格致2014,8高三摸底考試試卷

1、格致中學(xué)班級_姓名_學(xué)號_準(zhǔn)考證號_ 二一四學(xué)年度第一學(xué)期高三年級 摸底考試試卷（共 12 頁）(測試120分鐘內(nèi)完成，總分150分，試后交答題卡和答卷紙)友情提示：昨天，你既然經(jīng)歷了艱苦的學(xué)習(xí)，今天，你必將贏得可喜的收獲！祝你：誠實(shí)守信，沉著冷靜，細(xì)致踏實(shí)，自信自強(qiáng)，去迎接勝利！第I卷 I. Listening Comprehension (30%)Section A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the e

2、nd 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

3、 heard.1. A. He found it enjoyableB. He found it difficult to understand. C. He found it informative.D. He found it boring.2. A. She made it herselfB. She asked a carpenter to make it. C. She remade the old furniture.D. She bought it.3. A. At a bank. B. At an inn C. On the river side. D. At a basket

4、ball match4. A. Making a pot of coffee.B. Trying different brands of coffee C. Drinking less coffee.D. Getting different coffee pot5. A. $78.50.B. $39.00. C. $43.50.D. $65.346. A. Five.B. Four. C. Three.D. One7. A. The man has just finished the exam B. The woman thinks the exam is too easy. C. The w

5、oman advised the man not to be nervous about the result of the exam. D. The man took serious notice of the result of the exam.8. A. Unpleasant.B. PleasantC. Nice.D. Easy to be with9. A. Because there was a car accidentB. Because of the rain. C. Because of the foggy weather.D. Because of the delay of

6、 the flight.10. A. Psychology. B. PhilosophyC. English literature. D. Computer sciencePart B: Passages(A)Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The big man.B. The pretty womanC. The old gentleman. D. The small man12. A. The gentleman picked up five poundsB. Both the big ma

7、n and the pretty woman are cheats.C. The big man was looking for his lost money.D. The big man got less money than the young woman.13. A. He was foolish. B. He was shyC. He was dishonest. D. He was not brave(B)Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Bright.B. Dull, C. Red.

8、D. Strange-shaped15. A. In Australia.B. In the East IndiaC. In New Guinea.D. In America16. A. 300 years ago. B. 500 years agoC. 400 years ago. D. 600 years agoPart C: Longer Conversations(A)Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. 1._ 18. 2_ 19. 3_ 20. 4_(B)Blanks 21 through

9、24 are based on the following conversation.21. 1._ 22. 2_ 23. 3_ 24. 4_II. Grammar and Vocabulary (26%) Section A: Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically

10、 correct. (A)American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19. 2003. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, (25) _has become one of Londons main tourist attractions.（26）_ (look) thinner and darker, 30-year-

11、old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be life threatening.People are divided over (27) _they think Blaine has achieved: some admire him; (28) _just threw eggs at the glass box.“

12、Either he has done this for real so he is an amazing human being, (29) _has cheated, in which case he is a brilliant magician,” said Jack Butler, 20, who saw the show.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known (30) _ a street magician in the early 1990s. Over the last decade Blaine (3

13、1) _ (become) famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attentionBut he seems (32) _ (suffer) from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.(B)I have been consis

14、tently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of (33) _a babys blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down (34) _sleep is impossi

15、ble. The baby asks for attention by crying and (35) _ (search) for food with its mouth.It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock- watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King, who was

16、 against feeding in the night. Ive never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding (36) _not follow a timetable set by the mum. What matters is feeding a baby in the best way, (37) _it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that (38) _ (su

17、pport) demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do (39)_ (well) at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ scores are four to five percent higher than babi

18、es (40) _ (feed) by a rigid timetable. This Research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample ( 樣本 ) of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account of parental education, family income, a childs sex and age, the mothers health and feeling style. These results dont surprise m

19、e. Feeding according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels. I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in t

20、he box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. responses B. due C. consequences D. situation E. reasonF. marked G. measured H especially I. likely J. owe K. regionsThe teen years are the time in life when people are most likely to drive fast, have unprotec

21、ted sex and experiment with alcohol and drugs in the west. A new study suggests they do these things because they enjoy the thrill.“_41_ that teenagers take risk is not problem with foreseeing the _42_. It is more because they choose to take those risks,” said Stephanie Burnett, of the University Co

22、llege London.For their research, Burnett and colleagues studied 86 boys and men between the ages of 9 and 35, who were asked to play computer games in which they had to make decisions to earn points.After each game researchers _43_ the players emotional _44_ by recording how satisfied or dissatisfie

23、d they were with the outcomeThey found that the beginning of the teenage years were _45_ by a rise in how much enjoyment came from winning in a “l(fā)ucky escape” situation. This could help explain why teenagers are more _46_ to take bigger risks, the researchers said.The results suggest teenagers unlik

24、e younger childrenare good at weighing up the pros and cons of their decisions. They take risks because they enjoy the thrill of a risky _47_ more than other age groups, _48_ when they have a lucky escape.“Understanding why adolescents take such risks is important for public health interventions and

