2014届上海市普陀区高三下学期质量调研（二模）考试英语试题及答案.doc

2013学年第二学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷（考试时间 120分钟 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 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 questions you have heard.1. A. At the office. B. Home in bed. C. On his way to work.D. Away on vacation.2. A. His wife. B. A travel agent staff.C. A waiter. D. A hotel clerk.3. A. 11:20. B. 10:30. C. 10:50. D. 11:30. 4. A. She cant finish her assignment, either. B. She cant afford a computer right now. C. The man can use her computer. D. The man should buy a computer right away.5. A. The famous professor has given several lectures. B. The guest lecturers opinion is different from Dr. Johnsons.C. Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates. D. Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college. 6. A. The woman does her own housework.B. The woman needs a housekeeper.C. The womans house is in a mess.D. The woman works as a housekeeper.7. A. The woman didnt expect it to be so warm at noon.B. The woman is sensitive to weather changes.C. The weather forecast was unreliable.D. The weather turned cold all of a sudden.8. A. She wants to take the most direct way. B. She may be late for the football game. C. She is worried about missing her flight. D. She is currently caught in a traffic jam. 9. A. The man regrets being absent-minded. B. The woman saved the man some trouble. C. The man placed the reading list on a desk. D. The woman emptied the waste paper basket. 10. A. Take the test again in 8 weeks. B. Call to check his scores. C. Be patient and wait. D. Inquire when the test scores are released.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 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. In about 20 years.B. Within a week. C. In a couple of weeks.D. As soon as possible.12. A. Yes, of course.B. Possibly not. C. Not mentioned.D. Definitely not.13. A. Her complaint was ignored.B. The store sent her the correct order. C. The store apologized for their mistake. D. The store picked up the wrong items.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. To withdraw his deposit.B. To cash a check. C. To rob the bank.D. To get his prize.15. A. They let him do what he wanted to. B. They helped him find large bills. C. They pressed the alarm. D. They called the police.16. A. He was afraid that he would be caught on the spot. B. Large bills were not within his reach. C. The maximum sum allowed was 55,000. D. He was limited by time and the size of his pockets.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 the 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 NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.Booking a flightPassenger:_17_ HenryTime of the flight:Saturday, _18_ 14th at 7:00p.m.Class of the seat:_19_Time to check in:Not later than _20_ p.m.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Talking about the ApartmentsApartmentsTheir opinionsThe one on the 68th StreetNeither of them liked it.The one on the 80th StreetIt has a _21_, a cheerful kitchen, but _ 22_ to put a desk.The one on the 72nd StreetThey decided to take it because its best for _23_ and has the best _24_ of the three.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 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)Madonna：Singer/actress, born Michigan, USA, 1959Originally a dancer, she had her first popular record Holiday in 1983. In 1985 she began her film career and also married actor Sean Penn, but (25)_ marriage lasted less than four years. Her Blond Ambition Tour in 1990 with special clothes(26)_(design) by Jean Paul Gaultier caused much conflict. Her career took a more respectable direction, however, with the birth of her first child, Lourdes, in 1997, and her performance in the title role of Evita.Pel：footballer, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Tres Coracoes, Brazil, 1940(27)_(consider) by many to be the greatest footballer of all time, he became a world star at the age of only seventeen, when Brazil first won the World Cup in Sweden. Perhaps his (28)_(great) success in his life was to win the third World Cup in Mexico in 1970. He played in four World Cup competitions, and scored over 1,200 goals in his career before finally (29)_(retire) in 1977. He (30)_(appoint) Brazilian Special Minister for Sport in 1994.Steffi Graf：tennis player, born Neckerau, Germany, 1969(31)_ Graf turned professional at the age of thirteen, she won her first major tournament in 1986 and became the worlds number one a year later. In 1988 she became the first woman since 1970 to win The Grand Slam (Wimbledon, the US, Australian and French Open tournaments). She (32)_(win) over 100 titles in her career and earned up to $20 million. (B)One in three American children now live with only one parent. (33)_ _ the traditional family of Japan is strong, divorce still went up quickly between 1980 and 1995. (34)_ is more important is that the nature of the family is changing. In Sweden and Denmark, around half of all babies are now born to unmarried parents, and in the United Kingdom and France more than a third. Families are