D.To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.15. A. The development of computers.B.People ’s greediness for more money.C.People’s needs for less paper money.D.People ’s learning to be more responsible.16. A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards.B.To stop using credit cards and borrow money from friends or relatives.C.To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards.D.To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A newspaper. B. An advertisement company.C. A cleanup company.D. A market.18. A. She wants to spare more room for something new.B.She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a low cost.C.She knows that the sales consultant before the man does.D.She just wants to clean up their house.19. A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff.B.Rudy will come and take their stuff away.C.Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.D.Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.20. A. His old guitar.C. The spring cleanup sale. B. Their appliances, jewelry, furniture and exercise equipment.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service.II.Grammar andvocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it (21) _____ it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is absolutely dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as tough a training to become a performer as a medical student needs (22) ______ （ become） a doctor. Most training is concerned (23) _____ technique, for musicians have to be as muscularly skillful as an athlete ora ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords （声带）would be inadequate without (24) ______（ control ） muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow back and forth with the right arm, (25) ______ are two entirely different movements.Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists (26) ______（ spare） this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, and it is the piano tuner ’ s responsibility to tune the instrument for (27) ______ . But they have their own difficulties; the hammersthat hit the string must be dealt with carefully not to sound like drum or bass, and each tone, even if played very fast, has to sound clear.The problem (28) ______ （face） student conductors is that they have to learn to know every note of the music and (29) ______ it should sound, and they need to aim at controlling these sound with enthusiastic but selfless authority.Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artistsare those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music (30) ______ they can enjoy performing works written in any century.Section BDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A. perspectivesB. exploreC. qualitiesD. powerfullyE. appreciateF. purposeG. constructiveH. conceptsI. demonstratedJ. motivatedK. recommendationDear Admissions Committee,I had the pleasure of teaching Sara in her 11th grade honors English class at Mark Twain High School.From the first day of class, Sara impressed me with her ability to clearly explain difficult (31) _______ and texts, her sensitivity to the slight differences within literature, and her passion for reading, writing, and creative expression — both in and out of the classroom. Sara is a talented literary critic and poet, and she has my highest (32) _______ as a student and writer.Sara is talented at considering the elegances within literature and the (33) ______ behind authors' works. She produced an extraordinary year-long thesis paper on creative identity development, in which she compared works from three different time periods and synthesized cultural and historical (34) _______ to inform her analysis. When called upon to give her thesis defense in front of her peers, Sara spoke clearlyand (35) _______ about her conclusions and responded to questions in a thoughtful way. Outside of the classroom, Sara is devoted to her literary pursuits, especially to poetry. She publishes her poetry in ourschool's literary magazine, as well as in online magazines. She is an insightful, sensitive, and deeply self-aware individual driven to (36)______art, writing, and a deeper understanding of the human condition.Throughout the year Sara was an active participant in our discussions, and she always supported herpeers. Her caring nature and personality allow her to work well with others in a team setting, as she alwaysrespects others' opinions even when they differ from her own. When we held a class debate about gun laws,Sara chose to speak for the side opposite her own views. She explained her choice as (37) _______ by adesire to put herself in other people's shoes, view the issues from a new perspective, and gain a clearersense of the issue from all angles. Throughout the year, Sara (38) _______ this openness to the opinions,feelings, and perspectives of others, along with sharp powers of observation, all (39) _______ that makeher outstanding as a student of literature and burgeoning writer.I am certain that Sara is going to continue to do great and creative things in her future. I highly recommend her for admission to your undergraduate program. She is talented, caring, dedicated, and focused in her pursuits. Sara consistently seeks out (40) _______ feedback so she can improve her writingskills, which is a rare and impressive quality in a high school student. Sara is truly a stand-outindividual who will impress everyone she meets. Please feel free to contact me if you have anyquestions at . Sincerely,Ms. ScribeEnglish TeacherMark Twain High SchoolIII.ReadingComprehension Section 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.The Paris agreement to fight climate change became international law Friday. The landmark deal aimsto deal with global warming among growing (41)______ that the world is becoming hotter even faster thanscientists expected.So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two- thirds of the world’ s greenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the agreement, which (42)______ to limit global warming this century to 2 degrees Celsius(3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above what it was before machines and (43)______ appeared in the late 1700s.The United States (44) ______ entered into the agreement in September, and more countries are expectedto come aboard in the coming weeks and months.United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon celebrated the event, talking with nongovernmentalgroups at U.N. headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and (45)______ for the future.“ This is an emotional moment for me. It is a credit to all of you. And it is(46)______ for the world,”Ban said in his opening remarks.He praised the (47)______ for getting hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate changebut (48)______ the outcome remained uncertain.“ We are still in a race (49)______ time. We need to move on to a low-emission and climate- sustainable future,” Ban added.Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, hascome into force, saying it shows a new commitment by the international community to (50)_____ aproblem that is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels (51)______and transforming vast areas intodesert.“(52)______ the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simplesign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to controlclimate change, which is (53)___ ___ positive, said” Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey.Scientists and (54)______ say the agreement is the first step of a much longer and complicated processof reducing the use of fossil fuels, which currently (55) ___ ___ the majority of the planet ’ s energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.41. A. applicants B. fears C. observations D. comments42. A. seeks B. allows C. assumes D. seizes43. A. institutions B. laboratories C. committees D. factories44. A. formally B. instantly C. particularly D. generally45. A. prejudices B. approaches C. visions D. concepts46. A. spiritual B. historic C. appropriate D. valueless47. A. agreements B. groups C. headquarters D. emissions48. A. apologized B. denied C. warned D. overlooked49. A. against B. on C. for D. without50. A. avoid B. find C. address D. ignore51. A. falling B. rising C. disappearing D. remaining52. A. Until B. Since C. If D. While53. A. under no circumstances B. on the contraryC. in no caseD. by all means54. A. officers B. policymakers C. employers D. technicians55. A. remove B. preserve C. supply D. restoreSection 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 bestaccording to the information given in the passage you have just read.AI used to think ants knew what they were doing. The ones marching acrossmy kitchen counter looked so confident; I just figured they had a plan, knewwhere they were going and what needed to be done. How else could antsorganize highways, build elaborate nests, launch impressive attacks, and do allthe other things ants do?Turns out I was wrong. Ants aren ’clevert little engineers, architects, orsoldiers after all --- at least not as individuals. When it comes to deciding what todo next, most ants don’ t have a clue.