普陀区2012学年第二学期高三英语质量调研卷34339.pdf

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1、 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 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

2、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.12.B.24.C.36.D.48.A.A shop assistant.B.A telephone operator.C.A waitress.D.A clerk.A.At a bike shop.B

3、.In a new car showroom.C.In a parking lot.D.At a car repair shop.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 Angeles within the next two hours.A.He enjoys writing home

4、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.A.The teacher postponed the meeting.B.There wont be a test this afternoon.C.The students will be attending the meeting.D.The students will take a test this af

5、ternoon.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.A.He finds the presentation hard to follow.B.He considers the presentation very dull.C.He thinks Professor White has chosen an interesting topic.D.He speaks highly of the presentation.A.S

6、he is too busy to go.B.She doesnt want to wait long.C.Shes willing to go swimming.D.She enjoys the wonderful weather.A.People killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.B.She doesnt agree with the man.C.Drunk drivers are not guilty.D.People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk drivin

7、g.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 wou

8、ld be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.A.Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year.B.Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.C.The United States is a country of immigrants.D.Americans prefer foreign foods t

9、o their own food.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 speaking foreign languages there.D.They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.A.The couple cook the dishes and the children h

10、elp 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 hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.A.In spring.B.In

11、 summer.C.In fall.D.In winter.A.Confusing.B.Innovative.C.Amusing.D.Wasteful.A.To standardize the daylight savings time.B.To establish year-round daylight savings time.C.To end daylight savings time.D.To shorten daylight savings time.Section C Directions:In Section C,you will hear two longer conversa

12、tions.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 ea

13、ch answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS 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 th

14、e woman sleep well?Because she was 23 every morning these days.Who disturbed the woman?The 24 .II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section 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.The lift in that tall

15、 building went wrong and got trapped _ floors.People in it had no way to get out.A.in B.between C.among D.on Have you finished reading Jane Eyre?No,I _ my homework all day yesterday.A.was doing B.would do C.has done D.do _ the project as planned,well have to work two more hours a day.A.Completing B.

16、Complete C.Completed D.To complete _ you continue in your efforts and achieve new and greater successes.A.Would B.Will C.May D.Should 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

17、dare to make Rainforests _ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.A.cut B.are cut C.are being cut D.had been cut Miss Green contributed fifty dollars,but she wished she could contribute _.A.one other fifty dollars B.the same amount alsoC.more fifty doll

18、ars D.another fifty She was so absorbed in the book that she had read it for three hours _ she realized it.A.when B.until C.after D.before 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 taking The nurses are trying their

19、best to reduce the patients fear _ he would die of the disease.A.that B.why C.what D.which 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.that Michael put up a picture of

20、Jeremy Lin beside the bed to keep himself _ of his own dreams.A.reminding B.to remind C.reminded D.remind Its not what we do once in a while _ shapes our lives but what we do consistently.A.which B.when C.how D.that Kids in the new century no longer take _ their parents impose on him for granted.A.t

21、hat B.which C.what D.whether 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 involved You are saying that everyone should take equal responsibility,and that is _ I disagree.A.why B.where C.what D.how S

22、ection 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.adaptability B.gained C.longstanding D.device E.eventually F.capacity G.reassigned H.distinguish I.lost J.remarkably People blind from bir

23、th 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 published this

24、 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,houses,everyda

25、y 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 use another sensory abi

26、lity 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 allowed the minds eye to“see”.

27、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 early conditions:when a perso

28、n 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“blind”to images.III.Reading Comprehension S

29、ection A Directions: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.A.take B.reduce C.increase D.face A.profits B.advices C.benefits D.promotions A.milk B.water C.coke D.coffee A.based o

30、n B.fond of C.different from D.qualified for A.cause B.endure C.ease D.relieve A.warn B.compare C.cure D.treat A.unpleasant B.modest C.significant D.positive A.tendency B.intention C.intensity D.extension A.on the contrary B.as a result C.for instance D.in one word A.turned up B.took up C.put up D.g

31、ave up A.satisfaction B.uncertainties C.consequences D.qualifications A.Moreover B.However C.Otherwise D.Nevertheless A.contemporary B.similar C.different D.initial A.realize B.attach C.demonstrate D.weaken A.unlikely B.sensible C.jealousD.miserable Section B Directions:Read the following three pass

32、ages.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)I believe that memory is never lost,even when it seems to be,be

