1、.上海市嘉定區(qū)2014 年 5 月高三英語三模試題第 I 卷（共 103 分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the endof each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and thequestions will be spoken only once. Af

2、ter 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 questionyou have heard.1.A. A student.B. A secretary.C. A teacher.D. A boss.2.A. In the department store.B. At the airport.C. At the railway station.D.

3、At the furniture store.3.A. By car.B. By bike.C. By bus.D. On foot.4. A. The English test took place a week ago.B. The woman was confident about the English test.C. Tomorrow s English test will be easy.D. There won t be an English test tomorrow.5.A. She doesn t like English poetry.B. Poetry class is

4、 very popular.C. Dr. Robinson is easy to get along with.D. The course will be difficult.6.A. Five feet tall.B. Only one foot tall.C. Six feet tall.D. Seven feet tall.7.A. Go to the library.B. Go to see a film.C. Get some exercise.D. Do homework in school.8.A. It is 4: 10 now.B. It is 4: 20 now.C. It

5、 is 4: 50 now.D. It is 5:00 now.9. A. He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons.B. He has made great progress in his English.C. He is a student of the music department.D. He is not very interested in English songs.10. A. He has always been so productive.B. He got his job done within a mi

6、nute.C. He finished the paper just in time.D. He hasn t finished his paper yet.Section BDirections: 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 hea

7、r 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. When directions are long.B. When direction s are short.C. When homework is given.D. When your mothe

8、r talks.12.A. Your pen and paper.B. A few words.C. Your mind and ears.D. So me pictures.13.A Topics or page numbers.B. Key words or a picture in mind.C. Some details.D. School assignments.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It is based on individual need, personal goals

9、 and different life styles.B. It is decided by the healthiest lifestyle.C. It is based on some tests and comparison with standards.D. It is based more on individual needs than personal goals.15. A. It is more accurate.B. It is more flexible.C. It is less enjoyable.D. It is less effective.16. A. An a

10、ccountant who can be as physically fit as an athlete.B. The importance of three basic factors concerning fitness.C. New concept of fitness and its essential factors.D. Some sports with significant training effect.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversa

11、tions 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. Information about the motelRoom price:17 $ per night.

12、Facilities:18 drinks, chocolate bars available from selling machines19 TV in the room.The office:Open till20 .Complete the form. WriteONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.How big is the Pocket Reader?It s about 21long, remarkably small.What s there on

13、 the product?There are22on the product.Why is it convenient with a Pocket Reader?You ll be able to23 wherever you are.How comeyou don tneed to make notes orYou can just24into the product.photocopies?Complete the form. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section AD

14、irections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fi ll in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.（ A ）Phyllis Rawlins hou

15、se was destroyed after a tornado(龍卷風(fēng) ) swept through her town ofKokomo, Ind., on Sunday. Last summer, she lost (25) _ husband of over 40 years, Edgar. Inthe tornado s rubble(瓦礫 ), Rawlins searched for Edgarweddings ring.“ Digging and praying.Digging and praying,” she told local station Fox 59.“ It w

16、as everything to me, because that s one thing that I had,” she said.Rawlinshad been visitingfamilyin Kentucky(26)_the storm came through.Shereturned (27)_ ( find) her home completely in pieces.“ This was the house that love built,she told WTHR.Without her husband or her house, she was determined to

17、find the ring. But (28)_ (locate)it among the piles of rubble seemed to be hopeless.Somehow, her brother (29)_ (spot) something under a piece of the roof and called herover. The ring, (30)_ (bury) in the rubble, had turned up.“ It was a miracle,” Rawlins said.“ We both just hugged(31)each other,(cry

18、). That was(32)_ I had searched and searched for,”When all was lost, the special ring he left was finally found.“ I m yverstrong with my faith, and I know that God is in control of everything, the good and the bad, ” Rawlins said.（ B）The belief (33)_ animals can predict earthquakes has been around f

19、or centuries.In 373B.C., it s recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice just days before (34) _ quake destroyed the place.Since then, there have been similar stories of animal prediction of earthquakes across the centuries. It has been reported that