“ If you watch an ant try to accomplish something, youby how awkward it is,” says Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist at StanfordersityUniv.“ Ants aren’ t smart,” Gordon says.“ Ant coloniescolonyarecan. solve”problemsA unthinkable forindividual ants, such as finding the shortest path to the best food source, assigning workers to different tasks,or defending a territory from neighbors. As individuals, ants might be tiny dummies, but as colonies theyrespond quickly and effectively to their environment. They do it with something called collectiveintelligence.Where this intelligence comes from raises an essential question in nature: How do the simple actionsof individual ants add up to the complex behavior of a group? How do hundreds of honey-bees make acritical decision about their hive ( 蜂巢 )if many of them disagree? The collective abilities of such animals---one of which grasps the big picture, but each of which contributes to the group ’success --- seemmiraculous even to the biologists who know them best. Yet during the past few decades, researchers havecome up with fascinating insights.56. The author’ s former false impressionabout ants is that he thought them to be _______.A. smartB. awkwardC. elaborateD. creative57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.Ants will function as a single body once a decision is made by the commander.B.Ants are the only species which developed collective intelligence.C.The ant queen plays a role in managing ant workers besides laying eggs.58.The paragraph following the passage will most probably deal with _______.A.where we can observe such fantastic behavior of antsB.which is the leading ant in charge of the actionC.how the collective intelligence worksD.what inspiration can be drawn from the collective abilitiesBThe idea of using radio or wireless to broadcast to audiences was formed in 1916 by apresident of the American Marconi Company, David Sarnoff. His superiors were doubtfulabout his idea to“ make radio a household cause, so that by purchase of a‘ radio the audience could enjoy lectures, music performance, etc.”Four years later the American engineer Frank Conrad, an employee at W E Corp, attractedconsiderable attention when a local newspaper reported on the growing audience listening on crystal radiosets to his evening and weekend amateur broadcasts. A local music store had provided records to play onthe Victoria, and Conrad and his family served as disc jockeys(唱片音乐播音员 ). Westinghouse vicepresident Harry Davis asked Conrad to build a more powerful transmitter (发射台 )in time to announce theoutcome of the next US presidential election. Conrad completed his assignment, and on November 2, 1920,station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, broadcast the announcement that Warren G. Harding had beenelected president. About 1000 people heard this first news broadcast.Radio communicated news much faster than did newspapers, and because crystal sets were easy tobuild and inexpensive, radio expanded rapidly in the following years. To stimulate the sale of radio sets,equipment manufactures provided transmitting facilities. Singers, comedians, and entire orchestrasvolunteered their services for publicity. The eventual financial basis of the new industry, however, was stillunclear. One group in New York City tried to seek contributions from listeners while others urged that private foundations support radio stations as a public service. In August 1922 the first commercial radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF (now WNBC) in New York City. In 1926, when about 5 million homes had radios, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in cooperation with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, established the first commercial radio network. In the 1920s radio was establishedas a new mass medium had a practicable industry, and it became a national forum(论坛 )for news and popular culture.59.The passage is mainly concerned with _______.A.the contribution of radio to popular cultureB.the invention and uses of radioC.early radio programs for a mass audienceD.the history of radio broadcasting60.Who started broadcasting radio programs to mass audience?A. Frank ConradB. David SarnoffC. Harry DavisD. Warren Harding61. After 1920, radio expanded rapidly because _______.A. people could easily get it in storesB. it was cheaper than newspapersC. it had advantages over newspapersD. people were interested in anything new62. By saying that“ the eventual financial basis of the new industry was still unclear hor meansthat _______.A. the private foundations were unwilling to support the stationsB. the stations were not sure yet where to get the operational moneyC. advertising and commercial programs could not raise enough moneyD. the listeners would not pay for the broadcasting stationsCIt could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackleton themoment his ship, the Endurance, become hopelessly locked in ice on its way toAntarctica in January 1915. For ten months the 28 men aboard Shackleton ’shipwaited and prayed for ice to break. When it finally did, the Endurance sank, leavingthe crew homeless and adrift on a sea of ice in one of the world’ s most dangerous environments.In January 2000 a luxury ocean liner found itself similarly trapped in the coldwaters off Antarctica. Argentine authorities sent off an icebreaker straight away fromthe nearest naval base, and in 24 hours, all 176 passengers and crew were free. Thetour company’ s spokesper s onpun the potential disaster as a value- added reward in extreme travel. people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure,” she said.Ever since Jon Krakauer ’books Into Thin Air made Everest a household name, the subculture of adventure has blown up like a Himalayan avalanche(雪崩 ) into public consciousness. Magazines promise “extreme content,”television, offers adventure programs, and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world ’greatest adventurous journey. Nowadays more and more people are interested in adventure and this mass appeal makes good business sense. Today the only thing blocking a would- be adventurer’ s passage to Antarctica is the cost----which” , the a “ Thetypically runs well over $10,000.Despite very d ifferent implications, adventure was just as popular in Shackleton’ s time. He ha trouble filling the Endurance----5,000 men are said to have responded to his recruitment (招募 ) notice:“ Menwanted for risky journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constantdanger. Safe return doubtful.”After five months drifting on ice, the crew were forced to take to their lifeboats to Elephant Island.Reaching the wasteland, Shackleton went on with one lifeboat and five of his best men 1,300 kilometersacross the bone-chilly Scotia Sea to South Georgia Island. Shivering with cold, dressed in rags, Shackletonmarched into a whaling station and set about organizing a rescue expedition to Elephant Island. Almost twoyears after becoming shipwrecked on ice, Shackleton picked up his crew.