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黄浦区2014年高考模拟考英语试卷 考生注意:1. 考试时间120分钟, 试卷满分150分。2. 本试卷设试卷和答题卷两部分。试卷分为第I卷和第II卷。所有答案必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择题)在答题卷上,做在试卷上一律不得分。3. 答题前,务必在答题卷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。第I卷 I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. August 6.B. August 7. C. August 13.D. August 19.2.A. A coat store.B. A chemists.C. A dry cleaner.D. A watch shop.3. A. Policeman and driver.B. Teacher and student.C. Boss and clerk.D. Doctor and nurse.4. A. A brand of jeans.B. A new hair style. C. Popular stars.D. School uniforms.5.A. The man enjoys dramas very much.B. Soap operas arent the womans favorite.C. The woman has watched a lot of soap operas.D. The man doesnt want to watch a drama with the woman.6.A. Anxious.B. Casual.C. Supportive.D. Unbelieving.7.A. The style of the watch.B. Her boyfriends figure.C. The price of the watch.D. Her boyfriends preference.8.A. The damage to the environment.B. The location of the hotel.C. The demand of the job market.D. The solution to the issue.9. A. She cant afford that much for a trip.B. She is fortunate to have made a lot of money.C. She doesnt think 15,000 dollars is enough for the trip.D. She considers 15,000 dollars only a small sum of money.A. Skipping the meal to lose weight.B. Having the pizza with the woman.C. Ordering food to be eaten at home.D. Dining out instead of eating at home.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 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. Engine trouble.B. Poor weather.C. Tall waterfalls.D. Tight budget.12.A. Amazing as well as tough.B. Funny while incredible.C. Disappointing but rewarding.D. Fascinating and well-paid.13.A. A mechanic.B. A photographer.C. A travel writer.D. A weather man.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14.A. Because it is totally beyond most students ability.B. Because it doesnt help people today learn from history.C. Because students should be taught from the past forward.D. Because this kind of teaching approach is out-of-fashion.15. A. By studying with the traditional approach.B. By keeping names, places and dates in mind.C. By putting forward questions about the near future.D. By looking into the past for answers to present problems.16.A. To explain the history of education.B. To state the purpose of learning history.C. To criticize students habits of history study. D. To present a new method of history education.Section CDirections: 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. RESERVATIONNAME: _17_ TanDESTINATION: _18_Departure FlightDate: May 20thClass: _19_Return FlightDate: May _20_Class: BusinessComplete the form. Write ONE WORD for each blank.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Being a News Announcer at KGNGood PointsBad Points_21_22_interviews with important peoplehigh stresslong _23_PS: Because of the tough competition, you have to be _24_.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blank.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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 )Since my retirement from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time 25. _ (paint) as an artist. I actually began drawing in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover 26. _ the loss of my father, or maybe it was just paintings 27. _ brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but 28. _ _ _ I walked out of the school door for the last time, I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be 29. _ (close) to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, 30. _ (display) my paintings at a number of art shows.It is wonderful to have some time doing 31. _ I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my hearts desire.” ( B ) In the last decade, research 32. _ (show) that resistance exercise can help numerous disease states, including depression. You can improve your overall health just by watching your weight and taking walks in the neighborhood. But 33. _ you want to improve your fitness look better, maximize health, have more energy, prevent injuries you need to do more. In recent years, emphasis has shifted to a type of resistance training 34. _ builds muscles used in day-to-day tasks, helping avoid injury or re-injury. 35. _ (call) functional strength training, it helps with tasks such as lifting infants in and out of car seats or lifting garage doors. Another goal is 36. _ (reduce) the risk factors in patients with long-term diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. “Part of my job is trying to convince that 85-year-old woman that she really 37. _ start weight lifting. 38. _ who need persuading are women recently treated for breast cancer.” says Dr. Dennis Kerrigan, at Henry Ford Health Systems Center for Athletic Medicine. “Friends and family tell them, Take it easy, but chemotherapy (化疗) can reduce muscle mass, leaving body fat that is linked to cancer returning,” he says. “My suggestion? Strength training. Its taken a long time for women to realize 39. _ important strength training is, but once they try it, they 40. _ (hook).” Section BDirections: 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. applicationsB. devotedC. easy-goingD. efficientlyE. increasinglyF. interactG. freshH. publicizeI. respectJ. traditionalK. wildfireWhen US Duke University second-year student Christian Drappi sees someone using a Square (an electronic payment service) credit card reader, he pulls out his phone, takes a picture and uploads it to Twitter. “It kind of spreads like _41_ through Twitter,” said Drappi, who is a campus brand representative for Square. Companies are _42_ using college campus brand representatives to spread the word about their products. These representatives often rely on word-of-mouth tools like social media to _43_ the company and any promotional events they host.Though the brand representative is no stranger to the college marketing scene, social media are changing how these representatives _44_ with students of their same age and how effectively their message is communicated. Companies like Red Bull, Microsoft and Twitter all have campus representatives _45_ to spreading good news about the brand.