2016届上海浦东新区高三一模英语试题及答案
浦东新区2015学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语考生注意：1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。
2．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。
试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷。
所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
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第Ⅰ卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At a restaurant. B. In a pet shop. C. At a clinic. D. On a boat.2. A. The woman. B. The woman‟s mother.C. The man.D. The children.3. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient.C. Husband and wife.D. Boss and secretary.4. A. She will go to school in the man‟s car. B. She will join him in his exercise class.C. She will give the man a ride.D. She will ride her bicycle to the school.5. A. Make a plan carefully. B. Give her more information.C. Ask more people for advice.D. Buy a gift for his father.6. A. He didn‟t tell the woman the truth. B. He doesn‟t keep his promises.C. He spends his spare time going to parties.D. He is always ready to help others.7. A. The woman feels sorry for the man. B. The man is a member of the staff.C. The woman is asking the man to leave.D. The area is for passengers only.8. A. Relieved. B. Confused. C. Annoyed. D. Sympathetic.9. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Move his alarm farther.C. Catch a later bus.D. Go to bed earlier.10. A. The girl‟s request will be granted. B. The girl is outstanding in the class.C. The girl has completed the course.D. Only the girl took the make-up exam.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Because she wasn‟t being taken seriously. B. Because she deserved respect from others.C. Because she dressed improperly.D. Because she was not capable enough.12. A. Answering questions readily. B. Rewarding others generously.C. Respecting others highly.D. Expressing opinions frankly.13. A. How to speak your mind. B. Where to start your honesty.C. What to do to become popular.D. Whom to talk to when you want to.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Because it can help avoid crop diseases.B. Because it can help improve the quality of crops.C. Because it may contribute to the increase in population.D. Because it may improve farming methods in the future.15. A. Climate change. B. Appearance of new crops.C. Loss of normal growth area.D. Poor management of land.16. A. Expanding fields for larger crop harvests.B. Fertilizing crops to fight against plant diseases.C. Raising people‟s awareness of the need for crop variety.D. Applying modern farming methods in heavily-populated areas.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.（A）A dentis t‟s office may not be everyone‟s idea of a perfect holiday destination. But a growing number of people are traveling abroad for medical treatment, (25) ______ (create) a fast-growing market that is still largely undeveloped by traditional tour operators.The global medical tourism market is worth $40 billion to $60 billion and (26) ______ (grow) at about 20 percent per year, according to Helmut Wachowiak, an expert on tourism management.Some countries such as Germany market themselves as a destination for medical tourism. According to the German National Tourist Board, about 77,000 foreign patients (27) ______ (treat) in the country in 2010, spending 930 million euros.(28) ______ Hospital Operator Helios can do is to help organize visas, hotels and sight-seeing trips for patients coming to Germany for treatment, mostly from Russian-speaking countries and the Middle East. “Many patients specifically choose a city (29) _______ they can enjoy what the place has to offer alongside the treatment,” Helios manager Stefan Boeckle said.Some people travel abroad for medical treatment because it‟s much (30) ______(cheap). A 42-year-old physical therapist from Berlin, for example, chose to go to a dentist in Budapest, (31) ______ (draw) by hundreds of euros in savings compared with the same treatment in Germany.The relatively new trend is not likely to stop growing anytime soon. “I think booking numbers (32) ______ rise quickly in coming years,” said Claudia Staedele, a board member of German medical tourism company Dr. Holiday. “There is still incredible room to grow.”(B)Remember that doll you had as a kid—the one whose eyes open when it is upright and close when it‟s laid down? Or maybe you were the kid that went around popping limbs off Barbies and teddy bears.Either way, it turns out that these broken toys need not worry, (33)______ Sydney‟s Original Doll Hospital exists. And this year, it celebrates 100 years of (34)______ (fix) up dolls, teddy bears, rocking horses, umbrellas and more.The doll hospital was founded by Harold Chapman Sr. (35)______ part of his general store, thanks to a shipping error. His brother was in the business of importing celluloid (合成树脂) dolls from Japan but the rubber bands (36)_____ held them together would often break and the dolls would be destroyed. It was Mr. Chapman Sr. (37)______ came up with a way to repair them. And then from such a small beginning grew quite a successful business as demand for doll repairs increased.The business was taken over in (38)______ 1930s by Harold‟s son, Harold Chapman Jr. (39)______ (expand) the business, Harold Chapman Jr. relocated the Doll Hospital and included repairs to other toys, leather goods, umbrellas, etc.Now the hospital has been passed onto the third generation of the Chapman family, with Harold Jr.‟s son, Geoff, now in charge. (40)_____ many modern children are more interested in the latest gadgets(小玩意) or computer games, the business is still going strong, with dolls sent from all over Australia and even across the sea from New Zealand for repair.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.SEATTLE—For the more than 10 million Americans w ith colorblindness, there‟s never been a treatment, let alone a cure, for the condition that leaves them unable to distinguish certain colors.Now, for the first time, two University of Washington professors have teamed with a California biotech firm to develop what they say may be a ___41___: a single shot in the eye that can reveal the world in full color.Jay and Maureen Neitz, who have studied the vision disorder for years, have found a new way to deliver genes that can replace missing color-producing proteins in certain cells, called cones, in the eyes.The trouble will ___42___ when people are born without one or more of the three types of color-sensing proteins normally present in the cones of the retina（视网膜）. The most common type is red-green colorblindness, followed by blue-yellow colorblindness. A very small proportion of the population is ___43___ colorblind, seeing only shades of gray.Colorblindness is often a/an ___44___ disorder. It affects mostly men, who can inherit a mutation(变异) on the X chromosome（染色体）that weakens their perception of red and green. A much smaller part of cases are in women, who have two X chromosomes, which gives them a better chance of avoiding effects of any genetic imperfection.Most people think of colorblindness as a/an ___45___ or disability, mainly causing problems with unmatched shirts and socks. But the Neitzes say the condition can have profound impacts—limiting choices for education or careers, making driving dangerous, and forcing continual ___46___ to a world designed for color vision.“There are an awful lot of people who feel like their life is ___47___ because they don‟t see color,” said Jay Neitz, 61, a professor, who confirmed in 1989 that dogs are colorblind, too.People may not ___48___ as commercial pilots, for instance, if they‟re colorblind. Other careers that can be ___49___ include those of chefs, decorators, electricians and house painters, all of which require detailed color vision.Undoubtedly, the Ne itzes‟ findings have brought great benefits to those who are born unable to distinguish between red and green. But that technique is ___50___, requiring surgery, so the Neitzes are looking for another way to do the job.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues, “No, business travel isn‟t as fun and fascinating as it seems.”Finally, there could be ___51___ to back this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they c all “a ___52___ side of hypermobility(常飞行)”.The study, which combines existing research on the ___53___ of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet lag is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not ___54___ some of its moreterrible potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there‟s the danger of deep-vein thrombosis(深静脉血栓), ___55___ to germs and radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay in place.The psychological and emotional damage of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience “travel disorientation” from ___56___ places and time zones so often. They also ___57___ mounting stress, given that “time spent travelling will rarely be balanced through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties ___58___ with work continuing to pile up while being away”. ___59___ the absence from family and friends, “hypermobility is frequently a/an ___60___ experience,” the authors write. The accumulated impact can be astonishing and great.Finally, there are the ___61___ effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children‟s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more ___62___, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more ___63___ duties. There‟s a gender inequality here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also suffer, as business travellers often “sacrifice local collective activities and instead ___64___ their immediate families when returning from trips”.Of course, these impacts are moderated by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a small part of the population that is already doing rather well. The “mobile elite(精英)” tend to have higher incomes and ___65___ to better health care than the population at large.So these may be problems of the 1% (or the 3%, or the 5%). But they‟re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances' Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well.51. A. travel B. proof C. damage D. consequence52. A. brighter B. wiser C. darker D. lazier53. A. effects B. benefits C. limits D. costs54. A. impose B. foresee C. declare D. memorize55. A. connection B. adaptation C. exposure D. familiarity56. A. changing B. leaving C. taking D. pursuing57. A. handle B. relieve C. suffer D. lay58. A. infected B. associated C. greeted D. packed59. A. Due to B. According to C. Regardless of D. In case of60. A. surprising B. relaxing C. fulfilling D. isolating61. A. cultural B. conscious C. social D. negative62. A. unequal B. invisible C. pleasant D. permanent63. A. personal B. related C. professional D. domestic64. A. prioritize B. mobilize C. seek D. support65. A. devotion B. objection C. response D. accessSection BDirections:Read the following 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)In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized, “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?”“I can‟t read my own handwriting,”the young woman explained. “It‟s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes.”That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper, they reasoned, but they wouldn‟t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a method has a long history doesn‟t mean it‟s out of date. Writing things down engages a student‟s br ain in listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and to process and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?66. The woman apologized in the class because she_________.A. had the bad handwritingB. miss ed the teachers‟ directionsC. took a picture of the boardD. disturbed other students‟ learning67. According to the passage, which of the following may NOT explain students‟ reluctance to take notes?A. They lack proper techniques for taking notes.B. They want to listen more attentively in class.C. They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes.D. They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board.68. According to the passage, taking notes by hand__________.A. requires students to think independentlyB. helps students actively participate in learningC. proves to be an old and useless learning methodD. seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas69. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced.B. A modern way of note-taking is catching on.C. Note-taking by hand is not out of date.D. A picture is worth a thousand words.(B)Travelling BrochureTravelling Information in Melbourne, AustraliaTour Name: Phillip Island, Penguins, Koalas and KangaroosPrice: Starting from AUD $115 per personTour Highlights✧Visit Warrook, a working cattle farm. Enjoy the opportunity to pat and feed kangaroos, wallabiesand host of farm animals.✧Watch koalas in their natural habitat at the Koala Conservation Centre.✧View impressive coastal scenery at Nobbies. From the walkway, see Australia‟s largest populationof fur seals living along the southern coastline.✧Visit the educational and interesting Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre.✧Viewing Platform Penguin Plus —More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 peopleproviding closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stand.●Additional info✧This tour must be booked at least 24 hours in advance of your travel date.✧Confirmation for this product will be received within 24 hours, subject to availability.✧Please remember to bring warm, waterproof clothing on this tour. You may also wish to bring atowel or a rug to sit on at the Penguin Parade viewing platform.●Pricing Policy✧Children aged between 3 and 14 years inclusive qualify for child rate.●Please download Travel Voucher from this website. For every confirmed booking you will be required to print a voucher which is presented at the destination. You will receive a link to your voucher by email once your booking is confirmed.70. The visitors will go to all the following places EXCEPT ______.A. Warrook Cattle farm.B. Australian Eastern coastline.C. Koala Conservation Centre.D.Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre.71. Which of the following groups needs to pay $58 per person?A. Adult tourists.B. 2-year-old kids.C. Kids between 3 and 14.D. Babies in arms.72. Tourists are reminded to bring a towel or a rug because _____.A. they will lie on the coastB. they may want to sit on the platformC. it makes them warmD. they will swim during the tour(C)The family does not feature heavily in the culture of the Ik of Northern Uganda. In fact, as far as the Ik are concerned, the family means very little. This is because the Ik face a daily struggle to survive in the face of drought, famine and starvation. Anyone who cannot take care of himself or herself is regarded as a useless burden by the Ik and a threat to the survival of the others. So the old are abandoned to die. Sick and disabled children too are abandoned. The Ik attitude is that, as long as you keep the breeding group alive, you can always get more children.Ik mothers throw their children out of the village compound when they are 3 years old, to defend forthemselves. I imagine children must be rather relieved to be thrown out, for in the process of being cared for, he or she is reluctantly carried about in a hide sling(背婴儿带) wherever the mother goes. Whenever the mother is in her field, she loosens the sling and lets the baby to the ground none too slowly, and laughs if it is hurt. Then she goes about her business, leaving the child there, almost hoping that some fierce animals will come along and carry it off. This sometimes happens. Such behaviour does not endear children to their parents or parents to their children.Many of you probably reacted to the Ik with some horror and shock. It is very tempting to conclude that these people are primitive, savage and inhuman, and that their concept of the …family‟is deeply wrong. However, sociologists argue that it is wrong to simply judge such societies and their family arrangements as unnatural and untypical. We need to understand that such arrangements may have positive functions. In the case of the Ik, with the exceptional circumstances they find themselves in—drought and famine—their family arrangements help ensure the survival of the tribe.Moreover, some of you may have concluded that British family life and the Ik have some things in common. British family is not universally experienced as positive for all family members. For some members of our own society—for young and old alike—family life may be characterized by violence, abuse and isolation.The problem with studying the family is that we all think we are experts. This is not surprising, considering that most of us are born in families and socialized into family roles and responsibilities. It is an institution most of us feel very comfortable with and regard as …natural‟. For many of us, it is a cornerstone of our social world, a place to which we can retreat and take refuge from the stresses of the outside world. It is the place in which we are loved for who we are, rather than what we are. Family living and family events are probably the most important aspects of our lives. It is no wonder that we tend to hold very fierce, emotional, and perhaps irrational, views about family life and how it ought to be organized. Such …taken for granted‟ views make it very difficult for us to