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2012学年第一学期位育中学高三英语零次考试卷

考试日期 2012年9月3日

考试时间 （120分钟）

第I卷   (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. A student.     B. A secretary.       C. A teacher.    D. A boss.

2. A. In the department store.           B. At the airport.

 C. At the railway station.         D. At the furniture store.

3. A. By car.     B. By bike.        C. By bus.        D. On foot.

4. A. The English test took place a week ago.

B. The woman was confident about the English test.

  C. Tomorrow’s English test will be easy.

D. There won’t be an English test tomorrow.

5. A. She doesn’t like English poetry.         B. Poetry class is very popular.

  C. Dr. Robinson is easy to get along with.       D. The course will be difficult.

6. A. Five feet tall.               B. Only one foot tall.  C. Six feet tall.      D. Seven feet tall.

7. A. Go to the library.         B. Go to see a film.       

C. Get some exercise.        D. Do homework in school.

8. A. It is 4: 10 now.         B. It is 4: 20 now.      C. It is 4: 50 now. D. It is 5:00 now.

9. A. He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons.

  B. He has made great progress in his English.

  C. He is a student of the music department.

D. He is not very interested in English songs.

10. A. He has always been so productive.    B. He got his job done within a minute.

   C. He finished the paper just in time.     D. He hasn’t finished his paper yet.

 

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. When directions are long. B. When directions are short.

   C. When homework is given. D. When your mother talks.

12. A. Your pen and paper.       B. A few words.

   C. Your mind and ears.       D. Some pictures.

13. A Topics or page numbers.     B. Key words or a picture in mind.

   C. Some details.                 D. School assignments.

 

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. It is based on individual need, personal goals and different life styles.

   B. It is decided by the healthiest lifestyle.

   C. It is based on some tests and comparison with standards.

   D. It is based more on individual needs than personal goals.

15. A. It is more accurate.    B. It is more flexible.

   C. It is less enjoyable.     D. It is less effective.

16. A. An accountant who can be as physically fit as an athlete.

   B. The importance of three basic factors concerning fitness.

   C. New concept of fitness and its essential factors.

   D. Some sports with significant training effect.

 

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.

Information about the motel

Room price:   $  17  per night.

Facilities:       18   drinks, chocolate bars available from selling machines                19   TV in the room.

The office:    Open till   20  .

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

 

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

How big is the Pocket Reader?	It’s about   21   long, remarkably small.
What’s there on the product?	There are   22   on the product.
Why is it convenient with a Pocket Reader?	You’ll be able to   23   wherever you are.
How come you don’t need to make notes or photocopies?	You can just   24   into the product.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

 

II. Grammar and vocabulary. 25%

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. The enterprise advertised for five secretaries with ____ good command of communicating skills and ____ experience in handling office work.

   A. a, an                    B. the, an                   C. a, /                           D. /, an

26. We all know that she is only ____ well aware of the danger she is facing now.

   A. just                     B. very                       C. quite                         D. too

27. While some people enjoy playing 72-hole golf once a week, ____ would rather play three sweaty, competitive games of tennis.

   A. others                  B. the others               C. both                          D. all

28. We were all surprised at the happy ending _____ the story.

   A. at                        B. to                          C. in                             D. about

29. This is the first time that your grandpa has been to America, ____?

   A. isn’t he                B. isn’t it                    C. hasn’t he                   D. hasn’t it

30. ____ needs further discussion whether we will go camping with our coach or not next Sunday.

   A. As                       B. This                       C. That                          D. It

31. A series of lectures _____ to mark the centennial anniversary of the founding of the university last month.

   A. have given           B. was given               C. are given                   D. has given

32. Perseverance is a kind of quality -- and that’s ____ it takes to do anything well.

   A. what                    B. why                       C. how                          D. that

33. Whenever the government increases public services, _____ because more workers are needed to carry out the services.

   A. employment to rise                                B. which rises employment

   C. employment rises                                   D. the rise of employment

34. You ____ pay too much attention to your listening skill, as it is so important.

   A. needn’t                B. should                    C. cannot                       D. must

35. –Did you criticize Tom for his mistakes?

  --Yes, but _____ it.

   A. I’d rather not have done                         B. I’d rather do

   C. I’d rather not do   D. I’d rather not doing

36. It is said that most middle school students in Shanghai spend more time doing their homework than their parents do _____ TV.

