1、1 / 9嘉定区 2013 学年度高三年级第一次质量调研英语试卷（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 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
2、 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.l. A. At a bakery. B. At a hotel. C. At a post office. D. At a birthday party. 2.
3、 A. Librarian and student. B. Operator and caller. C. Boss and secretary. D. Customer and repairman. 3. A. 30 minutes. B. 60 minutes. C. 90 minutes. D. 120 minutes.4. A. A best sailor. B. A latest book. C. A good business. D. An exciting story. 5. A. By going on a diet. B. By eating fruit and vegeta
4、bles. C. By having fewer meals. D. By doing physical exercise. 6. A. It was interesting and easy to follow. B. It was far beyond his understanding. C. It was as difficult as he had expected. D. It was long but easy to understand. 7. A. The traffic is always very heavy. B. The man neednt go to the ai
5、rport. C. The subway is crowded at rush hours. D. The man had better take the subway. 8. A. The woman prefers going out. B. The woman will make the decision. C. The man agrees with the woman. D. The man would rather stay inside. 9. A. The man can tell Kelly the news the next day. B. The man shouldnt
6、 tell Kelly the news at school.C. The man should tell Kellys brother the news. D. The man had better tell Kelly the news by himself. 10. A. The match will be put off due to the rain. B. The rain isnt likely to influence the mans team. C. The result of the match is sure to be affected. D. The rain wi
7、ll help the mans team win the match. 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 answe
8、rs 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 passage2 / 911. A. To get better jobs. B. To save more money. C. To move into a larger apartment. D. To receive further education. 12. A. It had family-fri
9、endly politics. B. It owned a child-care center on site. C. It offered its staff excellent benefits. D. It rewarded employees with apartments. 13. A. Satisfied. B. Surprised. C. Confused. D. Interested. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage14. A. Africa. B. Asia. C. Europe. D. S
10、outh America. 15. A. Its a trade that is driven by customer appetites. B. The latest trick seems to be boosting business. C. You can hardly resist the temptation when seeing the pictures of food. D. With the new technology, sales on the table have risen by about 11%. 16. A. Young people. B. Foreigne
11、rs. C. Local people. D. Old people.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
12、 sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.The callers name Mike 17 Date of returning 12th of 18 The time of the meeting At 5 p.m. on 19 afternoonThe topic to be discussed at the meeting The new factory in 20 Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Blanks 21 throu
13、gh 24 are based on the following conversation How big is the Pocket Reader? Its about 21 long, remarkably small. Whats there on the product? There seem to be 22 on the product. Why is it convenient with a Pocket Reader? Youll be able to 23 _ wherever you are. How come you dont need to make notes or
14、photocopies?You can just read the 24 into the product. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.IIGrammar 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 gi
15、ven 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.A3 / 9Every summer, Penny travels to a family reunion barbeque. Penny is never excited, and this year is no different. She is afraid of the drive.She does not like talkin
16、g to her relatives. And she does not like the smell of hamburgers. (Penny is a vegetarian.)(25) _ Penny arrives, she sees lots of familiar faces. It is July and Uncle Vernon (26) _ (wear) a sweater. Uncle Vernon is always cold. Its very mysterious.She sees her cousin Polly. Polly has six children. T
17、he youngest one screams. Then the oldest one screams. Pollys children are always screaming.She sees many of her other cousins in the field (27) _ (play) softball. They play a softball game every year, (28) _ always ends up in a big argument. Penny wonders, again, why they never solve it.Then Penny s
18、ees an incredibly handsome man. She stares at him. He catches her staring. He smiles and walks (29) _ to her. Penny is very nervous. She is nervous because a handsome man is walking to her and she is nervous because this handsome man might be her cousin.The man sticks out his hand, (30)_ (say), “Hi,
19、 Im Paul.”“Hi, Im Penny,” Penny says. “Are we related?”Paul laughs. “No, we are not related. I am Vernons nurse. He is sick and needs (31) _ (keep) me close by. But he did not want to miss this barbeque!”“Oh, thank goodness,” Penny says and then blushes. Penny always blushes when she is nervous, emb
20、arrassed, or hot, and right now she is all three.Handsome Paul laughs and says, “Would you like to go get a hamburger with me? (32) _ smell delicious.”Penny smiles, “Sure. I love hamburgers!”BBeware first-class travelers! Passengers sitting in the rear of a plane have the best chance of survival in
21、an event of a crash, an extraordinary and costly aviation（航空，飞行）experiment ever (33) _ (conduct) has revealed.In a unique aviation experiment recently, the 170-seat-Boeing 727 was made（34）_ _ (crash) in a controlled manner in a remote part of Mexicos Sonoran Desert. After pilot James Slocum jumped o
22、ut of the plane at 2,500ft, the jet（35）_ (guide) into the ground by a pilot in a following Cessna via a remote-control device, the reporters reported. On board of the jet were three advanced crash-test dummies（假人）designed to move (36)_ humans.They were arranged in three positions: one in the classic
23、 brace and wearing a seat-belt; one belted but not in the brace position; and one（37）_ belted nor in the brace. After the jet hit the ground nose-first, experts found that the dummy in the brace position would have survived the impact, (38) _ one not in the brace would have suffered serious head inj
24、uries, and the dummy not wearing a seat-belt would have “died”.Using this, experts predicted that 78 percent of passengers on board would have survived the impact,（ 39）_ all the first-class travelers would have died because the front of the fuselage（机身） broke apart when the plane comes down nose fir