“Campus representatives approach students groups, local merchants and other prospective users to demonstrate how the card reader works and its advantages over _46_ machines.” Adam Bassett, who runs the Square U program said. Cord Silverstein, executive vice president of interactive communications at the Raleigh advertising agency Capstrat, said, “Social media have made it easier than ever for college students to share opinions on a product with their friends. Someones friend, someone they _47_, like a student or a professor, these people are having much greater influence on what college students think, like and dont like, because they trust their opinions.”When looking at representative _48_, McCarthy, who heads the campus representative program for Square, said the company looks for _49_ students who are social-media understanding. “Three or four years ago, brand representatives on campus were a(n) _50_ idea. Now companies have them everywhere. Theres only so much mindshare to capture.” McCathy emphasized. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in modern urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the _51_. So customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for a marriage which is not _52_: It is called a “love match”.On my first trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the process of “getting them married”. In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet each other before the marriage. _53_ they might meet for a brief conversation, and this meeting would take place only after their parents had decided that the match was _54_. Parents do not force their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds unacceptable. But only after one match is refused will another be sought.As a young American woman in India for the first time, I found this custom of arranged marriage _55_. How could any intelligent young person _56_ to such a marriage without great reluctance? It was _57_ to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as the only basis of a happy marriage. It was also in conflict with my strongly held beliefs that the choice of such a close and permanent relationship could be made only by individuals _58_. If anyone had tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been _59_!Sita, one of my young friends, was a college graduate with a degree in political science. She had been _60_ for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. I found it difficult to accept the obedient(顺从的) manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would _61_ her spending the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew, a total stranger, _62_ by her parents.In frustration and distress, I asked her, “Dont you care who you _63_?” “Of course I care,” she answered. “This is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such a(n) _64_ person as myself. In such matters, it is better to have my parents _65_”. 51.A. classesB. individualsC. societyD. country52. A. matchedB. decidedC. concernedD. arranged53. A. After allB. In additionC. At mostD. On average54. A. comfortableB. imperfectC. suitableD. dissatisfying55.A. acceptableB. amazingC. depressingD. strange56.A. agreeB. turnC. exchange D. devote57. A. customary B. remarkableC. similarD. contrary58. A. involvedB. presentC. informedD. available59. A. ambitiousB. proudC. rebellious D. puzzled60. A. fightingB. protestingC. waitingD. dreaming61. A. profit fromB. hold backC. act outD. result in62. A. picked outB. picked upC. taken upD. taken out63. A. encounterB. favorC. marry D. join64. A. intelligentB. unfortunateC. inexperiencedD. careless65. A. blessingB. guidanceC. fortuneD. promiseSection BDirections: 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) Yo-Yo Ma is one of the most gifted cellists (大提琴手) in the world today. He is known internationally for not only the many classical pieces he performs but also his willingness to think outside of the box musically.Yo-Yo Ma has recorded over 75 albums; many of them strictly considered classical in arrangement, while others differ greatly from classical music. Hes worked with musicians like Bobby Mcferrin and Sting, and explored musical forms that range from traditional Chinese music to bluegrass. His musical explorations, including the scoring or performance in numerous films, have won Ma many awards and honors.Born to Chinese immigrant parents in Paris in 1955, Yo-Yo Ma was already a gifted musician by the time his family moved to the U.S., when he was seven. One of his first performances where he was much noted was a 1962 performance for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Ma was certainly a genius, appearing on television by the time he was eight and performing with numerous orchestras through his teens.Like many young extraordinary musicians, Yo-Yo Mas educational path included the study at the distinguished Juilliard School of Music. Unlike geniuses that stay on a singular path, Ma felt that he wanted to expand his education by taking a traditional liberal arts course at first Columbia and then Harvard University, where he received his bachelors degree in 1976. He wasnt always certain that he should continue to pursue his career as a cellist, and refers to hearing the work of Pablo Casals, the famous Spanish cellist, as inspiration to continue his studies and performance.By the early 1980s, Yo-Yo Ma had become internationally known. He also began to express considerable interest in the possibilities of musical education for children. To that end, he made appearances on Sesame Street and other shows targeted at children.In 1998, Ma started the Silk Road Project, which promotes cooperation among artists, including musicians from around th