上海市闵行区高三二模考试英语试卷
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I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
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 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.
1. A. At a post office. B. At a garage.
C. At a newspaper office. D. At a publishing house.
2. A. $15. B. $30. C. $50. D. $100.
3. A. She’s unwilling to do it. B. She is afraid of donating blood.
C. Donating blood is none of her business. D. She’s ready to donate blood.
4. A. A shop assistant. B. A dentist.
C. An electrician. D. A bank clerk.
5. A. Boring. B. Horrible. C. Moving. D. Sad.
6. A. Lending money to a student. B. Working in the office.
C. Reading a student’s application. D. Asking for some financial aid.
7. A. The invention of the steam engine. B. The application of the steam engine.
C. The history textbook. D. Watt’s life.
8. A. He has not adjusted to the new culture.
B. He has been studying hard at night.
C. He finds biology difficult to learn.
D. He is not accustomed to the time in a different zone.
9. A. She thinks that Bill Gates is a successful person not just because he is rich.
B. She believes that it’s impossible for Bill Gates to be rich and kind as well.
C. She doesn’t want to be a person like Bill Gates.
D. She regards wealth as the most important part in Bill Gate’s success.
10. A. Mark made some trouble with Bobby.
B. Bobby was a trouble-maker at school.
C. Mr. Allen was Bobby’s class teacher.
D. Mark was Bobby’s elder brother.
Section B
Directions: 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 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. Acceptable. B. Unsatisfactory.
C. Tolerable. D. Adequate.
12. A. One semester. B. 20 days.
C. Three months. D. Nine weeks.
13. A. Enlarging the space and extending the evening hours.
B. Increasing the teaching staff and lengthening the operation hours.
C. Cutting on waiting time and increasing work efficiency.
D. Enlarging children’s play area and offering parents flexible pick-up time.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. To invite authors to guide readers. B. To involve people in community service.
C. To encourage people to read and share. D. To promote the friendship between cities.
15. A. Because they came from many different backgrounds.
B. Because they were too busy to read a book.
C. Because they had little interest in reading.
D. Because they lacked support from the local government.
16. A. The careful selection of a proper book.
B. The number of people who benefit from the process.
C. The growing popularity of the writers.
D. The number of books that each person reads.
Section C
Directions: In Section 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.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
What is Harrods famous for? Its (17)________ Hall and Food Hall. When was Harrods founded? In (18)________. How does Monica think of its service? Excellent and (19)________. How is the business during the January sales? There is an increase in (20)______ and sales. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write no more than THREE WORDS for each answer.
What do the individuals bring to the companies? Different ideas, (21)________ and learning experiences. Why do people behave so differently at work? Due to the two factors: (22)________. What is the positive effect of individuals’ working together? Helping (23)________. What is the disadvantage of individuals’ differences? They are the (24)________ between staff. II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: 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 word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
Barditch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, (25)________ (wheel) to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when s was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman (26)________ had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you (27)________ pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. (28)________ I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination.”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and (29)________ would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your (30)________ (choose) path.”
“There is no (31)________ (great) comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar. Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame (32)________ ________ the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
(B)
Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is going to experience (33)________ unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer (锁止器)，and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that (34)________ the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.
The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS (全球定位系统) satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine (35)________ (start).
In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.
Modern cars are far tougher to steal, (36)________ their engine management computer won’t allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed (发射) out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this (37)________ (help) achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.
But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner’s keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of thefts of vehicles fitted with a (38)________ (track) system.
If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operation centre (39)_______ it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal. Staff at the centre will then contact the owner (40)________ (confirm) that the car really is missing, and keep the police informed of the vehicle’s movements via the car’s GPS unit.
Section B
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. suffered B. abandoning C. conclusion D. claim E. charging F. model G. acknowledged H. boasting I. close J. elsewhere K. balance
It is usually a common practice that journal websites offer readers their free online editions of articles and other information. However, America’s most popular newspaper website announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a 41 . The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to set out plans for a pay wall around its digital offering, 42 the accepted practice that Internet users will not pay for news.
with a decline of advertising and a downward tendency in street corner sales, The New York Times intends to introduce a “metered” 43 at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have exceeded (超过) a set number of its online articles per month.
The puts the 159-year-old newspaper on the 44 side of an increasingly wide chasm (鸿沟) in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not Internet readers.
