2014届上海市各区高三英语一模——完形填空汇编

宝山区 More and more shoppers are buying things online these days, allowing them to avoid 51 salespeople and long lines at checkout counters. In spite of online convenience, 52 , there are some items — like clothes — that customers prefer to 53 before buying. In light of this, two companies are finding ways to modernize stores and 54 the gap between online and in-store retail (零售). A software company that also happens to sell designer jeans, Hointer has created a fast and painless shopping 55 for its customers. Shoppers walk into a Hointer store and select one of the many pairs of jeans 56 down from bars. Then they point their smartphones at the tag and 57 the Hointer app, after which they select the size and press “try on.” The app then directs them to a specific dressing room. German-made robots bring out the 58 jeans and deliver them through a chute (斜槽) to the dressing room in about 30 seconds. Immediately after 59 pairs of jeans are dropped through another chute, the “outbox,” they disappear from the list in the app. Purchases at Hointer are made with a swipe (刷卡) of a credit card. And interacting with a salesperson is optional! This allows Hointer to hire fewer people and focus on their ultimate goal: developing 60 that supports a retail revolution. Men’s clothing retailer Bonobos has 61 a more personalized shopping experience. Although it is — in fact — an online retailer, Bonobos has decided to open a handful of brick-and-mortar stores called Guideshops. Shoppers make a(n) 62 online before arriving at a Guideshop, where they receive one-on-one 63 from a fitting guide. Because these shops have limited inventories (存货), shoppers aren’t able to take home the outfits they select. But guides help shoppers make online purchases before they leave, after which the items will be 64 to customers in one or two days. While Hointer focuses on convenience, Bonobos Guideshops focus on customer service. But both efforts have one thing 65 : giving clothing retailers a new look for the 21st century.

51. A. respectable B. considerate C. aggressive D. violent 52. A. however B. therefore C. anyway D. moreover 53. A. convince B. guarantee C. ensure D. examine 54. A. break B. bridge C. shallow D. deepen 55. A. experience B. mall C. direction D. principle 56. A. hiding B. hanging C. storing D. labeling 57. A. start B. upload C. save D. download 58. A. desired B. well-designed C. promoted D. well-prepared 59. A. qualified B. wanted C. chosen D. unwanted 60. A. employment B. efficiency C. technology D. market 61. A. come up with B. looked forward to C. looked up D. brought up 62. A. decision B. appointment C. contribution D. impression 63. A. contact B. instruction C. notice D. attention 64. A. presented B. packaged C. delivered D. transferred 65. A. in conclusion B. in common C. as usual D. in general

崇明县 Telemedicine is the name for when doctors give advice to patients by telephone or the Internet, or when health care providers in rural areas connect with specialists in big cities. Telemedicine has 51 for a long time, but the rise of smartphones, tablet PCs and camera-equipped computers is 52 telemedicine to new levels. Some health care systems in the United States now 53 Virtual (虚拟的) Urgent Care. Patients see a doctor by video chat without having to leave home. Diana Rae, a nurse educator in the Franciscan Health System recently 54 how Virtual Urgent Care works. She used an iPad tablet and skype—the video chat service. Doctor Green has the patient describe her 55 ; then the doctor performs a physical exam by demonstrating what he wants her to do. Doctor Green decides that the problem is a common 56 . For medicine, he prescribes (开药方) an antibiotic (抗生素). He says about 3 out of 4 patients have 57 problems that can be treated like this—through Virtual Urgent Care, which means a video chat could 58 a visit to the doctor’s office. “Patients’ safety is really important to us. So if we feel it is not 59 for the patient to be treated in this manner, we’re going to suggest other 60 for them,” said Green. The Franciscan Health System is based in Tacoma, Washington. It 61 $35 for this kind of virtual house call, which is much pfzhizuo less than the cost of going to an emergency room, a doctor’s office or an urgent care clinic. After trying the video conference, Diana Rae says she would be 62 to pay the $35 when she was recently home with a bad cold. “I would have paid twice that for the 63 of getting taken care of without having to sit in a waiting room, wait, and get 64 everyone else’s germs,” Rae said. Franciscan operates hospitals and clinics and has a deal with a company called Carena to add effective urgent care by Skype or phone. Carena is one of several companies doing this kind of work around the country. But a company official says state rules have not kept 65 with developments in telemedicine.

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【2014届】上海市各区县中考一模英语试卷首字母填空总汇(一)

2014届上海市各区县中考一模英语试卷首字母填空总汇（一）松江区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)An 8-year-old Miami boy, Joshua Williams, is president of his own non-profit organization---Joshua’s Save the World. His organization provides food and clothes for p 81people and families in Miami and the neighboring areas.Joshua has r 82 thousands of dollars for his organization. He started to help the hungry when he was just 5. He was in his mother’s car when they passed a beggar. Joshua asked his mother to stop so that he could give him $20. “It’s my m 83 .I want to help him, Mum,”Joshua recalled. One year later, he created his organization with the help of his mother and Francine Hanna, a local businesswoman. “He just thought that was what he wanted to do,”his mother said. “And there was nothing that could s 84 him.”The organization now provides clothing, furniture and food for the poor people in America. At the same time, Joshua never misses a c 85 to encourage other people to follow what he did whether at church or on the streets. Earl Laird lost his job two years ago and hasn’t managed to get a n 86 one. Without money, he can’t pay for the flat and has to live on the street. He depends on food from Joshua’s Save the World. “Joshua is an angel (天使) from God,” he said.Joshua has won Miami’s “Do the Right Thing”award and the “Kids Who Care”competition, which awarded him a $1,000 note. Even though he has a 87 done plenty, he said that hismission (使命)to provide for the poor is far from finished. “I want to get a team together,” Joshua said. “I want my team to go out and give food to people who have a need for it. I want to spread love to countries in Africa.”2.闸北区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)（14分）The story behind the shopping cartCharactersSylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop（反面还有试题）Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i 81 – a shopping cart. Sylvan: My customers don’t like our shopping cart.Fred: Really? So they p 82 shopping with those heavy baskets?Sylvan: (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 83 none of them wants to use the cart.Fred: I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.Sylvan: (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!Fred: So why don’t they like the shopping cart?Sylvan: Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 84 and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.Fred: Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.Sylvan: Um…Fred: What? They don’t like the cart e 85 ?Sylvan: Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!Fred: Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g 86 up on this invention!Sylvan: We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.Fred: What is it?Sylvan: I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls topush the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.Fred: Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractivepeople using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enoughfor them, it’s good enough for me!”Sylvan: E 87 .Fred: Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greetyour customers and encourage them to use the cart.Sylvan: Great idea!3.长宁区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

上海市金山区2014届高三上学期期末考试[2014上海金山一模]

金山区2013学年第一学期期末考试高三英语试卷（满分：150分考试时间：120分钟）2014.1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. By bus. B. By train. C. By bicycle. D. On foot.2. A. Do some cooking. B. How to become a Shanghainese.C. How to play chess.D. One day in Shanghai.3. A. A pair of stockings. B. Some paper of high quality.C. A large quantity of books.D. A bookshelf.4. A. It is not very difficult. B. He doesn’t believe everyone’s words.C. He finds the maths course too difficult.D. His score is very bad.5. A. He made a lecture to the woman and the man.B. He has just graduated from the university.C. He is too shy to speak in the university.D. He used to be very shy, but now he has overcome it.6. A. He declines the woman’s offer.B. He doesn’t like the food.C. He likes the pudding only.D. He will eat all the food on the table.7. A. The key to the company’s success.B. The changes on the market.C. The management of the woman’s company.D. How the woman’s company goes on.8. A. Frank’s car was accidentally lost.B. Frank was killed in a car accident.C. Frank fell out of a car.D. Frank survived a car accident.9. A. 40 dollars. B. 32 dollars. C. 30 dollars. D. 16 dollars.后期制作10. A. There are too many centers already.B. They aren’t really going to build one.C. She knew about the planned construction.D. She hasn’t been to the other centers.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questionson each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken onlyonce. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide whichone would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. In 1886. B. In 1856.C. In 1830.D. In 1950.12. A. A doctor. B. A novelist.C. A housekeeper.D. A poet.13. A. She often goes out to get some information.B. She is not a sociable person.C. She only communicated with her seven poems.D. She is not a productive person.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Slow drain. B. Cutting trees.C. Lack of money.D. Heavy rainfall.15. A. Because they lack money.B. Because the bang is used for experiments.C. Because of some technical faults.D. Because people don’t like it.16. A. India. B. South Africa.C. Denmark.D. China.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be readtwice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with theinformation 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.Directions: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 )“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, ____25___ ________ going towards the stairs，I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew___26____ (thick) and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But ____27___I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up ___28___ (protect) my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of ____29__ (burn)wood all around me.As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry. I nearly dropped ___30___in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in ___31__ night dress and a borrowed man’s coat scr eamed as she saw me and _____32______(come) running madly.She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.( B )Today, roller skating is easy and fun．But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That ch anged because of a man___33_____(name)Joseph Merlin.One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. ___34___ the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think ___35____ to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he____36____(get) a lot of attention ifhe could skate into the room.Merlin tried different ways to make himself ___37___(roll). Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party___38____ wheels while playing the violin.On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone___39____ (amaze) to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror___40___ was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time! Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlylittle 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.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.Recent years have seen considerable growth in the number of children learning a second or foreign language, as the importance of being able to use a language other than one’s first language has become recognized in an increasingly globalized world. In Asia and Europe ___51___, there has been a tendency to ___52___ the age at which school children begin to learn a foreign language, since it is believed that the earlier a child starts to learn a foreign language, the greater the ultimate achievement will be.In many countries, the language of education is not the same as the language of the homefor__53__ children. Furthermore, in many countries, young language learners comprise the most rapidly growing segment of the elementary (primary) school population.___54__ in some schools there is no extra support to help young language learners acquire the language of instruction, in most countries where there are large numbers of young learners, there is a ___55___ awareness of their special needs. There is ___56___ a need to identify the needs of young language learners, to ___57___ what level, if any, of proficiency they have in the target language to diagnose their strengths and areas in need of improvement. Language ___58___, whether this is informal, classroom- based, or large-scale, thus has a __59___ role to play in gathering the information needed for these purposes.Unfortunately, the vast majority of teachers who work with young language learners have had little or no ___60___ training or education in language assessment. Teachers are involved in assessment on a daily basis, as they ___61___ their pupils’ classroom performance, and as they develop formal classroom assessments. Assessment should therefore, wherever possible, be familiar and involve familiar adults, rather than ___62_____. The environment should be safe for the learner. Teachers responding___63___ to the child’s efforts is ideal for young learners. Such feedback maintains attention and ___64___. As children grow, they are able to work more ____65___ and for long spans of time without ongoing feedback.51. A. in particular B. as a result C. for example D. in other words52. A. shorten B. enlarge C. lower D. increase53. A. the majority of B. the amount of C. the quantity of D. the number of54. A. Before B. While C. As D. If55. A. reducing B. watching C. growing D. slipping56. A. however B. moreover C. instead D. therefore57. A. discuss B. determine C. teach D. train58. A. draft B. performance C.assessment D. arrangement59. A. unnecessary B. uninteresting C. concrete D. critical60. A. personal B. valuable C. professional D. approval61. A. monitor B. master C. inspect D. control62. A. students B. children C. strangers D. neighbors63. A. quickly B. kindly C. rudely D. friendly64. A. friendship B. relationship C. quality D. confidence65. A. independently B. dependently C. roughly D. carelesslySection 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.Studies show that 30 minutes of mild exercise a day will increase your life span. This doesn’t mean you have to run three miles or start jumping. Simple activities such as walking, gardening or taking exercise classes will work.2. Enjoy peopleContacts with family and friends help fight life-sapping depression and stress. Studies show that people socialize regularly live longer than loners. Interact daily with family members and friends. If you are isolated, make a point of joining social clubs or church groups so you can laugh and share life’s joys.3. Stay mentally activeThis is very important—use it or lose it! People who allow their mental faculties to decline run the risk of shortening their lives through falls and other injuries, and not being able to take care of themselves. Read the newspaper, visit the public library, balance your checkbook withouta calculator, and exercise your brain by doing crossword puzzle.4. DietThe key words are “ high-fiber, low-fat”. Cut back on red meat, salt, white flour, white sugar, alcohol and coffee. Start eating a balanced diet including lots of fruit, grains, raw vegetables and nuts.5. Positive attitudeBy approaching life with a positive outlook you increase your chances of living longer. Stay optimistic—always search for the silver lining. Studies show people who see life as an enjoyable challenge, rather than a constant trial, cope better and prolong their life spans.6. medication mixAs we age, we are more likely to take medications. Sometimes this leads to over-medication, which can be disabling and even deadly. Ask your doctor if the drugs you take are really necessary. Make sure there is no danger of a bad drug interaction from your medication. Used correctly, medicines can help you live longer and more comfortably.7. VolunteerHelping others increases your self-esteem and makes you feel like a valuable contributor.66. Which of the following does NOT increase your life span?A. Staying happy about lifeB. Exercising as much as possibleC. Exercising your brain frequentlyD. Enjoying your social life67. People who do not stay mentally active are more likely to _________.A. become ignorantB. lose their mindsC. shorten their livesD. become slow in movement68. The underlined phrase silver lining can be replaced with __________.A. something made of silverB. new informationC. good aspectsD. long life span69. Which of the following is correct about medication ?A. Appropriate medication is necessary.B. Medication is always helpful to you.C. Doctors suggest taking expensive medicines.D. Drugs are unnecessary because of side-effects.( B )“W e are going to have to get rid of Bay this year,” Meg’s dad said. “That horse can’t work another winter.”It was October, and snow was falling lightly over their part of Montana. Meg knew the ranch needed strong, steady horses to bring the sheep back from pasture. Still, she could hardly take in the enormity of her father’s words.“I know Bay’s old,” Meg told her dad, “but he is my horse. Won’t you let me keep him? I’d feed him. He won’t be a problem.”“We use horses for labor,” her dad said, “We don’t keep them as pets.”Meg understood. She thought about Casey, a dog she had once loved. He became lost when he chased a wandering sheep and never came home. Meg had been sad for weeks. She knew that on a ranch, animals come and go. You couldn’t grow attached to them. Bay was different, though. The horse had a personality all his own.She went to the stable and stroked the old brown horse’s head. As Bay nuzzled her hand, Meg tried to imagine what the ranch would be like without her favorite horse.The snow was falling faster, and dark gray clouds were settling over the peaks. Meg had an idea. She saddled Bay, put her foot in the stirrup, and swung up. “Let’s go !”she cried, and nudged him with heels.They galloped over the meadow, onto a steep and narrow trail, and up a wooded slope. “We’ll round up the sheep now, before the snow gets too thick,” Meg said. “We will show Dad how well you work.”.The sheep stood in a high pasture, bleating at the storm clouds. Meg heard a lone bleat from above. She looked for the lost sheep but couldn’t see it. “It must be stuck in the bush above the rock wall,” she thought.She got off her horse and began to climb up the steep wall. She was almost at the top when the heel of her foot slipped into a crack. She lost her balance and fell onto a rock. She tried to stand, but her foot hurt too much.Then Bay got into position under the rock. He was telling Meg to crawl onto his back!Painfully, Meg got her feet into the stirrups. Slowly and carefully, Bay carried her down the snow trail.On the way down, they met Dad riding his gray horse. “What happened ?”he asked anxiously.“Bay saved me.” Meg told him what happened.Dad’s voice shook when he said, “ I wouldn’t get rid of that horse for anything.”70. Meg’s dad intended to ______________.A. trade Bay for sheepB. let Meg keep Bay as a pet.C. sell or kill BayD. keep Bay working for another winter.71. Meg hoped to keep Bay because______________.A. Bay was a good sheep-keeper.B. Bay was like a good friend.C. Bay was strong and beautiful.D. Bay was the only animal she loved.72. Meg rode Bay to the pasture to ___________.A. look for a lost sheep.B. round up the sheep.C. climb over the meadow.D. meet her father.73. Why does Dad change his mind about Bay?A. Bay found the lost sheep and Meg.B. Bay was such a good friend to Meg.C. Bay proved his importance by rescuing Meg.D. Bay proved that he had a personality all his own.( C )One picture in the Wonder Book of knowledge I had as a little boy showed a man reading a book while floating in the Dead Sea. What a miracle! How would it feel to lie back in water so thick with salt that it was impossible to sink?Fed by the Jordan River and smaller streams, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface, and its water is ten times saltier than the Mediterranean. With evaporation its only outlet, salt and other minerals become super-concentrated.Earlier this year, I drove down the long, steep hill to realize my dream. The shoreline was a broad area of bare salt-mud, but the water edge was far out of sight. Had somebody pulled the Dead Sea’s plug? I wondered. Eli Dior, an Israeli official, explained the problem: “ The Dead Sea is drying up. Every year, the surface drops about one meter, and as the water level falls, shadow areas are left high and dry.”Over the last half-century, the five neighboring countries have collectively diverted nearly all the water flowing into the Dead Sea to meet human and agriculture needs. Result: the Dead Sea is being emptied.With population in the region set to double at least in the next 50 years, there is little hope of restoring the water being diverted for human consumption. No country has a drop to spare for the Dead Sea, where they know it will just evaporate. To dream of opening the dams and restoring natural balance is plainly unrealistic.Yet one ambitious high-tech dream may turn out to be not only the salvation of the Dead Sea but also a ticket to peace around its shores. The “ Red-Dead” is a proposed $5 billion project to bring sea water some 240 kilometers by pipeline and canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The Red-Dead may be the only solution, but even if the project is carried out successfully, the Dead Sea will be 10 to 20 meters lower than now and two thirds of its current size.Whatever the future holds, the Dead Sea’s magical mix of sun, mud, sea and salt will surely survive. Many might complain that the Dead Sea is half empty—but for me the Dead sea will always be half full.74. What’s the passage mainly about ?A. Dead Sea—miracle of the world.B. Save the environment of the Dead Sea.C. Slow shrinking of the Dead Sea.D. Why is the Dead Sea so salty.75. The shrinking of the Dead Sea is mainly caused by _________ according to the passage.A. a severe reduction of the water flowing into the sea.B. rapid evaporation of the water in the Dead Sea area.C. the increasing quantity of water drawn from the sea.D. very low annual rainfall in the Dead Sea Area.76. Which of the following is right according to the passage?A. With no outlet to any ocean, the Dead Sea has become by evaporation the saltiest on earth.B. Though burdened with the growing population, the neighboring countries haven’t cut offthe sources of the Dead Sea.C. All the countries in the area will consider diverting less water from the Jordan River.D. The Red-Dead Project has not only brought water to the Dead Sea, but peace to the area aswell.77. Which of the following statements will the author approve of ?A. If the Dead Sea dried up, great natural disasters would happen in the region.B. The Dead Sea will not survive no matter what people do to save it.C. The five neighboring countries should stop diverting water from the Jordan River.D. Though the Dead Sea is shrinking gradually, it will not die.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.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 cannot be 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 ofthe 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 _____________________________ ifhe wants to sublimate his natural paternal interest into productive channels in teaching his sonarithmetic.81. A more creative approach is needed for _____________________of children out of classroom.第Ⅱ卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．我不认为我今天所说的话能改变别人对我的看法。