“ Not a life lost, and we have been through hell,” he remarked earnestly.63.We can learn from the first sentence of this passage that _______.A.the age of adventure began with the ship Endurance trapped in iceB.Shackleton ’ s adventure marked the highest point of pure explorationC.the age of adventure ended with the ship Endurance trapped in iceD.Shackleton ’ s adventure predicted that the golden age of exploration was approaching64. The word spun“ ” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “”.A. summed upB. judgedC. boasted aboutD. referred to65.Since Jon Krakauer’ s book was published _______.A.the media have got interested in the topic of adventureB.the costs of extreme travel have gone upC.Everest has got its name known to EuropeD.people have got fascinated by Himalayan avalanches66. The adventure in Shackleton’ s time has different implications from today’ s in that _______.A. Shackleton’ s adventure lasted longer then any otherdventurea nowadaysB. n o one was missing during Shackleton’ s adventureC. Shackleton ’ s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventureD.Shackleton enrolled volunteers more easilySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Eachsentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. It ’ ll make you learn to enjoy what you have, fix what’ s broken, and shop for a bargain.B.Spending more is likely to stimulate your motivation for more earning.C. It gives you options and frees you from relying on someone else’ s priorities.D.Living with less is the most efficient way to control your financial future.E.Actually, your parents have already given you too much.F.What you want is respect and admiration from other people.My wife and I recently welcomed a child into the world. His only interest right now is keeping usawake 24/7. But one day, he’ llneed to learn something about finance. When he does, here are somesuggestions.1.You might think you want an expensive car, a fancy watch, and a huge house. But you don ’ t.(67)________________________ You think having expensive stuff will bring it. It almost never does—especially from the people you want to respect and admire you.2.The road to financial regret is paved with debt. Some debt, such as a mortgage, is OK. But most spendingthat results in debt is the equivalent of a drug: a quick hit of pleasure that wears off, only to drag you down foryears to come, limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past.3. I hope you ’ re poor at some point. Not struggling, and not unhappy, of course. But there ’the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity. It teaches you the difference betweennecessary and desirable. (68) ________________________ These are essential survival skills.4. If you ’ re like most people, you ’ ll spend most of your adult life thinking, “ Once I’ ve s everything will be great. Then”you ’ llhit $X, move the goalposts, and resume chasing your tail. It ’asmiserable cycle. Your goals should be about more than money.5. Don ’ t stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18. Almost no one knows what he orshe wants to do at that age. Many people don ’ t know what they want until they ’ re twice that age. the signs you ’ re in the wrong career.)6.The best thing money buys is to control over your time. (69) ________________________ One day you ’ llrealize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy.7.Change your mind when you need to. I ’ venoticed a tendency for people to think they ’ vemasteredinvesting when they’ re young. They start investingage at18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19.They never do.8.Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are from families that are against it.Some are born into flourishing economies; others, into war and poverty. I want you to be successful, and Iwant you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness.Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.9.Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend. Iknow a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck, always on the edge of ruin. I know another person who neverearned more than $50,000 and saved a fortune. The difference is entirely due to their spending. (70)__________________________.10. Don ’ t listen to me if you disagree with what I ’ ve written. The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did. More important, you learn best when you disagree withsomeone and then are forced to learn it yourself. (On the other hand, always listen to your mother.)IV. Summary WritingDirections:Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage inno more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Meet The Member Who Quit SugarWhen I was 15, I weighed 100 kg.I was a size 20+ and hated the way I looked. I was a serial big eater and quite depressed. I would sit in front of the fridge, eat something, move to the cupboard, eat a packet of chips, and move back to the fridge.It was a heartbreaking cycle of hate and food. I didn’ty,feelorwc o rthwhilenfident,.pretShopping made me cry, I avoided mirrors, and my social life came to an end. I actually lost friends because they told me I was antisocial. It became so bad that I wanted to abuse myself; my skin and mymind became my enemy.But then, I turned my life around. I quit sugar.It started with my mum. She staged an intervention ( 干预 ) that made me cry. I wanted to change - I needed to change - and she could see how unhappy I was.She put me onto a diet that mostly aimed to schedule meals, and- to my shock horror - cut out all processed sugar. It was so hard at first. I remember the shame of sneaking chocolate and candies whenthe three o ’ clockhunger hits.But the weeks kept coming and it just got easier. I stopped eating sugar, and I stopped loving it; simple as that.I substituted chips and biscuits for fruit and nuts, and had cup-of-soups after school when I was hit by the desire. I also had more energy, having a 20-minute walk with my dog into my everyday routine; I beganto love that personal time.Cutting out sugar gave me so much more control over my body, and my outlook on life improved. So many people are intimidated by the words “ quitsugar ”It. ’nots true. Fruit, honey, et cetera are natural sugars, and believe me, they fuel you better than chocolate bars ever could.Now I ’ m 17, turning 18, and I weigh 70 kg. I still struggle with my weight, but this is where I sit naturally, and I am very proud of myself. I never thought I would be confident enough to wear dresses or skirts, and take leadership roles to put myself out there and develop my social skills.I could never have done it without the support of my friends and family, and I urge everyone who wants to do right by themselves and change their diet - quitting sugar or otherwise - to share their decision with people. Develop a support network, online or offline, which can offer you advice or pick you up when you ’re down. And I can assure you, from my own personal experience, your body will thank you, and you will thank yourself too.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 铃声一响，孩子们就冲了出来。
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每空格限填⼀词，⾸字母已给) (14分)The rise of the Emoji(表情符号)Happy, angry, amazed－these are some of the emotions we like to express these days when we?re sending a message on our mobile phones. We?re also using them as a quick way of telling someone how we?re f____81____. Yes,emojis have become a very important tool for communication.Let?s clear one thing up first－there are emojis and emoticons. The latter are little images which are made using normal keys on a keyboard. For example, a colon(冒号), two dots, followed by a close bracket(右括号) is a “smiley face”. But as technology has improved, many images have been created and they can be simply a____82____ to your messages, which is great!The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the word “emoji” comes from the Japanese words for “picture”and “character”. The number of different images has greatly i____83____since then. Now we have a picture of every mood or situation.Another a____84____of emojis is that they are an international language－they don?t use word but tell a message in pictorial form so they can be e____85____ translated whatever your native language is. However, the emojis you send need some thought as they can sometimes be misunderstood. If a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer(锤), you may think he is angry when really he is s____86____ he has hurt!But as Linguist Neil Cohn says, “To many, emoji s are an exciting development of the way we communicate; to others, they are linguistic decline(语⾔的衰退).” It shows there is a lot more to our communication than words a____87____, but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?Keys:81. feeling 82. added 83.increased 84. advantage 85. easily 86. saying 87. aloneC. 