七宝中学2009学年第一学期高三英语10月月考试卷

七宝中学2009学年第一学期高三英语10月月考试卷（徐汇一校赵小慧提供）II. Grammar and VocabularySection A25. He was universally blamed _________ the accident, though it had not in fact been his fault.A. underB. forC. withD. on26. Mr. Baker is iii, so _________ John _________ Jack is going to attend the meeting instead.A. both...andB. neither...norC. either...orD. not only...but also27. To make our city more beautiful, rubbish into the river, _________.A. mustn't be thrownB. needn't be thrownC. can't be able to be thrownD. may not be thrown28. He will have learned English for eight years by the time he _________ from the university next year.A. will graduateB. will have graduatedC. graduatesD. graduated29. She showed me a photo of the boy she _________ would give a box of chocolate on Valentine’s Day.A. to himB. whoC. to whoD. to whom30. People depend on the earth to such a great extent _________ every effort should be made to preserve theenvironment.A. soB. thatC. asD. for31. _________ hitting the dog on the road, Gina quickly steered her car to the left.A. To avoidB. AvoidingC. AvoidedD. Having avoided32. There are citizens who support graffiti, _________ it's a welcome addition to otherwise dull streets.A. saidB. saysC. to sayD. saying33. A Few years ago, the belief became general _________ orange juice and milk should never be drunk at the samemeal.A. whatB. thatC. whichD. whether34. The preparation outline is just __________ its name implies, an outline that helps you prepare the speeches.A. asB. whatC. thatD. whatever35. A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners' curiosity _________ he reaches the end of the story.A. whenB. unlessC. afterD. until36. We should try our best to keep the environment from _________.A. pollutingB. pollutedC. being pollutedD. having polluted37. The young girl became so emotionally _________ with that guy; he was anything but brilliant, though.A. involvedB. involvingC. to involveD. to be involved38. Little _________ about his own safety, though he was in great danger himself at that moment.a person is at risk for the condition.For example, your body reacts to stressful 46 BC by raising your blood pressure and making your 47 CD work harder. This is dangerous if you already have heart disease or high blood pressure. Stress is more likely to be harmful if you feel helpless to deal with the problem or situation that causes the stress.Anything you see as a problem can cause stress. It can result from everyday situations or major problems. Stressresults when something causes your body to act as if it were being attacked.Causes of stress can be physical, such as injury or disease. Or they can be mental, such as problems 48 A your family, job, health or finances. Many visits to doctors are for conditions linked to stress.The tension of stress can interfere with sleep or cause anger or sadness. A person may become more forgetful or find it harder to think 49 C. Losing one's sense of humor is another sign of an unhealthy amount of stress.5458butYet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built from the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.50. A. Altogether B. Almost C. Scarcely D. Surely51. A. among B. above C. amid D. across52. A, ranks B. equipment C. personnel D. installations53. A. falling B. arrival C. emergence D. appearing54. A. strengthened B. aided C. transferred D. provided55. A. never B. once C. ever D. yet56. A. puzzled B. contrasted C. doubled D. mixed57. A. install B. use C. share D. repair58. A. facilities B. instruments C. implements D. appliances59. A. seeking B. dreaming C. longing D. searching60. A. producing B. cultivating C. farming D. nourishing61. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing62. A. lines B. channels C. paths D. currents63. A. stand B. estimate C. boast D. evaluate64. A. reservation B. retreat C. replacement D. recoverySection B(A)Since 1986, the Shanghai TV Festival has been held once every two months, with the approval from the Standing Committee of the People’s Cong ress of Shanghai. It is an international competition with the theme of peace, friendship, communication and cooperation. It aims to deepen the understanding among countries, strengthen the friendship and promote the development of TV art.The White Yulan Prize of Shanghai TV Festival is named after the city flower of Shanghai—white Yulan, which symbolizes beautiful art and justice. It contains 14 awards in 2 categories. In TV series, awards include Best TV Series, TV Series Jury Special Award, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenwriter, and Best Technology; while in documentaries (纪录片), awards include Best Documentary Jury Special Award, Best Human Documentary, Best Human Innovation（创新）Documentary, Best Human Documentary Photography, Best Nature Documentary, Best Nature Innovation Documentary, and Best Nature Documentary Photography.In addition, the festival will hold other activities such as International TV & Film Show, International TV & Film Market, International Radio, Film & TV Equipment Exhibition and Conference. Shanghai TV Festival, as one of the channels for the import and export of Chinese TV programs, has effectively promoted exchanges among countries, expanded the TV market, and strengthened the cooperation.With the participation of world-famous companies and a high-tech content, the festival provides an opportunity for China to get a better understanding of the development trend of the world’s TV industry through the exhibition of Chinese and foreign TV programs and most highly developed TV and film technologies in the world.As a show of international TV programs, the festival has been changed from a beneficial activity between companies to the market-oriented trade fair of TV programs and it will continue to develop towards an internationalized, specialized, and market-oriented art celebration.56. Which of the following is NOT the purpose of Shanghai TV Festival?A. International competition.B. Further understanding.C. Television art development.D. Friendship promotion.57. What are the two categories of Shanghai Festival awards?A. Beautiful TV art and justice.B. The best and special awards.C. TV series and documentaries.D. The best and innovation awards.58. It can be known from the passage that ___________.A. the festival has promoted the import and export of Chinese industryB. the festival has expanded the international market and cooperationC. the festival has promoted the understanding between Chinese companiesD. the