2016黄浦区高三英语二模试卷及答案.doc

黄浦区2016年高考模拟考英 语 试 卷 （完卷时间： 120分钟 满分： 150分） 2016年4月14日下午 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. March.B. May.C. June.D. July.2. A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train. D. On foot.3. A. Choose a new dentist.B. Cure the pain by herself.C. Make an appointment with her dentist.D. Ask for the right way to brush her teeth. 4. A. A bus driver.B. An airline ticket agent.C. A post office clerk.D. A department store salesperson.5. A. Close the window. B. Prepare their clothes. C. Lock the suitcase. D. Call a taxi.6. A. Take a day off from work. B. Go and join the people in the office. C. Find more people to help with the move. D. Move to a new place at free time. 7. A. Find a larger room.B. Sell the old table.C. Buy two bookshelves.D. Rearrange some furniture.8. A. He wants to spend more time with his family. B. He doesnt think he is capable of doing the job. C. He thinks the pay is too low to support his family. D. He doesnt enjoy business trips as much as he used to.9. A. The man is willing to help the woman. B. The man is losing patience with the woman. C. The woman will let Bob chat with the man. D. The man has already finished his project.10. A. The woman believes that Peter can give up smoking. B. Peter finds it easy to give up smoking. C. Peter has not given up smoking yet. D. Peter has convinced the woman that he can give up smoking.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. Now teleshopping is popular in almost every country in the world.B. People can shop things from the biggest European company on TV.C. Frenchmen spend about $ 20 million a year buying things on TV. D. More TV channels can open for telebusiness in America. 12. A. They have to stay at home and watch TV.B. They think its a new way of buying things. C. They are not sure about the quality of the goods. D. They worry about the safety of their personal information.13. A. Popularity of teleshopping. B. Advantages of teleshopping.C. Future of teleshopping.D. Convenience of teleshopping. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Her weight was above average. B. She had good memory. C. She got a stomachache. D. She had no trouble sleeping. 15. A. She didnt take medicine as the specialist asked.B. She was sensitive to what she ate, breathed and touched. C. She avoided some of the things that make her healthy. D. Her roommates couldnt understand her well. 16. A. She has graduated from Cambridge. B. She is not confident about her future job. C. She plans to move to London and find a job there. D. She has to depend on sleeping pills at night. 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. A plan for a family outingActivitiesGo swimming and have a _17_.PreparationsDad: Go and have a look at the car. Mom and Bill: _18_ up things for the afternoon. A List of things Sunglasses, the _19_ ball, camera, the swimming suits, a blanket, some bottled water and the _20_.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What does the girl want to do?She wants to pay her _21_.Why does the man ask the girl for her student ID card? He needs to check it and _22_ on the computer. How much should the girl pay?_23_ in all. When can the girl pay the money?She can either pay it now or at the end of _24_.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)GarlicGarlic, a common seasoning found in many different types of food, has a long medical and mythical history. References to garlic (25)_ (find) in Chinese texts that are dated as far back as 3000 BC. The physician Hippocrates used garlic in ancient Greece (26)_(treat) infections and physical disorders. In many parts of ancient world, garlic was thought to avoid unfriendly spirits, treat wounds (27)_ _ _ protect against disease. Roman soldiers believed that garlic brought them courage and energy. They took it with them when they went into battle. Egyptians fed garlic to their servants when they built pyramids. They thought that it gave the workers strength. They also believed that garlic had magical and medicinal powers. In the Middle Ages, people thought that garlic prevented the plague(瘟疫). People have praised the virtues of garlic for centuries. Garlics popularity began to decline in the early years of the twentieth century, but its reputation (28)_(restore) in recent years. It is now a valuable cash crop in the state of California. Nearly a half-billion pounds of garlic are produced there each year. The city of Gilroy, California, considers (29)_ the garlic capital of the world. Each year, the city hosts the Gilroy Garlic Festival in honor of the crop. Some doctors are studying garlics effects as a defense (30)_ some forms of cancer. Others are exploring its possibilities for treating arthritis. Garlic has also received praise for its ability to lower high levels of cholesterol(胆固醇). (31)_ some of the medicinal benefits of garlic have yet to be proven, it is certain (32)_ many people enjoy the flavor that it adds to food. (B)The illegal sale and use of drugsDespite the respect