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，每空格限填⼀词，⾸字母已给)：（14分）Grades are important, but they are not the only measure.I have come to understand that exam grades are not the only purpose of schools, and grades a____81____are not enough.Studies show that some of the high-flying students have troubled lives, finding it difficult to get good jobs or become great parents or partners. A____82____graduation, students come to realize what they have learned at school has not really prepared them for the next step.Increasingly, teachers are getting to know the idea of "learning from our failures. "If you've never failed at anything, you've certainly never t____83____anything new. Exam grades are important and we encourage all students to aim high and to do well. But they don't m____84____success.I once asked my students to consider the chef Gordon Ramsay, and how he became so successful. They were surprised to find that he didn't have a good performance at school and he didn?t s____85____become a great chef. In an interview, he explained that he worked long hours for very little money, learning everything he could, He took chances even if they seemed i____86____. He made mistakes but he cheered himself up and moved forward. His success didn't come from grades, it came from his character: courage, effort and confidence.We should develop social skills through the whole school as an important p____87____of learning.This is why there is a focus on performance, sport and other activities. These life skills will work hand-in-hand with knowledge to enable students to do well in their future life.Keys:81. alone82.After 83.tried 84.mean85.suddenly86.impossible87.partC. 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，每空格限填⼀词，⾸字母已给）（14分）Today, people are using and abusing (虐待) their eyes more than peoplewere twenty years ago. There are fewer and fewer people who have thosebright, shiny and happy baby eyes. Most people, e____81____young people, have tired eyes with dark circles around them because they look at the computer screen and watch TV too much. Here are some simple tips on taking care of your eyes: Make sure you wash your eyes with cold water, at least twice a day. This helps keep youreyes h____82____and clean.If you're eyes feel tired after watching television or looking at the computer screen, apply some ice to your eyes and keep it there for at least 3-5 minutes, and you will find the burning feeling is g____83____.Give your eyes a rest and keep at least two days in a week when you don't touch the computer, and this will give your damaged eyes time to repair t____84____and it will make you a lot fresher too.Whenever you are outdoors, make sure you are protecting your eyes from bright sunlight and strong winds.Have enough sleep. This generally differs from person to person. Some people need 8 hours sleep while others feel completely rested w____85____hours. If you do so, dark circles around your eyes may r____86____and your eyes will feel fresh after you have a good sleep.Of course, you can also try out some medical s____87____that are created for protecting the damaged eyes and prevention from future damage. These ways are helpful and you will feel relaxed and look attractive with bright, shiny and fresh eye. Keys: 81.especially 82. healthy 83.gone 84.themselves 85.within 86. reduce87 solutions/servicesC. 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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徐汇区2017学年度第二学期初三年级学业质量调研英语学科试卷2018年4月(满分150分，考试时间：100分钟)考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。
试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分）Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）26. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation?A. abroadB. coatC. goalD. road27. American violinist Lindsey doesn’t play ________ violin in the traditional way.A. aB. anC. theD. /28. The 2018 Winter Olympics took place _______February 9 to 25 in South Korea.A. inB. onC. ofD. from29. The law prevents businessmen ________ buying and selling ivory, tooth of the elephant.A. byB. ofC. againstD. from30. Please check ________ passport and air ticket before leaving home.A. youB. yourC. yoursD. yourself31. The community has plenty of ________ for the elderly to communicate with each other.A. roomB. classC. programD. game32. The world’s _______ glass floor bridge opened to the public in Shijiazhuang last year.A. longB. longerC. longestD. the longest33. In the concert, I loved the Little Star best because the kids sang so _______.A. lovelyB. friendlyC. kindlyD. sweetly34. There ______ a singing and dancing competition every month here.A. isB. hasC. will beD. will have35. --________does it take to get to the nearest supermarket?--About half an hour on foot.A. How farB. How longC. How soonD. How often36. These funny pictures about cakes will surely make you ______.A. laughB. laughingC. to laughD. laughed37. The text is available online so you ________ have a copy of it now.A. can’tB. shouldn’tC. needn’tD. mustn’t38. To complete the project in time, the staff of the company kept _______day and night.A. workB. workingC. to workD. worked39. ________the job was very hard and tiring for him in the beginning , he didn’t give up.A. BeforeB. AlthoughC. UnlessD. If40. Recently a new community library _______ and will be open to the public soon.A. is builtB. was builtC. has been builtD. will be built41. My brother was so careless that he forgot _______his passport to the airport.A. takeB. takingC. to takeD. taken42. Mr. White ________English in school for seven years since he first visited China.A. teachesB. taughtC. is teachingD. has taught43. Let’s keep quiet in the school library, _______?A. shall weB. can weC. will youD. do you44. –Would you mind turning on the radio a bit? I can’t hear it clearly--______.A. All rightB. That’s OKC. Thank youD. Not at all45. -__________.-I can’t agree more.A. Would you like some fish for dinner tonight?B. The lecture in the morning is so boring.C. Do you want to spend your weekend with us?D. I’ve decided to join in the tennis match next term.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格。
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Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。
每空格限填一词) (共8分)54. Parents are watching several __________ about the school festival in the classroom. (video)55. We took the lift to the __________ floor to enjoy the night view of the city. (forty)56. Jack’s job is to help me __________ a speech contest next month. (organization)57. My parents were satisfied with their trip to __________ last month. (German)58. We are trying to find the right _________ for our graduation party. (locate)59. My aunts ________ rock music because they think it’s too noisy. (like)60. Natural gas is now _________ used for cooking and heating in Shanghai. (wide)61. John and his friends had the most ___________ holiday travelling around China. (forget)Keys: 54. videos 55. fortieth 56. organize 57. Germany58. location 59. dislike 60. widely 61. unforgettableIV Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词)：（共8分）54. A lot of young men volunteered to fight _______the when the war started.(German)55. While travelling in Europe this summer, I ran into an old friend of_______ (I)56. Roger Federer, a tennis player in his_______, won the Australia Open on January 28.(thirty)57.I don't agree with the old Chinese _______ “Men die for wealth, birds die for food."(say)58. Sometimes a small act of_______ makes all the difference in our lives.(kind)59. High-speed trains passengers_______ to cover the distance in no more than four hours.(able)60. More than five children were_______ injured in the traffic accident yesterday (terrible)61. The government is taking action to protect _______information on the Internet. (person)Keys: 54. Germans 55. mine 56. thirties 57. saying58. kindness 59. enable 60. terribly 61. personalⅣ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。