20、 fish move fiercely, chickens stop laying eggs, and bees leave their hive in a panic. Lots of pet owners said that they (35) _ (witness) their cats and dogsacting strangely before the ground shook - barking or whining for no reason or showing signs ofnervousness.But what animals (36) _ sense, if the

21、y do feel anything at all, is a mystery. One ideais that animals feel the Earth shake before humans. Other ideas suggest they detect electrical changes in the air or gas released from the Earth.Earthquakes are a sudden phenomenon. Seismologists（地震學(xué)家）have no way of knowingexactly when or where the ne

22、xt one will hit. About 500,0000 detectable quakes occur in the world each year. (37)_ those, 1000,0000 can be felt by humans, and 100 cause damage.Japan is one of the countries (38)_ most earthquakes happen every year. Scientiststhere have long studied animals in hopes of discovering what they hear

23、or feel before the Earth (39)_(shake), in order to use that sense as a prediction tools.On the other hand, American seismologists are doubtful, (40)_ _ there havebeen recorded cases of strange animal behavior before earthquakes.Section BDirections: Complete the passage with the words given in the ta

24、ble. Each word can be used only once. There is an extra one that you will find no use for.A rewardB evidenceCcurrentlyD affectE benefitFaverageGtherapyH physicallyI sensibleJ lengthen K. processA leading researcher into old age has warned that the dream of livingforever, or at leastmuch longer than

25、at present, could turn into a curse （禍根） rather than a blessing. It may becomepossible to lengthen the41human life by controlling genes-but what we gain may notbe worth the price we would have to pay.Professor John Grimley Evens believes that42, maximum life expectation is 115, butthat with gene43it

26、 might be possible to extend this. The professor says, however, that a44lifestyle can extend the average lifespan of everyone at the moment.“We know a lot already about how peoples lifestyles45their lifespan. There isincreasing46to suggest that sensible lifestyles are effective in later life as well

27、 as in earlyand middle life. ”.“It is never too late to gain some47from givingup smoking, from drinkinglessalcohol, from taking up sensible patterns of diet and exercise and from controlling body weight.We already know how to48human life. ”The professor believes that the _49of lengthening life by me

28、ans of gene therapy mightbring dangers with it. If gene therapy affected only one part of the human body but not all of it,people might be50capable of livinglonger, but would start to be worse mentally at amuch earlier age.III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the followi

29、ng passages 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.Sometimes it can be difficult to homeschool （進(jìn)行家庭教育）on your own.Thats why its51 to connect or have a support group that will help you succeed in homeschooling.Thefir

30、st step is to finda(n)52thathas similar goals and ideas as you.Maybetheyhomeschool in the same way, use the same curriculum or have the same ages of students.Its important to make sure that you decide what youre looking for out of a support group andthen youcan go and53 foritusingthe Internetor loca

31、lorganization.Do you wantyourgroup to just support homeschoolfamilies and parents or do you54wantto holdclasses?Are you organizing around a55 event like field trips, a topic, or classes themselves?Ifyour homeschool support group is just for parents, consider advertising56 .Gettingtogethera group of

32、home schoolingparents can really helpyouto 57ideas that willhelpimprove your homeschool program and can help you succeed in the long run.If youre going toinclude58 in your support group, make sure to organize them by59level so theyre withother students of the same age.If you want to include classes

33、as a p art of your homeschool group, you need to decide whattype of60 youll offer, enrichment, art, athletic, or even core curriculum.Identify ateacherearly on and a leader.You dont want to be the 61leader in your homeschool group.Youwant to find people that you can trust to62alongside you.Communica

34、tion is the key.You want to set up an email group, a phone chain and maybeeven website to keep everyone63. Whether you find a local groupto joinor64one ofyour own, having a support group can really help you65in homeschooling.51.A.accessibleB. importantC. evidentD. natural52.A. groupB. companionC. le

35、agueD. organization53.A. payB. applyC. struggleD. search54.A.deliberatelyB. particularlyC. actuallyD. consequently55.A.vitalB. currentC. specificD. random56.A. locallyB. cautiouslyC. temporarilyD. nationally57.A.approveB. exchangeC. interpretD. adopt58.A.parentsB.teachersC. managersD. students59.A.

