上海市上海理工大学附属中学2013届高三英语12月月考试题

1 上海市上海理工大学附属中学上海市上海理工大学附属中学 20132013 届高三英语届高三英语 1212 月月考试题月月考试题 GrammarGrammar andand VocabularyVocabulary Section A 25 Tom looked upon the test as an obstacle his classmates regarded it as a challenge A while B because C unless D if 26 You an A on your term paper but you quoted a little bit more from others papers A should receive B could have received C would receive D must have received 27 So much of interest that most visitors simply run out of time before seeing it all A offers Beijing B Beijing offers C does Beijing offer D Beijing does offer 28 With the Internet use in the world companies like Yahoo and Google are hunting harder for deals A exploded B having exploded C being exploded D exploding 29 It is nice to see millions who had nothing but a record of misery and hungry to improve their life and living conditions A having the chancesB have the chance C to have the chanceD had the chance 32 He explained to the class what he suggested his idea A to make acceptedB making agreed to C should make receiveD make passed 33 Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues with her stories A amused B amusing C to amuse D to be amused 34 for the boy to talk with his mouth full A What bad manners they areB How bad manners they are C What bad manners it isD How bad manners it is 35 I can t believe that anyone else in the school can swim as fast as you A can I B can t they C can t you D can they 36 One reason for her preference for city life is she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants A that B how C what D why 37 When changing lanes a driver should use his turning signal to let other drivers know A whichever lane he is entering B which lane he is entering 2 C whichever lane is he entering D which lane is he entering 38 Wind power is an ancient source of energy we may return in the near future A on which B by which C to which D from which 39 Although the small room is the large one it is more beautifully decorated A one third the size ofB the one third size of C the size of one thirdD one third of the size 40 She has bought herself dress A a cotton purple expensiveB an expensive purple cotton C a purple expensive cottonD a cotton expensive purple 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 comprehending B industry C range D enhance AB adopted AC pronounce AD flooding BC valued BD operating CD tend The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language Japanese publishers have been 41 the market with over a dozen language learning titles Companies are trying to tap into a foreign language teaching 42 that the Yano Research Institute said was 43 at 767 billion yen 8 6 billion in 2008 Why is there such a massive Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama s speeches Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a sure fire way to 44 their English speaking skills Most Japanese including those studying English would have difficulty 45 a speech given by a native English speaker But Obama s English is easy to understand because he can 46 words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow clip said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido a communication specialist Movies 47 to be the most difficult for Japanese especially when actors mumble their words Obama sets his 48 of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate all levels of English speakers Nikaido added and at the lower end it sometimes comes within the range of non native speakers comprehension The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama s communication skills might be 49 in Japan for business and political purposes At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan ReadingReading ComprehensionComprehension Section A Directions For each blank in the 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 3 Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque 如画的 countryside Suddenly dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall but strange to 50 several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly Riding however as rapidly as I could I found it 51 to get into the clear The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward I continued this unequal contest for an exhausting half hour 52 realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area ahead of me Then it dawned upon me that I was wasting my strength in unimportant hurry while paying no attention whatsoever to the landscape 53 which I was making the trip The storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not unendurable Indeed there was much to look at which might 54 have escaped me As I gazed about with sharpened 55 I saw colours and lines and shapes that would have appeared differently under brilliant light The rain mists 薄雾 which now 56 the wooded hills and the fresh clearness of the different greens were entrancing 迷人的 My annoyance at the rain was gone and my eagerness to 57 it disappeared It had provided me with a new view and helped me understand that the 58 of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand within the 59 of one s own sensibilities It made me think then and later about other matters to which this incident was related It helped me realize that there is no sense in my 60 ever to flee from circumstances and conditions which cannot be avoided but which I might bravely 61 and frequently mend and often turn to good account I know that half the battle is won if I can face trouble with courage 62 with spirit and triumph with humility It has become ever clearer to me that danger is far from disaster that defeat may be the forerunner of final 63 and that in the last analysis all achievement is dangerously weak 64 based on enduring principles of moral conduct 50 A ask B relate C understandD call 51 A easy B likely C impossibleD comfortable 52 A before B after C asD while 53 A in front of B on account of C for the sake of D at the convenience of 54 A therefore B consequently C accordingly D otherwise 55 A puzzle B appreciation C wisdom D shock 56 A crowned B covered C swept D floated 57 A enjoy B embrace C surround D escape 58 A resources B sources C causes D courses 59 A distance B help C range D comprehension 60 A requesting B waiting C attempting D expecting 61 A meet B avoid C decline D change 62 A happiness B joy C disappointment D surprise 63 A failure B victory C relief D decision 4 64 A if B though C until D unless Section B Directions 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 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 there s 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 China s research environment It s 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 It s about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds It s not that simple 5 67 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 B The modern Olympic Games founded in 1896 began as contests between individuals rather than among nations with the hope of promoting world peace through sportsmanship In the beginning the games were open only to amateurs An amateur is a person whose involvement in an activity from sports to science or the arts is purely for pleasure Amateurs whatever their contributions to a field expect to receive no form of compensation professionals in contrast perform their work in order to earn a living From the perspective of many athletes however the Olympic playing field has been far from level Restricting the Olympics to amateurs has precluded 妨 碍 the participation of many who could not afford to be unpaid Countries have always desired to send their best athletes not their wealthiest ones to the Olympic Games A slender and imprecise line separates what we call financial support from earning money Do athletes earn money if they are reimbursed 补偿 for travel expenses What if they