宝山区2010学年第一学期期末
高三年级英语学科质量监测试卷
考生注意：
1、本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。全卷共12页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
2、答第一卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用钢笔或水笔清楚填写学校、班级、姓名、准考证号，并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准考证号。
3、第I 卷（1—16小题，25 — 80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。答案不能涂写在试卷上，涂写在试卷上一律不给分。第I 卷中的第17—24小题、81—84小题和第II 卷的试题在电脑上阅卷，其答案用黑色或蓝色钢笔或水笔写在答题卡上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上也一律不给分。答题时，请按题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案一律无效。
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 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. At a bank. B. At a hotel. C. At a restaurant. D. At a bus stop.
2. A. 2 cents. B. 15 cents. C. 25 cents. D. 50 cents.
3. A. Their work. B. Their study. C. The city life. D. The weather.
4. A. Satisfied. B. Sorry. C. Shocked. D. Frightened.
5. A. The woman. B. The woman’s mother. C. The children. D. The man.
6. A. Quiet. B. Opposite. C. Talkative. D. Interesting.
7. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient.
C. Customs official and passenger. D. Shop assistant and customer.
8. A. Close the window. B. Pack their clothes.
C. Lock the suitcase. D. Telephone for a taxi.
9. A. He has never taken a bus here. B. He himself is a stranger here.
C. He has never heard of the place. D. He doesn’t like the woman.
10. A. The woman has finished her project.
B. The woman is willing to help the man.
C. The woman will let Bob chat with the man.
D. The woman is losing patience with the man.
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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Visiting his teachers and doing shopping.
B. Collecting his pictures.
C. Buying his flight ticket.
D. Wandering about in the airport building.
12. A. Shirts. B. Gloves. C. Toys. D. A clock.
13. A. He left his suitcase in the airport building.
B. He couldn’t enjoy the beauty of the evening.
C. He was suspected as a terrorist and taken to an airline office.
D. He intended to visit more teachers and buy more presents.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.
14. A. Smuggling (走私) cases. B. Theft cases.
C. Murdering cases. D. Robbery cases.
15. A. Smuggling baggage. B. Cigarettes. C. Raw materials. D. Mechanical equipment.
16. A. The number of smuggling cases declined last year.
B. The situation of the fight against smuggling remains serious.
C. The biggest case happened in Shenzhen.
D. The figures of smuggling cases for this year are surprising.
Section C
Directions: 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 with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
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.
25. It was pretty cold last Thursday when we were taking the final exam. But I was dressed _____ it, so I didn’t mind.
A. in B. with C. for D. on
26. As the world changes faster than ever, our greatest concern is making sure that _____ of these changes do us harm.
A. any B. some C. neither D. none
27. Acupuncture (针刺疗法) is ______ at reducing back pain ______ medicines, according to researchers.
A. twice as effective; as B. as twice effective; than
C. effective as twice; as D. twice effective as; than
28. At the meeting, most students disagreed with the director’s proposal, ______?
A. did they B. didn’t they C. did it D. didn’t it
29. “A man who _____ fault with others is not perfec t himself, for he has no time to make a self-criticism.” Said Buddha.
A. always found B. is always finding
C. has always found D. had always found
30. A talk show is a television program where one person (or a group of people) will discuss various topics _____ by a host.
A. raising B. to raise C. raised D. raise
31. “You _____ for what you have done!” the boss threatened one of the office workers.
A. could be punished B. shall be punished
C. will have been punished D. shall have been punished
32. Dear Mom, I wonder if you ever knew how much I appreciated _____ you gave me even though I often simply said, “Thanks Mom.”
A. all which B. all that C. in that D. for that
33. _____ I really don’t like maths, I find his lectures interesting.
A. As B. Since C. Once D. While
34. Williams says that _____ friends with your roommate is a good place to start in terms of making friends in a new place.
A. became B. become C. having become D. becoming
35. Dad told me, “Nothing is impossible _____ you want it badly enough and go after it hard enough.”
A. unless B. if C. because D. until
36. Is it normal that in September hotels near universities are overcrowded, _____ many parents from a distance nowhere to stay but to sleep on the playground ?