objectively examine family arrangements that differ from our own experience—such as those of the Ik—without making critical judgements.73. Which of the following ideas do the Ik hold according to the passage?A. The family is the centre of their life.B. The old are the luxuries they should treasure.C. Their children should be abandoned when born.D. The survival of the tribe is what they should strive for.74. Which of the following will the author probably agree with in the case of Ik?A. The children are a great burden to their family.B. Mothers prefer to carry their children here and there.C. The children enjoy warm relationship with their parents.D. Many children should be left at the mercy of fierce animals in the field.75. According to the author, both British family life and that of the Ik ______.A. contain negative elementsB. ensure longevityC. experience ups and downsD. endear family members76. All of the following statements support “family is the cornerstone” EXCEPT that ______.A. we turn to family as our harbour in heartB. we find we love and are loved in the familyC. we believe family is the top priority in our lifeD. we pour our bad mood upon our family members77. The author writes this passage to tell us ______.A. family life has various positive functionsB. the idea of family is universally acceptedC. the family is evolving with the time at a high speedD. we should examine the concept of family objectivelySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The carmaker is in the pioneer of a materials revolution, whichis powered by a growing understanding of the properties ofsubstances at the smallest scale. In roughly five years from now,scientists will have set out what some cal l the “materialsgenome”—a database with the properties of all known and predictedcompounds. Instead of searching for materials that have the rightqualities for a job—a quest(探索) that has usually depended mostlyon trial and error—researchers will first define what they want, and their computers will then develop a list of materials that seem to fit the bill.The new science will improve today‟s materials, too, leading to stron ger steels, new kinds of alloy and hybrid materials(合金和混合材料) that may be part metal, part plastic. On the far horizon are bigger breakthroughs still: batteries that would double the range of electric cars or store solar and wind power, transforming the economics of renewable energy.As well as revolutionising products, these new materials could also revolutionise how they are made. There will always be room for the mass production of some low-value, commodity items. But as a rule, when materials are differe nt, manufacturing processes will be different, too. BMW‟s carbon fibre is made to its own specifications in a series of new joint ventures across the world. However, some of the products could be domestically made in their new factories. Airbus, Boeing, GE and a growing number of other firms are already 3D-printing some parts where they need them. Nike‟s Flyknit trainers are made with knitting machines that use a special micro-engineered thread. As a result, the firm no longer needs to send the job like sewing to factories overseas.The world has got used to the idea that the most important innovation is virtual. The technology representatives of Silicon Valley—such as Google and Facebook—have built their businesses on intangibles(无形的), such as software, data and new business models. By contrast, the world of new materials marries the virtual and the physical. It, too, depends on code, because researchers need powerful computer-design systems to model materials and make them into new designs. But eventually the aim is to turn virtual ideas into matter. Some advances are overlooked. These ones are material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN NINE WORDS.)78. What is the driving force of the materials revolution according to the first paragraph?79. New materials will revolutionise not only products but also ____________________.80. Instead of contracting overseas, Nike is able to ____________________ with its special knittingmachines and materials available.81. In contrast to Internet companies which build business on intangibles, new materials companies aim at_____________________________.第II 卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 你养成每天听英语新闻的习惯了吗？(develop)2. 我认为在做出最终决定前，我们有必要和父母讨论一下这个问题。
2016 一模汇编(翻译)
2015-2016学年高三英语一模翻译汇编1.说服她不再网购是没有任何作用的。
(It)2.自苹果6问世以来，就再没有其他手机对我更有吸引力了。
(appeal)3.人口的老龄化问题十分严峻，成了全球各国政府都头疼不已的问题。
（so…that…）4.从顾客的肢体语言，这个售货员就能知道他想买什么，这让那位顾客十分惊讶。
(amaze)5.沿外滩一路缓步走来，你可以欣赏到从19世纪到21世纪的各种不同风格的欧式建筑。
(range) keys：1.It is no use persuading her not to do online shopping any more.2.Since iPhone6 came out /came into the market /was released, no other cell-phones/mobile phones have appealed to me more.3.The aging population problem is so severe/serious that it becomes a universal/global big headache for the government worldwide.4.From the customer’s body language, the sop assistant can exactly know what he wants to buy, which amaze the customer very much.5.Walking slowly along the Bund, you can appreciate all kinds of European architecture/buildings of different styles, ranging from the 19th century to the 21st century.play）2．他的所做和他的所说大相径庭。
2016年浦东新区高三一模英语试卷及答案
2016年浦东新区高三一模英语试卷及答案2016年浦东新区高三一模英语试卷及答案Directions: Beneath each of the folloing sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one anser that best pletes the sentence.Section ADirections: Beneath each of the folloing sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one anser that best pletes the sentence.25. China has made a series of technological advances _______ constructing high-speed railays.A. onB. toC. inD. for26. Our principal ould like to accept _______ of the practical suggestions on ho to improve students lunch.A. eitherB. neitherC. bothD. any27. Look! Someone _______ the laptop.Well, it asn t me. I didn t do it.A. has repairedB. is repairingC. had repairedD. as repairing28. After the meeting, e ent to the supermarket to do some shopping, only to be told that it _______.A. as being decoratedB. as decoratingC. is being decoratedD. has been decorating29. Babies given more love and affection by their mothers_______ deal better ith stress and anxiety hen they gro up.A. needB. mustC. shallD. may30. The latest research _______ shos that micro blog is the most popular social netorking tool among Chinese netizens.A. to undertakeB. undertakenC. undertakingD. having been undertaken31. _______ our life goals ill guide us to a bright future,ithout hich e may aste our lifetime.A. Having setB. SetC. SettingD. To be set32. The government ill e up ith more volunteer projects just _______ the volunteer industry.A. to promoteB. to be promotedC. promotingD. being promoted33. _______ you start ith one small positive thing during your day, you ll begin to move into a more positive situation.A. Even ifB. In caseC. As long asD. As far as34. When you are older, you are better equipped mentally to cope ith _______ happens.A. hoeverB. heneverC. hicheverD. hatever35. A lot of lovers chose to get married on Dec. 12, 2016, _______ the date, the month and the year match.A. thatB. on hichC. in hichD. hich36. The limits of a person s intelligence are fixed at birth, but _______ he reaches these limits depends on his environment.A. ifB. thatC. hetherD. hat37. From inside the dark house _______.A. some strange smell cameB. came some strange smellC. had some strange smell eD. did some strange smell e38. Changing the passord on your hacked account isn t a lasting solution if you don t remove any virus, _______?A. don t youB. do youC. isn t itD. is it39. The ord positive energy is being more than mon in nespapers and magazines _______you could notice.A. beforeB. sinceC. henD. after40. _______ several important decisions based on emotion instead of reason, he felt bitterly regretted.A. MakingB. Having madeC. MadeD. To makeSection BDirections: Complete the folloing passage by using the ords inthe box. Each ord can only be used once. Note that there is one ord more than you need.A. inappropriateB. questionC. inexperiencedD. changesE. trendsF. job-relatedG. assessH. dissatisfactionI. professionJ. occursNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly ith the false impression that nurses are there to ait on the position. As nurses, e are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, __41__ physical as ell as emotional problems, coordinate patient-related services and make all of our nursing decisions based upon hat is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any circumstance, e feel that the physician s order is __42__ or unsafe, e have a legal responsibility to __43__that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job ith every eekend off. All nurses are aare of that before they enter the __44__. The emotional and physical stress, hoever, hich __45__ due to hard orking hours is a prime reason for a lot of the career __46__. It is sometimes required that e ork overtime and that e change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except __47__ friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are no staffed by ne graduates as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically-related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand __48__ in our medical system. But if __49__ continue as predicted, they ill find that most critical hospital care ill be provided by ne, inexperienced and sometimes inadequately-trained nurses.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the folloing passage there are four ords or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank ith the ord or phrase that best fits the context.The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius as one percent inspiration and ninety?-nine percent perspirationonly by gifted individuals. Talent is a false belief, and it is time that people got rid of it, they said. This theory a dramatic __55__ ith traditional beliefs has been __56__ by academics orldide. In fact, studies of acplished artists and mathematicians, and top tennis players and simmers, have reported fe early signs of __57__ in these people before any parental encouragement. No case has been found of anyone reaching the highest levels of achievement ithout __58__ himself or herself to thousands of hours of serious training. Even those ho are believed to be exceptionally talented hether in music, mathematics, chess, or sports have needed lengthy periods of instruction and practice to achieve their highest level of success. Thepersistent false belief that some people reach high levels of performance ithout spending numerous hours practising __59__ much to the fact that their practice is usually outside the casual observer s vie, stated one scientist.。
浦东新区2016学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语听力文字部分和答案
浦东新区2016学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语听力文字部分I. Listening Comprehension (25%)Section 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. W: Ca n’t you knock on the door before you enter my office next time?M: Sorry! It’s just that I’m in such a hurry.Q: How does the woman feel?(B)2. W: I heard Marilyn’s going to college. What’s she studying?M: She’s taking courses in mathematics, econo mics and accounting.Q: What does Marilyn probably want to be?(A)3. M: May I book 3 air tickets for Hong Kong?W: For sure. 1200 yuan for one adult and 800 yuan for a child under 10.Q: How much should the man pay if he books tickets for two adults and one child? (B)4. W: I’m afraid I’m a little bit sea sick. I feel dizzy.M: Close your eyes and relax. You’ll be all right as soon as we come at shore.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?(C)5. M: Have you read the author’s latest best-seller?W: I’ve just finished it. I really recommend it.Q: What are the man and woman discussing?(C)6. W: I often mistake Tim for Bob. Can you tell them apart?M: No, they look so much alike that they even confused their mother sometimes when they were young.Q: What is the most probable relationship between Tim and Bob? ( A)7. M: Today is a bad day for me. I fell off the front steps and twisted my ankle.W: Oh, too bad. But don’t worry. Usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a few days.Q: What’s the woman’s suggestion for the man?(A)8. M: I can’t decide what to do for my summer vacation. I either want to go on a bike to ur of Europe or go diving in Mexico.W: Well, we’re offering an all-inclusive two-week trip to Mexico for only 300 dollars.Q：What does the woman suggest the man do for his vacation? (D)9. W: How long do you think this project might take?M: I’d say about three months, but it could take longer if something unexpected happened. Maybe we’d better allow an extra month, so we won’t have to worry about being late.Q: Why does the man say extra time should be allowed for the project?(A)10. W: What a wonderful performance! Your rock band has never sounded better.M: Many thanks. I guess all those hours of practice in the past month are finally paying off.Q：What does the man mean?(C)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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.In Asia, adults in Singapore are the best non-native English speakers.Singapore was considered to have a “Very High Proficiency” level for the first time. Tran says this improvement is because Singapore has a very strong education system.“Well, Singapore’s education system is often seen as one of the best in the worl d. If you look at other English tests like IELTS and TOEFL, Singapore is always at the top－not just in Asia, but throughout the world. It just has a very, very strong education system that focuses on quality of instruction and has extremely high standards for their students.”However, the report says Thailand and Cambodia still have low levels of English proficiency, although they have a growing tourism industry.China also increased its rank by moving from 47th to 39th place. However, it is behind many other countries in Asia. Tran says this might be the result of its large population.Tran suggests three things for countries trying to improve their English level.First is to make quality English teaching available to all citizens. Next, a country should invest in teacher training, and then invest in its English-speaking environment.“I think the number one priority would be to make sure that everybody has access to quality English instruction, and to do that, I think, is to promote teacher training, right? And make sure that you have a teacher supply that is ready to deliver the quality instruction that you need in your entire school system.“Then it’s about creating that English environment in your country. It’s having bilingual signs, having programs in English, and creating excuses for your students to speak in English, right?”The report shows that it is not easy to improve English-speaking ability country-wide, and it also is costly. But, it is clear that the economic and social benefits make it worth the investment.11. What contributes to Singapore’s success in various English tests?(A)12. Which of the following is not Tran’s suggestion of improving English level? (D)13. Why is it worthwhile to improve English ability?(B)Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.Good morning. Today we’re going to talk about the issues faced by children who have to take on adult responsibilities before they are 18.First, let me tell you a story of a kid in this situation. Let’s call him Bill. Bill’s father died before he was born, and for a few years his mother was a single parent. Then his mom remarried and had another child. Bill worked hard in school, but he struggled to help his mother take care of his younger brother.This is a common situation for children like Bill. They are forced to act like adults for a wide variety of reasons. In Bill’s case, a young brother gave him adult responses. In other situations, a parent is sick, so the child has to take care of the sick parent. They reverse roles with their own parents. When you have this role reversal, the parents are so sick that they can no longer act in their parental role. The children cook for them, shop for groceries, even dress their parents, bathe them, and put them to bed. The children make the important decision. Although kids often want to help their families, too much responsibilitycan be a burden for them. They may feel they are giving up their childhoods.Okay, so kids are forced to grow up quickly for a variety of reasons. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well, it depends on the situation and on the child. As you might guess, the ones who suffer the most are the kids who reverse roles with a parent. Because role reversal happens in cases where the parents have the most problems and are the least capable, their children often feel more isolation. They may be embarrassed by the situation at home. They may feel confusion about how regular kids or teens are supposed to act. But many kids with adult responsibilities see their duties at home as barriers to a happy social life. They can’t go out and have fun. They feel a lot of frustration and a lot of stress.14. What did Bill do to help out in the family? (C)15. Which of the following about role reversal is not true? (C)16. What is the passage mainly concerned with? (B)Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following conversation.M: You’re going to wear out the computer’s keyboard!W: Oh, hi.M: Do you have any idea what time it is?W: About ten or ten-thirty?M: It’s nearly midnight.W: Really? I didn’t know it was so late.M: Don’t you have an early class to teach tomorrow morning?W: Yes, at seven o’clock. My com puter class, the students who go to work right after their lesson. M: Then you ought to go to bed. What are you writing, anyway?W: An article I hope I can sell.M: Oh, another of your newspaper pieces? What’s this one about?W: Do you remember the trip I took last month?M: The one up to the Amazon?W: Well, that’s what I’m writing about—the new highway and the changes it’s making in the Amazon Valley.M: It should be interesting.W: It is. I guess that’s why I forgot all about the time.M: How many articles have you sold now?W: About a dozen so far.M: What kind of newspapers buy them?W: The papers that carry a lot of foreign news. They usually appear in the big Sunday editions where they need a lot of background stories to help fill up the space between the ads.M: Is there any future in it?W: I hope so. There’s a chance I may sell t his article to a news service.M: Then your story would be published in several papers, wouldn’t it?W: That’s the idea. And I might even be able to do other stories on a regular basis. M: That would be great.17. What is the woman’s occupation?18. What is the woman writing about?19. Where do the woman’s articles usually appear?20. What does the woman expect?1—5 BABCC6—10 AADAC11—16 ADBCCB17—20CBBD21. to climb22. exhausted23. which24. after25. what26. however27. could28. putting29. myself30. was fascinated31—40KHBDA I C G E F41—55ABCDCABCABBCACD56—59CADB60—62DBC63—66DBAC67—70EBFA1.解除病人的痛苦是医生的职责。
