上海市静安区2016届高三英语4月教学质量检测(二模)试题.doc

1 上海市静安区上海市静安区 20162016 届高三英语届高三英语 4 4 月教学质量检测 二模 试题月教学质量检测 二模 试题 考生注意 考生注意 1 1 考试时间考试时间 120120 分钟 试卷满分分钟 试卷满分 150150 分 分 2 2 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分 试卷分为第本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分 试卷分为第 I I 卷 第卷 第 1 111 11 页 和第页 和第 IIII 卷 第卷 第 1212 页页 全卷共全卷共 1212 页 所有答题必须涂 选择题 或写 非选择题 在答题纸上 做在试卷上一律不得分 页 所有答题必须涂 选择题 或写 非选择题 在答题纸上 做在试卷上一律不得分 3 3 答题前 务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名 答题前 务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名 第第 I I 卷卷 共 共 103103 分 分 I I ListeningListening ComprehensionComprehension SectionSection A A D Directions irections 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 The traffic is too heavy B He can t get up that early C There is no bus that early D He is always late 2 A In her office B At home C In a call box D In a supermarket 3 A Swimming B Tennis C Skiing D Running 4 A Tuesday morning B Tuesday afternoon C Wednesday morning D Wednesday afternoon 5 A They will meet Mike on the way B They will have an early start C Mike is usually late D Mike may not come tomorrow 6 A He enjoyed food there B The place was beautiful C He saw fireworks D He met an old friend 7 A To call Sam B To make her address book tidy C To buy a new mobile phone D To go out with the man 8 A Jane is going to be an accountant B Jane is eager to go home for the vacation C Jane won t spend the summer at home D Jane is already on her way home 9 A The neighbor shouldn t decorate the house B The neighbor shouldn t sleep early C The neighbor should not make noises at night D The neighbor should move out 10 A Things in France are really cheap B Things in France are not cheap as are expected C Things in France are the most expensive in the world D Things in France are cheaper than in US SectionSection B B Directions Directions In Section B you will hear two short passages and you will be asked 2 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 QuestionsQuestions 1111 throughthrough 1313 areare basedbased onon thethe followingfollowing passage passage 11 A She sat back and relaxed B She decided to retire C She entered university D She worked out a new English program 12 A Bring a great deal of useful experience to the university B Improve human relationships in the university C Bring a fear of aging among young students on the campus D Improve the reputation of the university 13 A English and drama B How to make sound judgments C How to teach minority students D To observe not to judge QuestionsQuestions 1414 throughthrough 1616 areare basedbased onon thethe followingfollowing news news 14 A A natural disaster B A power failure C Homeless farmers D A serious accident 15 A Jews and some Arabs B Arabs and North Africans C Jews and North Africans D North Americans and some Arabs 16 A Exchange them for banks B Save them for travelers C Collect them for poor children D Spend them on duty free goods SectionSection C C Directions Directions 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 BlanksBlanks l7l7 throughthrough 2020 areare basedbased onon thethe followingfollowing conversation conversation Complete the form Write ONEONE WORDWORD for each answer Summers with Father The boy s opinion on the summers with his father 17 The cause of the boy s taking summer courses Their father thought he 18 the part of their education The boy s summer courses included 19 history and navigation The goal of the boy s voyage Towards an 20 3 BlanksBlanks 2121 throughthrough 2424 areare basedbased onon thethe followingfollowing conversationconversation Complete the form Write NONO MOREMORE THANTHAN THREETHREE WORDSWORDS for each answer What s the probable relationship between the two speakers 21 What does Mrs Sutton inquire about 22 in England What does Mr Shaw advise Mrs Sutton to do first To find a family doctor and 23 him or her How far is Dr Jones s health center from their place 24 II II GrammarGrammar andand vocabularyvocabulary SectionSection A A Directions Directions 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 A IsIs ItIt SafeSafe toto FlyFly WithWith anan InfantInfant onon YourYour Lap Lap Federal 联邦的 transportation safety officials are using the deadly crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to restore 25 long standing debate about whether small children should be allowed to travel on the laps 大腿部 of adults The 10 seater plane crashed as it 26 land in Butte in March 2009 killing all 14 people aboard including seven children Investigators say that several of the children were found far from the plane suggesting that they weren t properly restrained The National Transportation Safety Board is asking regulators to require all passengers to have their own seats and seat belts including children under the age of 2 who 27 allow to sit on an adult s lap now The crash was so severe that it s unlikely anybody would have survived even with proper restraints 28 the accident renews the NTSB s longstanding concerns about the restraints the recommendation reads The FAA 联邦航空局 agrees that the safest place for a child on a flight is in a seat using an 29 approve child restraint and not on an adult s lap But the FAA won t make it a requirement because the agency believes many families with small children wouldn t pay the cost of an extra ticket and instead would travel by highway which statistically is much more dangerous than air travel Last decade the FAA considered 30 change the rule but decided against it 31 refer to statistics 统计数字 from 2004 showing nearly 43 