黄浦区2015年高三英语二模试卷

1、黄浦区2015年高考模拟考英 语 试 卷 2015年4月21日下午（完卷时间： 120分钟 满分： 150分） 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 questio

2、ns will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a school.B. In a studio. C. In a zoo. D. In a hospital.2. A. Shop assistant and customer

3、. B. Manager and employee.C. Doctor and patient. D. Student and teacher.3. A. Because she doesnt like the flat. B. Because she needs a better roommate.C. Because the present flat is too small. D. Because its cheaper to live in the dormitory.4. A. To solve a computer problem. B. To apply for the job.

4、C. To design a new program. D. To ask about the salary.5. A. She is accustomed to singing in public.B. She will not sing any more in public.C. She is afraid to sing before large audience.D. She likes singing for people very much.6. A. An art museum.B. A beautiful park.C. A college campus.D. An archi

5、tectural exhibition. 7. A. Because she has enough sports at work. B. Because she usually comes back home too late.C. Because she has no sports facilities at home. D. Because she isnt used to doing housework at night. 8. A. Hell go to the cinema with the woman. B. Hell go out to see a wonderful show.

6、 C. He will watch the “Running Man” show on TV. D. He will take part in the most fascinating program.9. A. She is having a job interview. B. She is starting her own company.C. She is interested in shopping.D. She is looking for the sales manager.10. A. He is quite pleased with his neighbors removal.

7、B. He thinks moving to the south is not a good choice.C. His neighbor is moving to the south in some ways. D. He feels a little disappointed at his neighbors removal.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. Th

8、e 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. His novels

9、 seem to get more popular and sell well. B. The ideals like truth and justice can be found in his novels. C. His novels have attractive characters in grand historical background. D. About 50 of his novels have been made into movies and TV series.12. A. A diplomat. B. A translator. C. An editor. D. A

10、 writer. 13. A. To learn from classic literature.B. To set complex adventure plots. C. To show off his beautiful language. D. To promote traditional Chinese virtues. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. China has over 2,200 newspapers.B. China has over 9,000 magazines.C

11、. There are 309 local radio stations. D. There are about 306 TV stations. 15. A. Xinhua News Agency is one of the nongovernmental news agencies. B. Xinhua News Agency has more than 100 branch offices across the world. C. The head offices of the two main news agencies are in different cities. D. Chin

12、a News Service mainly supplies news to domestic Chinese.16. A. CCTV is a complete system with movie production and transmission. B. CCTV is the largest and most powerful international high-tech agency. C. CCTV has business relations with over 350 television organizations. D. CCTV has extended its bu

13、siness to more than 130 countries and regions. 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

14、 your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Money ExchangeThe rate for _17_: 645 to buy and 649 to sell How much to exchange: To exchange _18_ dollars for RMB.The banks special offer: The bank will not _19_ 2% ser

15、vice fee for the exchange over 250 dollars. How to exchange: In _20_ and some small change for the rest.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What should the students do first?To find a good website and _21_ it

16、s home page.Why should the students type in their email address?To get an email _22_.What should the students type in the search box?_23_.How many results have the students got after they type in “_24_”?There are 1,543 results.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages

17、 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)Positive thinking can help you win. Some athletes can

18、reach great goals such as the achievement of an Olympic gold medal. Others never live up to their promise. What kind of preparation before (25)_ race or other event makes the difference? Everyone knows that athletes spare no effort (26)_ (strengthen) their bodies. But researches show that strengthen

19、ing the mind may be just as important. Careful study indicates that the best athletes win partly (27)_ they think they can win. Thinking positive thoughts seems to give the possibility for success in sports. People who say to themselves over and over “I know I (28)_ do this. ” often find they have t

20、he advantage to win. On the other hand, people often fail who think “I cant win.” One procedure (29)_ helps many athletes is creating pictures in the mind. They are told to think of each move they must do. Some use more fanciful pictures. One skater liked to imagine a star bursting inside her, (30)_