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2017学年徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. 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)A B C DE F G H1. ______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) On the 1st floor. B) On the 3rd floor. C) On the 6th floor. D) On the 8th floor.8. A) At the airport. B) At the bus stop. C) At the train station. D) At the subway station.9. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bike. D) By bus.10. A) Buying some cold drinks. B) Cleaning his room.C) Having a barbecue. D) Meeting Jenny.11. A) On Thursday. B) On Friday. C) On Saturday. D) On Sunday.12. A) The orange one. B) The pink one. C) The blue one. D) The green one.13. A) By using some magic. B) By taking a yoga course.C) By going on a diet. D) By calling himself Tim.14. A) Because they didn’t recognize her. B) Because they met a famous actress.C) Because the woman performed well. D) Because the play made them happy.C. Listen to the letter and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示): (共6分)15. It was a letter to Daisy about Jason’s first day at his new school.16. Jason was excited because there are many students in the new school.17. Jason’s class teacher is Mrs. Black and she is a young and friendly lady.18. Jason has made friends with a nice boy from Hong Kong.19. Everyone in the school must learn Spanish as a second language.20. Jason has to do much maths homework on the Internet on the first day.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。
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2016-2017学年第二学期徐汇区高三模拟考英语试卷2017.4I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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.音频A. He knows who is knocking.B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn’t want to open the door.D. He is ready to open the door.2.音频A. By plane.B. By bus.C. By taxi.D. By train.3.音频A. $100.B. $200.C. $300.D. $400.4.音频A. She went to cinema.B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with her classmates.5.音频A. In a doctor’s office.B. In a professor’s office.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.6.音频A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics.B. The man got a lot of money for his hard work.C. His hard work was not rewarding at all.D. His work before the test ledto a good result.7.音频A. A furnished house.B. A recent book.C. A further study.D. A new record.8.音频A. They will go swimming.B. They will climb mountains.C. They will buy some clothes.D. They will forecast the weather conditions.9.音频A. He has another lecture to attend.B. He has no interest in the lecture.C. He’s attended the same lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’t remind him.10.音频A. She fully agrees with the man.B. They are uncertain about the weather.C. She disagrees with the man.D. She thought the man was always late. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longerconversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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.音频11.A. People are encouraged to be a craftsman.B. Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think.C. Learning woodworking will help you know more people.D. Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.12.A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others.B. Because I am interested in it and want to show it to others.C. Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well.D. Bec ause it’s a good way to know more people interested in it.13.A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B. Doing woodworking means being alone for long.C. You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking.D. Taking a class in woodworking costs a lot of money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.音频14.A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card.B. To encourage people to borrow money from banks.C. To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card.D. To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.15.A. The development of computers.B. People’s greediness for more money.C. People’s needs for less paper money.D. People’s learning to be more responsible.16.A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards.B. To stop using credit cards and borrow money from friends or relatives.C. To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards.D. To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.音频17.A. A newspaper.B. An advertisement company.C. A cleanup company.D. A market.18.A. She wants to spare more room for something new.B. She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a low cost.C. She knows that the sales consultant before the man does.D. She just wants to clean up their house.19.A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff.B. Rudy will come and take their stuff away.C. Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.D. Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.20.A. His old guitar.B. Their appliances, jewelry, furniture and exercise equipment.C. The spring cleanup sale.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service.II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it _____21_____ it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is absolutely dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as tough a training to become a performer as a medical studentneeds______22______（become） a doctor. Most training is concerned_____23_____ technique, for musicians have to be as muscularly skillful as an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords（声带） would be inadequate without______24______（control） muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow back and forth with the right arm,______25______ are two entirely different movements.Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists _____26_____（spare） this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for______27______ . But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string must be dealt with carefully not to sound like drum or bass, and each tone, even if played very fast, has to sound clear.The problem______28______（face） student conductors is that they have to learn to know every note of the music and______29______ it should sound, and they need to aim at controlling these sound with enthusiastic but selfless authority.Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music______30______ they can enjoy performing works written in any century.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Dear Admissions Committee,I had the pleasure of teaching Sara in her 11th grade honors English classat Mark Twain High School. From the first day of class, Sara impressed me with her ability to clearly explain difficult ___31___ and texts, her sensitivity to the slight differences within literature, and her passion for reading, writing, and creative expression— both in and out of the classroom. Sara is a talented literary critic and poet, and she has my highest ___32___ as a student and writer.Sara is talented at considering the elegances within literature and the___33___ behind authors' works. She produced an extraordinary year-long thesis paper on creative identity development, in which she compared works from three different time periods and synthesized cultural and historical ___34___ to inform her analysis. When called upon to give her thesis defense in front of her peers, Sara spoke clearly and___35___ about her conclusions and responded to questions in a thoughtful way. Outside of the classroom, Sara is devoted to her literary pursuits, especially to poetry. She publishes her poetry in our school's literary magazine, as well as in online magazines. She is an insightful, sensitive, and deeply self-aware individual driven to ___36___art, writing, and a deeper understanding of the human condition.Throughout the year Sara was an active participant in our discussions, and she always supported her peers. Her caring nature and personality allow her to work well with others in a team setting, as she always respects others' opinions even when they differ from her own. When we held a class debate about gun laws, Sara chose to speak for the side opposite her own views. She explained her choice as___37___ by a desire to put herself in other people's shoes, view the issues from a new perspective, and gain a clearer sense of the issue from all angles. Throughout the year, Sara ___38___ this openness to the opinions, feelings, and perspectives of others, along with sharp powers of observation, all ___39___ that make her outstanding as a student of literature and burgeoning writer.I am certain that Sara is going to continue to do great and creative things in her future. I highly recommend her for admission to your undergraduateprogram. She is talented, caring, dedicated, and focused in her pursuits. Sara consistently seeks out ___40___ feedback so she can improve her writing skills, which is a rare and impressive quality in a high school student. Sara is truly a stand-out individual who will impress everyone she meets. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at callmeclemens@.Sincerely,Ms. ScribeEnglish TeacherMark Twain High School 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.The Paris agreement to fight climate change became international law Friday. The landmark deal aims to deal with global warming among growing___41___ that the world is becoming hotter even faster than scientists expected.So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the agreement, which ___42___ to limit global warming this century to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above what it was before machines and ___43___ appeared in the late 1700s. The United States ___44___ entered into the agreement in September, and more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon celebrated the event, talking with nongovernmental groups at U.N. headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and ___45___ for the future.“This is an emotional moment for me. It is a credit to all of you. And it is ___46___for the world,” Ban said in his opening remarks.He praised the ___47___ for getting hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate change but ___48___ the outcome remained uncertain.“We are still in a race ___49___ time. We need to move on to a low-emission and climate-sustainable future,” Ban added.Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it shows a new commitment by the international community to ___50___ a problem that is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels ___51___and transforming vast areas into desert.“___52___ the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change, which is ___53___positive,” said Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey.Scientists and ___54___ say the agreement is the first step of a much longer and complicated process of reducing the use of fossil fuels, which currently ___55___ the majority of the planet’s energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.41. A. applicants B. fears C. observations D. comments42. A. seeks B. allows C. assumes D. seizes43. A. institutions B. laboratories C. committees D. factories44. A. formally B. instantly C. particularly D. generally45. A. prejudices B. approaches C. visions D. concepts46. A. spiritual B. historic C. appropriate D. valueless47. A. agreements B. groups C. headquarters D. emissions48. A. apologized B. denied C. warned D. overlooked49. A. against B. on C. for D. without50. A. avoid B. find C. address D. ignore51. A. falling B. rising C. disappearing D. remaining52. A. Until B. Since C. If D. While53.A. under no circumstancesB. on the contraryC. in no caseD. by all means54. A. officers B. policymakers C. employers D. technicians55. A. remove B. preserve C. supply D. restoreSection 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学_科_网...学_科_网...学_科_网...学_科_网...学_科_网...学_科_网...学_科_网...I used to think ants knew what they were doing. The ones marching across my kitchen counter looked so confident; I just figured they had a plan, knew where they were going and what needed to be done. How else could ants organize highways, build elaborate nests, launch impressive attacks, and do all the other things ants do?Turns out I was wrong. Ants aren’t clever little engineers, architects, or soldiers after all --- at least not as individuals. When it comes to deciding what to do next, most ants don’t have a clue. “If you watch an ant try to accomplish something, you’ll be impressed by how awkward it is,” says Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University.“Ants aren’t smart,” Gordon says. “Ant colonies are.” A colony can solve problems unthinkable for individual ants, such as finding the shortest path to the best food source, assigning workers to different tasks, or defending a territory from neighbors. As individuals, ants might be tinydummies, but as colonies they respond quickly and effectively to their environment. They do it with something called collective intelligence.Where this intelligence comes from raises an essential question in nature: How do the simple actions of individual ants add up to the complex behavior of a group? How do hundreds of honey-bees make a critical decision about their hive (蜂巢)if many of them disagree? The collective abilities of such animals --- one of which grasps the big picture, but each of which contributes to the group’s success --- seem miraculous even to the biologists who know them best. Yet during the past few decades, researchers have come up with fascinating insights.56. The author’s former false impression about ants is that he thought them to be _______.A. smartB. awkwardC. elaborateD. creative57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Ants will function as a single body once a decision is made by the commander.B. Ants are the only species which developed collective intelligence.C. The ant queen plays a role in managing ant workers besides laying eggs.D. An individual ant can’t comprehend the whole process of a big movement.58. The paragraph following the passage will most probably deal with _______.A. where we can observe such fantastic behavior of antsB. which is the leading ant in charge of the actionC. how the collective intelligence worksD. what inspiration can be drawn from the collective abilitiesBThe idea of using radio or wireless to broadcast to audiences was formedin 1916 by a president of the American Marconi Company, David Sarnoff. Hissuperiors were doubtful about his idea to “make radio a household cause, so that by purchase of a ‘radio music box’, the audie nce could enjoy lectures, music performance, etc.”Four years later the American engineer Frank Conrad, an employee at W E Corp, attracted considerable attention when a local newspaper reported on the growing audience listening on crystal radio sets to his evening and weekend amateur broadcasts. A local music store had provided records to play on the Victoria, and Conrad and his family served as disc jockeys(唱片音乐播音员). Westinghouse vice president Harry Davis asked Conrad to build a more powerful transmitter(发射台)in time to announce the outcome of the next US presidential election. Conrad completed his assignment, and on November 2, 1920, station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, broadcast the announcement that Warren G. Harding had been elected president. About 1000 people heard this first news broadcast.Radio communicated news much faster than did newspapers, and becausecrystal sets were easy to build and inexpensive, radio expanded rapidly in the following years. To stimulate the sale of radio sets, equipment manufactures provided transmitting facilities. Singers, comedians, and entire orchestras volunteered their services for publicity. The eventual financial basis of the new industry, however, was still unclear. One group in New York City tried to seek contributions from listeners while others urged that private foundations support radio stations as a public service. In August 1922 the first commercial radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF (now WNBC) in New York City. In 1926, when about 5 million homes had radios, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in cooperation with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, established the first commercial radio network. In the 1920s radio was established as a new mass medium had a practicable industry, and it became a national forum(论坛)for news and popular culture.59. The passage is mainly concerned with _______.A. the contribution of radio to popular cultureB. the invention and uses of radioC. early radio programs for a mass audienceD. the history of radio broadcasting60. Who started broadcasting radio programs to mass audience?A. Frank ConradB. David SarnoffC. Harry DavisD. Warren Harding61. After 1920, radio expanded rapidly because _______.A. people could easily get it in storesB. it was cheaper than newspapersC. it had advantages over newspapersD. people were interested in anything new62. By saying that “the eventual financial basis of the new industry was still unclear”, the author means that _______.A. the private foundations were unwilling to support the stationsB. the stations were not sure yet where to get the operational moneyC. advertising and commercial programs could