上海市各区2013-2014年高三英语一模试卷题型分类专题汇编--阅读理解C篇--学生版(纯净word已经校对珍藏版)

Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)Women’s minds work differently from men’s. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of failure or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this field, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. But being different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or worse.There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is in a part of the brain that is used in the most complex intellectual processes—the link between the two halves of the brain.The two halves are linked by a trunkline (主干线) of between 200 and 300 million nerves, the corpus callosum. Scientists have found quite recently that the corpus callosum in women is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibres (纤维) than it is in men. This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of women and men and it must have some si gnificance. The question is “What?”, and if this difference exists, are there others? Research shows that present-day women think differently and behave differently from men. Are some of these differences biological and inborn, a result of evolution? We tend to think that is the influence of society that produces these differences. But could we be wrong?Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus callosum enabled them to work together. The better the connections, the more harmoniously the two halves work. Usually, women have the better connections.But it isn’t all that easy to explain the actual differences between the skills of men and women on this basis. In schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys at “language subjects” and boys better at math. If these differences correspond (相符合) with the differences in the trunkline, there is an unchangeable distinction between the sexes.We shan’t know for a while, partly because we don’t know of the exact relationship between abilities in school subjects and the functioning of the two halves of the brain. And we cannot understand how the two halves interact through the corpus callosum. But one thing is certain:nothing in our world is still—even scientific thought.74. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Biologists are doing research where psychologists have given up.B. Brain differences point to advantage of one sex over the other.C. The structural difference in the brain between the sexes has long been known.D. The brain difference is the only difference between the sexes.75. According to the passage, it is commonly believed that brain differences are caused by ________ factors.A. biologicalB. psychologicalC. physicalD. social76. The expression of “these differences” refers to those in ________.A. skills of men and womenB. school subjectsC. the brain structure of men and womenD. learning habits77. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To discuss the various factors that cause brain differences.B. To explain the link between sex and brain structure.C. To suggest new areas in brain research.D. To indicate the many differences between the sexes.Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)Publicity offers several benefits. There are not costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time television may cost $250,000 to $5,000,000 or more per minute, whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anything. Publicity reaches a mass audience within a short time and new products or company policies are widely known.Credibility about messages is high, because they are reported in independent media. A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper, because the reader associates independence with objectivity. Similarly, people are more likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads. For example, Women’s Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisements. Readers spend time reading the stories, but they skim through the ads. Furthermore, there may be 10 commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads in a magazine. Feature stories are much fewer in number and stand out clearly.Publicity also has some significant limitations. A firm has little control over messages, their timing, their placement, or their coverage by a given medium. It may issue detailed news releases and find only portions mentioned by the media, and media have the ability to be much more critical than a firm would like.For example, in 1982, Procter & Gamble faced a massive publicity problem over the meaning of its 123-year-old company logo. To fight this negative publicity, the firm had a spokesperson appear on Good Morning America to disprove the rumor (谣言). The false rumors were temporarily put to rest. However, in 1985, publicity became so troublemaking that Procter & Gamble decided to remove the logo from its products.A firm may want publicity during certain periods, such as when a new product is introduced or new store opened, but the media may not cover the introduction or opening until after the time it would aid the firm. Similarly, media determine the placement of a story; it may follow a report on crime or sports. Finally, the media decide whether to cover a story at all and the amount of coverage to be devoted to it.74. All of the following advantages of publicity are mentioned EXCEPT _________.A. time savingB. attentivenessC. credibilityD. profitability75. Compared with ad, news report or featuring stories are more _________.A. believableB. clearC. dependentD. subjective76. The example of “Procter & Gamble” is given to show __________.A. the efficient way of disproving rumorsB. the importance of a spokespersonC. the interaction between firms and mediaD. the negative effect of publicity77. What’s the author’s attitude towards publicity?A. doubtfulB. objectiveC. passiveD. supportiveSection 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.(C)The death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, howe ver, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe’s colonial conquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century.The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to eliminate minority languages.This process of linguistic standardization has been boosted by industrialization and scientific progress, which have imposed new methods of communication that are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal.More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalization have intensified the threat to “small” languages.A language not on the Internet is a language that “no longer exists” in the modern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are evident. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same language, our brains would lose some of their natural capacity for linguistic inventiveness. We would never be able to figure out the origins of human language or resolve the mystery of “the first language”. As each language dies, a chapter of human history closes.Multilingualism is the most accurate reflection of multiculturalism. The destruction of the first will inevitably lead to the loss of the second. Imposing a language without any links to a people’s culture and way of life stifles the expression of their collective genius. A language is not only used for the main instrument of human communication. It also expresses the world vision of those who speak it, their imagination and their ways of using knowledge. To safeguard languages is an urgent matter.74. Which of the following does not contribute to the death of languages?A. Colonial conquests of Europe.B. The boom of human population.C. Advances in science and industrialization.D. The rise of nation-states.75. What does the underlined word “stifles” in Paragraph 7 probably mean?A. boostsB. fuelsC. imposesD. kills76. The serious effects of the death of languages include all except that____________.A. people would fail to understand how languages originated.B. language diversity would become an obstacle to globalization.C. monolingualism would lead to the loss of multiculturalism.D. human brains would become less creative linguistically.77. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?A. To explain the reasons why languages are dying out.B. To warn people of the negative aspects of globalization.C. To call people’s attention to the urgency of langua ge preservation.D. To argue how important it is for people to speak more languages.Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)The term culture now is more used to describe everything from the fine arts to the outlook of a business group or a sports team. In its original sense, however, culture includes all identifyingaspects of a racial group, nation, or empire: its physical environment, history, and traditions, its social rules and economic structure, and its religious beliefs and arts.The central beliefs and customs of a group are handed down from one generation to another. It is for this reason that most people regard culture as learned rather than innate. People acquire a culture because they are not born with one. The process by which a person develops a taste for regional foods, accented speech, or an outlook on the world over time, therefore, is known as enculturation (文化适应).Cultures are often identified by their symbols —images that are familiar and coated with meaning. Totem poles (图腾柱) carved with animals and creative figures suggest aspects of the Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest but more literally represent specific tribes (部落). In Asia and India, the color of yellow is connected with temples while in ancient China it was a color only the emperor’s family was allowed to wear. Thus, different cultures may respond to a symbol quite differently. For example, to some a flag may represent pride, historical accomplishments, or ideals; to others, however, it can mean danger or oppression.To individuals unfamiliar with cultures outside their own, the beliefs, behaviors, and artistic expression of other groups can seem strange and even threatening. A society that ranks all other cultures against its own standards is considered to be ethnocentric(from the Greek ethnos, meaning “people,” and kentros, meaning “center”). A strongly ethnocentric society assumes also that what is different from its own culture is likely to be inferior and, possibly, wrong or evil.All people are ethnocentric to some degree, and some aspects of ethnocentrism, such as national pride, contribute to a well-functioning society. An appreciation for one’s own culture, however, does not prevent acceptance and respect for another culture. History documents the long-term vigour and success of multicultural groups in which people from numerous and various cultural backgrounds live and work together. Extreme ethnocentrism, in contrast, can lead to racism — the belief that it is race and racial origin that account for variations in human character or ability and that one’s own race is superior to all others.74. What does the word “innate” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. Instinctive.B. Developed.C. Believable.D. Cultivated.75. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Different interpretations of a symbol help to distinguish one culture from another.B. An ethnocentric country opens welcoming arms to cultures different from its own.C. Culture consists of some positive features of a racial group, nation or empire.D. People from various cultural backgrounds often reach an agreement on some image.76. What can be inferred from the passage?A. All aspects of ethnocentrism can produce negative effects on a society.B. Racism is unlikely to bring about serious conflicts among different cultures.C. Respect and acceptance of different cultures are a proper cultural attitude.D. Countries with a strong sense of national pride play a superior role in the world.77. Which might be the best title of the passage?A. Culture, the origin of racial superiorityB. Culture, a faithful mirror of historyC. Culture, the vigour of world developmentD. Culture, a distinctive identity of a nationSection 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.(C)Cultural Center Adds Classes for Young AdultsThe Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults. Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September, three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community. The course titles will be Yoga for Teenagers; Hip Hop Dance: Learning the Latest Moves; and Creative Journaling for Teens: Discovering the Writer Within. The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library.Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes. Ms. Cousins is an accomplished choreographer (舞蹈教师) as well as an experienced dance educator. She has an MA in dance education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she wrote a thesis on the pedagogical (教学法的) effectiveness of dance education. The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford. Ms. Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as acolumnist for the professional journal Library Focus.The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen, which was initiated by Leah Martin, Director of the Cultural Center. According to Martin, this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more essential part of the Allendale community. Over the last several years, the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined. Project Teen is primarily funded by a generous grant from The McGee Arts Foundation, an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults. Martin oversees the Project Teen board, which consists of five board members. Two board members are students at Allendale’s Brookdale High Scho ol; the other three are adults with backgrounds in education and the arts.The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School, and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal entries in Pulse, Brookdale’s student literary magazine. Students who complete the hip hop class will be eligible to participate in the Allendale Review, an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors, musicians, and dancers. All classes are scheduled to begin immediately following school dismissal, and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library. For more information about Project Teen, contact the cul tural center’s programming office at 988-0099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog. The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall.74. Which of the following statements is correct?A. Tricia Cousins will teach two of the new classes.B. The new classes will begin on June 1.C. People who want a complete fall catalogue should stop by the Allendale Public Library.D. The cultural center’s annual concert is called Pulse.75. According to Leah Martin, what was the direct cause of Project Teen?A. Tricia Cousins was available to teach courses in the fall.B. Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers.C. The McGee Arts Foundation wanted to be more involved in Allendale’s arts programming.D. She wanted to make the cultural center a more important part of the Allendale community.76. Which of the following factors is implied as another reason for Project Teen?A. The number of people visiting the cultural center has declined over the last several years.B. The cultural center wanted a grant from The McGee Arts Foundation.C. The young people of Allendale have complained about the cultural center’s offerings.D. Leah Martin thinks classes for teenagers are more important than classes for adults.77. This article is organized in which of the following ways?A. In time order, from the past to the future.B. Most important information first, followed by background and details.C. Background first, followed by the most important information and details.D. As sensational news, with the most controversial topic first.Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamen tary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on by way of the group’s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back.In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changingcommunity attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia (安乐死). In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米诺骨牌) to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death — probably by a deadly injection or pill —to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed(诊断) as Termin ally Ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year- old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.73. Which of the following has the similar meaning to “But the tide is unlikely to turn back.”?A. What happened in Australia can change world history.B. It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law.C. Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients.D. That the Law has been passed probably can’t be changed.74. From the second paragraph we learn that __________.A. the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countriesB. physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasiaC. changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hurry passage of the lawD. it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage75. By saying “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling”, the author means__________.A. observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasiaB. similar bills are likely to be passed in the U.S., Canada and other countriesC. observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoesD. the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop76. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will __________.A. face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasiaB. experience the suffering of a lung cancer patientC. have an intense fear of terrible sufferingD. undergo a cooling off period of seven days77. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of __________.A. oppositionB. doubtC. approvalD. anxietySection 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.(C)The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help clarify hospitals who are charged with wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomfort and pain.A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Lenoardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to watch either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel while the team struck a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been hurt by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel.Electrodes (电极) meas uring the brain’s electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings. While distractions(娱乐), such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to shoe that beauty plays a part. The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process.“Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their aesthetic(审美能力)aspects should be taken into account too,” said the neurologist. “Beauty obviously offers adistraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the how a beautiful environment can reduce suffering.”Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis’ Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonin o Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. “these people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world,” said Prof de Tommaso.74. According to the first paragraph, people didn’t approve_______________.A. hospitals spend money on medical equipmentB. hospitals decorate their rooms with works of artC. hospitals make their environment pleasant to patientsD. hospitals treat patients with works of art75. How did the researchers make the research?A. By asking the subjects to listen to music.B. By requiring the subjects to draw paintings.C. By ordering the subjects to choose which picture is beautiful and ugly.D. By aching the subjects’ hands while they are watch ing paintings.76. According to the research, when designing a hospital, we should consider its____________.A. convenient facilitiesB. functional operating roomC. pleasing environmentD. bright waiting room77. The best title for the passage may be___________________.A. Patients Don’t Like PicturesB .Arts Can Be Used As a MedicineC. Ugly Patients Feel Less PainD. Beautiful Art Can Ease PainSection 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.(C )We are not who we think we are.The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth.The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research initiative led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood than on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom fifth of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top fifth. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest quintile are still stuck at the bottom, having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.It is noted that even in Britain-a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the three studies were released, most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than did their parents.One of the studies indicates, in fact, that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force. This is much less true for African-Americans.The picture that emerges from all the quintiles, correlations and percentages is of a nation in which, overall, "the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one", as one of the studies notes.The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their。

