1、上海崇明区高考英语二模试题及答案解析2014上海崇明区高考英语二模试题及答案解析英 语(考试时间120分钟,满分150分。请将答案填写在答题纸上)第卷 (共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection 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 conversations
2、 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. In the library. B. In the teaching building. C. Under a big tree. D. Betwee
3、n the teachers offices.2. A. On Thursday night. B. On Monday afternoon. C. On Friday morning. D. On Wednesday afternoon.3. A. Lost her time. B. Made up a story about time.C. Worked an extra shift. D. Changed her working conditions.4. A. She may fail the exam. B. She shouldnt have worried.C. She shou
4、ld work harder. D. She neednt take any more courses.5. A. Hehasalreadyseentheexhibit. B.Healreadyknewtheexhibitwasclosed.C.Heispleasedtheexhibitisclosed. D.Heisdisappointedtheexhibitisclosed.6. A. Stand where he was. B. Stand beside the woman. C. Stand at the end of the queue. D. Stand in front of t
5、he woman.7. A. Colleagues. B. Doctor and patient.C. Neighbours. D. Shop assistant and customer.8. A. Heenjoyedreadingthenovel. B.Hehasntstartedreadingthenovelyet.C.Hedoubtsthewomanwilllikethenovel.D.Helllendthewomanthenovelafterhehasreadit.9. A. A college campus. B. An art museum. C. An architectura
6、l exhibition. D. A beautiful park.10. A. The man regrets being absent-minded. B. The woman saved the man some trouble. C. The man placed the reading list on a desk. D. The woman emptied the waste paper basket.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked
7、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
8、on the following speech.11. A. Future researchers. B. College students. C. Company employees. D. Successful artists.12. A. To teach the listeners how to work hard. B. To enable the listeners to get better jobs. C. To prepare the listeners for their future life.D. To encourage the listeners to seize
9、opportunities.13. A. Kindness. B. Diligence. C. Willingness. D. Interest.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The advantages of studying abroad. B. The high expenses of overseas education. C. The standards of choosing schools abroad. D. The ways of saving money for inter
10、national students.15. A. Hong Kong. B. Australia. C. The United States. D. The United Kingdom.16. A. US$24,248. B. US$35,000. C. US$22,000. D. US$30,000.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation,
11、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.NOTE FOR LEAVEUniversity of LondonName: _17_ LeeLength of leave:
12、 _18_ daysReason for leave: to _19_ my parents on a trip around LondonPromises: to make up for all of the work and get all of the _20_Permitted by:Tony BlockBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.How is David goi
13、ng home with such heavy bags?Hes going home _21_.Why has David bought so much from the supermarket?Because hes going to provide a dinner party for the Kremers to _22_. Why does Nancy say David is lucky?Because he neednt _23_ to the Kremers for staying with them while in school.What does David think
14、of the Kremers?They are _24_.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 word; for the other blanks,
15、use one word that best fits each blank.(A)Senator Jeff Flake, an adventurous politician, went on a four-day Robinson Crusoe style holiday with his two sons, (25)_ of whom are teenagers, to a remote, uninhabited island in the North Pacific Ocean. They traveled 5,200 miles from Phoenix, Arizona to the
16、 island of Biggarenn. They didnt carry any food or water.The island is part of the Marshall Islands. It offered no basic facilities, (26)_ the Flakes had to catch and cook their own food and purify their water. Their diet (27)_(make) up of coconuts(椰子), fish and other seafood. They captured the fish
17、 and other sea creatures themselves and cooked the food over an open fire (28)_(start) with a magnifying glass(放大镜).The Flakes brought along a lobster(龙虾) trap in hopes of having some delicious treats, but it was lost within the first few hours after (29)_(attack) by a shark. They also carried two p
18、umps to remove salt from ocean water. It took them hours each night (30)_ (pump) for just a small amount of fresh water.One of the most memorable moments of the trip, the father said, was (31)_ he and his 15-year-old son were chased by sharks after catching a fish in the ocean.Still, it was quite (3
19、2)_ enjoyable holiday for the politician. “For a dad it was a wonderful thing. No video games around, no television, no texting,” Flake recalled.(B)Count to three and rip(撕) it off as fast as you canthis is how most people remove a band-aid(创可贴). (33)_ _ _ fast you do it, its still going to be painf
20、ul. Thats for sure. Or is it?A group of American scientists from Boston have just developed a band-aid that can be taken off without causing pain, reports the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Traditional band-aids are supposed to break apart (34)_ the skin meets the glue, whic
21、h is what makes taking them off so painful. But the new band-aid has an extra layer that sits (35)_ the glue and the backing. When you tear off the band-aid, you remove the backing and middle layers, (36)_(leave) the glue behind. The glue (37)_ then be simply rubbed off with ones fingers or left to
22、fall off naturally. Importantly, this process is pain-free.This is not the first time scientists (38)_(try) to solve this problem. But methods they tried in the past led to band-aids that were (39)_(sticky) and therefore didnt stay on for long.The Boston study was first aimed at helping babies (40)_
23、 skin is too delicate for standard band-aids. But adults with sensitive skin might also enjoy the benefits.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. comprehensiveB. spreadC. im
24、pactD. incredibleE. observedF. comparedG. successH. firmlyI. combinationJ. heavilyK. motivateA new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year.In the first study to asses
25、s the global _41_ of second-hand smoke, WHO experts find that children are more _42_ exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a year die because of it.Childrens exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious
26、diseases and tobacco seems to be a deadly _43_ for children in these regions. Commenting on the findings, Heather Wipfli and Jonathan Samet from the University of Southern California, said policymakers try to _44_ families to stop smoking in the home.While deaths due to passive smoking in children w
27、ere skewed(曲解) toward poor and middle-income countries, deaths in adults were _45_ across countries at all income levels.In Europes high-income countries, only 71 child deaths occurred, while 35,388 deaths were in adults. Yet in the countries like Africa, an estimated 43,375 deaths due to passive sm
28、oking were in children _46_ with 9,514 in adults.Only 7.4 percent of the world population currently lives in places with _47_ smoke-free laws, and those laws are not always _48_ enforced(施行). In places where smoke-free rules are _49_, research shows that exposure to second-hand smoke in high-risk pl
29、aces like bars and restaurants can be cut by 90 percent, and in general by 60 percent, the researchers said.Studies also show such laws help to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked by smokers and lead to higher _50_ rates in those trying to quit.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For e
30、ach 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.Due to rising pollution and a strengthening yuan, Beijing saw its tourist numbers drop to 4.20 million visits from January to November in 201
31、3 from 5.01 million visits in 2012.The number of overseas travelers to Beijing grew after the city hosted the 2008 Olympics until 2012, when it saw a 3.8% _51_, followed by the further drop last year. The unexpected drop in 2013 came _52_ new policies introduced in a(n) _53_ to support Chinas tourism industry. But only 14,000 tourists _54_ the visa-free stopover, according to the Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, well short of the 20,000 ta