崇明县2014年高考模拟考试试卷

高 三 英 语

（考试时间120分钟，满分150分。请将答案填写在答题纸上）

第Ⅰ卷 (共103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. In the library. B. In the teaching building.

C. Under a big tree. D. Between the teachers’ offices.

2. A. On Thursday night. B. On Monday afternoon.

C. On Friday morning. D. On Wednesday afternoon.

3. A. Lost her time. B. Made up a story about time.

C. Worked an extra shift. D. Changed her working conditions.

4. A. She may fail the exam. B. She shouldn’t have worried.

C. She should work harder. D. She needn’t take any more courses.

5. A. He?has?already?seen?the?exhibit.? B.?He?already?knew?the?exhibit?was?closed.

C.??He?is?pleased?the?exhibit?is?closed.?? D.?He?is?disappointed?the?exhibit?is?closed.?

6. A. Stand where he was. B. Stand beside the woman.

C. Stand at the end of the queue. D. Stand in front of the woman.

7. A. Colleagues. B. Doctor and patient.

C. Neighbours. D. Shop assistant and customer.

8. A. He?enjoyed?reading?the?novel.?

B.?He?hasn’t?started?reading?the?novel?yet.

C.?He?doubts?the?woman?will?like?the?novel.

D.?He’ll?lend?the?woman?the?novel?after?he?has?read?it.

9. A. A college campus. B. An art museum.

C. An architectural exhibition. D. A beautiful park.

10. A. The man regrets being absent-minded. B. The woman saved the man some trouble.

C. The man placed the reading list on a desk. D. The woman emptied the waste paper basket.

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 speech.

11. A. Future researchers. B. College students.

C. Company employees. D. Successful artists.

12. A. To teach the listeners how to work hard.

B. To enable the listeners to get better jobs.

C. To prepare the listeners for their future life.

D. To encourage the listeners to seize opportunities.

13. A. Kindness. B. Diligence. C. Willingness. D. Interest.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. The advantages of studying abroad.

B. The high expenses of overseas education.

C. The standards of choosing schools abroad.

D. The ways of saving money for international students.

15. A. Hong Kong. B. Australia. C. The United States. D. The United Kingdom.

16. A. US$24,248. B. US$35,000. C. US$22,000. D. US$30,000.

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.

NOTE FOR LEAVE

University of London



Name: __17__ Lee

Length of leave: __18__ days

Reason for leave: to __19__ my parents on a trip around London

Promises: to make up for all of the work and get all of the __20__

Permitted by:

Tony Block





Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

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

How is David going home with such heavy bags?

He’s going home __21__.



Why has David bought so much from the supermarket?

Because he’s going to provide a dinner party for the Kremers to __22__.



Why does Nancy say David is lucky?

Because he needn’t __23__ to the Kremers for staying with them while in school.



What does David think of the Kremers?

They are __24__.



II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

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)

Senator Jeff Flake, an adventurous politician, went on a four-day Robinson Crusoe style holiday with his two sons, (25)_____ of whom are teenagers, to a remote, uninhabited island in the North Pacific Ocean. They traveled 5,200 miles from Phoenix, Arizona to the island of Biggarenn. They didn’t carry any food or water.

The island is part of the Marshall Islands. It offered no basic facilities, (26)_____ the Flakes had to catch and cook their own food and purify their water. Their diet (27)_____(make) up of coconuts(椰子), fish and other seafood. They captured the fish and other sea creatures themselves and cooked the food over an open fire (28)_____(start) with a magnifying glass(放大镜).

The Flakes brought along a lobster(龙虾) trap in hopes of having some delicious treats, but it was lost within the first few hours after (29)_____(attack) by a shark. They also carried two pumps to remove salt from ocean water. It took them hours each night (30)_____ (pump) for just a small amount of fresh water.

One of the most memorable moments of the trip, the father said, was (31)_____ he and his 15-year-old son were chased by sharks after catching a fish in the ocean.

Still, it was quite (32)_____ enjoyable holiday for the politician. “For a dad it was a wonderful thing. No video games around, no television, no texting,” Flake recalled.

(B)

Count to three and rip(撕) it off as fast as you can—this is how most people remove a band-aid(创可贴). (33)_____ _____ _____ fast you do it, it’s still going to be painful. That’s for sure. Or is it?

A group of American scientists from Boston have just developed a band-aid that can be taken off without causing pain, reports the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Traditional band-aids are supposed to break apart (34)_____ the skin meets the glue, which is what makes taking them off so painful. But the new band-aid has an extra layer that sits (35)_____ the glue and the backing. When you tear off the band-aid, you remove the backing and middle layers, (36)_____(leave) the glue behind. The glue (37)_____ then be simply rubbed off with one’s fingers or left to fall off naturally. Importantly, this process is pain-free.

This is not the first time scientists (38)_____(try) to solve this problem. But methods they tried in the past led to band-aids that were (39)_____(sticky) and therefore didn’t stay on for long.

The Boston study was first aimed at helping babies (40)_____ skin is too delicate for standard band-aids. But adults with sensitive skin might also enjoy the benefits.

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. comprehensive

B. spread

C. impact

D. incredible

E. observed





F. compared

G. success

H. firmly

I. combination

J. heavily

K. motivate





A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year.

In the first study to assess the global __41__ of second-hand smoke, WHO experts find that children are more __42__ exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a year die because of it.

Children’s exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious diseases and tobacco seems to be a deadly __43__ for children in these regions. Commenting on the findings, Heather Wipfli and Jonathan Samet from the University of Southern California, said policymakers try to __44__ families to stop smoking in the home.

While deaths due to passive smoking in children were skewed(曲解) toward poor and middle-income countries, deaths in adults were __45__ across countries at all income levels.

In Europe’s high-income countries, only 71 child deaths occurred, while 35,388 deaths were in adults. Yet in the countries like Africa, an estimated 43,375 deaths due to passive smoking were in children __46__ with 9,514 in adults.

Only 7.4 percent of the world population currently lives in places with __47__ smoke-free laws, and those laws are not always __48__ enforced(施行). In places where smoke-free rules are __49__, research shows that exposure to second-hand smoke in high-risk places like bars and restaurants can be cut by 90 percent, and in general by 60 percent, the researchers said.

Studies also show such laws help to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked by smokers and lead to higher __50__ rates in those trying to quit.

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.

Due to rising pollution and a strengthening yuan, Beijing saw its tourist numbers drop to 4.20 million visits from January to November in 2013 from 5.01 million visits in 2012.

The number of overseas travelers to Beijing grew after the city hosted the 2008 Olympics until 2012, when it saw a 3.8% __51__, followed by the further drop last year. The unexpected drop in 2013 came __52__ new policies introduced in a(n) __53__ to support China’s tourism industry. But only 14,000 tourists __54__ the visa-free stopover, according to the Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, well short of the 20,000 target officials had __55__ predicted.

Jiang Yiyi, deputy director