2016上海高考英语一模翻译汇总(附答案,共17套)
2.自苹果6问世以来，就再没有其他手机对我更有吸引力了。(appeal)
3.人又的老龄化问题十分严峻，成了全球各国政府都头疼不已的问题。（so…that…）
4.从顾客的肢体语言，这个售货员就能知道他想买什么，这让那位顾客十分惊讶。(amaze)
5.沿外滩一路缓步走来，你可以欣赏到从19世纪到21世纪的各种不同风格的欧式建筑。
看到照中这位亲不顾在倾盆中为他的孩撑伞民们netizens尽管各国已做出不懈的努但还需要采取更有效的措施来应对益严重的环境问题
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高三英语-2016届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题 答案
2016届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题参考答案一、听力1-5 ABBCA 6-10 ACACB 11-15 ABCCB 16-20 AABBC二、单项选择21-25 DBCDB 26-30 CCBBC 31-35 CCDDC三、完型填空36-40 ACBDC 41-45 DBDCA 46-50 BDCAD 51-55 BCBAD四、阅读理解56-58 DAB 59-62 BDCD63-66 ACBD 67-70 BCCD五、任务型阅读1.Introduction2. depend/ rely/count3. combine4. influencing/impacting5. approaches6. attention/ minds7. apply8. whether9. actively 10. involved六、书面表达When surfing the Internet, I came across a list of ordinary people who moved China,I was especially touched by an old lady from Zhoukou, Henan Province. The old lady and her husband are homeless, wandering in Shenzhen. Every evening, she sits near Shenzhen University, selling her paintings. When hungry, she just eats some dry food. Usually she can only finish two paintings a night, for either of which she charges 10 yuan. Tough as life is , the old lady has her pride and refuses to beg money from others.The old lady’s optimistic attitude towards life has left a deep impression on me. In addition, She would rather make a living by working hard than be a beggar. Her story puts me to shame, for I always complain about everything and has a habit of depending on others.I have learned the spirit of independence from the old lady. Besides, when faced with difficulties, I will choose never to give up and make the greatest efforts.听力读稿Text 1W: What is that you are listening? It is too noisy. I can’t concentrate on my work.M: No problem. I can switch over to something lighter.Text 2W: Oh, Professor Jackson, I was wondering… but uh… well, if uh… if you had a chance yet to uh… look at my thesis proposal?M: Well, I know you gave it to me over a week ago, but to be honest, I have been swamped with(对……应接不暇) other things.Text 3W: I bought a recorder on sale. It was $50.M: Including tax?W: No, I paid another $2 in tax.Text 4W: Who took you to the tennis match yesterday afternoon?M: My friend Mark took me there.W: Who beat Sally in the match?M: Her brother beat her.Text 5M: Sue, you must have had a good time on your beach vacation.W: Yes, I really enjoyed myself. The weather was always nice and sunny. I went sunbathing every day.M: How was the food?W: Just marvelous. I’ve also been to some scenic spots and learned every legend behind the scene.M: Be my guide next time we go there together.W: My pleasure.Text 6W: Why is Jenny not here yet? We’re running late for Lily’s birthday party.M: Jenny is always on time. What’s delayed her this time?W: I hope she hasn’t had an accident. There was a car accident near my apartment the other day. A woman was seriously injured and two men were slightly injured.M: Don’t think like that. Accidents don’t happen all the time .W: Then why isn’t she here yet? She was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago.M: Maybe she doesn’t know how to get here. Why not call her?W: Is her number 65743215?M: Oh, look! There she is. What’s in her hand? Is it a gift? She must have stopped for a gift and that’s why she is late.Text 7W: Can I help you?M: Yes, I need to apply for a parking permit.W: Are you a professor?M: What? Are you kidding? I’m only 22 years old!W: Yes, I am kidding. But don’t you know only professors and students with disabilities can apply for parking permits?M: Yes, I know. I have a disability. My hip was broken last year. And I can’t walk well.W: Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.M: It’s alright. You didn’t see me walk to the desk.W: Here is the application form. I also need to see your student ID and your permission letter from the university.M: Here you are.W: Thank you.Text 8M: Hi, Mary, how’s your new flat?W: It’s great. I really like it.M: How big is it?W: It’s one big room, and it has a bathroom and a small kitchen, too.M: How far is it from the office?W: It’s only about 10 minutes.M: 10 minutes by bus or by car?W: On foot. I walked to work this morning. I was 10 minutes early.M: You are lucky. I was 10 minutes late.W: What happened?M: All the buses came late.W: What did Lily say?M: She was late too.W: What happened to her?M: She took the train, and it was late, too.W: Well, then, you’re really lucky after all. But what are you going to do tomorrow?M: I’ll start out 15 minutes earlier.Text 9M: There never seems to be enough of me to go around. I wish there could be another me.W: What are you saying?M: I read an article. It said scientists created a clone sheep. I had a dream last night about someone cloning me. And I could do so many things. One of me went to work. The other stayed at home to clean the house and even cook dinner.W: It is strange to see you cooking dinner.M: Very funny! But back to the science topic, it is amazing to see science advance so rapidly.W: Now, they are studying how to copy human DNA. We may see two of you.M: You are right. But realistically, I like having only one of me. We already have a problemwith over-population. I don’t think we need to have two of everybody.W: I must say, it all sounds interesting. I can’t imagine what they will think of next.Text 10W: One-Day Course: Introduction to Complex SystemsDate: Sunday, October 6.Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Room to be announced.Sponsor: Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & TechnologyCourse Description:A one-day course, Introduction to Complex Systems, will be offered on Sunday, October 6. This course will give an introduction to the opportunities that complex systems provide in research and in applications. Several approaches to the study of complex systems will be described, basic concepts will be introduced and implications for the study of biological, social and engineered systems will be discussed.Tuition: MIT students, faculty, and community attend free. Registration required. Space is limited.Outside of MIT;Student: $50;Faculty: $150;Corporate: $350.。
上海市2016届黄浦区高三一模英语卷(含答案)
黄浦区2015学年度第一学期高三年级期终调研测试英语试卷（完卷时间： 120分钟满分： 150分）2016年1月5日下午第I卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In the bank. B. In the library.C. In the restaurant.D. In the supermarket.2. A. Travel to Shanghai. B. Have a meeting.C. Dine with Mr. Kim.D. Discuss their program.3. A. Salesman and customer. B. Husband and wife.C. Manager and secretary.D. Father and daughter.4. A. H e didn’t want to come early. B. He carried a heavy bag.C. He was delayed by a heavy truck.D. He was held up in a traffic jam.5. A. The woman will go to the airport by taxi. B. The woman is asking the man for help.C. The woman’s car has broken down.D. The woman really likes taking buses.6. A. He also thinks Tina looks great. B. He thinks Tina should geta new dress.C. He doesn’t agree with the woman.D. He doesn’t like Tina’s silver dress.7. A. She moved to Washington when she was young.B. She can provide little useful information.C. She will show the man around Washington.D. She will ask someone else to help the man.8. A. He can speak German. B. He knows both English and German.C. He can read German books.D. He knows nothing about German.9. A. She couldn’t believe that the news about James was true.B. She felt sorry for James’ being caught cheating by teachers.C. She thought James shouldn’t have cheated in the final exam.D. She showed no interest in any news about exams at all.10. A. He acted in the play at the last minute.B. He decided to quit at the last minute.C. He wasn’t supposed to take part i n the play.D. He made up his mind to act in the play.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. 9:00am-8:00pm B. 5:00am-9:00pm C. 9:30am-5:30pm D.5:30am-9:30pm12. A. Candies. B. Cigarettes. C. Newspapers. D. Stamps.13. A. Small stores usually have a one-hour break during lunch time.rge food shops stay open for more hours on Thursday and Friday.C. Most shops are closed in the afternoon on Tuesday and Thursday.D. It is convenient for foreign visitors to shop on Sundays.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. 50 million dollars. B. 144 million dollars.C. 158 million dollars.D. 160 million dollars.15. A. It was shown for four days in many countries.B. It was made and produced in 1973.C. It was based on the story of wars among planets.D. It told a story which happened not long ago.16. A. “Revenge of the Sith” is the best in the series of six “Star Wars” movies.B. The action in the new film is exciting and the special effects are terrific.C. “Revenge of the Sith” is especially suitable for children to watch.D. It has more violent actions than all the other “Star Wars” films.Section CDirections:In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)ChicagoChicago is an incredible city and a key business center for the Midwest. That means that sooner or later most business travelers (25)_______(find) themselves there. This City Guide for Chicago provides business travelers with all the information they need (26)_______(plan) a successful trip to Chicago. Of course, it also help you find out how to enjoy (27)_______ while you’re there.Unless you’re just in Chicago for the day, there’s a good chance that you’ll have some time after work to explore the sleepless city and (28)_______ you’re ready to take a break from business meetings or simply want to throw in some sightseeing after a busy week at work. (29)_______ _______ _______ help business travelers plan their free time better, we’ve created this overview of things to do in Chicago. We’ll help you feel at home in one of America’s biggest cities.If you’re mainly going to be downtown, the buses and trains and taxis can pretty quickly move you around. To make it easy, we’ve pulled together a complete list of the transportation options for business travelers to Chicago. Of course, business travelers (30)_______ also want to compare prices on rental cars in Chicago, especially if they need transportation to the surrounding suburbs.Chicago has a huge range of dining options. You can always get some real comfort food there, but when it comes to business lunches or dinners, it’s nice to ha ve something a little (31)_______(nice).Chicago is a wonderful city for business travelers. Hotel options range from ultra-fancy in town to cheap and convenient in the suburbs. While it’s relatively easy to move around Chicago, it’s still a good ide a for business travelers to know (32)_______ they need to be during the day and to select a hotel nearby. Alternatively, you can select a hotel that’s in the heart of the downtown area.(B)Special Public BudgetGraffiti (涂鸦) Vandalism (故意破坏公物的行为)in Adelaide costs the public purse more than two million dollars a year, which (33)_______(reveal). Ratepayers and taxpayers foot the bill for continual cleanups of graffiti from metropolitan bus shelters, public buildings and reserves, TransAdelaide alone spends about one million dollars a year (34)_______(remove) graffiti from buses and trains. And Adelaide’s 27 metropolitan councils expect to spend at least one million dollars this financial year on graffiti clean-ups.However, costs would be hundreds of thousands of dollars higher (35)_______ councils did not rely on volunteers or criminals serving community service orders to do the work. Glenelg Council, for example, has a Correctional Services Department team which removes graffiti from the foreshore area at least once a week. Other councils, (36)_______ Elizabeth, Noarlunga and Payneham, have employed special anti-graffiti officers. Salisbury is among those councils (37)_______ call on a data bank of volunteers to immediately paint out graffiti “tags”.Despite the “tagging”of the War Memorial on North Terrace (38)_______ (follow) by the public outcry 18 months ago, several councils have reported a significant increase in graffiti attacks.“We have budgeted $53,200 for clean-ups this year, but we will go over that. Each year the budget goes up by 15 or 20 per cent,” an Elizabeth City Council spokesman said yesterday, “It really is (39)_______ enormous social problem.”A spokesman for Stirling Council said his council could easily spend $20,000 a year on graffiti, but could not afford $6,000 for the most offensive or obvious work. “It’s not a matter of how much graffiti you have, (40)_______ how much you can afford to clean up,” he said.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each wordChinese traders were recorded as making voyages to the north coast of Australia from the 1750s, but were probably visiting Australia long before. Chinese men arrived in Australia in small numbers after the 1788 British settlement as free settlers and criminals. A small population grew rapidly after 1848 under a system of indentured（契约的）labour, after China had __41__ its ports to foreign trade in 1842. They worked in rural New South Wales as cooks, farm labourers and etc.Indentured Chinese __42__ worked in all colonies variously as station hands, plantation workers, miners, on public works, cabinet makers, personal servants and in laundries. Most came from the south-eastern provinces of Guangdong and Fujian.Due to labour __43__ in West Australia, the Colonial Government organized Chinese contract labour between 1847 and 1898, most working as labourers, cooks and gardeners. Many Chinese people came from rural backgrounds and brought with them __44__ and water management skills. By 1885, there were 54 Chinese market gardens in Sydney. By 1901, 67% of New South Wales market gardeners were Chinese.Gold rushes in Victoria in the 1850s and New South Wales in the 1860s significantly __45__ the population of Chinese immigrants in Australia; about 45,000 prospectors arrived in Victoria alone in 1854-58. Numbers continued to increase as gold and other __46__ were discovered in Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania.When mining became less __47__, many Chinese people worked successfully to provide goods and services such as furniture making, market gardening, fishing and, particularly, store-keeping including the import and export of goods from overseas. Chinese goods, especially tea, silk, vegetables, herbs and other spices were highly sought after items of trade by non-Chinese people. Tea rooms, importing and selling many varieties of tea, were very popular. Chinese silk was turned into __48__ evening wear and cloaks by Chinese tailors and seamstresses.Today there is a culturally diverse Chinese __49__ in Australia with links to south-eastern China as well as Vietnam and Hong Kong. The Chinese communities in Australia are brought together every year by __50__ of Lunar New Year.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the following passages 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.New Tech Network, a new education organization, strives to ensure all students have the skills, knowledge, and attributes they need to thrive in post-secondary education, career and civic life.New Tech Network cooperates with district leaders, administrators, and teachers who share a common purpose: to provide an education in which students acquire knowledge and develop skills vital to __51__ in the post-secondary path of their choosing. The New Tech design is simply a blueprint, __52__ a set of core beliefs, tools, and strategies to help each school fulfill its purpose. New Tech design principles provide for an __53__ approach centered on project-based learning, a culture that enables students and teachers, and the use of technology in the classroom. Through extensive professional development, personalized coaching, and access to Echo, New Tech Network, a learning __54__ system, enables principals, teachers, and students to develop relevant and meaningful learning communities.TEACHING THAT ENGAGESA K-12 PathwayThrough project-based learning, internships（见习期）, dual enrollment, and other experiences in New Tech schools, students are well __55__ post-secondary pursuits.