   A. watching              B. to watch                 C. watch                        D. have to watch

37. ____, cosmetic surgery has been used for centuries in China and India.

   A. To surprise                                            B. Surprisingly             

C. Surprising                                            D. Surprised

38. Many parents complain that they can’t afford to teach their kids because of their busy daily routines. But the teachable moment referred ____ everyday events such as before school or on the drive ____ school.

   A. to use, or after                                       B. to using, or to

   C. to is using, or from                                D. to is to use, to or from

39. Though having a big market share, most anti-virus softwares of this kind ____ found poor in quality.

   A. is                        B. are                         C. is being                     D. are having

40. Please remind me ____ he said he was going. I may be in time to see him off.

   A. where                  B. when                     C. how                          D. what

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.

 

Twenty years ago, kids in school never heard of the Internet. Now, I   41   you can’t find a single person in your city who hasn’t heard of it. The “net” in the word “Internet” really   42   for network. A network is two or more computers connected together so that all types of information can be   43   or sent from one computer to another. You may enjoy using it to do research for a school project,   44   your favorite songs or communicating with friends and family. Information is accessed through web pages that companies, organizations and individuals   45  . It’s like a giant notice-board that the whole world uses! but since anyone can put anything on the Internet, you also have to be careful and use your best   46   and a little common sense.

What you read on a piece of page someone sticks on a notice-board doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good information or   47   correct. So you have to think over what people are talking about, especially if you’re doing research! When you’re emailing people, you still have to be very careful. If you’ve never met the person you’re communicating with online, you could be on dangerous ground! You should never give   48   any personal information to someone you don’t know, not even your name! And just like you cannot believe the information on every website out there, you can’t   49   on strangers on the Internet, either. Just like you could make up things about yourself to tell someone; someone else could do the same to you.

41. ____ 42. ____ 43. ____ 44. ____ 45. ____ 46. ____ 47. ____ 48. ____ 49. ____

 

III. Reading Comprehension 50%

Section A 15%

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.

 

What can the average Briton do to create a home environment which is green and friendly? Well,   50   bear in mind that over half the average home’s energy bill is spent on heating rooms, but   51   a typical house loses nearly half its heat through the walls and roof. So   52   number one is to ensure that your house is adequately prevented loss of heat. Get advice about double glazing, and loft insulation（顶层隔热）.

The next most important point to consider is that of   53  . Packaging and wrapping is an obvious   54  . Try to use economy size boxes, and reuse containers55  glass jars and plastic boxes instead of wrapping food in foil（箔）or plastic. Take bottles to bottle-banks, and only shop in supermarkets which use   56   packaging. More and more people are simply   57   to buy goods packed in wasteful plastic. The garden too is an area where waste can be recycled. Start a compost heap（堆肥）using old food bits and garden weeds   58   putting them in the dustbin. And it is   59   what can be done with some other things we usually throw away. For example, try papering your bedroom with   60   from magazines.

The third problem area is the use of   61  . This is becoming a more and more   62   thing, so save as much as you can. Flushing（冲洗）the toilet accounts for a third of all household water use, so don’t flush   63  , if you are only getting rid of a tis sue, for example. Take a shower instead of a bath, and don’t keep the water running while you wash, or clean your teeth. And don’t use a pipe to wash your car or water the garden. These are   64   in some areas in any case when there are water shortages. Try putting some in a bucket instead.

50. A. what’s more         B. after all                  C. in all                         D. first of all

51. A. meanwhile           B. nevertheless            C. besides                      D. similarly

52. A. solution               B. question                 C. point                         D. item

53. A. waste                   B. environment           C. storage                      D. material

54. A. example               B. task                       C. advantage                  D. condition

55. A. or                       B. such as                   C. due to                       D. except for

56. A. functional                                             B. emergency-aid

   C. attractive                                               D. environment-friendly

57. A. refusing               B. preferring               C. tending                     D. intending

58. A. despite                 B. before                    C. instead of                  D. other than

59. A. surprising            B. moving                  C. imposing                   D. enjoying

60. A. words                  B. sentences                C. topics                        D. pictures

61. A. water                   B. toilet                      C. bathroom                  D. pipe

62. A. cheap                  B. ordinary                 C. precious                    D. convenient

63. A. directly                B. especially               C. rapidly                      D. wastefully

64. A. encouraged          B. allowed                  C. denied                       D. banned

 

