I. Listening Comprehension

浦东新区2013-2014学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语试卷

（本卷满分150分；完卷时间120分钟）

第I卷（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. At a bank.B. At a shop.C. At the airport.D. At the hotel.

2. A. Manager and cleaner.B. House agent and renter.

C. Professor and student.D. Policeman and driver.

3. A. 10 minutes. B. 20 minutes.C. 30 minutes.D. 40 minutes.

4. A. Excited.B. Funny.C. Anxious. D. Depressed.

5. A. Michael has lost his schoolbag.B. Michael won’t go to the lab.

C. Michael is probably nearby.D. Michael may have already gone.

6. A. He wants to apply for a new job.B. He is turning to the woman for help.

C. He has left the woman a good impression.D. He enjoys writing letters.

7. A.The woman.B. The man.

C. The woman’s mother.D. The children.

8. A. There’s no more work for anyone to do in the committee.

B. No one is willing to work in the committee.

C. The woman knows somepeople on the committee.

D. The woman should be on the committee herself.

9. A. She should do more careful work.

B. She is not concerned about George’s remarks.

C. George does not care about her.

D. George shouldn’t have said so much about her.

10. A. He is doing quite well with it.B. He has money problems.

C. He is in need of qualified staff.D. He cannot carry it on any more.

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. A travel agency.B. An airline company.

C. A round-the-world journey.D. A flight program.

12. A. The low prices.B. The outstanding service.

C. The great rewards.D. The long distance.

13. A. Those who have been to most parts of the world.

B. Those who often travel around the world on business.

C. Those who want to explore the different airlines.

D. Those who need special support all along the way.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. They are interested in other kinds of reading.

B. They are active in voluntary services.

C. They tend to be low in education and in income.

D. They live in isolated areas.

15. A. The reasons people don’t read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.

B. There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected.

C. The number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.

D. There are more non-readers among young people nowadays.

16. A. Lowering the prices of their newspapers.

B. Shortening their news stories.

C. Adding variety to their newspaper content.

D. Including more interesting ads in the newspapers.

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.

Accommodation Request Form
Name: / Tom Lim
Length of time in Australia: / ______17______months
Present Address: / Flat 1, 539, ______18_____ Road,
Canterbury 2036
Present course:
Accommodation required from: / ______19______English
______20______, 7th September

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

What does the woman use the Internet to do? / To ____21____.
When does the man feel annoyed? / When ____22____.
What are the two problems of shopping on the Internet? / You may get ____23____and can’t see the product until you get it.
How does the man solve the problems? / He goes to the shop to make sure the products are ____24____.

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

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)

Alan and Linda always dreamed of living “the good life”. Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfil their mutual goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years. ____25____ (earn) enough money, they finally could move from their two-bedroom home to a seven-bedroom home in a rich neighbourhood. They focused their energies on trying to have ____26____ they considered important for a good life: membership in the local country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. ____27____ much they earned, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to remove the financial insecurity that ____28____ (acquire) in childhood. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. Alan also suffered from heart attack, ____29____ cost the family much. One thing led to ____30____, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Their house needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership and the cars. It was several years ____31____ Alan and Linda managed to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from wealthy, they have learned a valuable lesson from their lives and felt quite blessed. Only now, as they think of what ____32____ (remain) — a solid, loving marriage, a dependable income, and good friends — do they realize that true abundance comes not from gathering fortunes, but rather from appreciating.

(B)

We all hope to enjoy harmonious relationships with our parents. In real life, however, this is not always possible. The poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden expresses the speaker’s regret over the way the speaker, when he was young, ____33____ (treat) his father. It is only when he looks back on how he has grown up ____34____ he begins to understand his father’s unselfish love.

In remembering the small things his father did ____35____ him and his family, such as lighting a fire in the morning and polishing his shoes, the speaker begins to understand an aspect of parental love that escaped ____36____ notice in the past.

As he recalls how his father warmed the house, the speaker’s coldness toward his father starts to melt away. In its place is love and gratitude. It dawns on him that love is not just hugging and kissing, or always warm and affectionate, but ____37____ well be cold and stern in appearance. In fact, mature love often requires self-discipline and self-sacrifice.