2014届杨浦区高三英语一模试卷及答案

杨浦区2013学年度第一学期高三年级学业质量调研英语试卷第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 question you have heard.1. A. $30. B. $10. C. $27. D. $20.2. A. Two passengers on the bus. B. Policeman and driver.C. Hotel receptionist and traveler.D. Passenger and taxi driver.3. A. He has graduated for years.B. He failed in the graduation exam.C. He is worried about the result of the exam.D. He is not well-prepared for the exam.4. A. A jewelry store. B. A call box.C. A supermarket.D. A change machine.5. A. Tony made a wise decision. B. Tony shouldn’t give up easily.C. Tony can change the class time.D. Tony can find a better reason.6. A. At an airport. B. At a police station.C. At a hotel.D. At a bank.7. A. Sunny. B. Windy.C. Foggy.D. Rainy.8. A. It has failed. B. It will soon be finished.C. It is on-going.D. It was stopped halfway.9. A. Tom’s boss has a twin brother.B. Tom didn’t know where his boss was.C. The person in black shirt is Tom’s boss.D. The person in black looks like Tom’s boss.10. A. Some unregistered students are in the class.B. The professor prepared less than 38 copies.C. The students at the back were late for class.D. A few students forgot to bring their assignment.Section B PassagesDirections: 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 youhave heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The benefit of chewing gum.B. Signs in the classroom.C. The importance of attention.D. Ways to remove the sticky substance. 12. A. Do some calculations.B. Write down some numbers.C. Answer questions.D. Finish a test paper. 13. A. Ask for a leave.B. Pretend to chew gum.C. Wander in class.D. Take in more oxygen.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. About one and a half hours.B. More than three hours.C. More than two and a half hours.D. About four hours.15. A. Because there was a pet dog trapped in the burning house.B. Because it was a joint fire drill which had been arranged beforehand.C. Because the firefighters wanted to save the homeowner’s possessions.D. Because the freezing weather added to the difficulty of putting out the fire.16. A. In the neighbor’s garden. B. On the second floor. C. In the garage. D. Near the edge of the roof. Section C Longer ConversationsDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After youhear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Completethe form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What ’s Ben ’s business idea?To _____21_____ that makes smartphone apps. What worries Ben most? The_____22_____of starting a business.Telephone message Caller: Steve from Beijing _____17_____ Travel Service Destination: _____18_____ Flight number: _____19_____ Flight 907 Departure time:Next Tuesday at 8:00 a.m Office phone: _____20_____ When to get the ticket: Tomorrow afternoonWhy should Ben write a business plan? To think through all details, _____23_____ andget business loans.From _____24_____ and library books.Where can Ben get help while writing abusiness plan?II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammaticallycorrect. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the otherblanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)not really designed to be used while you’re actually The problem with much mobile technology is that it’smobile. The human brain can only pay attention to about three things at a time – and concentrate effectively on justone 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 risehas 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 that 11-year-old children are three times more likely to be hurt or seriouslyinjured on the way to and from school than 10-year-olds, since 11 is the average age at which children receive theirfirst 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(32) _____ the use of technology and the crossing the road. ―There is,‖ the report concluded, ―a clear connectiontime of serious accidents with children.‖　(B)Self care is necessary for our physical and mental health, yet often it’s the first thing we driorities. When we feel ourselves (33) _____ (stretch) for time. While we’re on the subject of time, let’s talk about plike we 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 itto certain commitments, orthe first thing you do each morning, giving up TV or Facebook time, saying ―no‖　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 requirea lot of time. If you (40)_____ (struggle) tofit self care into your routine, start small, prioritize, and listen to your heart.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.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.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In a society where many families are torn apart by divorce, and fast-paced modern life often causes parents to lose out on time with their children, the importance of cultivating healthy relationships between fathers and sons is__51__. The following tips maybe helpful.Learn to Talk to Your SonDo not __52__ face-to-face chats; instead, try talking while working on a project together. Watch for clues thathe is __53__ to talk, as your son may feel more like talking after dinner rather than first thing in the morning. Be available at any hour, and let your son know it. Give your son verbal affirmation（肯定、认可）, letting him know that he is loved and that you are __54__ to be his dad.Spend Time TogetherParents spend lots of time shuttling kids to practices, classes and various other activities. __55__, the qualitytime needed to build relationships is often lacking. How dads spend their time shows their sons what is most important to them. Whether playing pretend with preschoolers or taking a hike with a teenager, fathers are encouraged to __56__ activities that their sons find interesting.Set Boundaries（界限）__57__ discipline in a loving way shows sons that fathers __58__ care about their education and are concerned about __59__ their character. Fathers should teach their sons to be responsible for their behaviors and respect authority. Knowing the __60__ of their actions helps children control behavior and think before acting. Thus, it isbetter for fathers to guide their sons by setting clear expectations and reasonable __61__.Teaching Respectful BehaviorBy modeling respectful behavior, fathers demonstrate __62__ reactions and expression of feelings for their sons. Communicating positive emotions and controlling negative ones shows sons how to healthily __63__ their feelings. Fathers have the responsibility of teaching their sons to __64__ women and not view them as objects. Thiswill help them foster healthy relationships in the future. Additionally, by showing respect toward the son's mother, afather not only sets the standard of __65__ behavior but also develops a sense of security and acceptance.51. A. apparent B. remarkable C. principal D. essential52. A. neglect B. force C. enjoy D. exchange53. A. curious B. active C. ready D. likely54. A. ashamed B. eager C. willing D. proud55. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Otherwise56. A. involve in B. hold on C. participate in D. insist on57. A. Debating on B. Devoting to C. Carrying out D. Complaining about58. A. critically B. flexibly C. deliberately D. genuinely59. A. recognizing B. shaping C. creating D. changing60. A. consequences B. reactions C. motivations D. procedures61. A. directions B. limits C. examples D. suggestions62. A. extreme B. passionate C. appropriate D. progressive63. A. convey B. ignore C. mix D. hide64. A. value B. overtake C. dominate D. inspect65. A. determined B. balanced C. deserved D. expectedSection 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 tothe information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to find rides, and not just to school. It’sfull.‖ But with Twitter, awkward to call a friend and ask for a ride, and half the time they’ll say, ―Sorry, my car isyou just tweet #AshleysPoolParty and look for other people heading the same way.It may sound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch outbeyond friends of friends when asking on Twitter. For me, I only rideshare with people I know, but to some youngpeople, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.The sharing economy got big during the recession（经济衰退）. It allows people to access more goods and services using technology, while also allowing them to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car wasfor my mom, a gateway to more freedom.According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-oldsth birthday I wasn’t rushing to get had a driver’s license. Today it’s six in ten. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16a license. All I wanted was an iPhone. Juliet Schor (Sociology professor at Boston College) knows people my agelove being connected and for young people driving means they have to disconnect from their technology, and that negative. So if they could sit in the passenger side and still be connected, that’s going to b To me, another plus is ridesharing represents something much bigger than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighborsused to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my ownversion of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter.66. The writer usually rideshares with _____.A. anyone heading the same wayB. people he knowsC. friends of friendsD. strangers of his age67. Fewer young people choose to ride by themselves because _____.A. driving means offering free rides to others.B. getting a driving license becomes more difficult.C. driving one’s own cars causes a negative impression.D. driving makes them disconnected from technology.68. We can conclude from the passage that _____.A. the writer rideshares just to save moneyB. people under 18 are not allowed to driveC. silver Super Beetle is the writer’s favoriteD. the older generation had to fight for freedom69. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Teens use Twitter to thumb rides.B. Tips on reducing risks in ridesharing.C. Car is no longer a gateway to freedom.D. New generation knows how to save money.(B)Visit Universal Studios in Singapore nowand explore six zones!Child: $62 Adult: $75Mid-year promotion: Family packageof 4 for $250MadagascarGo on an unforgettable, relaxing river boat ride with our four heroes, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria, then watch the cast perform ―live‖ at the outdoor auditorium! Show times 11am 12:30 pm 2pm 3:30 pm 4:30 pm 6:30pmAncient EgyptEnjoy the Revenge of the Mummy ride and plunge into total darkness as you come face to face with warrior mummies and scarab beetles during this indoor roller coaster ride. Drive your own desert jeep through an abandoned Egyptian excavation site.Daily Meet the Characters session: 11am—7pmSci-FiGet ready to experience the hyper-realistic 3DTransformers thrill ride, right in the middle of the incredible world of Transformers. Join Optimus Prime and the Autobots as you become a freedom fighter in the ultimate 3D battle against the forces of evil.HollywoodStep onto Hollywood Boulevard framed by dynamic architecture, palm trees and the famous Walk of Fame and feel as if you landed in the centre of the entertainment universe.Watch the highly-praised ―Boys from the Beach‖Movie times: 10:45am 12:15 pm 1:45pm 3:15pm 4:45pm 6:15pmMeet the Universal cast or characters from the charming Marilyn Monroe to the wacky Woody Woodpecker and more, along the legendary Hollywood Boulevard.Daily Meet the Characters session: 10:am – 7:pmFar Far AwaySee, hear and feel the action right from your seat as you join Princess Fiona and Shrek in a 3D fairyland adventure.Sing along with Shrek’s sidekick Donkey as he hosts this interactive show.Lost WorldEnjoy a prehistoric bird’s eye view as you fly over Jurassic Park on the Canopy Flyer. Then climb the walls of The Lost World to explore precious stones and fossilized insects. Finally, witness death-defying stunts, awesome explosions and thrills at this sensational ―live‖ water show.Show Times: 12:30 3pm 5:30pmGuests must be least 122cm and above in height to ride70. All the zones mentioned below will have shows that allow visitors to come upclose and personal to Hollywood characters except _____.A. HollywoodB. Lost WorldC. Far Far AwayD. Ancient Egypt71. Visitors can enjoy _____ activities at the Ancient Egypt zone.A. fiveB. twoC. threeD. four72. Jane is not fond of terrifying adventures and she prefers places with water. Which zone will she choose?A. MadagascarB. Ancient EgyptC. Far Far AwayD. Lost World73. According to the advertisement, which of the following statements is FALSE ?A. There is one 3D ride offered in Far Far Away.B. All visitors at Universal Studios can try the rides.C. Children may see some precious stones in the Lost World.D. Two parents and their children should pay $250 during the June holidays.(C)Getting kids to share their toys is a never-ending battle, and forcing them to do so never seems to help. New research suggests that allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own toys in order to share with someone else makes them share more in the future. The new findings are published in Psychological Science.These experiments were conducted by psychological scientists, Nadia Chernyak and Tamar Kushnir of Cornell University. They found that sharing things with others when they are given a difficult choice leads children to thinkof themselves as people who like to share. It also makes them more likely to act in a pro-social（亲社会的）manner in the future.Previous research has explained why rewarding children for sharing can backfire. Children come to think of themselves as people who don't like to share since they had to be rewarded for doing so. Because they don't view themselves as "sharers" they are less likely to share in the future.Chernyak and Kushnir were interested in finding out whether freely chosen sacrifice might have the opposite effect on kids' willingness to share. To test this, the researchers introduced five-year-old children to Doggie, a sad puppet. Some of the children were given a difficult choice: Share a precious sticker with Doggie, or keep it for themselves. Other children were given an easy choice between sharing and putting the sticker away, while childrenin a third group were required by the researcher to share.Later on, all the children were introduced to Ellie, another sad puppet. They were given the option of how many stickers to share (up to three). The kids who earlier made the difficult choice to help Doggie shared more stickerswith Ellie. The children who were initially faced with an easy choice or who were required to give their sticker to Doggie, on the other hand, shared fewer stickers with Ellie. Therefore, children did not benefit from simply giving something up, but rather from willingly choosing to give something up of value.―You m ight imagine that making difficult, costly choices is taxing for young children or even that once childrenChernyak says. ―But this wasn't the case: once children made a share, they don’t feel the need to do so again,‖　difficult decision to give up something for someone else, they were more generous, not less, later on.‖ Chernyak concludes.74._____ helps children to share more in the future.A. Rewarding children for sharing stickersB. Requiring children to share their favorite toysC. Allowing children to share what they don’t needD. Encouraging children to share precious things willingly75. The underlined word ―backfire‖ means _____.A. serve as a pushB. have an opposite effectC. cause angerD. avoid taking things back76. Those who were required to share give fewer stickers to Ellie because _____.A. it’s not their own choiceB. they regret what they didC. Ellie is not as sad as DoggieD. they like to share with a real person77. We can conclude from the passage that _____.A. parents will never find a way to get children to share toysB. a gift should be given to make up for children’s sacrificeC. making difficult choices may influence sharing behaviorD. children pretend to be generous when they are being observedSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The security industry exists to provide and ensure safety of the population. Teams of developers are constantly working on new devices to better protect not only the people but also their properties. Regular existing technologiessuch as GPS trackers are also being improved and used in innovative ways to prevent various criminal activities.Named after Natalia Estemirova, a human rights activist who was kidnapped from her home and murdered within 24 hours, the Natalia Project is a bracelet（手镯）handed out by the Civil Rights Defenders in hopes of preventing similar tragedies in the future. After all, a majority of human rights activists are situated in constant danger as they fight for freedom and equality. The chunky bracelet was able to produce satisfactory results. Oncetriggered（触发）, the bracelets will issue a real-time GPS location of the victim to the Civil Rights Defenders headquarters. Nearby contacts will also be alerted so immediate action can be taken to rescue the victim. Whatmost unique about this bracelet is that it will also send an alert to social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to notify the public of the attack being placed on the victim.These bracelets will first be distributed to a small group as funding is still a problem. The first five braceletswere distributed by the human rights organization on Defender’s Day in Stockholm, Sweden, on Apr. 5 would like all human rights defenders at risk to have this alarm, but it costs a lot both for the alarm itself and to buildan organization to respond to the alarms and to train the wearers of the alarm. Building a security program aroundeach individual, matched to the specific needs of that person is a complex process. Needless to say, it takes a lot oftime and effort to get an alarm up and running to ensure maximum protection for 365 days a year.‖Though the Civil Rights Defenders is an independent non-governmental expert organization, they do receivethe support for their hard work through the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency. The potential for this bracelet to prevent kidnapping of regular children and citizens, if made available to the public, will also be endless.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS)78. What happened to Natalia Estemirova?__________________________________________________________________79. The Natalia Project aims to ensure _____________________________________.80. How does the bracelet enable the Civil Rights Defenders’ headquarters to take action?_________________________________________________________________81.Besides the alarm itself, the cost of the project also includes__________________________________________________________________.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.Tom今天没来上学，因为他染上了流感。

