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黄浦区2014学年度第一学期高三年级期终调研测试英 语 试 卷2015年1月8日下午（完卷时间： 120分钟 满分： 150分） 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 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. Husband and wife.B. Doctor and patient. C. Teacher and students. D. Repairman and customer. 2. A. 5:15 B. 5:30C. 5:45D. 6:00 3. A. Its Tuesday. B. Its Thursday. C. Its Friday. D. Its Saturday. 4.A. She wont take part in the party tomorrow.B. Her sister is actually a rude person.C. They should have invited her earlier.D. She wonders if she can bring someone to the party. 5. A. He will buy the apartment.B. He will buy a better apartment.C. He will sell the apartment to the woman.D. Hed like to find a cheaper apartment. 6. A. Taking Mary to Japan for dinner.B. Taking Mary to Japanese Garden.C. Taking Mary to the Korean restaurant.D. Taking her out instead of Mary. 7. A. By going on a diet. B. By doing physical exercise. C. By having fewer meals. D. By eating fruit and vegetables. 8. A. Its the cheapest shopping mall nearby. B. Its the womans favourite shopping mall. C. It sold out 50% of the goods last weekend. D. The goods were on sale there last weekend. 9. A. Jonathan was well known during his childhood. B. Jonathan was popular with young movie stars. C. Jonathan wrote some stories about a movie star. D. Jonathan made movies because of his unusual childhood.10. A. The woman doesnt agree with the man.B. Drunk driving causes many accidents on the road.C. Most people killed in the accidents are heavy drinkers.D. People should be careful with the traffic when crossing the road.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 150. B. In 1854. C. In 1900. D. In 2004.12. A. Volleyball.B. Surfing. C. Basketball. D. Skiing.13. A. Major sports at University of Melbourne, Australia. B. Reasons why many young people want to study aboard. C. The history of the University of Melbourne, Australia. D. A brief introduction of the University of Melbourne.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The surface of Earth will be rising with the temperature. B. Animals and plants will be made to move to warmer places. C. Birds are going to start their travel later in the year. D. Many kinds of wildlife will have to give up their native environments.15. A. Tree flowering is taking place earlier than before.B. The scientists warn that some creatures could become extinct.C. Environmental damage and local losses of wildlife lead to climate changes.D. Plants and animals have always had to respond to the changing environments.16. A. There were 99 kinds of birds, insects and plants in America and Europe.B. On average, the area has moved north by 16 kilometers every ten years.C. These examined plants and animals survived the changes by moving north. D. In Europe, some butterflies now move 100 kilometers to the south. 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 ONE WORD for each answer.Recipe for Chocolate Cookies mix together 2 cups of _17_ and a teaspoon of baking soda add a teaspoon of salt mix together a cup of butter and a cup of sugar in a _18_ bowl add 2 eggs and _19_ all the things slowly mix in a cup of chocolate and a cup of nuts form little cookies from the mixture bake for 8 minutes at _20_ degrees centigradeBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What is a zip code used for?Its used for _21_.What is an area code used for?Its used for making _22_ phone calls.Where does the boy write the zip code?He writes it _23_How many area codes does a state have?It _24_ the number of telephones. 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)The Problem with Top-Schools Lists There are around 4,000 accredited universities and other higher education institutions in the United States. They offer an immense range of educational experiences, (25)_ large research universities to small, friendly liberal arts colleges. This helps explain (26)_ the United States attracts more international students than any other country, says Allan E. Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education, (27)_ non-profit group promoting student exchanges to and from America. “While elite(精英) U.S. programs are among the top ten in the world,” Goodman says, “the unique strength of the U.S. higher education system is diversity.”There is no official ranking system to indicate which institutions are better than others, (28)_ several unofficial rankings are listed by magazines and associations. However, educators urge caution in using a ranking table and emphasize that (29)_ (good) choice for one student may be very different for another. Institutions of all types (30)_ (spread) across the United States. Some students want a campus that will give them the excitement and rich cultural life of a big city such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. (31)_ value the peace and beauty of a rural setting, whether the quiet forests and snowy winters of the Northeast, subtropical Florida, the dry expanses of the West, or the Pacific coast with its seashore and nearby mountains. Many institutions have particular strengths