上海市普陀区2014届高三英语一模试卷(含答案及听力文字)
2013学年第一学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷（考试时间120分钟满分150分）第I卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the questions you have heard.1. A. 2:02. B. 2:20. C. 2:50. D. 2:32.2. A. The woman. B. The man.C. The woman’s mother.D. The baker.3. A. He gets nervous very easily. B. He is an inexperienced speaker.C. He is an awful speaker.D. He hasn’t prepared his speech well.4. A. She didn’t like the books the man bought.B. There wasn’t a large selection at the bookstore.C. The man bought a lot of books instead of a few.D. She wanted to see what the man bought.5. A. The woman isn’t a skillful typist.B. The woman should work as hard as Mary.C. The woman should do the typing for Mary.D. The woman would understand if she did Mary’s job.6. A. Drive on through the night. B. Check out of the motel.C. Have their vehicle examined.D. Stop driving for the rest of the day.7. A. Judy came to the party. B. Judy planned the party.C. Judy hasn't appeared yet.D. Judy doesn't have any imagination.8. A. To tell him they are busy. B. To cancel an appointment.C. To invite him to go to a film.D. To ask him a question about a movie.9. A. He needs the insurance no matter how much it costs.B. There are other types of insurance he should buy.C. The man doesn't have enough money to buy insurance.D. The cost of insurance is becoming more reasonable.10. A. He is shameless. B. He is dead.C. He is sensitive to the shame.D. He has no sense of time.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. A union leader. B. A hotel manager.C. A tourist guide.D. A restaurant manager.12. A. They are booked into a luxurious hotel.B. The weather is changeable.C. They are far away from any towns and cities.D. Local food is both cheaper and delicious.13. A. Skiing. B. Hiking. C. Swimming. D. Sunbathing.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because they want to have dinner with their friends.B. Because they want to watch football matches.C. Because they want to enjoy themselves.D. Because they want to find a new job.15. A. Job-hopping has become a custom in the U.S.A.B. Job-hopping has helped businessmen to get better pay.C. Job-hopping has helped students to enter business.D. Job-hopping has helped workers in traveling.16. A. Job-hopping may cause trouble in the country.B. Job-hopping may cause some people to lose their jobs.C. Job-hopping is widely accepted in the United States.D. Job-hopping does no good to firms or companies.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)Last August Susan and forty-two other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage (25)_____ the river running across their city. (26)_____ cleaned up the river as part of a weeklong environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this river is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming or fishing. Still, Susan, (27)_____ has just completed her third summer camp on the river cleanup, sees a change in this river. “Since we started three years ago, the river is getting a lot (28)_____(clean),”she says. Environmental scientists praise the teenagers for removing garbage (29)_____ can harm wild life. Water birds, for example, can die of plastic bottle rings and get cut by tiny metals. Three years ago, when the cleanup started, garbage was everywhere. But this year the teenagers can row their boats fast. By the end of the six-hour cleanup, they (30)_____(remove) enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks. “(31)_____(see) all that garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,” Susan says. She hopes that when others read that, she and her peers care enough (32)_____(clean) it up, maybe they would think twice before they throw garbage into the river.(B)Dave Fuss lost his job (33)_____(drive) a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift---$7,000，a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in (34)_____ accident. “It really made a difference (35)_____ we were going under financially.” says Dave.But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families (36)_____(touch) by the Ha tches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in others, it was more than $100,000.It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $ 3million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on (37)_____ was left of the family farm.(38)_____ _____ the financial crisis, Ish and Arlene developed the habit of saving. They were fond of comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, (39)_____(check) prices before making a new purchase.Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents (40)_____ not afford it. “Is h and Arlene never asked whether you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weeld en, “They could see the things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”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.Modern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, __41__ cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at __42__ speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts of saving __43__ seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the __44__ feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may send harmful radiation into our brains, a __45__ we do not like to think about.However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. Weare so accustomed to __46__ activities that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the __47__ of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might __48__ a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they __49__ with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern __50__ has freed people from that primitive (原古的) existence.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.It’s believed that intelligent people are better at learning languages. Most language learning skills, __51__, are habits, which can be formed through a bit of discipline and self-awareness. But, some of them are not good enough. Here are the three most common __52__ language learners make and how to correct them.Not listening enoughThere’s a school of language-teaching experts that believe language learning __53__ a “silent period”. Just as babies learn to produce language by hearing and parroting sounds, l anguage learners need to practise listening in order to learn. This can develop learned vocabulary and structures, and help learners see patterns in language.Listening is the communicative skill we use most in daily life, but it can be __54__ to practise unless you live in a foreign country or attend language classes. The solution? Find music, podcasts, TV shows and movies in the __55__ language, and listen, listen, listen, as often as possible.A single methodSome learners are most comfortable with the listen-and-repeat drills of a language lab. Some need a grammar textbook to __56__ a foreign tongue. Each of these approaches is fine, but it’s a mistake to rely on only one. Language learners who use __57__ methods get to practise different skills and s ee concepts explained in different ways. What’s more, the __58__ can keep them from working in a situation that never changes. When choosing a class, learners should seek a course that __59__ the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). For self-study, try a __60__ of textbooks, audio lessons, and language learning apps.__61__It doesn’t matter how well a person can write in foreign script, or finish a vocabulary test. To learn, improve, and truly use our language, we need to speak. This is the stage when languagestudents should calm down, and feelings of __62__ or insecurity hinder (阻碍) all their hard work. In Eastern cultures where saving face is a strong social value, EFL teachers often complain that students, despite years of studying English, simply will not speak it. They’re too __63__ making mistakes of the grammar or mispronouncing words in a way that would __64__ them.The key is that those mistakes help language learners by showing them the limits of language, and correcting errors __65__ they become deep-rooted. The more learners speak and practise, the more quickly they improve.51. A. however B. moreover C. furthermore D. therefore52. A. successes B. wonders C. mistakes D. contributions53. A. picks up B. begins with C. takes up D. meets with54. A. efficient B. difficult C. easy D. ideal55. A. national B. official C. sign D. target56. A. make sense of B. make use of C. make profit of D. make fun of57. A. common B. educational C. permanent D. multiple58. A. variety B. change C. improvement D. alternative59. A. postpones B. lacks C. assesses D. practises60. A. selection B. preference C. combination D. replacement61. A. Complaints B. Fear C. Secure D. Diligence62. A. humor B. shyness C. achievements D. laughter63. A. confident in B. comfortable with C. keen on D. afraid of64. A. amuse B. inform C. remind D. embarrass65. A. if B. before C. in case D. so thatSection 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)Miscioscio, 60, a marketing consultant inPearl River, N.Y., says she's addicted to her Sony e-reader. She buys or borrows a print book only when it's not available digitally. Miscioscio says most of her friends and relatives have also switched to e-books for the convenience and lower prices. Last winter, she notes, she vacationed in Costa Rica and says “at least 75% of those reading were reading electronically. I was shocked to see people taking their e-readers onto the loungers (躺椅) in the pool.”Meier, 43, a marketing director in Beaver Falls, prefers her books on paper, not screens. After working on a computer all day, she says, “I want a book in my hand. Turning over its pages is my way of knowing it's time to relax and slow down.” Meier, who's sticking with physical books, doesn't consider herself any kind of digital “resister.” “I'm comfortable with all forms of technology,” she says. “However, when it comes to books, I suppose I'm a traditionalist. My preference will always be the real thing.”cover, letting it fall open to a random page.”To her, part of the joy of reading is the bookitself: “pulling it from the shelf, inspecting theBoth have lots of company. Statistics show that e-book sales grew 43% last year, but that's a slowdown compared with the triple-digit increases in recent years. E-books remain the fastest-growing part of the book market but account for only about 20% of all sales, reported by publishers.Miscioscio and Meier are at opposite ends of a book business in transition. Even though e-book sales have grown more than 4,000% since 2008, it's unlikely that physical books will disappear the way records did in the music industry.66. Miscioscio will ______ when a book is not available digitally.A. buy the book on paperB. switch to the book of lower priceC. take an e-reader onto the loungersD. give up reading such kind of books67. According to Meier, her “preference” refers to ______.A. an e-bookB. part of joyC. a random pageD. a physical book68. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Records are unlikely to disappear in the music industry.B. Miscioscio and Meier are two opponents in book business.C. Physical books will remain to be accepted to some people.D. The market share of e-books is bigger than that of paper books.69. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. E-books will dominate the book industry eventually.B. Readers go their own way in choosing books.C. New technology brings more benefits for readers.D. Physical books will disappear gradually in the future.(B)Welcome you toGRAND CANYON WESTwith Meal25/12/2013NON REFUNDABLE – ALL SALES ARE FINALGrand Canyon West(GCW) (美国西部大峡谷) is owned by the Hualapai Tribe (Tribe) and operated by Hwal Bay Baj Enterprises, Inc, dba Grand CanyonResort Corporation (GCRC). You assume all risk and danger that happens in yourvisit. Directors, officers and employees are not responsible for any injuries,damages and liabilities, theft, or loss of any kind. Upon entering onto the Tribe’sland and the Colorado River, you have agreed to obey all the laws and customs,and waived (放弃) all claims arising from the use of this ticket or your visit. Datedtickets are officially acceptable only on the date(s) printed above. This ticket isnon-refundable. You will not use any photographs (including film, still, video orotherwise) of the Tribe’s land (including the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, andSkywalk), directly or indirectly, for profit (including in any advertisement, newsor publication), without first obtaining the necessary written approvals andpermits. Management reserves all rights.Get your FREE visitationcertificate in theT erminal Gift Shop70. Where is the passage probably taken from?A. A visiting ticket.B. A promotion advertisement.C. A geography book.D. A science fiction film.71. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. You can get the money back if you give up the trip.B. You needn’t pay money for your meal that day.C. Officers from GCRC will bear responsibility if you get hurt.D. You are sure to be familiar with all the laws and customs there.72. The word “liabilities” can be understood as “_______”.A. t raditional customsB. the amounts of debtC. trouble makersD. legal responsibilities73. The photographs taken in Grand Canyon West can be used if ________.A. you advertise them for a company indirectlyB. they are not for business and obtain formal approvalsC. you pay for the rights to the local governmentD. they are used for the latest publication(C)Moocs (massive open online courses) are free, but withouttutoring, and are open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Thecourses are flexible –normally three to five hours of study aweek – done at any time, short (5 to 10 weeks) and video-rich.They are also heavily dependent on crowd sourcing: you can discuss a course with fellow students through online forums, discussion boards and peer review. Students don't have to finish the courses, pass assessments or do assignments, but, if they do, they get a certification of participation.The Open University launched FutureLearn, the UK's answer to US platforms such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity, which have been offering Moocs from top US universities for the past two years. The response has been incredible, with more than three million people registeringworldwide. Meanwhile, in 2012, Edinburgh University became the first non-US institution to join Coursera's partnership, comprising 13 universities. “We already run 50 online master's degrees, so this was a logical expansion,” says Professor Jeff Haywood, Edinburgh's vice-principal. “It's an investment in teaching methods research. How am I going to teach introductory philosophy to 100,000 people? That's what I call educational R&D.” He adds “If you look ahead 10 years, you'd expect all students graduating to have taken some online courses, so you've got to research that. Our Moocs are no more in competition with our degrees than a lifelong learning course because they don't carry credits.”Cooperation is key, Haywood stresses. It is far better to offer 20-30 courses in your own areas of expertise(专门技能) and let other institutions do likewise. Professor Mike Sharples, FutureLearn's academic lead, goes further: “We've tied the elements available before into a package of courses offered by leading universities worldwide on a new software platform, with a new way of promoting it and also a new social-learning teaching method. You won't just receive an exam, but be able to discuss and mark each other's assignments.”Bath University, one of more than 20 universities working with FutureLearn, launches its first course, Inside Cancer, next January, and regards Moocs as a way of breaking down age barriers. "There's no reason why someone doing GCSEs should not look at our Moocs and get quite a way through them, or someone at PhD level and beyond," says Professor Bernie Morley, expert for learning and teaching.74. Moocs have these features EXCEPT that_______.A. Moocs are free of charge for anyoneB. Moocs can be adjusted according to people’s learning paceC. Moocs provide teachers’ instructions if you have some difficultyD. Moocs have a platform for learns to share their learning experience75. The response to FutureLearn has been thought to be unbelievable because ______.A. all the courses on the platform are available to anyone in the worldB. Edinburgh University became the first non-US institution to join itC. the number of people registering in the platform is beyond expectationD. students can get a certification of participation without passing assessments76. What can be inferred from Professor Bernie Morley in the last paragraph?A. People with various learning levels will probably show interest in Moocs.B. People at PhD level have already known everything about Moocs.C. Inside Cancer will be the most popular course for someone doing GCSEs.D. Moocs are not so competitive as lifelong learning courses due to the problems of credits.77. The passage mainly deals with _____.A. the various opinions on FutureLearnB. the advantages of online teaching methodsC. the popularity of no-credit coursesD. the emergence of a new learning platformSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Being a social butterfly just might change your brain: In people with a large network of friends and excellent social skills, certain brain regions are bigger and better connected than in people with fewer friends, a new study finds.The research suggests a connection between social interactions and brain structure. “We're interested in how your brain is able to allow you to find the right way in complex social environments,” MaryAnn Noonan said, a neuroscientist (神经学家) at Oxford University. Studies in monkeys have shown that brain areas involved in face processing and in predicting the intentions of others are larger in animals living in large social groups than in ones living in smaller groups.To investigate these brain differences in humans, Noonan and her colleagues found 18 participants for a structural brain-imaging study. They asked people how many social interactions they had experienced in the past month, in order to determine the size of their social networks. As was the case in monkeys, some brain areas were enlarged and better connected in people with larger social networks. “These different brain regions are all singing different songs,” Noonan said. “Networked areas are all singing the same song, and wh en they're connected better, they're singing more harmoniously with each other.”The researchers also tested whether the size of a person's social network was linked with changes in white-matter pathways, the nerve fibers(纤维) that connect different brain regions. Again, they found that white-matter pathways were better connected in people with bigger social networks. "The nerves were more like a Los Angeles freeway than a country road," Noonan said.The researchers couldn't say whether social interaction caused these changes in brain structure and connectivity, or whether the brain determined how social someone was. In the case of the monkeys, the researchers asked and wrote down the size of the animals' social network, so they concluded that social-group size was causing the brain differences. It can be inferred that a similar process takes place in human brains, but to prove this, long-term studies are needed, Noonan told LiveScience.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. The certain brain regions in people with fewer friends are ______.79. According to Noonan, the certain brain areas whose functions are to _________ are larger in more-sociable monkeys.80. How did Noonan and her colleagues know about the size of participants’ social networks?81. According to the researcher’s findings, what would make the brains of monkeys different?第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.孩子们总是对周边的一切都非常好奇。
