上海市奉贤区2014届高三下学期4月调研测试英语试卷

（2014,04）

考生注意：

1．本试卷分为第I卷(第1-12页)和第II卷(第13页)两部分。全卷共13页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

2．答第I卷前，考生务必在答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号（区统一编号，9位），并用铅笔在答题卡的相应位置上正确涂写准考证号。

3．第I卷第1—16小题、41—77小题采用多项选择题形式，答案必须涂写在答题纸相应的位置上，写在试卷上无效。第I卷中的第17—40小题、第78—81小题和第II卷的答案必须用钢笔或水笔写在答题纸上，如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上一律不给分。

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.

A. Receptionist and guest.

B. Salesperson and customer.



 C. Doctor and patient.

D. Waiter and diner.





A. Excited.

B. Dissatisfied.



 C. Bored.

D. Exhausted.





A. Because she didn’t like him.

B. Because visiting hours were over.



 C. Because he didn’t hear the bell.

D. Because she needed to rest.





A. Stop the bus.

B. Walk to the zoo.



 C. Cross the street.

D. Call the police.





A. On a farm.

B. In a plane



 C. In a coffee shop.

D. In a restaurant.





A. A manager.

B. A teacher.



 C. A worker.

D. A secretary.





A. $5. B. $10.

C. $15. D. $50.





A. He is careless about his appearance.



 B. He is ashamed of his present condition.



 C. He changes his job frequently.



 D. He shaves every other day.





9. A. Training for the Middle Atlantic Championship.



 B. Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic (跨大西洋的) trip.



 C. Collecting information about baseball games.



 D. Analyzing their opponents’ on-field performance.





10. A. Jane may be caught in a traffic jam.



 B. Jane should have started a little earlier.



 C. He knows what sort of person Jane is.



 D. He is annoyed at having to wait for Jane.





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. Teaching music.

B. Repairing musical instruments.



 C. Writing music.

D. Making musical instruments.





12. A. Teamwork and patience.

B. The value of time.



 C. The truth of society.

D. Diligence and confidence.





13. A. How to repair musical instruments.

B. How to prepare a musical performance.



 C. Learning experiences of a repairman.

D. The enjoyable job of a music lover.





Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

14. A. Equipping students with knowledge.

B. Qualifying students for certain jobs.



 C. Developing students’ habits of mind.

D. Helping students to go to graduate school.





15. A. The ability to have critical analysis.



 B. Creative use of leisure time.



 C. Logical use of information.



 D. Willingness to accept uncertainty.





16. A. Goals to reach in a college education.



 B. Roles of knowledge in students’ growth.



 C. Qualifications needed for a job.



 D. Importance of after-class activities.





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.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Information About the English Course



●Beginning date of the course 17 1st.

●Class schedule for the 18 classes Every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from 630 to 830 in the evening.

●The facilities in each room 19 and tape recorders.

● The tuition for one course 20 dollars.





Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

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

What are the two speakers talking about?

Suggestions concerning 21 and advertising strategies.



What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?

New equipment should 22 long ago.



What does the woman suggest about human resources?

A few engineers should be employed to 23 .



Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?

Advertising in newspapers alone is 24 .





II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions Directions 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 other blanks,?use one word that best fits each blank.

(A)

For most people, meat is a necessary part of any meal. But just ask yourself, would you still eat it if you knew that it had come from a cloned chicken or pig?

The European Food Safety Authority has, so far, found no indication（25）______ food products, such as milk and meat, from cloned animals, are less safe than ones from normal animals. However, there are still economic and ethical (伦理的) concerns related to (26) ______(eat) cloned animals.

That’s (27) ______ the European Union has launched a proposal to ban the sale and import of food from cloned animals.

First of all, cloning is extremely costly. More importantly, cloning has a low success rate. It means that many cloned animals won’t survive into adulthood, and some (28) ______ die before they are even born. This causes unnecessary suffering among animals and is opposed by animal rights supporters.

While it would make it illegal to sell and import cloned animals, the proposal says that (29) ______ sale and import of food from the offspring (后代) of clones would be allowed since they are not considered to be the direct products of cloning. But they are required to be clearly labeled (30) ______ ______customers can choose whether they want them or not.

The proposal (31) ______ (put) to the European Parliament and member states, and it is not expected to come into force until 2016.

(B)

California has long attracted visitors seeking fortune, fame or both. Way back in 1849, hundreds of thousands started digging (32) ______ gold in the great Gold Rush of California, a historical event that (33) ______ (capture) the American imagination.

Nowadays, the state is the most diverse（多元化的）in the entire mainland US – both in terms of the races of its people and the languages that (34) ______ speak. Thus, California is a true example of the “melting pot”, so often (35) ______(associate) with the US.

But why is it (36) ______ all these different types of people choose to live and work in California? You’ve probably heard of Silicon Valley. Located outside of San Francisco in northern California, it is home to many of the world’s most successful technology companies. (37) ______ you ever send texts on an iPhone, e-mail with Yahoo, search on Google or edit pictures with Photoshop, then you have Silicon Valley to thank.

But it’s not just electronic innovation that inspires people to move to California. Another major draw is one of (38) ______ (old) American dreams — the chance (39) ______ (become) a movie or TV star. People (40) ______ visit California get a special rush from going to Mount Lee in Santa Monica and seeing the famous Hollywood sign, a lasting symbol of the American film and television industries.

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. regular

B. eventually

C. inspired

D. value

E. substitute

F. wholly



G. bother

H. estimates

I. involve

J. resistant

K. replacing





Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has remained unsolved for hundreds of years, yet soon it might not be a problem anymore — the egg of the future may not 41 a chicken at all.

But if not from a chicken, where will the egg come from? Apparently, a plant is one of the possibilities, as Hampton Creek, a food technology company in San Francisco, US, has found. They created a 42 for eggs, called Beyond Eggs, using a mixture of 11 plants, including sunflowers and a variety of beans.

Unlike the image you might now have in your mind, Beyond Eggs look nothing like 43 eggs. They are sold as gray powder that you mix with water before cooking. But the final product tastes just like the real thing.

But the question is, why 44 with “plant eggs”? What’s the problem with ordinary eggs?

The truth is that 99 percent of our eggs come from industrial warehouses (养鸡场仓库) where chickens are crowded into cages too small for them to even spread their wings. This cruelty is what 45 Hampton Creek to carry out the Beyond Eggs project in the first place.

In addition, the cages where chickens are kept so close together are a hotbed for viruses. To help the chickens stay healthy, farmers feed them antibiotics (抗生素), which may cause dangerous bacteria to grow 46 to the drugs and 47 spread to humans through eggs and meat.

In fact, 48 the egg is not a new idea, but Beyond Eggs seems to be the most successful attempt so far.

Besides their great taste and eco-friendliness, Beyond Eggs provide the same nutritional 49 as real eggs, and they’re even healthier since they don’t contain cholesterol (胆固醇). The company also 50 that the cost of their products is around 19 percent less than real eggs, which makes them more affordable.

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.

Have you ever gotten a sunburn? If you