are paid for time lost at work or if they accept free clothing from a manufacturer or if they teach sports for a living The runner Eric Liddell was the son of poor missionaries in 1924 the British Olympic Committee financed his trip to the Olympics where he won a gold and a bronze medal College scholarships and support from the United States Olympic Committee made it possible for American track stars Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph and speed skater Dan Jansen to train and compete When the Soviet Union and its allies joined the games in 1952 the definition of amateur became still muddier Their athletes did not have to balance jobs and training because as citizens in communist regimes their government financial support was not considered payment for jobs In 1971 the International Olympic Committee IOC removed the word amateur from the rules making it easier for athletes to find the support necessary to train and compete In 1986 the IOC allowed professional athletes into the games There are those who regret the disappearance of amateurism from the Olympic Games For them the games lost something special when they became just another 6 way for athletes to earn money Others say that the designation of amateurism was always questionable they argue that all competitors receive so much financial support as to make them paid professionals Most agree however that the debate over what constitutes an amateur will continue for a long time 68 One might infer that A developing Olympic level skills in athletes is costly B professional athletes are mostly interested in financial rewards C amateurs does not expect to earn money at the sport that is played D amateurs have a better attitude than professionals do 69 The statement the Olympic playing field has been far from level means that A the ground the athletes played on was in bad condition B the poorer players were given some advantages C the rules did not work the same way for everyone D amateurs were inferior to the professionals in many ways 70 The financial support given to athletes by the Soviet government can best be compared to A a gift received on a special occasion such as a birthday B money received from a winning lottery ticket C an allowance paid to a child D money from charity organization C C Some nations think they must have more and more babies more and more people if they are to remain strong and free Actually this is not so Very often in history small nations have conquered large ones It s not so much the size of the army as its organization and the technical level of its weapons Thus Greece took over Persia in the 300s B C Great Britain took over India in the 1700s even though Persia and India had far bigger population than Greece and Great Britain If a nation wishes to avoid being dominated by its neighbors its best chance is to raise its standard of living and its level of technology ThisThis can be done best by not allowing its population to grow to such a point that it is sunk in misery and poverty In fact the worst way in which a nation can try to avoid being dominated by its neighbor is to increase its population to the point of misery and poverty If every nation tries to compete with its neighbors by raising its population then the whole world will be sunk in misery and poverty The nations will become weak in a disaster that will leave nothing behind that is worth dominating No one will have gained anything Everyone will have lost 7 everything Once all this is understood and people generally agree that population growth must not be allowed to continue they must also come to understand how that growth can be stopped Population grows because more people are being born than are dying There are two ways then in which the growth can be stopped You can increase the number of people who die until it matches the number of people who are being born Or else you can decrease the number of people who are born until it matches the number of people who are dying The first method increasing the death rate is the usual way in which population is controlled in all species of living things other than ourselves but we don t want that for disaster lies that way The intelligent way is to reduce the birth rate But how can the birth rate be reduced 72 In paragraph 3 the word ThisThis refers to A avoidance of povertyB improvement of life and technology C growth of population D enhancement of living standard and competition 73 It can be inferred from the passage that if a country had fewer people A it could still remain strong B it would be defeated by a strong neighbour C its standard of living could be high D its people would live misery 74 What might the author be further discussing after the passage A Needs to balance population B Problems involved in birth control C Methods of decreasing population D Opposition from some nations 75 The passage mainly focuses on A why we must control populationB where we can find a solution C how to stop population growthD how to become a strong nation SectionSection C C 5 5 分 分 Directions Directions Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A F for each paragraph There is one extra heading which you do not need A The reason why few mummies are left today B The three most famous Egyptian mummies C Mummy and mummification D A safe passage to the afterlife AB The reason why Egyptians made and gave up making mummies AC Different ways to make mummies When you think of a mummy what comes to mind Most of us usually picture an Egyptian mummy wrapped in bandages and buried deep inside a pyramid While the Egyptian ones are the most famous mummies have been found in many places throughout the world from Greenland to China to the Andes Mountains of South America 76 8 A mummy is the body of a person that has been preserved after death Normally when we die bacteria and other germs eat away at the soft tissues such as skin and muscles leaving only the bones behind Since bacteria need water in order to grow mummification usually happens if the body dries out quickly after death The body may then be so well preserved that we can even tell how the dead person may have looked in life 77 Mummies are made naturally or by embalming 以香油涂尸防腐 which is any process that people use to help preserve a dead body Mummies can be dried out by extreme cold by the sun by smoke or using chemicals such as natron 氧化 钠 Some bodies become mummies because there were favorable natural conditions when they died Others were preserved and buried with great care 78 The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a person s body after death was essential to ensure a safe passage to the afterlife Over time almost all Egyptians who could afford to became mummies when they died a total of about 70 million mummies in 3 000 years By the 4th century AD many Egyptians had become Christians and no longer believed that mummification was necessary for life after death Eventually the Egyptians gave up the art and science of making mummies 79 So where did all the mummies go Sadly most were grabbed in ancient times by robbers looking for treasures wrapped up in the bandages Countless mummies were also destroyed during the Middle Ages when they were ground into powders to make supposedly magical pills Later on modern treasure hunters rushed into their tombs carelessly looking for artifacts and souvenirs Even industry aided the destruction by using mummies bandages to make paper or burning their bodies for fuel 80 The best preserved mummies are those of the pharoahs and their relatives These mummies tended to be more carefully embalmed and protected from harm The mummies that have survived allow us to look back into the past and know something of the ancient Egyptians and their time Three of the most famous Egyptians mummies are Tutankhamen Seti I and Rameses II Ramses th