21、(fill) her with energy. Another athlete who wanted to feel calm pictured himself as a bird floating in the air. Next time you want to make progress, try training your mind to help you. Perhaps a teacher or other instructor can help you plan your training. If you imagine yourself doing (31)_ (well),

22、you may soon see improvement in (32)_ you really can do. Positive thinking and pictures created in your mind can help you win! (B) Two British coloniesAustralia, the last continent, was discovered by ships belonging to some European nations in the 17th century. These nations were less interested in

23、changing it into a colony than exploring it. As in the early history of the United States, it was the English (33)_ set up the settlements in America. This history and the geography of these two British colonies have some (34)_ things in common. Australia and the United States are about equal in siz

24、e, and neither of their western lands are rich in soil. It was along the eastern coast of Australia and America that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to develop towards the west. However, this Westward Movement took place more because the English (35)_ (search) for better land

25、 than because the population was increasing. Settlements of the western part of both countries developed quickly after gold (36)_ (discover) in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later. Although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some striking differences a

26、s well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution while Australia won its independence without (37)_ (go) to war. Australia, firstly (38)_ (turn) into a colony by English prisoners, was unlike the United States, and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep r

27、aising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people now in the United States. Yet, (39)_ _ _ these and other main differences, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one (40

28、)_ (have) with the rest of the world. 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. benefitB. welcomeC. familiarD. reachE. settingF. evolutionG. lastingH. reputationI. goalJ. intro

29、ducingK. work Whenever I travel, I meet international leaders who have studied in Britain. These energetic, intelligent people chose Britain because we offer high quality higher education. This is good news for the UK. People who are educated here have a _41_ tie to our country. They promote Britain

30、 around the world, helping our trade and our diplomacy. It is easier for our executives and our diplomats to do business with people _42_ with Britain. British exports of education and training are worth some eight billion pounds a year. Money feeds into our institutions and helps our _43_ to open u

31、p opportunities for more people to study. Our young people also _44_. They gain from the doors in the world which contact with international students. We can teach, but we can also learn from others. Nowadays, we are launching a long-term strategy to strengthen the United Kingdom as a first choice f

32、or the quality of study and the quality of our _45_ to international students. This will be a UK-wide and a Government-wide effort. We are _46_ a package of measures to help encourage students from overseas to study in the UK. We will offer international students more open doors. We have the measure

33、s in place, but we are also _47_ tough targets for recruitment(招募). We want to have 25 percent of the global market share of higher education students and we want to increase the number of international students studying in Further Education institutions by 100 percent. Our aim is to _48_ these targ

34、ets in 5 years. Tough targets, but deliverable. While giving these undertakings, I also want to lay down a challenge to others. To businessI ask you to _49_ with the British Council overseas to market education. And to universities and collegesI ask you to live up to your _50_, to professionalise yo

35、ur approach, to deliver a quality education to overseas students that encourages involvement and rises to the challenge of our competitors, to work as partners together. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A,

36、B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The United States does not have a government office that regulates the film industry. Government, _51_, does link with the movie business in several ways. In the United States, films generally come from two _52_ : lar

37、ge studios that produce many films and television programs each year and independent filmmakers, including both students and experienced filmmakers. Sometimesthrough grants from universities or arts or humanities councilsindependent filmmakers do receive _53_ indirectly from funding that originated

38、with the local, state, or federal government, but more often funding comes from private investors or through charity organizations _54_ either promotion of arts or promotion of a cause being addressed by a film.While there is no _55_ of film, there are many government offices that interact with the

39、film industry. At the state and local levels, government film offices promote local film locations because use of their locale brings employment and other _56_ advantages to promote local tourist sites. These offices also help filmmakers work with the police and others to _57_ filming that impacts t

40、raffic, uses public buildings, or otherwise needs special consideration. _58_, government organizations, especially the branches of the military, have offices that help coordinate（协调） filmmakers use of facilities, equipment, and even personnel. It would be _59_, for example, for a filmmaker to const