festival has displayed a lot of advanced TV and film technologies59. According to the passage, Shanghai TV Festival will finally develop into ________ in the future.A. an art celebration at home and abroadB. a far-reaching art celebrationC. an international commercial exhibitionD. a market-oriented trade fair(B)The Fourth "21st Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking Association (CUESA)Co-sponsors: English Speaking Union (ESU), Lotus Software (China) Co. Ltd., Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & ResearchPress.Date: March 26 (Friday) , 2007.Place: Hilton Shanghai.Competition Format: Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three -minute off- hand speech and a three - minute question and answer period with the judges.Prepared speech period: six minutes.Q & A period: three minutes.Speech topic: People and Nature: in search of harmony in a new age 4- your personal opinion. (Topic for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition).Prizes: Besides books and certificates, the top two winners will be offered scholarships to travel to the annual international English -speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 2007. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one – year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)69. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?A. Where and when it will take place.B. Its program.C. What each winner will be offered.D. The number of its competitors.70. Suppose you get the sixth place, you'llA. travel to London for free.B. become a one - year member of IATEFLC. get some money, some books and a certificateD. get a chance to study in Singapore71. An ―off - hand speech‖ isA. a speech not longer than three minutesB. a speech without preparationC. a speech with a piece of paper in handD. a speech which is well prepared(C)I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is.The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls “free writing.”In free writing, the objective is to get words down on paper non-stop, usually for 15-20 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The goal is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near.Instead of staring at a blank start filling it with words no matter how bad. Halfway through you available time, stop and rework your raw writing into something closer to finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.72. When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel”(Line 4, Para. 1) in thewriting process, he means ________.A) no one can be both creative and criticalB) they cannot be regarded as equally importantC) they are in constant conflict with each otherD) one cannot use them at the same time73. What prevents people from writing on is ________.A) putting their ideas in raw formB) attempting to edit as they writeC) ignoring grammatical soundnessD) trying to capture fleeting thoughts74. What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing?A) To organize one’s thoughts logically.B) To choose an appropriate topic.C) To get one’s ideas down.D) To collect raw materials.75. One common concern of writers about “free writing”is that ________.A) it overstresses the role of the creative mindB) it takes too much time to edit afterwardsC) it may bring about too much criticismD) it does not help them to think clearly(D)I don't ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement-jobs, research papers, awards-was viewed through the lens of gender(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus(相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don't talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn't want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don't study sociology or political theory.Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women's college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don't dismiss those concerns. Still, I don't tell them ―war‖ stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that's a sight worth talking about.76. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author's failures to ________.A) the very fact that she is a womanB) her involvement in gender politicsC) her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistD) the burden she bears in a male-dominated society77. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?A) Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.B) Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.80. ____________Despite social and economic differences among Americans, many American families have certain characteristics in common, Both the husband and wife were born in the United States, and their forefathers came from Europe. They have completed high school, and they belong to the middle class. They have a car, a television set, a washing machine,a refrigerator, a telephone, etc. They own their own home and spend about 55% of their income for housing and food. Clothing accounts for almost 10% of their income, medical care 6%, transportation 8% and taxes 15%. The rest of their income is used for such items as insurance, savings, gifts, and recreation.81. ____________Most families consist of a mother, a father, and, at most, two children living at home. There may be relatives--grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins living in the same community, but American families usually maintain separate households. This family structure is known as the "nuclear family", it is unusual for members of the family other than the husband, wife, and children to live together.82. ____________Marriage in the United States is considered a matter of individual responsibility and decision. Young people frequently fall in love and marry even if their parents disagree. American marriages are usually based on romantic love, rather than on social .class, education, or religion.83. ____________After their marriage the young couple is free to decide where to live and when to start a family. Most young couples set up their own household immediately. They just follow their own wishes and settle down wherever they like.84. ____________In the early 1970s only 15% of all married couples were not living on their own—independently and by themselves. Most married people practise some kind of birth control. They plan the number of children they are going to have and when their children will be born. The practice of limiting the size of families has general approval. The birth rate has been declining steadily in recent years.。