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1、普陀区2014学年第一学期高三英语质量调研（考试时间 120分钟 试卷满分 150分）第I卷 （共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the

2、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. Twins. B. Classmates.C. Friends. D. Colleagues.2. A. At a gas station. B. In a works

3、hop. C. At an art gallery. D. In a department store.3. A. Shes written some books about classics. B. Shes learned a lot from the literature class. C. Shes met some of the worlds best writers. D. Shes just returned from a trip round the world.4. A. Ten years.B. Twenty years. C. Forty years.D. A hundr

4、ed years.5. A. The woman followed the mans advice. B. The woman was going to have a haircut.C. The man didnt care if the woman had her hair cut.D. The man didnt want the woman to have her hair cut.6. A. She just read only part of the book.B. She was interested in reading novels.C. She seldom read bo

5、oks from cover to cover.D. She was anxious to know what the book was about.7. A. Young people lose their jobs easily.B. Young people are too eager to succeed.C. Young people seldom stay long on the same job.D. Young people are too quick in making decisions.8. A. Worried. B. Relieved.C. Doubtful. D.

6、Thankful.9. A. Quit delivering flowers. B. Work at a restaurant. C. Bring her flowers every day. D. Leave his job to work for her.10. A. Tony could not continue the experiment. B. Tony finished the experiment last night. C. Tony thought the experiment was well done. D. Tony had expected the experime

7、nt to be easier.Section B PassagesDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. 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 pa

8、per 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. She missed her grandfather greatly.B. She seldom talked with her mother.C. Her mother didnt love her as much as her grandfather did.D. Her mother was th

9、e subject of talks with her grandfather.12. A. Co-workers cannot be your close friends.B. People will be pleased if you call them at 2:00 AM.C. You cant discuss your problems with a distant family.D. The one you can call at 2:00 AM is someone close to you in spirit.13. A. Parents should understand t

10、heir kids.B. There are many ways to make friends.C. The earth is an inhabited garden if you have close friends.D. There is a difference between a lonely desert and an inhabited garden.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The prison gates are always open.B. Its prisoners

11、can work outside.C. The prison has no armed guards.D. The prison is open to the public.15. A. It has no security measures.B. It is run on the principle of trusting prisoners.C. The prisoners are provided with jobs on release.D. Its prisoners are seldom made to work overtime.16. A. Doubtful.B. Positi

12、ve.C. Critical.D. Neutral.Section C Longer ConversationsDirections: 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

13、 your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. East Asia Car Rental CentreRecommended vehicleIVECOPick-up Time afterat 4:30 on _17_Return by_18_on MondayCostRMB 300 for the first 200km, _19_ yuan per kilometer afte

14、r thatVAT (value added tax) _20_% of the priceBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Who does the woman have some trouble with?Her _21_.What did she do until 2 oclock a few days ago?She went out to _22_. How doe

15、s she get on with her father?The daughter is _23_with her father.What kind of person is her father?The father is always calm and _24_ with his daughter.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically

16、correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)Left HandednessWhat do Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other

17、 famous people including Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the worlds population (25)_ be left-handed.Most people are right-handed. This fact also seems to have held true (26)_ history. In 1977, scientists studied works of art made at various times starting with cave drawings from 15

18、,000 B.C. and ending with paintings from the 1950s. Most of the people (27)_ (show) in these works of art are right-handed.Many researchers claim (28)_ (find) relationships between left-handedness and various physical and mental characteristics. However, (29)_ of these connections are very weak, and

19、 others have not been proven. What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet, no one really knows for sure. (30)_ _ _ reasons may be behind it, peoples attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. There are even a number of shops (31)_ (specialize) in

20、selling products for left-handed people, such as left-handed scissors, can openers, guitars, and even a left-handed camera. In 1976, Left-Handers International, a group of left-handed people in Topeka, Kansas, in the United States, decided to start (32)_ annual event in order to clear up misundersta

21、ndings about left-handedness.(B)Motivating Students(33)_ _ a young child might be nervous about starting school, he or she is often excited on the first day of school. Perhaps that excitement lasts through the first few years of school. But over time, many children are much (34) _ (excited) about go