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Last August Susan and forty-two other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage(25)—— the river running across their city.(26)——— cleaned up the river as part of a weeklong environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this ri ver is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming and fishing. Still, Susan,(27)——has just completed her third summer on the river cleanup, sees a change in this river. “Since we started three years ago, the river is getting a lot(28)———(clean)”, she says. Environmental scientists praise the teenagers for removing garbage (29)———can harm wild life. Water birds, for example, can choke on plastic bottle rings and get cut by scrap metal. When the cleanup started, garbage was everywhere. But this year the teenagers had to hunt for it in their boats. By the end of the six-hour shift, they(30)——— removed enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks. “(31)———all their garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,” Susan says. S he hopes that when others read that she and her peers care enough to(32)———(clean) it up, maybe they would think twice before they throw garbage into the river.A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job(33)———(drive)a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria. But work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-$7, 000, a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in (34)———accident. "It really made a difference(35)——— we were going under financially, says Dave.But the Fusses weren't the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families (36)———(touch)by the Hatches' generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars;in others, it was more than $100 ,000.It surprised nearly,eyeryone that the Hatches had so much money,more than $3 million-they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on (37)——— was left of the family farm.(38)—————— the Great Depression ,Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They thrived on (喜欢) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store ,(39 )———(check )prices before making a new purchase.Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents(40)——— not afford it. "Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything," says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, "They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them."Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches' wish that their legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents-should enrich the whole community and last for generations to come.Neighbors helping neighbors-that was Ish and Arlene Hatch's story.1. According to the text , the Fusses ________.A. were employed by a truck companyB. were in financial difficultyC. worked in a school cafeteriaD. lost their home2. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?A. They decided to open a store.B. They wanted to save money.C. They couldn't afford expensive thingsD. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.3. According to Sandy Van Weelden , the Hatches were________.A understanding B. optimistic C. childlike D. curious4. What can we learn from the text?A. The community of Alto was poor.B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents.C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches.D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example.。
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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 bespoken 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. A policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress.2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried.3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency.C. In a bank.D. In a driving school.4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station.5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane.C. Get some stationery.D. Clean the backyard.6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes.C. Protect herself from being hurt.D. Bargain with the shop assistant.7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course.C. Help him revise his report.D. Get her computer repaired.8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic.9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year.B. She has already told the man about her plan.C. She isn't planning to leave her university.D. She recently visited a different university.10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayor's speech.C. It made the mayor's view clearer.D. It carried the mayor's speech accurately.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. 70. B. 20. C. 25. D. 75.12. A. The houses there can't be sold. B. It is a place for work and holiday.C. The cabins and facilities are shared.D. It is run by the residents themselves.13. A. A skiing resort. B. A special community.C. A splendid mountain.D. A successful businesswoman.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Those who often sent text messages. B. Those who suffered from heart disease.C. Those who did no physical exercise.D. Those who were unmarried.15. A. They responded more slowly than usual. B. They sent more messages.C. They typed 10 percent faster on average.D. They edited more passages.16. A. Why chemical therapy works.B. Why marriage helps fight cancer.C. How unmarried people survive cancer.D. How cancer is detected after marriage.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.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)My stay in New YorkAfter graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, (25) ______ I might have a better chance to find a good job. (26) ______ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local café as a waiter. I believed that (27) ______ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once.Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already (28) ______ (exhaust) shoulders. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had said that (29) ______ ______ ______ I wanted to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps, (30) ______ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty (31) ______ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration.I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned (32) ______ I realise that a quiet town life was the best for me.(B)The giant vending machine（自动售货机）is a new village shop Villagers have long been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies. However, help is now nearer at hand in the form of the country's first automatic push-button shop. Now residents in theDerbyshire village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week.Peter Fox, who is (33) ______ electrical engineer, spent two and a half years working on the project. The machine (34) ______ (equip) with security cameras and alarms, and looks like a mini shop with a brick front, a grey roof and a display window.Mr. Fox said he hoped his invention, (35) ______ is set to be installed in other villages in the area over the coming months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities.He said: "I had this idea a few years ago but I couldn't find a manufacturer who could deliver what I wanted, so I did it by (36) ______. The result is what amounts to a huge outdoor vending machine. Yet I think the term automatic shop is far (37) ______ (appropriate)."In recent years, the commercial pressure from supermarket chains (38) ______ (force) village shops across the country to close. In 2010, it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed, (39) ______ (urge) the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or set-up new community stores.Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their own volunteer-run shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution (40) ______ those villages without a local shop.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.plan menus for meals or read food _41_ at the supermarket. Since you really _42_ yourself to a healthier lifestyle, a little help would come in handy, wouldn't it? This is where a "choice architect" can help _43_ some of the burden of doing it all yourself. Choice architects are people who organize the contexts in which customers make decisions. For example, the person who decides the layout of your local supermarket-including which shelf the peanut butter goes on, and how the oranges are piled up—is a choice architect.Governments don't have to _44_ healthier lifestyles through laws for example, smoking bans. Rather, if given an environment created by a choice architect-one that encourages us to choose what is best-we will do the right things. In other words, there will be designs that gently push customers toward making healthier choices, without removing freedom of choice. This idea combines freedom to choose with _45_ hints from choice architects, who aim to help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.The British and Swedish governments have introduced a so-called "traffic light system" to _46_ foods as healthy or unhealthy. This means that customers can see at a glance how much fat, sugar, and salt each product contains _47_ by looking at the lights on the package. A green light _48_ that the amounts of the three nutrients are healthy; yellow indicates that the customer should be _49_; and red means that the food is high in at least one of the three nutrients and should be eaten in _50_. The customer is given important health information, but is still free to decide what to choose.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.Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about films we've just watched or books we've just finished reading, but plain and simple _51_.Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we _52_ do with it? We gossip. About others' behaviour and private lives, such as who's doing what with whom, who's in and who's out-and why; how to deal with difficult _53_ situations involving children, lovers, and colleagues.So why are we keen on gossiping? Are we just natural _54_，of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid facing up to the really important issues of life? It's not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is one of these really _55_ issues.Dunbar _56_ the traditional view that language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly hunting activities more effectively, or even to promote theexchange of poetic stories about their origins and the supernatural. Instead he suggests that language evolved among women. We don't spend two-thirds of our time gossiping just because we can talk, argues Dunbar—_57_, he goes on to say, language evolved specifically to allow us to gossip.Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studying the _58_ of the higher primates（灵长类动物）like monkeys. By means of grooming--cleaning the fur by brushing it, monkeys form groups with other individuals on whom they can rely for support in the event of some kind of conflict within the group or _59_ from outside it.As we human beings evolve from a particular branch of the primate family, Dunbar _60_ that at one time in our history we did much the same. Grouping together made sense because the bigger the group, the greater the _61_ it provided; on the other hand, the bigger the group, the greater the stresses of living close to others. Grooming helped to _62_ the pressure and calm everybody down.But as the groups got bigger and bigger, the amount of time spent in grooming activities also had to be _63_ to maintain its effectiveness. Clearly, a more _64_ kind of grooming was needed, and thus language evolved as a kind of vocal（有声的）grooming which allowed humans to develop relationship with ever-larger groups by exchanging information over a wider network of individuals than would be possible by one-to-one _65_ contact.51. A. claim B. description C. gossip D. language52. A. occasionally B. habitually C. independently D. originally53. A. social B. political C. historical D. cultural54. A. admirers B. masters C. users D. wasters55. A. vital B. sensitive C. ideal D. difficult56. A. confirms B. rejects C. outlines D. broadens57. A. for instance B. in addition C. on the contrary D. as a result58. A. motivation B. appearance C. emotion D. behaviour59. A. attack B. contact C. inspection D. assistance60. A. recalls B. denies C. concludes D. confesses61. A. prospect B. responsibility C. leadership D. protection62. A. measure B. show C. maintain D. ease63. A. saved B. extended C. consumed D. gained64. A. common B. efficient C. scientific D. thoughtful65. A. indirect B. daily C. physical D. secretSection 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).Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Natureagree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie withtheir bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they doagree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly tofool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. Forexample, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order toprotect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the ploverleads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing.The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it isnatural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you can't trust her, either.66. A plover protects its young from a predator by___________.A. getting closer to its youngB. driving away the adult predatorC. leaving its young in another nestD. pretending to be injured67. By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means_______.A. chimps are ready to attack othersB. chimps are sometimes dishonestC. chimps are jealous of the winnersD. chimps can be selfish too68. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Do animals lie?B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?C. How do animals learn to lie?D. How does honesty help animals survive?