1、上海市崇明县届高三高考英语一模卷试题崇明县2012学年第一学期期末考试试卷高 三 英 语（考试时间120分钟，满分150分。请将答案填写在答题纸上）1. A. At 2:30 p.m. B. At 3:00 p.m. C. At 3:30 p.m. D. At 4:00 p.m.2. A. At home. B. In a hotel. C. In a supermarket. D. In a restaurant.3. A. She is tired of teaching. B. She is not employed. C. Her salary is too low. D. She i
2、s too busy.4. A. Sit on the seat. B. Sit on the floor. C. Keep standing. D. Get off the bus.5. A. Boring. B. Helpful. C. Impressive. D. Unnecessary.6. A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train. D. On foot.7. A. Teacher and student. B. Sister and brother. C. Daughter and father. D. Wife and husband.8. A. She
3、 doesnt want to go to the concert. B. She is eager to go to the concert.C. She is interested in American songs. D. She doesnt like music at all.9. A. David stopped his project halfway. B. Davids project didnt get any financial support. C. David has got financial support from the government. D. David
4、s project was forced to stop by the government.10. A. Asking for help. B. Expressing her dissatisfaction. C. Telling her plan. D. Offering suggestions.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
5、 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. The benefits of traveling.
6、 B. The definition of traveling. C. The experiences of traveling. D. The different ways of traveling.12. A. Traveling makes you independent. B. Traveling helps you become successful. C. Traveling helps you start a conversation. D. Traveling makes you clear about your purpose of life.13. A. Reserved
7、B. Suspicious. C. Negative. D. Positive.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.14. A. 368,000. B. 1,220. C. 3,555. D. 2,011.15. A. Now drunk drivers will not be punished if they do not cause accidents.B. The number of drunk driving cases in Shanghai dropped by 70 percent in 2011.C
8、. There was a drop of 18.8 percent in the number of people killed by drunk drivers in 2011.D. Now drunk drivers licenses will be permanently cancelled even if no accidents are caused.16. A. The new punishments for drunk driving.B. The drop in the number of drunk driving cases.C. Peoples attitude to
9、the revised law against drunk driving.D. The reason for issuing the revised law against drunk driving.Section CDirections: 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 wit
10、h 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.A Package HolidayCustomer(s): 17 White & Jane WhiteDestination: Niagara FallsHotel: Waterfall HotelLength of stay:
11、18 daysTotal price: $ 19 PS: including a three-hour 20 tour on the boat “The Maid of the Mist”Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Whats the topic of the conversation? 21 .Why is it possible for people to work
12、at home?Because of the progress in 22 in the last ten years.What equipment should home-workers have at home?A telephone, 23 , a printer, and a computer.Whats one of the advantages of working at home?It can help people to 24 .II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the followin
13、g sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. I always sit in the non-smoking section of restaurants to reduce my exposure _ smoke. A. to B. with C. in D. from26. Im always looking forward to owning an electronic dictionary so my
14、father is going to buy _ for me as my birthday present. A. it B. that C. this D. one27. You may dont understand why consumers choose _ of borrowing money.A. so expensive ways B. such an expensive wayC. so an expensive way D. such expensive a way 28. Most plants grow well _ there is sufficient water
15、and good sunshine. A. where B. unless C. although D. until29. When _ to see his badly-injured friend in hospital, he almost went through a red light. A. drive B. driving C. driven D. having driven30. Someone _ the tap on, for the water is running over and flooding the bathroom.A. must have left B. c
16、ould have left C. should have left D. may be leaving31. _ careful you are to avoid germs, you will probably get sick sometimes. A. Whenever B. Wherever C. However D. Whether32. How long do you think it will be before another aircraft carrier _ in China? A. build B. will build C. is built D. will be
17、built33. Id like to see your problem _ before the end of this term. A. solve B. solved C. to solve D. to be solved34. Our likes and dislikes are part of _ makes us unique and interesting, not better or superior. A. what B. that C. which D. it35. Its believed that the harder you work, _ result youll
18、get. A. the better B. the more better C. the more good D. better36. Only when we began our college life _ the importance of English. A. we realized B. we had realized C. did we realize D. can we realize37. When _ he changed his mind to lend you some money? A. it was B. it was that C. did D. was it t
19、hat38. Mercedes is the first team _ the race this year, following Buttons victory in Australia last year. A. winning B. won C. win D. to win39. Video may also prove useful in situations _ note taking is difficult, such as in a moving car. A. when B. where C. that D. as40. _ was the center of our pla
20、netary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Ages. A. It was the sun and not the earth B. Being the sun and not the earthC. That the sun not the earth D. The sun and not the earthSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be
21、used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. matchesB. accurateC. emotionsD. informsE. difficultiesF. interestedG. promisesH. applicationsI. negativeJ. monitorsGoing on a date can be a fearful experience for most of us. But now a pair of “social X-Ray” glasses 41 to tell you exactly
22、what the other person is thinkingand when you should stop talking.The glasses have a camera the size of a grain of rice which is put into the glasses frame and connected with a wire to a small computer which can be attached to the users body. The camera _42 the other persons facial expressions and 4
23、3 them up with 24 known features which convey 44 . How long and how often 24 “feature points” appear on the subjects face are then analyzed by software developed by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This data is then compared with a bank of expressions and the computer tells the
24、 wearer through an earpiece(耳机) and lights on the glasses what their date is thinking. In a traffic light-style system, a red light means 45 , yellow means they are a little 46 and green means your date is happy.The glasses are currently under development by researchers at MITs Media Lab. They say t
25、hat wearing them during a conversation with another person is like having an “extra sense”.The glasses were developed for people suffering from autism(自闭症) who have genuine 47_ interacting with others, but now the team behind it has seen wider 48 .So far the glasses are still a work in progress and
26、have been 49 just 64 percent of the time, a figure which is expected to improve with further tests.III. Reading ComprehensionSection 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 th
27、e context.Its been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records werent just broken, they were deep-fried.Temperatures in the lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, accordi
28、ng to 50 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That goes far 51 the old records.The extent of how 52 the year has been in the US has 53 some meteorologists(气象学者) who have warned about global warming. “Everybody has this uneasy feeling. This is not good,” said Jerry Meehl, a climate
29、 scientist who54 in extreme weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. “Its a55 pleasure. Youre out enjoying this 56 March weather, but you know its not a good thing.”Its not just March. “Its been going on for several months,” said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at N
30、OAAs National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, N.C.Meteorologists say an unusual combination of several weather 57 , including La Nina, was the direct cause of the warm start to 2012. While individual events cant be 58 on global warming, Crouch said this is like the extremes that are supposed to ge
31、t more frequent because of 59 climate change from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil.Normally, March 60 42.5 degrees across the country. This year, the average was 51.1, which is closer to the average for April. Only one other time in January 2006 was the country as a whole that much 61 than normal for an entire month.In March, 62 7,775 weather stations
