上海市嘉定区2014年5月高三英语三模试题.doc

上海市嘉定区2014年5月高三英语三模试题第I卷（共103分）I. Listening Comprehension Section 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 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 heard.1. A. A student. B. A secretary. C. A teacher. D. A boss.2. A. In the department store. B. At the airport. C. At the railway station. D. At the furniture store.3. A. By car. B. By bike. C. By bus. D. On foot.4. A. The English test took place a week ago. B. The woman was confident about the English test. C. Tomorrows English test will be easy. D. There wont be an English test tomorrow. 5. A. She doesnt like English poetry. B. Poetry class is very popular. C. Dr. Robinson is easy to get along with. D. The course will be difficult. 6. A. Five feet tall. B. Only one foot tall. C. Six feet tall. D. Seven feet tall.7. A. Go to the library. B. Go to see a film. C. Get some exercise.D. Do homework in school.8. A. It is 4: 10 now. B. It is 4: 20 now.C. It is 4: 50 now. D. It is 5:00 now. 9. A. He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons. B. He has made great progress in his English. C. He is a student of the music department.D. He is not very interested in English songs.10. A. He has always been so productive. B. He got his job done within a minute. C. He finished the paper just in time. D. He hasnt finished his paper yet.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. When directions are long. B. When directions are short. C. When homework is given. D. When your mother talks.12. A. Your pen and paper. B. A few words. C. Your mind and ears. D. Some pictures.13. A Topics or page numbers. B. Key words or a picture in mind. C. Some details. D. School assignments.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It is based on individual need, personal goals and different life styles. B. It is decided by the healthiest lifestyle. C. It is based on some tests and comparison with standards. D. It is based more on individual needs than personal goals. 15. A. It is more accurate. B. It is more flexible. C. It is less enjoyable. D. It is less effective.16. A. An accountant who can be as physically fit as an athlete. B. The importance of three basic factors concerning fitness. C. New concept of fitness and its essential factors. D. Some sports with significant training effect. 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.Information about the motelRoom price: 17 $ per night.Facilities: 18 drinks, chocolate bars available from selling machines 19 TV in the room.The office: Open till 20 .Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.How big is the Pocket Reader?Its about 21 long, remarkably small.Whats there on the product?There are 22 on the product.Why is it convenient with a Pocket Reader?Youll be able to 23 wherever you are.How come you dont need to make notes or photocopies?You can just 24 into the product.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.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）Phyllis Rawlins house was destroyed after a tornado(龙卷风) swept through her town of Kokomo, Ind., on Sunday. Last summer, she lost (25) _ husband of over 40 years, Edgar. In the tornados rubble(瓦砾), Rawlins searched for Edgars wedding ring. “Digging and praying. Digging and praying,” she told local station Fox 59.“It was everything to me, because thats one thing that I had,” she said.Rawlins had been visiting family in Kentucky (26)_ the storm came through. She returned (27)_ ( find) her home completely in pieces. “This was the house that love built,” she told WTHR. Without her husband or her house, she was determined to find the ring. But (28)_ (locate) it among the piles of rubble seemed to be hopeless. Somehow, her brother (29)_ (spot) something under a piece of the roof and called her over. The ring, (30)_ (bury) in the rubble, had turned up. “It was a miracle,” Rawlins said. “We both just hugged each other, (31)_ (cry). That was (32)_I had searched and searched for,” When all was lost, the special ring he left was finally found.“Im very strong with my faith, and I know that God is in control of everything, the good and the bad,” Rawlins said. （B）The belief (33)_ animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries.In 373B.C., its recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice just days before (34) _ quake destroyed the place.Since then, there have been similar stories of animal prediction of earthquakes across the centuries. It has been reported that fish move fiercely, chickens stop laying eggs, and bees leave their hive in a panic. Lots of pet owners said that they (35) _ (witness) their cats and dogs acting strangely before the ground shook - barking or whining for no reason or showing signs of nervousness.But what animals (36) _ sense, if they do feel anything at all, is a mystery. One idea is that animals feel the Earth shake before humans. Other ideas suggest they detect electrical changes in the air or