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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 s tudying 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, wh o'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 thi ng.”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 logi cal 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 when they're connected better, they're s inging 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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Wedding in the United StatesWeddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain tops with guests (21) _____ (seat) on the rocks and even barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, (22) _____ _____ _____ or how they are performed，include certain traditional customs.Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes (23) _____ (exciting) moment of all.The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party is walking through the aisle of the church as the Wedding March (24) _____ (play). The bride carrying a bouquet (花束) enters last with her father who will “give her away”. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar (圣坛), the bride and groom exchange vows. (25) _____ is traditional to use the words “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”. (26) _____ (follow) the vow s, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.(27) _____ the ceremony there is often a party called a “reception”, which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlywed.The car in (28) _____ the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamer and shaving cream. The words “Just Married” are painted on the trunk or back window to tell people (29) _____ they are married. Now comes the last step of the wedding ceremony. As a tradition, the bride and the groom (30) _____ run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking (鸣喇叭) and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.21. seated; 22. no matter where; 23. the most exciting; 24. is being played / is played; 25. It; 26. Following; 27. After / During / At; 28. which; 29. that; 30. must / shouldInfant Day Care, Good or Bad?The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive “attachment” period from birth to three may influence a child’s personality and lead to emotional problems in later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby’s work (21) _________ children should not be sent to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation (22) _________ involves, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments (23) _________ such a strong conclusion.Firstly, experts point out that the isolated love affair between children and parents (24) _________ (find) in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies. For example, in some tribal societies, such as the Ngoni, the father and mother of a child did not raise their infant alone –far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today (25) _________ parents and care-takers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and they have regularly reported that day care had a slightly positive effect on children’s development. But tests (26) ________ have been used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.But Bowlb y’s analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult (27) _________ (deal) with. Children under three are likely to protest at (28) _________ (leave) their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the change to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly (29) _________ more and more parents make use of child care at this time. The matter, then, is far from clear-cut, though experience and available evidence (30) _________ (indicate) early care is reasonable for infants.21. that 22. it 23. against 24. found 25. if26. that / which 27. to deal 28. leaving 29. why 30. indicateI can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday.It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard (21) ________(climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, (22) ________ (exhaust) and hot, I couldn’t go any further. So we went back down the mountain in the end.On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question, (23) _____ left me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream,young lady?”“I have no idea,” I answered (24) _____thinking it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his sto ry. He didn’t perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly (25) ______his dream was-----to be a businessman. “I knew I wasn’t gifted when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but (26) ______ tough life was, he never gave up.“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.That night I (27) ______ hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?”I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant (28) _____ (put) everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by (29) _____. It made me think: If we don’t experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and (30) ______ (fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more pleasant than that.Keys:21. to climb22. exhausted23. which24. after25. what26. however27. could28. putting 29. myself 30. was fascinatedIs sport always fun ?One afternoon in the last week of term, I saw three children form my son’s school in tears being comforted by teachers. That morning, my 11-year -old had stomach pains and (21) ______(throw ) up several times when I noticed his sickness. Talking to other mothers, I heard about other children with stomachache or difficulty sleeping the night before.What caused so much suffering ? Sports day ---- not sports day at a highly competitive independent school, but at a large village primary. (22) ______ it causes no problem to the children who can fly (23) _____ the wind, for those who are poorly coordinated (动作协调), overweight or just not good at sport, it is terrible. Even for those who enjoy (24) ______(run ) but who fall halfway down the track in front of the entire school and their parents, it can prove a disaster.As for the reason (25) ______ we put our children through this annual suffering, some May say that competition is character-buliding or it is a tradition of school life; some may assume (26) ______ really matters is taking part not winning. I just felt pity for those children in tears or in pain.Team games at the end of the “sport” were fun (27) ______ (watch) because they produced some close races, enormous enthusiasm and lots of shouting. More importantly , (28) ______(hide ) a little form everyone’s gaze, the children who were not so fast or so quick at passing the ball had the excitement of being on the winning side.I wish that sports day could (29)________(abandon) and replaced with some other summer event. perhaps an afternoon of team games, with a few races for those who want them, would be (30) ________(stressful )for the children and a lot more fun for the spectators.Keys:21 had thrown 22 while/although/though 23 like 24 running 25 why 26 what27 to watch 28 hidden 29 be abandoned 30 less stressfulPlease mind the silenceDespite being used by 1.34 billion people each year, traveling on the Tube in London can actually be quite lonely. An unwritten rule encouraging silence, mixed with classic British reserve, means that (21) you’re packed into an enclosed space with hundreds of otherpeople, the morning commute (上下班）can leave you feeling somewhat isolated.One London resident, however, is trying to change this.“You get on the Tube here and ifs completely silent and ifs weird," says Jonathan Dunne, 42, an American living in London, who has, ironically, started (22) ______ worldwide dialogue after giving out badges (徽章）with the slogan “Tube chat?” last month, encou raging commuters in London to get talking to one another. “I handed out 500 badges during rush hour in a city of 8 million, expecting many refusals and most of them (23) (throw) away, but after about 24 hours it completely snowballed,” he says.Dunne and his “Tube chat” campaign (24)_______ (feature) in media across the world ever since, seeing TV interviews in Sweden, Brazil and the UK, as well as countless website, newspaper and magazine appearances.Although Dunne says he’s received mostly positive feedbac k, not everyone agrees with his sentiment. Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of (25) _______ own, handing out 500 badges with the words “Don’t even think about it” on them.“I (26)hardly stand the idea of having to talk to strangers on the Tube on my way to work,” he told the BBC. Michael Robinson, 24, a student from London, agrees. “Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and (27) work. It doesn’t need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatti ng to you,” he says. While London has its seemingly antisocial set of regulations to follow, not everywhere lacks a sense of community.Does Dunne hope that some of this community spirit (28) (mirror) in the UK following his campaign? “People assume th at I just walk up and talk to strangers, (29) I don’t, but it’s been a great way to meet people you would never have normally spoken to,” he says. “On Monday, Oct 10, the curator (馆长）of the London Transport Museum had me over for tea.”So if you ever end up (30) (use) public transport in the West, why not say hello to the person next to you? Just make sure to check for a badge first.KEYS:21. even though/if 22. a 23. to be thrown 24. have featured 25. his 26. can 27. from 28. will be mirrored 29. which 30. usingAsk someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, (21)__________(force) to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better (22)__________ we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased (23)__________ 12% between 1999 and 2005. A large number of companies believe that they can attract customers’ attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus (24)__________(gain) more profits.Too much packaging is doing damage to the environment. If such packaging (25)__________(burn), it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, (26)__________ the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea (27)__________this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learn ed to associate packaging with quality. We have lea r ned to think that (28)__________ without packaging is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, (29)__________ often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collecting. However, despite the ongoing campaigns (30)__________(promote) consumers’ green awareness, we still have a long way to go.KEYS:21. being forced 22. if 23. by 24. gaining 25. is burnt 26. but 27. that 28. anything 29. which 30. to promotePrepare to SucceedPeople are always thinking about success. It is usually in their brains as they go about their daily routines (21)_______(look) for something better. This thought isn't one (22) brings you closer, however, because thinking, dreaming or wishing just doesn't get it done.One of the most important parts of personal or professional success is preparation. You may ask, “Why is preparation necessary?"The easiest answer to this question is to say that (23) you are not ready to move forward, then you may just as well keep doing what you have always done.Success doesn’t come easy. There are no shortcuts. Success requires you to be prepared to sacrifice leisure time, or time spent watching television or going out with your friends, at every opportunity. Success means you are prepared to do (24) it takes to constantly move the yardsticks forward clay after day.Here is just one quote, from Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, that expresses what preparation is (25) : "Our real problem is not our strength today. It is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.”This quote can (26) . (interpret) lo mean that you may have strength or confidence to start on your way right now to move toward your final goal. However, it is also critical that committed action each day (27) (build) to help you keep going when obstacles arise or when you just don't feel like you have the interest or energy to stay (28) (locus).Preparation also means that you have u plan or a goal it shows you what steps or actions to take, when to lake them and what to do if issues, obstacles or (29)________life issues gel in the way.(30) bottom line is actually quite clear: You arc either willing, able and committed to achieve what you want, or you arc simply dreaming or wishing that success find you.KEYS:21. looking 22. that 23. if 24. whatever 25. about 26. be interpreted 27. builds 28. focused 29. other 30. TheiPhone 7 being investigated after surfer claims it set his car on fire Apple is investigating a report from an Australian man who claimed his iPhone 7 caught fire and destroyed his car, the company said on Friday.Surfer Mat Jones told Channel 7 News that he (21)______ ( go ) into water off a New South Wales beach and left his new iPhone 7, bought last week, (22) ______ ( wrap) in a pair of trousers in his car on the beach.He said that (23)______ he returned from the water he saw smoke rising from the car. “As I looked into my car，I could not see inside the car, like all the windows were just black.”A video footage(影像) taken from another phone showed the front seats, dash board and stick melted an d charred, and Jones said that he felt “pretty much like a big heat wave just came out of the car”.Eventually the surfer was able to remove (24)______ was left of his clothes. “Ash was just coming from inside the pants. Once the pants were unwrapped,the phone was just melting inside.”Jones said that he had not dropped the phone or physically damaged it, (25)______ happened to a Sydney man who fell off his bike and suffered burns from an iPhone. He also said that he had not used (26)______ non-Apple charging device.A spokeswoman for Apple said the company was investigating the complaint. “We’re in touch with the customer and we’re looking into it,” she said.Lithium-ion (锂离子) batteries (27)______ burst into flames because of physical damage or overheating. Apple’s(28) ______( big )smart phone competitor, Samsung, has begun an international recall of 2.5m Galaxy Note 7 devices after more than 100 devices started smoking, sparking or caught fire—in some cases (29)______ ( cause ) fire damage and injury.Several other companies, including Hewlett Packard, Tesla and the makers of so-called “hoverboards”, have also experienced problems (30)______ their lithium-ion batteries, though the vast majority work without problems.Keys:21. had gone 22. wrapped 23. when 24. what 25.as 26. a 27.can 28. biggest29. causing 30. withSuspended CoffeeHow about buying a cup of coffee for someone you’ll never meet?The idea, begun in Naples, Italy, and called “Suspended Coffee” — i.e., a customer pays for a coffee and “banks” it for someone (21)_____ (fortunate) — has become an international internet sensation (轰动) with coffee shops in Europe and North America (22)_____ (participate) in the movement. The Facebook page alone has more than 28,000 “likes.”The tradition of “suspended coffee” is a long-standing tradition in Italy (23)_____increased in popularity after the Second World War. Recently the practice was starting to take hold in other European countries (24)_____ (hit) hard economically.Homegrown Hamilton, a coffee chain of Canada, has decided to join the effort. “It’s a fantastic initiative (25)_____ we decided to help out. We had been doing it pretty much anyway, just not under a banner. During the winter, we were giving away coffee or soup to the homeless,” said manager Mike Pattison, “S taff members are always close to the coffeehouse’s front door, and (26)_____ they see someone walking by who looks like they want a coffee but can’t afford it, they approach that person. If the offer (27)_____ (accept), they provide the coffee.”However, not everyone supports the idea.In a posting on the website, Consumerist, columnist Laura Northrup raises (28)_____ number of objections, including that coffee isn’t nutritious food for people who are hungry and (29)_____ the action could result in “greedy people” taking advantage of others’ kindness. He says people (30)_____ consider other ways to help.Keys:21. less fortunate 22.participating 23. that/which 24. hit 25. so26. if/when/as 27. is accepted 28. a 29. that 30. shouldThe Importance of Accessibility AwarenessAt a recent meeting, people with disabilities talked about their lives. I was amazed to hear about the challenges (21) (face) by people with physical disabilities. However, (22) amazed me most was the great importance of education about handicap (残障）facilities.Two women who (23) (use) wheelchairs all their life are two important members of the National Group for Disabled Persons, devoted to (24) (raise) awareness about disabilities. They educate about all the facilities for people with disabilities. One big concern is the people who take advantage of aids, such as handicap parking spaces. So people (25) disabilities need to be educated about these facilities. And the meeting focused on educating the public.Some handicap spots have extra room next to them, marked wit h the “No Parking” signs. “(26)I'm not in the spot, I can take the no-parking area next to it/5 some people say. However, the women (27) use a wheelchair disagree to this. The space exists to allow someone in a wheelchair to have room to get in or out of their car. If there is a car in that space, the handicap parking spot is no longer useful.Some walkways have handrails next to them to help those who require extra assistance. (28) it is a blind person seeking guidance or an elderly person seeking support, the rail is there for walking. Sometimes the rail is blocked, by a parked bicycle for instance, and consequently made useless. As with the parking spot, this is more likely a case of lack of education. People who (29) (inf orm) of the rail’s use would be less likely to mistake it for a bike rack(停放架).Meeting some of the people who are affected by the lack of education about facilities made me see that there is work to be done. If more people were educated about the proper uses of accommodations, there would be (30)_______(few) challenges for people with physical disabilities.Keys:21. faced 22. what 23.have used/have been using 24. raising 25. without 26. As(So) long as 27. who/that 28. Whether 29. are informed/have been informed 30. fewerRail-life adventures of two generationsWhen I was 17, I decided to go InterRailing with my friend Bella for a week in summer. Both of us had chosen to study German at university and we decided that train travel in Germany would be the ideal way (21) ______ (practice) the language.(22) ______ ______ ______ I told my mum, she began to give me tips (23) ______ (base) on her own InterRail experience in the 1970s.I would, she insisted, need (24) ______ extra-thick sleeping bag “for when you sleep outside”.I would need to pack oatmeal, raisins and nuts and dried soup. She even suggested a camping stove. As she told tales of sleeping on train floors, on platforms, and even once in a barn, I began to get a little worried. (25) _______ had I let myself in for?In fact, my InterRail experience was quite different. Bella and I googled youth hostels. They were pretty basic—six people to a room, stale cereal for breakfast, no curtains—but fine. We never slept on a train once.My InterRail trip was certainly not as economical as my mother’s. My ticket (26) ______ (cost) £187(1,954 yuan), and I spent £30 a day on cheap food and extra ticket supplements.But I met some (27) ______ (amaze) people on the trains, and practiced my German with everyone (28) ______ businessmen to artists.In my mother’s eyes I (29) ______ not have had a “real” InterRail experience—but I still had an adventure. I learned about other countries, other people and about myself.Bella and I argued over lost luggage, complained about each other --- and ended up even (30) ______ (good) friends than we had before.Keys:21.to practice 22. As soon as 23. based 24. an 25. What 26. cost27.amazing 28. from 29. might/may 30.betterMaddie and her mother, Stephanie, thought the screams for help were just Boy Scouts (童子军）around. But then they saw the scene: the boy scouts surrounding a hiker who (21) ____________ (take) a scary Six-meter drop in an area near the Hoover Dam, a fall that left his right arm with a bone (22) ____________ (stick) out. The mother and the daughter (23) ____________ (suppose) to be having a fun-filled weekend to celebrate Maddie's 17th birthday. But the trip turned into an emergency life-saving adventure. Maddie and her mother were nearly a kilometer into their 18-kilometer river trip in Black Canyon when they pulled onto some sand. The boy scouts, (24) ____________ had called 9,1, had tied a loose bandage around the hiker, broken arm to stop the bleeding.Maddie knew another bandage was needed and thought of her lifeguard training. She asked (25) ____________ anyone had a pen or a stick, and someone picked up a branch. She turned the bandage, careful not to hit the bone (26) ____________ it stopped most of the bleeding.The girl grew up doing junior guards and had recently taken a first aid class as part of her training (27) ____________ (become) a lifeguard with California State Parks at Crystal Cove. “I’m happy these trainings are so usefu l” she said. “(28) ____________ them, this guy probably would have died. This is something I will never forget. I’ve been considering my college and future career choices and now really feels like that the emergency medical field is (29) ____________ I would enjoy.”It’s not the first time Maddie has quickly jumped into action when (30) ____________ (need). In 2015 when she was just 15 during the Surf City Marathon, she was near a man who dropped at mile 26. She pulled him out of the road and treated him for shock until paramedics (医务人员）arrive .Keys:21. had taken 22. sticking 23. were supposed 24.who 25. If/whether26. until 27. to become 28. Without 29.what/something 30. neededIn two days , it will be Christmas, children all over world (21) ________(look) forward to this day for weeks. People celebrate Christmas with food, decorations, music and more. But for many people , gift-giving is the most exciting part of the holiday.I have fond memories of Christmas shopping with my family as a child. I enjoyed the challenge of keeping my parents’ gifts a secret. It was hard to buy gifts right.(22)______their noses without them seeing. Everyone placed(23)__________(wrap) gifts under the Christmas tree until Christmas morning, (24)________we opened them.Picking a great gift require (25)________(know) the person you’re giving it to. You need to know the person’s tastes and find something the person doesn’t already have. This can be quite a big challenge . Often it’s wise to provide a receipt (26)______ _________the person needs to exchange the gift.The best gifts are personal . Many Americans don’t feel money constitutes a goodgift(27)_______it doesn’t require any thought. They prefer someth ing chosen just for the person. If the gift is a high-quality homemade gift, that’s even better.Gift-giving reflects the reason(28)______ people celebrate Christmas. Christians in particular remember the birth of Jesus. When he was born, wise men traveled many miles to visit him, (29)________(bring) expensive gifts. But the greatest gift wasn’t from the wise man, but from God-----the baby Jesus. God gave this gift because everyone needed it. We needed God to forgive our bad actions so that we (30)______ live forever with him. So on Christmas we give presents to imitate God’s action of giving the perfect gift.Keys:21, have been looking ,22, under 23, wrapped 24, when 25, to know 26, with which 27, because 28, why 29, bringing 30, couldOne day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that, all students __21__ (seat) and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with the text __22__ (face) down at the desk. Once he handed out the test papers to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.Students’ were confused to see there was not a question __23__ just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the stud ents’ face expression and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”The students were __24__ (confused) but started the test by then. At the end of the class, the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot, __25__ position they tried to explain. After the professor finished reading, the whole class was silent.The professor explained, “Don’t worry. I am not going to give you grades but I just want you to think about something. Here __26__ focused on the black dot but no one wrote about the white paper, and the same is with our lives. The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life. __27__ our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, we have every reason to celebrate. Still we just focus on problems like health issues, problems in relationships etc., but we never see these problems are very small compared with __28__ we have in our lives.”So there is the moral lesson: we __29__ try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each moment that life __30__ (give) us. Be happy and live the life positively.Keys:21-30 were seated ; facing ; but; more confused ; whose ; everyone/all,; Since / Because / As; whatever/ what; should/can; gives。