25、 for families,” said Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a co-author of the study, which was published in the journal Cognitive Development.A World Health Organization study published last year found that 40 percent of adolescent deaths around the world are _49_ to injuries or violence. Young men in low and midd

26、le-income _50_ such as Eastern Europe and parts of South America are at particularly high risk.III. Reading Comprehension Section A (15%)Section A Directions: 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 tha

27、t best fits the context.The European Union won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize amidst a three-year-old debt crisis, for _51_ peace, democracy and human rights, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced. The EU has _52_ most of Europe “from a continent of wars to a continent of peace,” said a Nobel Committe

28、e chairman. The prize jury urged _53_ to remember the EUs role in building peace during Europes bloodiest wars, even as they try to _54_ the economic crisis that threatens its future. The award was applauded at EU headquarters in Brussels and by pro-EU leaders across Europe, but _55_ by those who co

29、nsider the EU a supper-state that gradually destroys national _56_.While _57_ reporters, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso declared: “Ladies and gentlemen, I have to say that when I woke up this morning, I did not expect it to be such a _58_ day.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel, lea

30、der of the EUs biggest economy, described the awarding of the prize to the EU as a “wonderful _59_” and said it would inspire her personally to go on with _60_ integration.The announcement was met with negative _61_ in debt-ridden countries like Spain and Greece, where many blame Germany and other n

31、orthern EU neighbors for the _62_ austerity measures (緊縮措施) like higher taxes and job cuts that they have endured in an effort to save their troubled economies. On the street of Athens, Greece, where _63_ protested German demands for austerity, the award was greeted with _64_.“Is this a joke?” asked

32、 Chrisoula Panagiotidi, a beautician who had lost her job. “It is the last thing I would expect. It fools us. All it will do is to _65_ people here.As the EU goes along its financial crisis for almost three years, the organization with 500 million people in it faces plenty of problems. Progress is s

33、low and 25 million people are out of work.51. A. delaying B. promoting C. discovering D. providing52. A. transformed B. transplanted C. transmitted D. translated53. A. Asians B. Americans C. Europeans D. Africans54, A. get along with B. begin with C. do away with D. deal with55. A. supported B. crit

34、icized C. appreciated D. greeted 56. A. identities B. beauties C. emotions D. powers57. A. viewing B. facing C. questioning D. mentioning58. A. horrible B. nice C. ridiculous D. amusing59. A. performance B. application C. decision D. solution60. A. looser B. cooler C. worse D. closer61. A. reactions

35、 B. suggestions C. beliefs D. approvals62. A. cheerful B. pitiful C. acceptable D. painful 63. A. shoppers B. tourists C. demonstrators D. reporters64. A. comfort B. trust C. honesty D. disbelief65. A. please B. move C. annoy D. scareSection B (24%)Directions: Read the following passages. Each passa

36、ge 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. ABirds that are literally half asleepwith one brain hemisphere alert and the

37、 other sleeping -control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks. Earlier studies have documented half brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled b

38、y the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemispheres eyes stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once.Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable end of the row sleepers. Sure enough, in the e

39、nd bird tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction.Also, birds dozing at the end of the line resorted to single hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating researcher

40、s found outer birds half asleep during some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots. “We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain,” the researcher say.The res

41、ult provide the best evidence for a long standing supposition that single hemisphere sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. Hes seen it in a pair of birds dozing side by side in the zoo and in a single p

42、et bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror side eye closed as if the reflection were companion and the other eye stayed open.Useful as half sleeping might be, its only been found in birds and such water mammals as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awake allows a sleepi

43、ng animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning.Studies of bird may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds half brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg.” He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a close look at other species.6

44、6. The new study on birds sleep has revealed that _.A. half brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birds. B. half brain sleep is characterized by slow brain waves.C. birds can control their half brain sleep consciously.D. birds seldom sleep with the whole of their brain at rest.67. According to t

45、he passage, birds often half sleep because _.A. they have to watch out for possible attacks. B. their brain hemispheres take turns to restC. the two halves of their brain are differently structured.D. they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions.68. The example of a bird sleeping in front

46、 of a mirror indicates that _.A. the phenomenon of birds dozing in pairs is widespread.B. birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of security.C. even an imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security.D. a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror.69. While sleeping, s

47、ome water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to _.A. alert themselves to the approaching enemy. B. emerge from water now and then to breatheC. be sensitive to the ever changing environment D. avoid being swept away by rapid currents. BPlants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in re

48、action to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal a

49、nd oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“Predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researchers of several U.S. universities. They said plants

50、had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.The study published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some

51、 experiments had underestimated the speed of flowering 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advancefor both leafing and floweringthat results from temperature increases,” the study said.The design of future experiments may need to be

52、improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet

53、.Scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 C since 1900, and nearly 0.2 C every ten years since 1979.So far, efforts to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2 C this centurya point scientists say

54、 will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.70.What is the key information that author wants to give in Paragraph 1?A. Plants reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists expectation.C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.71. We can learn from the study published on the Natur