gas released from the Earth.Earthquakes are a sudden phenomenon. Seismologists（地震学家）have no way of knowing exactly when or where the next one will hit. About 500,0000 detectable quakes occur in the world each year. (37)_ those, 1000,0000 can be felt by humans, and 100 cause damage.Japan is one of the countries (38)_ most earthquakes happen every year. Scientists there have long studied animals in hopes of discovering what they hear or feel before the Earth (39)_(shake), in order to use that sense as a prediction tools.On the other hand, American seismologists are doubtful, (40)_ _ there have been recorded cases of strange animal behavior before earthquakes.Section BDirections: Complete the passage with the words given in the table. Each word can be used only once. There is an extra one that you will find no use for.Areward Bevidence Ccurrently Daffect EbenefitFaverage Gtherapy Hphysically Isensible Jlengthen K. processA leading researcher into old age has warned that the dream of living forever, or at least much longer than at present, could turn into a curse（祸根）rather than a blessing. It may become possible to lengthen the 41 human life by controlling genes-but what we gain may not be worth the price we would have to pay.Professor John Grimley Evens believes that 42 , maximum life expectation is 115, but that with gene 43 it might be possible to extend this. The professor says, however, that a 44 lifestyle can extend the average lifespan of everyone at the moment.“We know a lot already about how peoples lifestyles 45 their lifespan. There is increasing 46 to suggest that sensible lifestyles are effective in later life as well as in early and middle life.”“It is never too late to gain some 47 from giving up smoking, from drinking less alcohol, from taking up sensible patterns of diet and exercise and from controlling body weight. We already know how to 48 human life.”The professor believes that the _49 of lengthening life by means of gene therapy might bring dangers with it. If gene therapy affected only one part of the human body but not all of it, people might be 50 capable of living longer, but would start to be worse mentally at a much earlier age.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 that best fits the context.Sometimes it can be difficult to homeschool（进行家庭教育） on your own. Thats why its 51 to connect or have a support group that will help you succeed in homeschooling. The first step is to find a(n) 52 that has similar goals and ideas as you. Maybe they homeschool in the same way, use the same curriculum or have the same ages of students.Its important to make sure that you decide what youre looking for out of a support group and then you can go and 53 for it using the Internet or local organization. Do you want your group to just support homeschool families and parents or do you 54 want to hold classes? Are you organizing around a 55 event like field trips, a topic, or classes themselves? If your homeschool support group is just for parents, consider advertising 56 . Getting together a group of homeschooling parents can really help you to 57 ideas that will help improve your homeschool program and can help you succeed in the long run. If youre going to include 58 in your support group, make sure to organize them by 59 level so theyre with other students of the same age.If you want to include classes as a part of your homeschool group, you need to decide what type of 60 youll offer, enrichment, art, athletic, or even core curriculum. Identify a teacher early on and a leader. You dont want to be the 61 leader in your homeschool group. You want to find people that you can trust to 62 alongside you.Communication is the key. You want to set up an email group, a phone chain and maybe even website to keep everyone 63 .Whether you find a local group to join or 64 one of your own, having a support group can really help you 65 in homeschooling.51.A.accessibleB. importantC. evidentD. natural52. A. groupB. companionC. leagueD. organization53. A. payB. applyC. struggleD. search54. A.deliberatelyB. particularlyC. actuallyD. consequently55. A.vitalB. currentC. specificD. random56. A. locallyB. cautiouslyC. temporarilyD. nationally57. A.approveB. exchangeC. interpretD. adopt58. A.parentsB.teachersC. managersD. students59. A. grade B. managementC. stress D. security60. A. teachersB. classesC. leadersD. groups61. A. topB. former C. only D. same 62. A.followB. dictateC. obeyD. lead63. A. informed B. accustomed C. contented D. alarmed64. A. purchaseB. supportC. subscribeD. start65. A. succeedB. reflectC. participateD. accumulateIII. Reading ComprehensionSection 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）If you hear the sound of a mobile phone beeping in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it. Text messaging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between two mobile phones or tablets(平板电脑) But in the last few years, messaging in this