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 is not difficult to take good photographs using a digital camera. All that you need is a little understanding of how the camera works, and some basic principles of photography. Some of the points that you need to keep in mind are: 1. You should be careful of the background. Select a spot that has no disturbance in the form of passing traffic, carelessly piled chairs, intruding curtains etc. 2. Never point the camera straight at a person’s face. Always try a side on angle. This will give a more natural look. 3. To make the pictures look richer and warmer, you need to adjust the white balance. Instead of putting the camera on auto, move the settings to cloudy when shooting outdoors in bright sunlight. 4. The self-timer relieves you from being absent in family photos. Place the camera on the tripod（三脚架）, set the self timer and join the group with a smile on your face. 5. You’ve been amazed at some pictures of streams and waterfalls where the water seems to stop for posing. You too can get this slow motion water effect. Set the camera on a tripod, adjust it for a greater field depth and slow down the shutter（快门）. Set the self timer for just one second and you’ll get a flowing effect of water. 6. Make use of the maximum resolution available in your camera. There is no point in having a 5 megapixel（兆像素）camera and shooting pictures at 4 megapixels. Go for the maximum resolution. This will enable you to blow up the pictures to really big sizes.

65. What is the passage mainly talking about?

   A. How to pick a good digital camera.        

   B. How to take good digital photos.

   C. How to use a digital camera.

   D. How a digital camera works.

66. What is suggested when taking pictures of a person?

   A. Get as close to him as possible.

   B. Shoot pictures at 5 megapixels.

   C. Avoid taking photographs with the help of flash.

   D. Avoid pointing the camera straight at his face.

67. What’s the use of the self-timer?

   A. It helps you to record time and date.

   B. It makes the pictures look richer and warmer.

   C. It enables the photographer to appear in the pictures.

   D. It helps to provide a flowing effect of water.

(B)

It is one of the greatest mysteries of nature. In case you haven’t noticed, all living things follow very definite, individual rhythms, all as regular as a clock, but what makes them regular?

Though many scientists maintain that these rhythms are result of some outside force like gravity or radiation or both, the results of most scientific researches agree with other scientists who believe that each living thing has its own built-in biological “time clock.”

Take the mystery of migration for example. Scientists can’t really explain why many species of birds migrate in the autumn even though the temperature is still summery. The birds just seem to snub the hot weather. When a certain time comes, they travel south by the thousands. In spring time, they migrate northwards even though there probably is snow still covering the ground when they finally arrive. Something said “go”, and they did.

Animals that hibernate（冬眠）are obeying individual time clocks, too. When their clock indicates the time to take a winter’s nap, they do, and nothing can stop them. At a certain time in the spring, they wake up and come out regardless of the weather outside.

Plants appear to have yearly rhythms, such as the sprouting of seeds, and they also have daily rhythms. Notice sometimes that plants raise their leaves in daylight and lower them at night.

If you live along the California coast, you can easily observe a demonstration of this mysterious clock functioning regularly. There, from February to September, the highest tides occur exactly every fourteen and four-fifths days, and during these high tides, but at no other time, small silvery fish called grunions（银汉鱼）surf-ride a wave to the beach. There the female deposits her eggs in the sand and the male fertilizes them; then both hitch a wave-ride back to the sea. Exactly fourteen and four-fifths days later never before or after, the tiny eggs hatch, and the high tide carries the new babies out to sea.

68. According to the passage, the mysterious rhythms result from _____.

   A. the influence of gravity on living species

   B. the effect of radiation on living species

   C. the influence of a mysterious outer force on living species

   D. the internal mechanism inside the living species

69. The underlined word “snub” in the third paragraph probably means _____.

   A. fight                    B. ignore                    C. symbolize                  D. criticize

70. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

   A. Hibernating animals are obeying an internal time clock.

   B. The positioning of the leaves of some plants is due to the daily rhythms.

   C. The internal clock functioning is demonstrated in the reproducing habits of grunions.

   D. The yearly hibernation is more because of the weather influence than the biological functioning.

71. The passage is mainly about _____.

   A. the rhythms of life

   B. the reasons of mysterious hibernation

   C. strange behaviors of species

   D. the timing for different events in the world of species

(C)

A few years ago a young mother watched her husband diaper（换尿布）their firstborn son. “You don’t have to be so unhappy about it,” she protested. “You can talk to him and smile a little.” The father, who happened to be a psychologist, answered firmly, “He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing to say to him.”

