上海市十校联考2010届高三英语试卷答案.doc

上海市十校2010届高三下学期考前最后一次联考英语试卷 Certain actions, especially _ the hands and feet, can cause offense in many countries because of the various cultures.A. in B. by C. on D. withEven though “faraway” countries now seem closer, thanks to air travel, they _ still be different from your home country.A. must B. may C. should D. shall Probably, no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States _ Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.A.as did B. as had C. than did D. than had Some people disagree with the idea _ digital textbook will improve education quality while the traditional textbook is out of date.A. because B. which C. that D.as Until recently, land in large area of Stockholm belonged either to the crown or to the city; there was _ thing as private ownership of land.A.no such a B.no such C. not such D. not anyPerhaps the best sign of _ computer and internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself.A. how B. what C. why D. thatDiscovered by the Portuguese in 1506 and _ in 1810, the island belongs to the Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.A. settling B. settled C.to settle D. having settled Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her good nature _ had got her into medical school.A. when B. which C. how D. that The heart is _ intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.A. not less B. not more C. no less D. no moreBehind the hill lies the school Ive studied for three years. Awhere Bwhen Cthere Dwhich It struck me like lightning how difficult it must have been for a woman to get a medical training so long ago _ womens education was always placed second to mens.A. while B. when C. until D.as_ the child cannot forgive is the parents refusal to admit these charges if the child knows them to be true.A. Whether B. That C. Why D. What More and more young Indian women are saying, “I dont” rather than “I do” to child marriage, _ their backs to a troublesome tradition that is still alive in the countrys poorest regions.A. to turn B. being turned C. turning D. having turnedThe price went up and down . Acoming the living standard Bthe living standard came Cthe living standard was coming Dcame the living standardI certainly appreciate _ us about the delay in delivering the materials because we had planned to begin work tomorrow.A. him to tell B. him of telling C. he told D. his telling Not until years later _ their leading position in the marketplace with the creation of Swatch watches.A. the Swiss regained B. the Swiss has regainedC. did the Swiss regain D. has the Swiss regainedSection 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.distribute B. stresses C. unloading D. contents E. undoubtedlyF. strain G. purchases H. vitally I. frequent J. adventurousThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over 50,000 people every year sustain some sort of winter-related back injury, and 5,800 of those are holiday decorating-related. These aches and pains can _41_ bring trouble to peoples life. It is said that peoples back could sustain all sorts of strain from carrying heavy _42_ , and from the increased stress of lugging suitcases, decorations and gifts. Dr. Alanna Levine spoke to Debbye Turner Bell on “The Early Show” about how to protect the back for the holiday season.The first tip Dr. Levine gave was about carrying heavy shopping bags. Smaller bags, she said, are better. “You dont want to load everything up into one bag and lug it around,” Dr. Levine explained. “You want to _43_ the weight on your body.” She also recommended putting heavier items towards the bottom in those bags and lighter items on top. Also, if you can, make _44_ trips to the car to drop off purchases.Travel can be another pain in the back from carrying heavy luggage. Again, Dr. Levine _45_ not to pack everything into one bag. Even though it may cost more, she said that packing two smaller bags is safer than packing one heavy one. Also, choose a light-weight bag, so that the only weight youre carrying is the _46_ inside the suitcase.When _47_ bags from an airport carousel, Dr. Levine suggests standing close to the carousel and bending your knees to lift it up. “You want to avoid that reach-and-lift. It puts a lot of _48_ on your lower back,” she said.When it comes to holiday decorating, people can get _49_. Dr. Levine suggests decorating in pairs, so one person can hand the lights and ornaments to the other person to hang, as to avoid reaching or twisting to get what you need.Reading ComprehensionSection BDirections：Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.Are organically grown foods the best food choices？The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally (传统地) grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Supporters of organic foodsa term whose meaning varies greatlyfrequently announce that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the flood of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized.Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins and other wonder foods. There are numerous unproved reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like.One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers，particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.1.The “welcome development” mentioned in paragraph 2 is an increase in _.A. attention to food safety and nutrition among north AmericansB. the nutritional quality of the typical North American dietC. the amount of healthy food grown in North AmericaD. the number of consumers in North America2. The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers buy organic foods instead of conventionally grown foods because _.A. organic foods can be more expensive but are often not better than conventionally grown foodsB. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foodsC. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foodsD. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops3.What is the authors attitude toward the claims made by advocates of health foods？A. Enthusiastic. B. Favorable. C. Neutral. D. Distrustful.In the United States in the early 1800s, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the federal government. States controlled manufacturing, banking, mining and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes（收费关卡）, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two distinct ways: first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvements; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct restricting activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and difference between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing fell especially on drug dealers, innkeepers and retail merchants of various kinds. The goods of trade generally came under state inspection and such important raw material as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by business.Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the region, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasing easy term, with a summit in the Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a system of tariffs（关税） that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth century.1.What does the passage mainly discuss？