（B）Let's say you want to hit thegym more regularly this year.How do you make thathappen? Consider putting thehabit loop to use.Here's how it works:A habit is a 3-step process. First,there's a cue, something thattells your brain to operateautomatically. Then there's aroutine. And finally, a reward,which helps your brain learn todesire the behavior. It's whatyou can use to create-orbreak-habits of your own.Here's how to apply it:Choose a cue, like leaving yourrunning shoes by the door, thenpick. a reward-say, a piece ofchocolate when you get homefrom the gym. That way, thecue and the reward becomeinterconnected. Finally, whenyou see the shoes, your brainwill start longing for the reward,which will make it easier towork out day after day. Thebest part? In a couple of weeks,you won't need the chocolate atall. Your brain will come to see the workout itself as the reward. Which is the whole point, right?70. Which of the following best fits in the box with a “?” in THE HABIT LOOP?A. Pick a new cue.B. Form a new habit.C. Choose a new reward.D. Design a new resolution.71. According to THE HABIT LOOP, you can stick to your plan most effectively by______.A. changing the routineB. trying it for a weekC. adjusting your goalD. writing it down72. What's the purpose of putting the habit loop to use?A. To test out different kinds of cues.B. To do something as a habit even without rewards.C. To work out the best New Year's resolution.D. To motivate yourself with satisfactory rewards.73. "This year when I see the Harry Potter poster, I will read 30 pages of an English novel or an English newspaper in order to watch TV for half an hour." What is the cue in this resolution?A. The Harry Potter poster.B. Reading 30 pages of an English novel.C. An English newspaper.D. Watching TV for half an hour.(C)If you could be anybody in the world, who would it be? Your neighbour or a super star? A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual virtual reality（虚拟现实）device. Rikke Wahl, an actress, model and artist, was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab, a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona. She swapped with her partner, an actor, using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man. "As I looked down, I saw my whole body as a man, dressed in my partner's pants," she said. "That's the picture I remember best."The set-up is relatively simple. Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top. The video from each camera is sent to the other person, so what you see is the exact view of your partner. If she moves her arm, you see it. If you move your arm, she sees it.To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it, participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly, so that the other can follow along. Eventually, this kind of slow synchronised（同步的）movement becomes comfortable, and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better. Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias（偏见）that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them. Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test, which measures the strength of people's associations between, for instance, black people and adjectives such as good, bad, athletic or awkward. Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses, before taking the test again. This time, the participants' bias scores were lower. The idea is that once you've "put yourself in another's shoes" you're less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result. "At the end of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms," says Arthur Pointeau, a programmer with the project. "It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience. I would really, really recommend it to everyone."74. The word "swapping" (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to_________.A. buildingB. exchangingC. controllingD. transplanting75. We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that____________.A. our feelings are related to our bodily experienceB. we can learn to take control of other people's bodiesC. participants will live more passionately after the experimentD. The Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes76. In the Implicit Association Test, before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a darkskinned digital character, __________.A. they fought strongly against racismB. they scored lower on the test for racismC. they changed their behaviour dramaticallyD. they were more biased against those unlike them77. It can be concluded from the passage that_________.A. technology helps people realize their dreamsB. our biases could be eliminated through experimentsC. virtual reality helps promote understanding among peopleD. our points of view about others need changing constantlySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.More and more corporations are taking an interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR is made up of three broad layers. The most basic is traditional corporate charity work. Companies typically spend about 1% of pre-tax profits on worthy projects. But many feel that simply writing cheques to charities is no longer enough. In some companies, shareholders want to know that their money is being put to good use, and employees want to be actively involved in good works.Money alone is not the answer when companies come under attack for their behavior. Hence the second layer of CSR, which is a branch of risk management. Starting in the 1980s, with environmental disasters such as the explosion at Bhopal and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, industry after industry has suffered blows to its reputation.So, companies often responded by trying to manage the risks. They talk to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and to governments, create codes of conduct（行为准则) and devote themselves to more transparency（透明）in their operations. Increasingly, too. they, along with their competitors, set common rules to spread risks.All this is largely defensive, but there are also opportunities for those that get ahead of the game. The emphasis on opportunity is the third layer of CSR: the idea that it can help to create value. If approached in a strategic way, CSR could become part of a company's competitive advantage. That is just the sort of thing chief executives like to hear. The idea of "doing well by doing good" has become popular.Nevertheless, the business of trying to be good is bringing difficult questions to executives. Can you measure CSR performance? Should you be cooperating with NGOs and you’re your competitors? Is there any really competitive advantage to be had from a green strategy?Corporate social responsibility is now seen as a mainstream. Big companies want to tell the world about their good citizenship with their devotion to social responsibilities. Done badly, CSR is often just window-dressing and can be positively harmful. Done well, though, it is not some separate activity that companies do on the side, a corner of corporate life reserved for virtue（美德）：it is just good business. (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78. Both _________ in some companies find it no longer enough to simply donate money to charities.79. Give one example of the defensive measures of risk management according to the passage.80. With the emphasis on opportunity, the third layer of CSR is meant to_________.81. According to the passage, "good business" (paragraph 6) means that corporations ________ while making profits.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 我习惯睡前听点轻音乐。
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II. Choose the best answer. (共20分)26.Which of the foll owing und erlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?A. I hope you can believe me.B. Luckily, nobody died in the accid ent.C. Who is the chief of your team?D. I bought a piece of furniture yesterday.27.Which of the foll owing word matches the sound /ma I l/?A. mileB. mealC. mailD. mall28.Something unusual happened in _______________ middle of the class.A. aB. /C. theD. an29.Our school sports meeting is usually hel d _______________ November.A. atB. forC. onD. in30.I d on’t think this is Diana’s pet d og. _______________ is dark brown.A. SheB. HerC. HersD. Herself31.–What d o you want me to get, dear?–Let me see. We have _______________ bread and milk left, but there isn’t enough fruit.A. manyB. muchC. fewD. little32.Could you please return this magazine _______________ the library for me?A. toB. atC. forD. from33.She thought she heard _______________ fall on the fl oor, so she got up to take a l ook.A. everythingB. anythingC. somethingD. nothing34.The streets in this area are cleaned three times a day, _______________ they?A. didB. didn’tC. areD. aren’t35.The Bund looks much _______________ at night when the lights are on.A. prettyB. prettierC. prettiestD. the prettiest36.Mark woul d like to accept the job _______________ he is not quite pleased with the pay.A. thoughB. becauseC. ifD. until37.Many accidents happen because the drivers don’t drive _______________ enough.A. careB. caresC. carefulD. carefully38.It is not easy _______________ many phone numbers especially mobil e phone numbers.A. rememberB. rememberingC. to rememberD. remembered39.The TV news says the ol d man _______________ the bridge for over ten years.A. cleanB. cl eanedC. has cleanedD. are cl eaning40.If you d on’t mind _______________ for several more minutes, I’ll tell you the whole story.A. stayB. stayingC. will stayD. to stay41.The serious haze (雾霾) makes a lot of people _______________ a sore throat.A. haveB. havingC. to haveD. had42.Karen’s dream is _______________ a computer programme designer.A. becomeB. will becomeC. becomesD. to become43.This probl em _______________ be talked about any more. We’ve found the solution.A. mustn’tB. needn’tC. shouldn’tD. can’t44.–You’d better set off a bit earlier. The traffic in the morning is terrible. –_______________A. All right.B. Not at all.C. What for?D. I hope so.45.–You look great in this orange dress. –_______________A. Good idea!B. My pl easure.C. Why not?D. Thank you.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word of phrase can only be used once. (共8分)I was also _______46________ nervous before I got here, but once I arrived I soon felt happy. You asked me about the kinds of clothes you shoul d bring. You shoul d bring _______47________ one formal outfit(外套) for important dinners, and remember to bring lots of warm _______48________ clothes, as well. Yes, I did say “warm”, because it is a bit cold here until the summer.My mum wanted to make sure that I packed lots of special food so that I woul d not ________49_______ her Chinese cooking too much. However, there are many different kinds of food in the UK, and I can buy all my favourite foods at small Chinese shops. There are also lots of cheap restaurants near the university.Another suggestion is to l earn how to cook some of your favourite ________50_______ before you come. Chinese food in England _______51________ very different to the food back home. You can also go to the university canteen – eating with others is a great way to make new friends.You will probably live in the halls of residence in your first year. People usually have their own room, with a desk, _______52________ and a bed. The bathrooms and kitchen are usually ________53_______ the corridor (走廊). The kitchen is also a great place to meet the stud ents in your hall. Remember that everyone is nervous, so don’t be afraid to talk to the peopl e you meet.Good luck! I am sure you will have a wond erful time.IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitabl e forms.54.Martin is good at drawing different kinds of _______________ (horse).55.Our teacher let _______________ (we) play an interesting game at the class meeting.56.Mark won the _______________ (three) prize in the latest Chinese writing contest.57.People in China cel ebrate _______________ (tradition) festivals in many special ways.58.The boss was _______________ (happy) about the Sally’s typing mistakes in the letter.59.I didn’t mean the _______________ (mean) of that word until he explained.60.Peter has done several important chemistry experiments _______________ (recent).61.My cousin l earned to _______________ (speech) two foreign languages in junior school.V. Rewrite the following sentences as required.62.Charles had a physical examination last month. (否定句)Charles _______________ _______________ a physical examination last month.63.Doris has lived in Caoyang neighbourhood since 2002. (划线提问)_______________ _______________ has Doris lived in Caoyang neighbourhood?64.Jane did very well in all her subjects last term. (感叹句)_______________ _______________ Jane did in all her subjects last term!65.some, I, photos, him, showed, old. (连词成句)_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________.66.The kid l ooked carefully for his favourite toy in the house. (保持句意)The kid _______________ _______________ his favourite toy in the house.67.The government will rebuil d more ol d buildings in the coming years. (被动语态)More old buildings will _______________ _______________ by the government in the coming years.68.“Have you been to the new shopping mall? ” my friend asked me. (宾语从句)My friend asked me if _______________ _______________ been to the new shopping mall.VI. Reading comprehensionA. Choose the best answer. (12分)Jenny: I was reading a science magazine call ed Nature yesterday. It had some interesting articles about life 100 years from now. They talked of many kinds of medical technologies which would all ow people to live to be 110 years ol d.Janet: Oh, I wouldn’t like that at all. I am quite satisfied to live for 70 or 80 years. I d on’t wantto live any longer than that. I hate to get so old that I could not look after myself. As l ong as I keep fit and healthy I am happy, but I don’t want to become old and usel ess to society.Jenny: Well, the magazine also talked about other things that will happen in the future. For example, most people will not travel to work but will communicate online or through video and telephone. Most industries will be operated by robots and controlled by computers. Many people will spend less time at work, but they will spend time d oing other things such as looking after their parents.Janet: That sounds awful as well. I enjoy working and I want to continue to work throughout my life. I suppose this magazine also talked about technol ogy in the home.Jenny: Yes, it did. It said it would be possible in the future for everyone to have a home computer which would d o everything for you. For example, it woul d prepare your food, play music and videos and make videophone calls for you. I woul d love that! It seems quite certain that wealthy people could have these computers in just a few years’ time. Janet: At the same time, the poor people will not have enough food to eat and there will not be enough medicine to keep them healthy. The wonderful future that new medicine and new technol ogy will bring is only for rich people in the rich countries. What will happen to the rest of the worl d’s population? I hope 100 years from now we will have got rid of poverty (贫困). That is the biggest probl em facing us in the 21st century. Jenny: I suppose you are right, Janet. But I woul d like to live to see the 22nd century as well.69. Jenny read some interesting artiles in a _______________ yesterday.A. newspaperB. magazineC. textbookD. report70. Janet is happy about living for _______________ years.A. 70 or 80B. over 100C. 110D. 15071. Janet _______________ the idea of spending less time at work.A. seems surprised atB. is confused byC. shows interest inD. is against72. Jenny _______________ a home computer that woul d d o everything for peopl e.A. has just boughtB. asks Janet to buyC. is eager to haveD. thinks everyone will soon have73. From the passage, we learn that Janet cares a l ot about _______________.A. the poor peopl e’s lifeB. producing more new medicineC. industries in the futureD. how to have home computers74. The best title for this passage can be “_______________”.A. New technologies todayB. Life 100 years from nowC. Robots and our lifeD. The biggest problem in the 21st centuryB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (12分)My chance came at last. Our school was going to hol d a sports meeting. I knew what it meant to me so I got up very early to _______75________ it. I practiced running and jumping. When I was ________76_______, I remembered what I had promised and went on.As the time approached, I felt quite confident. On the first day I came fourth in the 1500-metre race, but I was far from pleased ________77_______ what I wanted most was the most exciting moment of the sports meeting – the relay race (接力赛). I would run the last leg for my team.With a shot, the race began. All the stud ents were cheering for their team. The competition was so cl ose that I began to feel nervous. Before my turn came, my team was falling behind the others. ________78_______, I almost dropped the stick when I was trying to take it.But after that, there was nothing in my mind except to run as fast as possibl e. Just when I was near the finish line, my legs gave out (筋疲力尽). Then my ________79_______ came to mind again and encouraged me to go on. To my surprise , I was the first to cross the finish line!At last, I had proved to myself and those who had often laughed at me that I am not weak at all! My classmates greeted me warmly. I had won the prize as well as their ________80_______ .From the sports meeting, I l earnt that sometimes things are not so difficult as they seem to be. Just try your best without fear and you might be surprised at the result.75. A. enter for B. look at C. think about D. prepare for76. A. dishonest B. carel ess C. tired D. angry77. A. if B. when C. because D. though78. A. In this way B. What’s more C. On the other hand D. After all79. A. promise B. advice C. knowl edge D. feeling80. A. interest B. help C. experience D. respectC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分)Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, l oved books. Like many lovers of books, they s_______81________ walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talkedof opening their own store one day.In order to realize their w_______82________, they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching book business. One figure caught her attention: She had read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers of mysteries spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were mysteryr________83_______ and had a big collection of such books.On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, it was i________84_______ for the couple to spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they used some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.In order to a_______85________ customers, Mary always had new ways. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered presents to mystery l overs and served dinner for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited many writers to d_______86________ their stories with the buyers to let them understand the stories better. Now after paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.“The job we love may not go hand in hand with lots of money,” says Richard. “We do this to give an e_______87________ life to ourselves. This is not about making a lot of money. What matters is that we gain happiness from it.”D. Answer the questions.The Green Belt Movement is a community-based group in Kenya. It aims to help protect the environment, mainly through planting trees.The Green Belt Movement was started in 1977 by Wangari Maathai. When Wangari started the Green Belt Movement, she thought much about both peopl e and the environment. She thought that if peopl e grew the trees themselves, it woul d help them to understand environment and develop their local cultures.Today, the Green Belt Movement works like this. Members from the Movement go to communication to talk about tree planting and starting nurseries (苗圃). If the local peopl e are interested, they can join the Movement as a group. When they join, they receive a lot of information about how to prepare the soil(土壤), and coll ect and grow seeds. When the people know what to d o, they can collect seeds, plant them into seedlings (幼苗). When the seedlings are big enough, they will be planted on farms. The Green Belt Movement pays thenursery for each seedling that is still alive after three months.The Green Belt Movement now has over 6000 community nurseries in Kenya, and many more in other African countries. Over the last 30 years, it has planted more than 30 million trees in parks and on farms.The Green Belt Movement also runs programs to help people start gardens and grow plants that are local to their area. This means that many communities can now take care of almost their own food needs, and they can often make extra income as well.In 2004, Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize. Giving the prize to Wangari showed that peace d oesn’t just mean stopping wars. It can also mean making the world a better place to live in.88. What does the Green Belt Movement aim to do?89. When was the Green Belt Movement started?90. The Green Belt Movement opens schools to teach people tree planting, d oesn’t it?91. What can the nurseries get if the seedlings are still alive after three months?92. How can many communities take care of their own food needs now?93. Why was Wangari given the Nobel Peace Prize for starting the Green Belt Movement?VII. Writing (共20分)94. Write a composition in at least 60 words according to the given situation. (根据所给情景，写一篇不少于60词的短文)Suppose there is an English Festival in your school every year. Some students think it is helpful, but others d on’t think so. What do you think, and why? （假设你们学校每年开展英语文化节活动，有些学生认为活动对自己有帮助，有些则不这么认为，你的观点是什么？并说明理由）（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。
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精益教育2013-2014上海市高三第二学期第二次模拟考试复习专题IISection B【2013学年第一学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. cultivationB. farmedC. constantD. machineryE. plungedF. lightningG. envyH. preciousI. uncomfortableJ.aircraftsK. consequenceModern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, __41__ cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at __42__ speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts of saving __43__ seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the __44__ feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may send harmful radiation into our brains, a __45__ we do not like to think about.However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to __46__ activities that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the __47__ of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might __48__ a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they __49__ with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern __50__ has freed people from that primitive (原古的) existence.【2013学年第一学期宝山区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: 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. breaksB. viewingC. textingD. permanentE. positionedF. connectedG. physicalH. symptomsI. complainingJ. effectivelyK. simplyThe next time you’re riding a subway or bus, pay attention to your fellow passengers. Chances are you’ll see plenty of them with their heads down, tapping the screens of their tablets or 41 on their smartphones. While these folks may be making good use of their time by staying 42 , their bodies are paying a heavy price for such convenience.As hand-held devices such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more common, users are reporting some new 43 problems. Florida chiropractor (脊椎按摩师) Dean Fishman began noticing an increased number of his patients 44 of neck and shoulder pain. He traced these 45 to the overuse of hand-held devices, specifically the action of bending the neck, and created the term “Text Neck.”As if the painful symptoms weren’t bad enough, Fishman warns that an untreated case of Text Neck could lead to 46 spinal(脊柱的) damage. He founded the Text Neck Institute in an effort to treat and educate those suffering from Text Neck. Treatments offered there include chiropractic care, physical therapy, massage therapy and exercise planning.In order to avoid or reduce the possibility of getting Text Neck, use the following basic principles:●Avoid awkward positioning. Don’t strain (滥用) your neck, and stay aware ofhow your body is 47 in relation to the device.●Take frequent 48 when using any kind of mobile device.●When using a tablet, use a case that can back up the device at comfortable 49angle.For those who 50 can’t take their eyes off their devices, there is an ironic twist –downloading a special app（应用程序）could help. Dr. Fishman has released an app called the Text Neck Indicator App, which measures the angle of your smartpphone. When the angle is appropriate, a green light appears in the upper corner of your screen. But when the angle puts you at risk for neck strain, the light turns red, obliging you to adjust your angle.【2013学年第一学期杨浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. basicB.applicantsC. extraordinaryD. distinguishE.privateF. contributeG. exposeH. shiftedI. challengesJ. specialtyK. favoredMany of us grow up dreaming of becoming an astronaut. Ever wonder what it takes to be one?Take NASA for example.In order to catch NASA’s eye, would-be astronauts must not only stand out in required skills and pass physical and psychological exams, but also find unique ways to __41__ themselves from the harsh competition.NASA’s requirements for becoming an astronaut have changed over the years. Originally, it __42__ candidates with a military flight background, with at least 1,000 hours spent in command of a jet aircraft. In 1978, however, NASA __43__ its focus to a more varied group of astronauts: scientists and engineers with at least three years of experience in their respective fields.During the years of shuttle missions, everyone had a __44__: some would focus on robotics, others on spacewalks or maintenance. To work on the space station, astronauts must be able to perform all tasks, which encourage __45__ to acquire different experiences. Jeanette Epps, an astronaut, studied aerospace engineering, worked at Ford Motor Company and took a job with the CIA before joining NASA. She says astronauts’ varied backgrounds __46__ to their ability to adapt and learn anything quickly.After ensuring that candidates are U.S. citizens and that they satisfy __47__ education and experience requirements, the selection committee enters a gray area. “We’re not really looking for one thing, just a good mix of things,” said Duane Ross, the manager for astronaut candidate selection and training.To the committee, candidates who take on __48__ outside of the workplace demonstrate curiosity and energy. Many astronauts who don’t have a military background do hold a(n) __49__ piloting license. Some are enthusiastic mountain climbers, scuba divers or skiers. Others are musicians, dancers, or play competitive sports. Choosing to __50__ themselves to different, extreme environments counts as another way to stand out from the crowd.【2013学年第一学期闵行区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. revealedB. countsC. responsibleD. releaseE. virtuallyF. extentG. annuallyH. extinctI. extends J. monitor K. realizedIn the time that records have been kept of bird populations, 20 percent of all species have gone 41 . More are likely to follow. In March the 42 of a large-scale, 24-year survey gave one of the clearest pictures yet of the decline of Australian and Asian shorebirds, including the long-distance migrants(候鸟) that are most difficult to 43 . The results of the survey are awful.Every October for more than two decades, teams from the University of New South Wales in Australia counted birds from an airplane flown low over 130,000 square miles of wetlands in the eastern third of the continent. Their 44 showed a steadydecline, beginning in the mid-1980s. By 2006 the number of migratory shorebirds had dropped by 73 percent and the number of Australia’s resident of shorebirds had fallen by 81 percent. “The45 of the decline took us by surprise,”says evolutionary ecologist Silke Nebel of the University of Western Ontario in London, the lead author of the report.The survey 46 that inland wetlands were more important to both resident and migratory birds than had been 47 , and that wetland loss from damming (筑坝) and the diversion(分散) of river water for irrigation was at least in part 48 for the shorebird decline in Australia. But wetlands are becoming smaller in countries all along the major flyway that 49 from eastern Siberia to New Zealand, the study’s authors note, so protecting the 8 million birds that use the corridor 50 will require an international solution.【2013学年第一学期长宁区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. accurateB. alterationC. averageD. calculatesE. concealF. enormouslyG. initialH. intervalsI. merelyJ. multiplyK. predictionBeyond two or three days, the world’s best weather forecasts are based on guesswork, and beyond six or seven they are worthless.The Butterfly Effect is the reason. For small pieces of weather —and to a global forecaster, small can mean thunderstorms and snowstorms — any ___41___ fails rapidly. Errors and uncertainties ___42___, gathering upward through a chain of unstable features, from dust devils (尘旋风) and windstorms up to continent-size eddies (旋风) ___43___ satellites can see.The modern weather models work with a network of points of the order of sixty miles apart, and even so, some ___44___ data has to be guessed, since ground stations and satellites cannot see everywhere. But suppose the earth could be covered with sensors spaced one foot apart, rising at one-foot ___45___ all the way to the top of the atmosphere. Suppose every sensor gives perfectly ___46___ readings of temperature, pressure, dampness, and any other quantity a meteorologist (气象工作者) would want. Exactly at noon a(n) ___47___ powerful computer takes all the data and ___48___ what will happen at each point at 12.01, then 12.02, then 12.03 …The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton, New Jersey, will have sun or rain on a day one month away. At noon the spaces between the sensors will ___49___ alterations that the computer will not know about, tiny variations from the ___50___. By 12.01, those alterations will already have created small errors one foot away. Soon the errors will have multiplied to the ten-foot scale, and so on up to the size of the globe.【2013学年第一学期黄浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.calmingB.regularC.doableD.electronicsE.fuelF.hookG.incrediblyH.maintainI.mindlesslyJ.treatK.weaponsHere are four simple, healthy and, dare we say, fun ways to help you slim down and stay healthy.Have your cake …for breakfastAside from being depressing, the way to __41__ weight loss isn’t by feeling deprived.Scientists say that people who started off the day with a __42__ felt fuller and more satisfied, and that led to their sticking with the program as the day went on. Being hungry is no way to start your day, so __43__ up with protein and a mouthful of something sweet. And most of all, enjoy!Sleep your way to weight lossDr. Andrew Calvin, one expert of Mayo Clinic study, is quoted as saying, “If individuals are seeking to maintain a healthy weight or to lose weight, they should seek to get enough sleep on a __44__ basis.”If you find it tricky to wind down at night, turn off the __45__ and engage in relaxing activities, like taking a bath or listening to __46__ music.Journal to drop poundsThe best __47__ for a dieter? Pen and paper! Women who wrote down everything they ate los t more weight than those who didn’t track their food intake. Journaling makes you accountable and more aware of what you’re eating, so it makes sense that it’ll keep you from __48__ chewing if you aren’t actually hungry.Even a tiny bit of exercise helps your healthEven 20 to 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the weeks (broken up into smaller chunks is fine) reduces your risk for all sorts of physical ills. And even 20 minutes a week can improve your mood. That really stuck with me. It’s easy to criticize ourselves or burn out if we make goals that are __49__ hard to achieve, but walking a few times a week is __50__ – and meaningful, too.【2013学年第一学期徐汇区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. investmentsB. enoughC.unconditionalD. degreeE. loyaltyF. backG.relevant H. doubly I. commitment J.promotedK.demonstrateAlthough many companies offer tuition repayment, most companies only repay employees for classes that are 41_____ to their position. This is a very limiting policy. A company that repays employees for all college credit courses—whether job related or not—offers a service not only to the employees, but to the entire company.One good reason for giving employees 42 _____ tuition repayment is that it shows the company’s commitment to its employees. In today’s economy, where job security is a thing of the past and employees feel more and more expendable, it is important for a company to 43 _____ to its employees that it cares. The best way to do thisis with concrete 44 _____ in them. In turn, this commitment to the betterment of company employees will create greater employee 45_____. A company that puts out funds to pay for the education of its employees will get its money 46_____ by having employees stay with the company longer. It will reduce employee turnover, because even employees who don’t take advantage of the tuition repayment program will be more loyal to their company just knowing that their company cares 47_____ to pay for their education. Most importantly, the company that has an unrestricted tuition repayment program will have higher quality employees. Although these companies do indeed run the risk of losing money on employees who go on to another job in a different company as soon as they get their 48_____, more often than not, the employee will stay with the company.And even if employees do leave after graduation, it generally takes several years to complete any degree program. Thus, even if the employee leaves upon graduating, throughout those years, the employer will have a more sophisticated, more intelligent, and therefore more valuable and productive employee. And, if the employee stays, that education will 49_____ benefit the company: Not only is the employee more educated, but now that employee can be 50_____ so the company doesn’t have to fill a high-level vacancy from the outside. Open positions can be filled by people who already know the company well. Though unconditional tuition repayment requires a significant investment on the employer’s part, it is perhaps one of the wisest investments a company can make.【2013学年第一学期嘉定区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．