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2014届上海市各区县中考一模英语试卷首字母填空总汇（一）松江区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper wordsAn 8-year-old Miami boy, Joshua Williams, is president of his own non-profit organization---Joshua‟s Save the World. His organization provides food and clothes for p 81people and families in Miami and the neighboring areas.Joshua has r 82 thousands of dollars for his organization. He started to help the hungry when he was just 5. He was in his mother‟s car when they passed a beggar. Joshua asked his mother to stop so that he could give him $20. “It‟s my m 83 . I want to help him, Mum,” Joshua recalled. One year later, he created his organization with the help of his mother and Francine Hanna, a local businesswoman. “He just thought that was what he wanted to do,” his mother said. “And there was nothing that could s 84 him.”The organization now provides clothing, furniture and food for the poor people in America. At the same time, Joshua never misses a c 85 to encourage other people to follow what he did whether at church or on the streets. Earl Laird lost his job two years ago and hasn‟t managed to get a n86 one. Without money, he can‟t pay for the flat and has to live on the street. He depends on food from Joshua‟s Save the World. “Joshua is an angel (天使) from God,” he said.Joshua has won Miami‟s “Do the Right Thing” award and the “Kids Who Care” competition, which awarded him a $1,000 note. Even though he has a 87 done plenty, he said that hismission (使命)to provide for th e poor is far from finished. “I want to get a team together,” Joshua said. “I want my team to go out and give food to people who have a need for it. I want to spread love to countries in Africa.”2.闸北区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper wordsThe story behind the shopping cartCharactersSylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop Fred Young –Sylvan‟s friend, a mechanic(机械师)One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred‟s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i 81 – a shopping cart.Sylvan: My customers don‟t like our shopping cart.Fred: Really? So they p 82 shopping with those heavy baskets?Sylvan: (nods) I‟ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 83 none of them wants to use the cart.Fred: I don‟t understand. We invented the cart so that people don‟t need to carry a basket around the shop.Sylvan: (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!Fred: So why don‟t they like the shopping cart?Sylvan: Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 84 and slow, and young women think it‟s unfashionable.Fred: Of course it isn‟t fashionable right now. It‟s only just been invented! But I‟m sure older people will appreciate it. Sylvan: Um…Fred: What? They do n‟t like the cart e 85 ?Sylvan: Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!Fred: Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can‟t just g 86 up on this invention!Sylvan: We won‟t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) A ha! I‟ve got an idea.Fred: What is it?Sylvan: I‟ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they‟re shopping.Fred: Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it‟s good enough for them, it‟s good enough for me!”Sylvan: E 87 .Fred: Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.Imagine this: romance is all around you, you have met and fallen in love with the most wonderful person. The only trouble is, you are not at home, you are in a completely different part of the w 81 . How do you let that special person know how you feel?FranceThe only place to say …JE T'AIME‟ (I l ove you) is on a Paris bridge in the moonlight. If you really want to go for true French style, you will need to dress very smartly and go to a fashionable French restaurant a 82 you have said the magical words.JapanThe cherry blossom season is the most romantic time of a year in Japan. I 83 your boyfriend / girlfriend in the politest way possible (you should always be as polite as possible in Japan!), set up a nice little picnic u 84 a cherry blossom tree and say …SUKYO‟.RussiaIt might b e minus 6 degrees when you say …YA TYEBYA L YUBL YU‟, but the s85 will be falling around you in St Petersburg. There is no scene more romantic, and you won‟t even feel the cold --- your heat will be so w 86 inside! IndonesiaGo surfing on the Indonesia waters of Sumatra and see the boy or girl of your dreams. Wake up to a beautiful sunrise, go surfing in the cool waters all day and r 87 in the evenings. Anytime is OK to say …SAYA CINTA PADAMU‟! Wherever you come from, only say …I love you‟ whe n you truly mean it. They may only be three little words, but they are powerful words in any language!4.浦东新区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分)You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.Limit your TV viewingNever spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n________81 very little brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.TravelTravelling to a________82 country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain.Learn a new languageLearning a new language involves different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p________83 that you may meet in later years.Read oftenAs you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren‟t familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l________84 if you always search for words an d definitions that you don‟t know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.Calculate w________85 you shopAs you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）handIf you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c________86 new neural （神经）networks.Wechat（微信）!Read messages from people who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y________87 in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brainI heard a story about an older woman who stood in line at the Post Office. She c___81___ with a young man next to her. The young man n___82___ that she had no package to mail, and asked why she was standing in line. She said that she just needed a few stamps.“Ma‟am, you must be tired standing here. Do you know there‟s a stamp machine over there in the corner?” He p____83____ to the machine built into the wall.“Thank you,” the lady replied, “but I‟ll just wait here a little l____84____. I‟m getting close to the window.”“But it would be so much e___85___ for you not to stand in this long line and buy your stamps from the machine.”The woman smiled and answered, “Oh, I know. But that old machine would n___86___ ask me how my grandchildren are getting along.”She had a need greater than the need f___87___ postage stamps－a need to feel connected to other people. And it was a need that could not be met by a stamp machine.6. 闵行区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（14分）Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into the class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random (任意的) kindness. His students did not c 81 understand the homework and didn‟t know what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He encouraged his students to work it out by themselves.One week later, the students entered the classroom excitedly to share their s 82 . One student gave away blankets to the homeless. Another reported on helping an old man cleaning the house, and another student had been trying to f 83 a long, lost friend. Students were energized (给予活力) by the homework and wanted other people to be kind too. And luckily, the local businesses provided them with some money and materials. With the s 84 of them, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something kind for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind―not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.Since then, kindness activities have been very p 85 in schools around the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, around November 13th, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform different kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or r 86 money for a charity. Students learn to consider other people and think about how small actions can make the world a b 87 place.松江区(C) 81. poor 82. raised 83. money 84. stop 85. chance 86. new 87. Already2.闸北区C) 81. invention 82. prefer 83. but 84. weak 85. either 86. give 87. Exactly3.长宁区C. 81.world 82. after 83. invite 84.under 85. snow 86. warm 87. relax4.浦东新区81. needs 82. another 83. problems84. larger 85. while/when86. create 87. yourself / yourselves5.虹口区chatted 82. noticed 83. pointed 84. longer 85. easy/easier 86. never 87. for6.闵行区C) 81. completely/ clearly 82. stories 83. find 84. support 85. popular 86. raising 87. betterMake the skies blueThe streets of Dalian, Liaoning were covered by snow a week before Spring Festival. However, instead of staying at home, Li Chunyuan, a Junior 1 student at No. 42 Middle School, went out with her classmates. They made posters by t 81 and called on people not to set off fireworks.The students did this in order to r 82 air pollution. Since January, many cities in China have seen a lot of foggy days. In Beijing, only five days in January were free of smog (雾霾).An official for the Ministry of Environmental Protection told Beijing News that PM2.5 pollution is the m 83 problem with air pollution.Poor air has done harm to people’s health. Children and the elderly are more at risk. A report from Beijing C hildren’s Hospital shows that half of the p 84 had respiratory(呼吸道的) problems from Jan. 5 to 11.To respond to the air problem, the Chinese government and many Chinese people have started to take a c t i o n.B e i j i n g a n n o u n c e d a p l a n t o u s e c l e a n f u e l i n g o v e r n m e n t vehicles and plant trees. It a 85 asked citizens to set off fewer fireworks for the Spring Festival celebration.They suggested that cars with large emissions (排放) should be banned (禁止) and factories should be closely watched. Three students from No. 4 High School in Beijing wrote a report to advise h 86 to fight the air pollution.“We hope more people will j 87 us to protect our environment. With all our efforts, the blue skies will certainly return soon,” said Shi Yucong, one of the three students.2.奉贤How can I win a Nobel Prize for writing? Here’s the secret from this year’s winner: make it short, keep it real, and work hard.Canadian author Alice Munro, 82, was a 81 the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature (文学). She is known for her short stories about personal relationships of ordinary people, usually women.Munro was born in a farmer family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did a lot of physical work a 82 a young girl.But she decided to be a w 83 when she was 12. She turns her hard childhood into great writing ideas.The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighborhood in which Munro grew up.B 84 , she talked about her poor relationship with her mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.Since she p 85 her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn’t see h 86 as a talented writer.“I’m the opposite of a writer with a quick gift. I don’t grasp it very readily (轻而易举地) at all, the ‘it’ being whatever I’m trying to do,” she said.Do you d 87 of becoming a writer while sadly admitting you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a lot.“I have lots of notebooks that contain this te rribly clumsy (蹩脚的) writing,” she said. But it helps her sort out her mind. “Stories would just be working in my head for so long that when I started to write I was deep into them.”Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?If you do, you need to take control of your feelings. Getting angry with others can cause you to l 81 friends.Gray Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written a book named My Feelings Are Like Wild Animalsto help you control your feelings. The book tells how to stay cool when b 82 things happen.The book says that getting angry only makes problems w 83 . It can never make them better. “ Getting angry is not a natu ral way to act, ” the book says. “ It’s just a habit, like smoking. ”The book says you can control your feelings e 84 ... all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry frequently. Here are the top three.● Keep a r 85 . Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry so often.● Ask your friends to s 86 talking to you when you get angry. Leave you alone. This will teach you not to be angry.● Do something d 87 . When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.4.金山区Butterfly fairyThere was once a little girl. She had no family, and no one loved her. One day, when she was walking through a field, she noticed a small butterfly c 81 in a thorn bush（荆刺丛）. The more the butterfly tried to free itself, the deeper the thorns cut into its body. The little girl c 82 let go the butterfly. Instead of going away, the butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy.“For your kindness,” the butterfly fairy said to the little girl, “I will give you any w 83 you would like to have.”The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be h 84 .”The fairy said, “Very good.” Then she got close to the girl’s ear and said something to her in a low voice.As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the village s 85 happy as she. Everyone asked the secret of her happiness. She would smile and only answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a butterfly fairy when I was a little girl.”When she was very old, the neighbours all came to visit her. They were a 86 that her secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “tell us what the fairy said.”The old woman smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, old or young, poor or rich, beautiful or ugly, n 87 me. She said that always helping others would make my dream come true.”5.静安区Who is managing things in your town or city? Someone repairs a broken window in the library. Someone makes sure the traffic lights work. Someone pumps clean water into the pipes. Someone c 81 for the animals in the zoo.The people who do these jobs are part of the government. In most towns or cities, they work for the mayor (市长). The mayor works with other o 82 . They manage the city and make sure that the work gets done. They fix old things, like roads and bridges. They build new things, like schools and parks. If people c 83 , they listen carefully. Then they chan ge things that are wrong. For example, if a law isn’t f 84 to some people, they change it. They try to do what the people want.the same mayor. If there are problems, they might elect a new mayor.On Election Day, people go to different places to vote(投票). Then all the votes are c 86 . The mayor may win or lose. For the winner, there is lots of excitement! There is a big party with balloons f 87 in the air!The next day, it’s time to run the city or town again. The mayor must do a good job. The office members must work hard, too. After all, in a few years, there will be another Election Day.2.普陀区Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, loved books. Like many lovers of books, theys 81 walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of 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 Mary’s 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 themselves were mystery r 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 childrenin 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 lovers and served dinners 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 givean e 87 life to ourselves. This is not about making a lot of money. What matters is that we gain happiness from it.”3.徐汇区Most people know that intelligence quotient (IQ) is important, but EQ is probably more importantin daily life. When facing an exam, EQ helps us to manage our feelings. When getting along with friendsor parents, EQ helps us to c 81 well.EQ is shaped partly by genetics（基因）. You can see some babies are quiet, while others are not.B 82 , EQ is something you can learn for yourself. You can learn what different feelings might mean and how they relate to yourself and others. If we learn in the right way, our EQ can get better as we get older. Children with a high EQ usually have greater success with making friends. Having a high EQ needs a few different skills. Learning about these skills can help us to i 83 our EQ. But what are they? Let’s take a look!1. Know yourselfMost people feel many different feelings t 84 the day. Some feelings like surprise last just a few seconds. Others, like happiness and sadness, may stay around much l 85 . Being able to recognize these everyday feelings is the most basic of all EQ skills.2. Manage yourselfWe all get angry. We all have disappointments. But we need to control it. It is not always the right time or place to express our feelings. When you are angry with someone, take a deep breath and s 86 count to 10. This way, you can calm down.3. Encourage yourselfWhen you fail an exam, you may be disappointed. But there is something more effective you can do—learnto encourage yourself. It gives you the energy and c 87 to move on. It helps you to build a strong1.崇明县C. 81.themselves 82.reduce 83.main 84.patients 85.also 86.how 87.join2.奉贤C）81. awarded 82. as 83. writer 84. Besides 85. published 86. herself 87. dream3.黄埔：C. 81~87 lose, bad, worse, easily, record, stop, different4.金山区：81-87 caught carefully wish happy so afraid needs /needed5.静安区：81. cares 82. officials 83. complain 84. fair 85. keep 86. counted/collected 87.Flying6.普陀区：( C ) 81. seldom 82. wish 83. readers 84. impossible 85. attract86.discuss 87. enjoyable7.徐汇区：(C) 81. communicate 82. Besides 83. Improve 84. throughout/through 85. longer 86. slowly/silently/simply87. confidence/courage。