manner has been on the decline. The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(应用程序)， which offer a cheap alternative to conventional texts. Using wireless internet connections or mobile data networks, people can send limitless numbers of instant messages to their friends for very little cost. Unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which each message they send is free. Web developers soon got the message. Instant messaging apps have become popular all over the world. WhatsApp in America and Europe, WeChat in China and KakaoTalk in South Korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat to their friends in real time. These apps allow people to send picture messages for free-something which previously was quite costly. Research firm Informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chat apps in 2012, compared with 17.6 billion SMS(short message service) texts. And it expects the chat app market to grow t0 50 billion per day by 2014. So does this really mean the end for communication by text? Pamela Clark-Dickson from Informa doesnt think so. She says that there are a considerable number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, who prefer the SMS messaging tool: They dont have mobile data plans, so there is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while.66. When you hear a mobile phone beeping, it means that _. A. you will be forgiven for your mistakes B. someone has got a text message C. the traditional text has disappeared D. someone has got some kind of message67. Why has text messaging been on the decline in recent years? A. Because sending text messages is an art. B. Because there are too many tablets nowadays. C. Because instant messaging is much cheaper. D. Because it doesnt need internet connections.68. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. People wont use communication by text someday. B. People in developing countries are considerate. C. People dont use smart phones in developing countries. D. People can use SMS without any mobile data plans.69. What is best title for the passage? A. SMS Texts B. Smart Phones C. Trends in Messaging D. Instant Message Apps（B） Getting to work by bicycle has never been more popular.Governments and nations are transforming their cities and highways to meet the needs of this new generation of cycling enthusiasts , and in a world where green alternatives (选择) are the new must-have, average citizens are eagerly seizing their chance to help make their streets and their bodies cleaner than ever before. Become an EBTC Member-Click Here. The Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club (EBTC) is a recreational not-for-profit volunteer-run group devoted to promoting its members to cooperatively run bicycling trips during the spring, summer and fall, cross-country skiing trips in the winter, and social events all the year round. We welcome both road bike and mountain bike riders ! Benefits of Joining EBTC :Opportunity to create the kinds of events you like: enjoy dozens of events all year round,organized by members like you !Participation in the local cycling community.Use of club bicycle tools on tour and library materials.Discounts at various bicycle shops. Why Cycle with a Group?Its more FUN !It encourages you to come out often and get healthy exercise without going to a gym.Develop skills and gain through the experience of others.Meet new and interesting people with a common interest in cycling.Meet a fun-loving, energetic and different group of individuals who enjoy a healthy lifestyle.Enjoy the outdoors experience with the companionship and security of a group.Group atmosphere provides challenge to strong cyclists and support and confidence to the novice .For more info on the EBTC:Phone the Club Hotline at 780-424-2453 (780-424-BIKE)E-mail: jprimeau edmontonbicycle. comMail us at :Edmonton Bicycle & Touring ClubP. O. Box 52017Garneau Postal Stn.Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 Canada70. The aim of EBTC is . A. to call for governments to produce more bicycles B. to make money by organizing bicycling trips C. to popularize cycling by attracting more members D. to look for young volunteers for sporting events71. Whats the advantage of cycling with a group? A. Participating in whatever events. B. Meeting more new people. C. Having bicycles free of charge. D. Enjoying discounts in a gym.72. The underlined word novice in the passage probably means _ . A. professional cyclist B. inexperienced rider C. event organizer D. healthy individual73. Apart from the website, how many other ways can people gain information from EBTC? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.（C）The computer keyboard helped kill shorthanda system of rapid handwriting, and now its threatening to finish off handwriting as a whole. When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2012, just 15% of the most1.5 million students wrote their an