上海市高中学业水平考试英语科模拟试卷.doc

中国领先的中小学教育品牌上海市高中学业水平考试 英语科模拟试卷（满分100分）L Listening ComprehensionSection A （6分）Directions: In Section A, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked three questions on the passage. The passage 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 1 through 3 are based on the following passage.1. A. Many people dont like social situations.B. Most people, to some degree, are a little shy.C. No one will laugh at you for being shy.D. Shyness is difficult to overcome.2. A. By observation. B. By prediction. C. By examination. D. By comparison.3. A. He is a little shy. B. He is not shy at all. C. He is lonely and shy. D. He is shyer than other people.Section B （4分）Directions: In Section B, you will hear one conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.Telephone informationPatients nameVan _1_.AddressRoom 603, 71 King Street.Phone number_2_.Appointment time3:30 on _3_ afternoon.PurposeTo make an appointment for a _4_. (Write One Word or Number for each blank.)II. Grammar and Vocabulary （30分）Section A （10分）Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.1. It is reported that so far this year the price of meat _ by 4%.A. rises B. rose C. had risen D. has risen2. You _ show your pass to the guard, or you wont be allowed to enter the building.A. can B. must C. may D. need3. When Bob had difficulty _ the task on time, his friends came to his aid.A. finishing B. to finish C. finish D. having finished4. _ work hard for a whole day, Mr. Brown took a hot shower and went to bed.A. Working B. Having worked C. To work D. Worked5. Last week a heavy storm hit a large part of the country, _ has caused a big loss.A. that B. which C. where D. it6. A survey _ among people aged between 20-30 shows that most young people today prefer to shop online.A. which was conducted B. which conducted C. was conducted D. that conducted7. _ you dont give up halfway, you will succeed in the end.A. Even if B. Unless C. If D. Because8. I was crossing the street _ I heard someone call my name yesterday.A. as B. because C. since D. when9. Ada didnt accept Jims invitation immediately as she didnt know _ she would be free to attend his birthday party then.A. whether B. that C. when D. /10. In front of the big castle _.A. does a beautiful lake lie B. lies a beautiful lakeC. does a beautiful lake lay D. lays a beautiful lakeSection B （10分）Directions: Read the text below. Use the word given in the brackets to form a word that fits in the space.China shows _1_ (grow) love for the car. This is clear at the Beijing Asian Games Village Automobile Exchange, where more and more people come to look and, _2_ (increase), to buy.Alice Wu is an editor at a Chinese Internet publication company. She takes the subway to work, but she is _3_ (certainly) she can cut her commute (通勤) time if she drives herself. Wu says it takes her 3 hours to get to and from work now. If she had a car, she says, the same trip would only take her 2 hours.The Asian Games Village Automobile Exchange is the biggest car dealership (经销商) in Beijing. General _4_ (manage) Guo Yong says the business sells more than 2,000 cars each week.Guo says it is much easier for Chinese _5_ (consume) to buy a car now. In the past, it would take them several years to earn enough money to buy a new car. Now, he says, many people only need to save for one year.Also, the _6_ (emerge) of less expensive domestic brands like Chery and BYD means more Chinese can _7_ (affordable) cars.For decades most Chinese city _8_ (residence) got about by bicycle or public buses and trains. Now. in many areas, the number of new cars is growing faster than the road system, leaving city streets jammed with traffic.World Bank transportation specialist (专家）Shomik Mendhiratta says a car is something people in any society would desire to own.Getting a car makes people feel like they have arrived middle class. Its got a huge status (地位）_9_ (association) with it, because its a fantastic thing to have. If you never have a car, a car gives you a mobility that is _10_ (believe).Section C (10分）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there 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.Web browsers first appeared on computers in the early 1990s, _1_, the Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for the better.Eleanor Johnson, an English professor at Columbia University in New York, says over the past several years her students have increasingly used less _2_ English in their writing. She says words and phrases like guy and you know now appear in research papers. And another problem in class, she says, is _3_ word use. Professor Johnson suspects a strong link between the rise of instant and casual communication online and a(n) _4_ in writing mistakes. Bur she admits there may not be much _5_ evidence, at least not yet.David Crystal is a British linguist (语言学家) who _6_ more than 100 books, including the book Language and the Internet. He says the actively changing nature of the Internet makes _7_ difficult to study its stable effects. But he believes its influence on language is small.Erin Jansen, a woman who _8_ NetLingo, an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms, says the new technology has not changed _9_ language but has greatly added to the vocabulary. Basically its a freedom of _10_, she says.1A.After thatB.Since thenC.From thenD.Up to then2A.formalB.spokenC.beautifulD.casual3A.incorrectB.informalC.rightD.constant4A.raiseB.developmentC.increaseD.addition5A.commonB.specialC.professionalD.scientific6A.has writtenB.is writingC.had writtenD.will write7A.thatB.itC./D.what8A.foundB.buildC.producedD.founded9A.existedB.to existC.existingD.exist10A.expressionB.speechC.actionD.thoughtIII. Reading Comprehension (30分）Section A （22分）Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions o 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）When Nancy Lublin received $5,000 from her grandfather in 1996, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans. Instead, the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about