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杨浦区2013学年度第一学期高三年级学业质量调研英语试卷2014. 1本试卷分为第I卷（第1-11页）和第II卷（第12页）两部分。

全卷共12页。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

考生注意：1．答第I卷前，考生务必将条形码粘贴在答题纸的指定区域内。

2．第I卷（1-16小题，41---77小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。

考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。

注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。

答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。

答案写在试卷上一律不给分。

第I卷中的第17-40小题，78-81小题和第II卷的试题，其答案用钢笔或水笔写在答题纸的规定区域内，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上则无效。

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 question you have heard.1. A. $30. B. $10. C. $27. D. $20.2. A. Two passengers on the bus. B. Policeman and driver.C. Hotel receptionist and traveler.D. Passenger and taxi driver.3. A. He has graduated for years.B. He failed in the graduation exam.C. He is worried about the result of the exam.D. He is not well-prepared for the exam.4. A. A jewelry store. B. A call box.C. A supermarket.D. A change machine.5. A. Tony made a wise decision. B. Tony shouldn’t give up easily.C. Tony can change the class time.D. Tony can find a better reason.6. A. At an airport. B. At a police station.C. At a hotel.D. At a bank.7. A. Sunny. B. Windy.C. Foggy.D. Rainy.8. A. It has failed. B. It will soon be finished.C. It is on-going.D. It was stopped halfway.9. A. Tom’s boss has a twin brother.B. Tom didn’t know where his boss was.C. The person in black shirt is Tom’s boss.D. The person in black looks like Tom’s boss.10. A. Some unregistered students are in the class.B. The professor prepared less than 38 copies.C. The students at the back were late for class.D. A few students forgot to bring their assignment.Section B PassagesDirections: 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. The benefit of chewing gum. B. Signs in the classroom.C. The importance of attention.D. Ways to remove the sticky substance.12. A. Do some calculations. B. Write down some numbers.C. Answer questions.D. Finish a test paper.13. A. Ask for a leave. B. Pretend to chew gum.C. Wander in class.D. Take in more oxygen.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. About one and a half hours. B. More than three hours.C. More than two and a half hours.D. About four hours.15. A. Because there was a pet dog trapped in the burning house.B. Because it was a joint fire drill which had been arranged beforehand.C. Because the firefighters wanted to save the homeowner’s possessions.D. Because the freezing weather added to the difficulty of putting out the fire.16. A. In the neighbor’s garden. B. On the second floor.C. In the garage.D. Near the edge of the roof.Section C Longer ConversationsDirections: 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 information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What’s Ben’s business idea?To _____21_____ that makes smartphone apps. What worries Ben most?The_____22_____of starting a business.Why should Ben write a business plan?To think through all details, _____23_____ andget business loans.From _____24_____ and library books.Where can Ben get help while writing abusiness plan?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)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 thoughthe 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 suggestsome 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 that 11-year-old children are three times more likely to be hurt or seriously injured on the way to and from school than 10-year-olds, since 11 is 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 like we 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 the first 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.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.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 1,000hours 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.III.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In a society where many families are torn apart by divorce, and fast-paced modern life often causes parents to lose out on time with their children, the importance of cultivating healthy relationships between fathers and sons is __51__. The following tips maybe helpful.Learn to Talk to Your SonDo not __52__ face-to-face chats; instead, try talking while working on a project together. Watch for clues that he is __53__ to talk, as your son may feel more like talking after dinner rather than first thing in the morning. Be available at any hour, and let your son know it. Give your son verbal affirmation（肯定、认可）, letting him know that he is loved and that you are __54__ to be his dad.Spend Time TogetherParents spend lots of time shuttling kids to practices, classes and various other activities. __55__, the quality time needed to build relationships is often lacking. How dads spend their time shows their sons what is most important to them. Whetherplaying pretend with preschoolers or taking a hike with a teenager, fathers are encouraged to __56__ activities that their sons find interesting.Set Boundaries （界限）__57__ discipline in a loving way shows sons that fathers __58__ care about their education and are concerned about __59__ their character. Fathers should teach their sons to be responsible for their behaviors and respect authority. Knowing the __60__ of their actions helps children control behavior and think before acting. Thus, it is better for fathers to guide their sons by setting clear expectations and reasonable __61__.Teaching Respectful BehaviorBy modeling respectful behavior, fathers demonstrate __62__ reactions and expression of feelings for their sons. Communicating positive emotions and controlling negative ones shows sons how to healthily __63__ their feelings. Fathers have the responsibility of teaching their sons to __64__ women and not view them as objects. This will help them foster healthy relationships in the future. Additionally, by showing respect toward the son's mother, a father not only sets the standard of __65__ behavior but also develops a sense of security and acceptance.51. A. apparent B. remarkable C. principal D. essential52. A. neglect B. force C. enjoy D. exchange53. A. curious B. active C. ready D. likely54. A. ashamed B. eager C. willing D. proud55. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Otherwise56. A. involve in B. hold on C. participate in D. insist on57. A. Debating on B. Devoting to C. Carrying out D. Complaining about58. A. critically B. flexibly C. deliberately D. genuinely59. A. recognizing B. shaping C. creating D. changing60. A. consequences B. reactions C. motivations D. procedures61. A. directions B. limits C. examples D. suggestions62. A. extreme B. passionate C. appropriate D. progressive63. A. convey B. ignore C. mix D. hide64. A. value B. overtake C. dominate D. inspect65. A. determined B. balanced C. deserved D. expectedSection 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)Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to find rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to call a friend and ask for a ride, and half the time they’ll say, “Sorry, my car is full.” But with Twitter, you just tweet #AshleysPoolParty and look for other people heading the same way.It may sound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends of friends when asking on Twitter. For me, I only rideshare with people I know, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.The sharing economy got big during the recession（经济衰退）. It allows people to access more goods and services using technology, while also allowing them to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom.According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license. Today it’s six in ten. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16th birthday I wasn’t rushing to get a license. All I wanted was an iPhone. Juliet Schor (Sociology professor at Boston College) knows people my age love being connected and for young people driving means they have to disconnect from their technology, and that’s a negative. So if they could sit in the passenger side and still be connected, that’s going to be a plus.To me, another plus is ridesharing represents something much bigger than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter.66.The writer usually rideshares with _____.A. anyone heading the same wayB. people he knowsC. friends of friendsD. strangers of his age67.Fewer young people choose to ride by themselves because _____.A. driving means offering free rides to others.B. getting a driving license becomes more difficult.C. driving one’s own cars causes a negative impression.D. driving makes them disconnected from technology.68.We can conclude from the passage that _____.A. the writer rideshares just to save moneyB. people under 18 are not allowed to driveC. silver Super Beetle is the writer’s favoriteD. the older generation had to fight for freedom69.Which is the best title for the passage?A. Teens use Twitter to thumb rides.B. Tips on reducing risks in ridesharing.C. Car is no longer a gateway to freedom.D. New generation knows how to save money.(B)Visit Universal Studios inSingapore now and explore sixzones!Child: $62 Adult: $75Mid-year promotion: Family package of 4 for $250MadagascarGo on an unforgettable, relaxing river boat ride with our four heroes, Alex, Marty,Melman and Gloria, then watch the cast perform “live” at the outdoor auditorium!Show times 11am 12:30 pm 2pm 3:30 pm 4:30 pm 6:30pmAncient EgyptEnjoy the Revenge of the Mummy ride and plunge into total darkness as you come faceto face with warrior mummies and scarab beetles during this indoor roller coaster ride.Drive your own desert jeep through an abandoned Egyptian excavation site.Daily Meet the Characters session: 11am—7pmSci-FiGet ready to experience the hyper-realistic 3DTransformers thrill ride, right in the middleof the incredible world of Transformers. Join Optimus Prime and the Autobots as youbecome a freedom fighter in the ultimate 3D battle against the forces of evil.HollywoodStep onto Hollywood Boulevard framed by dynamic architecture, palm trees and thefamous Walk of Fame and feel as if you landed in the centre of the entertainmentuniverse.Watch the highly-praised “Boys from the Beach”Movie times: 10:45am 12:15 pm 1:45pm 3:15pm 4:45pm 6:15pmMeet the Universal cast or characters from the charming Marilyn Monroe to the wackyWoody Woodpecker and more, along the legendary Hollywood Boulevard.Daily Meet the Characters session: 10:am – 7:pmFar Far AwaySee, hear and feel the action right from your seat as you join Princess Fiona and Shrek ina 3D fairyland adventure.Sing along with Shrek’s sidekick Donkey as he hosts this interactive show.Lost WorldEnjoy a prehistoric bird’s eye view as you fly over Jurassic Park on the Canopy Flyer.Then climb the walls of The Lost World to explore precious stones and fossilized insects.Finally, witness death-defying stunts, awesome explosions and thrills at this sensational“live” water show.Show Times: 12:30 3pm 5:30pmGuests must be least 122cm and above in height to ride70.All the zones mentioned below will have shows that allow visitors to come upclose and personal to Hollywood characters except _____.A. HollywoodB. Lost WorldC. Far Far AwayD. Ancient Egypt71.Visitors can enjoy _____ activities at the Ancient Egypt zone.A. fiveB. twoC. threeD. four72.Jane is not fond of terrifying adventures and she prefers places with water. Whichzone will she choose?A. MadagascarB. Ancient EgyptC. Far Far AwayD. Lost World73.According to the advertisement, which of the following statements is FALSE ?A. There is one 3D ride offered in Far Far Away.B. All visitors at Universal Studios can try the rides.C. Children may see some precious stones in the Lost World.D. Two parents and their children should pay $250 during the June holidays.Doggie, on the other hand, shared fewer stickers with Ellie. Therefore, children did not benefit from simply giving something up, but rather from willingly choosing to give something up of value.“You might imagine that making difficult, costly choices is taxing for young children or even that once children share, they don’t feel the need to do so again,” Chernyak says. “But this wasn't the case: once children made a difficult decision to give up something for someone else, they were more generous, not less, later on.” Chernyak concludes.74._____ helps children to share more in the future.A. Rewarding children for sharing stickersB. Requiring children to share their favorite toysC. Allowing children to share what they don’t needD. Encouraging children to share precious things willingly75.The underlined word “backfire” means _____.A. serve as a pushB. have an opposite effectC. cause angerD. avoid taking things back76.Those who were required to share give fewer stickers to Ellie because _____.A. it’s not their own choiceB. they regret what they didC. Ellie is not as sad as DoggieD. they like to share with a real person77.We can conclude from the passage that _____.A. parents will never find a way to get children to share toysB. a gift should be given to make up for children’s sacrificeC. making difficult choices may influence sharing behaviorD. children pretend to be generous when they are being observedSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The security industry exists to provide and ensure safety of the population. Teams of developers are constantly working on new devices to better protect not only the people but also their properties. Regular existing technologies such as GPS trackers are also being improved and used in innovative ways to prevent various criminal activities.Named after Natalia Estemirova, a human rights activist who was kidnapped from her home and murdered within 24 hours, the Natalia Project is a bracelet （手镯）handed out by the Civil Rights Defenders in hopes of preventing similar tragedies in the future. After all, a majority of human rights activists are situated in constant danger as they fight for freedom and equality. The chunky bracelet was able to produce satisfactory results. Once triggered（触发）, the bracelets will issue a real-time GPS location of the victim to the Civil Rights Defenders’ headquarters. Nearby contacts will also be alerted so immediate action can be taken to rescue the victim. What’s most unique about this bracelet is that it will also send an alert to social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to notify the public of the attack being placed on the victim.These bracelets will first be distributed to a small group as funding is still a problem. The first five bracelets were distributed by the human rights organization on Defender’s Day in Stockholm, Sweden, on Apr. 5, 2013. “We would like all human rights defenders at risk to have this alarm, but it costs a lot both for the alarm itself and to build an organization to respond to the alarms and to train the wearers of the alarm. Building a security program around each individual, matched to the specific needs of that person is a complex process. Needless to say, it takes a lot of time and effort to get an alarm up and running to ensure maximum protection for 365 days a year.”Though the Civil Rights Defenders is an independent non-governmental expert organization, they do receive the support for their hard work through the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency. The potential for this bracelet to prevent kidnapping of regular children and citizens, if made available to the public, will also be endless.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS)78.What happened to Natalia Estemirova?__________________________________________________________________79.The Natalia Project aims to ensure _____________________________________.80. How does the bracelet enable the Civil Rights Defenders’ headquarters to takeaction?_________________________________________________________________ 81.Besides the alarm itself, the cost of the project also includes__________________________________________________________________.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.Tom今天没来上学，因为他染上了流感。