__56__, New Tech Network has worked with public school districts to redesign high schools. More recently, however, New Tech Network is partnering with several school districts to __57__ New Tech middle schools and elementary schools. In some districts, this provides students with a K-12 pathway. In elementary and middle schools, the design principles are the same—teaching that engages, culture that empowers, and technology that enables. As the elementary and middle schools mature, New Network will measure success on student __58__.Learning __59__The years spent in a New Tech school allow students to gain the academic and deeper learning skills necessary for success in any post-secondary option. New Techstudents learn disciplinary knowledge and skills to conduct inquiry and solve real-world problems. Throughout a project, they cooperate with peers, facilitators, and experts in the field. Students__60__ their learning through effective oral and written communication for authentic audiences.Ownership of their learning experience and engagement in relevant and challenging tasks helps students develop a sense of agency, a skill essential to success in __61__, career, and civic duty.Project-Based LearningProject-based learning is at the heart of New Tech Network’s instructional approach. Students cooperate on projects, ranging in __62__ from two to eight weeks, which require critical thinking and communication. Projects often occur in integrated subject area courses, where Entry Events, the Need-to-Know (NTK) process, and skill building workshops support student-centred learning. During projects, students often engage with subject matter experts who provide feedback on real-world products. Through project-based learning, students not only master __63__ content, but also successfully apply content when solving authentic problems.__64__ -Based InternshipsNew Tech students also engage in experiences designed to prepare them for success in the contemporary workplace. By cooperating with others on projects, students acquire a level of responsibility similar to a __65__ work environment. Students engage with field experts and community stakeholders(利益相关者) during projects, and final products are presented to authentic audiences. Additionally, two-thirds of New Tech high schools offer such practical activities, with nearly half of all seniors participating.51. A. success B. rescue C. survival D. reform52. A. owing to B. getting rid of C. depending on D. accompanied by53. A. intermediate B. intelligent C. instructional D. informative54. A. innovation B. requirement C. management D. negotiation55. A. related to B. prepared for C. classified by D. compared with56. A. Accidentally B. Accordingly C. Absolutely D. Historically57. A. evaluate B. observe C. connect D. create58. A. teaching B. learning C. engaging D. developing59. A. Problems B. Outcomes C. Strategies D. Discipline60. A. demonstrate B. promote C. highlight D. motivate61. A. elementary schools B. middle schoolsC. high schoolsD. college62. A. length B. courses C. topics D. targets63. A. advanced B. academic C. complex D. adequate64. A. Network B. Workshop C. Community D. College65. A. permanent B. professional C. popular D. familiarSection 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)Rosalind Franklin always liked facts. She was logical and precise, and impatient with things that were otherwise. She decided to become a scientist when she was 15. She passed the examination for admission to Cambridge University in 1938, and it sparked a family crisis. Although her family was well-to-do and had a tradition of public service and charity, her father disapproved of university education for women.He refused to pay. An aunt stepped in and said Franklin shouldgo to school, and she would pay for it. Franklin’s mother alsotook her side until her father finally gave in.She was invited to King’s College in London to join a teamof scientists. The leader of the team assigned her to work on DNAwith a graduate student. Franklin’s assumption was that it washer own project. The laboratory’s second-in-command, MauriceWilkins, was on vacation at the time, and when he returned, theirrelationship was puzzling. He assumed she was to assist his work; she assumed she’d be the only one working on DNA. They had powerful personality differences as well: Franklin direct, quick, decisive, and Wilkins shy, hesitant, and passive.In 1953, Wilkins changed the course of DNA history by disclosing, without Franklin’s permission, her Photo 51 to competing scientist James Watson, who was working on his own DNA model with Francis Crick at Cambridge. Upon seeing the photograph, Watson said, “My jaw fell open and my pulse began to race,”according to author Brenda Maddox who wrote the book Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA.The two scientists did in fact use what they saw in Photo 51 as the basis for their famous model of DNA, which they published on March 7, 1953, and for which they received a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick and Watson were also able to take most of the credit for the finding: they included a footnote acknowledging that they were “stimulated by a general knowledge” of Franklin’s and Wilkin’s unpublished contribution, when much of their work was rooted in Franklin’s photo and findings. Franklin didn’t know that these men based their article on her research, and she didn’t complain either, likely as a result of her upbringing. Franklin “didn’t do anything that would invite criticism… (that was) bred into her,” Maddox said.66. Wilkins’ relationship with Franklin was characterized by __________.A. unity and harmonyB. confusion and competitionC. cooperation and miscommunicationD. misunderstanding and conflict67. What does Watson mean by saying “My jaw fell open and my pulse began to race”?A. He was confused that Crick had not made this discovery.B. He was surprised that Wilkins had discovered this information.C. He was satisfied with the importance of Photo 51.D. He was anxious about the progress Wilkins and Franklin had made.68. What is Brenda Maddox’s main intention according to the quote in the lastparagraph?A. To re-evaluate the importance of the DNA model.B. To criticize King’s College and Cambridge.C. To emphasize Franklin’s importance in science.D. To deny Watson’s and Crick’s contribution to science.69. Franklin’s career as a scientist demonstrates _________.A. that her work was pointing at the most difficult problemB. that she was the only female scientist during the periodC. the importance of DNA in modern scienceD. that perseverance leads to success and recognition of field scientistsReviewsCultual Breaks by Brian AldissReviewed by Paul KincaidBrian Aldiss is an amazing and frustrating writer. When he ison song, his style is forceful, disturbing and delectable. Buthe is a restless writer. He came into his own in the enthusiasticand experimental atmosphere of the New Wave, and he has beendriven to try the new and the different ever since. That he isstill experimenting now, 50 years after his first appearance,is a measure of a man who has never been prepared to settle backon his laurels.The Secrets of Jin-Shei by Alma AlexanderReviewed by Donna McMahonWith so many fantasy novels using European-derived settings andmythology, ancient China makes a refreshing change. Thelandscape is tempting and yet familiar enough to feel very real,and the author uses magic sparingly, in ways appropriate to hersociety. This and the complex detail put into the backdrop makesthe novel feel very much like historical fiction.Straken by Terry BrooksReviews by Nathan BrazilThe third novel in the High Druid of Shannara series jumpsstraight back into the story where it left off. It continuesthe quest of unlikely hero Penderrin Ohmsford. Now equipped withthe means to break in –and back out- of the Forbidding, wherehis aunt, the overthrown Ard Phys of Druids, is stranded, Penmust first get back to Paranor. His rescue attempt can only beginfrom within the chamber where Grianne Ohmsford disappeared.Unfortunately, this will deliver him straight into the handsof those responsible for his aunt’s disappearance.70. The reviewer admires Brian Aldiss’ ability to ___________.A. write so many novelsB. continue to be inventive in his writingC. write disturbing plotsD. have a writing career spanning over four decades71. Why does the setting of Jin-Shei appeal to the reviewer?A. It is a good science of fiction setting.B. It is mysterious.C. It is a less common choice of setting.D. It is very magical.72. Terry Brook’s novel continues a series on ___________.A. the adventures of an unsuspecting hero and his attempts to rescue his auntB. a quest about the High Druid of Shannara in a secret chamber in ParanorC. the disappearance of a druid which foils the plans of the enemiesD. liberating a stranded aunt who is key to the knowledge of the Forbidding(C)Aisling’s mother died at midsummer.She had fallen sick so suddenly that some of the villagers wondered if the fairies had come and taken her, for she was still young and beautiful. She was buried three days later beneath the hawthorn tree(山楂树) behind the house, just as twilight was darkening the sky.Maire Solanya, the village greenwitch, came that evening to perform the old rituals over the grave. She stood at the foot of the mound of black soil. Aisling and her father stood at the head of it, resting on the simple headstone, was the burning candle. Aisling’s father had lit it shortly after Elinor died, and it would burn all night. The gravestone was a plain piece of slate carved with her name: Elinor. Grass and tree roots would grow up around it as the years passed, until it would seem as if it had always been there.Maire Solanya said in her low, clear voice, “Life to life, from breath to breath, we remember Elinor.” She held a round loaf of bread in her hands. She tore off asmall piece and ate it, chewing deliberately, before handing the loaf to Aisling’s father. He pulled off his own piece, then passed it to his daughter. It was still warm, and it smelled like her mother’s kitchen after baking. But it hadn’t come from her mother’s hands, and that realization made a lump rise in her throat. The bread was tasteless.Maire Solanya took the loaf from her, its crust(面包皮) gaping open, and placed it on the gravestone next to the candle. Aisling couldn’t shake the feeling that her mother had merely gone out on an errand and would come home at any moment and wonder what the three of them were doing. It didn’t seem possible that she was buried there, at the foot of the hawthorn tree, in the ground. It was easier to believe the village rumors than to sit with the ache inside herself.She remembered those rumors now, while she stood with her father and Maire Solanya in a tense silence. Everyone had always said that Elinor had some magic in her, and everyone knew that fairies – if they existed – were drawn to that. So Aisling’s father had ordered all the old rituals, even though he did not believe in them, just in case. She was not entirely sure what she herself believed, but she knew that her mother would want them to do these rituals for her, and that was enough.When the sun slipped below the horizon, the greenwitch said, “Sleep in peace, Elinor,”and scattered a gold powder over the grave to bind Elinor to the earth. On the freshly turned soil, the gold glittered like fairly dust.73. Aisling and her family are most likely __________.A. fairlies in disquiseB. simple village folkC. wealthy farmersD. experienced bakers74. Maire Solanya performed the rituals in order to __________.A. express thanks to the fairiesB. protect the hawthorn treeC. respect Elinor’s wishesD. capture Elinor’s spirit75. Which of the following does not describe Elinor?A. A believer in magic.B. Practical.C. Skilled at baking.D. Youthful.76. Which statement best describes Aisling’s belief in fairies?A. She is uncertain and finds the idea unsettling.B. She finds the idea comforting but is unsure.C. She is certain they exist and wishes they would bring back her mother.D. She believes strongly in the power of their rituals but not in their existence.77. Why did Aisling find the bread “tasteless”?A. It reminded her of her mother’s absence.B. It was a terribly rude thing to eat at her mother’s funeral.C. Solanya was really a poor baker in the village.D. There had not been sufficient ingredients to make the bread.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.How was it that an American ship came to be sunk by American mines in a port held by American forces?Built in1931, the luxury liner SS President Coolidge was a 10-year veteran(退伍军人) of the Pacific before she was pressed into service by the military and converted to carry troops.On October 26, 1942, towards the end of her first year of World War II service, the Coolidge hit an American mine in the east entrance of the Segond Channel on Espiritu Santo, one of the islands of the New Herbrides(now Vanuatu), and sank in 36 meters of water.Though all but two of the 5000 officers and men aboard were saved, the loss of the ship was a military scandal. She had escaped the Japanese during the worst part of the war in the Pacific, only to be lost because of a series of disastrous American mistakes.The master of the Coolidge, Henry Nelson, claimed he hadn’t been warned that the harbor was mined. Worse, in terms of wartime security, neither of the two US destroyers the Coolidge had encountered had challenged her. Nor had they relayed the vital information about the mines. “The first warning was from a signal station further in the harbor telling me to stop, that we were approaching danger,”he wrote.‘I, in turn, stopped the engines and backed the engines, but with the speed we were moving, we still went too far and we struck two mines. I immediately, with the speed we had left, headed the ship to the beach, and ordered “abandon ship ”, which was done and completed in 45 minutes.’‘No one mentioned to me, no one informed me, that there was a mine field in Espiritu Santo. Had there been some knowledge of mines, I never would have approached anywhere visible.’Captain Nelson was exonerated(免罪) by a court of inquiry but those responsible did not escape blame. The port director’s office at Noumea and the inefficiency of an experienced commanding officer of a navy patrol(巡逻队) and pilot boat were blamed.Today, the Coolidge is one of the world’s best wreck dives. Much of her original luxury decoration remains, including The Lady, perhaps the most photographed underwater icon in the world. Military equipment she was transporting can also still be seen.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. The ship was “pressed into service by the mi litary” suggests that it was ______________.79. What caused the sinking of the ship?80. Why did the ship still hit the mines after the captain stopped the engines?81. Why was the sinking of this ship a “scandal”?第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．成本问题在我们的决定中起着很大的作用。
上海市各区2016届高三英语一模汇编：阅读理解A篇(带答案精准校对)(20200223154049)
