上大附中高三英语试卷

上大附中高三英语试卷第一卷I.Listening Comprehension (30%)Part A Short Conversations: (10%)Directions: In this part 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.Part B Passages (12%)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.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.Part C. Longer conversations (8%)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.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.Blanks 21 through 23 are based on the following passage.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Directions: 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. There came _ word that he had been made _ manager of the firm.A. /, the B. / , / C. the , the D. a, /26. Every means _ the water from _.A. are used to preventing, being polluted B. get used to prevent, pollutingC. is used to preventing, polluted D. is used to prevent, being polluted27. She brought me several _ last week.A. information B. fish C. bread D. chicken28. She is the only one among the _ writers who _ stories for children.A. woman, writes B. women, write C. women, writes D. woman, write29. The sick in the hospital _ cured except that the blind in black _ dead.A. has been, was B. had, are C. have been, is D. has been, were30. I remember _ to the beach by my father when I was a small child. We forgot _ a towel and I felt very cold.A. taken, to take B. to take, takingC. taking, taking D. being taken, to take31. With his head _ high, the Emperor walked through the street, _ by a group of his officials.A. holding, followed B. hold, followingC. held, following D. holding, following32. _ that we all went out, _ in the sun.A. The weather so fine was, to lie B. So the weather was fine, lyingC. So was the fine weather, laying D. So fine was the weather, lying33. It was _ they were too young _ they were not allowed to see the film.A. because, so B. because, why C. why, that D. because, that34. The fire began to die down because there was nothing _.A. left burning B. to be left to burn C. left to burn D. being left burnt35. The Chinese language is one of _ languages _ pronunciation one cant figure out according to their word forms.A. a few, that B. few, of which C. the few, whose D. a few of, which36. She walked on tiptoe _ the readers _ in books.A. not to disturb, lost B. to not disturb, losing themselvesC. not disturbing, lost themselves D. not to be disturbed, having lost37. Seeing it was almost 8 oclock, Jerry hurried to work, _.A. left his breakfast unfinished B. to leave his breakfast unfinishedC. leaving his breakfast to be unfinished D. leaving his breakfast unfinished38. I must apologize for _ this in advance,A. letting you not know B. not letting you knowC. not to let you know D. letting you dont know39. A special research team _ by the local medical centre _ experiments on some mice.A. were organized, performed B. organized, performingC. organized, were performing D. having been organized, performed40. If you want to make progress in _ English, dont be afraid _.A. spoken, to be laughed at B. spoken, of being laughed atC. speaking, laughing at D. speaking, of laughing at41. Its believed that girls have the _ over boys in language learning.A. advantage B. benefit C. opportunity D. profit42. When he moved out of his old apartment, he gave away all the old electric _.A. equipments B. designs C. instruments D. appliances43. Now one can _ an orphan as his or her own child after going through legal procedures.A adapt B. adopt C. identify D. admit44. Im afraid your clothes are not _ for the formal occasion.A. associate B. appropriate C. advisable D. availableIII. Cloze (20%)Directions: 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.( A )Lung cancer is the number one cancer among man. Ninety percent of the of the people who get lung cancer die. Smokers have six times as much cancer of the mouth, tongue and throat as nonsmokers. Smokers have twice as much heart disease. Smoking gives people 45 problems. It 46 the stomach, too. Smoking causes one million 47 deaths in the world every year.Throughout the world, women live longer than men because men smoke more. Nonsmoking men live 48 as long as women.Smokers pollute the air. They breathe 100 times as much pollution as nonsmokers. They breathe it out on their children and on their wives or husbands. Children 49 parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Among nonsmoking women 50 smokers, there are twice as many deaths from lung cancer as there are among women who marry nonsmokers. Men have the right to kill themselves by smoking if they 51 to. They do not have the right to kill others by smoking.Smokers are 52 from work more. Factories and businesses lose millions of dollars every year because of smokers. Smokers have 53 medical bills.All of these 54 from research show that smoking is bad. Then why do people smoke?45. A. eatingB. readingC. digestingD. breathing46. A. beatsB. harmsC. benefitsD. helps47. A. slowB. suddenC. earlyD. late48. A. justB. evenC. stillD. enough49. A. whoB. whomC. whoseD. that50. A. marriedB. married toC. marryD. marry to51. A. designB. requireC. askD. want52. A. absentB. shortC. farD. absence53. A. higherB. lowerC. muchD. less54. A. ideaB. thoughtsC. expressionsD. facts( B )Have you regretting doing something you shouldnt have done or something you didnt do which you should have? At one time or another we probably all have. Theres no 55 in getting depressed about it now - its no 56 crying over spilt milk. However, there may be some gain in thinking about exactly what happened and why 57 we might be able to draw some conclusions for the future.One thing we all do now and again is to lose our 58 with a friend or close relative. The odd thing is that we more often display great 59 towards someone we are fond of than towards 60 . The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to 61 a bit of steam in a safe environment, while the consequences of 62 a stranger could be far more serious.Being honest is usually thought of as a virtue (美德) and undoubtedly this is the 63 . On the other hand, we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone, telling them exactly what we feel, and then have found ourselves filled with feelings of 64 . Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut?55. A. reasonB. purposeC. pointD. result56. A. useB. helpC. valueD. benefit57. A. soB. becauseC. butD. though58. A. mindB. memoryC. mannerD. temper59. A. angerB. interestC. loveD. respect60. A. strangersB. friendsC. relativesD. colleagues61. A. run throughB. throw awayC. give upD. let off62. A. invitingB. insultingC. speaking toD. believing in63. A. issueB. caseC. eventD. factor64. A. excitementB. happinessC. prideD. guiltIV. Reading Comprehension (35%)Directions: Read the following 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. Chooses the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.