A. valueB. shapeC. designedD. understandingE. importantlyF. economistsG. responseH. vastI. connected J. major K. amazinglyThirteen years after the launch of Taobao, China has risen to become the world’s second busiest online marketplace, behind only the United States. This is the kind of statistic that 41 love, but it doesn’t really tell us anything about why so many people like to buy so many things online.Is it because its easy? Is it because of the 42 selection? Is it because we want to feel 43 to others without leaving the house?Taobao was in fact a 44 to ebay’s entrance into the Chinese market in 2003. Jack Ma(马云) knew that he knew China better than the Americans did, and that Taobao could beat ebay at its own game here. He was right, and Jack Ma has helped to 45 the nature of online commerce in China—what it looks like, how it works, and, most 46 , who its users are.T aobao’s aesthetic (美学) is distinctive, and has influenced and inspiredcompetitors in China and around the world. The way it works is also different from other 47 online retailers(零售店) . But the real genius of Taobao lies in its 48 of its users. What it looks like and how it works, after all, were 49 with the users in mind: a young, increasingly “connected”and increasingly wealthy Chinese generation.When they designed Taobao, Jack Ma and his team realized that many young peoplein China strongly 50 social interaction with their peers, so they made such interaction—everything from messaging to live chats to recommendations and reviews—a core part of the Taobao shopping experience.【2013学年第一学期虹口区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.ccounted B.averageC.ontinuousD.ankE.inkF.omparison G.dditionalH.ssociatedI.iskJ.onfirmedK.ostponeTelevision watching is an activity which is known to be harmful to health and is distinct from getting too little exercise. But a new study suggests its damaging effects may even _____41_____ alongside those from smoking and obesity(肥胖). Researchers who studied television viewing habits in Australia calculated that people who watch for a(n) _____42_____ of six hours a day shorten their life expectancy(预期寿命) by almost five years.They based their calculations on data on the _____43 _____between television viewing and death from the Australian obesity and lifestyle study which involved 11,000 adults aged 25 and over. Applying these findings to the whole population over 25, who are estimated to have watched 9.8 billion hours of TV in 2008, they concluded that it _____44_____ for 286,000 years of life lost —equivalent to 22 minutes for each hour watched. By _____45_____, smoking one cigarette is estimated to shorten life expectancy by 11 minutes — equivalent to half an hour of TV watching.Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the authors from the University of Queensland, say the figures suggest “huge loss of life may be _____46_____ with too much TV viewing.” The UK and other industrialized countries are likely to be simila rly affected “given the typically large amounts of time spent watching TV and the similarities in disease patterns.” The researchers add “If these figures are _____47_____ and shown to reflect a cause and effect relationship, TV viewing is a public health problem comparable in size to established behavioral risk factors.”Researchers from Taiwan University found even those who did as little as 92 minutes’ exercise a week — equivalent to 15 minutes a day for six days a week —reduced their _____48_____ of death by 14 per cent. Even this small amount of exercisecould _____49_____ one in six of all deaths —similar to the effects of a stop-smoking programme. Each _____50_____ 15 minutes a day reduced the death rate by a further 4 per cent.【2013学年第一学期松江区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. competitorsB. philosophyC. properlyD. maximizeE. enthusiasticF. candidateG. mirrorsH. backgroundI. extremelyJ. conductedK. culturalWhen asked about one interview candidate who impressed her most, Christine, an HR manager at an investment company cited an example of a(n) 41 who had prepared well. “He seemed very prepared to work for our company during the interview. He 42 good research on the company’s core business and also the industry in general,” she said.This suggests that HR managers expect candidates to do their homework 43 , but how? Here are some tips to 44 your chances of getting a job.Search the Web and research the 45 of the company and the people who you think are going to be interviewing you. Learn exactly what it is that they do and how you would fit in with the company. Most importantly, try to understand the “culture” of the company, which is to say its underlying 46 ; the HR departments often state missions and give 47 statements. You need to communicate in a way that 48 their company standards; this will show that you can fit in that organization. Understand a little of what their 49 are doing. This will show that you’ve bothered to find out where their position in the market is.Just as important is your own personal preparation. Think about the key things you want to communicate and why you would be ideal for the job. Think about how you can sound 50 without sounding desperate -- how you can sell yourself.Generally, wear a suit (and also a tie for guys), but the dress code depends on the job you are going for. When you study the company culture, check what is expected in this area also.【2013学年第一学期青浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. dipB. commonC. desiredD. additionE. embarrassingF. carefullyG. muddyH. fedI. accessJ. raisingK. benefitDucks offer certain advantages over hens. Ducks are immune to some 41 diseases found in hens. Some breeds of duck produce bigger eggs than hens. In 42 , ducks lay eggs over a longer season than hens do.Poultry(禽类) keepers with gardens have less to worry about if they keep ducks rather than hens because the former are unlikely to dig up plants and destroy roots. While both hens and ducks 43 the garden by eating pests, hens are known to damage grass beds. Ducks, on the other hand, will search for insects more 44 . Only very delicate plants are at risk from the broad, webbed feet of ducks.Like all waterbirds, ducks need 45 to water, and duck keepers typically provide this by building a pond. Something this large is not absolutely necessary, however, ducks need only to be able to 46 their heads in the water to keep their nose clean. If a pond is provided, though, it is important to keep baby ducks away from it until they are old enough to put up with the cool temperature of the water.When 47 ducks, one has to consider just how many the land will support. The rule is generally about 100 ducks per acre. If more than this proportion is introduced, there is a risk of pressing the soil, which can lead to 48 conditions for long periods as the rain is not easily absorbed into the ground.While ducks offer many advantages over hens, they must be given a greater quantity of food, especially if regular eggs are 49 . An adult duck will eat between 170 to 200 grams of food a day. If the ducks live near grass and a pond, they will be able to find for themselves approximately 70% of their daily dietary requirements in warmer months but less than half that in colder times. Therefore, it is important that they be 50 onenough food, such as grain, every day.【2013学年第一学期金山区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. permissionB. particularlyC. experiencingD. contactE. identifiedF. seekG. increasingH. obviouslyI. responsible J. guarantee K. accessCamping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with ___41___ numbers of people wanting to escape into the wilderness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively (不引人注目地) and leave no mark.Wild camping is not permitted in many places, ___42___ in crowded lowland Britain. Wherever you are, find out about organizations ___43___ for managing wild spaces, and ___44___ them to find out their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner’s ___45___, except in national parks.Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, ___46___ bad weather, and making food without modern conveniences. A busy, fully-equipped campsite seems to go against this, so ___47___ out smaller, more remote places with easy ___48___ to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.Finding the right spot to camp is the first step to ___49___ a good night’s sleep. Choose a campsite with privacy and minimum influence on others and the environment. Try to use an area where people have ___50___ camped before rather than creating a new spot. Always consider what influence you might have on the natural world. Avoid damaging plants. A good campsite is found, not made—changing it should be unnecessary.《参考答案汇编》【2013学年第一学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷】41. J 42. F 43. H 44. I 45. K 46. C 47. A 48. G 49. B 50 D 【2013学年第一学期宝山区高三英语质量调研试卷】41. C 42. F 43. G 44. I 45. H 46. D 47. E 48. A 49. B 50. K【2013学年第一学期杨浦区高三英语质量调研试卷】41-50 D K H J B F A I E G【2013学年第一学期闵行区高三英语质量调研试卷】41 . 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宝山区Millions of personal computers across the world are running at this moment, but most are using just a fraction of their full capacity to process information. Imagine what could happen if the spare power of these millions of machines were used to solve global problems.The organization Charity Engine attempts to do just that. It enables researchers and companies to use the extra computing power of thousands of personal computers. These companies pay a usage fee that goes to carefully selected charities.The computersCharity Engine offers a free app that has the user‟s computer do research as a background task. The program runs automatically, without direction from the user. Each computer works on a small chunk of a larger project and sends back its results. The results are combined to answer the researchers‟ questions.The researchersCharity Engine mostly uses its computing power for companies doing scientific, medical or commercial research. For example, Rosetta@home attempts to help find cures for serious diseases by discovering the shapes of proteins. Another project, Einstein@Home, tests scientific theories. And another helps establishments in Africa such as universities search for ways to fight the spread of malaria.The CharitiesCharity Engine gives 50 percent of the profits from renting out computing power to various charities. Each organization it supports has a good reputation for working in an area of vital importance. Most of them seek to address the primary causes of poverty while bringing short-term relief. These include Oxfam, a network of organizations in 94 countries. Another is CARE International, one of the three largest international aid agencies, which works in 87 countries. Charity Engine also supports Doctors Without Borders, which supplies medical care, and WaterAid, which provides safe water and promotes hygiene(卫生) in developing countries. Another of its charities, Sightsavers, works to prevent and reverse blindness through medical treatments and provides training for the blind. Charity Engine helps many other organizations as well.An added bonusCharity Engine returns the other 50 percent of its earnings to the people who made it all possible. The app users are entered into draws. Chosen at random, the winners receive thousands of dollars in prizes!Thanks to Charity Engine, computing power that would have gone to waste is fighting poverty and bringing healing and hope.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. What does Charity Engine help companies do?___________________________________________________________________________.79. How does Charity Engine spend its earnings?___________________________________________________________________________.80. The computers selected by Charity Engine help researchers and companies through ________.81. According to the passage, besides many organizations, Charity Engine mostly supports _____.崇明县Britain‟s youngest iPad addict (有瘾的人) hasn‟t even started school yet. That‟s right; a four-year-old girl is currently undergoing therapy after becoming addicted to playing games on her iPad.Receiving treatment at the Capio Nightingale Clinic, London, the little girl is said to have become increasingly distressed whenever her parents moved to take the iPad away. Medical help was sought af ter the girl‟s withdrawal symptoms did not improve.Dr. Richard Graham, the girl‟s psychiatrist (精神病医生), said: “In the year running up to contacting the clinic, the parents noticed her use of the iPad was increasing. She was using it three to four hours every day and showed increased anxiety if it was removed.”According to Dr. Graham, parents should strive to keep iPads and similar devices out of the reach of inf ants, believing that: “Children see all the pretty colours and they will want to use it too.”“There are concerns that toys are being replaced by the likes o f iPads and smartphones, but children are not at a level zhucanqi of maturity to deal with such advanced technology. They can‟t cope and become addicted, reacting with bad temper and uncontrollable behavior when they are taken away. Then as they grow older, the problem only gets worse,” Dr. Graham told The Mirror.The UK‟s first technology addiction programme was initiated by Dr. Graham three years ago. It‟s designed to deal with those who become annoyed when deprived from their device. Motivation for creating the treatment programme pfzhizuo came from a concern over the compulsive qualities of games available on iPads.Dr. Graham worries that this is not the only case of iPad addiction among young ones. It comes just after a five-year-old boy managed to cost his parents £1,700, by purchasing various add-ons for a game on the iPad.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.) 78. The case of the four-year-old girl is given to inform us of _________________________________.79. Why is it easier for children to be addicted to iPads?80. What caused Dr. Graham to launch t he UK‟s first technology addiction programme?81. One lesson that can be drawn from the passage by parents of infants is that they should ______________________________________________________.奉贤区Most people look Forward to retirement as a time when they can inally take up activities that they never had the time or energy to pursue beore. But some recent studies on people in their depression and possibly higher rates of other diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. That‟s why a new study of French workers is welcome news.Led by Hugo Westerlund, a proessor of psychology at Stockholm University, the study of more than 14,000 workers found lower rates of depression and atigue in people after they got tired while they were still employed.The scientists followed the employees of the French national gas and electric company or 14 years. They found in the year immediately after retirement, the volunteers reported 40% ewer depressive symptoms than they had in the year beore their retirement. The researchers also found an 81% drop in reports of both mental and physical atigue over the same time period.Clearly, said Westerlund, much of these decrease in physical and mental atigue can be traced back to relie rom the stresses of work. The decline in depressive symptoms suggests that retirement may be having a positive mental effect, too, which may have a lot to do with the generous (养老金) that rench workers enjoy . Most retirees in that country still beneit rom about 80% o their yearly salaries.“The economic or inancial situation in retirement is very important,” Westerlund says, “We don‟t know if the decrease in atigue and depressive symptoms is because of the removal o something bad while in work or the addition of something good while in retirement. But no matter the reason, if life in retirement is not comortable, then we won‟t see the improvements we did.”However, in European nations like France, governments are considering changes to pension plans, which may aect retirees‟ health after they leave their jobs－with less of a financial saety net, workers may no longer seem so mentally and physically happy to be out of work.78. According to some recent studies, retired people may have depression and higher rates of other diseases like ___________.79. Westerlund‟s group ound that in the year just after the retirement most retired French workers felt much less tired both ___________.80. What does the word in paragraph 5 refer to?81. Retirement may make people happier with ___________.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)虹口区You are what you eat and fats are a main food for Asia‟s fast-food generation. Dr. Chwang, director of the Department of Food Nutrition, says children are consuming more meat and soft drinks. That is a thorough departure from the traditional diet of vegetables and rice and little meat. “They like big pieces of fried meat with a soft drink. So although they may eat the same volume of food, their calorie intake (卡路里摄入量) has increased. Now about 40 to 45 percent of their calories come from fat,” says Chwang.Although on the whole Asians tend towards thinness, Asians‟ hospitality（好客）is the first and foremost reason for the fatness of today‟s generation, according to Chwang. “Asian people love food,” she says. “Eating and drinking are important social and family functions.” In the past, however, big meals were only hosted on special occasions as people were more careful with money. In today‟s climate of wealth and remarkable consumption, 10-course meals are no longer reserved for significant occasions.Needless to say, that children are being spoilt by their parents is another cause of children‟s overweight. More than anyone else, children are on the receiving end of their parents‟ improved circumstance s. “In the past, people had four or more children —now, they have one or two, so they tend to spoil them,” says Chwang. “The easiest way is to give them …quality food‟. Parents think feeding them well is showing their love. They feel bad when their childre n look thin.”When describing the physical condition of most overweight Asian children, Chwang says: “There is a clear relationship between fatness and indoor play children spend too much time on. Children get fat because they don‟t move, and eventually, they don‟t want to move because they‟re fat. Thanks to technology, a growing army of children prefer video games to old outdoor sports. “What do children do when watching TV or sitting in front of the computer playing video games? They eat chocolate and dri nk Coke,” says Chwang.