2014届静安区高三英语一模试卷及答案.docx

静安区2013学年第一学期高三年级模拟检测英语试卷第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 conversation 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 heard.1. A. In a sports center. B. At a birthday party. C. At a gift shop.D. In a department store.2. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Live near his work place. C. Go to bed earlier.D. Move his alarm clock far away.3. A. The man could watch the ballet with her.B. She happened to have bought two tickets.C. She can get a ticket for the man.D. Her sister can go to watch the ballet herself.4. A. She doesnt know anything about it.B. A good name hasnt been found for it. C. They decided to postpone building it.D. It hasnt been designed yet.5. A. At 5:35.B. At 5:25. C. At 4:40.D. At 5:50.6. A. Chicken is tasty. B. Roast beef is tasty.C. Not very satisfactory.D. Very satisfactory.7. A. He will continue his work on vacation.B. Papers piled while he was on vacation. C. He has too much work to do.D. He has made his vacation plans.8. A. Dr Smith usually sees patients at once.B. Dr Smith is very busy on Mondays. C. Dr Smith didnt put the man on his schedule.D. Dr Smith is hard to see.9. A. Colleagues.B. Husband and wife.C. Employer and employee.D. Mother and son.10. A. The man should change his plan. B. The man can go camping tomorrow. C. Weather forecasts are not available. D. The man wont have to go camping.Section B Directions: 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 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. The poor places are getting richer.B. The rich places are getting richer.C. The poor places are getting poorer.D. Both B and C.12. A. The poor are unemployed.B. All the poor have no land.C. The poor have no houses in big cities.D. There is no hope for the poor in the village.13. A. Rural unemployment.B. Urban unemployment.C. No housing in the villages.D. No foreign aid in the villages.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. She could never overcome difficulties.B. She had problems with other children.C. She had trouble communicating with others.D. She suffered from severe learning disability.15. A. A person whose experience can inspire others.B. A person with a remarkable memory.C. A person who has a better understanding.D. A person with special education.16. A. Always listen to doctors advice.B. Never give up in face of difficulties.C. Always get encouragement from others.D. Never compare yourself with others.Section C Directions: 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 information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the message. Write ONE WORD for each answer.The mans problemDoesnt know how to_17_ the numbers on.The womans suggestionFirst, press Shift F- _18_.Second, press _19_.Thirdly, print. P.F. Productions后期制作ExplanationNumbers dont show up on the screen but they will be on the printed _20_.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What does the man complain about?The quality of _21_.What is the problem?The screen always _22_.Where is the repair center?On the 7th Floor, _23_.What will the company do if there is any problem concerning the quality?To let the customer _24_.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A Directions: After reading the passages 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 )Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often (25)_(write) to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.When she left school, she first went to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began(26)_(train)to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, (27)_she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress.However, (28)_she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she was trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, (29)_ came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos (30)_ (take) of her, (31)_ she travels around the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor. ( B )On any collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job. As soon as the local people discover that you are willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes (32)_ (pour) in; ninety percent is, of course, the more common types, but they do bring (33)_occasional rarity. If you want the really rare stuff, you generally have to go out and find it yourself.The chief difficulty you have when you have got a newly (34)_ (catch) animal is not so much the shock it might be suffering, but the fact (35)_being caught forces it to exist close to a creature it regards as an enemy of the (36)_ (bad) possible sort: yourself. On many occasions an animal may take beautifully to being in a cage but (37)_ (get) used to the idea of living with people is another matter. This is the difficulty you (38)_only deal with by patience and kindness. For month after month an animal may try to bite you every time you approach its cage, (39)_you despair of ever making a favorable impression on it. Then, one day, sometimes without any preliminary warning, it will trot forward and take food from your hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the ears. (40)_ such moments you feel that all the waiting in the world was worthwhile.Section B Directions: 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. change B. repeatedly C. dependent D. limited E. flexible F. properG. respect H. concepts I. explained J. freely K. figureIn giving advice, you must learn to understand the persons level of judgment. There will be some people who come to you with unconnected knowledge, talking about, say, Vitamin B12 and other modern_41_. When they ask advice, begin at that level. Unless you start at their own level, they will not be able to understand. You must explain to them in scientific terms the effects of the food they eat, and how they need to _42_it.You have to train yourself to be very_43_. Staying at one level is not being a free man. If we stay at a very high level all the time, that is not practical. A limitless person goes _44_from one level of thinking to another, according to his circumstances. To do this we must get rid of our unwillingness to change our way of thinking or behavior, become friends with everyone, and have the same loving feelings for everyone. Then we can give advice to all kinds of people. If there is someone or something you dislike, you are still_45_, and your ability to give advice is reduced. For anyone, the same. A free person acts like that.You cannot stay with a sick person all the time. You must _46_ a persons freedom as much as you can. If people really want to die, let themit is their freedom. The point is never to become an authority_47_; remain a friend or advisor. People should not come back _48_for consultation; if they do, your advice has been incompleteyou did not know how to give the _49_advice about freedom. If they do not understand that, sick people become slaves; they are still afraid inside, and are_50_. That is no way to build a healthy world and help people become happy and free. III. Reading ComprehensionSection A 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.Youve now heard it so many time, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt _51_the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to _52_more; they needbelieve it or notto become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.And its all true. _53_the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate _54_to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic _55_last year prompted people to snap _56_their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy_57_. As weve seen, wage earners are expected to _58_not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only theflimsiest(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save _59_they are working. But China is a society that has _60_esteemed personal financialprudence(谨慎). There is no _61_that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭)? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a countrys long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, _62_and job growth. _63_, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running _64_deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obamas Budget Director, _65_called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and hes right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. 51. A. playB. takeC. makeD. give52. A. concernB. processC. promoteD. consume53. A. ButB. ThereforeC. HoweverD. Furthermore54. A. drainedB. dipped C. discountedD. dissolved55. A. issuesB. crisisC. troublesD. questions56. A. cutB. putC. shut D. get57. A. reasons B. situationsC. areasD. zones58. A. take offB. break outC. make upD. care for59. A. unlessB. beforeC. afterD. while60. A. long B. shortC. goodD. bad61. A. doubtB. wonderC. chance D. problem62. A. conditionB. action C. innovation D. location63. A. In generalB. In short C. In addition D. In a sense64. A. significant B. constant C. conscious D. stable65. A. occasionally B. consequently C. recently D. accidentallySection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage 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. (A)When people think of improving their diet, they often talk about eating more fruits and vegetables. Others want to eat more fish and less red meat, in addition to reducing the amount of food they eat. But, they can improve their diets even more with just a simple addition. American researchers have found that a diet rich in spices can help reduce the harmful effects of eating high fat meals.Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Shiela West led an investigation of the health effects of a spice-rich diet. Her team knew that a high-fat meal produces high levels of triglycerides (甘油三脂), a kind of fat, in the blood. She said, “If this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased.”As part of the study, her team prepared meals on two separate days for six men between the ages of 30 and 65. The men were overweight, but healthy. The researchers added about 30 milliliters of spices to each serving of the test meal, which included chicken curry, Italian herb bread and a cinnamon (肉桂树皮)biscuit. The meal for the control group was the same, but it did not include any spices. 小水制作During the experiment, the researchers removed blood from the men every 30 minutes for three hours. They found that antioxidant activity (抗氧化活性) in the blood of the men who ate the spicy meal was 13 percent higher than it was for the men who did not. In addition, insulin (胰岛素) activity dropped by about 20 percent in the men who ate the spicy food.Shiela West says many scientists think that oxidative stress leads to heart disease. And what exactly is oxidative stress? Think of an apple that has been cut in half and set aside for half an hour or so. The cut side of the apple turns brown. That is a simple explanation of what happens when oxidative stress comes in contact with the inside and outside of our bodies. Professor West says, “Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease.” She adds that the level of spices used in the study provided the same amount of antioxidants found in 150 milliliters of red wine or about 38 grams of dark chocolate.66. What does the author advise people to do in their diets? A. Eating large amount of food. B. Eating less fruits and vegetables. C. Eating more vegetables and fish. D. Eating small amount of food with spices. 67. What is the function of spices according to the passage? A. To help people lose weight. B. To cure chronic disease. C. To reduce the risk of heart disease. D. To cause oxidative stress.68. What happened to the men who ate the spicy meal according to the experiment?A. The antioxidant activity in their blood became increased. B. The insulin activity in their body became increased.C. The level of triglyceride in their blood was increased.D. The oxidative stress in their body was strengthened.69. What does Professor West show by citing the example of a half apple? A. The whole thing can be divided into two parts. B. It implies oxidative stress is harmful to our health.C. An apple is the only food that contains antioxidants. D. We can keep diseases away if we have an apple a day. ( B )Which tablet computer should YOU be buying: They are this years must have. and theres a style to suit everyone？Best for young childrenLeapPad Explorer 2, 68Aimed at children between three and nine (though a nine-year-old might find it a little simple), it comes in pink or blue and with five built-in education games (you can buy more). Besides, the LeapPad does not allow access to the internet so it is impossible for your child to stumble across anything inappropriate.Pros: The education games are well-designed, the built-in video camera is a fun way to play at being a film director.Cons: Some of the games are shockingly expensive. And the power adaptor is not included. P.F. Productions后期制作Best for teenagersiPad 4th generation, 399-659The iPad is still the market leader, and for good reason. If the teenager in your house enjoys playing computer games, the latest offering from Apple is the one to choose.Pros: No other tablet can compete with the near one million apps (the name Apple created for specially-designed downloadable programs) available for the iPad.Simple to use, even for those who usually struggle with technology.Cons: Considerably more expensive than most competitors.Best for working parentsMicrosoft Surface, 399-559Tablets are brilliant for leisure but what if you want to do a bit of work? No tablet can yet compete with a full-size laptop computer, but this is the only tablet that allows you to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (they are all pre-installed and included in the price) and you can buy a pretty lovely mini- keyboard for typing letters and emails, which also doubles up as the cover.Pros: The Surface is good for watching movies a bonus when stuck in the airport on a business trip and surfing the internet.Con: The keyboard is an expensive add-on costing up to 109. It might be cheaper to buy a laptop (though a tablet is much smaller and lighter).Best for bookwormsAmazon Kindle Paperwhite, 109Nearly all tablets let you download books. Its a great way to take a mountainous pile of hardbacks on holiday without stuffing your suitcase.But most tablets have a shiny screen which can be very distracting when youre