1、上海市普陀区高三英语下学期二模试题上海普陀二模牛津上海版普陀区2012学年第二学期高三英语质量调研卷 英语试卷（本卷满分150分；完卷时间120分钟）第I卷（共105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 conversatio
2、ns 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. 12. B. 24. C. 36. D. 48.2. A. A shop assistant. B. A telephone operator.
3、C. A waitress. D. A clerk.3. A. At a bike shop. B. In a new car showroom.C. In a parking lot. D. At a car repair shop.4. A. The man wants to go to Los Angeles.B. The man wants to go to San Francisco.C. There are no flights to Los Angeles for the rest of the day.D. There are two direct flights to Los
4、 Angeles within the next two hours.5. A. He enjoys writing home every week. B. He never fails to write a weekly letter home.C. He doesnt write home once a week now. D. He has been asked to write home every week.6. A. The teacher postponed the meeting. B. There wont be a test this afternoon.C. The st
5、udents will be attending the meeting. D. The students will take a test this afternoon.7. A. Get some change from Jane. B. Use the womans phone.C. Go to look for a pay phone. D. Pay for the phone call.8. A. He finds the presentation hard to follow.B. He considers the presentation very dull.C. He thin
6、ks Professor White has chosen an interesting topic.D. He speaks highly of the presentation.9. A. She is too busy to go. B. She doesnt want to wait long.C. Shes willing to go swimming. D. She enjoys the wonderful weather.10. A. People killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.B. She doesnt agree
7、 with the man.C. Drunk drivers are not guilty.D. People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving.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
8、 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. Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year.B. Amer
9、icans enjoy eating out with their friends.C. The United States is a country of immigrants.D. Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.12. A. They can make friends with people from other countries.B. They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles.C. They can practise speak
10、ing foreign languages there.D. They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.13. A. The couple cook the dishes and the children help them.B. The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress.C. The mother does the cooking while the father and children serve the guests.D. A hi
11、red cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In fall. D. In winter.15. A. Confusing. B. Innovative. C. Amusing. D. Wasteful.16. A. To standardize the daylight savings time. B. To establ
12、ish year-round daylight savings time.C. To end daylight savings time. D. To shorten daylight savings time.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
13、 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.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
14、for each answer.Why does the woman feel unhappy?She has just had 21 with Mr. Phillips.Why was the boss angry with the woman?Because she didnt remember to give him 22 .Why couldnt the woman sleep well?Because she was 23 every morning these days.Who disturbed the woman?The 24 .II. Grammar and Vocabula
15、rySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. The lift in that tall building went wrong and got trapped _ floors. People in it had no way to get out.A. in B. between C. among D. o
16、n26. Have you finished reading Jane Eyre? No, I _ my homework all day yesterday.A. was doing B. would do C. has done D. do27. _ the project as planned, well have to work two more hours a day.A. Completing B. Complete C. Completed D. To complete28. _ you continue in your efforts and achieve new and g
17、reater successes.A. Would B. Will C. May D. Should29. The president lost himself in his work, and not a sound _.A. did the secretary dare to make B. dared the secretary to makeC. the secretary dared make D. the secretary did dare to make30. Rainforests _ and burned at such a speed that they will dis
18、appear from the earth in the near future.A. cut B. are cut C. are being cut D. had been cut31. Miss Green contributed fifty dollars, but she wished she could contribute _.A. one other fifty dollars B. the same amount alsoC. more fifty dollars D. another fifty32. She was so absorbed in the book that
19、she had read it for three hours _ she realized it.A. when B. until C. after D. before33. Many children have formed the habit of reading but _ efficient notes meanwhile.A. not take B. not to take C. not to taking D. not taking34. The nurses are trying their best to reduce the patients fear _ he would
20、 die of the disease.A. that B. why C. what D. which35. The hours _ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.A. on which B. when C. in which D. that36. Michael put up a picture of Jeremy Lin beside the bed to
21、keep himself _ of his own dreams.A. reminding B. to remind C. reminded D. remind37. Its not what we do once in a while _ shapes our lives but what we do consistently.A. which B. when C. how D. that38. Kids in the new century no longer take _ their parents impose on him for granted.A. that B. which C
22、. what D. whether39. The reason why we set up “a green responsibility card” is to give a feeling of accomplishment to people _.A. involves B. involving C. involved D. having involved40. You are saying that everyone should take equal responsibility, and that is _ I disagree.A. why B. where C. what D.
23、 howSection 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. adaptabilityB. gainedC. longstandingD. deviceE. eventuallyF. capacityG. reassignedH. distinguishI. lostJ. remarkablyPeople blind f
24、rom birth can be taught to “see” images that are conveyed as sounds, says a new study that calls into question a 41 belief about the limits of the human brain.Devices that scan visual images and re-interpret regularities as sounds were used to re-train the brains of born-blind people in a study publ
25、ished this week in the journal Neuron. The authors at the Safra Center for Brain Science at Hebrew University in Israel put people who had been blind since birth through 70 hours of training with a visual-to-auditory sensory (感官的) substitution 42 .Initially, the subjects were able to 43 among faces,
26、 houses, everyday objects, and body shapes. They were able to read letters and words, identify facial expressions and locate peoples positions 44 . In one video, a blind person is shown a picture of a woman with a ponytail and identified the hairstyle.Blind people have long used the capability to us
27、e another sensory ability to make up for blindness: Braille and blind walking canes allow people without sight to read and navigate. But when the authors of the current study put subjects in a brain scanner, they 45 insight into the process by which training with a sensory substitution device allowe
28、d the minds eye to “see”.The human brain is a 46 efficient and adaptable organ: when a sensory perception such as sight is lost, the specialized regions of the brain in which input from the eyes is processed are 47 to other duties.But scientists have long believed that the brains 48 is limited by ea
29、rly conditions: when a person is born blind, the capacity of the brains visual cortex (大脑皮层) to process sight never develops, scientists have believed. With that 49 opportunity, a window is closed, and even if eyesight were to be restored, the visual cortex, they believed, would forever remain “blin
30、d” to images.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.50. A. take B. reduce C. increase D. face51. A. profits B. advices C. benef
31、its D. promotions52. A. milk B. water C. coke D. coffee53. A. based on B. fond of C. different from D. qualified for54. A. cause B. endure C. ease D. relieve55. A. warn B. compare C. cure D. treat56. A. unpleasant B. modest C. significant D. positive57. A. tendency B. intention C. intensity D. extension58. A. on the contrary B. as a result C. for instance D. in one word59. A. turned up B. took up C. put up D. gave up60. A. satisfaction B. uncertainties C. consequences D. qualifications61. A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Nevertheless62. A. contemporary B. similar C. different D. in