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. Despite the same volume of food, children take in more calories due to ________.79. Thanks to ________, big meals nowadays are no longer enjoyed on special occasions.80. Why do some parents feel bad when their children look thin?81. According to Dr. Chwang, what are the three factors causing Asian children‟s overweight today?黄浦区The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal or moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a social problem.In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people just ordinary people acting carelessly, you might say. But it is a principle both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one‟s actions could bring death o r damages to others. A minority of the killers go even beyond carelessness to total negligence.Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be connected with psychological condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can affect drivers‟ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be evident. The experts warn that it is vital for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one‟s emotions under control.Yet the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem is not limited to drivers. Street walkers regularly ignore traffic regulations. They are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even believe that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.In the past few years, safety standards for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. In addition, speed limits have been lowered. Due to these measures, the accident rate has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. The only real and lasting solution, say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task requiring constant care and concentration. Those who fail to do all these things present a threat to those withwhom they share the road.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. Why road killers can‟t be excused?Because __________.79. In order to avoid automobile accidents, the experts suggest drivers should __________.80. Besides drivers, who should also be blamed for most roads accidents?81. The accident rate has decreased in the past few years because of __________.嘉定区Stress for a teenage r is as real a problem as stress for an adult. Therefore, it‟s important to understand the causes of stress in teenagers.When parents change their jobs or if the family decides to move to a different place, the child has to change schools, find new friends, adapt to the new social circle and fit into new groups. It is always difficult for children to adapt to such changes, which can be a serious cause of stress in their life.Academic difficulties, such as inability to understand a certain subject can cause stress. Not every child has the ability to understand every subject. Some kids need extra help besides school work to grasp a few concepts. Poor academic performance is often laughed at and is looked down upon by both teachers and peers. In such cases, it can make the child feel isolated, neglected and hurt. All of this, put together, can add to stress, which many times worsens grades.Extra curricular activities(课外活动) such as playing a sport, or attending art classes can weigh heavily on your child‟s mind. Balancing school and extra curricular activities does seem like a burden when you have to be outstanding at both. When the pressures from both the ends get unmanageable, teenagers tend to get tired and annoyed. Tiredness sets in, leading to stress related issues such as lack of concentration in school.These are the common causes of stress in teenagers, which can be noticed through signs such as poor memory, anxiety, negative and pessimistic attitude. If the signs of teenage stress go unrecognized for a long time, it can make the child emotionally out of balance. And next step, if this happens, it is necessary for parents to know how to deal with stress.78. What does the passage mainly talk about?______________________________________________________.79. Poor academic performance causes stress for children because it tends ________________________________________________.80. How can parents know that their teenagers are under stress?They can know that if their children __________________________________________ 81. The common causes of stress in teenagers introduced by the author are:_________________________________________ and extra curricular activities.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN THIRTEEN WORDS)金山区However important we may regard school life to be, there is no denying the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the great influence of parents cannotbe ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong allies of the school personnel or they can consciously or unconsciously hinder and frustrate curricular objectives.Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents informed of the newer methods used in schools. Many principles have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness program, manuscript writing and developmental mathematics. Moreover, the classroom teacher, with the permission of the supervisors, can also play an important role in enlightening parents. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupils‟progress, can significantly aid in achieving a harmonious interplay between school and home.To illustrate, suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly interview, the teacher can help the parent sublimate (升华) his natural paternal interest into productive channels. He might be persuaded to let Junior participate in discussing the family budget, buying the food, using a standard or measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating mileage on a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in mathematics, and at the same time, enjoying the work. Too often, however, teachers‟conferences with parents are devoted to petty(不重要的) accounts of children‟s misdeeds, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestion for penalties and rewards at home.What is needed is a more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional adviser, plants ideas in parents‟ minds for the best utilization of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom.In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngsters‟capacities.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements with NO MORE THAN 14 WORDS) 78. Why do parents also have great influence on children?_____________________________________________________________________________ 79. Through which ways can the teacher play an important role in enlightening parents?_____________________________________________________________________________ 80. According to the teacher, that parent should let the boy _____________________________ if he wants to sublimate his natural paternal interest into productive channels in teaching his son arithmetic.81. A more creative approach is needed for _____________________of children out of classroom. 静安区It is 2035. You have a job, a family and you are about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you‟re 40. You look muchyounger. With amazing progress in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You are not even middle-aged!As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn‟t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical progress, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain the vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.It‟s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot,” you order. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. (Notes: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. What changes the color of your shirt?79. The shoes know that yo u shouldn‟t eat the breakfast cereal by__________.80. What do the strawberries the children eat serve as?81. In the future, when you look through the pages in the e-newspapers, ___________.闵行区Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers‟ d esire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company‟s environmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes：“I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don‟t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon emission(排放) has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions.Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to convey clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted the standard, they can use a logo in all their marketing, which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)78. According to the passage, what is likely to influence shops on what to sell?79. A company may lose its regular customers unless ______________________.80. According to Harry Morrison, businesses will benefit from __________________.81. According to the last two paragraphs, companies can gain advantages by ____________.浦东新区Th e launch of the UK’s biggest online university venture has the potential to “revolutionise conventional models of formal education” and keep UK ahead in the global race to deliver the best education, says universities minister David Willetts.The FutureLearn project will see more than 20 institutions enter the global market to offer massive open online courses, or Moocs. Until now, the US has led the way in the creation of Moocs, catering to an estimated 3 million learners worldwide with hundreds of courses from a range of top institutions.Bath, Exeter, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Warwick are among the 21 UK universities that have signed up. The British Library, British Museum and British Council will also make material available to students. The venture, set up by the Open University, is a response to the rise of Moocs and will offer students a new and innovative way to access courses, says Martin Bean vice-chancellor of the Open University. Bean said, “Time and again we have seen the impact the Internet can have on industries — driving innovation and enhancing the customer experience. I have no doubt Moocs will do the same for education — offering people new and exciting ways to learn.”A senior academic at University College London — which has chosen not to be involved in FutureLearn —has questioned whether the Mooc model is the best road for universities to go down. Although free for students, online courses have some downsides. Stephen Caddick, professor at the university, says students want flexibility ab ove all. “Moocs are an online product of higher education currently experienced offline by a lot of students: inflexible”, said Caddick. “These courses are free to students, yet very expensive to develop for universities. ”Simon Nelson, CEO of FutureLearn, said university partners see this opportunity as “money extremely well spent”, helping them to boost their global profile and encourage experimentation and innovation within university departments. According to Nelson, FutureLearn will continue to expand its number of partners both in the UK and overseas, as well as develop its commercial model, which in the future could see students paying to take exams and purchase extra course material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVEWORDS.)78. Besides revolutionizing traditional educational models, FutureLearn has the potential to ______________________.79. How many learners all over the world have benefited from the online courses offered by American universities?80. What are the two downsides of online courses mentioned by Stephen Caddic?81. What is the plan for FutureLearn according to Nelson?普陀区Being a social butterfly just might change your brain: In people with a large network of friends and excellent social skills, certain brain regions are bigger and better connected than in people with fewer friends, a new study finds.The research suggests a connection between social interactions and brain structure. “We're interested in how your brain is able to allow you to find the right way in complex social environments,” MaryAnn Noonan said, a neuroscientist (神经学家) at Oxford University. Studies in monkeys have shown that brain areas involved in face processing and in predicting the intentions of others are larger in animals living in large social groups than in ones living in smaller groups.To investigate these brain differences in humans, Noonan and her colleagues found 18 participants for a structural brain-imaging study. They asked people how many social interactions they had experienced in the past month, in order to determine the size of their social networks. As was the case in monkeys, some brain areas were enlarged and better connected in people with larger social networks. “These different brain regions are all singing different songs,” Noonan said. “Networked areas are all singing the same song, and when they're connected better, they're singing more harmoniously with each other.”The researchers also tested whether the size of a person's social network was linked with changes in white-matter pathways, the nerve fibers(纤维) that connect different brain regions. Again, they found that white-matter pathways were better connected in people with bigger social networks. "The nerves were more like a Los Angeles freeway than a country road," Noonan said.The researchers couldn't say whether social interaction caused these changes in brain structure and connectivity, or whether the brain determined how social someone was. In the case of the monkeys, the researchers asked and wrote down the size of the animals' social network, so they concluded that social-group size was causing the brain differences. It can be inferred that a similar process takes place in human brains, but to prove this, long-term studies are needed, Noonan told LiveScience.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. The certain brain regions in people with fewer friends are ______.79. According to Noonan, the certain brain areas whose functions are to _________ are larger in more-sociable monkeys.80. How did Noonan and her colleagues know about the size of participants‟ social networks?81. According to the researcher‟s findings, what would make the brains of monkeys different?青浦区Every year in America, high-school students who want to go on to college take a national examination called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT in a shortened way. Their score is an important factor in determining which colleges will admit them or whether any will be admitted at a ll. The Scholastic Aptitude Test measures one‟s mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the English portion involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading comprehension.But the SAT folks have added a single question, to be answered in an essay, hand-written on the spot. That‟s an interesting way to test writing ability, but content aside, have you ever seen young people‟s handwriting lately? Or anyone‟s for that matter, in this age of computer keyboards? Students write numbers and sign their names on bank checks. They scribble class notes in what can generously be described as the written word. And they hand-write, or more often print, a word or two of identification on luggage and lunch bags. Otherwise, penmanship (书法) — once taught so morally and carefully by second-grade teachers, has gone the way of the dodo bird which has died out.Yet today‟s kids are asked to write, in a thoughtful and clear way, for several minutes on this SAT Test. Good luck to the test scorers who must work out difficultly what has been written by young people who‟ve been typing on computers since the age of three! Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help one‟s score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress poten tial employers and get more tax money back because the tax inspectors can actually read the computations. And don‟t forget, we all have to rely on handwriting from time to time, as computers go down when the power goes out.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78. In SAT, students will be tested on math, grammar, reading and__________________________________________________________.79. What does the underlined word “scribble” in paragraph 2 mean?__________________________________________________________.80. Why did the writer think test scorers would have a hard time?。
2014上海高三英语一模汇编：语法填空(含答案)