One【2016届上海市虹口区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)In job interviews, we’re often asked about our strengths and weaknesses. And, as a matter of fact, most of us know automatically how to respond.Common wisdom tells us to use faux weaknesses, which means things that are strengths described as negatives and turned into positives. You might even be able to change your weaknessinto a skill for a job you’re not fully qualified for.In America, in a championship game you are unlikely to see athletes showing weakness. Ifthe athletes become hurt in this game, they will hide their injuries —they don’t want their competitors to know their weak spots. But there is absolutely no need for us to act like this inbusiness affairs.At work and in business, you can have shortcomings because these can be overcome andturned into strengths. The only fatal thing is to not realize that all your weaknesses can be madestrong. Of course, to make up for shortcomings, you must first be aware of what your weaknessesreally are.Have you ever wondered what has happened when you interview for a job you’re fullyqualified for, but it goes to someone who doesn’tseem to be qualified at all? How would thatperson get the job when he had none of the qualifications listed in the job ad?That applicant figured out the business pain point that is seldom, if ever, mentioned in the jobad, and then how to address it. He didn’t talk about how he met each of the requirements on the job ad. He had none of the qualifications. He asked questions instead. He asked probing (探询的) questions to learn more about the business pain. By doing so, this less-qualified person soonlearned that the hiring managers needed something different from what was listed in the job ad.Not accepting the job ad as an unquestionable truth is the key. There is no reason to think thathiring managers actually know what they need when they write job ads. They may need someonecompletely different from what they describe. That is why you can get a job that you’re notqualified for.66. The underlined word “faux” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “__________”.A. incorrectB. illogicalC. falseD. imaginary67. What exactly does the author advise you to do when you are a weak candidate for a job?A. Don’t ask questions if you think you are a weak candidate.B. Ask questions about the job until you find you have something to offer.C. Don’t let your interviewer know your weaknesses but tell him your strengths.D. Ask questions according to the job description to see if you can be a qualified candidate.68. Why does the author think an applicant can get a job that he’s not qualified for?A. Because hiring managers may change their mind in the job interview.B. Because hiring managers may actually need someone who can ask questions.C. Because the applicant may not know that he actually has the required qualifications.D. Because hiring managers may not know what they actually need when writing the ad.69. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. You can change you weaknesses into strengths in job interviews.B. Don’t expose your weaknesses but show your strengths in job interviews.C. Find out the business pain point not mentioned in the job ad in job interviews.D. Hiring managers usually don’t know what qualifications they really need.Keys: 66-69: CBDATwo【2016届上海市黄浦区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Rosalind Franklin always liked facts. She was logical and precise,and impatient with things that were otherwise. She decided to become ascientist when she was 15. She passed the examination for admission toCambridge University in 1938, and it sparked a family crisis. Althoughher family was well-to-do and had a tradition of public service and charity,her father disapproved of university education for women. He refused to pay. An aunt stepped inand said Franklin should go to school, and she would pay for it. Franklin’s mother also took her side until her father finally gave in.She was invited to King’s College in London to join a team of scientists. The leader ofthe team assigned her to work on DNA with a graduate student. Franklin’s assumption was that it was her own project. The laboratory’s second-in-command, Maurice Wilkins, was on vacation at the time, and when he returned, their relationship was puzzling. He assumed she was to assist his work; she assumed she’d be the only one working on DNA. They had powerful personality differences as well: Franklin direct, quick, decisive, and Wilkins shy, hesitant, and passive.In 1953, Wilkins changed the course of DNA history by disclosing, without Franklin’s permission, her Photo 51 to competing scientist James Watson, who was working on his own DNA model with Francis Crick at Cambridge. Upon seeing the photograph, Watson said, “My jaw fell open and my pulse began to race,” according to author Brenda Maddox who wrote the book Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA.The two scientists did in fact use what they saw in Photo 51 as the basis for their famous model of DNA, which they published on March 7, 1953, and for which they received a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick and Watson were also able to take most of the credit for the finding: they included a footnote acknowledging that they were “stimulated by a general knowledge”of Franklin’s and Wilkin’s unpublished contribution, when much of their work was rooted in Franklin’s photo and findings. Franklin didn’t know that these men based their article on her research, and she didn’t complain either, likely as a result of her upbringing. Franklin “didn’t do anything that would invite criticism… (that was) bred into her,” Maddox said.66. Wilkins’ relationship with Franklin was characterized by __________.A. unity and harmonyB. confusion and competitionC. cooperation and miscommunicationD. misunderstanding and conflict67. What does Watson mean by saying “My jaw fell open and my pulse began to race”?A. He was confused that Crick had not made this discovery.B. He was surprised that Wilkins had discovered this information.C. He was satisfied with the importance of Photo 51.D. He was anxious about the progress Wilkins and Franklin had made.68. What is Brenda Maddox’s main intention according to the quote in the last paragraph?A. To re-evaluate the importance of the DNA model.B. To criticize King’s College and Cambridge.C. To emphasize Franklin’s importance in science.D. To deny Watson’s and Crick’s contribution to science.69. Franklin’s career as a scientist demonstrates _____________.A. that her work was pointing at the most difficult problemB. that she was the only female scientist during the periodC. the importance of DNA in modern scienceD. that perseverance leads to success and recognition of field scientistsKeys: 66—69 CBCDThree【2016届上海市浦东新区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students abouttheir final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smartphone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized, “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?“I can’t read my own handwriting,” the young woman explained. “It’s best if I take a pictu of your writing so I can understand the notes.”That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes.For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehendtheir own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safeplace to store material. They might lose pape r, they reasoned, but they wouldn’t lose their phones.Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had notedinformation on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to thediscussion attentively.Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significantquestions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merelyrecording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouragingstudents to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a methodhas a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Writing things down engages a student’listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research.The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and toprocess and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessarymental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?66. The woman apologized in the class because she_____________.A. had the bad handwritingB. missed the teachers’ directionsC. took a picture of the boardD. disturbed other students’ learning67. According to the passage, which of the following may NOT explain students’ reluctance totake notes?A. They lack proper techniques for taking notes.B. They want to listen more attentively in class.C. They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes.D. They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board.68. According to the passage, taking notes by hand_____________.A. requires students to think independentlyB. helps students actively participate in learningC. proves to be an old and useless learning methodD. seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas69. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced.B. A modern way of note-taking is catching on.C. Note-taking by hand is not out of date.D. A picture is worth a thousand words.Keys: 66—69 CABCFour【2016届上海市长宁区高三英语一模】Section BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)“When I Have Death is a serious theme worthy of great poets. For example, John Keats’sFea rs That I May Cease to Be” and John Donne’s “Death, Be Not Proud” both discuss death in reflective ways. However, the imagery (意象) in these poems shows that while Keats believes thatdeath can only destroy, Donne believes that death can be overcome.Keats is afraid of death, because to him death means the loss of those things that make hislife worth living: “On the shore/ of the wide world I stand alone, and think / Till Love and Fame tonothingness do sink.” Earlier in the poem, Keats says that he hopes this “Love” will be a romance” with a “fair creature.” He also says that he hopes the “Fame” he seeks will be the of the “high piled books” produced by his “crowded brain.” In other words, Keats’s fea death is a “nothingness” that will arrive before he can finish his life’s work or find his tru Donne has a different attitude toward death, and so the imagery in his poem is different, too.s,To Donne, death should “be not proud,” because it is not “mighty and dreadful.” Unlike K Donne sees death as weak and merely a “slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men.”the sleep ofsays that death is like “rest and sleep”. Donne believes that we will all wake fromdeath to everlasting life, just as we wake from our normal sleep to our everyday lives. In fact,Donne believes that only death itself will die: “One short sleep past, we wake forever, / And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”Keats and Donne both know that death is a part of life, and both poets use powerful imageryto talk about that difficult theme. The differences in this imagery show two very different attitudestoward the subject, one of which is much more positive than the other. Which poet to believe is upto the reader to decide.Not surprisingly, the readers’ own experiences may play a part in the way they respond tothese poets’ approaches. Like the two poets and their beliefs, contemporary readers also may beand Donne’s poetr y remains fascinatingdivided on the subject. This may explain why Keats’syears after their own deaths.66. According to the passage, _________ makes Keats’s life worth living.A.expressing his grand passion for poetryB. walking on the shore with a pretty ladyC. defeating nothingness with his true loveD. pursuing the fame of being a romantic poet67. In Donne’s poems he believes that death is ______.A. generally powerful and terribleB. only a ceaseless sleepC. merely the loss of work and loveD. hardly worth the fear_____.68. Contemporary readers may view the two poets’ serious subject differently because ___A. they are attracted to the two poets’ everlasting opposite beliefsB. they are divided naturally by their positive or negative personalitiesC. their own life experiences affect the understandings of the poemsD. their preferences for the poets’ strong imageries are various69. Which of the following best describes the main writing style of the passage?A. Analysis.B. Argument.C. Comparison.D. Reasoning.Keys:66—69 ADCCFive【2016届上海市徐汇区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Dad,I’m writing to you as I feel it’s been quite a while since we last spoke (two years to be exact, you hung up on me). So how is Germany? How old are your other children now? What have youbeen up to this year? I finished my A-levels this summer. But enough small talk. On our Europeanroad trip in the summer, the journey took us close to your house and I asked Mum and my stepdadif we could pay a visit so that I could see you. Outside your house, I couldn’t bring myself out of the car and knock on the door.I’ve tried so many different forms of communication －email, the phone and I alsosuggested Skype. Yet I still can’t get through to you.My mum, stepdad and I sat around the table trying to work out why I had felt unable to knockon your door that day. At last it came to me. I think, perhaps subconsciously, I was saving myselfthe grief of your response.Why can’t your parental obligations stretch to all three of your children, not just your tworecent ones? In our previous conversations, which ended suddenly, as your older son needed to beput to bed, I’d ask you how he was doing at school, and you’d talk about the weather. No one listening would be able to tell there was any difference between our relationship and one youmight have with a neighbour.Forget your excuses – that the flight to visit me is expensive and that you need to look afteryour other children (I hope you can see the irony(讽刺) in that). While you watch their schoolve liked you to be there at mine?plays, don’t you consider that I would haPerhaps the reason I didn’t knock on your door was that I just don’t care anymore. I’mexhausted trying to make this work. Maybe a part of me wasn’t actually bothered whether I sawyou or not that day —you’ve already los t so much meaning in my life; you are someone who justsends me a birthday card.This isn’t me being bitter, although I was initially. It’s just a way of telling you how I really feel.Phoebe66. How did Phoebe feel when she was sitting in the car outsid e her father’s house?A. ExcitedB. PuzzledC. DisappointedD. Embarrassed67. Based on this letter, we can learn that Phoebe’s father _____________.A. lives in the same city with his daughterB. got divorced and left Phoebe and her motherC. has never had any communication with PhoebeD. takes good care of all his childrenirony” refer to in Paragraph 5?68. What does the “A. He ended his conversation with Phoebe just to put his son to bed.B. He lives in a big house but has no money to buy an air ticket.C. He talked with Phoebe, his daughter, as if with a neighbour.D. Phoebe is also his child but he excuses himself from caring about her.69. Phoebe didn’t knock on her father’s door that day because _____________.expected responses to her visitA. she was afraid of his dad’s unB. she didn’t want to bother her father’s happy life with his current familyC. she was tired of being the one who make efforts for their relationshipD. she suddenly realized that her father had no meaning in her lifeKeys: 66-69 CBDCSix【2016届上海市闵行区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)(You may read the questions first.)We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.Using your NatWest Service CardAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.Using your NatWest Cash CardYou can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash fromover 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have inyour account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.Using your cards abroadYou can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you’re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see theCirrus or Maestro logo displayed.We take a commission charge(手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro topay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.Using your NatWest Credit CardWith your credit card you can do the following:-free credit.＊Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days’ interest＊Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.＊Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结cheques bought, interest算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler’sand other charges.)66. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ____________.A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wishB. you can draw your money from cash machines convenientlyC. you can spend as much money as you like without a limitD. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK67. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ___________.A. ￡4B. ￡4.5C. ￡5.25D. ￡5.368. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.。
2016浦东新区期中联考高三英语(附答案)
2016学年度第一学期浦东新区普高期中联考高三年级英语试卷第一卷（110分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a gymnasium B. In a sports clubC. In a shoe exhibitionD. In a department store2. A. He will keep them for the woman. B. He can carry them with one hand.C. He’ll help the woman move them.D. He has a few more of them for the woman.3. A. At 4:30 B. At 5:00 C: At 7:00 D. At 7:304. A. Mother and son B. Boss and SecretaryC. Doctor and patientD. Teacher and Student5. A. to get a doctor’s degree. B. To tell the doctor she’ll be late.C. To make an appointment.D. To ask someone to repair her car.6. A. He doesn’t intend to get the clothes. B. The clothes don’t look clean to him.C. The woman can pick out her own clothes.D. the woman should stop staring at his clothes.7. A. To find out more about the topic for the conference.B. To make a copy of the schedule for his mind.C. To get the conference schedule for the woman.D. To pick up the woman from the library.8. A. An outdoor activity. B. The view of a lake.C. The weather forecast.D. The benefits of swimming.9. A. The news about Sam is quite a surprise. B. Sam should have stopped playing earlier.C. Sam’s knee should be better by now.D. This isn’t a good time for Sam to quit.10. A. He doesn’t agree with the woman any more.B. People shouldn’t sit too much without exercise.C. Health problems make his colleagues sit too much.D. Attention should be paid to people’s health problems.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked three or four questions on each of the passages. The passages and the conversation 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 news.11. A. 1 person B. 11 people C. 12 people D. 22people12. A. China is the only foreign country that invests in Mozambique.B. The cause of the bus accident in California is already made clear.C. The death of Isabelle Dinoire was related to the face transplant 11years ago.D. Isabelle Dinoire was the first in the world who received partial face transplant.13. A. China’s strategy to spend more people to Mozambique.B. China’s plan to help Mozambique build an industrial zone.C. China’s efforts to increase the number of parks in Mozambique.D. China’s challenges in the development of Mozambique’s economy.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To show us the negative effective effects of depression.B. To help us understand the cause of depression.C. To tell us the importance of handling depression.D. To share with us the ways to conquer depression.15. A. Doing violent sports regularly. B. Telling what we think to someone we trust.C. Setting high standards for ourselves.D. Focusing on both our success and problems.16. A. It’s common and easy to get rid of. B. It’s terrible but difficult to understand.C. It’s harmful but possible to overcome.D. It’s normal and unnecessary to focus on. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. The advantages of reality TV shows. B. The disadvantages of reality TV shows.C. Their experiences in reality TV shows.D. Their different views on reality TV shows.18. A. Ordinary people. B. Famous people.C. Stupid people.D. Popular people.19. A. Most of the situations are not real. B. some of them are too touching.C. They are full of tension and drama.D. She will never get into such situations.20. A. They are amusing but sometimes harmful.B. They are a form of “gossip entertainment”.C. They can entertain and sometimes educate people.D. They can make people know more about nature.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.It’s time to go out for a run!As little as five minutes of running or jogging each day can help people reduce their risk of premature death by nearly one-third and extend their lives by about three years, according to a U.S. study.The researchers tracked the exercise habits of over 55,000 adults in the United States for six to twenty- two years. About 24 percent of the adults described themselves (21) ________ runners. Compared to those who didn’t run, those who did were 30 percent (22) ________ (likely) to die of any cause during the course of study. These figures (23) ________ (adjust) to take in account people’s smoking and drinking habits, how old they were (24) ________ they enroll in the study, their family’s health history and their other exercise habits.The researchers divided up roughly 13,000 runners into five groups (25) ________ (base) on how many minutes they ran per week. Those (26) ________ were in the lowest group ran up to 50 minutes over a seven-day period, and those in the highest group ran for more than 175 minutes over the course of a week. According to the study, the benefits of running were pretty much the same for all runners.“Running even at low doses or slower speeds was associated with significant benefits,” the researchers wrote in their report. (27) ________ (reduce) the risk of premature death, they calculated, all it took was 30 to 59 minutes of running per week.“This finding has clinical and public health importance,” the report continues. “Time is one of the strongest barriers to (28) ________ (participate) in physical activity. This study may motivate more people to start running. People who (29) ________ hardly devote 20 minutes to moderate physical activity each day may appreciate the efficiency of a five-minute run.” However, it is not clear (30) ________ the findings of this study would apply to the whole nation as a whole. Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.The common wisdom is that introverts (内向的) and extroverts (外向的人) do not work well together. This wisdom, as author Jennifer Kahnweiler makes clear in her new book, The Genius of Opposites, is __31__ correct in the sense that cooperation is often going to be difficult, filled with batters and miscommunications, and sometimes deliberate __32__.Somehow, however, the introvert-extrovert partnerships produced __33__ results. The key to such success, according to Kahnweiler, is the five-step process at the heart of her book.The first step, Kahnweiler argues, is to __34__ each other’s differences. If introverted and extroverted people want to partner, they have to realize they will never change the personality of the other person. Instead, each partner has to make a conscious effort to understand the other.The second step is that batters don’t have to be avoided. Instead, they can be the means through which each partner is challenged by the other; resulting in solutions that are better than those that might have been developed __35__.The third step is to cast the character. Because there are two very different personalities in the partnership, partners should take on the roles that best fit their __36__ personalities.Kahnweiler’s fourth step is to __37__ the dislike. Two people with opposite personalities must work on learning to respect and like each other as much as possible.The fifth and final step is that each can’t offer everything. Introvert-extrovert consulting partnerships are often powerful because neither partner could offer customers all they want-but the two partners working together are able to __38__ a much more various but complementary（互补的）product or service.For each step, Kahnweiler covers why that particular step is important. Also, Kahnweiler writes, a major conflict can actually be a turning __39__ in the relationship, paving the way to a productive cooperation. However, battles can also deal fatal blows to introvert-extrovert cooperation. If partners don’t bring out the obvious problems, the result can __40__ destroy the partnership.The Genius of Opposites is filled with stories of conflicts, most resolved through an effort atcommunication and a foundation of respect.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 Advantage of an AgendaAn agenda is a list of topics to be introduced and discussed during a meeting. Agendas generally include a reading of the last meeting's minutes or notes, relevant announcements, a review of the topics for discussion and a roll call. Although agendas take time to set up, in the long run they can ___41____ time and resources.Agendas provide an outline of discussion topics. The outline ___42____ the chairman or members of the meeting from forgetting important topics to introduce. When all topics are thoroughly discussed, valuable decisions can be made as a group during the meeting instead of ___43____ making plans outside the meeting.Agendas provide an opportunity to ___44____ members through announcements about critical events, goals and tasks. Agendas enable members who might not have access to everyone in the organization to announce important news and hear news of interest. Without an agenda, announcements may not be communicated to all the members, which can result in ___45____. Agendas also summarize___46____ meetings to help members review the progress made and ___47____ the focus for the current meeting.Agendas generally mention items to be discussed for the next meeting. This gives the members a chance to___48____ the discussion topics before the meeting. At many meetings, outspoken members are more than eager to participate while reserved individuals may be more ___49____. However, knowing what is going to be discussed enables members to research topics of interests, ___50____ how the topics apply to their realm and then make thoughtful, quality contributions at the meeting.An agenda prioritizes the most important activities, ___51____ productivity and focuses the members. The mere presence of an agenda creates a formal atmosphere and discourages membersfrom ___52____ time. The agenda prepares the chairman and encourages consistency（一致性）and organization. An agenda also sets the objectives and gives the members a goal. This organizes the thoughts of the members, direction of the meeting and the action after the meeting.A collection of past agendas is an ideal ___53____ for external and internal institutions, organizations and the public for viewing the progress of your organization. The documentation helps the public and organization members assess ___54____ decisions, remind them of previous events or important figures and set feasible goals. The roll call also helps administration determine the most dedicated members by counting __55____ and reviewing contributions to the meeting. This can help with decisions on which members to promote or assign the role of addressing the public.41. A. take B. limit C. save D. invest42. A. finds B. suggests C. sets D. prevents43. A. hurriedly B. favorably C. confidently D. nervously44. A. warn B. question C. assure D. inform45. A. coincidence B. confusion C. agreement D. criticism46. A. previous B. crucial C. annual D. regular47. A. shift B. narrow C. lose D. find48. A. choose B. keep C. prepare D. handle49. A. hesitant B. realistic C. active D. curious50. A. insist on B. believe in C. approve of D. think about51. A. restores B. influences C. reduces D. increases52. A. sparing B. wasting C. gaining D. devoting53. A. record B. situation C. alternative D. combination54. A. tough B. right C. past D. final55. A. numbers B. attendance C. losses D. moneySection 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）T he composing career (作曲生涯) of Albert Roussel got off to a wayward start, and received one of its biggest successes from a lie.Roussel was orphaned at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather. He built on the music he had learned from his mother, entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing operatic selections and popular songs on the piano.Three yea rs later Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother's sister took him in. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside added a second love to his life — the sea. He studied to be a naval cadet（军官学校学员）, but still made time to study music.In the French Navy, while he was stationed on a cruiser based at Cherbourg, he and two friends found the time to play the piano trios(三重奏) of Beethoven and other composers. Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first public performance as a composer with the performance of his Andante for string trio and organ.That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.Not long afterward, at the age of 2S, Roussel did just that. He applied the self-discipline, conciseness, and spirituality that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Edouard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel should devote his life to music, Roussel's naval friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the conductor.56. From “a wayward start” in paragraph1, we know Albert Roussel’s composing career________.A. was a great success at firstB. was inspired early in every wayC. was unpredictable in the beginningD. was a happy one because of a lie57. Who first brought music to Roussel’s life?A. His motherB. His grandfatherC. His piano teacherD. His fellow naval officer58. Why did Roussel join the Navy?A. He didn’t want to live with his mother’s sister.B. He loved the sea because of his hodidays.C. He wanted to practice music with his friends.D. He thought it could help him create music.59. The following factors except______ led to his success as a composer.A. his love for music.B. conductor’s inspiring advice.C. his navy friend’s lie.D. the good qualities acquired in the navy.60. The phrase “a grant” in the first line most probably means _____.A. bank interestB. a credit cardC. an education feeD. financial aid61. A 31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify as a doctor at a university. She has worked since she was25. How much extra money will she get a year?A.None.B. £155.C. £615.D. £515.62. A student from Japan who has been studying in England for a year and intends to go to collegein a few months will _____.A.be unable to get money from any LEAB.get money if taking a first degree courseC.get money from LEA when finishing his courseD.have to open a bank account before getting money(C)Publicity offers several benefits. There are not costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time television may cost $250,000 to $5,000,000 or more per minute, whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anything. Publicity reaches a mass audience within a short time and new products or company policies are widely known.Credibility about messages is high, because they are reported in independent media. A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper, because the reader associates independence with objectivity. Similarly, people are more likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads. For example, Women’s Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisements. Readers spend time reading the stories, but they skim through the ads. Furthermore, there may be 10 commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads in a magazine. Feature stories are much fewer in number and stand out clearly.Publicity also has some significant limitations. A firm has little control over messages, their timing, their placement, or their coverage by a given medium. It may issue detailed news releases and find only portions mentioned by the media, and media have the ability to be much more critical than a firm would like.For example, in 1982, Procter & Gamble faced a massive publicity problem over the meaning of its 123-year-old company logo. To fight this negative publicity, the firm had a spokesperson appear on Good Morning America to disprove the rumor (谣言). The false rumors were temporarily put to rest. However, in 1985, publicity became so troublemaking that Procter & Gamble decided to remove the logo from its products.A firm may want publicity during certain periods, such as when a new product is introduced or new store opened, but the media may not cover the introduction or opening until after the time it would aid the firm. Similarly, media determine the placement of a story; it may follow a report on crime or sports. Finally, the media decide whether to cover a story at all and the amount of coverage to be devoted to it.63. All of the following advantages of publicity are mentioned EXCEPT _____.A. time savingB. attentivenessC. credibilityD. profitability64. Compared with ad, news report or featuring stories are more _____.A. believableB. clearC. dependentD. subjective65. The example of “Procter & Gamble” is given to show _____.A. the efficient way of disproving rumorsB. the importance of a spokespersonC. the interaction between firms and mediaD. the negative effect of publicity66. What’s the author’s attitude towards publicity?A. doubtfulB. objectiveC. passiveD. supportiveSection BDirections: Read the following passage. 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.The Psychology of DiscountingWhen retailers（零售商）want to persuade customers to buy a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing, they are missing a trick.A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, looked at consumers’ attitudes to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. _____67______.Consumers often struggle to realize, for example, that a 50% increase in quantity is the same as a 33% discount in price. They overwhelmingly assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion（护手霜）when it was offered in a bonus pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.This numerical blind spot remains even when the deal clearly favors the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% off the price. _____68______.Studies have shown other ways in which retailers can exploit consumers’ mathematical illiteracy. _____69______. People are more likely to see a bargain in a product that has been reduced by 20%, and then by an additional 25%, than one which has been subject to an equivalent, one-off, 40% reduction._____70______. When advertising a new car’s efficiency, for example, it is more convincing to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel consumption.There may be lessons for regulators too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily foxed. Sending everyone back to school for maths refresher-courses seems out of the question. But more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great help.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.An Italian company has told staff to refrain from sending any internal emails for a week in an effort to reduce stress levels.Home textiles（纺织品）company Gabel, based in the northern Como region, commissioned an expert to interview its employees about what their main concerns were at work, the local La Provincia di Como website reports. Many said that managing the huge volume of internal emails was a burden during the working day. That made the company's management propose a solution, which - somewhat ironically - was sent to all staff in an email."Together we will begin the following experiment, which will take us back in time to whenpeople talked more," managing director Emilio Colombo wrote, declaring an "email free" week until 13 November. "We invite you not to use email for internal communications (between colleagues at the same location), in favour of a more direct and immediate contact."The company's president, Michele Moltrasio, tells the BBC it hasn't been easy to stop such an "ingrained" practice, even temporarily, but that employees have welcomed the challenge. "They are rediscovering the pleasure of meeting and talking rather than writing," he says. And that includes Mr Moltrasio, who is avoiding emails along with everyone else. "Even if from next week we all go back to using email, these days of experimentation are very worthwhile, to understand and rethink the methods and pace of working," he says.Several recent studies have found that a high volume of emails raises stress levels at work. In 2013, researchers said that a full inbox（收件箱）led to peaks in people's blood pressure and heart rate. And last year, a study at the University of British Columbia found that limiting email use during the day lowered people's stress levels "significantly".第Ⅱ卷（共40分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 你有可能劝服他不去美国吗？(persuade)2. 这个会议只是浪费了大家时间，根本什么决定也没做成。
上海市浦东新区2016英语中学考试一模英语卷(含问题详解)