A. to leave B. left C. leaving D. leave
37. Do you know that Australia was as a matter of fact _____ used to be a land for prisoners?
A. where B. what C. which D. that
38. We waited and waited. _____ we had been looking forward to.
A. Then came the hour B. Then did the hour come
C. Came then the hour D. Came the hour then
39. “It seems as if there’ve been a lot of strong earthquakes this year. And no, it’s not a signal _____ the planet is coming apart at the seams(缝隙).” Scientists say.
A. whether B. that C. what D. which
40. To a high school student, going to university means a new leaf _____ before him and being independent is the starting point.
A. to be turned B. being turned C. to have been turned D. turned Section 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. aspects B. extended C. constructing D. unfortunately E. instance
F. traditional G. continued H. simply I. based J. units
In 1791 the French nation, in the midst of a revolution, wished to break with the past, especially with those of it which they considered illogical and useless. One of those was
the system of weights and measures in use. Not only was the system clearly complicated, but it also varied widely from place to place. So the French spent a large amount of time and efforts regulating a new system.
In the new system, the French began by setting up a unit of distance equal to one forty millionth part of the earth’s circumference (周长).But later measurements showed that the unit designed was not exactly that part, but they to use it. (Today the unit is defined simply as the distance between two marks on a metal bar kept in suburb of Paris). The unit is the meter and the system of measurements on this unit is the metric (米制的) system, the system today used by scientists all over the world.
The metric system is built in of ten, Greek prefixes showing multiples and Latin
prefixes showing fractions. The Greeks had no word for a number larger than ten thousand and the Romans had none for a number larger than one thousand, but the system was by using less specific words; for mega meter (one million meters) comes from a Greek word that means simply “large”.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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 the context.
Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so mainly through identification. Children identify with a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that of that parent. The things parents do and say—and the they do and say to
them —therefore strongly influence a child’s . However, parents must at all times like the type of person they want their child to become.
A parent’s actions affect the self-image that a child forms identification.
Children who see mainly positive qualities in their parents will likely learn to see themselves in a way. Children who observe chiefly qualities in their parents will have difficulty
seeing positive qualities in themselves. Children may their self-image, however, as they become increasingly by peer group standards.
Isolated events, even dramatic ones, do not necessarily have a effect on a child’s
behavior. Children interpret such events according to their established and previous training. Children who know they are loved can, for example, accept the divorce of their parent’s or a parent’s early . But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events as a of rejection or punishment. In the same way, all children are not influenced at all by toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. As in the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the of an activity or experience depends on how the child interprets it.
50. A. informative B. characteristic C. comprehensive D. individual
51. A. gesture B. expression C. way D. extent
52. A. behavior B. words C. mood D. reactions
53. A. behave B. belong C. become D. follow
54. A. regardless B. nevertheless C. also D. anyhow
55. A. despite B. besides C. including D. through
56. A. peculiar B. positive C. particular D. similar
57. A. negative B. cheerful C. various D. complex
58. A. reconstruct B. regulate C. survive D. continue
59. A. dominated B. influenced C. controlled D. occupied
60. A. temporary B. progressive C. short-term D. permanent
61. A. performances B. attitudes C. arguments D. achievements
62. A. death B. rewards C. suggestion D. teaching
63. A. sign B. symbol C. signal D. model
64. A. result B. effect C. scale D. cause
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. 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)
It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy
preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my husband with a good steady job—these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
65. Why did the writer let the children in?
A. She showed great pity on them.
B. She had old papers to sell.
C. She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast.
D. She wanted them to see how rich she was.
66. The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because ________.
A. she saw that the lady’s room was comfortable
B. she saw the cups matched the saucers
C. the writer’s slipcovers were very new
D. the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry
67. From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on ____________.
A. how much money you have had B. how you feel about your life
C. how you have helped others D. what job your husband is doing
68. The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to ___________.
A. show her husband that someone had come
B. remind her that she had helped two children
C. remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhood
D. remind her how life should be
(B)
In case of an accident or a fire on a school bus, this is what you will need to know. Don’t worry; these rules will be practiced twice a year at your school.