41、ruct a make-believe aircraft carrier or to hire a cast of extras to be in the _60_ of a movie who look like real soldiers, sailors, airmen, or marines (whose haircuts, fitness levels, and posture are often different from that of civilian (群众) actors). The military is willing to make their facilities

42、 _61_, within reason, for approved projects, and each branch has an office that handles these requests. Other branches of the government _62_ requests to use public spaces and buildings, such as monuments or parks. Many years ago, the U.S. government did produce quite a few feature films and worked

43、closely with Hollywood on films that would encourage public morale during wartime. However, since World War II, these programs have been _63_ due to a combination of budgetary and philosophical concerns. The United States Information Agency, _64_, for many years produced films for exhibition to over

44、seas audiences to complement its other educational programs. One such film, John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums, a posthumous contribution to the president, even won the 1965 Academy Award for best documentary. This _65_, now a part of the U.S. Department of State, no longer produces s

45、uch feature films. 51. A. thereforeB. moreoverC. however D. otherwise52. A. factorsB. sourcesC. studios D. methods53.A. criticismB. invitationC. support D. guidance54.A. regarded asB. compared toC. made of D. concerned with55.A. ministry B. featureC. promotion D. need 56.A. educationalB. economicC.

46、enormous D. effective 57.A. cooperate withB. focus onC. arrange for D. make up58.A. HopefullyB. SimilarlyC. Surprisingly D. Obviously59.A. flexibleB. impatientC. neutral D. difficult60.A. industryB. backgroundC. civilization D. entrance 61.A. academicB. artificialC. available D. apparent 62.A. addre

47、ssB. introduceC. receive D. propose63.A. promotedB. initiatedC. eliminated D. highlighted64.A. for exampleB. by contrastC. in reality D. as a whole65.A. agentB. programC. director D. organizationSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or

48、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) 1 “Maybe when Im 90 years old, Ill get used to having everything I do taken for granted,” a young homemaker told

49、 a secret to her neighbor, “If Bill would compliment me once in a while, hed make my life much happier.”2 Few of us realize how much we need encouragement. Yet we must bask(沐浴于) in the warmth of approval now and then or lose our self-confidence. 3 All of us need to feel needed and admired. But unles

50、s we hear words of praise from someone else, how can we know that we are valued friends or co-workers?4 Anyone who wants to improve his relationships with others need only show a sympathetic understanding. The way to express this understanding and to give others the feeling of importance and worthin

51、ess boils down to this: always look for something in the other person you can admire and praise and tell him about it. 5 We each have a mental picture of ourselves, a self-image. To find life reasonably satisfying, that self-image must be one we can live with, one we can like. When we are proud of o

52、ur self-image, we feel confident and free to be ourselves. We function at our best. When we are ashamed of our self-image, we attempt to hide it rather than express it. We become hard to get along with. 6 A miracle happens to the person whose self-pride has been raised. He suddenly likes other peopl

53、e better. He is kinder and more cooperative with those around him. Praise is the polish that helps keep his self-image bright and sparkling. 7 What has this to do with your giving praise? A lot. You have the ability to perform that kind of miracle in another person. When you add to his self-pride, y

54、ou make him want to like you and to cooperate with you. 8 In a classic bit of advice, Lord Chesterfield suggested to his son that he should follow the example of the Duke de Nivernoise: “You will recognize that he makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.” 9 The eff

55、ects of Praise can be great indeed. A new minister called to a church whose members were jokingly referred to as “a refrigerator” by other ministers decided against criticizing his people for their coolness toward strangers. Instead, he began welcoming visitors and telling them how friendly the memb

56、ers of the church were. Things gradually changed. “Praise transformed the ice-cube members into warmhearted human beings,” he said. 66. From paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 we can learn that .A. the young homemaker had a thirst for Bills praiseB. the neighbor reminded Bill to compliment the homemaker C. it is well-known that we all need encouragement very much D. getting other peoples approval leads to losing self-confidence67. According to the passage, we become difficult to get on with probably because . A. we want to show our self-imageB. we