2014届高三英语一模汇编——语法填空1、2014黄浦一模(A)“Come in,Kim.Have a seat,please,”said Bill Williams,the manager.This was Kim’s first experience with an assessment.After only six months he was due for a raise(25)_____this assessment was satisfactory.“Kim,”began Bill Williams,“I am very pleased with the quality of your work.My only concern is that you are not active enough in(26)_____(put)forward your suggestions.”“But,”replied Kim,“I have always completed every assignment you(27)_____(give)me,Mr.Williams.”“I know that,Kim.And please,call me Bill.But(28)_____I expect is for you to think independently and introduce new ideas.It is more input from you(29)_____I need–more feedback on how things are going.I don’t need a‘yes man’.You just smile(30)___________everything is fine.I’m not asking you to tell me what to do,but what you thinkwe(31)_____do.To make suggestions,I employed you because I respect your experience in this field.”“Yes,I see.I’m not accustomed to this,but I will try to do as you say…Bill.”“Good,then,I expect(32)_____(hear)more from you at staff meetings or at any other time you want to discuss an idea with me.”“Yes,of course.Thank you,Mr.Will…Bill.”(B)I was the middle child of the three,but there was a gap of five years on either side,and I hardly saw my father before I was eight.For this and(33)_____reasons I was somewhat lonely.I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories,and I think from the very start my literary ambitions(34)_____(mix)up with the feeling of being isolated.I knew that I had a natural ability with words,and I felt that this created a sort of private world where I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.However,the quantity of serious writing which I produced all(35)_____my childhood would not add up to half a dozen pages.I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five,my mother(36)_____(take)it down to dictation.I cannot remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and(37)_____tiger had“chair-like teeth”—a good enough expression.At eleven,when the war of1914-18broke out,I wrote a poem(38)_____(print)in the local newspaper later. From time to time,when I was a bit(39)_____(old),I wrote bad and usually unfinished“nature poems”.I also,about twice,attempted a short story(40)_____was a failure.That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on paper during all those years.答案：25.if26.putting27.have given/gave/give28.what29.that30.as though/as if31.can/must/should/could32.to hear33.other34.were mixed35.through36.taking37.the38.printed39.older40.which/that第1页共17页2、2014普陀一模(A)Last August Susan and forty-two other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage(25)_____the river running across their city.(26)_____cleaned up the river as part of a weeklong environmental camp.Like one in three American rivers,this river is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming or fishing.Still,Susan,(27)_____has just completed her third summer camp on the river cleanup,sees a change in this river.“Since we started three years ago,the river is getting a lot(28)_____(clean),”she says.Environmental scientists praise the teenagers for removing garbage (29)_____can harm wild life.Water birds,for example,can die of plastic bottle rings and get cut by tiny metals.Three years ago,when the cleanup started,garbage was everywhere.But this year the teenagers can row their boats fast.By the end of the six-hour cleanup,they(30)_____(remove)enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks.“(31)_____(see)all that garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,”Susan says.She hopes that when others read that,she and her peers care enough(32)_____(clean)it up,maybe they would think twice before they throw garbage into the river.(B)Dave Fuss lost his job(33)_____(drive)a truck for a small company in west Michigan.His wife,Gerrie,was still working in the local school cafeteria,and the price of everything was rising.The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years.Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift---$7,000，a legacy(遗产)from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch,who died in(34)_____accident.“It really made a difference(35)_____we were going under financially.”says Dave.But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches.Dozens of other families(36)_____(touch)by the Hatches’generosity.In some cases,it was a few thousand dollars;in others,it was more than$100,000.It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money,more than$3million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on(37)_____was left of the family farm.(38)__________the financial crisis,Ish and Arlene developed the habit of saving.They were fond of comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store,(39)_____(check)prices before making a new purchase.Through the years,the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents(40)_____not afford it.“Ish and Arlene never asked whether you needed anything,”says their friend Sand Van Weelden,“They could see the things they could do to make you happier,and they would do them.”答案：25.from26.They27.who28.cleaner29.that/which30.had removed31.Seeing32.to clean33.driving34.an35.when36.were touched37.what38.Because of/Owing to/Due to39.checking40.could2019.07.18【一模汇编】2014届上海高三英语一模汇编：语法填空更多优质及原创资源请关注微信公众号：上海初高中英语教学(SHCG-English)(B)35.could36.because37.more37.if38.but39.another40.is giving34.to eat(A)25.where27.something28.taking29.When/After30.a/one31.listed32.On33.what答案：3、2014徐汇一模（A）"Just tell him if he really loves you,he should leave you.""I don't think my boyfriend is going to like that."stomach.""Because your boyfriend40_____(give)you too much stress.He is probably the main cause of your upset "Why?"Sara asked.39_____.He wanted to get married,38_____she didn't.The doctor said that she should break up with her boyfriend and find Then he asked her37_____there were any big problems in her life.She said that her boyfriend was a big problem. stomach.""Don't drink any36_____(much)regular milk.Start drinking lactose-free milk,because lactose can upset your three glasses a day.good doctor would solve it in no time.Two days later,she saw her doctor.He asked her if she drank milk.She said yes, "No way,"Sara said.She didn't want to go home.She liked America.This was a minor problem,she was sure.Any agreeing with her.They said she would have to return to her home country.Her friends told her it was35_____she had moved to America.The air,water,and food in America weren't This was terrible.She34_____hardly go anywhere in public.Sara needed to see the doctor.She had an upset stomach.She felt bloated,and needed to pass gas every minute or so.(B)Ahh,32_____a sandwich,he thought,as he sat down33_____(eat).he added some bits of hot green chile,and then put the top piece of toast onto the chile bits.onion.31_____top of the onions,he placed the hot dog.On top of the hot dog,he put a couple of slices of apple.Then When the toast popped up,he put mustard,mayonnaise,and ketchup on one slice.Then he added two slices of was organic sprouted wheat.The first ingredient in ordinary bread is usually unbleached flour.Gordon put two slices of bread into the toaster.This was tasty and healthy bread.The first ingredient30_____(list) took the hot dog out of the pan.got hot,he put the two halves in the pan.About29_____minute later,he flipped each half over.After another minute,he heat.Then he poured a little bit of vegetable oil into the pan.He sliced the hot dog in half lengthwise.28_____the oil After27_____(take)it out of its package,he put a small frying pan onto the stove’s gas burner.He turned on the must be26_____in here to eat,he thought.Now,however,there was a single hot dog.Gordon was hungry.He opened the refrigerator,25_____there used to be much food before his wife left him.There(A)The problem with much mobile technology is that it’s not really designed to be used while you’re actually mobile. The human brain can only pay attention to about three things at a time–and concentrate effectively on just one of them. Even though the consequences of smartphone distraction（注意力分散）are sometimes(25)_____(amuse),they can also be serious.The number of children(26)_____(admit)to hospitals after accidents in public playgrounds(27)_____(climb)by about a third in five years,according to NHS data.Experts in both Britain and the US,(28)_____a similar rise has occurred suggest some of the increase may be a result of parents being too distracted by their phones(29)_____(take) care of their children properly.And now comes evidence showing that11-year-old children are three times more likely to be hurt or seriously injured on the way to and from school than10-year-olds,since11is the average age at which children receive their first mobile phone,six times more likely(30)_____(send)a text when it happens.(31)_____quarter of children surveyed admitted that they had been distracted by personal technology while crossing the road.“There is,”the report concluded,“a clear connection(32)_____the use of technology and the time of serious accidents with children.”(B)Self care is necessary for our physical and mental health,yet often it’s the first thing we drop when we find ourselves(33)_____(stretch)for time.While we’re on the subject of time,let’s talk about priorities.When we feel likewe don’t have time to do something important,it is(34)_____because we’re not making time or because our priorities are not what we actually need.Everything we do with our time is a choice.It(35)_____feel like we“have to”do certain things,but,in reality,we have complete control over(36)_____we spend our time.(37)_______________busy you are,you can fit self care into your schedule.Whether this means making it thefirst thing you do each morning,giving up TV or Facebook time,saying“no”to certain commitments,or potentially displeasing(38)_____,you can fit self care into your weekly routine(39)_______________you prioritize（优先考虑）.Self care doesn’t have to involve a lot of money,nor does it require a lot of time.If you(40)_____(struggle)to fit self care into your routine,start small,prioritize,and listen to your heart.答案：25.amusing26.admitted27.has climbed28.where29.to take30.to be sending31.A32.between33.stretched34.either35.might36.how37.No matter how38.others39.as long as40.are strugglingA friendly dog named Bonnie,who also happens to be deaf,is being praised by her owner for(25)_______(help) him catch a suspected intruder in their home.Dan Strasser said he heard Bonnie running around the living room at about6a.m.Saturday,so he got out of bed to see(26)_______she was so excited.He said Bonnie didn’t bark or bite like a guard dog,but(27)_______she behavedwas enough to alert him.When Strasser walked into the living room,he caught the intruder(28)_______(try)to steal his computer.The man took off,but instead of running out of the back door(29)_______he came in,he accidentally ran into the garage and (30)_______(seize)there.Strasser grabbed his gun and held the intruder in the garage while his girlfriend called911.Police showed up and arrested the intruder,whom they later identified(31)_______Thomas Lowell,who was accused in court Monday of burglary(入室行窃)and possession of drug.He is due back in court on Oct.2nd.Strasser said Lowell got in through the back door,which he kept open at night so that Bonnie(32)_______get into the backyard.He plans to keep it(33)_______(lock)from now on.(B)The first-ever American Laughing Championship is taking place in San Diego.The contest is the first national championship in the US,(34)_______Canadian filmmaker,Albert Nerenberg,has previously organized national laughing contests in Canada and Japan and a state championship in California back in2010.The contest requires the chosen laughers to face off against each other as the audience determines who has(35)(attractive)laugh.Daunte Reed is one of about twelve people competing in the contest.He is hoping to be a winner of the title of top laugher.“I’ve been told I have(36)_______attractive laugh.(37)_______doesn’t take much to make me laugh,”Reed said.The contest includes the belly laugh,the crazy laugh and the diabolical(魔鬼般的)laugh.The last one is the most challenging,according to Nerenberg,who said the goal is(38)_______(make)the audience laugh with your laugh.The solo(单独的)laughing requires a good voice.However,the other laugh styles require someone to get the audience laughing;a good diabolical laugh requires the laugher to infect himself and startlaughing naturally,”he explained.“The person who wins isn’t always the best,but the top three people are always the best.It is more joy (39)_______these people bring to the world.They tend to be happy types.W e(40)_______(never have)a sad personwin so far,”he added.答案:25.helping/having helped26.why27.How28.Trying29.where30.was seized31.as32.could33.locked34.although35.the most attractive36.an37.It38.to make39.that40.have never hadOne day I heard two girls talking about making net friends in a café.One said that she(25)______(meet)one of her net friends and the other told her not to because most people found their net friends(26)______(disappoint)in real life.We all know it is quite common now that many teenagers,especially(27)______from one-child families,like to make net friends and spend lots of time chatting with them because they need someone to talk with and share theirsorrow and happiness.However,is it wise for them to do so?In my opinion,it is possible for you to find some real good friends with the help of new technology but you(28) ____________take care.When you talk with someone unknown on the Internet,you have no idea at all what kind of person he is and(29)______he is telling you the truth.Besides we can’t deny that some bad guys mask themselves very well so that they can get many nice people(30)______(trap).So,you’re taking the risk of meeting your net friends(31)______you get any idea about him.In a word,you can never be too careful when meeting your net friends.(B)Perhaps one aspect of modern life which is most often considered‘annoying’is noise.According to some estimates, the amount of urban noise(32)______(double)in the past ten years,and with the increase in road and air traffic,noiseis likely to increase too.Noise quite clearly affects the health of modern man.It is a health threat.Loud noise(33)______(say)to be a leading cause of deafness among many people over65.It is also a major(34)______(contribute)factor in causing stress, (35)______itself causes a variety of illnesses.Noise is sometimes associated with lack of communication in the modern world.In many busy shops,factories and nightclubs,(36)______level and constancy of noise make conversation at a natural level difficult or impossible.Certain people in society,such as motorcyclists,seem to believe they have a right(37)______(make)as much noise as they like without being fined.Do they?We are so trained to noise in this modern world(38)______people growing up with little(39)______no experience of genuine peace and quiet have begun to associate silence with boredom.Isn’t it time for us to start teaching young people that silence is golden and that you can do a lot of interesting things(40)______the accompaniment of noise?答案：25.would meet/was going to meet26.disappointing27.those28.have to/ought to29.whether/if30.trapped31.trapped32.has doubled33.is said34.contributing35.which36.the37.to make38.that39.or40.withoutEnglish is(25)________(widely)used language in the history of our planet.One in every seven human beings(26)________speak it.More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English.Of all languages,English has the largest vocabulary—perhaps as many as two million words.However,let’s face it:English is a crazy language.There is no egg in(27)________eggplant,neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.Sweet-meats are candy,while sweetbreads,(28)________aren’t sweet, are meat.We take English(29)_______granted.But when we explore its paradoxes(矛盾),we find that quicksand can work slowly,boxing rings are square,public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it(30)________a writer writes,but fingers don’t fing,grocers don’t groce,and hammers don’t ham?Ifthe plural of tooth is teeth,shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?How can overlook and oversee be opposites,while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?So far English,(31)________(invent)by people not computers,(32)________(reflect)the creativity of human beings.（B）The(33)________(ring)bell indicated the end of the last class on Friday afternoon.Students swarmed out of the classrooms and headed back to their dormitories.Only Xiao Di headed to another classroom.“Go ahead and have dinner. Don’t wait for me,”the20-year-old told her friends.“I have to get to a good seat for my minor subject.”Like Xiao,many students are signing up for minor subjects in their spare time.(34)________the reasons are different,they all believe that taking a minor subject is a rewarding experience.Li Keren,22,is a senior who(35)________(involve)in finance at Tianjin University of Finance&Economics now.He enrolled in international finance as his minor subject and managed to stay on top in(36)________of his major and minor subjects.“Different from most students,I pay equal attention to my major and minor subject,”he says.He thinks that students have signed up for minor subjects(37)________they have the energy and time to do so.The disadvantage of (38)________(pay)less attention to a minor subject,according to Li,is(39)________students may not get a comprehensive understanding of the subject.Therefore,what students should do is(40)________(devote)the same energy and time to their major subject as before,while sacrificing their spare time to work on their minor subject.