The driver will review with you all the safety rules of riding a school bus and explain to you where all the dangerous zones are around a school bus. Pay attention and obey your driver and you will always be safe.
The driver will show you all the emergency equipment, like the fire extinguisher, the axe, the first aid tools and the two-way radio. Pay attention and try to remember where they are and how they are used.
The driver will radio in and have her dispatcher (调度员) call 911 if it is needed. You may need to help the driver if she is injured. This is why the driver will teach you how to use the two-way radio.
The driver will also show you where the emergency windows are located and how they open. Now the driver will show you how to evacuate the bus from the back door in case of an emergency.
STAY CALM. DO NOT PUSH OR SHOVE, AND HAVE YOUR HANDS FREE.
Students in the back seats will leave first. The driver will have assigned two students to stand at the back door to help you. Extend your arms, bend your knees, make sure the two students on the ground are holding your arms, and don’t jump to the ground.
Once you are out of the bus, you will go to the get-together area, and wait for your driver.
69. The driver will show you all the following EXCEPT _____.
A. dangerous zones on the school bus
B. the first aid tools on the school bus
C. the emergency windows on the school bus
D. the two-way radio
70. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Bus companies are responsible for students’ practicing safety rules on a school bus.
B. The driver is also a schoolteacher.
C. Students may need to help the driver in case of an accident on a school bus.
D. Students should jump out of the bus as soon as an accident happens.
71. The article is a(n) _____.
A. essay B. description C. explanation D. argument
(C)
According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns award leadership to one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment （招聘）.
Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce dependable evidence that there is any category of “natural
leaders ”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, practically any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.
Research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by
different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-beings of a social group’s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to decrease tension and conflict among them.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group
members. They give others and may discipline group members who restrict attainment(达到) of
the group’s goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.
72. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The problems faced by leaders.
B. How leadership differs in small and large groups.
C. How social groups determine who will lead them.
D. The role of leaders in social groups.
73. Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A. A person who is an effective leader of a group may not be an effective one in another group.
B. Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.
C. A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.
D. Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.
74. In mentioning “natural leaders” in the second paragraph, the author is making the point that ______.
A. few people qualify as “natural leaders”
B. there is no proof that “natural leaders” exist
C. “natural leaders” are easily accepted by the members of a group
D. “natural leaders” share a similar set of characteristics
75. The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on ______.
A. ensuring harmonious relationships B. sharing responsibility with group members
C. identifying new leaders D. achieving a goal
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Corn Dollies.
B. Celebrations in churches.
C. A big meal called a harvest supper.
D. Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations in England.
E. History of Harvest Festival.
F. When is Harvest Festival?
76.
In England, we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times. We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as “Harvest Festival”, usually during the month of September. Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives them. This makes them want to share with others who are not so fortunate.
77.
Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon. This moon is the full moon which falls in the month of September, at or around the time of the
Autumnal Equinox, about Sept. 23. Unlike the USA and Canada, the UK does not have a national holiday for Harvest Festival.
78.
Harvest Festival used to be celebrated at the beginning of the Harvest season on 1st August and was called Lammas, meaning “loaf Mass”. Farmers made loaves of bread from the new wheat crop and gave them to their local church. They were then used as the Communion bread during a special mass thanking God for the harvest. The custom ended when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church, and nowadays we have harvest festivals at the end of the season.
79.
The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches as we know it today began in 1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service for the harvest at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall. Victorian hymns such as “We plough the fields and scatter”, “Come ye thankful people, come” and “All things bright and beautiful” helped
popularise his idea of harvest festival and spread the annual custom of decorating churches with home-grown produce for the Harvest Festival service.
80.
The making of corn dollies goes back many thousands of years. It was a Pagan custom and evolved from the beliefs of the corn growing people who believed in the Corn Spirit. Corn dollies were made at Harvest time from the last sheaf of corn cut. The Corn Spirit was supposed to live or be reborn in the plaited straw ornament or corn doll and was kept until the following spring to ensure a good harvest. The corn dolly often had a place of honour at the harvest banquet table. Section D
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.
Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of the bladder (膀胱) and the oral cavity (口腔). Male cigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smoking males.
Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply. The majority of physicians and researchers consider these relationships proved to their satisfaction and say, “Give up smoking. If you don’t smoke, don’t start”. Some capable physicians and research workers—though their small number is reducing even further—are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They consider the increase in respiratory (呼吸的) diseases and various forms of cancer may possibly be explained by other factors in the complex human environment —atmospheric pollution, increased nervous stress, chemical substances in processed food, or chemical pesticides （杀虫剂）that are now being used by farmers in vast quantities to destroy insects and small animals. Smokers who develop cancer or lung diseases, they say, may also, by coincidence, live in industrial areas, or eat more canned food. Gradually, however,
research is isolating all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant. While all tobacco smoking affects life expectancy and health, cigarette smoking appears to have a much greater effect than cigar or pipe smoking. However, nicotine consumption is not decreasing by the latter forms, and current research indicates relationship between all forms of smoking and cancer of the mouth and throat. Filters and low tar (焦油) tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce, not eliminate, the risks.
81. Male smokers can be more affected by smoking than female ones because _______________.
82.The author’s attitude towards smoking is __________________________________________.
83. Does all the tobacco smoking affect life expectancy and health in the same level, and why?
84. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
第II 卷(共45分)
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
85. 对不起，今天我不能参加会议了。( attend )
86. 别担心，我马上把你要的材料通过电子邮件发给你。( require )
87. 各种各样的媒体使我们有可能及时地获得许多有价值的信息。(it)
88. 与你周围的人分享你的进步、挑战、失败，你就可以从他们那里获得帮助。( and )
89. 随着社会的迅速发展，许多人都渴望向大众展示他们自己，从而产生了各种各样的娱乐活动。 ( result )
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
90. 电视台播出“中国达人秀”(China’s Got Talent)节目后，曾一度受到热议，请以一名观众的身份给节目组写一封信，介绍一个你心目中的达人，可以是电视节目里的选手，也可以是其他人（不要使用真实姓名）。
文章必须包括：
你心目中的达人是一个什么样的人
简单阐述你认为他或她是达人的理由
宝山区2010学年第一学期期末
高三年级英语学科质量监测试卷
考生注意：
1、本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。全卷共12页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
2、答第一卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用钢笔或水笔清楚填写学校、班级、姓名、准考证号，并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准考证号。
3、第I 卷（1—16小题，25 — 80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。注意试题题号和答题卡编号一一对应，不能错位。答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。答案不能涂写在试卷上，涂写在试卷上一律不给分。第I 卷中的第17—24小题、81—84小题和第II 卷的试题在电脑上阅卷，其答案用黑色或蓝色钢笔或水笔写在答题卡上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上也一律不给分。答题时，请按题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案一律无效。
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 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. At a bank. B. At a hotel. C. At a restaurant. D. At a bus stop.
2. A. 2 cents. B. 15 cents. C. 25 cents. D. 50 cents.
3. A. Their work. B. Their study. C. The city life. D. The weather.
4. A. Satisfied. B. Sorry. C. Shocked. D. Frightened.
5. A. The woman. B. The woman’s mother. C. The children. D. The man.
6. A. Quiet. B. Opposite. C. Talkative. D. Interesting.
7. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient.
C. Customs official and passenger. D. Shop assistant and customer.
8. A. Close the window. B. Pack their clothes.
C. Lock the suitcase. D. Telephone for a taxi.
9. A. He has never taken a bus here. B. He himself is a stranger here.
C. He has never heard of the place. D. He doesn’t like the woman.
10. A. The woman has finished her project.
B. The woman is willing to help the man.
C. The woman will let Bob chat with the man.
D. The woman is losing patience with the man.
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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Visiting his teachers and doing shopping.
B. Collecting his pictures.
C. Buying his flight ticket.
D. Wandering about in the airport building.
12. A. Shirts. B. Gloves. C. Toys. D. A clock.
13. A. He left his suitcase in the airport building.
B. He couldn’t enjoy the beauty of the evening.
C. He was suspected as a terrorist and taken to an airline office.
D. He intended to visit more teachers and buy more presents.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.
14. A. Smuggling (走私) cases. B. Theft cases.
C. Murdering cases. D. Robbery cases.
15. A. Smuggling baggage. B. Cigarettes. C. Raw materials. D. Mechanical equipment.
16. A. The number of smuggling cases declined last year.
B. The situation of the fight against smuggling remains serious.
C. The biggest case happened in Shenzhen.
D. The figures of smuggling cases for this year are surprising.
Section C
Directions: 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 with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
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.
