2011上海市浦东新区高三二模英语卷

浦东新区2010学年第二学期质量抽测高三英语试卷 2011.4.14考试时间120分钟满分150 分考生注意：1．本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

2．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写学校、姓名、准考证号，并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准考证号。

3．第Ⅰ卷（1—16小题，25—80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。

考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用2B铅笔涂黑。

注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。

答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。

第Ⅰ卷中的第17—24小题，第81—84小题和第Ⅱ卷的试题，其答案用钢笔或水笔写在答题纸上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上一律不给分。

第I卷(105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. Travel agency and customer. B. Manager and office worker.C. Teacher and student.D. Doctor and patient.2. A. To school. B. To her room.C. To the grocery store.D. To her fri end‟s house.3. A. He is shy. B. He is imaginative. C. He is talkative. D. He is quiet.4. A. A movie. B. A lecture. C. A play. D. A speech.5. A. The new apartment is cheaper. B. She likes to listen to the radio.C. She prefers a larger apartment.D. She needs a quieter place.6. A.＄160. B.＄150. C.＄120. D.＄50.7. A. She is not interested in the article.B. She has given the man much trouble.C. She would like to have a copy of the article.D. She doesn‟t bother to read the article.8. A. Both the man and the woman went to the meeting.B. The man didn‟t go, but the woman did.C. The man did go, but the woman didn‟t.D. Neither the man nor the woman went to the meeting.9. A. She‟s learned a lot from the literature class.B. She‟s written some books about world litera ture.C. She‟s met some of the world‟s best writers.D. She‟s just back from a trip round the world.10. A. Tony went skiing yesterday. B. Tony hadn‟t a lot of work to do yesterday.C. Tony didn‟t like watching sports.D. Tony liked watching sports better.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. Anyone who needs to find a job.B. Those who have money but wonder how to invest.C. People who want to achieve higher life goals.D. People who lead an unhealthy life.12. A. By e-mail. B. By phone.C. By talking face to face.D. By writing letters.13. A. The difference between a basketball coach and a life coach.B. Why Hollywood stars are in great need of life coaches.C. How people can achieve higher career goals.D. What a life coach usually does to help people succeed.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Africa. B. Asia. C. Europe. D. South America.15. A. It‟s a trade that is driven by customer appetites.B. The latest trick seems to be booting business.C. You can hardly resist the temptation when seeing the pictures of food.D. With the new technology, sales on the table have risen by about 11％.16. A. Young people. B. Foreigners. C. Local people. D. Old people.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.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. Over several thousand years of development, Chinese medicine has attracted great attention_______ its unique and marvelous effects.A. toB. inC. onD. for26. To know more about the British Museum, one can use the Internet or go to the library, or _______.A. neitherB. someC. allD. both27.___ Will you attend the ceremony tomorrow?___ What ceremony? I ______ informed of anything about it.A. wasn‟tB. haven‟t beenC. hadn‟t beenD. won‟t be28. No conclusion _______ about whether to tear down the old buildings for a theme park untilseveral discussions have been made.A. will be reachedB. is reachedC. is being reachedD. had been reached29. Talking on the phone for over 30 minutes ______ be as harmful as listening to music at highvolume through headphones for over an hour.A. mustB. shallC. canD. should30. The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but ______ everymouthful sweeter.A. makingB. makeC. madeD. to make31. _______ in extra-curricular activities gives students many priceless lifelong skills that will bevaluable to them forever.A. Being involvedB. InvolvingC. To involveD. Involve32. Some 350,000 people have reportedly been left homeless and are staying in shelters, anxiously______ news of friends and relatives.A. awaitB. awaitingC. awaitedD. having awaited33. _______ with necessary knowledge and skills, the young man went to the job market withmuch confidence.A. To be equippedB. EquippingC. EquippedD. Being equipped34. Don‟t set yourself up for failure. Your chances of achieving your goals are much better_______ they‟re realistic.A. sinceB. unlessC. ifD. as35. __________ not all school subjects can be applied directly to your job in the future, they mayhave indirect value.A. AlthoughB. AsC. WhenD. As though36. As we all know, the start of a new year is the perfect time to think about _______ you want toaccomplish.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. how37. ——It‟s reported that a new underground line has been completed．——Yes, but it hasn‟t been made clear _________ it‟s to be open to traffic.A. thatB. whenC. whatD. who38. People hold the view that life is 10% what happens to us and 90% ________ we respond to it.A. whyB. howC. whenD. what39. The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Only when we are no longer afraid______ to live.A. we are beginningB. begin weC. do we beginD. we begin40. Raising children is said to be a job parents receive the least formal training.A. in whichB. for whichC. whereD. thatSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlypopular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different 41 . Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the 42 of the hall.People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales —It is the 43 of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel 44 with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel 45 or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work, and how design has 46 the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their 47 .In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to 48 the public‟s growing interest in the field with new ideas. London‟s Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem farless 49 than those to art museums.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.If you want your child to have perfect pitch(音高) like musical masters Mozart and Chopin, then start them early on Mandarin(普通话) or Vietnamese lessons. The possibility of developing perfect pitch seems to be strongly 50 to the language people speak, confirming that children can 51 the ability when they are very young.Estimates suggest that perfect pitch is very 52 in the US and Europe, with only about 1 in 10,000 people being 53 to hear a single tone and identify it as middle C, 54 . But it is slightly more common in people who start musical training under five.Also, a 2008 study by psychologist Diana Deutsch of the University of California, San Diego, showed that perfect pitch is 55 in Chinese music students who speak Mandarin. Mandarin, like Cantonese and Vietnamese, is a tonal language(声调语言) in which the pitch of a spoken word is essential to its meaning. “In my experience, musicians in China don‟t regard perfect pitch as anything 56 because it‟s very common,” says Deutsch.To find out if Chinese people have a genetic 57 , Deutsch‟s team tested 203 music students for perfect pitch —they had to identify all 36 notes(音调) from three octaves(八度音阶) played in 58 order. Those tested included 27 ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese students who had 59 levels of fluency in the tonal language learned from their parents.It 60 that the Asian students scored no better than white students 61 they weren‟t fluent in their parents‟ language. But very fluen t students scored highly, 62 about 90 per cent of the notes correct on average. “They did incredibly well. It was overwhelming,” says Deutsch.This suggests that learning a tonal language plays a far greater role in perfect pitch than 63 . “It reall y looks as though infants should 64 perfect pitch if they are given the opportunity to attach verbal labels to musical notes at the age when they learn speech,” concludes Deutsch.50. A. exposed B. linked C. devoted D. accustomed51. A. use up B. take up C. pick up D. bring up52. A. normal B. different C. obvious D. rare53. A. ready B. anxious C. able D. curious54. A. for example B. by the way C. as well D. in addition55. A. important B. common C. impossible D. practical56. A. remarkable B. mysterious C. intelligent D. productive57. A. relation B. importance C. interest D. advantage58. A. reverse B. random C. logical D. correct59. A. different B. similar C. high D. average60. A. figured out B. turned out C. made out D. found out61. A. because B. unless C. if D. though62. A. learning B. comparing C. teaching D. processing63. A. ages B. nationalities C. genes D. races64. A. prefer B. manage C. overcome D. acquireSection 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）Heading off to college this year? Here are some fashion tips from our experts you should keep in mind:Dress to impress: Stylist and business consultant Daniela Smith says, “Girls should keep in mind that your college professors will often be the bridge that connects you to your future career and your classmates will become your professional network．You don‟t need to dress like you‟re going to the office, but you should display an ability to properly present yourself with appropriate maturity and confidence, and look put together.”Logo mania（标志狂热）: Wearing the logos of brands aimed at younger customers physically identifies you as part of that age group, so consider the targeted age group of the stores you shop at．It‟s tempting to load up on logos, especially well-known logos that signify high-end brands．But consider this: college is a time of self-discovery, a chance to develop your own personal style．Instead of wearing logos head to toe, “walking advertisement”style, why not express who you really are?Wear real pants! The combination of leggings(紧身裤) and baggy shirts is all too common on college campuses. Smith points out that leggings, yoga pants, and sweatpants are entirely unacceptable in public unless you‟re exercising. Although leggings worn as pants are a common trend among high school and college girls, they are not an appropriate choice for daywear. As a young woman, your style choice should begin to reflect your maturity level．So, get rid of leggings and wear real pants!Keep the cute factor to a minimum: Stay away from sweaters and T-shirts with smiling animals, cartoon characters, or Hello Kitty on them．Sure, kittens might be cute, but they‟re not doing you any favors in the style department. Dressing too cutesy(故意讨人喜爱的) can take years off your look, and not necessarily in a good way!65. The second paragraph indicates the importance of __________.A. impressing professorsB. getting on well with classmatesC. creating a professional imageD. dressing appropriately66. The author recommends wearing real pants because __________.A. leggings and baggy shirts are too commonB. yoga pants and sweatpants are not as comfortableC. real pants can present you with appropriate maturityD. people like real pants better than the other pants67. What‟s the writer‟s attitude towards sweaters with animals on them?A. They make people look lovely.B. They are very fashionable these days.C. They will show you‟re an animal lover.D. They are not suitable for college-aged students.68. In which magazine are you most likely to find this passage?A. Business Week.B. Parenting.C. In style.D. Travel & Leisure.