helping low-income women get better jobs. If a woman goes for a job interview poorly dressed, she wont get the job, Lublin says. But without a job she cant afford suitable clothes.So, with the money Lublin founded Dress for Success and began collecting womens clothes which were still in good condition hut which their owners no longer needed. So many women have clothes lying around that they will never wear again, one of Lublins assistants says. “Nancys idea is so simple and yet so important to women.Many women come to Lublins office before going to a job interview. Here, they receive a suit, shoes and many other things they need. Since it was set up, more than 1,000 women have turned to Dress for Success for help. Many of them have won jobs. Some have found jobs after being out of work for many years. Jenny, a 32-year-old woman who was recently hired as a law-firm office manager says, I made a good impression because of “Dress for Success1. Nancy used the big amount of money from her grandfather to .A. open her own firm to sell second-hand clothesB. pay off all her student loans at the universityC. set up an organization which helps low-income women get better jobsD. help jobless women get jobs again2. The clothes available at Dress for Success are actually by their owners.A. abandonedB. newly boughtC. desiredD. quite good, but no longer wanted3. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. it is easier for university students to start a careerB. a well-dressed woman interviewee is more likely to get a jobC. most women are willing to provide the clothes they no long needD. there are more jobless women in the society（B） Can a diet of eating only potatoes for 60 days be good for you? This is exactly what one American man has done in order to remind the public about the nutritional value of potatoes. Chris Voight, a 45-year-old man from Washington has eaten nothing but 20 potatoes every day for the last two months. As Head of the Washington State Potato Commission, hes trying to prove that potatoes are healthy, a good source of fiber (纤维素), potassium (钾）and vitamin C. So, how has the diet affected his health? He said, I absolutely feel great. I have got lots of good energy on this diet. Ive had no strange side effects, and I sleep well at night. Mr Voight also claimed to have lost 10 kilograms since beginning the diet. He accepted that a diet of just potatoes was not sustainable in the long term but said his experiment had shown how truly healthy the vegetable is. Im not encouraging anyone to go on this crazy diet, nor would my doctor. This diet was just a bold statement to remind people that there is a lot of nutrition in potato.” So what is Mr. Voight planning to eat once freed from his potato-only diet? I think my first meal is going to be a piece of spicy steak, a glass of milk, an apple pie, and yes, roasted potatoes.”4. The purpose of Mr Voights experiment is to .A. prove that a person can live on potatoes onlyB. encourage people to eat more potatoesC. help people become aware of the rich nutrition potatoes haveD. ask people to go on a diet of only potatoes5. The underlined word bold is closest in meaning to .A. greatB. braveC. matureD. simple6. Mr. Voight admitted that a diet of eating only potatoes cannot _.A. be accepted by young peopleB. be continued even for a short period of timeC. provide enough nutritionD. be continued for a long time7. According to Mr Voights experiment, a diet of only potatoes might .A. develop a persons appetiteB. help a person lose some weightC. make a person full of energyD. help a person sleep better（C） I know what youre thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the morning if you want to. I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they dont have time, others think theyre “saving calories (卡路里),still others just dont like breakfast food. But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight. Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all, says Katharine Brooking, R. D., who developed the super-easy eating plan for this years SELF CHALLENGE. And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece. Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal. So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last nights leftovers it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, You can always eat it tomorrow. I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it . you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.8. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The reasons of skipping breakfast.B. The importance of having breakfast in losing weight.C. The bad effects of skipping breakfast.D. The different meals as breakfast.9. The underlined word leftovers in the first paragraph most probably means A. supper B. vegetablesC. drinks D. the remaining food10. According to the passage, if you have breakfast, you will eat later in the day.A. lessB. moreC. nothingD. the same amount of food11. Which of the following things cannot serve as breakfast if you want to lose weight?A. A small piece of pizza with vegetables.B. Coffee or orange juice.C. Last nights leftovers.D. A piece of cake containing 300 to 400 calories.Section B （8分）Directions: Read the following instructions from iPads (a tablet computer) user guide and complete the flow chart that follows. Write the letters in the blanks. Use Mail to read your email messages, and compose new messages using the onscreen keyboard. You can send an e-mail message to anyone who has an e-mail address.1. Tap at the top of the screen.2. Type name or email in the To field, or tap to add a name from you contacts.As you type and email address, matching email addresses from your contacts list appear.Tap an address to add it. To add more names, tap .3. Tap cc/Bcc/From if you want to copy or blind copy the message to others, or change the account you send the message from. If you have more than one email account, you can tap the From field to change the account you are sending f