The New York Time’s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, that the idea was a gamble. 46 a print circulation of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, behind the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. While most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 47 national scope—as well as 16 bureaus (办事处) in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and maintains 26 bureaus 48 in the world.
But like many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a serious financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 49 a loss of $70 million in the nine months to September and recently accepted a $250 million loan from a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim, to strengthen its 50 sheet.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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.
According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns award 51 on one or both of the parents. In other 52 , such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of 53 . In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.
Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent 54 that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have 55 ; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has 56 that meet the needs of that particular group.
Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are typically two different leadership 57 that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the 58 of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the 59 wellbeing of a social group’s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing 60 support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give orders and may 61 group members who prevent accomplishment of the group’s goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more 62 or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer 63 when someone experiences difficulties. And they try to 64 issues that threaten to divide the group. As the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal 65 from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.
51. A. burden B. leadership C. housework D. right
52. A. families B. societies C. cases D. researches
53. A. selection B. struggle C. recommendation D. register
54. A. evidence B. support C. approach D. pattern
55. A. in advance B. in brief C. in general D. in common
56. A. partners B. achievements C. skills D. qualities
57. A. selections B. roles C. challenges D. structures
58. A. assignment B. introduction C. completion D. division
59. A. joint B. financial C. social D. individual
60. A. political B. administrative C. emotional D. technical
61. A. discipline B. praise C. ignore D. identify
62. A. casual B. temporary C. personal D. stable
63. A. criticism B. sympathy C. estimate D. information
64. A. omit B. confuse C. raise D. resolve
65. A. imitation B. affection C. objection D. revenge
Section B
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. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
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For photos，place the information on the back of each envelope：PLEASE DON’T FOLD.
statement MUST BE WRITTEN on each work; “I promise the above work is completely original,” and sign your name.
SEND IT ALL SUMMER!
By mail-Teen Ink Box 30 Newton，MA 02461
On the
By
THE FINE PRINT
● Type print carefully in ink. Keep a copy.
● Writing may be edited; we reserve the right to publish it without your permission.
● If due to the personal nature of a piece you don’t want your name published, we will respect your request，but you MUST include your name and address for our records.
● Include a self-addressed envelope，and we’ll send a coupon (优惠券) for any Pepsi product and an announcement to let you know we got your work.
● If published, you will receive a copy of Teen Ink and a wooden pen.
● All Works submitted will not be returned and all copyrights belong to Teen keep the rights to publish all such works in any material in Teen Ink is copyrighted to protect US and prevent others from republishing your work.
66. We can conclude from the passage that Teen Ink is a(n) .
Amagazine B. news agency
C. research center D. advertising company
67. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Teen Ink must ask for your permission before having your work published.
B. The copyrights of your writing will be shared by Teen Ink and Pepsi.
C. When you put your writing into the envelope, you shouldn’t fold it.
D. The Pepsi Company may be a sponsor of Teen Ink for this campaign.
68. What is the most suitable title for this piece of advertisement?
A. Join Teen Ink B. Buy Teen Ink;Enjoy Pepsi
CSend Us Your Work D. Keep In Touch With Teen Ink
(B)
The principal difference between urban growth in Europe and in the North American colonies was the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe they grew over a period of centuries from town economies to their present urban structure. In North America, they started as wilderness communities and developed to mature urbanism in little more than a century.
In the early colonial days in North America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic Coastline, mostly in what are now New England and Middle Atlantic states in the United States and in the lower Saint Lawrence valley in Canada. This was natural because these areas were nearest to England and France, particularly England, from which most capital goods (资产)(such as equipment) and many consumer goods were imported. Merchandising establishments were, accordingly, advantageously located in port cities from which goods could be readily distributed to interior settlements. Here, too, were the favored locations for processing raw materials before export. Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, and other cities flourished, and, as the colonies grew, these cities increased in importance.
This was less true in the colonial South, where life centered around large farms, known as plantations, rather than around towns, as was the case in the areas further north along the Atlantic coastline. The local isolation and the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were antagonistic to the development of the towns. The plantations maintained their independence because they were located on navigable (可通航的) streams and each had a wharf (码头) accessible to the small shipping of that day. In fact, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have its front on a water highway.
When the United States became an independent nation in 1776, it did not have a single city as large as 50,000 inhabitants, but by 1820 it had a city of more than 10,000 people, and by 1880 it had recorded a city of over one million. It was not until after 1823, after the mechanization of the spinning had weaving industries, that cities started drawing young people away from farms. Such migration was particularly rapid following the Civil War (1861-1865).