36、gradeB. managementC. stressD. security60.A. teachersB. classesC. leadersD. groups61.A. topB. formerC. onlyD. same62.A.followB. dictateC. obeyD. lead63.A. informedB. accustomedC. contentedD. alarmed.64.A. purchaseB. supportC. subscribeD. start65.A. succeedB. reflectC. participateD. accumulateIII. Rea

37、ding Comprehension Section BDirections:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questionsor 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

38、read.（ A ）If you hear the sound of a mobile phone beeping in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. But nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it.Text messa

39、ging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between twomobile phones or tablets(平板電腦 ) But in the last few years, messaging in this manner has been on the decline.The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(應(yīng)用程序 )， which offer

40、 a cheap alternative to conventional texts. Using wireless internetconnections or mobile data networks, people can send limitless numbers of instant messages to their friends for very little cost. Unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which

41、 each message they send is free.Web developers soon got the message. Instant messaging apps have become popular all overthe world. WhatsApp in America and Europe, WeChat in China and KakaoTalk in South Korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat

42、to their friends in real time. These apps allow people to send picture messages for free-something which previously was quite costly.Research firm Informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chatapps in 2012, compared with 17.6 billion SMS(short message service) texts. And i

43、t expects thechat app market to grow t0 50 billionper day by 2014. So does this really mean the end forcommunication by text? Pamela Clark-Dickson from Informa doesnt think so. She says that thereare a considerable number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularlyin developingcountries, wh

44、o prefer the SMS messaging tool: They dont have mobile data plans, so there is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while.66. When you hear a mobile phone beeping, it means that _.A. you will be forgiven for yo

45、ur mistakesB. someone has got a text messageC. the traditional text has disappearedD. someone has got some kind of message67. Why has text messaging been on the decline in recent years?A. Because sending text messages is an art.B. Because there are too many tablets nowadays.C. Because instant messag

46、ing is much cheaper.D. Because it doesnt need internet connections.68. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?.A. People wont use communication by text someday.B. People in developing countries are considerate.C. People dont use smart phones in developing countries.D. People can use SMS withou

47、t any mobile data plans.69. What is best title for the passage?A. SMS TextsB. Smart PhonesC. Trends in MessagingD. Instant Message Apps（ B）Getting to work by bicycle has never been more popular.Governments and nations are transforming their cities and highways to meet the needs of this new generatio

48、n of cycling enthusiasts , and in a world where green alternatives (選擇 ) are the new must-have, average citizens are eagerly seizing their chance to help make their streets and their bodies cleaner than ever before.Become an EBTC Member-Click Here.The Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club (EBTC)is arecr

49、eational not-for-profit volunteer-run group devoted to promoting its members to cooperatively run bicycling trips during the spring, summer and fall, cross-country skiing trips in th e winter, and social events all the year round. We welcome both road bike and mountain bike riders !Benefits of Joini

50、ng EBTC : Opportunity to create the kinds of events you like: enjoy dozens of events all year round,organized by members like you ! Participation in the local cycling community. Use of club bicycle tools on tour and library materials. Discounts at various bicycle shops.Why Cycle with a Group? Its mo

51、re FUN ! It encourages you to come out often and get healthy exercise without going to a gym. Develop skills and gain through the experience of others. Meet new and interesting people with a common interest in cycling.Meet a fun-loving, energetic and different group of individuals who enjoy a health

52、y lifestyle. Enjoy the outdoors experience with the companionship and security of a group. Group atmosphere provides challenge to strong cyclists and support and confidence to thenovice .For more info on the EBTC:Phone the Club Hotline at 780-424-2453 (780-424-BIKE)E-mail: jprimeau edmontonbicycle.

53、comMail us at :Edmonton Bicycle & Touring ClubP. O. Box 52017Garneau Postal Stn.Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 Canada70. The aim ofEBTC is.A. to call for governments to produce more bicyclesB. to make money by organizing bicycling tripsC. to popularize cycling by attracting more membersD. to look for young volunteers for sporting events71.Whats the advantage of cycling with a group?A. Participating in whatever events.B. Meeting more new people.C. Having bicycles free of charge.D. Enjoying discounts in a gym.72.The underlined word novice in the passage probably means _.