上海市青浦区2015届高三上学期期末学业质量调研测试（一模）

英语试题

（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（略）

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)

During the summer days my mother built her fire in the shadow of our cabin. In the early morning our simple breakfast (25) (spread) upon the grass. The morning meal was our quiet hour. At noon, several (26) chanced to be passing by stopped to rest, and to share our luncheon with us. I loved (27) (well) the evening meal, for that was the time old stories were told.

I was always glad when the sun hung low in the west, for then my mother sent me to invite the neighboring old people to eat supper with us. "Yes, yes, gladly, gladly I shall come!" each replied. My mission done, I ran back, (28) (skip) and jumping with delight.

At the arrival of our guests I sat close to my mother, and did not leave her side. I ate my supper in quiet, listening patiently to the talk of the old people, wishing all the time that they would begin the stories. At last, when I (29) not wait any longer, I whispered in my mother's ear, "(30) them to tell an Iktomi story, mother."

Then my mother said aloud, "My little daughter is anxious to hear your stories." As each in turn began to tell a legend, I pillowed my head in my mother's lap; and lying flat upon my back, I watched (31) stars one by one. The increasing interest of the tale aroused me, and I sat up eagerly listening for every word. The old women made funny remarks, and laughed so heartily (32) I could not help joining them.

(B)

The 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush stepped back into the spotlight when a library and museum dedicated to him opened to the public on May 1. the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated (33) the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The library and museum is plentiful with exhibits on the historical events. “About 3000,000 visitors (34) (expect)”,said the library and museum spokesman.

Presidential libraries are not libraries in the traditional sense. People cannot go to the George W. Bush Presidential library (35) (check) out a book. They are facilities that preserve documents and items of a president and his act of governing. (36) is preserved at a presidential library is available to the public to see and study because presidential libraries are public property (37) (belong) to the American people.

The Presidential library system began in 1939 when President Franklin Roosevelt ,during

(38) second term in office, donated his personal and presidential papers to the government. Up until that point, presidential papers were destroyed, sold for profit, ruined by poor storage conditions, (39) were simply lost to the history.

Roosevelt believed that presidential documents were an important part of the nation’s heritage. He also donated a potion of his estate in Hyde PARK, New York, (40) his library and museum would be built. This began a tradition that would carry on with every president that followed.

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.

It's the customary bedtime practice every parent would feel fearful----being asked to read the same book for many times. But while the 41 repetition might be boring for mum or dad, it is the best way for toddlers to learn new words, according to research. The findings suggest parents are wasting money by spending a fortune on huge book collections in the hope they will inspire their little ones. Instead, a small selection of favourites such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Gruffalo will 42 far more. Dr Jessica Horst, of the University of Sussex’s WORD Lab devised an experiment to check how quickly three-year-olds could recognize and 43 six new words. The children were visited three times in a week. One group heard the same story three times back-to-back each time and another was read three 44 stories. All had the same amount of new words which appeared the same 45 of times.  When researchers returned a week later, they found the children who heard the same story over and over had 46 learned 3.6 of the new words. While those 47 to a variety of stories remembered only 2.6.They also noted the ‘repetition’ group learned at a faster rate than those in the ‘ 48 ’ group. Dr Horst said: ‘We are showing that less is more, to a point. And, 49 , the more times you read to a child and the more books you have will help them. But you don’t need to go crazy and buy every single Thomas the Tank Engine book. Reading the same books over and over again helps.’ Speaking of the 50 studies, we have found one in three don’t read to their children before putting them to bed. Yet 30 minutes of one-on-one literacy sessions can improve reading age by nearly two years in less than five months.

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.

Seven-year-old?Jordan?Lisle,?in Mill Valley,?California, joined?his?family?at?a?packed?after-hours?school?event?last?month?aimed?at?inspiring?a new?interest:?computer?programming.