69. The word “they” in the 1st paragraph refers to ________.
A North American colonies B. cities
C. centuries D. town economies
70. During colonial times, the Atlantic coastline cities prepared ________ for shipment to Europe.
A. manufacturing equipment B. capital goods
C. consumer goods D. raw materials
71. The growth of southern cities was influenced by the following aspects of the plantation system EXCEPT ________.
A relationships between plantation residents and city residents
B access of plantation owners to shipping
Clocation of the plantations
D. the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations
72. In the 3rd paragraph, the phrase “antagonistic to” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. opposed to B. in favor of
C. based on D. tied to
73. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Factors that slowed the growth of cities in Europe.
B Trade between North American and European cities.
C The evolution of cities in North America.
D The effects of the United Sates’ independence on urban growth in New England.
(C)
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.
Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists (女权主义者) showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s organizations assembled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence (通信), newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States, one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffé College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of history, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men”. To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.
74. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The role of literature in early American histories.
B. The place of American women in written histories.
C. The keen sense of history shown by American women.
D. The “great women” approach to history used by American historians.
75. In the 1st paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ________.
A. a woman’s status was changed by marriage
B. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored
C. only three women were able to get their writing published
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
76. In the 2nd paragraph, what weakness in 19th-century histories does the author point out?
A They put too much emphasis on daily activities.
B They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
C They were printed on poor-quality paper.
D The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
77. What use was made of the 19th-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia
. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.
C. They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.
D. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphone, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic (怀旧的) skill. However, while today’s educators are using more and more technology in their teaching, many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful---both in school and in life.
Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says it’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks---both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.
In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active, which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe (转换) “those words in the mind into written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “mind’s eye” helps children not only to turn their ideas into words, says Berninger, but also to spot spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct then over time.
“In our computer age, some people believe that we don’t have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they won’t have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS)
78. _____________________________ makes writing by hand a thing of the past in school.
79. Published in 2009, Berninger’s study focused on the difference between _____________ ______________________________________.
80. What abilities are closely related to each other, according to Berninger’s recent study?
81. When will the spell checks of the computer be of help to children?
第II 卷 (共47分)
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
82. 在我们学校，教师和学生都可以免费上网。(access)
83. 你方便的话，放学后请帮我把上周借的书还到图书馆去。(convenient)
84. 道路拓宽后，这里的交通有望得到极大的改善。(expect)
85. 为了免受交通拥挤之苦, 越来越多的市民搬到了市郊，享受渴望已久的宁静生活。(free)
86. 中外游客们不仅领略了的美景，也对当地的传统文化和悠久历史有了一个大致的了解。(Not only)
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
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Section A
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 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.
A. At a restaurant. B. At a bank.
C. At a gym. D. At a supermarket.
2. A. Interviewer and interviewee. B. Headmaster and chemistry teacher.
C. Doctor and patient. D. Receptionist and hotel guest.
3. A. The man can find his talent by himself.
B. It’s impossible to find one’s hidden talent.
C. The book won’t be as good as it is introduced.
D. It’s ridiculous to judge a person by his talent.
4. A. He hasn’t paid the money.
B. He arrived late at the airport.
C. There was a strike at the airport.
D. He felt it a shame to travel alone.
5. A. Both of them were late for school two weeks ago.
B. The man stayed up studying until the next morning.
C. The man broke up with the woman several days ago.
D. Their schedule was so tight that they studied in the morning.
6. A. The boy’s homework is not as much as he describes.
B. The boy should start doing homework rather than complain.
C. The boy should have finished some homework at school.
D. The boy should complain to his teacher about too much homework.
7. A. Jack’s father is a baseball fan.
B. It’s winter in New Zealand.
C. The match will be held in England.
D. The man wishes he could play baseball.
8. A. They divorced 20 years ago.
B. They often argue about where to live.
C. They’re used to the character of the partner.
D. They feel regretful for the arguments made during marriage.
9. A. 600. B. 1200.
C. 1800. D. 2400.
10. A. The correct way to wash a sweater.
B. The maintenance of a machine.
C. The effect of cycling on cold weather.
D. The special way to identify woolen products.
Section B
Directions: 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 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. A plane to Moscow crashed.
