虹口區(qū)高三二模英語試卷及答案

1、虹口區(qū)2014年英語學(xué)科高考練習(xí)題2014.4考生注意:1. 考試時間120分鐘，試卷滿分150分。2. 本考試設(shè)試卷和答題紙兩部分。試卷分為第卷（第110頁）和第卷（第11頁），全卷共11頁。第I卷第1-16小題、第41-77小題為選擇題，答題必須涂在答題紙上，第I卷第17-40小題、第78-81小題和第II卷的答案必須寫在答題紙上，做在試卷上一律不得分。3答題前，務(wù)必在答題紙上填寫準(zhǔn)考證號和姓名，并將核對后的條形碼貼在指定位置上，在答題紙反面清楚地填寫姓名。第 I 卷 (共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections： In Sect

2、ion 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 y

3、our paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor.2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10.3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested.4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a

4、train. D. Have a meeting.5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking.C. He disagrees with Jack. D. He believes that Jack will quit his job.6. A. There wont be enough cups left. B. Theyve got plenty of cups.C. Theyre buying what they need. D. Theyve got enough

5、food for the picnic.7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship.C. Jerry isnt interested in the scholarship. D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry.8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam.C. He used to be a top student. D. He answered only

6、 10% of the questions.9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad.C. He wrote to his family last month. D. He is anxious to go back home.10. A. Hes afraid to take exams.B. He only took the fourth exam.C. He isnt the only one who was graded.D. He didnt get the

7、highest score on one exam.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

8、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. Because they usually use their fingers to eat meat.B. Because they can use chopsticks to eat any kind of food except soup.C. Because they can even eat

9、 soup with chopsticks.D. Because they are afraid to cut themselves with knives.12. A. Because they cook everything in one whole piece.B. Because they dont like to use chopsticks.C. Because they need to use knives and forks to cut up meat.D. Because they usually cook meat in small pieces.13. A. The o

10、bvious difference in the ways Chinese and Americans eat food.B. Food cultures in China and in the U.S.C. Comparison between chopsticks, knives and forks.D. The ways of using chopsticks, knives and forks.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because he thought he knew the

11、man.B. Because he wanted to have a look at the newspaper.C. Because the man was reading the article he had written.D. Because the man was reading the newspaper he had edited.15. A. To buy the newspaper.B. To recognize him as the writer.C. To read deeply into the article.D. To turn to the page where

12、the story was continued.16. A. The man was reading. B. The man was talking.C. The man was smiling. D. The man was sleeping.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 th

13、e 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. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Information about Applying for Driving LicenceThe mans nationality: The mans identity:The sub

14、ject the man is teaching:The cost of an official translation:Not a 17 , but a ChineseA visiting 18 19 20 dollarsBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.In which section of the company does the woman work?In the 21

15、 of a company.What can be the best ways of gaining experience? 22 .Why does the woman raise a dog?Helping to 23 of her work.How does the woman deal with the difficult people?Try to be 24 .II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the

16、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)One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25 parents do not always accept your adulthood.

17、 I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26 your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28 (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley cam

18、pus to visit my friend Sara, without any argument from my mother. 29 when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Saras dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30 (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several mo

19、nths. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31 paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy are still holding the purse strings, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes

20、 it is best to sit back, shut up, and do 32 they ask. (B)A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else 33 (need) to start

21、the industrial process. That “something special” was men creative individuals 34 could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Ma

22、ny of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35 (conduct) his research accurately. He is not necessarily working 36 _ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive

23、37 (solve) a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38 specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives. Many of the people who deve

24、loped the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not 39 (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science 40 not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.Section BDirections:

25、 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. adapt B. natives C. identities D. cost-saving E. alert F. insteadG. established H. practically I. route J. enrolled K. significantOfficials at Boston Coll

26、ege have made what may be a critical decision: theyve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college w

27、ill offer forwarding (轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)) services.Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College wont be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmithbc. edu will simply forward mail to the students already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Win

28、dows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing （外包） their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the

29、 start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didnt have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? Its 46 unheard of. Todays students are digital 47 immersed (浸潤) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesnt make sense to give them yet ano

30、ther account to manage when they enter college.By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regar

31、d to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. Were sure the students like it, too. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or

32、 phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps 51 relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharper working 52 . A 2008 British study found that compare

33、d to getting more nighttime sleep, a mid-day nap was the best way to 53 the mid-afternoon sleepiness. According to the Harvard Health Letter, several studies have shown that people 54 new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, most 55 , a 2007 study of nearly 24,000

34、Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who napped 56 had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didnt nap.Of course, napping isnt 57 for everyone. If youre suffering from inability to sleep, naps that are too long or taken too late i

35、n the day can 58 with your ability to fall or stay asleep at night. But for most, naps can make you feel sharper and happier. Naps provide different benefits 59 on how long they are. A 20-minute nap will boost alertness and concentration; a 90-minute snooze（小睡）can 60 creativity.According to , you 61

36、 a natural dip in body temperature between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. A short nap at this time can boost alertness for several hours and, for most people, shouldnt 62 being able to fall asleep at night.Pick a dark, cozy place thats not too warm or too chilly. P 63 napping on the couch instead of in bed, so y

37、oure less 64 to snooze for too long. Surprisingly, the best place to take a nap may be a hammock（吊床）if you have one. A Swiss study 65 last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that puts babies to sleep wo

38、rks wonders for grown-ups, too.51. A. relieve B. promote C. operateD. support52. A. feeling B. frame C. senseD. mind53. A. cope with B. put aside C. talk aboutD. carry upon54. A. remark B. consider C. rememberD. concern55. A. reportedly B. unbelievably C. constantlyD. frankly56. A. regularly B. enor

39、mously C. heavilyD. strongly57. A. exact B. correct C. rightD. accurate58. A. connect B. deal C. competeD. interfere 59. A. focusing B. depending C. relyingD. basing60. A. enlarge B. engage C. enhanceD. enroll61. A. explore B. experience C. exerciseD. implement62. A. produce B. handle C. affectD. ur

40、ge63. A. postpones B. discourages C. acknowledgesD. recommends64. A. obliged B. tempted C. adoptedD. attracted65. A. pronounced B. published C. discoveredD. cultivatedSection B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For

41、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)Like many other small boys, I was fascinated by cars, especially because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool mag

42、azines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend. Every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the “Car of the Future”. They featured unconventional things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet, frankly, my car doesnt do anything that my brothers Studebaker didnt do. It goes,

43、 it stops, it burns gasoline. I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I dont steer it carefully.But guess what? All of these things are likely to change in the not-so-distant future. It may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running in

44、to things.Airbags arent the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed crashes, they obviously still need some development. But they arent going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with a

45、dditional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.Better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place? Future cars may be able to remove many of the maj

46、or causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, and tailgating (與前車距離過近). Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a drivers system and prevent the car from being started, for example. As early as next year, youll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control systems. If the

47、 radar determines youre closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle（油門）. Scientists are now working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves?66. The author was fascinated by c

48、ars because _. A. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, tooB. he read untraditional things about cars in his brothers magazinesC. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his carD. he often booked cool car magazines himself67. By saying “my car doesnt do anything that my brother

49、s Studebaker didnt do”, the author means that _. A. my car is far better than my brothersB. my car is not as good as my brothersC. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recentlyD. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far68. Which of the following statements is true of ai

50、rbags? A. They are going to disappear gradually. B. They are in need of further improvement.C. They are a standard feature of European cars. D. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed crashes. 69. According to the author, what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the

51、 drivers system? A. They will not start. B. They will ease up on the throttle. C. They will brake automatically. D. They will give a warning in advance. (B)Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking

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