During our stressful teen years, we may find that our parents, especially our fathers, have difficulty____38____ (show) their love for us verbally — sometimes when we need it most. This is certainly very discouraging. However, if we remember ____39____ (be) grateful or not so self-centered, we will see that their love has always been there, only ____40____ (express) in ways different from what we may have expected.

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. efficiently / B. still / C. equally / D. balance / E. drag
F. angle / G. make / H. physically / I.approach / J. position K. allow

We need more men in our hospital, not as doctors, but as nurses. Over the last few years, I have found that having male nurses is a real bonus, and they definitely have a place in our hospital. There are several reasons for wanting male nurses here, not only because half the population in our country is male. Men ____41____ excellent carers and are ____42____ good at taking care of others. In fact, many men take good care of their children, wives, parents, sisters, brothers, and even their nieces and nephews.

Another reason that men can become great nurses is that in general, men are ____43____ stronger than women. Male nurses can help ____44____ heavy objects, or if, for example, a patient cannot move from the waist down, male nurses can help move the patient into a comfortable ____45____. Also, male nurses can be a great help in keeping patients ____46____ while they receive painful treatment, such as when bandages covering wounds are changed. Another advantage to having male nurses is that they see things from a different ____47____ from women and bring a male way of thinking to problem-solving. This allows the hospital to work more effectively than if we only ____48____ problems one way. Having a mix of male and female nurses also helps create a fun atmosphere, which helps patients recover faster.

Currently, only 7 percent of our nursing staff are men; this number is far too low, and the problem requires correction. Having more male nurses will help create a positive ____49____ between male and female staff, and it will ____50____ patients the choice of a male or female carer. I am determined to take on more male nurses here at CentralHospital. I will be organizing an open day soon to allow interested young men to visit our hospital and find out more about nursing. Hopefully, we will have more male nurses in our hospital soon!

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following 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.

If you study medicine at university, chances are you’ll become a doctor. For music students, it’s less ____51____ what job you’ll end up with… but it could be really fulfilling. The idea that options are ____52____ and jobs are few for music graduates needs to ____53____.

It’s wrongly assumed that when it comes to jobs, music students are ____54____ their field of study. ____55____, music graduates go on to do a wide range of jobs in a variety of different industries.

Alumni surveys from the University of Nottingham show that music graduates are employed across a varied range of ____56____. As you might expect, a large proportion (50%) work in the creative industry, but the roles performed by graduates ____57____ greatly.

Some music grads work with professional ensembles (歌舞团), but not all are performing as ____58____: — Music grads work in publishing, editing, media production, broadcasting, and marketing. And many work in management roles. Less anticipated but no less common is the employment of music graduates in finance and banking, legal and consultancy.

Dr. Robert Adlington, an associate professor of music at the University of Nottingham, ____59____ these successful and varied outcomes to the highly desirable ____60____ developed by music students during their studies.

In 2011, the Confederate of British Industry outlined the seven skills that ____61____ employability: self-management, team work, business and customer awareness, problem solving, communication, numeracy, and IT skills. Adlington says that music students develop all seven of these. By this measure, music graduates are among the most ____62____ of all.

While some of these skills are obtained by students of all subjects — for example, team work, good communication, self-management — Adlington points out that music students have a(n) ____63____. The experience of organising, hosting, and performing in events that are open to the public provides them with skills beyond those on other degree programmes. Few degrees require knowledge of customer awareness, or interaction with the public, for example.

Music graduates’ success is a(n) ____64____ of how changes in the music industry allow artists to produce and publicise themselves. The internet means artists can publish, distribute, and promote their own work. These methods are nothing new, but if ____65____ professional knowledge and experience, it can be a winning, name-making recipe.