浦东新区2015--16学年度第一学期初三质量调研英语试卷B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear7. A) A science fiction. B) A textbook. C) A comic strip. D) A story8. A) Rainy. B) Windy. C) Cloudy. D) Sunny9. A) Monday. B) Wednesday. C) Thursday. D) Sunday10. A) To make a decision. B) To become a professor.C) To start work. D) To talk with her father.11. A) By taxi. B) By bus. C) By underground. D) On foot12. A) 80 Yuan. B) 90 Y uan. C) 100 Yuan. D) 110 yuan13. A) In a library. B) In a hospital. C) In a cinema. D) In a restaurant14. A) She was given the wrong juice. B) She thought the bottle was funnyC) She thought the juice went bad. D) She couldn't open the bottle.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false15. Zuckerberg's(扎克伯格) father taught him how to write computer programs.16. "ZuckNet" is a kind of communicating software program.17. Zuckerberg agreed to work for Microsoft in his high school years.18. At beginning, Zuckerberg and his classmates built Facebook for fun.19. Zuckerberg gave a speech in Chinese in Tsinghua University in 2015.20. Zuckerberg promised to spend most of his money improving Facebook.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences2 l. A dangerous _____ ______ has been found in one of the washing rooms.22. You should follow the sign and make your way out by_____ ______23. Please give _____ ______ to anyone around you, especially disabled and elderly people.24. If you have children with you, _____ ______ you hold them firmly by the hand.25. Do remember to _____ ______ the cigarettes because they may cause accidents.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and VocabularyII. Choose the best answer (20’)26.Which of the following words matches the sound /seif/?A) save B) safe C) seven D) suffer27.Human beings still can’t reach Mars for ____ time being.A) a B) an C) the D) /28.People who have luck never depend ____ luck.A) in B) on C)with D)for29.Tu Yoyo was awarded the Nobel Prize in her ____.A) eighties B) eighty C) eightieth D) eightieths30.The children enjoyed _____ in the foreign culture festival last night.A) himself B) yourself C) ourselves D) themselves31.The Chinese team won the Women’s Volleyball World Cup _____ September, 2015.A) in B) at C) on D) by32.____hiking in the Gobi Desert is not easy, the girl still decided to have a try.A) If B) Although C) When D) As33.–Look! The students ______ their outdoor life lesson on the farm.A) take B) takes C) are taking D) took34.Snoopy is one of_____ hunting dogs in the world.A) more famous B) most famous C) the more famous D) the most famous35.With her teacher’s encouragement, the girl works even ____.A) hard B) harder C) hardly D) hardest36.The light from iPads at night may make you _____ before going to bed.A) excited B) exciting C) excitedly D) excitement37.The restaurant needs ____ thirty chairs for the coming guests.A) other B) the other C) others D) another38.The tourists have no idea _____ to meet the tour guide at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning.A) what B) when C) which D) where39.–Must I finish the work today?--_____. The manager is looking forward to it.A) Yes, you must B) Yes, you can C) No, you mustn’t D) No, you needn’t40.Americans _____ New York City “The Big Apple”since 1971.A) call B) called C) has called D) have called41.The exchange students will ____ for Sydney during their winter holiday.A) keep off B) set off C) get off D) turn off42.____ wonderful it is to produce Chinese first large passenger aircraft!A) What a B) What C) How D) How a43.One of the basic way of improving your memory is _____.A) use the link method B) to use the link methodC) used the link method D) uses the link method44.–You look so sad. William. What’s the matter with you? --______.A) I’ve lost my wallet. B) I’m very happy.C) I’ve won the first prize. D) I don’t agree with you.45.–In my opinion, buying second-hand books can save students a lot of money. --____.A) That’s all right. B)I’m sorry to hear that. C) I think so, too. D) It’s my pleasure.A rich man loved crocodiles so much. Once he bought a new house. There was a 46 swimming pool in the back. However, it was 47 with fierce crocodiles. One day the man had a party to show off the big house as well as his favourite pets.As the man expected , no one dared to stand next to the pool. “I think a real hero should have courage,”shouted the man, “If anyone is brave enough to swim 48 the crocodiles and make it to the other side, I will give that person 49 he wants. I will give him my job, my money, mu house, and my crocodiles!”A. seriousB. luckilyC. pushedD. crazyE. wordsthen left the pool area.51 .“Wow, unbelievable. He made it!”cried the rich man, “I keep my 52 . Tell me what you want and what I can do for you.”The friend finally got his breath back. Then he looked up and said: “You can tell me who 53 me into the pool!”IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.54.The detective dealt with many ______ with the help of his assistant. (case)55. A good ________ should always keep his eyes on road. (drive)56.It is ________ of you waste so much time in watching TV. (fool)57.Please measure the ______ of the rope with the ruler. (long)58.Peter’s father seemed ____ with his spelling mistakes. (happy)59.The book ______ tells us that travelling will make our life colorful. (main)60.Young people can learn to take care of others by ____ pets. (raise)61.Shall we _____ some information from Internet to finish our report? (collection)V. complete the following sentences as required.62.Bruce wrote some letters to his pen friend last month. (改为否定句)Bruce______ ______ any letters to his pen friend last month.63.I borrow some books from Shanghai Library twice a month. (划线提问)_____ _______do you borrow some books from Shanghai Library.64.The teacher didn’t tell us whether we should go on with the discussion or not. (改为简单句)The teacher didn’t tell us ______ _____ go on with the discussion or not.65.The captain will choose ten boys to work as volunteers. (改为被动语态)Ten boys will _____ ______ to work as volunteers.66.Sally could not understand the English film she saw last night. (改为反意疑问句)Sally could not understand the English film she saw last night. _____ _____?67.The cook was too busy to notice the overcooked soup. (保持句意)The cook was _____ busy ____ he didn’t notice the overcooked soup.68.The bills, very, added up, the waiter, accurately (连词成句)____________________________________________.Part 3 Reading and WritingVI. Reading comprehensionA. Choose the best answer.“Mona Lisa”attracts art lovers around the world. Do you know Leonardo da Vinci also painted an “Earlier Mona Lisa”before? It will be exhibited in Shanghai next year. Joel Feldman, the generalsecretary of the Mona Lisa Foundation, accepted an interview about the painting and the organization recently.Q: How was the “Earlier Mona Lisa”discovered?A: In 1913, Hugh Blaker, a manager of the Holburne Museum in England, found the “Earlier Mona Lisa”and brought it to his museum. A year later, the painting was sent to the US for safekeeping. It was housed in the Boston Museum of Fine Art until 1918. In 1975, Henry Pulitzer, a publisher, bought the painting and kept it in the Bank of Switzerland.Since the Mona Lisa Foundation was established in 2008, we have done lots of necessary research on the “Earlier Mona Lisa”and many high technologies were used. In the end, 28 out of the 29 experts believe this is certainly the painting created by Leonardo da Vinci.Q: Do you remember the feeling when you first saw the “Mona Lisa”painting and this “Earlier Mona Lisa”painting?A: I first saw the “Mona Lisa”in the Louvre as a young boy. Quite honestly I was disappointed as the painting looked quite small and dark. When I first saw the “Earlier Mona Lisa”, I was absolutely stunned. Believe me, there is really something amazing that occurs when you are in the presence of this painting.Q: Why did you choose Shanghai for this exhibition?A: First, Shanghai is one of world art centres. In addition, the mission of the foundation is to show the painting to the world. Therefore, we decided to begin its Asian tour and Shanghai obviously would be the first stop.Q: Could you tell more details about the security for the painting?A: I can’t tell you a lot. What I can say is that we paid huge amounts of money for the insurance and the painting will be exhibited in a high-tech case, and also no more than 2,000 people will be allowed to visit the painting a day. But visitors will be able to come quite close to the painting.69. ______ was the first owner of the “Earlier Mona Lisa”in the passage.A) The Mona Lisa Foundation B) The Holburne MuseumC) The Boston Museum of Fine Art D) The Bank of Switzerland70. What was the main purpose of the research?A) To learn the history of Leonardo da Vinci.B) To know the value of the “Earlier Mona Lisa”C)To find out who painted the “Earlier Mona Lisa”D)To test different high technologies.71 The underlined word “stunned”is the closest in meaning to “_____”.A) surprised B) frightened C) bored D) worried72 Which city will the “Earlier Mona Lisa”most probably travel to after Shanghai?A) Los Angeles B) London C) Paris D) Beijing73 The organization did many things to keep the painting safe, except _____.A) buying an expensive insurance for the paintingB) using a high-tech case to show the paintingC) limiting the number of visitors to the exhibitionD)keeping visitors a long distance away from the painting74 In which section of the newspaper can you most likely find this passage?A) Science section B) Sports section C) Arts section D) Business sectionB. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.Xiao Yuwei is a 15-year-old Beijinger. As the only child in the family, she often feels lonely. She hopes to have a sister or brother as company. Now it is the time for Xiao to realize her dream. Last month,China 75 its long-lasted one-child policy. Every couple can have two children. But what would it be like growing up with a sibling(兄弟姐妹)?A sibling can stop children from having bad feelings such as loneliness and fear, according to LauraPadilla-Walker, a professor of family research from Brigham Young University, US. “sibling can give kids something that parents can’t”. she says. You may not feel lonely because there is someone else to76 . You can also talk about various things and share secrets with each other.But there are downsides, too. You have to share things with your sibling, including the TV, toys, the bathroom and even 77 from parents. There could be lots of competition, quarrelling and hair-pulling.“Children with sibling need to learn to compromise(妥协)and control their feelings well, 78 it will have bad effects on the family relationship.”Says Laura Padilla-Walker.Even the birth order can make a difference. US psychologist Kevin Leman says that the birth order decides how parents treat their children. It will then lead to different 79 in children. Leman explains that parents are usually very nervous and strict with their first child. Firstborns are often responsible and eager to succeed. When the couple has a second child, they are more 80 . Thus late-born kids are usually funny and creative.75 A) made B) ended C) started D) took76 A) play with B) look for C) get tired of D) pick up77 A) problem B) attention C) proof D) excuse78 A) or B) and C) so D) but79 A) method B) commands C) personalities D) meaning80 A) confused B)upset C)hopeless D) relaxedC. Fill in the blanks with proper words.Gold is a rare metal with a lovely colour. It is not affected by a 81 or by water. Because gold is so soft, it can be made into different shapes such as very thin flat pieces and very fine thread.Over 5,000 years ago, gold had some special meanings for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that all gold b 82 to their kings, the Pharaohs. In fact, they put many precious gold objects in the palaces with their Pharaohs when they died, and we can see a lot of them in museums today. The Egyptians had a lot of skill in working with gold, they could make it into sheets so thin that a pile of 35,700 pieces would be only 2.5 cm high. Sheets like this are called gold leaf. Gold leaf is still used today to d 83 furniture and other things.The gold used to make jewellery is usually mixed with other metals of lower value. This not only makes the things c 84 , but also harder. People use the word "karats" to talk about how good the gold is. One karat means one twenty-fourth part of it is made of gold.Because it was not c 85 and therefore had a high value, gold was used as money all over the world in the past. Today, we use pieces of paper i 86 , but many countries still keep bars of gold in the banks. They can change this gold into money by selling it to other countries. About two thirds of all the gold in the world is kept in this way.Gold is found in many parts of the world, usually deep u 87 the ground. It can also be found in rivers. The sea too contains gold, but it would cost much more money to get the gold out of the sea than the gold is worth.D. Answer the questions.A boy has been injured in a traffic accident. His leg is badly damaged. In the Emergency Room of Shanghai No.6 People’s Hospital, the doctors work so hard to save the leg. The boy cries out in pain. There is blood on the bed and on the gloved hands of the doctors. The room is full of tension. In the end, the doctors manage to save the young boy’s leg. This is real life, real drama and …real TV !Since its first show last December, the Story in ER(急诊室故事)has become popular with audience andpointed to a new direction in reality TV. We have already got used to reality shows such as The Voice of China (中国好声音) and Dad, Where are we going(爸爸去哪儿). These shows only want to amuse people. Audience may think them interesting and funny while watching. But The story in ER takes us deeper into the lives of others.Reality TV had its beginning in Europe in 1990s. since then, hundreds of reality shows have appeared around the globe ---there are 176 on British television, alone! These shows are not real documentaries (纪录片), but focus on personal dramas and difficulties controlled by the producers to catch more people’s eyes. The story in ER, however, is really real --- real pain, real suffering, and real situations. No need for controlling here! Some audience may feel uncomfortable, but we can’t help watching, because it’s human nature to be attracted by the ups and downs of the lives of other beings. Also, we learn things by watching others. The story in ER gives us a chance to go behind the scenes and see how hospitals work and how hard the medical staff work. It allows us to imagine how we might react in similar stressful situations. It also lets us appreciate how lucky we are.88. Do the doctors save the boy’s leg successfully in The story In ER?89. How do audience like Dad, Where are we going according to the passage?90. Where did reality shows start?91. Who makes reality shows more attractive according to the writer?92. Why does The Story in ER need no controlling?93. Is The Story in ER a good choice for a TV station? Give your reason.VII. Writing (作文20分)94. Write at least 60 words on the topic “Tom’s Christmas”(以“汤姆的圣诞节”为题.写一篇不少于60词的短文.标点符号不占格)汤姆在圣诞节发生了什么事？由此他产生了怎样的感想？请根据图片进行描述。