22、ing to school because school becomes a place of “all work and no play.” As the years go by, students(35)_ (pressure) to do more work and to do it better, make better test scores, and have a higher class rank. It is therefore not surprising that by middle school many students lose interest in school

23、and learning.Teachers face a big challenge in such a situation. When they enter a classroom (36)_ _ most of the students do not want to be there and do not want to study, how can they teach? Some teachers may be tempted to focus their energy on the handful of students in the classroom who show an in

24、terest in (37)_ (learn). Other teachers have to reward “good” students and punishing “bad” students in the hope (38)_ this may somehow motivate all students to try harder.Through his own teaching experience, Dr. Richard Lavoie became interested in the problem of motivating students. He (39)_ (wonder

25、) what motivates some students to want to learn. In studying this question, Dr. Lavoie discovered that other people have done a lot of research into this question already. However, those people do not work in schools. The people who seemed to know the most about (40)_ motivates kids were researchers

26、 who work for companies that were advertising products such as toys and music for children.Section BDirections: 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. adequatelyB. advancesC. neighbourD. coloni

27、zeE. concerns F. create G. intensivelyH. settlersI. smartJ. journeyK. survive“Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe,” Stephen Hawking says. Stephen Hawking, one of the worlds most important scientists, believes that to _41_, humans must move into

28、 space.Today, the United States, India, China, and Japan are all planning to send astronauts back to Earths closest _42_: the moon. Each country wants to create space stations there between 2020 and 2030. These stations will _43_ prepare humans to visit and later live on Mars or other Earth-like pla

29、nets.Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, thinks humans should _44_ space. He wants to start with Mars. Why? There are several advantages: for one, sending people to the moon and Mars will allow us to learn a lotfor example, whether living on other planets is possible. Then, we can eventually _45_ new

30、 human societies on other planets. In addition, the _46_ we make for space travel in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health can also benefit us here on Earth.But not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a(n) _47_ idea. Many say its too expensive to send people, even on a sho

31、rt _48_. And most space trips are not short. A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take about six months. People travelling this kind of distance face a number of health problems. Also, for many early space _49_, life would be extremely difficult. On the moons surface, for example, the air and

32、the suns rays are very dangerous. People would have to stay indoors most of the time.Despite these _50_, sending people into space seems certain. In the future, we might see lunar (月球上的) cities and maybe even new human cultures on other planets.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each

33、 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.When you say that someone has a good memory, what exactly do you mean? Are you saying that the person has fast recall or that he or she _51_ inf

34、ormation quickly? Or maybe you just mean that the person remembers a lot about her or his childhood. The truth is that it is _52_ to say exactly what memory is. Even scientists who have been studying memory for decades say they are still trying to _53_ exactly what it is. We do know that a particula

35、r memory is not just one thing stored somewhere in the brain. _54_, a memory is made up of bits and pieces of information stored all over the brain. Perhaps the best way to _55_ memory is to say that it is a process a process of recording, storing, and getting back information. Practice and repetiti

36、on can help to _56_ the pieces that make up our memory of that information.Memory can be _57_ affected by a number of things. _58_ nutrition can affect a persons ability to store information. Excessive alcohol use can also weaken memory and cause permanent _59_ to the brain over the long term. A vis

37、ion or hearing problem may affect a persons ability to notice certain things, thus making it _60_ to register information in the brain.When people talk about memory, they often _61_ short-term memory and long-term memory. If you want to call a store or an office that you dont call often, you look in

38、 the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about 30 seconds, or half a minute. _62_, you dont need to look in the telephone book for your best friends number, because you already

39、 know it. This number is in your long-term memory, which _63_ information about things you have learned and experienced through the years.Why do you forget things sometimes? The major reason for forgetting something is that you did not learn it well enough _64_. For example, if you meet some new peo

40、ple and right away forget their names, it is because you did not _65_ the names at the first few seconds when you heard them.51. A. collectsB. processesC. publishesD. absorbs52. A. necessaryB. importantC. difficultD. convenient53. A. figure outB. take outC. put outD. give out54. A. After all B. Inst