A. States rights versus federal rights.B. The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction.C. The roles of state and federal government in the economy of the nineteenth century.D. Restricting activity by state government.2.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in the nineteenth century canals and railroads were _.A. built with money that came from the federal governmentB. much more expensive to build than they had been previouslyC. built predominantly in the western part of the countryD. sometimes built in part by state companies3.According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of 1862？A. It increased the money supply in the West.B. It was a law first passed by state government in the West.C. It made it increasingly possible for settlers to obtain land in the West.D. It established tariffs in a number of regions.4.Which of the following activities was the responsibility of the federal government in the nineteenth century？A. Control of the manufacture of gunpowder.B. Determining the conditions under which individuals worked.C. Regulation of the supply of money.D. Inspection of new homes built on western lands.In 1961, scientist set up gigantic, sensitive instruments to collect radio waves from the far reaches of space, hoping to discover in them some mathematical pattern indicating that the waves were sent out by other intelligent beings. The first attempt failed, but someday the experiment may succeed.What reason is there to think that we may actually detect intelligent life in outer space？To begin with, modern theories of the development of stars suggest that almost every star has some sort of family of planets. So any star like our own sun （and there are billions of such stars in the universe） is likely to have a planet situated at such a distance that it would receive about the same amount of radiation as the earth.Furthermore, such a planet would probably have the same general composition as our planet; so, allowing a billion years or two or three, there would be a very good chance for life to develop, if current theories of the origin of life are correct.But intelligent life？Life that has reached the stage of being able to send radio waves out into space in a deliberate pattern？Our own planet may have been in existence for five billion years and may have had life on it for two billion, but it is only in the last fifty years that intelligent life capable of sending radio waves into space has lived on earth. From this it might seem that even if there were no technical problems involved, the chance of receiving signals from any particular earth-type planet would be extremely small.This does not mean that intelligent life at our level does not exist somewhere. There are such an unimaginable number of stars that, even at such miserable possibility, it seems certain that there are millions of intelligent life forms scattered through space. The only trouble is, none may be within easy distance of us. Perhaps none ever will be; perhaps the distances that separate us from our fellow “creatures” of this universe will forever remain too great to be conquered. And yet it is conceivable that someday we may come across one of them or, frighteningly, one of them may come across us. What would they be like, these outside-the-earth creatures？1.What point is the author making by stating that almost every star has some sort of family of planets？A. Sooner or later intelligent beings will be found on one of the stars.B. There must be one or two of the planets on which there are no intelligent beings.C. There are sufficient planets for there to be one that enjoys the same conditions as the earth does.D. One or two billion years later intelligent beings will generate on those planets.2.What is the main topic of the passage？A. Some probable intelligent life forms on other planets.B. Various stages undergone by the intelligent life on other planets.C. Grounds for probable existence of intelligent life on other planets.D. The possibility of intelligent life existing on our planet.3.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage？A. An encounter is probable between people from the earth and intelligent beings from another planet.B. Though the first attempt failed, scientists did discover the radio waves sent out by other intelligent beings.C. Other intelligent beings were able to send our radio waves into space well before the last fifty years.D. It is certain that there are millions of intelligent beings scattered in space but only too far away.4.According to the author, what is the difference between “we may come across one of them” and “one of them may come across us”？A. The earth would be dangerously disadvantaged if it is sought after by possibly much more developed creatures.B. It would prove that there are too many outside-the-earth creatures if “one of them comes across us”.C. The history of the development of the earth would be proved to be shorter than that of “them” if “they” come across us.D. it would prove that the distance in between is not so great as we think if “we come across one of them” someday. Section CDirection：Read the following text and choose the most suitable summary from AF for each paragraph. There is one extra summary which you do not need.A. Promotion by the press and media.B. Foreign influences into British cuisine.C. The variety of British cuisine.D. The effect of history and climate.E. Traditional meals for different times of the day.F. International awards to British cuisine.1 _They say a countrys cuisine（烹饪） is a reflection of its culture and national character. Therefore, the UK has always been a diverse country, since every region has its own traditional foods. For example, traditional Scottish cuisine is famous for its robust character： haggis, Aberdeen Angus beef, shortbread and whisky. Wales is well known for its lamb and leeks. Ireland is synonymous with Guinness, Irish whiskey and Irish stew.2 _There are of course dishes common to the whole UK as well. Everyone （except vegetarians） likes a full English breakfast in the morning, followed by a Sunday roast for lunch, perhaps followed by fish and chips or a pork pie for dinner. For dessert, there are dozens of famous British cheeses to choose from.3 _British cuisine has had a better international reputation for the last decade or so. Why is that？One reason is definitely that the wide range of ethnic groups in the UK has given British cuisine new ingredients, flavours, combinations and techniques. Curry, which is originally an Asian dish, is now officially the most popular food in the UK, whereas sandwiches used to be the most popular. With significant numbers of Polish people coming to the UK recently, Polish food shops can be found in almost every British city. Most cities have a Chinese quarter as well.4 _Another reason for the improvement, however, is the large number of cookery programmes on British television. British people are more ed