1、上海崇明中学高三第二学期模拟考试上海崇明中学高三第二学期高三英语模拟考试 2012-5-18 (考试时间: 120分 满分: 150分)第I卷 (105分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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. Th
2、e 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. Get some small change. B. Find a shopping center. C. Cash a
3、check at a bank. D. Find a parking meter. 2. A. Shopping with his son. B. Buying a gift for a child. C. Promoting a new product. D. Bargaining with a salesgirl. 3. A. Taking photographs. B. Enhancing images C. Mending cameras. D. Painting pictures. 4. A. He is rather disappointed. B. He is highly am
4、bitious. C. He cant face up to the situation. D. He knows his own limitations.5. A. Female students are unfit for studying physics. B. He can serve as the womans private teacher. C. Physics is an important course at school. D. The professors suggestion is constructive. 6. A. They are not used to liv
5、ing in a cold place. B. They feel lucky to live in Florida. C. They are going to have a holiday. D. They have not booked their air tickets yet.7. A. Look for a more expensive hotel. B. Go to another hotel by bus.C. Try to find a quiet place. D. Take a walk around the city.8. A. To the school. B. To
6、a friends house.C. To the post office. D. To her home.9. A. The man has changed his destination. B. The man is returning his ticket.C. The man is flying to New York tomorrow morning.D. The man cant manage to go to New York as planned.10. A. In a cotton field. B. At a railway station.C. On a farm. D.
7、 On a train.Section B PassagesDirections: 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
8、 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. To protect persons and property. B. To collect taxes.C. To teach and train citizens. D. To save natural resources for future use.12. A. By selling services
9、 that make life comfortable. B. By selling land containing oil.C. By selling public lands. D. By selling coal and other natural products.13. A. Environmental pollution and protection. B. Taxes and services for the public.C. Police efforts to protect people. D. Peoples attitude toward taxes.Questions
10、 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They havent devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.B. Three are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.C. It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.D. They believe people can recover without treatmen
11、t.15. A. They reveal the seriousness of the problem. B. They indicate how fast the virus spreads.C. They tell us what kind of medicine to take. D. They show our body is fighting the virus.16. A. It actually does more harm than good. B. It causes damage to some organs of our body.C. It works better w
12、hen combined with other remedies.D. It helps us to recover much sooner.Section C Longer ConversationsDirections: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. Each conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the infor
13、mation you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.What is the relationship between the two speakers?They are 17 .Whats the purpose of the phone call?Ask Bob to 18 on Sunday.Why didnt Bob accept the offer?Because he was on a 19
14、 trip the whole day that day.How did the party go?It was 20 _ because many people came to the party and they all enjoyed it very much.Complete the form. Write One Word for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.What is the advantage of the first place ?You can eat a
15、s much 21 as you want.Why do the speakers give up the first choice?There is no 22 _ or dryer not even a TV.Where is the second place located?Its on 23 of the island.What are the speakers talking about?A rental home for 24 .Complete the form. Write No More Than Three Words for each answer.II. Grammar
16、 and VocabularySection A Directions: 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. _ hearing the news that Shenzhou VIII had been launched into space, we Chinese shouted _ joy.A. Atby B. Atwith C. Onby
17、D. Onwith26. What do you think of your new classmates? Well, most of them are kind, but _ is so good to me as my deskmate.A. none B. no one C. nobody D. everyone27. I tried to make _ I could of the project which they had undertaken.A. a survey careful as B. as a careful survey as C. a careful survey
18、 as D. as careful a survey as28. You didnt wait for Elizabeth last night, did you? Yes, but we _. She didnt come at all.A. dont have to B. should have C. neednt D. neednt have29. When choosing a university, dont just think about its reputation; _ for the most suitable one for your goals.A. to look B
19、. looking C. looked D. look30. It is worth considering what makes “convenience” foods so popular, and _ better ones of your own.A. introduces B. to introduce C. introducing D. introduced31. The man came up to a lonely cottage, whose door was open, _ there for a while, and then entered it with great
20、interest. A. to stand B. standing C. stand D. stood32. _ the traffic jam was the reason why the manager was late for the meeting that was to have begun at nine.A. Being caught by B. Having been caught inC. Caught by B. Caught in33. Im afraid that we will have to work extra hours for there are still
21、some problems _.A. remain to be settled B. remaining to settleC. remained to be settled D. remaining to be settled34. It is nice to see millions who had nothing but a record of misery and hungry _ to improve their life and living conditions.A. having the chances B. to have the chance C. have the cha
22、nce D. had the chance35. _ your translation and composition carefully, quite a few mistakes can be avoided.A. Having checked B. Checking C. If you check D. Check36. The professor as well as his two assistants _ a chemical experiment _ the fire broke out.A. were performingwhen B. was performingwhileC
23、. was performingwhen B. were performingwhile37. Tired and disappointed, the rescue team finally reached _ used to be a village. A. where B. that C. the place where D. what38. John offered us a lift when he was leaving the office, but our work _ we declined the offer.A. not finished B. had not been f
24、inished C. not having finished C. was not finished 39. In our daily life we are often faced with such situations _ most of us may find it difficult to deal with.A. as B. that C. which D. where40. _ that he picked up his uncle at the airport?It was at 6:00 in the afternoon _ he got off work.A. Was it
25、 whenthat B. When was itthat C. Was it whenwhen D. When was itwhenSection 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. focus B. creative C. fired D. down E. faithF. turned out G. visions
26、 H. released I. frustratingly J. dawnThis is an excerpt (节选)from a speech by Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple, delivered to graduates of Stanford University on June 12, 2005.I was luckyI found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard
27、, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just 41 our finest creation the Macintosh a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple
28、grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our 42 of the future began to diverge (to be different) and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was ou
29、t. And very publicly out. What had been the 43 of my entire adult life was gone, and it was destructive.I really didnt know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs(企业家) 44 . I even thought about running away from the valley(硅谷). But something slowl
30、y began to 45 on me I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over. I didnt see it then, but it 46 that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I
31、t freed me to enter one of the most 47 periods of my life.During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated (动画) feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and
