上海市浦东新区届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题.docx

1、上海市浦东新区届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题上海市浦东新区2010届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题2010/4/7考试时间120分钟 满分150 分第I卷 (105分)I. Listening Comprehension Section 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 conversa

2、tions 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. Secretary and boss. B. Student and teacher. C. Patient and nurse. D. C

3、ustomer and waitress.2. A. Write a letter. B. Fix the bookshelf. C. Paint the bookshelf. D. Search for a pen.3. A. A secretary. B. A novelist. C. A newspaperman. D. A businessman.4. A. In a lab. B. In a clinic. C. In a grocery store. D. In a dining hall.5. A. An hour. B. 30 minutes. C. 15 minutes. D

4、. 45 minutes.6. A. The man lost his keys. B. The door needed repairing. C. The man couldnt open the door. D. The man didnt want to enter the room.7. A. Jim looks nice in his new shirt. B. Jim looks nicer in his old shirt. C. Jim does not look nice in his old shirt. D. Jim isnt well-dressed. 8. A. So

5、rry. B. Annoyed. C. Disappointed. D. Surprised.9. A. Shes doing arithmetic. B. She hasnt decided when to go home. C. She is planning for her holiday. D. Shes eager to go home. 10. A. He ate all the food in the refrigerator. B. He cleaned the refrigerator. C. He worked day and night. D. He had a big

6、lunch.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 whi

7、ch one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Rainforest making. B. Flower arranging. C. Painting. D. Cooking.12. A. Too hard. B. Too soft. C. Too big. D. Too small.13. A. A white piece of paper. B. A dog with mud all

8、 over. C. A picture called “original talent”. D. A snow-covered landscape. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.14. A. Speak faster. B. Speak more slowly. C. Vary speed of speaking. D. Pause.15. A. Set an alarm clock. B. Listen to the audience with my eyes. C. Write a reminder

9、on my note. D. Vary my pace.16. A. It makes the audience laugh. B. It makes the audience feel relaxed. C. It allows the thinking time. D. It helps keep the attention of the audience.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After

10、 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.Job InterviewTime for the job interview: At 17 tomorrow morningThe job the man will a

11、pply for: 18 The reason for his worry: His lack of 19 and language abilityThe foreign languages the man can speak: 20 and French.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.How long has the man lived in New York? He has lived there 2

12、1 .What was Times Square like eight years ago? It was 22 .What is the womans complaint? The noise of 23 .What would the man like to do for a change? Hed like to move to 24 .Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.、II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each

13、of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. I felt it rather inappropriate to turn up at the graduation ceremony _ jeans and a T-shirt. A. in B. on C. by D. with26. Education knows no limits. It _ take place anywh

14、ere, whether in a kitchen or in the job.A. should B. can C. need D. must27. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have _ accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or gray. A. fewer B. few C. more D. less 28. Which of these electronic watches

15、 do you like? _of them. They are expensive and of little use.A. None B. All C. Both D. Either29. To help todays customers make a choice, a company in New York _a video trolley a supermarket trolley with a video screen to display advertisement and price information. A. has invented B. had invented C.

16、 invents D. is inventing 30. In the rainforest of the Amazon, 50 to 150 plant species _ every day. A. have been destroyed B. are destroying C. are being destroyed D. destroyed 31. We often talk a great deal about English language teaching, _ that it is the learning that really matters.A. having forg

17、otten B. forgotten C. forgetting D. to have forgotten32. The symbolic one-hour switch-off first _ in Sydney in 2007 has become an annual global event.A. to hold B. being held C. to be held D. held33. At least 200,000 people were reported _ in the ever recorded worst earthquake that struck Haiti last

18、 winter. A. being killed B. to be killed C. killing D. to have been killed34. This city, _ lies in the northeast, was the countrys busiest port from 1648 to 1950. A. that B. which C. of which D. where 35. Mary had to work at evenings and weekends. Only in this way _ complete the reports by the deadl

19、ine. A. was she able to B. she was able toC. she has been able to D. has she been able to 36. _ you have a complaint to make, do something about it right away. The longer you wait, the harder it will be to get your complaint resolved. A. If B. Unless C. Though D. Since 37. One advantage of eating a

20、balanced breakfast is _ it can keep you energetic throughout the day. A. that B. how C. when D. whether38. Many scientists believe that now we can study the behavior of a three-year-old child to see _ they will grow up to be criminals.A. that B. how C. why D. whether39. Is there any possibility _ yo

21、u could pick me up at my office at 7：00 tomorrow evening? No problem. A. when B. which C. if D. that40. Many companies give away small quantities of their produce as samples _ people can try them before buying them. A. if B. because C. so that D. since Section BDirections: Complete the following pas

22、sage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical 41 is often culturally programmedIn other words, we

23、learn our looks we are not 42 with themA baby has generally unformed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistle, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, New Englander

24、s or Southerners have certain 43 face features that cannot be 44 by genetics. The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth; it is 45 after. In fact, the 46 mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a l

25、ong time often come to look somewhat 47 . We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most 48 . In Ne

26、w England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. People in 49 populated areas also smile and greet each ot

27、her in public less than do people in small towns. III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: 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.Your cell phone holds secrets about yo

28、u. Besides the names and 50 that youve programmed into it, traces of your DNA remain on it, according to a new study.DNA is genetic material that appears in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you 51 you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, sa

29、liva (唾液), or hair 52 behind at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify 53 and their victims. Your cell phone can 54 more about you than you might think.Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University1in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect（嫌疑犯）

30、bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the 55 . This made her wonder whether traces of DNA remained on cell phones _ even when no blood was involved. 56 she and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones(翻盖手机) of 10 volunteers. They used swabs(药签) t

31、o collect 57 traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the 58 , which is placed at the users ear.The scientists scrubbed the phones using a solution made mostly of alcohol. The aim of washing was to 59 all detectable (可查明的) traces of DNA. The owners g

32、ot their phones back for another week. 60 the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.The scientists discovered DNA that 61 to the phones owner on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also 62 DNA of other people who had apparently also handled the phone. 63 , DNA showed up even in swabs