( A )There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be recalled at a later time when it is needed. The information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment show how short-term memory has been studied.Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate, advanced, and native-speaking students.To begin with, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, manner, way and system would be the four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency (熟练程度) test.Henning found that students with lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Hennings results suggests that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.65. Henning made the experiment in order to study _.A. how students remember English vocabulary by short-term memoryB. how students learn English vocabularyC. how to develop students ability in EnglishD. how long information in short-term memory is kept66. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Information in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory.B. Long-term memory can be achieved only by training.C. It is easier to test short-term memory than long-term memory.D. Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his subjects.67. From Hennings results we can see that _.A. beginners have difficulty telling the difference of the pronunciation pf wordsB. advanced students remember words by their meaningC. it is difficult to remember words that sound alikeD. it is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning68. The passage centres on _ .A. two kinds of memoryB. memoryC. short-term memoryD. an experiment on students( B )Perhaps second only to the question “Are we there yet?”, parents on vacation with their children fear hearing “I think Im gonna vomit(呕吐)!” as they drive along the highway.Car sickness can make family vacations miserable for both the sufferer and the rest of the family. Motion sickness, which includes car sickness, sea sickness and air sickness, affects most people to varying degrees. Symptoms range from a general feeling of discomfort to sickness and vomiting.Doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas say the discomfort results from conflicting messages being sent to the brain. The brain relies on messages from the inner ear, the muscles and the eyes to tell it where the body is in space. When any of these system send different messages, the brain gets confused, and you are going to vomit. For example, if youre reading in the car, your inner ear knows youre moving, but your muscles think youre sitting still and your eyes dont see anything moving because theyre looking at the page. On an airplane, your inner ear senses the motion, but your eyes only see the cabin, which looks stationary.If you suffer from motion sickness, try sitting in the front seat of the car, avoid reading while in the car, and look out of the front window rather than the side windows. On a plane, pick a seat over a wing. On a boat, stay near the center of the deck. There is less motion in these areas.69. According to the experts, people suffer from motion sickness because of _.A. the fast speed of vehiclesB. the different information the passengers brain is receivingC. long hours of driving D. poor roading conditions70. If you suffer from car sickness, you should _.A. not read newspapers or magazines while the car is movingB. sit in the back seat of the car C. look out of the side windowsD. go traveling by sea or by air rather by car71. Which of the following statements is true?A. If you avoid reading in a car, you can void car sickness for sure.B. There is less motion near the center of the plane.C. Your brain will get confused if it gets conflicting messages from your muscles, eyes and inner ear.D. If you suffer from motion sickness, you should look out of the windows to divert (转移) your attention.( C )Your are what you eat. This saying has provided scientists with clues about the dietof hominids () - our early relatives of 3 million years ago.Studying carbon atoms locked up in touch enamel (), two researchers argue against the widely held belief that hominids ate little more than fruits and leaves. Sponheimer and Julia Lee-Thorp of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, report their findings in Fridays Science.There arent many clues for us to know the life of early hominids. The shape of hominids teeth offered the first clues. Large and flat-edged with thick enamel, they looked perfect for eating nuts and fruits, different from the sharp teeth one would want to tear into meat with. The first stone tools, which help in eating meat, didnt appear until about half a million years later.Scientists also found marks on hominids teeth with patterns very similar to those on the teeth of modern-day fruit eaters. Sponheimer and Lee-Thorp tried a new method, looking at the chemical composition of the tooth enamel. They studied the enamel for the carbon-13. Animals eating grasses have higher carbon-13, which meant not only they were eating fruits, they were eating a lot of grassed or animals eating grasses. The lower carbon-13 levels could also come from eating certain types of insects.But there are people who understand differently. Prof. Ungar of the University of Arkansas agrees the study offers new suggestions of hominid diet, but disagrees about the suggestion that meat could explain the lower carbon -13 levels.One suggestion might be true though -take good care of your teeth. In 3 million years, a scientist might be using them to figure out what you ate for dinner.73. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Protect Your TeethB. What the Hominid AteC. Where the Hominid LivedD. The Formation of Tooth Enamel74. Before the two scientists findings, most people thought that hominids _.A. lived half a million years agoB. ate mainly fruits and leavesC. used tools to dig grassD. had sharp teeth75. The two scientists findings were mainly based on the study about _.A. the shape of hominids teethB. the teeth marks of early fruit eatersC. the grasses of 3 million years agoD. the make-up of the tooth enamel76. What is it that Prof. Ungar finds doubtful?A. Hominids possibly ate grass-eating animals.B. Hominids probably had different diets.C. Hominids were basically fruit-and-grass eaters.D. Hominids had lower level of carbon-13 in their teeth.( D )In the United States during 1992, any family of four with an annual cash income of less than $14,335 (before taxes) was considered poor. The dollar amount was called the poverty line, an economic measuring rod devised in 1964. The line was set at three times the amount needed to provide the cheapest nutritionally balanced diet. The poverty line is adjusted annually for an increase in the money supply.While the poverty line in the United States was more than $14,000, the average annual per-person income in Bangladesh was $200, in Ethiopia $130, in Haiti $340, and in Mali $265. Anyone in those nations with income of $1