Psychologists now know how wrong that father was. From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to say to his parents and they to him. But a decade or so ago, these experts were describing the newborn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex（本能反应）, a helpless victim of its environment without ability to influence. And mothers accepted the truth. Most thought (and some still do) that a new infant could see only blurry（模糊的）shadows, that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he required was nutrition, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet（摇篮）.

Today university laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their month of life. As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive（有理解力的）, with remarkable learning abilities, including the attitudes and actions of his parents. Some researchers believe that the newborn period may even be the most significant four weeks in an entire lifetime.

Far from being helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesn’t. He shuts out unpleasant scenes by closing his eyes or turning his faces. He prefers lively things and likes people more than anything.

When a mere nine minutes old, an infant prefers a human face to head-shaped outline. He makes the choice despite the fact that, with delivery—doctors and nurses masked and gowned, he has never seen a human face before. By the time he’s twelve hours old, his entire body moves in precise synchrony（同步）to the sound of human voice, as if he were dancing. A nonhuman sound, such as a tapping noise, brings no such response.

72. About a decade ago, experts believed that a new baby _____.

   A. had learning abilities                              B. had his own likes and dislikes

   C. was able to react by reflex                      D. had a keen sense of sight

73. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Newborn babies like people most.

   B. Newborn babies prefer human voice to nonhuman voice.

   C. Newborn babies are interested in lively things.

   D. Nutrition is the most important for newborn babies.

74. The passage mainly talks about _____.

   A. the proper way to educate infants

   B. how to care for newborn babies

   C. how much people come to know about newborns

D. mothers’ beliefs in nursing infants

75. The passage most probably supports the idea that _____.

   A. parents should communicate with infants as early as possible

   B. parents need to learn more knowledge about infants

   C. mothers do a better job than fathers in taking care of new babies

   D. infants responds more actively to their mother’s words than to others’

 

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.

 

 

76. _______

   Since the 1980s, home schooling has again become a growing trend in the United States. An estimated two million children go to school in their own homes. The number of supportive groups, magazines, and other resources or home-schooling families is also on the rise. So what makes home schooling an attractive option for so many families?

77. _______

Each family has its own reasons for deciding to home schools. Some parents worry about the quality of education and the violence in public schools, but can’t afford private schools. Others believe that caring parents make the best teachers. They watched their kids to have an education tailored to their kids’ learning styles. They also wanted their children to be taught according to their beliefs and values. They liked being able to handpick the curriculum they used.

78. _______

Some people question whether children can receive a good education from parents who are not trained teachers. But studies show that home-schooled students do very well. On standardized achievement tests, home schoolers’ average scores are in the 80th percentile. Surprisingly, the parents’ education level has very little effect on these scores.

79. _______

Some worry that children will not develop good social skills if they’re stuck at home all day. Many home-schoolers laugh when they hear this. Children who learn at home often get together to participate in field trips, sports teams, art classes and other activities.

80. _______

The proven benefits of home schooling are compelling. But educating kids at home may not be the right choice for all families. Parents must be willing to devote long hours to their children’s education. In most cases, it’s necessary for the family to live on one parent’s salary. For the other parent who doesn’t “work”, home schooling is a full-time job.

 

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Because plants cannot move or talk, most people believe that they have no feelings and that they cannot receive signals from outside. However, this may not be completely true.

People who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge. It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called “galvanometer”（电流计）. The galvanometer is placed on a leaf off the plant, and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened.

A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them—perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot—then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signaling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects.

Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away, because they signaled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room.

Another scientist, named Sauvin, achieved similar results to Backster’s. He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. If he was out of the office, he telephoned to find out about the signals the plants were sending. In this way, he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when he felt strong pleasure or pain. In fact, Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them.

 

81. Backster was surprised at the results of his studies because ______________.

82. The plants sent out signals ______________.

83. What did the scientist called Sauvin find out? ________________

84. Who was it that could make the plants send out signals some distance away? __________

第二卷（45分）

I. Translation (20%)

1． 据说收集起来的捐赠物已运往地震灾区） （collect ）

2   别担心，我马上把你要的材料通过电子邮件发给你。( require )

3   看了这些令人震惊的照片 ，专家呼吁政府立即采取有效措施。( appeal 分词作状语 )

4.  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  )

5  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 (25%)

Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

 

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