getting smaller. The average Turkish family had seven members in 1970; today it has only five. And in Spain and Italy, (35)_ families were always traditionally large, the birthrate was the lowest in the developed world in 1995. This fall in the birthrate is due to the fact that, as more women have careers, they are waiting longer and longer (36)_(start) a family. The age (37)_ _ the average woman has her first baby is now 28 in Western Europe, and it is getting later.So the nuclear family is clearly changing, but is it in danger of (38)_(disappear) completely?The truth is (39)_ it is still too early to tell. In some countries these patterns are actually reversing. In the United States, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, the birthrate is rising once more; and in Denmark, for example, marriage is becoming more popular again. In the United States, the divorce rate in fact fell (40)_ 10 per cent between 1980 and 1990, and it is continuing to fall.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. achieved B. authority C. available D. code E. dominated F. educational G. opinions H. mattersI. related J. representativesK. symbolizationIt is important that students feelings, opinions and suggestions are listened to, taken into account, and that the right action is taken. There are a number of ways that this can be _41_, i.e. school councils, year councils and peer mentoring.School councilsMost schools have a school council which exists to let the teachers and head teacher know what students _42_ are on a range of school issues. The school council usually consists of two or three elected _43_ from each year group.A school council might meet once or twice a month to discuss issues such as the dress _44_, the use of social areas, charity fundraising and bullying.Year councilsBecause school councils are sometimes _45_ by older students, some schools have introduced year councils. The aim of a year council is to give students the opportunity to express opinions on _46_ of importance to that particular year group. The following is an example of the rules relating to a schools council for year 8 (pupils aged 12-13).The head of year will attend all council meetings as an observer and both they and the other year staff will be _47_ as required to offer support and advice to council members and to assist in the settlement of arguments.Peer mentoringThere are other ways in which students voices can be heard. One of the most popular schemes involves peer mentoring. Those who express an interest receive training to become mentors (导师) so that they are better equipped to help others. This starts from primary school age, when the mentors may get involved in issues _48_ to conflict resolution. At secondary school and at university, mentors are likely to deal with a larger variety of issues, such as _49_ and health-related matters.The belief in schemes like these is that being heard by your peers can be more effective and helpful as fellow students may have more time and understanding than teachers or others in _50_.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. Many people complain that their memory is bad, particularly as they get older. Life would be so much easier if we could remember things _51_. So how can we improve our memory?Many people think that repeating things is the best way to remember. While this undoubtedly helps short-term memory (remembering a telephone number for a few seconds, _52_), psychologists doubt whether it can help you to remember things for long. The British psychologist E.C. Stanford seemed to _53_ this point when he tested himself on five prayers that he had read aloud every morning for over 25 years. He found that he could remember no more than three words of them! _54_, especially for remembering numbers, is chunking (分块), or grouping the information. The following numbers would be _55_ for most of us to remember. 1492178919931848. But look at them in chunks, and it becomes much easier. 1492 1789 1993 1848. So what about memory training? Weve all _56_ people who can memorise packs of card by heart - how is this done and can anyone learn how to do it? _57_ experts, there are various ways of training your memory. Many of them _58_ forming a mental picture of the items to be memorised. One method, which may be useful in learning foreign languages, is to create a picture in your mind _59_ a word you want to remember. Another method is to invent a story that includes all the things you want to remember. People were asked to remember up to 120 words using this technique; when tested afterwards, on average, they were able to _60_ 90 per cent of them! Surprisingly, however, there is nothing _61_ about these methods - they were around even in ancient times. Apparently the Roman general Publius Scipio could _62_ his entire army - 35,000 men in total! _63_, not all of us are interested in learning long lists of names and numbers just for fun. For those studying large quantities of information, psychologists suggest that the best way to form _64_ connections is to ask yourself lots of questions as you go along. So, for example, if you were reading about a particular disease, you would ask yourself questions like: Do people get it from water?, What parts of the body does it affect? and so on. This is said to be far more effective than time spent _65_ reading and re-reading notes. 