The?event?was?part?of?a?national?educational?___51____?in?computer?coding?instruction?that?is growing?at?Internet?speeds.?Since?December, 20,000?teachers?from?kindergarten?through?12th grade?have___52_____?coding?lessons,?according?to?Code.org,?a?group?backed?by?the?techindustry?that?offers?free?curriculums.?___53_____,?some?30?school?districts?have?agreed?to?add coding?classes?in?the?fall.?And?policy?makers?innine?states?have?begun?awarding?the?same?___54____?for?computer?science?classes?that?they?do?for basic?math?and?science?courses,?rather?than?treating?them?as?optional courses.

It?is?a?remarkable?change?for?computer?science.?Smartphones?and?apps?are?commonplace?now, and?engineering?careers?are?__55____.?To?many?parents,?coding?looks?more?like?a?basic life?skill,?one?that?might?someday?__56____?a?great?job?or?even?instant?riches.

The?spread?of?coding?instruction,?___57____?just new,?is?“never known—?there’s?never been?a?move?this?fast?in?education,”?said?Elliot?Soloway,?a?professor?of?education?and?computerscience?at?the?University?of?Michigan.?He?sees?it?as?very?positive,?___58____?inspiring?students to?develop?a?new?passion,?perhaps?the?way?that?teaching?frog?dissection (解剖)?may?inspire?future surgeons?and?biologists.

But?the?exposure?to?early?coding?comes?with?__59__,?too.?It?is?not?clear?that?teaching?basiccomputer?science?in?grade?school?will?beget?future?jobs?or?encourage?__60___?creativity?and logical?thinking.?And?particularly?for younger?children,?Dr.?Soloway?said,?the?activity?is?more?like?a?video?game,?but?not?likely?to?impart?actual?programming?skills. A?coding?curriculum, ___61___ by Code. Org., combines basic instruction with videogames?involving?Angry?Birds?and?hungry?zombies.The?lessons?do?not?__62____?traditional?computer?language.?Rather,?they?use?simple?wordcommands?—?like?“move?forward”?or?“turn?right” —?that?children?can?click?on?and?move?around, to ___63____?an?Angry?Bird?to?capture?a?pig.

The?movement?comes?with?no?shortage?of?“we’re?changing?the?world”?marketing?passion from Silicon?Valley.“This?is?strategically?___64____for?the?economy?of?the?United?States,”?said?JohnPearce,?a?technology?businessman who has?started?a nonprofit,?MV?Gate,?with Jeff Leane, to?bring?youth?and?family?coding?courses?developed?by?Code.org?to?MillValley. Parents?love?the?idea?of?giving?children?something?to?do?with?computers?that?they?see?as ____65___,?Mr.?Pearce?said.“I?can’t?take?my?kid playing?one?more?hour?of?video?games, but?if?the?children?are?exploring?coding,?I?tell?him I?can?live?with?that?all?night?long.”

51. A. temptation B. movement C. motion D. proposition

52. A. introduced B. appealed C. recognized D. calculated

53. A. In addition B. However C. Therefore D. Thus

54. A. rewards B. prizes C. credits D. funds

55. A. costly B. critical C. insecure D. hot

56. A. result from B. work out C. pick up D. lead to

57. A. before B. while C. when D. after

58. A. virtually B. extensively C. potentially D. annoyingly

59. A. warnings B. responsibility C. admission D. compliments

60. A. superior B. inferior C. fiercer D. broader

61. A. collected B. developed C. mentioned D. sacrificed

62. A. declare B. cover C. call D. deepen

63. A. forbid B. resist C. urge D. direct

64. A. sensible B. reliable C. significant D. common

65. A. efficient B. measurable C. productive D. stable

Section B

Directions: Read 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)

POETRY BY HEART By Andrew Motion (Viking ￡16.99)

For three years, a terrific national competition has encouraged pupils aged 14 to 18 to learn and recite poetry — and this fat collection is the pool of 200 poems from which they have to make their choice.

This anthology makes a fine present for anyone interested in poetry, ranging from the earliest English poem through every century to current poetry with many themes and from different ethnic backgrounds. Some of the choices seem odd to me — but that’s part of the fun, as you wonder why. The notes make the book really useful. Every home should have a copy.