“Considering your future,it’s a worthwhile effort,”he says.答案：25.the most widely26.can27.an28.which29.for30.that31.invented32.has reflected/has been reflecting33.ringing34.Though35.is involved36.both37.because38.paying39.that40.to devoteAs a student,I get so many assignments every day.I have to stay up late in order to finish all my homework.I used to complain about all this pressure(25)____school with my classmates.We did not appreciate our teachers for their hard work.We only(26)____(know)that we got a lot of homework.After a few months,we did not complain about homework anymore(27)____we knew that our teachers worked (28)____(hard)than we did.We had no right to complain.Sometimes,we said,“I didn’t go to bed until12:00o’clock last night.Now I just want to sleep.”Our teacher would answer us,“I go to bed at1:00a.m.every day.”Since we knew how hard teachers work,we started to appreciate them.To give our thanks,we wrote a big card to the teachers(29) ____it was teachers’day.When they got our card,they(30)____(touch)because their students finally knew the teachers’effort.After giving the card,I realized(31)____powerful the sentence“thank you”is.When we give our thanks to somebody,the world is full of love.I say“thank you”to my friends,family,classmates,teachers,and even strangers.I like to see the smiles on their faces,so(32)____(say)“thank you”every day is the way I make the world a better place.(B)The year before last,a new superhero landed on Earth to live among humans.When people needed help,Thor became their defender and saved(33)____world.People loved Thor and the actor who played him—Chris Hemsworth.Hemsworth was born in Melbourne,Australia,in1983.His family moved between Melbourne and the Northern Territory.In the Northern Territory,Hemsworth’s parents worked on a cattle station.The work required the family(34) ____(live)two hours from the nearest big city.Since they had no T V,Hemsworth and his brothers learned to entertain (35)____.They played outside,(36)____(build)weapons and forts(堡垒).Later the family settled on Philip’s Island south of Melbourne(37)____Hemsworth enjoyed surfing.In2012,Hemsworth played Thor again in the film The Avengers.He was one of a group of superheroes(38)____ (assemble)to save planet Earth.That film earned$1billion worldwide in just19days!He also starred in(39)____is called Snow White and the Huntsman.Audiences(40)____seem to get enough of him!A second Thor film,Thor2,is due out in2013.答案：25.from26.knew27.because28.harder29.when30.were touched31.how32.saying33.the34.to live35.themselves36.building37.where38.assembled39.what40.can’tWhen I was young I wanted to be a model,so I convinced my parents to take me for an audition(试演).I was(25)_______(select)and told I had potential．I imagined(26)_______(sign)by some famous model companies.For months,any boredom or disappointment I faced was pushed aside because I knew I(27)_______(have)the chance to be a real model soon.Of course,I wasn't signed,but(28)_______hurt the most was being told that if I grew to1.75meters I could be a success.I prayed for a growth spurt（冲刺）because I didn’t want to give up my dream.I made an appointment with a local modeling agency.The agency sent me out on a few auditions,but with every day I didn't receive a call,I grew more(29)_______ (depress).The final straw came in July(30)_______I had decided to focus on commercial modeling.There was an open call in New York City.We spent hours driving,only to be told that I was too short．Years later,I realize that the trip to New York was good as(31)_______made me notice I didn't actually love modeling,just the idea of it.I wanted to be special and I was naively determined(32)_______(reach)an impossible goal. The experience has made me stronger and that will help me later in the future．(B)The cold came a little bit earlier this winter.The weather has been harsh and unforgiving.Beijing witnessed the (33)_______(early)snowfall since the1950s on Nov3.Temperatures in many parts of China have hit record lows,with Inner Mongolia suffering from a killer cold of-40C.Cold weather also brought heavy snowstorms(34)_______the US, Russia and Europe,(35)_______(cause)deaths and forcing highways to shut down.You may not think they are related in any possible way,but scientists say that the extreme cold started in the North Pole,where the sea ice is melting rapidly(36)_______the burning of fossil fuels.This summer,the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US announced that the sea ice coverage in(37)_______Arctic had reached its lowest level with less than half of the coverage it has four decades ago.Large amounts of sea ice loss could change(38)_______air circulates in the atmosphere.At the same time,melting sea ice also release more ocean water,which result in increased water vapor in the atmosphere that(39)_______be transferred into snow.Also,the attack of the cold came quickly and without a break this year.This left no time for the temperature to revive(回升),(40)_______caused the cold to accumulate.答案：25.was selected26.being signed27.would have28.what29.depressed30.after31.it32.to reach33.earliest34.to35.causing36.because of37.the38.how39.can40.whichLike many of my generation,I have a weakness for hero worship.At some point,however,we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them.This leads us to ask:What is a hero?(25)______immense differences in cultures,heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.A hero does something worth(26)______(talk)about.A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen.But a hero goes beyond mere fame.Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves.Like high-voltage(高电压)transformers,heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down(27)____________it can be used by ordinary people.ljjjThe hero lives a life worthy of imitation.Those who imitate a genuine hero(28)______(experience)life with new depth,enthusiasm,and meaning.A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve?What are they willing to live and die for?(29)______the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame,they may be famous persons but not heroes.Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous,(30)______who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?Heroes are catalysts(催化剂)for change.They have a vision from the mountaintop.They have the skill and the charm to move the masses.They create new possibilities.Without Gandhi,India(31)______still be part of the British Empire.(32)______may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities,but the pace of change would be slow,the vision uncertain,and the committee meetings endless.(B)When young people get their real jobs,they may face a lot of new,confusing situation.They may find that everything is different from the way things(33)______(be)at school.It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations.Eventually,they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations(34)______appear in the working world.Perhaps the best way(35)______(learn)how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior.In doing so,you’ll be able to see what it is(36)______you admire in this person.For example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble.Perhaps even(37)______(important),you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations(38)______(be).While you are observing your colleague,you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like(39)______and how you can learn from his response to different situations.By(40)______(learn)from a model,you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.答案：25.Despite26.talking27.so that28.experience29.If30.but31.might/would32.It33.were34.that/which35.to learn36.that37.more important38.is/will be39.yours40.learningAlan and Linda always dreamed of living“the good life”.Both from poor working-class families,they married young and set out to fulfil their mutual goal of becoming wealthy.They both worked very hard for years.____25____ (earn)enough money,they finally could move from their two-bedroom home to a seven-bedroom home in a richneighbourhood.They focused their energies on trying to have____26____they considered important for a good life: membership in the local country club,luxury cars,designer clothing,and high-class society friends.____27____much they earned,it never seemed to be enough.They were unable to remove the financial insecurity that____28____ (acquire)in childhood.Then the stock market crashed in1987,and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. Alan also suffered from heart attack,____29____cost the family much.One thing led to____30____,and they found themselves in a financial disaster.Their house needed to be sold,and eventually they lost the country club membership and the cars.It was several years____31____Alan and Linda managed to land on their feet,and though they now live a life far from wealthy,they have learned a valuable lesson from their lives and felt quite blessed.Only now,as they think of what____32____(remain)—a solid,loving marriage,a dependable income,and good friends—do they realize that true abundance comes not from gathering fortunes,but rather from appreciating.(B)We all hope to enjoy harmonious relationships with our parents.In real life,however,this is not always possible. The poem“Those Winter Sundays”by Robert Hayden expresses the speaker’s regret over the way the speaker,when he was young,____33____(treat)his father.It is only when he looks back on how he has grown up____34____he beginsto understand his father’s unselfish love.In remembering the small things his father did____35____him and his family,such as lighting a fire in the morning and polishing his shoes,the speaker begins to understand an aspect of parental love that escaped____36____ notice in the past.As he recalls how his father warmed the house,the speaker’s coldness toward his father starts to melt away.In its place is love and gratitude.It dawns on him that love is not just hugging and kissing,or always warm and affectionate, but____37____well be cold and stern in appearance.In fact,mature love often requires self-discipline and self-sacrifice.During our stressful teen years,we may find that our parents,especially our fathers,have difficulty____38____ (show)their love for us verbally—sometimes when we need it most.This is certainly very discouraging.However,if we remember____39____(be)grateful or not so self-centered,we will see that their love has always been there,only ____40____(express)in ways different from what we may have expected.答案：25.Having earned26.what/something27.However28.was required29.which30.another31.before32.remains33.treated34.that35.for36.his37.may38.showing39.to be40. expressed。
2014年高考真题英语听力试题、原文及答案(上海卷)
英语听力部分（上海卷）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 bespoken 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. A policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress.2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried.3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency.C. In a bank.D. In a driving school.4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station.5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane.C. Get some stationery.D. Clean the backyard.6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes.C. Protect herself from being hurt.D. Bargain with the shop assistant.7. A. Use a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course.C. Help him revise his report.D. Get her computer repaired.8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic.9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year.B. She has already told the man about her plan.C. She isn't planning to leave her university.D. She recently visited a different university.10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayor's speech.C. It made the mayor's view clearer.D. It carried the mayor's speech accurately.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. 70. B. 20. C. 25. D. 75.12. A. The houses there can't be sold. B. It is a place for work and holiday.C. The cabins and facilities are shared.D. It is run by the residents themselves.13. A. A skiing resort. B. A special community.C. A splendid mountain.D. A successful businesswoman.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Those who often sent text messages. B. Those who suffered from heart disease.C. Those who did no physical exercise.D. Those who were unmarried.15. A. They responded more slowly than usual. B. They sent more messages.C. They typed 10 percent faster on average.D. They edited more passages.16. A. Why chemical therapy works.B. Why marriage helps fight cancer.C. How unmarried people survive cancer.D. How cancer is detected after marriage.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.听力部分答案1. A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.B6.D7.A8.C9.C 10.B11.C 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.B17. conference18. daylight19. moving20. overcrowded21. implications and conclusions22. reasoning23. Figures24. keep questioning附：听力原文材料见下一页（图片形式）。
2014年普陀区高三一模卷分析-推荐下载
答案：25. from 26. They 27.who 28. cleaner 29. that/which 30. had removed 31. Seeing 32. to clean分析：25. 本题考查的搭配问题remove.... from …, 做对本题的关键是要了解这个词语的搭配问题。
26. 本题考的是代词，要注意前后的语境及指代。
27. 本题考查的是非限制性定语从句的关系代词问题，比较容易。
28. 本题是属于给出限定词的题目，要看到前面的a lot, 这样就很容易填出clean的比较级。
29. 本题考查的是定语从句，也需要填关系代词，指代前面的先行词garbage, 用that和which都可以。
30．本题考查的时态问题，通过前面的by the end of…可知本题应填过去完成时，本题较容易。
31. enough 后往往要接to do 形式，所以本题答案为to clean ,难度不算太大。
答案：33. driving 34. an 35. when 36. were touched 37. what 38. Because of/ Owing to/ Dueto 39.checking 40. Could分析：33. 本题考查的是非谓语作定语，job跟drive是主动关系，所以填driving，本题很多学生会填to drive ,我们可以认为to do这种形式往往表示动作尚未发生，而这里表示的是从事的工作丢掉了，这不可能未发生，故填to drive是不合适的。
34. 本题填的是an, 要提醒学生看到单数可数名词时要考虑填冠词。
35. 本题考查的是状语从句的用法，根据句意可以看出应该是表示时间的，所以填when合适。
36. 本题填的是谓语动词，主语后面要填谓语，根据分析，本空要填被动语态。
37.38. 结合本句的句意，表达的应该是原因，又因为后面加的是名词，所以填以上几个表示原因的词组都可以。
上海市普陀区2014年中考一模(即期末)英语试题(扫描版)
上海市普陀区2014年中考一模（即期末）英语试题Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）Ⅱ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）26. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?A) I hope you can believe me. B) Luckily, nobody died in the accident.C) Who is the chief of your team? D) I bought a piece of furniture yesterday.27. Which of the following word matches the sound /maɪl/?A) mile B) meal C) mail D) mall28. Something unusual happened in ________middle of the class.A) a B) / C) the D) an29. Our school sports meeting is usually held______ November.A) at B) for C) on D) in30. I don’t think this is Diana’s pet dog. ________ is dark brown.A) She B) Her C) Hers D) Herself31. ---What do you want me to get, dear?---Let me see. We have _______ bread and milk left, but there isn’t enough fruit.A) many B) much C) few D) little32. Could you please return this magazine ________ the library for me?A) to B) at C)for D) from33. She thought she heard________ fall on the floor, so she got up to take a look.A) everything B)anything C) something D) nothing34. The streets in this area are cleaned three times a day,________ they?A) did B) didn’t C) are D) aren’t35. The Bund looks much ________ at night when the lights are on.A) pretty B) prettier C) prettiest D) the prettiest36. Mark would like to accept the job________ he is not quite pleased with the pay.A) though B) because C) if D) until37. Many accidents happen because the drivers don’t drive ________ enough.A) care B) cares C) careful D) carefully38. It's not easy________ many phone numbers especially mobile phone numbers.A) remember B) remembering C) to remember D) remembered39. The TV news says the old man________ the bridge for over ten years.A) clean B) cleaned C)has cleaned D) are cleaning40. If you don’t mind ________ for several more minutes, I’ll tell you the whole story.A) stay B) staying C) will stay D) to stay41. The serious haze makes a lot of people ________a sore throat.A) have B) having C) to have D) had42. Karen’s dream is ________ a computer programme designer.A) become B) will become C) becomes D) to become43. The problem________ be talked about any more. We’ve found the solution.A) mustn’t B) needn’t C)shouldn’t D) can’t44. ---You’d better set off a bit earlier. The traffic in the morning is terrible.----________A) All right B)Not at all C) What for? D) I hope so.45. ---You look great in this orange dress.---___________A) Good idea! B) My pleasure C) Why not? D) Thank you.Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be use once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。
2014年上海市高考英语试卷及答案完美解析(word版)
2014年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试上海英语试卷考生注意: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（笫1—12页）和第Ⅱ卷（第13页），全卷共13页.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.3.答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上,在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。
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。
policewoman.B。
A judge。
C。
A reporter。
D. A waitress。
2。
A。
Confident。
B。
Puzzled. C。
Satisfied。
D. Worried。
3。
A。
At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency.C. In a bank.D. In a driving school.4。