上海市华师大一附中等八校2012届高三2月联合调研考试卷.doc

上海2012届高三下学期（八）校联合调研考试英语试卷（八校联考）2012.2.16参加学校：华师大一附中、曹杨二中、市西、市三女子、控江、格致、市北、(育才、晋元高中)第I卷 （共 105 分）II. Grammar and VocabularySection A: GrammarDirections: 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.25. Keeping a foreign pet is dangerous, as the owner might be infected _ the diseases brought along with the animal.A. in B. with C. by D. for26. All the ladies wear beautiful clothes for the celebration. Some are dressed in red, _ in purple.A. other B. another C. others D. the other27. According to some theories _ from psychoanalysis, life is supposedly easier; and more pleasant when anxiety is overcome.A. obtain B. obtaining C. to obtain D. obtained28. To understand the complex situation completely requires more thought than _ so far. A. gave B. has given C. has been given D. is being given29. To show our respect, we usually take our gloves off _ we are to shake hands with. A. whoever B. whenever C. whichever D. wherever30. You _ an A on your term paper, but you quoted a little bit more from others papers. A. should receive B. could have receivedC. would receive D. must have received31. Eric, a middle-aged fashion designer, is very happy because the clothes be designed have never been _.A. most popular B. the most popular C. less popular D. more popular32. We are strongly against the companys decision _ it will fire half of its staff in the following years. A. which B. that C. what D. when33. Nancy, _ for about half a year to apply for a job as an airline hostess, finally took a position at a shopping center. A. struggled B. having struggled C. struggling D. to struggle34. Dont start reading a book _ you find that its one you can read with ease and understanding. A. when B. if C. unless D. though35. I cant believe that anyone else in the school can swim as fast as you, _?A. can I B. cant they C. cant you D. can they36. One of the things that made me long _ back in prison was that I had little opportunity thinking and reflection. A. be B. being C. to be D. to being37. When you have a job interview, its _ youre dressed that sets the tone of it. A. however B. how C. what D. whatever38. The new lecture course differs from the old one, _ the students arent required to attend lectures. A. which that B. that C. which D. in which39. Fortunately, what the witness reported to the police on the phone led to _.A. the suspects being captured B. capture the suspectC. the suspect having captured D. be captured by the suspect40. _ they may have, the CEO of the corporation calls on all the staff to gather their courage to strive it.A. What a serious problem B. However a serious problemC. How serious a problem D. Whatever a serious problemSection B: VocabularyDirections: Complete the passage by choosing the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. reward B. ignore C. unique D. completed E. perseveringF. solution G. ride H. recovery I. brush J. challengingWhat is your dream? What is the goal that you have set for yourself and are working to achieve? Realizing your dreams is not an easy _41_.Last fall I decided to write a new book for my publisher. Writing a book is a _42_ goal, which got off to a terrific start last October. The writing is flowing well. Then I got sick. In fact, I got ill that I needed surgery and the _43_ was long and exhausting. I did not work from the first week of November until the second week of January. By then I was nervous about meeting the April deadline for submitting the new manuscript to my publisher.Worried, I asked my author friends for some help, and they gave me this key piece of advice, “Lets start writing! they all said. So I did. It was not an immediate _44_ to my depression, but after a few weeks of _45_, I got back to normal. Several people in my circle of supporters helped me make some good connections and I got the book _46_, and to the publisher on time. It was an exciting goal for me to reach, so I took my family to Hawaii as my _47_.Sometimes you _48_ your own dreams because of self-doubt, fear, or external complications. You can think of many different excuses to _49_ those dreams aside, but, if you go after your dreams, your world will become more exciting and you will begin to live a more passionate and meaningful life.So, now, take a minute to write down three goals you want to accomplish this year.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.In 1867 the United States faced the task of rebuilding after the destruction of the Civil War, so it looked westward for the raw materials needed to fuel industrial growth. Geological surveys and mapping journeys were set forth to explore this 50 territory. These groups, in turn, hired mapmakers, scientists, cooks, drivers, and doctors. They also hired painters and photographers as part of the teams. Painters needed few supplies, making it relatively easy for them to travel in the wilderness, _51_ photographers were not so lucky; they had to transport a fully stocked darkroom on the _52_.Until the late 1870s, most photographers used the _53_ wet-collodion process. The first step was to wash a clean sheet of glass with a sticky mixture of collodion and chemicals, (collodion or gun-cotton was a recent medical discovery used to cover wounds because the viscous (粘性的) solution turned into a protective film when dry.) After it was washed, the plate went into another bath that the picture was _54_ getting darker; Finally, the glass negative (底片) was washed clean with fresh water. _55_ a photograph from the negative had to wait until the photographer went back to the studio. The _56_ of the negative depended on the size of the camera. Some negatives could be as large as 20 by 24 inches.Imagine the _57_ of taking photographs in the 1860s and 1870s in the remote western wilderness! Photographers went over Rocky Mountains and through rushing rivers. They were _58_ in the terrible desert heat, with cameras, sheets of glass, and vats of chemicals. Bad weather, equipment failures, and accidents were frequent problems. They persevered, but success in creating a negative did not _59_ the production of a photograph; plates still had to be _60_ transported back to the studio before the image could be printed on paper. A photographer could carry 120 pounds of many miles to _61_ a magnificent view only to have the easily broken plate _62_ in transportation._63_, once photographers were successful, the results were superb and much admired. Photographs were put on exhibition, and people bought albums filled with pictures by Timothy OSullivan, Carleton Watkins, and William Henry Jackson. Jacksons photographs of Yellowstonesnatural wonders, along with the paintings of fellow Thomas Moran, even helped _64_ Congress to preserve thousands of acres of this land in 1872 as the nations first national park.Section BDirections: Read the following four 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）I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”. I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain. The more original their idea, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state owned enterprises and global companies. They were not without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then theres the “thousand talent scheme”: this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about Chinas research environment. Its hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top Western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. Its about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. Its not that simple.65. Why does the author feel disappointed at his students?A. Because there is one group presenting a catering service.B. Because the six groups made projects for restaurant chains.C. Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic.D. Because the students ideas were lacking in creativeness.66. We can infer from the passage that _.A. China can make and sell any product all over the worldB. high pay may not solve the problem of Chinas research environmentC. cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brandD. the new government program are aimed at encouraging imagination67. Which is the best title of the passage?A. Look for a New Way of Learning. B. Reward Creative Thinking.C. How to Become a Creator. D. Establish a technical Environment.（B）Every summer, no matter how urgent work schedule is, I take off one day exclusively for myson. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusement panic, where we discoveredthat he was tall enough to ride one of the fastest roller coasters (过山车)in the world. We experienced through face-stretching turns and circles for ninety seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, in a calm voice, he remarked that it was not as exciting as other rides hed been on. As I listened, I began to sense something seriously out of balance.Throughout the season, I noticed similar events all around me. Parents found it hard to find new stimulations for cold kids. Surrounded by ever-greater stimulation, their young feces were looking disappointed and boredFacing their childrens complaints of nothing to do, parents were spending large numbers of dollars for various forms of entertainment In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy relief from the terrible complaint of their bored children. This set me thinking the obvious question: How can it be so hard for kids to find something to do when theres been such a range of stimulating entertainment available to them?What really worries me is the strength of the stimulation. I watch my little daughters &ce as she absorbs bloody special effects in movies.Why do children facing such excitement seem starved for more? Thai was, I realized, the point I discovered during my own adolescence that what creates excitement is not going fast, but going faster. Excitement has less to do with speed than changes in speed.I am concerned about the increasing effect of years at these levels of feverish activity. It is no mystery to me why many teenagers appear uninterested and burned out, with a been there, done that air of indifference toward much of life. As increasing numbers of friends children are advised to take medicine to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressants (抗抑郁药)to help with the loss of interest and joy in their livesI question the role of kids boredom in some of the diagnoses (处方).My own work is focused on the chemical imbalances and biological factors related to behavioral and emotional disorders. These are complex problems. Yet Ive been reflecting more and more on how lie pace of life and the strength of stimulation may be contributing to the rising rates of psychological problems among children and adolescents in our society.68. The reason why the author felt surprised in the amusement park was that _.A. his son was not as excited by the roller coasters ride as expectedB. his songs enjoyed turns and circles with his face stretchedC. his son appeared upset but calm while riding the roller coastersD. his son could keep his balance so well on the fast moving roller coasters69. According to the author, children will probably feel excited _.A. if their parents allow them to ride roller coasters very oftenB. since parents spend money on the same form of entertainmentC. after they take anti-depressants according to the diagnosesD. if they are often exposed to more stimulating entertainment70. From his own experience, the author came to the conclusion that children seem to expect _.A. a much wider variety of sports facilitiesB. activities that require complicated skillsC. the change of the forms of recreationD. more challenging physical exercise71. In order to relieve childrens boredom, the author would probably suggest _.A. adjusting the pace of life and strength of stimulationB. promoting the practice of dad-son daysC. consulting a specialist in child psychologyD. balancing school work with after school activities（C）Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units. For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for relatives and friends. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. The distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is eaten.In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together. The men take their meals in a mens house, separately from their wives and children. Women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husbands portion to the mens house. The women eat with their children in their own houses. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies.Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage. In many New Guinea societies, like that of the Lese on the island of New Ireland in the Pacific and that of the Trobriand Islanders, marriage is symbolized by the couples eating together for the first time. Eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple. In U.S. society, it is just the reverse. A couple may go out to dinner on a first date.Other cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. In some societies, members of a family group, arc not allowed to eat the animal or bird that is their ancestor. Since they believe themselves to be children of that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves.There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste (social class) system of India. A caste system consists of ranked groups, each with a different economic specialization. In India, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution. Members of highly ranked groups can be polluted by coming into contact with the bodily secretions, particularly saliva（唾液）,of individuals of lower-ranked castes. Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans and other high-ranked individuals will not share food with, not eat from the same plate as, not even accept food from an individual or from a low-ranking class.72. According to the passage, who will NOT eat together?A. The English during regular meals.B. Americans on their first date.C. Men and women in Near Eastern