not raise enough moneyD. the listeners would not pay for the broadcasting stationsCIt could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackleton the moment his ship, the Endurance, become hopelessly locked in ice on its way to Antarctica in January 1915. For ten months the 28 men aboard Shackleton’s ship waited and prayed for ice to b reak. When it finally did, the Endurance sank, leaving the crew homeless and adrift on a sea of ice in one of the world’s most dangerous environments.In January 2000 a luxury ocean liner found itself similarly trapped in the cold waters off Antarctica. Argentine authorities sent off an icebreakerstraight away from the nearest naval base, and in 24 hours, all 176 passengers and crew were free. The tour company’s spokesperson spun the potential disaster as a value-added reward in extreme travel. “The people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure,” she said.Ever since Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air made Everest a household name, the subculture of adventure has blown up like a Himalayan avalanche(雪崩) into public consciousness. Magazines promise “extreme” content, television, offers adventure programs, and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world’s greatest adventurous journey. Nowadays more and more people are interested in adventure and this mass appeal makes good business sense. Today the only thing blocking a would-be adventurer’s passage to Antarctica is the cost---- which typically runs well over $10,000.Despite very different implications, adventure was just as popular in Shackleton’s time. He has little trouble filling the Endurance----5,000 men are said to have responded to his recruitment(招募) notice: “Men wanted for risky journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.”After five months drifting on ice, the crew were forced to take to their lifeboats to Elephant Island. Reaching the wasteland, Shackleton went on with one lifeboat and five of his best men 1,300 kilometers across the bone-chilly Scotia Sea to South Georgia Island. Shivering with cold, dressed in rags, Shackleton marched into a whaling station and set about organizing a rescue expedition to Elephant Island. Almost two years after becoming shipwrecked on ice, Shackleton picked up his crew. “Not a life lost, and we have been through hell,” he remarked earnestly.63. We can learn from the first sentence of this passage that _______.A. the age of adventure began with the ship Endurance trapped in iceB. Shackleton’s adventure marked the highest point of pure explorationC. the age of adventure ended with the ship Endurance trapped in iceD. Shackleton’s adventure predicted that the golden age of exploration was approaching64. The word “spun” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_______”.A. summed upB. judgedC. boasted aboutD. referred to65. Since Jon Krakauer’s book was published _______.A. the media have got interested in the topic of adventureB. the costs of extreme travel have gone upC. Everest has got its name known to EuropeD. people have got fascinated by Himalayan avalanches66. The adventure in Shackleton’s time has different implications fromtoday’s in that _______.A. Shackleton’s adventure lasted longer then any other adventure nowadaysB. no one was mi ssing during Shackleton’s adventureC. Shackleton’s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventureD. Shackleton enrolled volunteers more easilySection CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. It’ll make you learn to enjoy what you have, fix what’s broken, and shop for a bargain.B. Spending more is likely to stimulate your motivation for more earning.C. It gives you options and frees you from relying on someone else’s priorities.D. Living with less is the most efficient way to control your financial future.E. Actually, your parents have already given you too much.F. What you want is respect and admiration from other people.My wife and I recently welcomed a child into the world. His only interestright now is keeping us awake 24/7. But one day, he’ll need to learn something about finance. When he does, here are some suggestions.1） You might think you want an expensive car, a fancy watch, and a huge house. But you don’t. ____________67____________ You think having expensive stuffwill bring it. It almost never does—especially from the people you want to respect and admire you.2） The road to financial regret is paved with debt. Some debt, such as a mortgage, is OK. But most spending that results in debt is the equivalent of a drug: a quick hit of pleasure that wears off, only to drag you down for years to come, limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past.3）I hope you’re poor at some point. Not struggling, and not unhappy, of course. But there’s no way to learn the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity. It teaches you the difference between necessary and desirable. ____________68____________ These are essential survival skills.4）If you’re like most people, you’ll spend most of your adult life thinking, “Once I’ve saved/earned $X, everything will be great.” Thenyou’ll hit $X, move the goalposts, and resume chasing your tail. It’s a miserable cycle. Your goals should be about more than money.5）Don’t stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18. Almost no one knows what he or she wants to do at that age. Many people don’t kn ow what they want until they’re twice that age. (These are the signs you’re in the wrong career.)6）The best thing money buys is to control over your time.____________69____________ One day you’ll realize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy.7）Change your mind when you need to. I’ve noticed a tendency for people tothink they’ve mastered investing when they’re young. They start investing at age 18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19. They never do.8）Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are from families that are against it. Some are born into flourishing economies; others, into war and poverty. I want you to be successful, and I want you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness. Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.9）Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend. I know a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck, always on the edge of ruin. I know another person who never earned more than $50,000 and saved a fortune. The difference is entirely due to their spending._____________70_____________.10）Don’t listen to me if you disagree with what I’ve wr itten. The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did. More important, you’ll learn best when you disagree with someone and then are forced to learn it yourself. (On the other hand, always listen to your mother.) IV. Summary Writing71.Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Meet The Member Who Quit SugarWhen I was 15, I weighed 100 kg.I was a size 20+ and hated the way I looked. I was a serial big eater and quite depressed. I would sit in front of the fridge, eat something, move to the cupboard, eat a packet of chips, and move back to the fridge.It was a heartbreaking cycle of hate and fo od. I didn’t feel confident, pretty, or worthwhile.Shopping made me cry, I avoided mirrors, and my social life came to an end.I actually lost friends because they told me I was antisocial. It became so badthat I wanted to abuse myself; my skin and my mind became my enemy.But then, I turned my life around. I quit sugar.It started with my mum. She staged an intervention (干预) that made me cry.I wanted to change - I needed to change - and she could see how unhappy I was.She put me onto a diet that mostly aimed to schedule meals, and - to my shock horror - cut out all processed sugar. It was so hard at first. I remember the shame of sneaking chocolate and candies when the three o’clock hunger hits.But the weeks kept coming and it just got easier. I stopped eating sugar, and I stopped loving it; simple as that.I substituted chips and biscuits for fruit and nuts, and had cup-of-soups after school when I was hit by the desire. I also had more energy, having a 20-minute walk with my dog into my everyday routine; I began to love that personal time.Cutting out sugar gave me so much more control over my body, and my outlook on life improved. So many people are intimidated by the words “quit sugar”. It’s not true. Fruit, honey, et cetera are natural sugars, and b elieve me, they fuel you better than chocolate bars ever could.Now I’m 17, turning 18, and I weigh 70 kg. I still struggle with my weight, but this is where I sit naturally, and I am very proud of myself. I never thought I would be confident enough to wear dresses or skirts, and take leadership roles to put myself out there and develop my social skills.I could never have done it without the support of my friends and family, and I urge everyone who wants to do right by themselves and change their diet - quitting sugar or otherwise - to share their decision with people. Develop a support network, online or offline, which can offer you advice or pick you up when you’re down. And I can assure you, from my own personal experience, your body will thank you, and you will thank yourself too.。