51. A. importantB. urgentC. obvious D. satisfactory

52. A. tightB. narrowC.hollow D. strict

53. A. changeB. liberateC. reflectD. function

54. A. contributed toB. related toC. lost to D. restricted to

55. A. In additionB. In turnC. In contrastD. In reality

56. A. contractsB. fieldsC. subjects D. majors

57. A. varyB. improveC. reverseD. multiply

58. A. musiciansB. managersC. amateursD. customers

59. A. devotesB. owes C. alertsD. adapts

60. A. optionsB. intervalsC. charactersD. skills

61. A. isolateB. regulateC. offerD. define

62. A. comfortableB. honorableC. reliableD. employable

63. A. benefitB. advantageC. chance D. resolution

64. A. reflection B. commandC. potential D. knowledge

65. A. related to B. charged with C. exposed to D. combined with

Section B

Directions: Read the following 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)

After hours sitting inside Deep Worker, it feels good to get back. While you’re stretching on the deck, others on the ship are at work studying the data you have collected.

The rock samples you collected are taken to a laboratory on board the ship. Tests performed on ocean rocks can show the age of the seafloor. Many people will study the videotapes of the swordfish. There is nothing like a video to show others exactly what you saw and experienced in the deep. Videos capture details of how animals move and behave — details that a person sitting inside Deep Worker could easily miss. Those details can help scientists better understand the role each kind of animal plays in its deep-sea community.

While you were below, Deep Worker’s exact location was being tracked. Thus, detailed maps of the seafloor, showing underwater canyons and mountains far beneath the surface can be made with the help of this information. Dive by dive, Sylvia Earle and her fellow scientists are piecing together remarkable pictures of the deep sea — a world that until recently was as unknown as a distant planet.

Since Sylvia first began exploring the waters around Florida, she’s seen changes — trash on the seafloor, fewer fish, polluted water. These ocean problems in Florida and in many other parts of the world make people like Sylvia anxious. They want to know how to protect the ocean, and how to restore it to good health where damage has been done.

Sylvia and other scientists are learning more about the ocean, especially the deep sea, than ever before. The more we know about a place, the better we understand it. As Sylvia says, “With knowing comes caring. If people care about something, they will work to protect it.”

66. What does the bold-typed phrase “this information” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

1. The location of underwater canyons and mountains.
2. Remarkable pictures of the deep sea.
3. These ocean problems.
4. The track of Deep Worker.

67. Sylvia Earle is probably a scientist who ______.

1. specializes in making maps
2. cares about the ocean
3. works on an unknown ship
4. performs experiments in a laboratory

68. According to Paragraph 4, which statement about Sylvia is TRUE?

Sylvia ______.

1. has seen fewer fish and polluted water
2. is concerned aboutthe ocean problems
3. has explored the waters and protected the ocean
4. has restored good health after her injury

69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

1. Working below in Deep Worker
2. Ocean Exploration and Ocean Maps
3. Deep Worker Saving the World
4. Ocean familiarity and Ocean Preservation

(B)

Walking, cycling or hopping on to public transport are the best ways to travel with a clean conscience. Yet cars remain an important option for many families because of its convenience. For people in rural areas, or with mobility problems, a car can be an essential lifeline.

Drive with style

No matter what kind of car you run, the least reliable part will be you: your driving style has a massive impact on the fuel needed, with acceleration, gear-changing and braking all playing a significant role.

Inching along at the pace of a child’s tricycle might feel frugal but won’t magically yield peak economy. In most modern cars, accelerate normally, changing up at 2,000rpm in a diesel, or 2,500rpm in a petrol-powered car. Once at a sensible steady speed, choose the highest gear that will let the engine run without labouring.

A number of eco-driving apps are available for smartphones, to help you improve your smoothness. The A Glass of Water iPhone app offers tips to help you avoid spilling a drop. The free RAC Traffic app is also a great way to avoid wasting fuel in traffic jams.

It’s also important to:

● Check tyre pressures once a month.

● Leave junk at home. Carrying extra weight in the boot wastes excess fuel.

● Leave in good time and don’t speed. An extra 10mph on the motorway will add 10% to your fuel bill.

Power plays

It may be decades before alternative fuels such as hydrogen become commonplace, but hybrid cars that use battery power to boost a petrol or diesel engine are already available in every category. It means many families might find an electric vehicle ideal as a second car.

Sell your wheels, still travel by car

If you need a car for short periods, such as shopping, and live in a city, then consider a short-term car-hire service such as Zipcar instead of owning a car. If you’re travelling longer distances, pay your share of the fuel costs to someone who’s already driving there.