上海市2012年春季高考英语试卷含答案

上海2012年春季高考英语试卷

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II. Grammar and V ocabulary

Section A

Directions: ~ Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and

D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25. A huge amount of money has been spent __ the new bridge.

A. in

B. on

C. with

D. for

26. They don't come to the book club any more, for _ reasons or other.

A.' some

B. all

C. either

D. both

27. You _____ bring your identification when you open a bank account.

A. may

B. can

C. must

D. will

28. After the accident, we are _____~ concerned with the safety of school buses than we used to be.

A. little

B. less

C. much

D. more

29. Before I began this job, I _____ a baby sitter for two years.

A. have been

B. was

C. would be

D. had been

30. The diamond mine _______ accidentally by a little boy when he was playing hide-and-seek.

A. discovered

B. was discovered

C. has been discovered

D. would discover

3 I. Tom looked upon the test as an obstacle _____ his classmates regarded it as a challenge.

A. while

B. because

C. unless

D. if

32. People have learnt the importance of keeping a balanced diet _____ their nutritional needs.

A. satisfy

B. satisfied

C. to satisfy

D. having satisfied

33. Once __, Jo devoted her life to looking after children and being a full-time homemaker.

A. having married

B. being married

C. marrying

D. married

34. _____ you take a photo, you should always check the position of the sun.

A. Before

B. After

C. Because

D. Though

35. Despite the fact _____ they lacked food, the explorers continued towards the goal.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. whether

36. Sailing across the ocean alone was an achievement _ took courage.

A. what

B. who

C. which

D. where

37. ~ a wet football can hurt your foot if you are not careful.

A. Kicking

B. Kicked

C. Having kicked

D. Kick

38. It was not until 1920 American women had the chance to vote in national elections.

A. when

B. that

C. where

D. which

39. Portable videophones will show us _____ is happening at the other end of the line.

A. which

B. what

C. how

D. why

40. Big companies usually have a lot of branch offices _____ in different parts of the world.

A. to have operated

B. be operated

C. operating

D. having operated Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can

only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. accounted

B. average

C. continuous

D. rank

E. link

F. comparison G additional H. associated I. risk J. confirmed _

Television watching is an activity which is known to be harmful to health and is distinct

from getting too little exercise. But a new study suggests its damaging effects may even 41 alongside those from smoking and obesity (/][~-). Researchers who studied television viewing habits in Australia calculated that people who watch for a(n) 42 of six hours a day shorten their lift, expectancy (l'~t/3q~-]'~) by almost five years.

They based their calculations on data on the 43 between television viewing and death

from the Australian obesity and lifestyle study which involved l 1,000 adults aged 25 and over. Applying these findings to the whole population over 25, who are estimated to have watched 9.8 billion hours of TV in 2008, they concluded that it 44 for 286,000 years of life lost -- equivalent to 22 minutes for each, hour watched. By 45 .... smoking one cigarette is estimated to shorten life expectancy by 11 minutes -- equivalent to half an hour of TV watching.

Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the authors from the University of Queensland, say the figures suggest "huge loss of life may be 46 with too much TV viewing." The UK and other industrialized countries are likely to be similarly affected "given the typically large amounts of time spent watching TV and the similarities in disease patterns." The researchers add: "If these figures are 47 and shown to reflect a cause and effect relationship, TV viewing is a public health problem comparable in size to established behavioral risk factors."

Researchers from Taiwan University found even those who did as little as 92 minutes'

exercise a week,- equivalent to 15 minutes a day for six days a week -- reduced their 48

of death by 14 per cent. Even this small amount of exercise could postpone one in six of all

deaths -- similar to the effects of a stop-smoking programme. Each 49 15 minutes a day