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1、届 一模英语 普陀普陀区2014学年第一学期高三英语质量调研（考试时间 120分钟 试卷满分 150分）2014.12.24第I卷 （共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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 con

2、versations 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 questions you have heard.1. A. Twins. B. Classmates. C. Friends. D. Colleagues.2. A. At a gas s

3、tation. B. In a workshop.C. At an art gallery. D. In a department store.3. A. Shes written some books about classics. B. Shes learned a lot from the literature class. C. Shes met some of the worlds best writers. D. Shes just returned from a trip round the world. 4. A. Ten years. B. Twenty years. C.

4、Forty years. D. A hundred years. 5. A. The woman followed the mans advice. B. The woman was going to have a haircut. C. The man didnt care if the woman had her hair cut. D. The man didnt want the woman to have her hair cut. 6. A. She just read only part of the book. B. She was interested in reading

5、novels.C. She seldom read books from cover to cover. D. She was anxious to know what the book was about.7. A. Young people lose their jobs easily. B. Young people are too eager to succeed.C. Young people seldom stay long on the same job. D. Young people are too quick in making decisions.8. A. Worrie

6、d B. Relieved C. Doubtful D. Thankful9. A. Quit delivering flowers. B. Work at a restaurant.C. Bring her flowers every day. D. Leave his job to work for her.10. A. Tony could not continue the experiment. B. Tony finished the experiment last night.C. Tony thought the experiment was well done. D. Tony

7、 had expected the experiment to be easily.P.F. Productions后期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

8、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. She missed her grandfather greatly. B. She seldom talked with her mother.C. Her mother didnt love her as much as her

9、grandfather. D. Her mother was the subject of talks with her grandfather.12. A. Co-workers cannot be your close friends.B. People will be pleased if you call them at 2:00 AM.C. You cant discuss your problems with a distant family.D. The one you can call at 2:00 AM is someone close to you in spirit.1

10、3. A. parents should understand their kids. B. There are many ways to make friends. C. The earth is an inhabited garden if you have close friends. D. There is a difference between a lonely desert and an inhabited garden. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The prison g

11、ates are always open. B. Its prisoners can work outside.C. The prison has no armed guards.D. The prison is open to the public. 15. A. It has no security measures B. It is run on the principle of trusting prisoners.C. The prisoners are provided with jobs on release.D. Its prisoners are seldom made to

12、 work overtime.16. A. Job-hopping may cause trouble in the country.B. Job-hopping may cause some people to lose their jobs.C. Job-hopping is widely accepted in the United States. D. Job-hopping does no good to firms or companies.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversatio

13、ns. 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 NO MORE THAN

14、ONE WORD for each answer.East Asia Car Rental CentreRecommended vehicleIVECOPick-up Time afterAt 4:30 on _17_.Return by_18_ on Monday.Cost300 yuan for the first 200km, _19_ yuan per kilometer after that.VAT(value added tax) _20_ % of the price.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversa

15、tion.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Who does the woman have some trouble with? Her _21_. What did she do until 2 oclock a few days ago?She went out to _22_. How does she get on with her father? The daughter is _23_ with her father.What kind of person is her father?

16、The father is always calm and _24_ with his daughter. 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 wo

17、rd; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (A)Left HandednessWhat do Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other famous people including Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the worlds population

18、_(25)_ be left-handed. Most people are right-handed. This fact also seems to have held true _(26)_ history. In 1977, scientists studied works of art made at various times starting with cave drawings from 15,000 B.C. and ending with paintings from the 1950s. Most of the people _(27)_ (show) in these

19、works of an art are right-handed.Many researchers claim _(28)_ (find) relationships between left-handedness and various physical arid mental characteristics. However, _(29)_ of these connections are very weak, and others have not been proven. What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-

20、handed? As yet, no one really knows for sure. _(30)_ _(30)_ _(30)_ reasons may be behind it, peoples attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. There are even a number of shops _(31)_ (specialize) in selling products for left-handed people, such as left-handed scissors, can

21、openers, guitars, and even a left-handed camera. In 1976, Left-Handers International, a group of left-handed people in Topeka, Kansas, in the United States, decided to start _(32)_ annual event in order to clear up misunderstandings about left-handedness.(B)Motivating Students _(33)_ _(33)_ a young

22、child might be nervous about starting school, he or she is often excited on the first day of school. Perhaps that excitement lasts through the first few years of school. But over time, many children are much _(34)_ (excited) about going to school because school becomes a place of all work and no pla

23、y.” As the years go by, students _(35)_ (pressure) to do more work and to do it better, make better test scores, and have a higher class rank. It is therefore not surprising that by middle school many students lose interest in school and learning.Teachers face a big challenge in such a situation. Wh

24、en they enter a classroom _(36)_ _(36)_ most of the students do not want to be there and do not want to study, how can they teach? Some teachers may be tempted to focus their energy on the handful of students in the classroom who show an interest in _(37)_(learn). Other teachers have to reward good

25、students and punishing bad students in the hope _(38)_ this may somehow motivate all students to try harder.Through his own teaching experience, Dr. Richard Lavoie became: interested in the problem of motivating students. He _(39)_ (wonder) what motivates some students to want to learn. In studying

26、this question, Dr. Lavoie discovered that other people have done a lot of research into this question already. However, those people do not work in schools. The people who seemed to know the most about _(40)_ motivates kids were researchers who work for companies that were advertising products such

27、as toys and music for children.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. adequately B. advances C. neighbour D. colonize E. concerns F. create G. intensively H. settlers I. sm

28、art J. journey K. survive“Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe,” Stephen Hawking says. Stephen Hawking, one of the worlds most important scientists, believes that to _41_, humans must move into space.Today, the United States, India, China, and J

29、apan are all planning to send astronauts back to Earths closest _42_: the moon. Each country wants to create space stations there between 2020 and 2030. These stations will _43_ prepare humans to visit and later live on Mars or other Earth-like planets.Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, thinks human

30、s should _44_ space. He wants to start with Mars. Why? There are several advantages: for one, sending people to the moon and Mars will allow us to learn a lot for example, whether living on other planets is possible. Then, we can eventually _45_ new human societies on other planets. In addition, the

31、 _46_ we make for space travel in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health can also benefit us here on Earth. But not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a(n) _47_ idea. Many say its too expensive to send people, even on a short _48_. And most space trips are not short. A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take about six months. People travelling this kind of distance face a number of health problems. Also, for many early space _49_ life would be extremely difficult. On the moons surface, for example, the air and the suns rays are very dangerous.