普陀区高三英语一模试卷及答案官方

1、普陀区2014学年第一学期高三英语质量调研（考试时间 120分钟 试卷满分 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 q

2、uestions 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 questionyou have heard.1. A. Twins.B. Classmates.C. Friends.D. Colleagues.2. A. At a gas station.B. In a workshop.

3、C. At an art gallery.D. In a department store.3. A. Shes written some books about classics. B. Shes learned a lot from the literature class. C. Shes met some of the worlds best writers. D. Shes just returnedfrom a trip round the world.4. A. Ten years.B. Twenty years. C. Forty years.D. A hundred year

4、s.5. A. The woman followed the mans advice.B. The woman wasgoing to have a haircut.C. The man didnt care if the woman had her hair cut.D. The man didnt want the woman to have her hair cut.6. A. She just read only part of the book.B. She was interested in reading novels.C. She seldom read books from

5、cover to cover.D. She wasanxious to know what the book was about.7. A. Young people lose their jobs easily.B. Young people are too eager to succeed.C. Young people seldom stay long on the same job.D. Young people are too quick in making decisions.8. A. Worried. B. Relieved.C. Doubtful.D. Thankful.9.

6、 A. Quit delivering flowers.B. Work at a restaurant. C. Bring her flowers every day. D. Leave his job to work for her.10. A. Tony could not continue the experiment.B. Tony finished the experiment last night.C. Tony thought the experiment was well done.D. Tony had expected the experiment to be easier

7、.Section B PassagesDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. 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

8、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. She missed her grandfather greatly.B. She seldom talked with her mother.C. Her mother didnt love her as much as her grandfather did.D. Her mother was the subject of ta

9、lks with her grandfather.12.A. Co-workers cannot be your close friends.B. People will be pleased if you call them at 2:00 AM.C. You cant discuss your problems with a distant family.D. The one you can call at 2:00 AM is someone close to you in spirit.13.A. Parents should understand their kids.B. Ther

10、e are many ways to make friends.C. The earth is an inhabited garden if you have close friends.D. There is a difference between a lonely desert and an inhabited garden.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The prison gates are always open.B. Its prisoners can work outside.

11、C. The prison has no armed guards.D. The prison is open to the public.15. A. It has no security measures.B. It is run on the principle of trusting prisoners.C. The prisoners are provided with jobs on release.D. Its prisoners are seldom made to work overtime.16. A. Doubtful.B. Positive.C. Critical.D.

12、Neutral.Section CLonger 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 the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

13、 Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORDfor each answer. East Asia Car Rental CentreRecommended vehicleIVECOPick-up Time afterat 4:30 on _17_Return by_18_on MondayCostRMB 300 for the first 200km, _19_yuan per kilometer after thatVAT(value added

14、 tax) _20_%of the priceBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Who does the woman have some trouble with?Her _21_.What did she do until 2 oclock a few days ago?She went out to _22_. How does she get on with her f

15、ather?The daughter is _23_with her father.What kind of person is her father?The father is always calm and _24_ with his daughter.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

16、 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)Left HandednessWhat do Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other famous people includin

17、g Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the worlds population (25)_ be left-handed.Most people are right-handed. This fact also seems to have held true (26)_ history. In 1977, scientists studied works of art made at various times starting with cave drawings from 15,000 B.C. and ending wi

18、th paintings from the 1950s. Most of the people (27)_ (show) in these works of art are right-handed.Many researchers claim (28)_ (find)relationships between left-handedness and various physical and mental characteristics. However, (29)_ of these connections are very weak, and others have not been pr

19、oven.What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet, no one really knows for sure. (30)_ _ _ reasons may be behind it, peoples attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. There are even a number of shops (31)_ (specialize) in selling products for left

20、-handed people, such as left-handed scissors, can openers, guitars, and even a left-handed camera.In 1976, Left-Handers International, a group of left-handed people in Topeka, Kansas, in the United States, decided to start (32)_ annual event in order to clear up misunderstandings about left-handedne

21、ss.(B)Motivating Students(33)_ _ a young child might be nervous about starting school, he or she is often excited on the first day of school. Perhaps that excitement lasts through the first few years of school. But over time, many children are much (34) _ (excited) about going to school because scho

22、ol becomes a place of “all work and no play.” As the years go by, students(35)_(pressure) to do more work and to do it better, make better test scores, and have a higher class rank. It is therefore not surprising that by middle school many students lose interest in school and learning.Teachers face

23、a big challenge in such a situation. When they enter a classroom (36)_ _ most of the students do not want to be there and do not want to study, how can they teach? Some teachers may be tempted to focus their energy on the handful of students in the classroom who show an interest in (37)_(learn). Oth

24、er teachers have to reward “good” students and punishing “bad” students in the hope (38)_ this may somehow motivate all students to try harder.Through his own teaching experience, Dr. Richard Lavoie became interested in the problem of motivating students. He (39)_(wonder) what motivates some student

25、s to want to learn. In studying this question, Dr. Lavoie discovered that other people have done a lot of research into this question already. However, those people do not work in schools. The people who seemed to know the most about (40)_ motivates kids were researchers who work for companies that

26、were advertising products such as toys and music for children.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. adequatelyB. advancesC. neighbourD. colonizeE. concerns F. createG. int

27、ensivelyH. settlersI. smartJ. journeyK. survive“Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe,”Stephen Hawking says.Stephen Hawking, one of the worlds most important scientists, believes that to _41_, humans must move into space.Today, the United States,

28、 India, China, and Japan are all planning to send astronauts back to Earths closest _42_: the moon. Each country wants to create space stations there between 2020 and 2030. These stations will _43_prepare humans to visit and later live on Mars or other Earth-like planets.Robert Zubrin, a rocket scie

29、ntist, thinks humans should _44_ space. He wants to start with Mars. Why? There are several advantages: for one, sending people to the moon and Mars will allow us to learn a lotfor example, whether living on other planets is possible. Then, we can eventually_45_ new human societies on other planets.