B. A lorry came straight at him.
C. A train fell into an icy river.
D. A car exploded 100 meters below.
12. A. He landed in a haystack(干草垛).
B. He jumped out and landed in a tree.
C. He wore the safety belt and didn’t fall out.
D. He crawled out of the car before it exploded.
13. A. He was unwilling to take any risk.
B. He was busy preparing for his wedding.
C. He was worried about his great fortune.
D. He didn’t want others to know he had won a lottery.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Send alarm when there is drug in it.
B. Show the weight and location.
C. Follow the owner everywhere.
D. Avoid obstacles on the way.
15. A. By using its cameras to report the location.
B. By getting connected with the GPS devices.
C. By following its owner everywhere closely.
D. By pairing with owner’s cell phone with Bluetooth.
16. A. Psychologically disabled people.
B. People who are old or weak.
C. People returning from a journey.
D. People going to the supermarket.
Section C
Directions: In Section 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.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Lakeview campsite information Open season:
Facilities:
Things not provided:
Pets:
Swimming pool:
Website:
Telephone: May -- September
_____17_____caravans (房车)
sleeping bags and pillows
must be kept under _____18_____
No _____19_____ on duty
(9:00am -- 8:30pm)
_____20_____
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
What is Alan doing? He is _____21_____ the rubbish. What does Clive recycle? He recycles all his _____22_____. What does Mark recycle? He recycles his _____23_____. Why do so many people recycle things? Because people of all ages are trying their best to _____24_____.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: 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 word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
Data suggests the majority of women who smoke (25) ______ (try) to quit if they find out they’re pregnant, but it’s unclear whether they keep it up after they’ve given birth. A new study adds to the evidence, (26) ______ (show) that nearly half of women who kick the habit while pregnant will become smokers once again.
The new report, (27) ______ (publish) Tuesday in the journal Addiction, looked at 27 different trials that attempted to help pregnant women quit smoking. The researchers took a closer look at (28) ______ these women stayed non-smokers six months after giving birth. They found that among the women who were offered some sort of smoking cessation intervention(停止干预), 13% were able to quit sometime during the pregnancy and remain abstinent(节制的)when they delivered. The other 87% of women either tried to quit and were not able to do so, (29) ______ they did not attempt to kick the habit. Of (30) ______ 13% that did quit, the researchers found that 43% started smoking again by six months.
“Most pregnant smokers do not achieve abstinence from smoking while they are pregnant, and among those that do, most (31) ______ re-start smoking within 6 months of childbirth,” the study authors write. “This would suggest that (32) ______ large amounts of health-care expenditure on smoking cessation, few women and their offspring gain the maximum benefits of cessation.”
(B)
New statistics have been released today that show gang crimes are on the increase in the UK. They also show that there has been a rise in teenagers (33) ______ (arrest) for crimes such as burglary and shoplifting. Many people feel that, (34) ______ nothing is done soon, this problem is likely to get worse.
More and more children are turning to gangs because they don’t know anything different. These children are often from broken families (35) ______ _____ there is no father figure. Our idea involves (36) ______ (identify) children between the ages of five and eleven who we feel are at risk. We then assign these children to police officers who act as mentors. The officers meet up with the children once a week to do the normal things that most children of their age do.
We know that children as young as seven have been used by gangs (37) ______ (carry) their weapons. One of the biggest problems is peer pressure. A lot of these children feel that, because all their friends are in gangs, they should be too. If we can show these children that there are other options, we hope they (38) ______ (not persuade) to join the gangs. We’ve been experimenting with the scheme for six months in the London area and the results are very (39) ______ (encourage). We will probably take the idea to other cities throughout the UK next year. If we are successful, then we will see (40) _____ (few) young children turning to crime and these neighbourhoods will be made safer for everyone.
Section B
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. maximum B. cure C. suspected D. target E. contain
F. alarming G. fertile H. carry I. breeding J. tricky K. supported
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan said on Tuesday Brazil is doing a good job tackling the Zika virus and ensuring that the Olympic games it will host in August will be safe for athletes and visitors.
Chan said Brazil's government is doing all it can to mobilize Brazilian society in fighting the Aedes mosquitoes that __41__ the virus that has spread rapidly through the Americas since last year.