000 people died on U S highways compared to 13 on commercial flights What we found was 32 there were some parents who would be sensitive to price and they would choose to drive instead of fly FAA spokeswoman 4 Alison Duquette said We would be forcing them into automobiles which are less safe B B ComputersComputers andand GirlsGirls The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto California all have the same access to computers as boys But researchers say by the time they get to high school they are victims of 33 the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women says Girls tend to be 34 comfortable than boys with the computer They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving rather than to discover new ways in which 35 understand information After re examining a thousand studies the American Association of University Women researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes Girls constantly rate 36 significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers And they use computers less often than boys 37 the classroom The instructor of this computer lab says he s already noticed some differences Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says Boys are not so afraid that they might do something that will harm the computer 38 girls are afraid they might break it somehow The software company Purple Moon says it has found what girls want characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what s going on in their own lives Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says What we have definitely found from girls is that there is no essential reason 39 they wouldn t want to play on a computer it was just a content thing The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys 40 be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century SectionSection B B Directions 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 immeasurablyB replacedC priorityD failingE frustratingly F potentialG minorH trickI unrepairedJ prospectK wiring Scientific breakthroughs mean that life expectancy continues to rise every year But the medical advances which now make it possible to think about living to a very great age if not forever also raise profound practical and ethical issues IsIs immortalityimmortality 永生 a a realisticrealistic 41 Not for the foreseeable future In last year s Reith lectures the gerontologist 老年病学家 Professor Tom Kirkwood firmly quashed 打消 the idea that genetic engineering might result in some kind of fountain of youth Considering how 5 42 slow the battles against cancer heart disease and strokes have been he said it is fanciful to imagine that we could conquer death On the other hand scientists do now understand more about why we age and what can be done to slow down the process Our ancestral genes placed limited 43 on long term maintenance and repair says Kirkwood Ageing comes about through the gradual build up of 44 faults in the cells and tissues of our bodies not as the result of some active mechanism for death and destruction The 45 then is to help the body repair the damage done by wear and tear HowHow cancan thatthat bebe done done In many different ways some of which are already pretty common Organ transplants from pigs and monkeys are now old news the American politician Jesse Helms has just had a ten year old pig valve 瓣膜 in his heart 46 Doctors have succeeded in 47 computerized implants directly to nerve fibres allowing the deaf to hear and there is hope that electrodes 电极 planted in the brain may soon offer hope for the blind to see But the real 48 at the moment lies in the field of stem cells special cells that allow lizards 蜥蜴 to grow new tails and humans to grow new skin over 49 cuts If scientists can learn how to control these cells they could be used to reproduce parts of the body that are 50 III III ReadingReading ComprehensionComprehension SectionSection A A Directions 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 Since Alzheimer s disease 阿尔茨海默病 and Parkinson s disease 帕金森病 are common and many notable people have developed them they have received more public attention Alzheimer sAlzheimer s DiseaseDisease Many people imagine that Alzheimer s disease the degenerative 退化的 disorder that eventually leaves sufferers with total memory loss is an inevitable result of aging This is not so While the risks of contracting the disease increase with age there are many elderly people whose memories are perfect Most of us are so ill 51 about all forms of memory loss that we label everything as Alzheimer s Alzheimer s disease itself can affect people as young as 30 and can progress either quickly or slowly It can also 52 the blame for other non degenerative conditions such as deep depression 53 only an examination of the brain tissue during an autopsy 解剖 can produce an accurate 54 of the disease The causes of Alzheimer s are unknown They may be either 55 or environmental A study in 1996 of 13 000 people whose parents or siblings had the disease showed they had five times 56 chance of passing away by the age of 80 than those with no family history of the problem 57 there are other factors In a study of identical twins it was found that only about half of the twin pairs developed Alzheimer s and when both twins 58 6 it they did so as much as 15 years apart The possibility that environment plays a part was boosted by another 1996 study this time of two groups of elderly Japanese men One group lived in Hawaii the other group in Japan The Hawaiian group had a much higher incidence of the