of most Americans for law and the determination of the legal system to protect the rights of individuals, The United States, like all other countries, does experience crime. Especially in large cities, the crime rate (33)_ be high.A high percentage of crime in the United States is directly related to the illegal sale and use of drugs. Drugs are smuggled into the country by (34)_(organize) groups despite intense efforts by the government to stop the illegal drug trade. Drug abuse in the U.S. has come to be regarded as one of (35)_(challenging) social problems facing the nation. The drug issue always excites strong emotions of Americans (36)_ drug abuse is regarded as a major threat to American society, particularly to its younger members. Drug abuse is a social problem as it has (37)_ wide range of social costs. For example, drug is closely related with crime, automobile accidents. Those (38)_ become addicted to drug use sometimes rob or break into houses or stores to steal money to pay for the drugs. It has serious effects on individuals physically and mentally, (39)_ the economic losses caused by drug abuse are great. Drug use has caused great concern in the United States. The federal government has worked hard to stop the (40)_ (grow) of drug plants in other countries. It has also set up special agencies, sometimes working with agencies from other nations, to catch the smugglers outside and inside the United States. Teachers and many citizens work together to teach children about the dangers of drug use. Many government agencies in the states and private citizen groups work to help drug addicts give up their drug use and turn to useful lives. 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. loweringB. conditionsC. warningD. seeminglyE. inconclusiveF. frequentlyG. reactionsH. alternativeI. interestinglyJ. propertiesK. mixingNot so far in the distant past a study on water pollution found that common, everyday makeup products being washed down the drain was ending up in well and drinking water. Now a study has found that people pollute themselves. Many of the pollutants are linked to cancer and other serious health _41_. Whats the key cause of this pollution? Common household items, _42_, appear to be used more by women than men. These include makeup, hair spray and commercial, chemically-made perfumes. These are the perfumes that are _43_ advertised as having some sort of beneficial effect on the body and are even suggested as a replacement for natural essential oils. Studies on the effectiveness of fragrance oils and health benefits have been _44_, something neglected to be mentioned. If the chemical scent has cancer-causing properties, it may not make sense to try and use it for helping you sleep or _45_ your blood pressure. Manufacturers argue that the risk is non-existent as the levels of chemicals found in the tests were so small. However, with over 60 chemicals being found, many of which were non-existent before the turn of the century, researchers make note that these chemicals may be enough to cause problems.Since the products mentioned are often used by women, it leaves one to wonder if conditions, _46_ unheard of before the turn of the century, are linked to man-made chemicals? Perfumes in particular, when chemical, have been linked to asthma（哮喘）and other sensitive _47_. Some groups are asking the government to order manufacturers to place _48_ labels on each bottle.Essential oils and real fragrance oils provide a wonderful _49_ to commercial fragrances. They also have other properties and effects on the body which have been scientifically proven. In addition, you can actually formulate your own scent quite easily! There are many books on perfume _50_ and the use of essential oils, some quite in-depth and others rather fun. Nowadays there are also many companies making perfumes from pure essential oils. 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. Education plays an extremely important role in our life and deeply impacts the society. However, how does society influence education?Before understanding the influence of society on education, we must _51_ society. Society is an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. It is characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals. It is a group of individuals who _52_ a common system of customs, values and laws. From the definition of society, it is clear that we human beings are its building _53_. As we interact with people, try to understand their thinking styles and _54_ patterns, we soon realize that there is so much to learn from them. Society is the greatest _55_ of education. Dont you think so? We cannot _56_ the impact of society on the education system alone. We need to understand the role of society in the _57_ development of an individual. Even before we become a part of the education system, we start learning from our surroundings. And during the process of formal education, we _58_ take non-formal education from society. Yes, our interactions with our fellow-beings, our observations about their social behavior and our understanding of social norms _59_ us to face life. True, educational _60_, like schools, colleges and universities play a very important role in our education. But, we cannot ignore the fact that we learn some of the important lessons of life from society. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the _61_ process of learning begins at a point, which marks the end of institutional education. Learning, as an individual, from your interaction with society, is a vital part of education. Society plays an important role in education and influences it, both positively and negatively. Social inequalities and unhealthy educational practices are some of the _62_ influences of society on our lives. Customs and traditions _63_ certain sections of society from exercising their fundamental rights and block the well-being of society, shatter the basic ideas of education and social awareness. Some social groups deny womens right to education, while others force children to work, depriving(剥夺) them from a healthy environment, conducive to their growth and development. Education is one of the basic human rights. If social norms deprive certain strata(阶层) of society from progressing in life and come in the way of social welfare, it _64_ the purpose of education.Society is an entity that cannot be separated from us. It is we who _65_ the society. It is entirely in our hands whether to add value to our education or devalue it. 51. A. knowB. defineC. recognizeD. analyze 52.A. share B. invent C. operate D. practice53.A. extents B. blocks C. designsD. expenses54.A. cultural B. traditional C. educationalD. behavioral55.A. performerB. supervisorC. facilitator D. opponent56.A. resist B. resolveC. reserve D. restrict57.A. steadyB. future C. lasting D. overall58.A. successfullyB. desperatelyC. constantlyD. surprisingly59.A. encourageB. impactC. prepareD. impose 60.A. circumstancesB. contributionsC. environmentsD. organizations 61.A. actualB. external C. universal D. available 62.A. realisticB. opposingC. practical D. invisible63.A. confirmB. cultivateC. maintain D. prevent64.A. fulfillsB. highlightsC. defeats D. describes65.A. depend onB. make upC. strive for D. deal withSection 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) Extremophiles(极端微生物) are organisms that have been discovered on earth that survive in environments that were once thought not to be able to sustain life. These extreme environments include intense heat, highly acidic environments, extreme pressure and extreme cold. Different organisms have developed varying ways of adapting to these environments, but most scientists agree that it is unlikely that life on Earth originated under such extremes. Adapting to Extreme HeatOne type of extremophile is called a thermophile. These organisms can survive at very high temperatures. In the 1960s, heat resistant bacteria were discovered in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. This bacteria thrives at temperatures of 70 but can survive temperatures of 50 to 80. A few years after these were discovered, other bacteria were found living under even more extreme conditions. Hydrothermal vents(热水流火山口) were discovered deep in the ocean and under such high pressure that the water boils at 340. It was a surprise to researchers to discover bacteria living and thriving in the vents at such extreme temperatures and pressures. Not only were there bacteria, but centimeters away where the water was cooler, was a complete ecosystem living off the bacteria. There were clams and tubeworms among other species. Adapting to Extreme ColdOther extremophiles have developed ways to cope with cold. Deep ocean water is at a fairly constant temperature of 2, but because of its salt content, in colder areas, ocean water can reach temperatures as low at -12 without freezing. Extremophiles known as psychrophiles（低温微生物） are known to survive at these low temperatures. Different species have come up with different ways to survive these cold temperatures. Some have developed substances, such as glycerol（甘油）or antifreeze proteins which lower the freezing point of water by several degrees. The main danger to organisms of freezing is the damage caused by ice crystals as water freezes and expands. Some species of frogs and turtles have proteins which actually facilitate the freezing of body liquids. If the animals body liquids begin to freeze, a chain reaction is started and all of the bodys liquids freeze rapidly. This prevents the formation of ice crystals large enough to do any damage. Many kinds of microorganisms can survive freezing and melting, as long as the problem of ice crystals is avoided. 66. An “ecosystem” (paragraph 2) can be best described as _. A. an interacting community that contains both living and non-living organisms B. a large collective term for animals that eat bacteria C. different types of plants and animals that compete for foodD. the place where temperatures and conditions are dangerous and e