"I want to reassure you that the government is working very closely with the international Olympic movement, with the local organizing committee, __42__ by the WHO, to make sure we have a very good work plan to __43__ the mosquito, and to make sure that people who will come here either as visitors or athletes will get the __44__ protection they need," Chan said.
The virus has been linked in Brazil to a(n) __45__ increase in the birth of babies with abnormally small heads, a condition known as microcephaly. Brazil's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the number of confirmed and __46__ cases of microcephaly has risen to 4,690 from 4,443 a week earlier.
Brazilian authorities are taking action to __47__ the outbreak which threatens to keep visitors from attending the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro five months from now. With no __48__ or vaccine (疫苗) for Zika, the only way to deal with the virus at present is to reduce the population of the Aedes mosquito.
She praised Rousseff's leadership in organizing the whole of Brazilian society in a campaign to destroy the mosquito's __49__ places in urban areas and in cooperating with other countries in the research and development of diagnostic tools and a vaccine.
"The Zika virus is very __50__. We should expect this to be a long journey," she said. "Based on what I have seen here, I can tell you: the mosquito is difficult, but it cannot beat Brazil," Chan said.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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.
There are many things parents can do to help children with autism (自闭症) overcome their challenges. Learning all you can about autism and getting __51__ in treatment will go a long way toward helping your child. Additionally, the following tips will make daily home life easier for both you and your autistic child:
Be consistent(一致的). Children with autism have a hard time __52__ what they’ve learned if there is a change of setting. For example, your child may use sign language at school to communicate, but never think to do so at home. Creating __53__ in your child’s environment is the best way to reinforce learning. Find out what your child’s therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the __54__ of having therapy take place in more than one place in order to encourage your child to __55__ what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It’s also important to be consistent in the way you __56__ with your child and deal with challenging behaviors.
__57__ a schedule. Children with autism tend to do best when they have a highly-structured schedule or routine. Again, this goes back to the consistency they both need and crave. Set up a schedule for your child, with __58__ times for meals, therapy, school, and bedtime. Try to keep disturbance to this routine to a __59__. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare your child for it __60__.
__61__ good behavior. Positive reinforcement can go a long way with children with autism, so make an effort to “catch them doing something good.” Praise them when they act appropriately or learn a new skill, being very __62__ about what behavior they’re being praised for.
Pay attention to your child’s sensory sensitivities. Many children with autism are hypersensitive to light, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Other children with autism are “under-sensitive” to sensory stimuli. __63__ what sights, sounds, smells and movements cause your kid’s “bad” or disruptive behaviors and what brings about a(n) __64__ response. If you understand what affects your child, you’ll be better at solving problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating __65__ experiences.
51. A. encouraged B. balanced C. absorbed D. involved
52. A. applying B. devoting C. communicating D. appealing
53. A. attraction B. comfort C. steadiness D. attention
54. A. possibility B. goal C. process D. solution
55. A. transplant B. transfer C. transport D. transform
56. A. meet B. interact C. negotiate D. associate
57. A. Draw up B. Arrange for C. Work out D. Stick to
58. A. regular B. flexible C. appropriate D. normal
59. A. decrease B. mystery C. minimum D. secret
60. A. without doubt B. in private C. without notice D. in advance
61. A. Control B. Perform C. Reward D. Maintain
62. A. curious B. specific C. particular D. anxious
63. A. Figure out B. Account for C. Put up D. Take on
64. A. automatic B. immediate C. positive D. quick
65. A. frustrating B. successful C. professional D. unpleasant
Section B
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)
It’s fight night in Berlin club. The lights go down, the door opens and out walks a salesman from San Francisco. David “Double D” Depto has travelled 8,000 kilometres in search of glory. As he first walks, then jogs, towards the boxing ring, the muscular, bare-chested American looks cool and confident. But so does his opponent. Waiting for him in the blue corner is Frank Stoldt, a tall, strong German policeman, who calls himself “Anti-Terror Frank”. For obvious reasons, the crowd is on his side.
The bell rings. Round one! The fighters come out. But then, something rather strange happens. The two players sit down at a table which has a chessboard on it and start playing chess – in the middle of the boxing ring.
“Why?” you may ask yourself. Well, this is chessboxing, and tonight is the final of the first chessboxing World Championship.
The rules of a chessboxing match are simple. There is one round of chess and then one round of boxing. Punching power alternates with brain power. All in all, you have 11 rounds in which to checkmate your opponent – or knock him out.