25. It was pretty cold last Thursday when we were taking the final exam. But I was dressed _____ it, so I didn’t mind.
A. in B. with C. for D. on
26. As the world changes faster than ever, our greatest concern is making sure that _____ of these changes do us harm.
A. any B. some C. neither D. none
27. Acupuncture (针刺疗法) is ______ at reducing back pain ______ medicines, according to researchers.
A. twice as effective; as B. as twice effective; than
C. effective as twice; as D. twice effective as; than
28. At the meeting, most students disagreed with the director’s proposal, ______?
A. did they B. didn’t they C. did it D. didn’t it
29. “A man who _____ fault with others is not perfec t himself, for he has no time to make a self-criticism.” Said Buddha.
A. always found B. is always finding
C. has always found D. had always found
30. A talk show is a television program where one person (or a group of people) will discuss various topics _____ by a host.
A. raising B. to raise C. raised D. raise
31. “You _____ for what you have done!” the boss threatened one of the office workers.
A. could be punished B. shall be punished
C. will have been punished D. shall have been punished
32. Dear Mom, I wonder if you ever knew how much I appreciated _____ you gave me even though I often simply said, “Thanks Mom.”
A. all which B. all that C. in that D. for that
33. _____ I really don’t like maths, I find his lectures interesting.
A. As B. Since C. Once D. While
34. Williams says that _____ friends with your roommate is a good place to start in terms of making friends in a new place.
A. became B. become C. having become D. becoming
35. Dad told me, “Nothing is impossible _____ you want it badly enough and go after it hard enough.”
A. unless B. if C. because D. until
36. Is it normal that in September hotels near universities are overcrowded, _____ many parents from a distance nowhere to stay but to sleep on the playground ?
A. to leave B. left C. leaving D. leave
37. Do you know that Australia was as a matter of fact _____ used to be a land for prisoners?
A. where B. what C. which D. that
38. We waited and waited. _____ we had been looking forward to.
A. Then came the hour B. Then did the hour come
C. Came then the hour D. Came the hour then
39. “It seems as if there’ve been a lot of strong earthquakes this year. And no, it’s not a signal _____ the planet is coming apart at the seams(缝隙).” Scientists say.
A. whether B. that C. what D. which
40. To a high school student, going to university means a new leaf _____ before him and being independent is the starting point.
A. to be turned B. being turned C. to have been turned D. turned Section 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. aspects B. extended C. constructing D. unfortunately E. instance
F. traditional G. continued H. simply I. based J. units
In 1791 the French nation, in the midst of a revolution, wished to break with the past, especially with those of it which they considered illogical and useless. One of those was
the system of weights and measures in use. Not only was the system clearly complicated, but it also varied widely from place to place. So the French spent a large amount of time and efforts regulating a new system.
In the new system, the French began by setting up a unit of distance equal to one forty millionth part of the earth’s circumference (周长).But later measurements showed that the unit designed was not exactly that part, but they to use it. (Today the unit is defined simply as the distance between two marks on a metal bar kept in suburb of Paris). The unit is the meter and the system of measurements on this unit is the metric (米制的) system, the system today used by scientists all over the world.
The metric system is built in of ten, Greek prefixes showing multiples and Latin
prefixes showing fractions. The Greeks had no word for a number larger than ten thousand and the Romans had none for a number larger than one thousand, but the system was by using less specific words; for mega meter (one million meters) comes from a Greek word that means simply “large”.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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 the context.
Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so mainly through identification. Children identify with a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that of that parent. The things parents do and say—and the they do and say to
them —therefore strongly influence a child’s . However, parents must at all times like the type of person they want their child to become.
A parent’s actions affect the self-image that a child forms identification.