（B）One of the unsung benefits of our wired world is that for years, the mostfamous universities have been posting complete courses on the Web, tuition free.We have access to lectures, syllabuses(课程提纲), exams, charts, diagrams,whole textbooks even —all in the name of the Open Course Ware movementthat took off in the United States when the Massachusetts Institute of Technologybegan uploading classroom materials without charge in 2002. Now youpractically need a full-time course adviser to help you with the choices. That‟swhere we come in. Our writer, David Hochman, spent thirty days learning all hecould through on-line lectures. Here are a few of his favorite teachers and his picks from the courses they teach.Marian C. Diamond,UC Berkeley, General Human Anatomy: The Human Brain and Muscular System. Says Hochman, “I stayed up past midnight absorbed in Diamond‟s simple yet amazing descriptions of what body parts do. …This mass weighs only three pounds,‟ she says, holding a human brai n, …yet it can imagine a universe a billion light-years across. Now isn‟t that extraordinary?‟ My brain certainly thought so.”Paul Bloom, Yale University, Introduction to Psychology: Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part I. What do your dreams mean? Can apes learn sign language? Why can‟t we tickle ourselves? According to Open Yale Courses, this course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive description of the scientific study of thought and behavior.Michael Sandel,Harvard University, The Morality of Murder: (Part 1) The Moral Side of Murder, (Part 2) The Case For Cannibalism. A thousand students regularly pack themselves into a lecture Hall at Harvard to hear Sandel‟s course on justice, one of the most popular in the school‟s history. In this lecture, Sandel looks at difficult moral dilemmas(窘境)involving choices we might one day make about life and death.Richard Feynman, Cornell University, Law of Gravitation. Says Hochman, “Maybe it‟s his cheerful New York accent, but the physicist makes the great principles of motion, energy, and, indeed, quantum mechanics(量子力学）seem down-to-earth. …Even the artists appreciate the sunsets and the ocean waves and the march of the stars across the heavens,‟ he says before exp laining the law of gravitation.”69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage.A. David Hochman is in bad need of a full-time course adviser.B. Paul Bloom‟s courses provide a comprehensive description of the scientific study ofthought and behaviior.C. Michael Sandel‟s New York accent is what appeals to Hochman.D. Marian C. Diamond often stayed up past midnight absorbed in the simple yet amazingdescriptions of what body parts do.70. If you are interested in people‟s innermost(内心的)struggle when they behave seriouslyagainst law, you will probably choose __________.A. Michael SandelB. Richard FeynmanC. Paul BloomD. Marian C. Diamond71. The purpose of the writing is to __________.A. help readers to make choices of on-line free coursesB. honor some well-received online teachers and their coursesC. introduce some famous university teachers and their coursesD. inform readers of the Open Course Ware movement（C）It takes two to duet (二重唱), and one question for scientists is howthese coordinated (协调的) performances arise — in birds. Are they theresult of cooperation, a way in which one pair signals to others thatthey‟ve got it together? Or are they the result of conflict, evolving toavoid one partner‟s song interfering with the other‟s?A study of duetting in Peruvian warbling antbirds(蚁鸟)suggeststhat it might be a little of both, and that context is everything. Joseph A. Tobias and Nathalie Seddon of the University of Oxford show in Current Biology that sexual conflict can cause the female of a pair that normally cooperates to “jam” the male‟s song by singing over it.The researchers exposed antbird pairs to recorded songs of other antbirds and monitored the songs the pairs produced. In one experiment, they played the songs of an intruding pair. In this case, the resident pair “both are likely to lose their territory, so both should cooperate,” Dr. Tobias said. And they do. They produce a coordinated duet that in effect tells the intruders to keep away.But when the researchers played the song of a single female, the pair behaved differently. “You‟d expect the resident female to be highly motivated to defend her position in the partnership,” Dr. Tobias said. And that‟s what occurs. The male sings its heart out, flirting(调情) with the single female, and the female of the pair does its best to interfere with the song by singing over it, apparently to make her mate less attractive to the other female.