Two sports in one means double the pain, and double the pressure. Before this big fight, Frank spent hours doing exercises that prepared his mind as well as his muscles. Winners in chessboxing are people whose mental strength equals their physical strength.
But why do it in the first place? Why put yourself through this physical and mental torture? For David Depto, it’s all about proving that you can be a boxer and still have a brain. The sport has taken off in Germany, where they are preparing the next generation of chessboxing champions. It’s even being taught in a Berlin school.
Back in the ring, it is round seven and the players are locked in battle around the chessboard, sweat pouring from their foreheads. Suddenly, Frank Stoldt sees an opening and moves in to finish the match. Queen to G7… checkmate!
The referee stops the match, the crowd erupts – the local hero has won and is given the world title belt, which proves that, when it comes to mixing brains and muscle, Germany really is the Grand Master.
66. Why is it “obvious” that the crowd wants Frank Stoldt to win?
A. He is a policeman. B. He has powerful muscle.
C. He is a host player. D. He fights against terrorism.
67. What’s the way in which a match can finish?
A. Either checkmate the opponent or knock him out.
B. One of the players gives up or is sent to hospital.
C. The referee counts down eight to zero in the round of chess.
D. The player finds the opening into the court which is locked.
68. What’s TRUE about chessboxing?
A. Compared with boxing, it means half danger and half stress.
B. It requires more mental strength than physical strength.
C. The sport is popular in Germany, where it is a school subject.
D. The players play chess in the middle of the boxing ring.
69. The underlined word “erupt” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. leave the stadium
B. burst into cheers
C. interrupt the ceremony
D. fight with the opposing fans
(B)
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Hot Air Ballooning begins in the cool, still hours of the early morning, when the air is more stable. The launch site, determined by the weather on the morning, will be in or around the beautiful Hawkesbury Valley. The adventure begins by inflating(使…充气) the balloon using a giant portable fan. Once the balloon starts to take shape the burner is lit, heating the air inside. The hot air inside is lighter than the cool air outside and this is what creates the lift and why it is called a Hot Air Balloon. Passengers are welcome to assist the pilot and crew with inflating the hot air balloon at the launch site, which only takes about 20 minutes.
The Hot Air Balloon Flight for 2 is both picturesque and peaceful. You hear very little sound from the awakening world below. The silence is only broken with blasts from the propane burner heating the air in your balloon to keep you cruising across the skies. Watch as the sun bursts from the horizon and paints the sky pink in a spectacular morning sunrise.
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70. The price $299 includes ______.
A. full gourmet breakfast
B. two persons’ Hot Air Balloon Flight
C. tips for the Tourism Award winners
D. the accident insurance of the participants
71. Why does Hot Air Ballooning begin before dawn?
A. Tourists needn’t queue for the flight.
B. The air at that time is cooler and more stable.
C. Tourists can see the spectacular sunrise in the sky.
D. Travelers have to start the adventure with their stomach empty.
72. Which of the following is the correct order of the Hot Air Balloon Flight?
① Inflate the balloon
② Heat the air inside
③ Drift over the Hawkesbury region
④ The balloon rises into the sky
⑤ Light the burner
A. ⑤②④①③ B. ②⑤①④③
C. ①④⑤②③ D. ①⑤②④③
73. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. The people in the basket are all tourists.
B. The burner is off after the balloon is launched.
C. The balloon is launched at the fixed time and place.
D. Those who have experienced the flight can get a certificate.
(C)
It has been called ‘the hotel of mum and dad’ but few guesthouses have such favourable terms. As the housing crisis bites, a fifth of young adults are staying in the family home until they are at least 26 and the same proportion are not paying a penny towards their keep. A recent survey found that the proportion of adults living at home varied around the country, from just under 9% in the East Midlands to more than double that in London, where house prices and rents are highest. While many around the country contributed financially, the survey found that 20% were paying nothing at all.
Young adults are being squeezed by low wages and rents, which have hit record highs, while those who want to buy a property are finding the monthly cost of renting is preventing them from saving enough to get on the housing ladder. Research published by the homeless charity Shelter showed half of tenants were unable to save a penny towards a deposit, while a quarter could only put by £100 or less each month. Mortgages ( 抵押贷款) are cheaper than ever before thanks to record low interest rates but the best deals are still reserved for borrowers with large deposits.
