上海市宝山区吴淞中学届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题牛津上海版.docx

1、上海市宝山区吴淞中学届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题牛津上海版上海市宝山区吴淞中学2014届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题牛津上海版I. Listening Comprehension (30分)Part A Short Conversations 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 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. This afternoon B. Tomorrow C. Next month D. Next week2. A. Tidy up the

3、 place B. Get more food and drinks C. Hold a party D. Ask his friend to come over3. A. Call a repairman B. Get out the paper stuck C. Turn to her colleague for help D. Restart the machine4. A. She is sorry the man will not come. B. She will ask David to talk less. C. She has to invite David to the p

4、arty. D. She will meet the man halfway.5. A. 25 minutes B. 15 minutes C. 20 minutes D. 30 minutes6. A. Relieved B. Worried C. Confused D. Depressed7. A. By bus B. By underground C. On foot D. By bicycle8. A. She will drive the man to the supermarket.B. The man neednt go shopping every week. C. The m

5、an should buy a car of his own. D. She can pick the man up at the grocery.9. A. The first-round talks should start as soon as possible. B. He should change his schedule to meet John Smith. C. The talks can be held any day except this Friday. D. The woman should contact John Smith first.10. A. He los

6、t his way. B. He received a traffic ticket. C. He worked very carefully. D. He drove in heavy traffic.Part B PassagesDirections: 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 spok

7、en 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. One B. Two C. Three D. Four12. A. Auditory learners B. Hands-on learner

8、s C.Self-teaching learners D. Visual learners13. A. One should find his or her own learning style. B. Make full preparations for the lessons to be taught. C. Use a tape recorder instead of taking detailed notes. D. Organize notes with charts and pictures.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the foll

9、owing passage.14. A. To inform parents and schools B. To pick out good students C. To compare teachers D. To expose poor schools15. A. They have no trust in doctors. B. They cant afford the medical fee. C. They fear things like injections. D. They doubt the medical treatment.16. A. Teachers difficul

10、t life B. Harm of divorce to families C. Ways to become loveable kids D. Kids attention-seeking behaviourPart C Longer ConversationsDirections: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information yo

11、u have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Whats the table of figures about?About the pocket money children in 17 get.By how much does the woman assume the pocket money rises?By 18 .Why does the man think the rise is higher than

12、 inflation?Maybe parents are 19 .What would be the man expect his children to do with their money?Pay for small 20 things.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Where was the womans husband?He was at 21 .Why was the man in Beiji

13、ng?He came to attend an international conference on _22 .What did the woman think of China?She thought it was rich in 23 .Why hadnt the man visited those scenic spots in China?He was always 24 .Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Reading Section A (16分)Directions: R

14、ead the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. AWhen I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my suitcase (25) _ (pack) and some san

15、dwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “Im leaving.” “If you want to run away, thats all right,” she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way.” I threw sandwiches in my suitcase on the floor heavily and started for the door again. “W

16、ait a minute,” Mom said. “I want your clothes back. You didnt wear anything when you (26) _ (bear).” This really angered me. I tore my clothes offshoes, socks, underwear and alland shouted, “Can I go now?” “Yes,” Mom answered, “but (27) _ _ you close that door, dont expect to come back.”I was so ang

17、ry (28) _ I slammed (砰地关上) the door and stepped out on the front porch (走廊). Suddenly I realized that I was outside, with (29) _ on. Then I noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking nearer. I (30) _ run to hide behind a big tree in our yard at once. After a while, I was sure the

18、girls had passed by. I dashed to the front door and banged (砰地关上) on it loudly. “Whos there?” I heard. “Its Billy! Let me in!”The voice behind the door answered, “Billy doesnt live here anymore. He ran away from home.” Glancing behind me to see if anyone else was coming, I begged, “Aw, Mom! Im still

19、 your son. Let me in!”The door inched open and revealed Moms (31) _ (smile) face. “Did you change your decision about running away?” she asked. “Whats (32) _ supper?” I answered. BTo celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We ordered hamburgers and Coca Cola

20、at the counter. When our food came, I started walking towards (33)_ empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) (34)_(catch) on a chair and the tray I was holding slipped from my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, fell on a man (35)_ was just about (36)_(take) a bite of

21、his sandwich. I stared, greatly shocked, (37)_ the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.Then I closed my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of anger. Instead, he said “Its OK” to comfort me (38)_ he disappeared into the washroom.Still shaky and unsure (39)_ to do next, my friends and I went to a t

22、able and sat there, trying our best to look calm, A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and approached our table. My heart almost stopped beating, I thought he was going to ask for my fathers number and call him.To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “Buy yo

23、urself new hamburgers.” He then walked away without even finishing his food.He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation (40)_ (bad), but he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still kindness in his world, Ill never forget his actions.Section B (10分)

24、Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. recognize B. instead of C. born D. danger E. specialF. sense G. certain H. reminds I. memories J. brain K. relievesSmell always means more to me than just wh

25、at it is. Every time I smell roses I can see myself again in the garden of the large house in Cornwell. And when I smell a 41 type of oil, I am back again on the island. Or its the smell of jasmine which 42 me of the days when I stayed with my grandmother and had the flower all around the house.Smel

26、l produces 43 , but its the most difficult to remember. This is because only a small area of the 44 is used in smell. Most people, however, can 45 at least 4,000 different smells, and women usually have a better 46 of smell than men.It seems that our idea of what smells are pleasant or unpleasant is

27、 something that we learn at about the age of three or four. It is not something we are 47 with. How do we know that some smells, like the smell of burning, mean 48 ?Flowers such as jasmine and roses are one thing, but what about the smell of people？Each has a 49 smell. A one-month-old baby can recog

28、nize its mother by smell. 50 shaking hands when meeting each other, people in many parts of the world kiss the face or the hands, probably for smell. III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分) Louis Chan is not dead. The 83-year-old writer, who uses the pen name Jin Yong, was having a quiet dinner at

29、 home when a 51 called him up. The reporter was trying to confirm the news 52 on a microblog that the 53 writer of martial arts fiction had died. Mr. Cha was happy to inform the reporter that, like Mark Twain, the reports of his 54 were exaggerated. After the call, Mr. Cha went back to his dinner an

30、d the reporter, supposedly, went back to his microblogging site to look for more “news”.Microblogging is 55 popular in China and around the world. This social networking platform keeps millions of “friends” 56 each other on a minute-to-minute basis. The short messages 57 information of a persons tho

31、ughts and activities throughout the day. Its a fun way to keep connected with your friends. Its also a good way to pass on information about the 58 trends and news. But microblogging does have its 59_.Some people are becoming microblog zombies. The amount of information on these short-message sites is 60. Some people spend hours 61 the routine activities of their “friends” to the point where their own lives are 62. The only thing real in their lives becomes the mobile phone in the