2017年上海市徐汇区中考二模试卷(含答案)---2017.04.14
2016学年第二学期徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4Part 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. Which of the following words matches the sound /nju:/?A. nowB. norC. newD. near27. Brooklyn Beckham, ______ eldest child of the Beckhams, will sell his photo book in May, 2017.A. aB. anC. theD. /28. Nobody can stop a person with a strong will _______ realizing his dreams.A. ofB. fromC. withD. by29. If they don’t prepare _______ well for the interview, they may fail to get the offer.A. theyB. themC. theirsD. themselves30. When Frank complained about the cold winter, Jane ________ the sunny summer days in Australia.A. enjoysB. was enjoyingC. has enjoyedD. will enjoy31. Joe can only take two of his family members into the studio and leave ______ waiting outside.A. the othersB. othersC. otherD. the other32. _______ the end of yesterday, there had been more than 10 car accidents because of the typhoon.A. ByB. FromC. AtD. To33. The old ______ enjoy the convenience of technologies because they don’t accept new things quickly.A. mustn’tB. needn’tC. can’tD. shouldn’t34. The panda _____ to get used to the new environment since he returned from America.A. learnsB. is learningC. learnedD. has learnt35. The audience were attracted by ________ the stories and the reading at the new program “Readers”.A. bothB. neitherC. eitherD. none36. After the operation on Grandma’s heart, she becomes much ______ at present.A. goodB. wellC. betterD. best37. Every picture in the coloring book Secret Garden was not drawn by computer ______ all by hand.A. andB. soC. butD. or38. The year’s best picture was wrongly awarded to La La Land, which ______ never ______ before.A. would…happenB. was…happeningC. has…happenedD. had…happened39. A：________can we get the chance to join the party?B：To join this party, you have to dress up like a Superhero.A. WhyB. WhatC. HowD. Where40. Jenny is an independent girl and she is considering ______ a boarding school（寄宿学校）.A. enterB. enteringC. to enterD. entered41. Every Monday morning all the staff members have a meeting to report their recent work, _____?A. h aven’t theyB. don’t theyC. aren’t theyD. won’t they42. Alex had no interest in painting _______ he met a creative and patient art teacher one day.A. whenB. becauseC. untilD. if43. _______ good chance those teenagers were given to experience different cultures!A. HowB. WhatC. What aD. What an44. A：The dishes you cooked tonight are really delicious.B：__________A. Of course!B. I’m glad you like them !C. That’s all right!D. Never mind!45. A：Excuse me, can I ask you some questions about the changes in Shanghai?B：_________A. Sure, go ahead!B. Congratulations！C. I’m so sorry!D. Nice to meet you!Ⅲ.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。
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2017学年徐汇区初三模拟考英语试卷2017.4（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)I. 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)A B C DE F G H1. ______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) On the 1st floor. B) On the 3rd floor. C) On the 6th floor. D) On the 8th floor.8. A) At the airport. B) At the bus stop. C) At the train station. D) At the subway station.9. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bike. D) By bus.10. A) Buying some cold drinks. B) Cleaning his room.C) Having a barbecue. D) Meeting Jenny.11. A) On Thursday. B) On Friday. C) On Saturday. D) On Sunday.12. A) The orange one. B) The pink one. C) The blue one. D) The green one.13. A) By using some magic. B) By taking a yoga course.C) By going on a diet. D) By calling himself Tim.14. A) Because they didn’t recognize her. B) Because they met a famous actress.C) Because the woman performed well. D) Because the play made them happy.C. Listen to the letter and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示): (共6分)15. It was a letter to Daisy about Jason’s first day at his new school.16. Jason was excited because there are many students in the new school.17. Jason’s class teacher is Mrs. Black and she is a young and friendly lady.18. Jason has made friends with a nice boy from Hong Kong.19. Everyone in the school must learn Spanish as a second language.20. Jason has to do much maths homework on the Internet on the first day.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。
每空格限填一词): (共10分)21. Ronald Dahl was born on ________ ________, 1916 in South Wales.22. Young Dahl didn’t ________ ________ because many teachers were very strict.23. Every few months, ________ ________ chocolate were sent to Repton for the students to test.24. The happy memory gave Dahl the idea for his ________ ________ novel Charlie and the ChocolateFactory.25. During the Second World War, Dahl ________ ________ in a burning plane on his first flight.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. Which of the following words matches the sound / nju:/?A) now B) nor C) new D) near27. Brooklyn Beckham, ________ eldest child of the Beckhams, will sell his photo book in May, 2017.A) a B) an C) the D) /28. Nobody can stop a person with a strong will ________ realizing his dreams.A) of B) from C) with D) by29. If they don’t prepare ________ well for the interview, they may fail to get the offer.A) they B) them C) theirs D) themselves30. When Frank complained about the cold winter, Jane________ the sunny summer days in Australia.A) enjoys B) was enjoying C) has enjoyed D) will enjoy31. Joe can only take two of his family members into the studio and leave ________ waiting outside.A) the others B) others C) other D) the other32. ________ the end of yesterday, there had been more than 10 car accidents because of the typhoon.A) By B) From C) At D) To33. The old ________ enjoy the convenience of technologies because they don’t accept new thingsquickly.A) mustn’t B) needn’t C) can’t D) shouldn’t34. The panda ________ to get used to the new environment since he returned from America.A) learns B) is learning C) learned D) has learnt35. The audience were attracted by ________ the stories and the readings at the new program “Readers”.A) both B) neither C) either D) none36. After the operation on Grandma’s heart, she becomes much ________ at present.A) good B) well C) better D) best37. Every picture in the coloring book Secret Garden was not drawn by computer ________ all by hand.A) and B) so C) but D) or38. The year’s best picture was wrongly award ed to La La Land, which ________ never ________ before.A) would…happen B) was…happening C) has…happened D) had…happened39. A: ________ can we get the chance to join the party?B: To join this party, you have to dress up like a Superhero.A) Why B) What C) How D) Where40. Jenny is an independent girl and she is considering ________ a boarding school(寄宿学校).A) enter B) entering C) to enter D) entered41. Every Monday morning all the staff members have a meeting to report their recent work, ________?A) haven’t they B) don’t they C) aren’t they D) won’t they42. Alex had no interest in painting ________ he met a creative and patient art teacher one day.A) when B) because C) until D) if43. ________ good chance those teenagers were given to experience different cultures!A) How B) What C) What a D) What an44. A: The dishes you cooked tonight are really delicious.B: ________A) Of course! B) I’m glad you like them!C) That’s all right! D) Never mind!45. A: Excuse me, can I ask you some questions about the changes in Shanghai?B: ________A) Sure, go ahead! B) Congratulations!C) I am so sorry! D) Nice to meet you！III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。