Faced with this, young adults are increasingly returning to the family home in order to save money and parents who cannot afford to offer their offspring a lump sum seem willing to help.
A spokesman for the company conducting the survey commented: “The hotel of mum and dad is often staying open for longer than many anticipated, our latest research shows. Rental costs and deposits or the need to save for a mortgage deposit mean that some children understandably have to wait before flying the nest. And, for some, moving out may never be an option.”
Sue Green, of Saga, a business that sells insurance to people over 50, said most parents will be more than happy to have them in the family home rent-free because it might help their kids get on the property ladder sooner. “Children who don’t pay rent may contribute in other ways like buying groceries, family takeaways or doing odd jobs around the home.”
Angus Hanton, of the Intergenerational Foundation thinktank, said older generations were “the architects of the housing crisis” and children should not be blamed for staying at home. “The under-30s have suffered a reduction in average incomes of about 20% since the 2008 downturn. Rents and car insurance have never been so high and mortgage lending rules are now stricter for the young but not for older buy-to-let investors, who squeeze out the young,” he said. “Many jobs on offer – zero-hour and short-term contracts – are turning younger workers into second-class citizens. Rather than blaming the young, we should help them so they can afford to build lives of their own.”
74. What makes it difficult for the young people to save enough to pay a deposit for a mortgage?
A. The record low wage and rent.
B. The high interest rates of mortgage.
C. The high monthly cost of renting a house.
D. The large amount of money they pay for their keep.
75. The underlined phrase “flying the nest” in para 4 means ______.
A. getting a well-paid and promising job
B. being permitted to buy his own house
C. having time and money to have a holiday
D. moving away from parents’ home as an adult
76. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. 25% of the tenants can save more than £100 each month.
B. Most parents complain about running “the hotel of mum and dad”.
C. The proportions of adults living at home are different around the country.
D. Children who pay nothing towards their keep may contribute in other ways.
77. Which of the following is NOT Angus Hanton’s opinion?
A. The older generations are to blame for the housing crisis.
B. Young workers without permanent jobs feel inferior to others.
C. The mortgage rules are designed to the advantage of the young.
D. Young people’s income declined because of the economic depression.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
When did Christopher Columbus first sail to the Americas? Everyone can answer that question: 1492. When did the industrial revolution begin? Not everyone can answer that – and even those who can might give different answers. When writing your research paper, you must know when to tell your readers where you got your information, and when you can assume they know and accept your information.
The information you include in your research paper must be properly documented. That is, you need to identify where you found the information in your paper. By citing (引用)the sources of all ideas, statements, and quotations that you used, you allow your readers to judge the validity(正确性、有效性)of the information. For example, information quoted from a respected historical journal will carry more weight than a statement quoted from a TV dramatization.
By citing your sources properly, you acknowledge those people whose ideas you are using. Since they developed the facts, opinions, and analyses that you have borrowed, they deserve a mention in your work.
In addition, by citing your sources properly, you avoid plagiarism(剽窃) – the presentation of someone else’s ideas or statements as your own. You should cite your source whether you use the information word for word or you paraphrase it.
While you want to credit others for their work, you don’t have to cite the source of common knowledge. Examples of common knowledge include widely accepted facts, such as that the Andes are in South America or that the Magna Carta was signed in 1215. Widely known proverbs, famous quotations, and simple definitions are also common knowledge.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS)
78. Why do few writers cite the source of the information that Columbus first sailed to the Americas in 1492?
_________________________________________________________________
79. Proper citation of information sources makes it possible for readers _________________________________________________________________
80. If a writer uses others’ ideas, he should cite his sources to __________________.
81. What may happen to the writer if he doesn’t cite the source of information? _________________________________________________________________.
第II卷 (共47分)
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 当你独自在外时，记得让手机保持开机状态。(keep)
2. 他不顾新颁布的法律，坚持在春节期间燃放烟花。(regardless)
3. 任何情况下父母都不能强迫孩子去做超出他们能力范围的事情。 (circumstances)
4. 正是他在一家IT公司的工作经历才使他在众多的申请者中脱颖而出。 (enable)
5. 人工智能程序AlphaGo打败顶级职业选手的消息引起了全世界的关注。 (concern)
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
智能手机通常被认为是对学习的干扰，但现在很多学生把它作为学习的工具。请结合你自身或身边同学利用手机进行学习或阅读的经历，谈谈你对这种新的学习方式的看法。
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