上海市金山区2014届高三上学期期末考试[2014上海金山一模]及答案

金山区2013学年第一学期期末考试高三英语试卷（满分：150分考试时间：120分钟）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. By bus. B. By train. C. By bicycle. D. On foot.2. A. Do some cooking. B. How to become a Shanghainese.C. How to play chess.D. One day in Shanghai.3. A. A pair of stockings. B. Some paper of high quality.C. A large quantity of books.D. A bookshelf.4. A. It is not very difficult. B. He doesn’t believe everyone’s words.C. He finds the maths course too difficult.D. His score is very bad.5. A. He made a lecture to the woman and the man.B. He has just graduated from the university.C. He is too shy to speak in the university.D. He used to be very shy, but now he has overcome it.6. A. He declines the woman’s offer.B. He doesn’t like the food.C. He likes the pudding only.D. He will eat all the food on the table.7. A. The key to the company’s success.B. The changes on the market.C. The management of the woman’s company.D. How the woman’s company goes on.8. A. Frank’s car was accidentally lost.B. Frank was killed in a car accident.C. Frank fell out of a car.D. Frank survived a car accident.9. A. 40 dollars. B. 32 dollars. C. 30 dollars. D. 16 dollars.后期制作10. A. There are too many centers already.B. They aren’t really going to build one.C. She knew about the planned construction.D. She hasn’t been to the other centers.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questionson each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken onlyonce. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide whichone would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. In 1886. B. In 1856.C. In 1830.D. In 1950.12. A. A doctor. B. A novelist.C. A housekeeper.D. A poet.13. A. She often goes out to get some information.B. She is not a sociable person.C. She only communicated with her seven poems.D. She is not a productive person.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Slow drain. B. Cutting trees.C. Lack of money.D. Heavy rainfall.15. A. Because they lack money.B. Because the bang is used for experiments.C. Because of some technical faults.D. Because people don’t like it.16. A. India. B. South Africa.C. Denmark.D. China.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be readtwice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with theinformation 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.Directions: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 )“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, ____25___ ________ going towards the stairs，I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew___26____ (thick) and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But ____27___I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up ___28___ (protect) my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of ____29__ (burn)wood all around me.As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry. I nearly dropped ___30___in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in ___31__ night dress and a borrowed man’s coat scr eamed as she saw me and _____32______(come) running madly.She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.( B )Today, roller skating is easy and fun．But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That ch anged because of a man___33_____(name)Joseph Merlin.One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. ___34___ the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think ___35____ to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he____36____(get) a lot of attention ifhe could skate into the room.Merlin tried different ways to make himself ___37___(roll). Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party___38____ wheels while playing the violin.On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone___39____ (amaze) to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror___40___ was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time! Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlylittle 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.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.Recent years have seen considerable growth in the number of children learning a second or foreign language, as the importance of being able to use a language other than one’s first language has become recognized in an increasingly globalized world. In Asia and Europe ___51___, there has been a tendency to ___52___ the age at which school children begin to learn a foreign language, since it is believed that the earlier a child starts to learn a foreign language, the greater the ultimate achievement will be.In many countries, the language of education is not the same as the language of the homefor__53__ children. Furthermore, in many countries, young language learners comprise the most rapidly growing segment of the elementary (primary) school population.___54__ in some schools there is no extra support to help young language learners acquire the language of instruction, in most countries where there are large numbers of young learners, there is a ___55___ awareness of their special needs. There is ___56___ a need to identify the needs of young language learners, to ___57___ what level, if any, of proficiency they have in the target language to diagnose their strengths and areas in need of improvement. Language ___58___, whether this is informal, classroom- based, or large-scale, thus has a __59___ role to play in gathering the information needed for these purposes.Unfortunately, the vast majority of teachers who work with young language learners have had little or no ___60___ training or education in language assessment. Teachers are involved in assessment on a daily basis, as they ___61___ their pupils’ classroom performance, and as they develop formal classroom assessments. Assessment should therefore, wherever possible, be familiar and involve familiar adults, rather than ___62_____. The environment should be safe for the learner. Teachers responding___63___ to the child’s efforts is ideal for young learners. Such feedback maintains attention and ___64___. As children grow, they are able to work more ____65___ and for long spans of time without ongoing feedback.51. A. in particular B. as a result C. for example D. in other words52. A. shorten B. enlarge C. lower D. increase53. A. the majority of B. the amount of C. the quantity of D. the number of54. A. Before B. While C. As D. If55. A. reducing B. watching C. growing D. slipping56. A. however B. moreover C. instead D. therefore57. A. discuss B. determine C. teach D. train58. A. draft B. performance C.assessment D. arrangement59. A. unnecessary B. uninteresting C. concrete D. critical60. A. personal B. valuable C. professional D. approval61. A. monitor B. master C. inspect D. control62. A. students B. children C. strangers D. neighbors63. A. quickly B. kindly C. rudely D. friendly64. A. friendship B. relationship C. quality D. confidence65. A. independently B. dependently C. roughly D. carelesslySection 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 theStudies show that 30 minutes of mild exercise a day will increase your life span. This doesn’t mean you have to run three miles or start jumping. Simple activities such as walking, gardening or taking exercise classes will work.2. Enjoy peopleContacts with family and friends help fight life-sapping depression and stress. Studies show that people socialize regularly live longer than loners. Interact daily with family members and friends. If you are isolated, make a point of joining social clubs or church groups so you can laugh and share life’s joys.3. Stay mentally activeThis is very important—use it or lose it! People who allow their mental faculties to decline run the risk of shortening their lives through falls and other injuries, and not being able to take care of themselves. Read the newspaper, visit the public library, balance your checkbook withouta calculator, and exercise your brain by doing crossword puzzle.4. DietThe key words are “ high-fiber, low-fat”. Cut back on red meat, salt, white flour, white sugar, alcohol and coffee. Start eating a balanced diet including lots of fruit, grains, raw vegetables and nuts.5. Positive attitudeBy approaching life with a positive outlook you increase your chances of living longer. Stay optimistic—always search for the silver lining. Studies show people who see life as an enjoyable challenge, rather than a constant trial, cope better and prolong their life spans.6. medication mixAs we age, we are more likely to take medications. Sometimes this leads to over-medication, which can be disabling and even deadly. Ask your doctor if the drugs you take are really necessary. Make sure there is no danger of a bad drug interaction from your medication. Used correctly, medicines can help you live longer and more comfortably.7. VolunteerHelping others increases your self-esteem and makes you feel like a valuable contributor.66. Which of the following does NOT increase your life span?A. Staying happy about lifeB. Exercising as much as possibleC. Exercising your brain frequentlyD. Enjoying your social life67. People who do not stay mentally active are more likely to _________.A. become ignorantB. lose their mindsC. shorten their livesD. become slow in movement68. The underlined phrase silver lining can be replaced with __________.A. something made of silverB. new informationC. good aspectsD. long life span69. Which of the following is correct about medication ?A. Appropriate medication is necessary.B. Medication is always helpful to you.C. Doctors suggest taking expensive medicines.D. Drugs are unnecessary because of side-effects.( B )“W e are going to have to get rid of Bay this year,” Meg’s dad said. “That horse can’t work another winter.”It was October, and snow was falling lightly over their part of Montana. Meg knew the ranch needed strong, steady horses to bring the sheep back from pasture. Still, she could hardly take in the enormity of her father’s words.“I know Bay’s old,” Meg told her dad, “but he is my horse. Won’t you let me keep him? I’d feed him. He won’t be a problem.”“We use horses for labor,” her dad said, “We don’t keep them as pets.”Meg understood. She thought about Casey, a dog she had once loved. He became lost when he chased a wandering sheep and never came home. Meg had been sad for weeks. She knew that on a ranch, animals come and go. You couldn’t grow attached to them. Bay was different, though. The horse had a personality all his own.She went to the stable and stroked the old brown horse’s head. As Bay nuzzled her hand, Meg tried to imagine what the ranch would be like without her favorite horse.The snow was falling faster, and dark gray clouds were settling over the peaks. Meg had an idea. She saddled Bay, put her foot in the stirrup, and swung up. “Let’s go !”she cried, and nudged him with heels.They galloped over the meadow, onto a steep and narrow trail, and up a wooded slope. “We’ll round up the sheep now, before the snow gets too thick,” Meg said. “We will show Dad how well you work.”.The sheep stood in a high pasture, bleating at the storm clouds. Meg heard a lone bleat from above. She looked for the lost sheep but couldn’t see it. “It must be stuck in the bush above the rock wall,” she thought.She got off her horse and began to climb up the steep wall. She was almost at the top when the heel of her foot slipped into a crack. She lost her balance and fell onto a rock. She tried to stand, but her foot hurt too much.Then Bay got into position under the rock. He was telling Meg to crawl onto his back!Painfully, Meg got her feet into the stirrups. Slowly and carefully, Bay carried her down the snow trail.On the way down, they met Dad riding his gray horse. “What happened ?”he asked anxiously.“Bay saved me.” Meg told him what happened.Dad’s voice shook when he said, “ I wouldn’t get rid of that horse for anything.”70. Meg’s dad intended to ______________.A. trade Bay for sheepB. let Meg keep Bay as a pet.C. sell or kill BayD. keep Bay working for another winter.71. Meg hoped to keep Bay because______________.A. Bay was a good sheep-keeper.B. Bay was like a good friend.C. Bay was strong and beautiful.D. Bay was the only animal she loved.72. Meg rode Bay to the pasture to ___________.A. look for a lost sheep.B. round up the sheep.C. climb over the meadow.D. meet her father.73. Why does Dad change his mind about Bay?A. Bay found the lost sheep and Meg.B. Bay was such a good friend to Meg.C. Bay proved his importance by rescuing Meg.D. Bay proved that he had a personality all his own.( C )One picture in the Wonder Book of knowledge I had as a little boy showed a man reading a book while floating in the Dead Sea. What a miracle! How would it feel to lie back in water so thick with salt that it was impossible to sink?Fed by the Jordan River and smaller streams, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface, and its water is ten times saltier than the Mediterranean. With evaporation its only outlet, salt and other minerals become super-concentrated.Earlier this year, I drove down the long, steep hill to realize my dream. The shoreline was a broad area of bare salt-mud, but the water edge was far out of sight. Had somebody pulled the Dead Sea’s plug? I wondered. Eli Dior, an Israeli official, explained the problem: “ The Dead Sea is drying up. Every year, the surface drops about one meter, and as the water level falls, shadow areas are left high and dry.”Over the last half-century, the five neighboring countries have collectively diverted nearly all the water flowing into the Dead Sea to meet human and agriculture needs. Result: the Dead Sea is being emptied.With population in the region set to double at least in the next 50 years, there is little hope of restoring the water being diverted for human consumption. No country has a drop to spare for the Dead Sea, where they know it will just evaporate. To dream of opening the dams and restoring natural balance is plainly unrealistic.Yet one ambitious high-tech dream may turn out to be not only the salvation of the Dead Sea but also a ticket to peace around its shores. The “ Red-Dead” is a proposed $5 billion project to bring sea water some 240 kilometers by pipeline and canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The Red-Dead may be the only solution, but even if the project is carried out successfully, the Dead Sea will be 10 to 20 meters lower than now and two thirds of its current size.Whatever the future holds, the Dead Sea’s magical mix of sun, mud, sea and salt will surely survive. Many might complain that the Dead Sea is half empty—but for me the Dead sea will always be half full.74. What’s the passage mainly about ?A. Dead Sea—miracle of the world.B. Save the environment of the Dead Sea.C. Slow shrinking of the Dead Sea.D. Why is the Dead Sea so salty.75. The shrinking of the Dead Sea is mainly caused by _________ according to the passage.A. a severe reduction of the water flowing into the sea.B. rapid evaporation of the water in the Dead Sea area.C. the increasing quantity of water drawn from the sea.D. very low annual rainfall in the Dead Sea Area.76. Which of the following is right according to the passage?A. With no outlet to any ocean, the Dead Sea has become by evaporation the saltiest on earth.B. Though burdened with the growing population, the neighboring countries haven’t cut offthe sources of the Dead Sea.C. All the countries in the area will consider diverting less water from the Jordan River.D. The Red-Dead Project has not only brought water to the Dead Sea, but peace to the area aswell.77. Which of the following statements will the author approve of ?A. If the Dead Sea dried up, great natural disasters would happen in the region.B. The Dead Sea will not survive no matter what people do to save it.C. The five neighboring countries should stop diverting water from the Jordan River.D. Though the Dead Sea is shrinking gradually, it will not die.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.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 cannot be 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 ofthe 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 _____________________________ ifhe wants to sublimate his natural paternal interest into productive channels in teaching his sonarithmetic.81. A more creative approach is needed for _____________________of children out of classroom.第Ⅱ卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．我不认为我今天所说的话能改变别人对我的看法。