51. A. effortlesslyB. purposefullyC. exactlyD. carelessly52. A. by contrastB. in that caseC. in no wayD. for example53. A. raiseB. proveC. discussD. stress54. A. More helpfulB. Much worseC. More difficultD. Much shorter55. A. convenientB. impossibleC. meaningfulD. technical56. A. agreed withB. learned fromC. heard aboutD. apologized for57. A. Due toB. In case ofC. According toD. In spite of58. A. excludeB. meanC. suggestD. involve59. A. isolated fromB. sensitive toC. responsible forD. associated with60. A. recallB. reciteC. reviseD. restore61. A. effectiveB. awfulC. valuableD. new62. A. trainB. recognizeC. leadD. command63. A. FurthermoreB. HoweverC. SummarilyD. Therefore64. A. unknownB. looseC. meaningfulD. personal65. A. passivelyB. silentlyC. amusinglyD. extensivelySection 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)A night out in Tokyo is much the same as a night out in Milan these days, according to a survey about socialising, conducted amongst 16 to 34-year-olds around the world. Wherever you live, a typical night out is spent eating burgers, seeing American films or listening to English-language music in clubs and bars. Individual differences do survive but American culture is everywhere. Differences in the social behavior of the two sexes are also disappearing. Most people surveyed felt that it was perfectly normal for groups of young women to go out alone, that it was equally acceptable for young women to smoke and drink, and that a couple should split the bill when they go out together. For most young people these were the biggest differences between their own generation and their parents.Interestingly, however, most young people interviewed said that parents are still stricter with daughters than sons about where they go and who they go with. Overall, only 10 per cent thought that parents treat their sons and daughters equally, and almost no one thought parents were stricter with their sons!Important national differences appear, however, when it comes to time-keeping. In the Far East and Eastern Europe a night out starts - and finishes - much earlier: there seven oclock was the average time for meeting up with friends. For many Southern European and South Americans, on the other hand, an evening out doesnt even start until ten or eleven oclock, by which time many of their South Korean or Japanese counterparts are safely home in bed! Parents rules reflect this. Most Japanese parents expect their teenagers home by ten oclock or even earlier, whereas in Europe it is more likely to be eleven or twelve oclock. The most surprising findings came from Argentina, however, where it is apparently quite normal for 15 and 16-year-olds to stay out all night. But then perhaps this is because their parents have less to worry about - 80 percent of Argentine youngsters claimed that they rarely or never drink alcohol!66. Night out in Tokyo is similar to it in Milan because _.A. English-language activities are highly welcomedB. they are experiencing the different globalized-cultureC. American culture is very popular all around the worldD. all the young people have the same habits and hobbies67. One of the biggest differences between young people and their parents lies in _.A. the music style and stars they loved B. their attitude towards paying money for dinnerC. the decreasing number of young women smokingD. the time they meet up with people and have evening out68. In the last paragraph, “this” refers to _.A. evening outB. drinking alcoholC. time-keepingD. staying up late69. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. The same night-out life in all the modern cities. B. The similarities and differences in social behaviors.C. Comparing night life between the east and the west.D. Parents different rules between their sons and daughters.(B)Your Write Source book is loaded with information to help you learn about writing. One section that will be especially helpful is the “Proofreaders Guide” at the back of the book. This section covers all of the rules for language and grammar.The book also includes four units covering the types of writing that you may have to complete on district or state writing tests. At the end of each unit, there are samples and tips for writing in science, social studies, and math.Write Source will help you with other learning skills, too: study-reading, test taking, note taking, and speaking. This makes the Write Source a valuable writing and learning guide in all of your classes.Your Write Source guideWith practice, you will be able to find information in the book quickly using the guides explained below.The TABLE OF CONTENTS (starting on the next page) lists the six major sections in the book and the chapters found in each section.The INDEX (starting on page 751) lists the topics covered in the book in alphabetical order. 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