虹口区2014年英语学科高考练习题

2014.4

考生注意:

1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（第1—10页）和第Ⅱ卷（第11页），全卷共11页。第I卷第1-16小题、第41-77小题为选择题，答题必须涂在答题纸上，第I卷第17-40小题、第78-81小题和第II卷的答案必须写在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

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. A carpenter. B. A doctor. C. An electrician. D. An editor.

2. A. $40. B. $30. C. $20. D. $10.

3. A. Confused. B. Sympathetic. C. Embarrassed. D. Uninterested.

4. A. Leave right away. B. Stay for dinner. C. Catch a train. D. Have a meeting.

5. A. He believes that Jack will sell his house. B. He believes that Jack is joking.

C. He disagrees with Jack. D. He believes that Jack will quit his job.

6. A. There won’t be enough cups left. B. They’ve got plenty of cups.

C. They’re buying what they need. D. They’ve got enough food for the picnic.

7. A. Jerry really wants the scholarship. B. No one wants the scholarship.

C. Jerry isn’t interested in the scholarship. D. Others like the scholarship more than Jerry.

8. A. He did better than expected. B. He failed the maths exam.

C. He used to be a top student. D. He answered only 10% of the questions.

9. A. He rarely receives letters from home. B. He is expecting a letter from abroad.

C. He wrote to his family last month. D. He is anxious to go back home.

10. A. He’s afraid to take exams.

B. He only took the fourth exam.

C. He isn’t the only one who was graded.

D. He didn’t get the highest score on one exam.

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. Because they usually use their fingers to eat meat.

B. Because they can use chopsticks to eat any kind of food except soup.

C. Because they can even eat soup with chopsticks.

D. Because they are afraid to cut themselves with knives.

12. A. Because they cook everything in one whole piece.

B. Because they don’t like to use chopsticks.

C. Because they need to use knives and forks to cut up meat.

D. Because they usually cook meat in small pieces.

13. A. The obvious difference in the ways Chinese and Americans eat food.B. Food cultures in China and in the U.S.C. Comparison between chopsticks, knives and forks.D. The ways of using chopsticks, knives and forks.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Because he thought he knew the man.

B. Because he wanted to have a look at the newspaper.

C. Because the man was reading the article he had written.

D. Because the man was reading the newspaper he had edited.

15. A. To buy the newspaper.

B. To recognize him as the writer.

C. To read deeply into the article.

D. To turn to the page where the story was continued.

16. A. The man was reading. B. The man was talking.

C. The man was smiling. D. The man was sleeping.

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 Applying for Driving Licence



The man’s nationality:

The man’s identity:

The subject the man is teaching:

The cost of an official translation:

Not a 17 , but a Chinese

A visiting 18

19

20 dollars



Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

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

In which section of the company does the woman work?

In the 21 of a company.



What can be the best ways of gaining experience?

 22 .



Why does the woman raise a dog?

Helping to 23 of her work.



How does the woman deal with the difficult people?

Try to be 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)

One of my most surprising findings as a student is 25 parents do not always accept your adulthood. I was always told that once you get to college, your parents realize that you have been living 26 your own and can make your own decisions. This idea was rejected 27 I came home for Thanksgiving. At first, everything was going as 28 (smoothly) as possible. The first night I went to the Berkeley campus to visit my friend Sara, without any argument from my mother.

29 when I called her to say I had decided to spend the night at Sara’s dorm, my mom informed me that she wanted me home at one a.m. I was wild with anger! I 30 (make) my own decisions how late a young man should stay out for several months. However much I tried to reason with my mother, she insisted things are different when I am home, and that they were the 31 paying my bills. And kids, this is true. No matter how much you want to fight it, mommy and daddy are still holding the purse strings, whether you are 18 or not. Sometimes it is best to sit back, shut up, and do

32 they ask.

(B)

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply — all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution, but they were not enough. Something else 33 (need) to start the industrial process. That “something special” was men — creative individuals 34 could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A pure scientist appreciates 35 (conduct) his research accurately. He is not necessarily working

36 ______ his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may strive 37 (solve) a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain 38 specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.

Many of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not 39 (train) scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science 40 not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.

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. adapt B. natives C. identities D. cost-saving E. alert F. instead

G. established H. practically I. route J. enrolled K. significant



Officials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: they’ve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had already established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.

Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College won’t be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an email address. This address, in the format of johnsmith@bc. edu will simply forward mail to the student’s already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.

The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing （外包） their email to the cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.

Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didn’t have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? It’s 46 unheard of. Today’s students are digital

47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesn’t make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.

By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their email carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.

In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. We’re sure the students like it, too.

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.

Napping for a while at daytime is a very smart and healthy move. The Mayo Clinic says naps

51 relaxation, better mood and alertness, and a sharper workin