41、eadC. By contrastD. Besides55. A. recallB. refreshC. describeD. decrease56. A. loseB. organizeC. identifyD. strengthen57. A. positivelyB. negativelyC. activelyD. directly58. A. PoorB. AdequateC. SpecialD. Various59. A. benefitB. offenceC. effectD. damage60. A. easierB. more impressiveC. harderD. mor

42、e convenient61. A. refer toB. apply forC. come acrossD. break down62. A. FurthermoreB. HoweverC. ConsequentlyD. Otherwise63. A. leaksB. transmitsC. checksD. stores64. A. in the middleB. at the endC. in the beginningD. ahead of time65. A. restoreB. recordC. replaceD. respondSection BDirections: Read

43、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)In 1991, high in the mountains of

44、Europe, hikers made a discovery: a dead man partly frozen in the ice. However, the police investigation soon became a scientific one. Carbon dating indicated that the man died over 5,300 years ago. Today he is known as the Iceman and has been nicknamed “tzi” for the tztal Alps where he was found. Ke

45、pt in perfect condition by the ice, he is the oldest complete human body on the earth.Scientists think he was an important person in his society. An examination of his teeth and skull tells us that he was not a young man. His arms were not the arms of a laborer. His dagger (匕首) was made of stone, bu

46、t he carried a copper axe. This implies wealth, and he was probably from the upper classes. We know he could make fire, as a fire-starting kit was discovered with him. Even the food he had eaten enabled scientists to reason exactly where in Italy he lived.But why did the Iceman die in such a high an

47、d icy place? There have been many theories. Some said he was a lost shepherd. Others thought he was killed in a religious ceremony. Over the years since he was found, tiny scientific discoveries have led to great changes in our understanding of the story of the Iceman. The newest scientific informat

48、ion indicates that he was cruelly murdered. “Even five years ago, the story was that he fled up there and walked around in the snow and probably died of exposure,” said Klaus Oeggl, a scientist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. “Now its all changed. Its more like a crime scene.”In June 2001

49、, an X-ray examination of the body showed a small dark shape beneath the Icemans left shoulder. It was the stone head of an arrow. It had caused a deadly injury that probably killed him very quickly. In 2003, an Australian scientist discovered the blood of four different people on the clothes of the

50、 Iceman. Did a bloody fight take place before his murder? Injuries on his hand and head indicate that this may be true. One theory, put forward by archeologist (考古学家) Walter Leitner, says that the Icemans murder was the end of a fight for power among his people. However, this idea is certainly debat

51、able.66. What does “tzi” refer to _.A. the oldest perfectly preserved human bodyB. the most famous tourist attraction tztal AlpsC. an important discovery by the police of EuropeD. the person living in tztal Alps for a long time67. After the examination of the Iceman, scientists believe that _.A. he

52、died at an early ageB. he made a fire-starting kitC. he had a higher social statusD. he was born at a village in Italy68. According to Klaus Oeggl, the Iceman died from_.A. a serious diseaseB. a snow disasterC. a religious faithD. a terrible murder 69. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. The

53、 life of ancient people in the Alps Mountains.B. The cruel religious life of the Europeans in the past.C. The discovery and possible cause of death of the Iceman.D. The application of carbon dating technology to the Iceman.(B) Cambridge Schools Conference 2015 - book your place todayInspiring teache

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59、d | Unsubscribe 2014 Cambridge International Examinations70. The theme of the Cambridge Schools Conference 2015 is about _.A. lifelong learningB. teaching approachesC. common challengesD. inspiring teachers71. The letter is most probably for those who _. A. are the members of CIEB. work in education

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61、ng.C. The conference provides the most effective approaches on lifelong learning.(C)Big trees are incredibly important ecologically. For a start, they provide food for countless other species and shelter for many animals. With their tall branches in the sun, they capture vast amounts of energy. This

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63、ts of the high latitudes (纬度). To achieve giant size, a tree needs three things: the right place to establish its seedling, good growing conditions and lots of time with low adult death rate. Lose any of these, and you will lose your biggest trees.In some parts of the world, populations of big trees are dwindling because their seedlings cannot survi