向明中学2013高三英语12月月考.docx

上海市向明中学2013年12月质量监控考高三英语试卷（时间120分钟 满分150分）第卷（共103分）I. Listening Comprehension （30分）Section A （10分）Directions: 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 conversation and the question 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 teacher and the student. B. The boss and the secretary. C. The neighbours. D. The landlady and the tenant. 2. A. Feeling thirsty when racing. B. The race of a long distance. C. The time of finishing the race. D. The warm-up exercise.3. A. He will be a programmer. B. He will be in IT field. C. He will be a boss. D. He will be a clerk.4. A. In an Internet Bar. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bar. D. On a beach.5. A. The woman should move upstairs.B. The woman should move out.C. The woman can stay on the campus.D. The woman should make a decision by herself. 6. A. A pair of stockings.B. Some paper of high quality.C. A large quantity of books.D. A bookshelf.7. A. Paul.B. Laura.C. Jane.D. Janet.8. A. It is not very difficult.B. He doesnt believe everyones words.C. He finds the maths course too difficult.D. His score is very bad.9. A. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.B. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.C. Saturday and Sunday.D. Monday, Friday and Saturday.10. A. Buy a new light. B Eat a pear.C. Paint her walls blue. D. Buy new shoes.Part B Passages （12分）Directions: In Part 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. Lack of creativity. B. Lack of communication. C. Early use of computer. D. Discipline.12. A. At the beginning of the 20th century. B. In the 1970s. C. In the 1990s.D. Now.13. A. A child can become more creative if he writes on the keyboard.B. As for creation, handwriting is not very important.C. Students are not likely to get a computer at every moment.D. Schools should put emphasis on handwriting education.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14. A. Slow drain. B. Cutting trees. C. Lack of money. D. Heavy rainfall.15. A. Because they lack money.B. Because the bang is used for experiments.C. Because of some technical faults.D. Because people dont like it. 16. A. India. B. South Africa.C. Denmark. D. China.Part C Longer Conversations （8分）Directions: In Part 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. The womans destinationChinese 17._ OfficeThe place of the officeBy the Hong Kong 18._.Another choice for the womanShe can go to a 19._ agent to get help.The disadvantage of another choiceYou should pay them a 20._.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Whats the man worried about？His friend 21._.Whats the mans friends address?22._.What happened?He fell on 23._.When did it happen?About 24._.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. II. Grammar and Vocabulary （26分）Section A（16分）Directions: Read the following passage. For some blanks, there is a word given in the brackets. Fill in each of these blanks with the proper form of the given word. Fill in the other blanks with words that are correct in structure and proper in meaning. (A) An (25) _ (estimate) twenty-four cubic miles of ice are disappearing annually from Alaskan glaciers（冰川）, turning some imposing ice mountains (26) _ minor hills and adding to the steady rise in global sea level, a study in Fridays edition of the journal Science shows. Researchers at the University of Alaska surveyed sixty-seven major glaciers and found that the rate of melting in the last five years is rapidly growing. It is from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s (27) _ the glaciers lost about 52 cubic kilometers a year, said Anthony A. Arendt, first author of the study (28) _ ( appear ) in the journal Science. In the last five years, that rate has almost doubled. he said, “Over almost a half century, the glaciers (29) (lose) some 500 cubic miles of ice.” The new measurements show that the glaciers of Alaska are contributing about half of (30) _ water worldwide flowing into the oceans from shrinking mountain glaciers, said Arendt. Studies have suggested that the global sea level has risen about 7.8 inches over the last 100 years, and some experts say the rate is increasing. Arendt said that would be consistent with (31) _ he and his co-authors have found in their study of the Alaskan glaciers.(B)There are several ways of measuring the intelligence of animals. In one test a scientist sets three same cans on a table. While the animal watches, he puts food under one of the cans. Then he leads the animal away. Some time later, he brings it back to see (32) _ it remembers which can has the food. No smelling is allowed; the animal (33) _go directly to the correct can or it fails.This (34) _ (call) a delayed- response test. The idea is (35) _ (find) out how long an animals memory can keep information. The scientists would try (36) _(show) the cans to the animal one hour later, or two hours later, or even a full day later. They discovered that chimpanzees and elephants, (37) _ were able to remember the correct can for at least twenty hours, had the best memory. No other animal is close.The scientists designed a huge maze (迷宫) and ran the chimpanzees and elephants through it, (38) they could see which was more clever. The maze was very difficult, with many blind paths and dead ends. (39) took the chimpanzees ten minutes to find their way out. The elephants needed half an hour. Even allowing for the elephants slower rate of speed, the test shows that chimpanzees are the (40) _ (clever) animals.Section B （10分）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. supposedly B. selection C. participates D. involve E. appointmentF. extreme G. likely H. include I. costs J. traditional K. unusualIf your last job interview took place five or more years ago, you could be in for big surprises when you reenter the employment market. Interviews are now much less _41_ to take the form of a comfortable fireside chat. Neither, at the other _42_, should you expect questions _43_ designed to test your ability to deal with stress. These _44_ approaches have gone the way of tea trolleys and two-hour lunch-breaks. As some modern companies have learned the _45_ of making bad appointments, interviews have become a part of a scientific _46_ process, and are increasingly likely to be conducted by managers trained in psychological techniques. They are also becoming high tech: before too long, candidates can expect many interview panels (专家小组) to_47_ at least one member who _48_ by means of video conferencing technology from another site or even overseas. One thing has not changed. It is still _49_ to get a job without a face-to-face meeting with your boss-to-be. Many companies believe that, of all the selection tools available, interviews have the most influence on their _50_ decisions.III. Reading Comprehension (47分)Section A (15分) （每题1分，共15分）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Filling in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hours _51_ one of the scientists wrote in his book, “Look here for probable metal.” Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain region, sent a message to other scientists on the _52_, “Gold possible.” Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, “This ground should be _53_ for metals.” From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word, “Uranium.”None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no _54_ powers for looking down below the earths surface. They were merely putting to _55_ one of the newest methods of _56_ minerals in the ground - using trees and plants as _57_ that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing. This newest method of searching for minerals is _58_ on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may _59_ the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the surface.At Watson Bar Creek, a brook six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxed were _60_ with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully _61_. In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to _62_ and tested. Each small part was _63_ to learn whether there were minerals in it. Study of the roots , branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree _64_ had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.If the _65_ had not indicated that there was gold in the ground, the scientists would not have spent money to pay for digging into the deeper. They did dig and found more fold below. They dug deeper. They found large quantities of gold.51. A. thoughtB. trainingC. tourD. flight52. A. airB. airplaneC. groundD. sea53. A. confirmedB. analyzedC. inspectedD. searched54. A. generalB. magicC. ordinaryD. physical55. A. tryB. testC. actD. use56. A. locatingB. searchingC. applyingD. decaying57. A. proofsB. samplesC. signsD. brands58. A. reliedB. basedC. decidedD. adopted59. A. designB. stimulateC. affectD. undertake60. A. fastenedB. enlargedC. hiddenD. filled61. A. markedB. hangedC. fittedD. chosen62. A. wastesB. ashesC. heapsD. remains63. A. examinedB. expectedC. allowedD. directed64. A. rootB. branchC. leafD. trunk65. A. scientistsB. treesC. X-rayD. boxesSection B （24分）（每题2分，共24分）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)“Family” is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of “family” in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving ones parents and starting ones own life. The mans first duty will then be to his wife, and the wifes to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and alone. Neither the wifes parents nor the husbands, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them they are their own masters.Readers of novels like Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice (傲慢与偏见) will know that in former time marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girls parents, that is , it was the parents duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents home and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. 66. What does the author mean by “Family is of course an elastic word”?A. Different families have different ways of life.B. Different definitions could be given to the word.C. Different nations have different families.D. Different times produce different families. 67. For an English family, the husbands duty is _.A. Supporting the family while the wifes is financialB. defending the family while the wifes is running the homeC. financial while the wifes is running the homeD. independent while the wifes is dependent68. What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice?A. It is the best book on marriage.B. It is a handbook of marriage.C. It gives quite some idea of English social life in the past.D. It provides a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.69. With regard to marriage in Britain, present-day girls differ from former time girls in _.A. the right family B. more parental supportC. choosing husbands D social position(B)Below is a selection about some Guinness (吉尼斯) World Records. Top 6 Unusual Guinness World RecordsFastest 100 m running on all foursThe 2008 Guinness World Records Day was, according to CWR, their biggest day of record-breaking ever, with more than 290,000 people taking part in record attempts in 15 different countries. Kenichi Itos record attempt was part of this special day. He is just another example of Japanese with “super powers”. His “super power” is to run with great speed on all fours. Kenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours in 18.58 seconds. The Japanese set this record at Setagaya Kuritsu Sogo Undojyo, Tokyo, in 2008. uMost people inside a soap bubbleThe Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California celebrated this year the 15th anniversary of the Bubble Festival. A bubbles math principles and science were presented and demonstrated at the three-week-long exhibition. The intriguing Bubble Show was also part of the program. Fan Yang and Deni Yang impressed the audience with their awesome skills for bubble making. The Yang family cooperated with the Discovery Science Center to set a new Guinness World Record for most people inside a soap bubble and they succeeded.The family that has been working with soap bubbles for 27 years created huge soap bubble and got 118 people inside it. The record was set on April 4, 2011. uLongest ears on a dogA bloodhound from Illinois has the longest ears ever measured on a dog. The right ear is 13.75 inches long and the left one 13.5 inches. The dog named Tigger earned this title in 2004 and is owned by Christina and Bryan Flessner.Mr. Jeffries is the previous record holder of this title. Each of his ears measured approximately 11.5 inches long. His grandfather used to hold this amazing world record, but when he died Mr. Jeffries took over. uMost living generationsDid you ever wonder what is the Guinness World Record for most living generations in one family? Seven is the answer.The ultimate authority on record-breaking mentions on the website that the youngest great-great-great-great grandparent of this family was Augusta Bung “aged 109 years 97 days, followed by her daughter aged 89, her granddaughter aged 70, her great granddaughter aged 52, her great-great granddaughter aged 33 and her great-great-great granddaughter aged 15 on the birth of her great-great-great-great grandson on January 21, 1989”.uMost T-shirts worn at onceBelieve it or not, there is a record also for this category. Krunoslav Budiseli set a new world record on May 22, 2010 for wearing 245 T-shirts at the same time. The man from Croatia was officially recognized as the new record holder by Guinness World Records after he managed to put on 245 different T-shirts in less than two hours. The T-shirts weighed 68 kg and Budiseli said he began struggling around T-shirt No.120. He dethroned the Swedish Guinness record holder who wore 238 T-shirts.uHeaviest pumpkinGuinness World Records confirmed on October 9, 2010 that a gigantic pumpkin grown in Wisconsin was officially the worlds heaviest. It weighted 1,810 pounds 8 ounces and was unveiled by Chris Stevens at the Stillwater Harvest Festival in Minnesota. Stevens pumpkin was 85 pounds heavier than the previous record, another huge pumpkin grown in Ohio. The proud farmer said his secret is a precise mixture of rain, cow manure, good soil, sea grass and fish emulsion. Some of the w