Children who see mainly positive qualities in their parents will likely learn to see themselves in a way. Children who observe chiefly qualities in their parents will have difficulty
seeing positive qualities in themselves. Children may their self-image, however, as they become increasingly by peer group standards.
Isolated events, even dramatic ones, do not necessarily have a effect on a child’s
behavior. Children interpret such events according to their established and previous training. Children who know they are loved can, for example, accept the divorce of their parent’s or a parent’s early . But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events as a of rejection or punishment. In the same way, all children are not influenced at all by toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. As in the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the of an activity or experience depends on how the child interprets it.
50. A. informative B. characteristic C. comprehensive D. individual
51. A. gesture B. expression C. way D. extent
52. A. behavior B. words C. mood D. reactions
53. A. behave B. belong C. become D. follow
54. A. regardless B. nevertheless C. also D. anyhow
55. A. despite B. besides C. including D. through
56. A. peculiar B. positive C. particular D. similar
57. A. negative B. cheerful C. various D. complex
58. A. reconstruct B. regulate C. survive D. continue
59. A. dominated B. influenced C. controlled D. occupied
60. A. temporary B. progressive C. short-term D. permanent
61. A. performances B. attitudes C. arguments D. achievements
62. A. death B. rewards C. suggestion D. teaching
63. A. sign B. symbol C. signal D. model
64. A. result B. effect C. scale D. cause
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. 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)
It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy
preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my husband with a good steady job—these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
65. Why did the writer let the children in?
A. She showed great pity on them.
B. She had old papers to sell.
C. She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast.
D. She wanted them to see how rich she was.
66. The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because ________.
A. she saw that the lady’s room was comfortable
B. she saw the cups matched the saucers
C. the writer’s slipcovers were very new
D. the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry
67. From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on ____________.
A. how much money you have had B. how you feel about your life
C. how you have helped others D. what job your husband is doing
68. The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to ___________.
A. show her husband that someone had come
B. remind her that she had helped two children
C. remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhood
D. remind her how life should be
(B)
In case of an accident or a fire on a school bus, this is what you will need to know. Don’t worry; these rules will be practiced twice a year at your school.
The driver will review with you all the safety rules of riding a school bus and explain to you where all the dangerous zones are around a school bus. Pay attention and obey your driver and you will always be safe.
The driver will show you all the emergency equipment, like the fire extinguisher, the axe, the first aid tools and the two-way radio. Pay attention and try to remember where they are and how they are used.
The driver will radio in and have her dispatcher (调度员) call 911 if it is needed. You may need to help the driver if she is injured. This is why the driver will teach you how to use the two-way radio.
The driver will also show you where the emergency windows are located and how they open. Now the driver will show you how to evacuate the bus from the back door in case of an emergency.
STAY CALM. DO NOT PUSH OR SHOVE, AND HAVE YOUR HANDS FREE.
Students in the back seats will leave first. The driver will have assigned two students to stand at the back door to help you. Extend your arms, bend your knees, make sure the two students on the ground are holding your arms, and don’t jump to the ground.
Once you are out of the bus, you will go to the get-together area, and wait for your driver.
69. The driver will show you all the following EXCEPT _____.
A. dangerous zones on the school bus
B. the first aid tools on the school bus
C. the emergency windows on the school bus
D. the two-way radio
70. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Bus companies are responsible for students’ practicing safety rules on a school bus.
B. The driver is also a schoolteacher.
C. Students may need to help the driver in case of an accident on a school bus.
D. Students should jump out of the bus as soon as an accident happens.
71. The article is a(n) _____.
A. essay B. description C. explanation D. argument
(C)
According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns award leadership to one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment （招聘）.
Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce dependable evidence that there is any category of “natural
leaders ”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, practically any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.
Research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by
different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-beings of a social group’s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to decrease tension and conflict among them.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group
members. They give others and may discipline group members who restrict attainment(达到) of
the group’s goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.
72. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The problems faced by leaders.
B. How leadership differs in small and large groups.
C. How social groups determine who will lead them.
D. The role of leaders in social groups.
73. Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A. A person who is an effective leader of a group may not be an effective one in another group.
B. Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.
C. A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.
D. Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.