33、cause it has more to do with the heart than the mind.At the same time my 44-year-old husband,Ed,was losing his life,my mother was losing her ability to remember.She forgot how to start the car,whether or not she had eaten and which family members had died including my father.I became afraid that one

34、 day I,too,would be unable to recall my husband,not because of Alzheimers(早老性痴呆),but simply because my memory of him might disappear.So from the day of Eds diagnosis(诊断)until his death a year later,I set out to memorize him.Id always be able to recite his qualities kind,gentle,smart,funny but I want

35、ed to be able to think about the physical man in my mind as fully as possible when he was gone.Later I learnt that memory has a will of its own.You cant control it any more than you can influence the weather.When it springs up,a person loved and lost is found,even just for a few seconds.Recently,whe

36、n I was driving,I had a deep and sudden sense of Ed,and the way it felt to have him next to me in the car.My body softened as it used to when we were together seven years ago,living a shared life.I wasnt remembering his face or the way he walked;the careful details I had stored had nothing to do wit

37、h this moment in the car.And my moms brain couldnt label my father correctly,but that was not important.It was clear to me that her husband was vivid in her heart,a memory even Alzheimers could not destroy.I believe there is a difference between memory and remembering.Remembering has something to do

38、 with turning the oven off before leaving the house,but memory is nurtured by emotion.It springs from a deeper well,safe from the passage of time.Ed is _.A.the authors mother B.the authors fatherC.the authors husband D.a physical man Memory has its own will so _.A.the weather cant control our memory

39、 B.it may happen anytime and anywhereC.it can spring up for a few seconds D.it is safe from a passage of time Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A.Alzeimers is not very harmful to human beings.B.A physical man must be kind,gentle,smart,funny.C.Memory has much to do wi

40、th the deep emotion in ones heart.D.Good memory begins with turning the oven off before leaving.What is the best title of the passage?A.Memory the deeper well from our heartB.Differences between memory and rememberingC.Alzheimers can never destroy our memoryD.Memory the passage of time The letter is

41、 probably from _.A.Supervisor Management Unit B.Thames Valley PoliceC.Criminal Justice System D.Crime Reduction Committee Ms.Adamczak is _.A.a victim in a crime B.a famous crime-news reporterC.a professional policeman D.a detective in clearing up crimes What does the word“leads”most probably mean?A.

42、Clue.B.Darkness.C.Investigation.D.Contact.(C)The infant who begins to smile or laugh early will _.A.have more advantages of development in growth and healthB.suffer from schizophrenic psychosis and even die in later lifeC.become a more subtle laughter when he or she grows upD.be more likely to take

43、a whole life to perfect smiling and laughing The expression“the first”in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A.a leading factor B.recalling evening activitiesC.mastery over anxieties D.learning to laugh Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?A.The more you laugh and smile,the more li

44、kely you will be to succeed.B.Smile and laugh show your ability to overpower weakness and anxieties.C.Mastering social relationships means having a sense of humor.D.Scientists are more likely to go into laughing with no apparent reason.What is the best title of the passage?A.Beyond Laughter A new bo

45、ok with fruitful findingsB.Smiling A new mastery over anxietiesC.An important sign of confidence and successD.The function and meanings of smiling Section C Directions:Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph.There is one extra heading which y

46、ou do not need.Is it ever too late to make changes?Whats one change youd most like to see in your patients?What do you think your patients know about heart health surgery?Can you talk about some surprising risk factors for heart disease?Can you list the ill effects of smoking among common people?Wha

47、t are the biggest mistakes that people make about their heart health?77.We have a whole list of what we describe as“emerging”risk factors.Scientific evidence links them to the development of heart disease,although the strength of the evidence is not as solid as the evidence for the links between hea

48、rt disease and high blood pressure or smoking.78.Not all doctors and hospitals are the same.Your health is too important not to do some research.Most people spend more time researching a new car than they do a heart surgeon.Ask questions.Get second opinions.Make sure that you get the best for your h

49、ealth.And dont be worried about offending a doctor by going elsewhere for a second opinion.All of these are what you should be clear about.79.Too many patients wrongly believe in the claims for diets and dietary supplements.We have had many patients stop treatments because they have been convinced t

50、hat a particular diet will reverse their heart disease.Improving heart health by taking dietary supplements is a totally national rumor.80.Exercise.Too many patients stay at home and sit before computer desks.Wed like to see everybody make the time to exercise for 30 minutes a day.Its simple.Find a