“It‟s clear that the male doesn‟t like what she‟s doing,” Dr. Tobias said. The behavior “breaks up what is otherwise a very cooperative situation into a more complicated signal,” he added.It‟s the first evidence of this kind of signal jamming among pairs, Dr. Tobias said.And in that it leads the male to alter its song to avoid t he female‟s interfering notes, it shows that this kind of conflict could, over a long period, drive the evolution of coordinated song.72. What is the key factor of antbirds‟ duet?A. Their cooperation.B. Their conflict.C. The context.D. Their instinct.73. How did the researchers conduct the experiment?A. They put the antbird pairs back to nature and observe them.B. They played different recorded songs of other antbirds.C. They put an antbird to the other‟s territory and observed.D. They played the songs of an intruding pair.74. Why did the female bird sing according to Paragraph 4?A. It wanted to show its singing talent to the partner.B. It aimed at keeping the partnership with the male.C. It wanted to frighten the other females.D. It wanted to make her mate more attractive.75. Which of the following is the topic of this passage?A. The special phenomenon about birds pairs.B. The conflict of bird pairs.C. The cooperation of bird pairs.D. The piece of music for bird pairs.Section CDirections: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable heading from A —F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.76. Current research into the human gene system is helping us understand why people have predispositions （易患某病倾向）to certain diseases. Knowing our genetic makeup can help us to judge whether or not we may be stricken by particular illness, such as cancer. Even before birth, we are able to do genetic screenings to determine what a child ‟s genetic disorder will be. Scientists have already isolated and identified the genes responsible for the more than 4,000 genetic diseases 77. The implications of this knowledge are astonishing. In addition to predicting genetic predisposition towards diseases, gene therapies may provide new treatments or cures for serious diseases. Millions of people already use genetically engineered drugs to treat heart disease, cancer, AIDS, and strokes （中风）. But with the research that is now being conducted, we may find cures to many more diseases. In the near future, genetic experimentation will also allow parents to select the traits of their children. Genetic traits that determine height, weight, eye and hair color will be 78. Many people, however, are unwilling to accept the possibilities genetic research allows. For example, one reason some women do not use the largest genetic testing for breast cancer is because they are afraid they will be discriminated against. Another problem is that many people do not want to discover their weakness. What if they learn that they have a disease for which there are no medical cures? How will such knowledge affect their lives? Do people really want to know 79. Many people believe that history has not always shown human decision-making to be bright when it comes to ethical （道德的）choices. Jeremy Rifkin is probably the most well known opponent of genetic engineering. He believes that humans are not responsible enough to experiment with genes and should not “play God ” He asks, “Just because it can be done, does thatmean it should be done?” He points out that our society will eventually look and act the same if80.One of the fears expressed about genetic experimentation involves privacy. Already blood sample taken from patients in hospitals have been used for genetic research without the patients‟permission. Most people would agree that one‟s health and genetic makeup are private concerns. But if insurance companies gain access to this information, it could have a large impact on insurance coverage or costs; if employers gain access to the information, it could have a large impact on hiring or promotion decisions. The possibilities for discrimination are obvious.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than 12 words.When Avril Lavigne announced she was splitting from her husband, comments from her friends suggested that she was only 21 when she got married and later she said that she realized she‟d been too young to make such a life-altering decision. Could fellow young star divorcées (离婚者) Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson, and Britney Spears have also hit the same age-related issue?The Magic NumberThere are practical reasons for the mid-20s dividing line, and most of them boil down to the following factors.It turns out that the more years of higher education a woman has obtained by her wedding day, the lower the chances that s he‟ll get divorced … and by 25, you‟re more likely to have earned a degree or two. Educated women tend to be more confident about who they are and less willing to settle for a man who doesn‟t meet their standards.Chances are that by 25 you‟re also supporting yourself, so there‟s less incentive（刺激; 鼓励）for you to rush into marriage because you‟re seeking financial security from him. But the marriage-related benefits of working and having money of your own go beyond feeling secure. Learning to budget your ca sh carefully when you‟re single will help you avoid financial problems — one of the main causes of couple fights — for the rest of your life.Knowing the Real YouAt 25, you‟ve had time for some essential life experiences, including a relationship or two that may have improved your Mr. Right radar. You‟ve probably dated enough to have a better idea of what you don‟t want in a man, which makes it easier to know what you can live with and can‟t live without.Perhaps the most important aspect of waiting is t hat you‟ll know what your goals and values really are. While you don‟t want to marry someone just like you, marriage is a lot easier if you two share a similar outlook on life.Twenty-four and already married to the man of your dreams? Don‟t worry: Many y oung marriages survive. But given the choice, you might consider putting off the big day until your mid-20s or later.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.) 81. According to the author, one of the main causes of couple fights is __________.82. How do you know what you don‟t want in a man?83. What are the two main factors that lead to the mid-20s dividing line?84. The main suggestion the author gives in this passage is __________.第二卷（45分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 很难说服汤姆放弃自己的想法。