25、st. Those sitting at the back would have had the（40）_ (good) chance of survival.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the boxEach word can only 4 / 9be used onceNote that there is one word more than you needA. value B. shape C. designed D. understanding E. importa
26、ntly F. economists G. response H. vast I. connected J. major K. amazinglyThirteen years after the launch of Taobao, China has risen to become the worlds second busiest online marketplace, behind only the United States. This is the kind of statistic that 41 love, but it doesnt really tell us anything
27、 about why so many people like to buy so many things online.Is it because its easy? Is it because of the 42 selection? Is it because we want to feel 43 to others without leaving the house?Taobao was in fact a 44 to ebays entrance into the Chinese market in 2003. Jack Ma (马云) knew that he knew China
28、better than the Americans did, and that Taobao could beat ebay at its own game here. He was right, and Jack Ma has helped to 45 the nature of online commerce in Chinawhat it looks like, how it works, and, most 46 , who its users are.Taobaos aesthetic (美学) is distinctive, and has influenced and inspi
29、red competitors in China and around the world. The way it works is also different from other 47 online retailers (零售店) . But the real genius of Taobao lies in its 48 of its users. What it looks like and how it works, after all, were 49 with the users in mind: a young, increasingly “connected” and in
30、creasingly wealthy Chinese generation.When they designed Taobao, Jack Ma and his team realized that many young people in China strongly 50 social interaction with their peers, so they made such interactioneverything from messaging to live chats to recommendations and reviewsa core part of the Taobao
31、 shopping experience. 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.When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones-t
32、he kind of modern, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazinesBut the US has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be incredibly 51 to tear them all down and 52 them with greener versionsAn enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction
33、of those housesAnd it would take an average of 65 years for the 53 carbon emissions (排放) from a(an) _54 _ energy-efficient (节能) home to make up for the 55 lost by destroying an old oneSo in the broadest sense, the greenest home is the one that has already been builtBut at the same time, 56 half of U
34、S carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and powering our 57 , offices and other buildings“You cant deal with climate 58 without dealing with existing buildings,“ says Richard Moe, the president of the National TrustWith some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the 59 energy-efficientHouses
35、 built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that 60 over time and let in more outside 61 . 5 / 962 , there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 63 ones like Lincolns Cottag
36、e to your own postwar home And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help 64 property owners from rising power 65 .51. A. terrible B wasteful Cwonderful Duseful52. Aput B build Creplace Dtake53. Areduced B increased Cused Ddestroyed54. Aold B fashionable Cnew Dbeautifu
37、l55. Amagazines B trees Cmaterials Dresources56. Anearly B hardly Crarely Dmostly57. Alibraries B schools Chomes Dstores58. Aimprovement B appearance Cstability Dchange59. Amost B really Cvery Dleast60. Aexpand B narrow Cstrengthen Dweaken61. Adust B air Csmoke Dwater62. AOppositely B Unfortunately
38、CFortunately DFrankly63. Ahistoric B worthless Cordinary Dmeaningless64. Acharge B protect Cpunish Dwarn65. Aprices B costs Cbusinesses DbargainsSection BDirections: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are f
39、our choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just readAAmong all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. So
40、metimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have n
41、ot found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits th
42、e economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be prolonged.Gene technology can help people to give birth to healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial family being a good example, have hereditary(遗传的) diseases. This means their children will for sure have the fam
43、ily disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.Some people are worrying th
44、at the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep, therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most co
45、uples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the government must take care to control gene technology.66. What does “these two killers” in the second paragraph refer to?6 / 9A. Gene technology and another treatment of the two diseases.B. The two murderers who killed the cloned b
46、aby.C. The two diseases of cancer and heart disease.D. Hereditary diseases and cancer.67. Whats the main idea of the third paragraph?A. How gene technology can be applied in the field of treating hereditary diseases.B. Gene technology can be used to clone human babies.C. Gene technology can help peo
47、ple to give birth to a baby.D. Gene technology can help the English imperial family out.68. In what way gene technology can help to treat hereditary diseases?A. Using gene technology, people with hereditary diseases can have more living days.B. Using gene technology, the scientist finds the wrong ge
48、ne and corrects it.C. Using gene technology, human babies can be cloned.D. Doctors can cure cancer and heart disease with the help of gene technology.69. What is the main purpose of writing this passage?A. Expressing the writers idea that gene technology will benefit people.B. Telling people the disadvantages of gene technology.C. Telling the readers that gene technology will not benefit people.D. Explaining th