in certain academic areas, (32)_(make) them a good choice for students interested in those fields. (B)An evolving gameAsia has already become a center of the womens professional game, and much of the growth in participation across the world is coming from womens golf. Family-friendly facilities (33)_(develop) for a new golfing demographic(人群) in the following years, (34)_ more women are playing the game and men and women are increasingly spending their leisure time together. Childrens engagement with the game will increase. In China, golf is recognized as a game (35)_ teaches children important life principles. Free golf training is offered to kinder-gartners and some parents are now prepared to spend up to 300,000 yuan ($43,940) a year on lessons for their children. “Asia will play an increasingly vital role in the future development of golf,” say top players past and present. More top events will be added to the schedule in China and other places in Asia, (36)_ the game is becoming more popular. Back-to-back Open Champion Padraig Harrington agrees: “You only (37)_ _ look at the European Tours schedule and see how many tournaments are now being hosted by Asia, whether in the Middle East or Far East,” he says. “Change is the price of survival,” says golf legend Gary Player, one of a handful of players (38)_(achieve) the Career Grand Slam(大满贯). “With the eyes of the sport now firmly (39)_(focus) on Asia, I can see several of the worlds Top 10 coming from Asia and several more global tournaments hosted there by 2020.” The game will also become more technologically engaged. Advances in digital technology will change the face of (40)_(coach) with “smart clubs” which memorize golfers grip and swing, allowing them to analyze their performance and learn from their mistakes. 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. includingB. creationC. extendedD. prohibitedE. suggestionsF. specialG. linkingH. investmentI. agreementsJ. contactingK. legal Last week, Verizon and Google proposed a plan they say could keep the Internet open while supporting _41_ in high-speed Internet service. Verizon has the nations biggest wireless network while Google is the biggest Internet search engine. The proposal was a surprise because the two companies have been on opposite sides of the debate over net neutrality. That is the idea that all content on the Web should be treated equally. Internet service providers want to be able to charge more for heavy Internet traffic or users who want _42_ services. The Federal Communications Commission regulates telephone, cable and satellite communications. But its power to regulate Internet service has been questioned in the courts. The new proposal calls for rules keeping service providers from preventing users from sending and receiving _43_ information of any kind. Users also could not be prevented from _44_ any application, service or device they choose to the Web. And broadband Internet providers would be _45_ from discriminating against(歧视) content and should be open about their policies. Supporters of net neutrality criticized the proposal for not _46_ wireless providers. Wireless broadband is among the fastest growing parts of the Internet. Others oppose the _47_ of a “two-tiered”(两极分化的) system on the Internet in which some content gets a fast lane and other content goes slowly. But Daniel Brenner says such a system already exists. Daniel Brenner is a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington. He says service providers want to be able to charge more because they build networks out to their customers across the country. Such companies are the so-called “last mile” providers. But, the Internet is really a network of networks which exchange traffic all the time and compete with each other. And not all networks reach the last mile to a customers door. Paul Kouroupas of Global Crossing says his company wants to make sure _48_ between service providers are honored on all networks. That way, a service promised by Global Crossing on its fiber optic network will be _49_ all the way to a customers door even if another company carries the service that last mile. The Verizon-Google proposal offers _50_ for a debate that is not likely to end soon. Daniel Brenner says the FCC needs clearer guidelines from Congress. 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. Digital fingerprinting, fluctuations(波动) in the dollar exchange rate, and a mass of online information are some of the ways making travel to the United States in 2010 a different _51_ for international visitors than it was earlier in the 21st century. These _52_ are evident even before the visitor leaves his or her country. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security(DHS)a department of the federal government established by laws and regulations in late 2002, after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksestablished a new series of security _53_ for international visitors holding non-U.S. passports or visas. _54_, when these visitors apply for a visa, the officer _55_ them reviews their application and supporting papers and collects both digital fingerprints and a digital photograph. Recently, the waiting time for these interviews has been significantly _56_. According to Geoff Freeman, senior vice president of public affairs of U.S. Travel, the trade organization for the U.S. travel industry, many prospective visa applicants now wait fewer than 30 days for an interview, _57_ more than 100 days in the past. The Visa Waiver Program(VWP)which _58_ citizens from countries that meet various security and other requirements from obtaining a visa for visits to the United States of 90 days or fewer for business or pleasure_59_ 36 countries such as Australia, Austria, Belgium and so on. A traveler from a country _60_ in the VWP must obtain an Electronic System for Travel Authorization(ESTA), an online travel authorization, established by DHS. ESTA determines, before the traveler boards a flight, whether the traveler is _61_ to travel to the United States under the VWP and whether such travel poses any law implementation or security risks. When an international traveler arrives in the United States, he or she must subject one of the two _62_ to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer: either a white Form I-94, if the traveler has a visa, or a green Form I-94W, if the traveler is a VWP participant. The CBP officer asks the traveler questions about his or her stay, scans the travelers fingerprints, and takes a digital photograph. _63_, VWP travelers, who are not required to obtain a visa, will soon need to pay a fee. The traveler keeps a portion of the I-94 or I-94W form after the CBP _64_ and returns it to CBP upon departure from the United States. In 2007 Congress authorized the consumption of $40 million on a “Model Ports of Entry” program, designed to improve the _65_ procedures of foreign travelers at the 20 U.S. airports with the highest number of international visitors. The program aims to improve staffing, queue management, signage, and infrastructure at the top 20 U.S. international airports and to hire at least 200 new CBP officers. 51. A. experimentB. examinationC. experience D. excursion52.A. changesB. fluctuationsC. fingerprints D. communications 53.A. explanationsB. registrationsC. applications D. procedures 54.A. Surprisingly B. SpecificallyC. Hopefully D. Occasionally55.A. inspectingB. instructingC. interviewingD. investigating56.A. reducedB. resolvedC. reviewed D. released 57.A. owing toB. compared toC. according to D. added up to 58.A. protectsB. stimulates C. promises D. relieves59.A. leads toB. applies toC. depends on D. makes up 60.A. perseveringB. previewingC. participating D. promoting 61.A. accessibleB. acceptableC. available D. adaptable62.A. participantsB. decisionsC. documents D. photographs 63.A. For instanceB. As a resultC. In addition D. On the contrary64.A. checkB. projectC. design D. proposal 65.A. queueB. programC. arrival D. departureSection 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) In 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered a new object in the sky. He thought it was an undiscovered comet. After further observation, he realized that it behaved more like a small planet than a comet. Piazzi named it Ceres after the Sicillian goddess of grain. Ceres remains the largest known asteroid(小行星) in the sky. It measures almost 600 miles (1,000 km) in diameter. By the end of the nineteenth century, several hundred other asteroids had been identified. Tens of thousands of asteroids have since been discovered, with thousands more found each year. Asteroids are masses of rock and metal that orbit(绕轨道而行) the sun between Mars and Jupiter. They did not form into planets because the perturbations of Jupiter kept them moving too fast to join together. The total mass of all of the asteroids is less than the size of Earths moon. Some of the asteroids move in orbits outside the zone between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids that come relatively close to Earth are known as near-Earth asteroids(NEAs). Scientists estimate that about 1,000 of these asteroids are 0.6 miles(1km) in diameter. An asteroid of this size colliding(碰撞) with Earth would be disastrous. Scientists have found two sites where giant asteroids struck Earth millions of years ago. One asteroid hit Antarctica about 250 million years ago. Another asteroid struck Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula around 65 million years ago, leaving a hole 112 miles(180 km) wide and 1,000 yards (914m) deep. One theory blames the extinction of the dinosaurs on this asteroids collision with Earth and the climate change that resulted from its impact. Occasionally, small asteroids strike Earth. These cause little damage. Major collisions, such as the one that may have killed the dinosaurs, occur rarelyperhaps only once every 100 million years. Although the chance of an asteroid striking the planet anytime soon is small, scientists continue to study the orbits of asteroids in the sky. They pay particularly close attention to the asteroids whose paths are close to Earth, and have even landed a spacecraft on an NEA named Er