disease Aluminum 铝 has been blamed for the development of Alzheimer s This is because a high level aluminum has been found in the brains of sufferers The disease was first diagnosed at the beginning of the 20th century It was at this time that aluminum was becoming widely 59 for use in cooking pots Memory loss 60 in performing familiar tasks and problems with abstract thinking are all indicators of the beginning of the disease One unusual feature is its impact on language It attacks nouns first then verbs Grammar is one of the last things to go Parkinson sParkinson s DiseaseDisease Parkinson s disease PD is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system which 61 more than one million Americans Individuals with PD lack the substance dopamine 多巴胺 which is 62 for the central nervous system s control of muscle activity Parkinson s Disease is often characterized by shake inflexibility in limbs and joints speech disability and difficulty in 63 physical movement Late in the course of the disease some patients develop dementia 痴呆症 and eventually Alzheimer s disease 64 some Alzheimer patients develop symptoms of Parkinson s disease Medications such as levodopa 左多巴 which changes itself into dopamine once inside the brain which prevents degeneration of dopamine containing neurons 神 经细胞 are used to improve diminished or 65 motor symptoms in PD patients but do not correct the mental changes that occur 51 A judgedB equippedC informedD advised 52 A takeB putC layD hold 53 A On the other handB For exampleC After allD In the end 54 A descriptionB demonstrationC diagnosisD illustration 55 A naturalB instinctualC geneticD internal 56 A slighterB fainterC lessD more 57 A ThereforeB HoweverC InsteadD Finally 58 A came up withB did away withC went down withD put up with 59 A availableB valuableC memorableD inaccessible 60 A complaintB difficultyC easeD complexity 61 A touchB influenceC concernD affect 62 A importantB unimportantC pricelessD worthless 63 A stoppingB changingC initiatingD controlling 64 A AdditionallyB ContrarilyC ConsequentlyD Particularly 65 A treatedB showedC releasedD reduced SectionSection B B 7 Directions Directions 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 A The stylistic innovation in painting known as Impressionism began in the 1870 s The Impressionists wanted to depict 描绘 what they saw in nature but they were inspired to portray incomplete moments by the increasingly fast pace of modern life They concentrated on the play of light over objects people and nature breaking up seemingly solid surfaces stressing vivid contrast between colors in sunlight and shade and depiction reflected light in all of its possibilities Unlike earlier artists they did not want to observe the world from indoors They abandoned the studio painting in the open air and recording spontaneous 自然的 impressions of their subjects instead of making outside sketches and then moving indoors to complete the work from memory Some of the impressionists painting methods were affected by technological advances For example the shift from the studio to the open air was made possible in part by the arrival of cheap rail travel which permitted easy and quick access to the countryside or seashore as well as by newly developed chemical dyes and oils that led to folding paint tubes which enabled artists to finish their paintings on the spot Impressionism acquired its name not from supporters but from angry art lovers who felt threatened by the new painting The term Impressionism was born in 1874 when a group of artists who had been working together organized an exhibition of their paintings in order to draw public attention to their work Reaction from the public and press was immediate and derisive 嘲笑的 Among the 165 paintings exhibited was one called Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet 1840 1926 Viewed through hostile eyes Monet s painting of a rising sun over a misty watery scene seemed messy hurried and an insult to good taste Borrowing Monet s title art critics extended the term Impressionism to the entire exhibit In response Monet and his 29 fellow artists in the exhibit adopted the same name as a symbol of their unity despite individual differences From then until 1886 Impressionism had all the enthusiasm for a church as the painter Renoir put it Monet was faithful to the Impressionist belief until his death although many of the others moved on to new styles 66 Which of the following was one of the distinguishing characteristics of Impressionist painting according to the passage A The emphasis on people rather than nature scenes B The way the subjects were presented from multiple angles C The focus on small solid objects D The depiction of the effects of light and color 8 67 The exhibition of paintings organized in 1874 resulted in all of the following EXCEPTEXCEPT A attracting attention from the public B a negative reaction from the press C an immediate demand for the paintings exhibited D creating a name for a new style of painting 68 Which of the following caused the rejection of the impressionist exhibition A The small number of paintings on display B Lack of interest in exhibitions by young artists C The similarity between all the paintings exhibited D Anger about seemingly poorly painted art 69 What aspect of painting in the nineteenth century does the passage mainly discuss A The impact of some artists resistance to the fast pace of life B The differences between two major styles of art C A technological advance in the materials used by artists D A group of art