上海市嘉定区高三英语三模试题.docx

1、上海市嘉定区高三英语三模试题上海市嘉定区2014年5月高三英语三模试题第I卷（共103分）. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only

2、 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 ra

3、ilway 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. Tomorrows English test will be easy. D. There wont be an English test tomorrow. 5. A. She doesnt like English p

4、oetry. 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

5、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 pr

6、oductive. B. He got his job done within a minute. C. He finished the paper just in time. D. He hasnt finished his paper yet.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the que

7、stions 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 sho

8、rt. 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 passa

9、ge.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 flexibl

10、e. 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 CDirections:

11、 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

12、 conversation.Information about the motelRoom 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

13、 is the Pocket Reader?Its about 21 long, remarkably small.Whats there on the product?There are 22 on the product.Why is it convenient with a Pocket Reader?Youll be able to 23 wherever you are.How come you dont need to make notes or photocopies?You can just 24 into the product.Complete the form. Writ

14、e NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the

15、 other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.（A）Phyllis Rawlins house was destroyed after a tornado(龙卷风) swept through her town of Kokomo, Ind., on Sunday. Last summer, she lost (25) _ husband of over 40 years, Edgar. In the tornados rubble(瓦砾), Rawlins searched for Edgars wedding ring. “Dig

16、ging and praying. Digging and praying,” she told local station Fox 59.“It was everything to me, because thats one thing that I had,” she said.Rawlins had been visiting family in Kentucky (26)_ the storm came through. She returned (27)_ ( find) her home completely in pieces. “This was the house that

17、love built,” she told WTHR. Without her husband or her house, she was determined to find the ring. But (28)_ (locate) it among the piles of rubble seemed to be hopeless. Somehow, her brother (29)_ (spot) something under a piece of the roof and called her over. The ring, (30)_ (bury) in the rubble, h

18、ad turned up. “It was a miracle,” Rawlins said. “We both just hugged each other, (31)_ (cry). That was (32)_I had searched and searched for,” When all was lost, the special ring he left was finally found.“Im very strong with my faith, and I know that God is in control of everything, the good and the

19、 bad,” Rawlins said. （B）The belief (33)_ animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries.In 373B.C., its recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice just days before (34) _ quake destroyed the place.Since then, there have been similar st

20、ories of animal prediction of earthquakes across the centuries. It has been reported that fish move fiercely, chickens stop laying eggs, and bees leave their hive in a panic. Lots of pet owners said that they (35) _ (witness) their cats and dogs acting strangely before the ground shook - barking or

21、whining for no reason or showing signs of nervousness.But what animals (36) _ sense, if they do feel anything at all, is a mystery. One idea is that animals feel the Earth shake before humans. Other ideas suggest they detect electrical changes in the air or gas released from the Earth.Earthquakes ar

22、e a sudden phenomenon. Seismologists（地震学家）have no way of knowing exactly when or where the next one will hit. About 500,0000 detectable quakes occur in the world each year. (37)_ those, 1000,0000 can be felt by humans, and 100 cause damage.Japan is one of the countries (38)_ most earthquakes happen

23、every year. Scientists there have long studied animals in hopes of discovering what they hear or feel before the Earth (39)_(shake), in order to use that sense as a prediction tools.On the other hand, American seismologists are doubtful, (40)_ _ there have been recorded cases of strange animal behav

24、ior before earthquakes.Section BDirections: Complete the passage with the words given in the table. Each word can be used only once. There is an extra one that you will find no use for.Areward Bevidence Ccurrently Daffect EbenefitFaverage Gtherapy Hphysically Isensible Jlengthen K. process A leading

25、 researcher into old age has warned that the dream of living forever, or at least much longer than at present, could turn into a curse（祸根）rather than a blessing. It may become possible to lengthen the 41 human life by controlling genes-but what we gain may not be worth the price we would have to pay

26、. Professor John Grimley Evens believes that 42 , maximum life expectation is 115, but that with gene 43 it might be possible to extend this. The professor says, however, that a 44 lifestyle can extend the average lifespan of everyone at the moment. “We know a lot already about how peoples lifestyle

27、s 45 their lifespan. There is increasing 46 to suggest that sensible lifestyles are effective in later life as well as in early and middle life.” “It is never too late to gain some 47 from giving up smoking, from drinking less alcohol, from taking up sensible patterns of diet and exercise and from c

28、ontrolling body weight. We already know how to 48 human life.” The professor believes that the _49 of lengthening life by means of gene therapy might bring dangers with it. If gene therapy affected only one part of the human body but not all of it, people might be 50 capable of living longer, but wo

29、uld start to be worse mentally at a much earlier age.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Sometimes it can be difficult to ho

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