2014届金山区高三英语一模试卷及答案-45c0

金山区2013学年第一学期期末考试高三英语试卷第Ⅰ卷 (共103分)I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each each conversation, conversation, conversation, a a a question question question will will will be be be asked asked asked about about about what what what was was was said. said. said. The The The conversations conversations conversations and and and the 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. By bus. B. By train. C. By bicycle. D. On foot. 2. A. Do some cooking. B. How to become a Shanghainese. C. How to play chess. D. One day in Shanghai. 3. A. A pair of stockings. B. Some paper of high quality. C. A large quantity of books. D. A bookshelf. 4. A. It is not very difficult. B. He doesn ’t believe everyone ’s words. C. He finds the maths course too difficult. D. His score is very bad. 5. A. He made a lecture to the woman and the man. B. He has just graduated from the university. C. He is too shy to speak in the university. D. He used to be very shy, but now he has overcome it. 6. A. He declines the woman ’s offer. B. He doesn’t like the food. C. He likes the pudding only. D. He will eat all the food on the table. 7. A. The key to the company ’s success. B. The changes on the market. ’s company. C. The management of the womanD. How the woman’s company goes on. 8. A. Frank’s car was accidentally lost. B. Frank was killed in a car accident. C. Frank fell out of a car. D. Frank survived a car accident. 9. A. 40 dollars. B. 32 dollars. C. 30 dollars. D. 16 dollars. 作10. A. There are too many centers already. B. They aren’t really going to build one. C. She knew about the planned construction. D. She hasn’t been to the other centers. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questionsbe spoken onlyquestions will beon each of the passages. The willpassages will bebe read twice, but the willonce. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide whichone would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. In 1886. B. In 1856. C. In 1830. D. In 1950. 12. A. A doctor. B. A novelist. C. A housekeeper. D. A poet. 13. A. She often goes out to get some information. B. She is not a sociable person. C. She only communicated with her seven poems. D. She is not a productive person. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.The place of the conversation In the_________ (17)____________. The man Wanted a book on ______(18)_________. The girl In black ______(19)_________ have been waiting for the book for half an hour. The woman’s suggestion The The man man man should should should come come come in in in first first first tomorrow tomorrow What kind of drink does the woman want? She wants a(n) _______(21)________. Who is Ben Jeffries? He is the woman’s former _____(22)_____. Why was Ben Jeffries fired? Because Because he he he was was was often often often ______(23)______ ______(23)______ and talked on the phone all the time. How can the woman find a new one? She will put an ad.________(24)________. Section Agrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.( A )Section BA. permission B. particularly C. experiencing D. contact E. identified F. seek G. increasing H. obviously I. responsible J. guarantee K. access III. Reading ComprehensionSection ASection B( A )1. ExerciseStudies show that 30 minutes of mild exercise a day will increase your life span. This doesn’t mean you have to run three miles or start jumping. Simple activities such as walking, gardening or taking exercise classes will work. 2. Enjoy peopleContacts with family and friends help fight life-sapping depression and stress. Studies show that that people people people socialize socialize socialize regularly regularly regularly live live live longer longer longer than than than loners. loners. loners. Interact Interact Interact daily daily daily with with with family family family members members members and and friends. If you are isolated, make a point of joining social clubs or church groups so you can laugh and share life ’s joys. 3. Stay mentally activeThis is very important —use it or lose it! People who allow their mental faculties to decline run the risk of shortening their lives through falls and other injuries, and not being able to take care of themselves. themselves. Read Read Read the the the newspaper, newspaper, newspaper, visit visit visit the the the public public public library, library, library, balance balance balance your your your checkbook checkbook checkbook without without without a a calculator, and exercise your brain by doing crossword puzzle. 4. DietThe key words are “ high-fiber, low-fat ”. Cut back on red meat, salt, white flour, white sugar, alcohol and coffee. Start eating a balanced diet including lots of fruit, grains, raw vegetables and nuts. 5. Positive attitudeBy approaching life with a positive outlook you increase your chances of living longer. Stay optimistic optimistic——always search for the silver lining. Studies show people who see life as an enjoyable challenge, rather than a constant trial, cope better and prolong their life spans. 6. medication mixAs we age, we are more likely to take medications. Sometimes this leads to over-medication, which can be disabling and even deadly. Ask your doctor if the drugs you take are really necessary. Make Make sure sure sure there there there is is is no no no danger danger danger of of of a a a bad bad bad drug drug drug interaction interaction interaction from from from your your your medication. medication. medication. Used Used Used correctly, correctly, medicines can help you live longer and more comfortably. 66. Which of the following does NOT increase your life span? A. Staying happy about life B. Exercising as much as possible C. Exercising your brain frequently D. Enjoying your social life 67. People who do not stay mentally active are more likely to _________. A. become ignorant B. lose their minds C. shorten their lives D. become slow in movement 68. The underlined phrase silver lining can be replaced with __________. A. something made of silver B. new information C. good aspects D. long life span 69. Which of the following is correct about medication ? A. Appropriate medication is necessary. B. Medication is always helpful to you. C. Doctors suggest taking expensive medicines. D. Drugs are unnecessary because of side-effects. ( B )“W “We are going to have to get rid of Bay this year,e are going to have to get rid of Bay this year,” Meg ’s dad said. “That horse can ’t work another winter.”It was October, and snow was falling lightly over their part of Montana. Meg knew the ranch needed strong, steady horses to bring the sheep back from pasture. Still, she could hardly take in the enormity of her father ’s words. “I know Bay’s old,” Meg told her dad, “but he is my horse. Won ’t you let me keep him? I’I’d d feed him. He won ’t be a problem.”“We use horses for labor,” her dad said, “We don’t don’t keep them as pets. keep them as pets.” Meg understood. She thought about Casey, a dog she had once loved. He became lost when he chased a wandering sheep and never came home. Meg had been sad for weeks. She knew that on a ranch, animals come and go. You couldn’t couldn’t grow attached to them. Bay was different, though. The grow attached to them. Bay was different, though. The horse had a personality all his own. She went to the stable and stroked the old brown horse’s head. As Bay nuzzled her hand, Meg tried to imagine what the ranch would be like without her favorite horse. The snow was falling faster, and dark gray clouds were settling over the peaks. Meg had an idea. She saddled Bay, put her foot in the stirrup, and swung up. “Let Let’’s go !” she cried, and nudged The sheep stood in a high pasture, bleating at the storm clouds. Meg heard a lone bleat from above. She looked for the lost sheep but couldn’t couldn’t see it. see it. “It must be stuck in the bush above the rock wall,wall,”” she thought. She got off her horse and began to climb up the steep wall. She was almost at the top when the heel of her foot slipped into a crack. She lost her balance and fell onto a rock. She tried to stand, buther foot hurt too much. Then Bay got into position under the rock. He was telling Meg to crawl onto his back! Painfully, Meg got her feet into the stirrups. Slowly and carefully, Bay carried her down the snow trail. On the way down, they met Dad riding his gray horse. “What happened ?” he asked anxiously. “Bay saved me.” Meg told him what happened. Dad Dad’’s voice shook when he said, “ I w ouldn’t wouldn’t wouldn’t get rid of that horse for anything. get rid of that horse for anything.”70. Meg ’s dad intended to ______________. A. trade Bay for sheep B. let Meg keep Bay as a pet. C. sell or kill Bay D. keep Bay working for another winter. 71. Meg hoped to keep Bay because______________. A. Bay was a good sheep-keeper. B. Bay was like a good friend. C. Bay was strong and beautiful. D. Bay was the only animal she loved. 72. Meg rode Bay to the pasture to ___________. A. look for a lost sheep. B. round up the sheep. C. climb over the meadow. D. meet her father. 73. Why does Dad change his mind about Bay? A. Bay found the lost sheep and Meg. B. Bay was such a good friend to Meg. C. Bay proved his importance by rescuing Meg. D. Bay proved that he had a personality all his own. Fed by the Jordan River and smaller streams, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth ’s surface, and its water is ten times saltier than the Mediterranean. With evaporation its only outlet, salt and other minerals become super-concentrated. Earlier this year, I drove down the long, steep hill to realize my dream. The shoreline was a broad area of bare salt-mud, but the water edge was far out of sight. Had somebody pulled the Dead Sea Sea’’s s plug? plug? plug? I I I wondered. wondered. wondered. Eli Eli Eli Dior, Dior, Dior, an an an Israeli Israeli Israeli official, official, official, explained explained explained the the the problem: problem: problem: ““ The The Dead Dead Dead Sea Sea Sea is is drying up. Every year, the surface drops about one meter, and as the water level falls, shadow areas are left high and dry.”Over the last half-century, the five neighboring countries have collectively diverted nearly all the water flowing into the Dead Sea to meet human and agriculture needs. Result: the Dead Sea is being emptied. With population in the region set to double at least in the next 50 years, there is little hope of restoring the water being diverted for human consumption. No country has a drop to spare for the Dead Dead Sea, Sea, Sea, where where where they they they know know know it it it will will will just just just evaporate. evaporate. evaporate. To To To dream dream dream of of of opening opening opening the the the dams dams dams and and and restoring restoring natural balance is plainly unrealistic. Yet one ambitious high-tech dream may turn out to be not only the salvation of the Dead Sea but also a ticket to peace around its shores. The “ Red-Dead ” is a proposed $5 billion project to bring sea water some 240 kilometers by pipeline and canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The Red-Dead may be the only solution, but even if the project is carried out successfully, the Dead Sea will be 10 to 20 meters lower than now and two thirds of its current size. Whatever the future holds, the Dead Sea ’s magical mix of sun, mud, sea and salt will surely survive. survive. Many Many Many might might might complain complain complain that that that the the the Dead Dead Dead Sea Sea Sea is is is half half half empty empty empty——but but for for for me me me the the the Dead Dead Dead sea sea sea will will always be half full. 74. What ’s the passage mainly about ? A. Dead Sea —miracle of the world. B. Save the environment of the Dead Sea. C. Slow shrinking of the Dead Sea. D. Why is the Dead Sea so salty. 75. The shrinking of the Dead Sea is mainly caused by _________ according to the passage. A. a severe reduction of the water flowing into the sea. B. rapid evaporation of the water in the Dead Sea area. B. Though burdened with the growing population, the neighboring countries haven ’t cut off the sources of the Dead Sea. C. All the countries in the area will consider diverting less water from the Jordan River. D. The Red-Dead Project has not only brought water to the Dead Sea, but peace to the area as well. 77. Which of the following statements will the author approve of ? A. If the Dead Sea dried up, great natural disasters would happen in the region. B. The Dead Sea will not survive no matter what people do to save it. C. The five neighboring countries should stop diverting water from the Jordan River. D. Though the Dead Sea is shrinking gradually, it will not die. the fewest possible words. 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 cannot be 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, teacher, with with with the the the permission permission permission of of of the the the supervisors, supervisors, supervisors, can can can also also also play play play an an an important important important role role role in in in enlightening enlightening parents. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of of reporting reporting reporting pupils pupils pupils’’ progress, progress, can can can significantly significantly significantly aid aid aid in in in achieving achieving achieving a a a harmonious harmonious harmonious interplay interplay interplay between 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 family budget, budget, budget, buying buying buying the the the food, food, food, using using using a a a standard standard standard or or or measuring measuring measuring cup cup cup at at at home, home, home, setting setting setting the the the clock, 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 (不重要的不重要的) accounts of children’s 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 In this this this way, way, way, the the the school school school and and and the the the home home home join join join forces forces forces in in in fostering fostering fostering the the the fullest fullest fullest development development development of of youngsters 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. 第Ⅱ卷 (共47分)II. Guided WritingDirections:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.高三英语试卷参考答案第Ⅰ卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection A第Ⅱ卷I. TranslationII. Guided WritingM: That’s true, but his car is a total loss, you know. Q: What do we learn from the conversation above? 9. W: I’d like to know the price of the ticket for next Wednesday ’s concert. M: Madam, It ’s 16 dollars for each, and 30 dollars for a couple. And the price for the family is 40. Q: How much will the woman pay if she and her husband go to the concert? 10. M: They are building a new shopping center near my house. W: Not another one! Q: What does the woman mean? 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.Emily Emily Dickinson Dickinson Dickinson is is is one one one of of of the the the greatest greatest greatest American American American poets. poets. poets. She She She was was was born born born in in in Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts on on December 10, 1830. She was the second child of the family. She died in the same houses fifty-six years years later. later. later. During During During her her her lifetime lifetime lifetime she she she never never never left left left her her her native native native land. land. land. And And And after after after 1872 1872 1872 she she she rarely rarely rarely left left left her her house house and and and yard. yard. yard. In In In the the the last last last years years years of of of her her her life, life, life, she she she dressed dressed dressed in in in white, white, white, avoided avoided avoided strangers, strangers, strangers, and and communicated chiefly through notes and poems. The doctor who attended her illness was allowed to to ““examine examine”” her her in in in another another another room, room, room, seeing her seeing her walk walk by by by an an an opened opened opened door. door. door. She She She was was was thought thought thought of of of as a as a “strange strange”” figure in her home village. When she died on May 15, 1886, she was unknown to the rest of the world. Only seven of her poems had appeared in print. But to think Emily Dickinson only as a strange figure is a serious mistake. She lived simply. According to Henry James, a famous American novelist, she was one of those on whom nothing was lost. Only by thus living could Dickson manage both to fulfill her obligations as a daughter. A sister, and a housekeeper and to write on the average one poem a day. She read only a few books but knew them deeply. Her poems are simple but remarkably rich, not until 1950s was she recognized as one of the greatest American poets. Now listen again please.Questions: 11. When did Emily Dickson die? 12. What is Emily Dickson? 13. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickson is TRUE? Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.Residents of flood-hit northern England have been allowed to go back to their work, school and homes. The floods were caused by some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain. The cost of damage has run into “tens of millions of pounds ”. The large Hadron Collider, which is also known as “the big bang machine ”, has been restarted more more than than than a a a year year year after after after it it it was was was shut shut shut down down down because because because of of of technical technical technical faults. faults. faults. Scientists Scientists Scientists hope hope hope to to to use use use the the machine for new scientific experiments on the creation of the universe. Representatives from China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Sudan have agreed to a common position position in in in a a a bid bid bid to to to put put put pressure pressure pressure on on on developed developed developed countries countries countries at at at the the the Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen climate climate climate conference. conference. They agreed to ask “developed countries to assume responsibility for emissions reduction targets in the second commitment period (from 2013).”Now listen again please.Questions: 14. What caused the flood in England? 15. Why is the big bang machine shut down? 16. Which of the following country is NOT included to make the bid? 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.W: Can I help you? M: Yes, I ’d like to look for some articles that are in the library for psychology 311. W: Professor Gilers ’s class? M: That ’s right, how could you know? W: You are not the first person who was coming and asking for these articles. M: Well, as I haven ’t read any of them yet, it doesn ’t really matter which one you give me first. W: I ’m afraid I can ’t give you any of them at the moment. They ’ve all been checked out. M: Y ou ’re kidding. All of them? W: Yes, all were out last month. I ’ve asked professor Giler ’s twice already to bring in additional copies of the articles, but no sooner do I place them on the shelves than they are gone. See that girl in the black sweater? She ’s been waiting for half an hour for these same articles to be returned. M: Actually I was hoping to read some this afternoon. W: I ’m sorry, but all I can suggest is that you come in first in tomorrow morning and try again, we open at eight. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORDfor each answer. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.M: Hi, Mary. What can I get for you? W: An orange juice. M: Are you OK? W: Well, no. I just fired Ben Jeffries. M: Your new part-time employee? What happened? W: He was late for work almost every day. And when he was at work, he talked on the phone all the time. M: Doesn’t sound like a good employee. W: No, That’s why I fired him. M: Finding good help isn’t easy. W: Tell me about it. I have to look for a new employee. M: Someone more responsible? W: And someone who comes to work on time. M: I have Nike and Liz working for me now. W: I’m sure Liz is great. What about Nick? M: He is a really good worker. He does everything I ask him to. ’ll put an ad in the newspaper for someone. W: That’s what I need! Well, IM: Good luck. ’d better head home. See you! W: Thanks. Ill need it. Well, INow listen again please.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. 。

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