30、 In addition, the _46_ we make for space travel in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health can also benefit us here on Earth.But not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a(n)_47_ idea. Many say its too expensive to send people, even on a short _48_. And most space trips are n

31、ot short. A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take about six months. People travelling this kind of distance face a number of health problems. Also, for many early space _49_, life would be extremely difficult. On the moons surface, for example, the air and the suns rays are very dangerous. P

32、eople would have to stay indoors most of the time.Despite these _50_, sending people into space seems certain. In the future, we might see lunar(月球上的) cities and maybe even new human cultures on other planets.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage ther

33、e 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.When you say that someone has a good memory, what exactly do you mean? Are you saying that the person has fast recall or that he or she_51_ information quickly? Or maybe you just m

34、ean that the person remembers a lot about her or his childhood. The truth is that it is _52_ to say exactly what memory is. Even scientists who have been studying memory for decades say they are still trying to _53_ exactly what it is. We do know that a particular memory is not just one thing stored

35、 somewhere in the brain. _54_, a memory is made up of bits and pieces of information stored all over the brain. Perhapsthe best way to _55_ memory is to say that it is a processa process of recording, storing, and getting back information. Practice and repetition can help to _56_ the pieces that mak

36、e up our memory of that information.Memory can be _57_ affected by a number of things. _58_ nutrition can affect a persons ability to store information. Excessive alcohol use can also weaken memory and cause permanent _59_ to the brain over the long term. A vision or hearing problem may affect a per

37、sons ability to notice certain things, thus making it _60_ to register information in the brain.When people talk about memory, they often_61_ short-term memory and long-term memory. If you want to call a store or an office that you dont call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You

38、dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about 30 seconds, or half a minute. _62_, you dont need to look in the telephone book for your best friends number, because you already know it. This number is in your long-te

39、rm memory, which _63_ information about things you have learned and experienced through the years.Why do you forget things sometimes? The major reason for forgetting something is that you did not learn it well enough _64_. For example, if you meet some new people and right away forget their names, i

40、t is because you did not _65_ the names at the first few seconds when you heard them.51. A. collectsB. processesC. publishesD. absorbs52. A. necessaryB. importantC. difficultD. convenient53. A. figure outB. take outC. put outD. give out54. A. After allB.InsteadC.By contrastD. Besides55. A. recallB.

41、refreshC. describeD. decrease56. A. loseB. organizeC. identifyD. strengthen57. A. positivelyB. negativelyC. activelyD. directly58. A. PoorB. AdequateC. SpecialD. Various59. A. benefitB. offenceC. effectD. damage60. A. easierB. more impressiveC. harderD. more convenient61. A. refer toB. apply forC. c

42、ome acrossD. break down62. A. FurthermoreB. HoweverC.ConsequentlyD. Otherwise63. A. leaksB. transmitsC. checksD. stores64. A. in the middleB. at the endC. in the beginningD. ahead of time65. A. restoreB. recordC. replaceD. respondSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage i

43、s 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)In 1991, high in the mountains of Europe, hikers made a discovery: a dead man

44、partly frozen in the ice. However, the police investigation soon became a scientific one. Carbon dating indicated that the man died over 5,300 years ago. Today he is known as the Iceman and has been nicknamed “tzi” for the tztal Alps where he was found. Kept in perfect condition by the ice, he is th

45、e oldest complete human body on the earth.Scientists think he was an important person in his society. An examination of his teeth and skull tells us that he was not a young man.His arms were not the arms of a laborer. His dagger(匕首) was made of stone, but he carried a copper axe. This implies wealth

46、, and he was probably from the upper classes.We know he could make fire, as a fire-starting kit was discovered with him. Even the food he had eaten enabled scientists to reason exactly where in Italy he lived.But why did the Iceman die in such a high and icy place? There have been many theories. Som

47、e said he was a lost shepherd. Others thought he was killed in a religious ceremony. Over the years since he was found, tiny scientific discoveries have led to great changes in our understanding of the story of the Iceman. The newest scientific information indicates that he was cruelly murdered. “Ev

48、en five years ago, the story was that he fled up there and walked around in the snow and probably died of exposure,” said Klaus Oeggl, a scientist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. “Now its all changed. Its more like acrime scene.”In June 2001, an X-ray examination of the body showed a smal

49、l dark shape beneath the Icemans left shoulder. It was the stone head of an arrow. It had caused a deadly injury that probably killed him very quickly. In 2003, an Australian scientist discovered the blood of four different people on the clothes of the Iceman. Did a bloody fight take place before hi

50、s murder? Injuries on his hand and head indicate that this may be true. One theory, put forward by archeologist (考古学家) WalterLeitner, says that the Icemans murder was the end of a fight for power among his people. However, this idea is certainly debatable.66. What does “tzi”refer to _.A. the oldest

51、perfectly preserved human bodyB. the most famous tourist attractiontztal AlpsC. an important discovery by the police of EuropeD. the person living in tztal Alps for a long time67. After the examination of the Iceman, scientists believe that _.A. he died at an early ageB. he made a fire-starting kitC

52、. he had a higher social statusD. he was born at a village in Italy68. According to Klaus Oeggl, the Iceman died from_.A. a serious diseaseB. a snow disasterC. a religious faithD. a terrible murder 69. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. The life of ancient people in the AlpsMountains.B. The

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