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言博文化高中英语教案—高三2016寒假-6（A）A dentis t?s office may not be everyone?s idea of a perfect holiday destination. But a growing number of people aretraveling abroad for medical treatment, (25) ______ (create) a fast-growing market that is still largely undeveloped by traditional tour operators.The global medical tourism market is worth $40 billion to $60 billion and (26) ______ (grow) at about 20 percent peryear, according to Helmut Wachowiak, an expert on tourism management.Some countries such as Germany market themselves as a destination for medical tourism. According to the GermanNational Tourist Board, about 77,000 foreign patients (27) ______ (treat) in the country in 2010, spending 930 millioneuros.(28) ______ Hospital Operator Helios can do is to help organize visas, hotels and sight-seeing trips for patients comingto Germany for treatment, mostly from Russian-speaking countries and the Middle East. “Many patients specifically choosea city (29) _______ they can enjoy what the place has to offer alongside the treatment,” Helios manager Stefan Boecklesaid.Some people travel abroad for medical treatment because it?s much (30) ______(cheap). A 42-year-old physical therapist from Berlin, for example, chose to go to a dentist in Budapest, (31) ______ (draw) by hundreds of euros in savingscompared with the same treatment in Germany.The relatively new trend is not likely to stop growing anytime soon. “I think booking numbers (32) ______ risequickly in coming years,” said Claudia Staedele, a board member of German medical tourism company Dr. Holiday. “Thereis still incredible room to grow.”(B)Remember that doll you had as a kid—the one whose eyes open when it is upright and close when it?s laid down? Ormaybe you were the kid that went around popping limbs off Barbies and teddy bears.Either way, it turns out that these broken toys need not worry, (33)______ Sydney?s Original Doll Hospital exists. Andthis year, it celebrates 100 years of (34)______ (fix) up dolls, teddy bears, rocking horses, umbrellas and more.The doll hospital was founded by Harold Chapman Sr. (35)______ part of his general store, thanks to a shipping error.His brother was in the business of importing celluloid (合成树脂) dolls from Japan but the rubber bands (36)_____ heldthem together would often break and the dolls would be destroyed. It was Mr. Chapman Sr. (37)______ came up with a wayto repair them. And then from such a small beginning grew quite a successful business as demand for doll repairs increased.The business was taken over in (38)______ 1930s by Harold?s son, Harold Chapman Jr. (39)______ (expand) the business, Harold Chapman Jr. relocated the Doll Hospital and included repairs to other toys, leather goods, umbrellas, etc.Now the hospital has been passed onto the third generation of the Chapman family, with Harold Jr.?s son, Geoff, nowin charge. (40)_____ many modern children are more interested in the latest gadgets(小玩意) or computer games, the business is still going strong, with dolls sent from all over Australia and even across the sea from New Zealand for repair.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note thatthere is one word more than you need.A. riskyB. solutionC. adaptationD. geneticE. restrictedF. partiallyG. ruinedH. inconvenienceI. occurJ. qualifyK. completelySEATTLE—For the more than 10 million Americans with c olorblindness, there?s never been a treatment, let alone acure, for the condition that leaves them unable to distinguish certain colors.Now, for the first time, two University of Washington professors have teamed with a California biotech firm to developwhat they say may be a ___41___: a single shot in the eye that can reveal the world in full color.Jay and Maureen Neitz, who have studied the vision disorder for years, have found a new way to deliver genes that canreplace missing color-producing proteins in certain cells, called cones, in the eyes.The trouble will ___42___ when people are born without one or more of the three types of color-sensing proteins normally present in the cones of the retina（视网膜）. The most common type is red-green colorblindness, followed byblue-yellow colorblindness. A very small proportion of the population is ___43___ colorblind, seeing only shades of gray.Colorblindness is often a/an ___44___ disorder. It affects mostly men, who can inherit a mutation(变异) on the X chromosome（染色体）that weakens their perception of red and green. A much smaller part of cases are in women, whohave two X chromosomes, which gives them a better chance of avoiding effects of any genetic imperfection.Most people think of colorblindness as a/an ___45___ or disability, mainly causing problems with unmatched shirtsand socks. But the Neitzes say the condition can have profound impacts—limiting choices for education or careers, makingdriving dangerous, and forcing continual ___46___ to a world designed for color vision.“There are an awful lot of people who feel like their life is ___47___ because they don?t see color,” said Jay Neitz, 6 a professor, who confirmed in 1989 that dogs are colorblind, too.People may not ___48___ as commercial pilots, for instance, if they?re colorblind. Other careers that can be ___49___include those of chefs, decorators, electricians and house painters, all of which require detailed color vision.Undoubtedly, the Ne itzes? findings have brought great benefits to those who are born unable to distinguish between redand green. But that technique is ___50___, requiring surgery, so the Neitzes are looking for another way to do the job.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in eachblank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues, “No, business travel isn?t as fun and Finally, there could be ___51___ to back this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, fascinating as it seems.”and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they call “a ___52___ side of hypermobility(常飞行)”.The study, which combines existing research on the ___53___ of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet lag is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not ___54___ some of its more terrible potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there?s the danger of deep-vein thrombosis(深静脉血栓), ___55___ to germs and radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than peoplewho stay in place.The psychological and emotional damage of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience “travel disorientation” from ___56___ places and time zones so often. They also ___57___ mounting stress, given that “time s pent travelling will rarely be balanced through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties___58___ with work continuing to pile up while being away”. ___59___ the absence from family and friends, “hypermobility is frequently a/an ___60___ experience,” the authors write. The accumulated impact can beastonishing and great.Finally, there are the ___61___ effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children?s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more ___62___, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more ___63___ duties. There?s a gender inequality here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also suffer, as business travellers often “sacrifice local collective activities and instead ___64___ their immediate families when returning from trips”．Of course, these impacts are moderated by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a small part of the populationelite(精英)” tend to have higher incomes and ___65___ to better health care that is already doing rather well. The “mobilethan the population at large.So these may be problems of the 1% (or the 3%, or the 5%). But they?re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances' Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concernas well.51. A. travel B. proof C. damage D. consequence52. A. brighter B. wiser C. darker D. lazier53. A. effects B. benefits C. limits D. costs54. A. impose B. foresee C. declare D. memorize55. A. connection B. adaptation C. exposure D. familiarity56. A. changing B. leaving C. taking D. pursuing57. A. handle B. relieve C. suffer D. lay58. A. infected B. associated C. greeted D. packed59. A. Due to B. According to C. Regardless of D. In case of60. A. surprising B. relaxing C. fulfilling D. isolating61. A. cultural B. conscious C. social D. negative62. A. unequal B. invisible C. pleasant D. permanent63. A. personal B. related C. professional D. domestic64. A. prioritize B. mobilize C. seek D. support65. A. devotion B. objection C. response D. accessSection BDirections: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For eachof 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)In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination, oneyoung woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized, “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?”the young woman explained. “It?s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can “I can?t read my own handwriting,”understand the notes.”That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took picturesof notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper, they reasoned, but they wouldn?t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had notedinformation on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a method has a long history doesn?t mean it?s out of date. Writing things down engages a student?s brain in listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and to process and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?66. The woman apologized in the class because she_________.A. had the bad handwritingB. missed the teachers? directionsC. took a picture of the boardD. disturbed other students? learning67. According to the passage, which of the following may NOT explain students? reluctance to take notes?A. They lack proper techniques for taking notes.B. They want to listen more attentively in class.C. They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes.D. They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board.68. According to the passage, taking notes by hand__________.A. requires students to think independentlyB. helps students actively participate in learningC. proves to be an old and useless learning methodD. seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas69. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced.B. A modern way of note-taking is catching on.C. Note-taking by hand is not out of date.D. A picture is worth a thousand words.(B)Travelling BrochureTravelling Information in Melbourne, AustraliaTour Name: Phillip Island, Penguins, Koalas and KangaroosPrice: Starting from AUD $115 per personTour HighlightsVisit Warrook, a working cattle farm. Enjoy the opportunity to pat and feed kangaroos, wallabies and host of farmanimals.Watch koalas in their natural habitat at the Koala Conservation Centre.View impressive coastal scenery at Nobbies. From the walkway, see Australia?s largest population of fur sealsliving along the southern coastline.Visit the educational and interesting Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre.Viewing Platform Penguin Plus —More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stand.Additional infoThis tour must be booked at least 24 hours in advance of your travel date.Confirmation for this product will be received within 24 hours, subject to availability.Please remember to bring warm, waterproof clothing on this tour. You may also wish to bring a towel or a rug tosit on at the Penguin Parade viewing platform.Pricing PolicyChildren aged between 3 and 14 years inclusive qualify for child rate.Kids aged 2 years and under travel free of charge, providing they don?t occupy a coach seat.Phillip Island, Penguins, Koalas and Kangaroos Per personSeason Aug 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2013Tour Code Days of Week Adult ChildTour only Mon…Sun$115.00 $58.00Mon…Sun$140.00 $83.00Tour includingViewing PlatformPenguin PlusTravel Voucher (凭据)Please download Travel Voucher from this website. For every confirmed booking you will be required to print avoucher which is presented at the destination. You will receive a link to your voucher by email once your booking is confirmed.70. The visitors will go to all the following places EXCEPT ______.A. Warrook Cattle farm.B. Australian Eastern coastline.C. Koala Conservation Centre.D.Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre.71. Which of the following groups needs to pay $58 per person?A. Adult tourists.B. 2-year-old kids.C. Kids between 3 and 14.D. Babies in arms.72. Tourists are reminded to bring a towel or a rug because _____.A. they will lie on the coastB. they may want to sit on the platformC. it makes them warmD. they will swim during the tour(C)The family does not feature heavily in the culture of the Ik of Northern Uganda. In fact, as far as the Ik are concerned,the family means very little. This is because the Ik face a daily struggle to survive in the face of drought, famine and starvation. Anyone who cannot take care of himself or herself is regarded as a useless burden by the Ik and a threat to the survival of the others. So the old are abandoned to die. Sick and disabled children too are abandoned. The Ik attitude is that, as long as you keep the breeding group alive, you can always get more children.Ik mothers throw their children out of the village compound when they are 3 years old, to defend for themselves. I imagine children must be rather relieved to be thrown out, for in the process of being cared for, he or she is reluctantlycarried about in a hide sling(背婴儿带) wherever the mother goes. Whenever the mother is in her field, she loosens the sling and lets the baby to the ground none too slowly, and laughs if it is hurt. Then she goes about her business, leaving the child there, almost hoping that some fierce animals will come along and carry it off. This sometimes happens. Such behaviour does not endear children to their parents or parents to their children.Many of you probably reacted to the Ik with some horror and shock. It is very tempting to conclude that these peopleare primitive, savage and inhuman, and that their concept of the ,family? is deeply wrong. However, sociologists argue that it is wrong to simply judge such societies and their family arrangements as unnatural and untypical. We need to understand that such arrangements may have positive functions. In the case of the Ik, with the exceptional circumstances they find themselves in—drought and famine—their family arrangements help ensure the survival of the tribe.Moreover, some of you may have concluded that British family life and the Ik have some things in common. Britishfamily is not universally experienced as positive for all family members. For some members of our own society—for young and old alike—family life may be characterized by violence, abuse and isolation.The problem with studying the family is that we all think we are experts. This is not surprising, considering that mostof us are born in families and socialized into family roles and responsibilities. It is an institution most of us feel very comfortable with and regard as ,natural?. For many of us, it is a cornerstone of our social world, a place to which we can retreat and take refuge from the stresses of the outside world. It is the place in which we are loved for who we are, ratherthan what we are. Family living and family events are probably the most important aspects of our lives. It is no wonder thatwe tend to hold very fierce, emotional, and perhaps irrational, views about family life and how it ought to be organized.Such ,taken for granted? views make it very difficult for us to objectively examine family arrangements that differ from ourown experience—such as those of the Ik—without making critical judgements.73. Which of the following ideas do the Ik hold according to the passage?A. The family is the centre of their life.B. The old are the luxuries they should treasure.C. Their children should be abandoned when born.D. The survival of the tribe is what they should strive for.74. Which of the following will the author probably agree with in the case of Ik?A. The children are a great burden to their family.B. Mothers prefer to carry their children here and there.C. The children enjoy warm relationship with their parents.D. Many children should be left at the mercy of fierce animals in the field.75. According to the author, both British family life and that of the Ik ______.A. contain negative elementsB. ensure longevityC. experience ups and downsD. endear family members76. All of the following statements support “family is the cornerstone” EXCEPT that ______.A. we turn to family as our harbour in heartB. we find we love and are loved in the familyC. we believe family is the top priority in our lifeD. we pour our bad mood upon our family members77. The author writes this passage to tell us ______.A. family life has various positive functionsB. the idea of family is universally acceptedC. the family is evolving with the time at a high speedD. we should examine the concept of family objectivelySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The carmaker is in the pioneer of a materials revolution, which is powered by a growing understanding of the properties of substances at the smallest scale. In roughly five years from now, scientists will have set out what some call the “materials genome”—a database with the properties of all known and predicted compounds. Instead of searching for materials that have the right qualities for a job—a quest(探索) that has usually depended mostly on trial and error—researchers will first define what they want, and their computers will then develop a list of materials that seem to fitthe bill.The new science will improve today?s materials, too, leading to stronger steels, new kinds of alloy and hybrid materials(合金和混合材料) that may be part metal, part plastic. On the far horizon are bigger breakthroughs still: batteries that would double the range of electric cars or store solar and wind power, transforming the economics of renewable energy.As well as revolutionising products, these new materials could also revolutionise how they are made. There will always be room for the mass production of some low-value, commodity items. But as a rule, when materials are different, manufacturing processes will be different, too. BMW?s carbon fibre is made to its own specifications in a series of new joint ventures across the world. However, some of the products could be domestically made in their new factories. Airbus, Boeing, GE and a growing number of other firms are already 3D-printing some parts where they need them. Nike?s Flyknit trainers are made with knitting machines that use a special micro-engineered thread. As a result, the firm no longer needs to send the job like sewing to factories overseas.The world has got used to the idea that the most important innovation is virtual. The technology representatives of Silicon Valley—such as Google and Facebook—have built their businesses on intangibles(无形的), such as software, data and new business models. By contrast, the world of new materials marries the virtual and the physical. It, too, depends on code, because researchers need powerful computer-design systems to model materials and make them into new designs. But eventually the aim is to turn virtual ideas into matter. Some advances are overlooked. These ones are material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN NINE WORDS.)78. What is the driving force of the materials revolution according to the first paragraph?79. New materials will revolutionise not only products but also ____________________.80. Instead of contracting overseas, Nike is able to ____________________ with its special knitting machines and materialsavailable.81. In contrast to Internet companies which build business on intangibles, new materials companies aim at_____________________________.第II 卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 你养成每天听英语新闻的习惯了吗？(develop)2. 我认为在做出最终决定前，我们有必要和父母讨论一下这个问题。