74. In mentioning “natural leaders” in the second paragraph, the author is making the point that ______.
A. few people qualify as “natural leaders”
B. there is no proof that “natural leaders” exist
C. “natural leaders” are easily accepted by the members of a group
D. “natural leaders” share a similar set of characteristics
75. The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on ______.
A. ensuring harmonious relationships B. sharing responsibility with group members
C. identifying new leaders D. achieving a goal
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Corn Dollies.
B. Celebrations in churches.
C. A big meal called a harvest supper.
D. Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations in England.
E. History of Harvest Festival.
F. When is Harvest Festival?
76.
In England, we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times. We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as “Harvest Festival”, usually during the month of September. Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives them. This makes them want to share with others who are not so fortunate.
77.
Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon. This moon is the full moon which falls in the month of September, at or around the time of the
Autumnal Equinox, about Sept. 23. Unlike the USA and Canada, the UK does not have a national holiday for Harvest Festival.
78.
Harvest Festival used to be celebrated at the beginning of the Harvest season on 1st August and was called Lammas, meaning “loaf Mass”. Farmers made loaves of bread from the new wheat crop and gave them to their local church. They were then used as the Communion bread during a special mass thanking God for the harvest. The custom ended when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church, and nowadays we have harvest festivals at the end of the season.
79.
The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches as we know it today began in 1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service for the harvest at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall. Victorian hymns such as “We plough the fields and scatter”, “Come ye thankful people, come” and “All things bright and beautiful” helped
popularise his idea of harvest festival and spread the annual custom of decorating churches with home-grown produce for the Harvest Festival service.
80.
The making of corn dollies goes back many thousands of years. It was a Pagan custom and evolved from the beliefs of the corn growing people who believed in the Corn Spirit. Corn dollies were made at Harvest time from the last sheaf of corn cut. The Corn Spirit was supposed to live or be reborn in the plaited straw ornament or corn doll and was kept until the following spring to ensure a good harvest. The corn dolly often had a place of honour at the harvest banquet table. Section D
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.
Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of the bladder (膀胱) and the oral cavity (口腔). Male cigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smoking males.
Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply. The majority of physicians and researchers consider these relationships proved to their satisfaction and say, “Give up smoking. If you don’t smoke, don’t start”. Some capable physicians and research workers—though their small number is reducing even further—are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They consider the increase in respiratory (呼吸的) diseases and various forms of cancer may possibly be explained by other factors in the complex human environment —atmospheric pollution, increased nervous stress, chemical substances in processed food, or chemical pesticides （杀虫剂）that are now being used by farmers in vast quantities to destroy insects and small animals. Smokers who develop cancer or lung diseases, they say, may also, by coincidence, live in industrial areas, or eat more canned food. Gradually, however,
research is isolating all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant. While all tobacco smoking affects life expectancy and health, cigarette smoking appears to have a much greater effect than cigar or pipe smoking. However, nicotine consumption is not decreasing by the latter forms, and current research indicates relationship between all forms of smoking and cancer of the mouth and throat. Filters and low tar (焦油) tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce, not eliminate, the risks.
81. Male smokers can be more affected by smoking than female ones because _______________.
82.The author’s attitude towards smoking is __________________________________________.
83. Does all the tobacco smoking affect life expectancy and health in the same level, and why?
84. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
第II 卷(共45分)
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
85. 对不起，今天我不能参加会议了。( attend )
86. 别担心，我马上把你要的材料通过电子邮件发给你。( require )
87. 各种各样的媒体使我们有可能及时地获得许多有价值的信息。(it)
88. 与你周围的人分享你的进步、挑战、失败，你就可以从他们那里获得帮助。( and )
89. 随着社会的迅速发展，许多人都渴望向大众展示他们自己，从而产生了各种各样的娱乐活动。 ( result )
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
90. 电视台播出“中国达人秀”(China’s Got Talent)节目后，曾一度受到热议，请以一名观众的身份给节目组写一封信，介绍一个你心目中的达人，可以是电视节目里的选手，也可以是其他人（不要使用真实姓名）。
文章必须包括：
你心目中的达人是一个什么样的人
简单阐述你认为他或她是达人的理由